Public Health Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Public Health is an interdisciplinary field focused on protecting and improving the health of populations through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, the prevention of disease, and the implementation of policies and programs. This course introduces students to the core concepts of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, health policy, and health behavior. Students will explore the factors that influence health at local, national, and global levels, and examine strategies for addressing health disparities and emerging public health challenges. Through case studies and practical applications, the course equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to effective public health practices and interventions.
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Drugs Behaviour and Society 2nd Canadian Edition by Carl L Hart Dr
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Chapter 1: Drug Use: An Overview
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Q1) The Government of Canada addresses the public health concern of substance abuse with its Canada's Drug Strategy (CDS), by using a broad four-component approach. It includes all of the following EXCEPT which one?
A) Education
B) Medical intervention
C) Harm reduction
D) Enforcement
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal study of drug use?
A) Surveying high-school seniors every year.
B) Following each individual throughout the entire day.
C) Sampling drug use from different parts of the country.
D) Following the same group of people at intervals over several months or years.
Answer: D
Q3) Which three demographics have been used when analyzing the "who uses drugs?"
Answer: Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Level of Education.
Q4) What does drug Reinforcement mean?
Answer: Reinforcement means that, everything else being equal, each time you take the drug you increase slightly the probability that you will take it again.
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Chapter 2: Drug Use As a Social Problem
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Q1) The drugs that are most likely to lead to dependence are the ones that have reduced effects after repeated use.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) In 2011, what was the most common type of drug mentioned in the Drug-Related Deaths Reports?
A) GHB
B) Prescription Opioids (not heroin)
C) Marijuana
D) Methamphetamine
Answer: B
Q3) In what city did the first official needle exchange program begin in Canada?
A) Toronto
B) Montreal
C) Winnipeg
D) Vancouver
Answer: D
Q4) What does the word toxic mean?
Answer: It means, "poisonous, deadly, or dangerous."
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Chapter 3: Drug Policy
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Q1) Under the CDSA it is an offence to seek or obtain a controlled substance from a medical practitioner without disclosing to that practitioner all other controlled substances obtained from other practitioners within the previous 30 days. What would be the maximum punishment for this offence?
A) Indictment is 1 years
B) Indictment is 3 years
C) Indictment is 7 years
D) Indictment is 10 years
Answer: C
Q2) What was one of the primary changes resulting from the enactment of Bill C-10?
Answer: It was an omnibus Bill that included amendments to Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances. With the Royal Assent for Bill S-10 mandatory minimum jail sentences for marijuana offences became law Act (CDSA).
Q3) Describe The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties.
Answer: The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) is published annually by the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and has been providing health care professionals with a centralized source of Health Canada-approved product monographs since 1960.
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Chapter 4: The Nervous System
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Q1) Which chemical pathway appears to be important in some types of psychotic behaviour, and in the reinforcing properties of various drugs?
A) Acetylcholine pathway from the nucleus basalis
B) Serotonin pathway from the raphe nuclei
C) Mesolimbic dopamine pathway
D) Glutamate pathway
Q2) How many types of glia cells exist, and what is their overall function?
Q3) For drug molecules to readily cross the blood-brain barrier, they must be somewhat lipophilic (soluble in oil).
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the peripheral nervous system.
Q5) Describe endorphins.
Q6) Describe the differing effects of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system.
Q7) What are the two important lines of evidence that suggest that homeostatic processes mobilize to counteract some alcohol-related effects?
Q8) PET and MRI are two examples of what technology?
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Chapter 5: The Actions of Drugs
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Q1) Describe what is known about the purpose and effect of St. John's Wort.
Q2) Marijuana and heroin are both considered to be opioid drugs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) After oral administration, where does most absorption of drug molecules take place?
A) Small intestine
B) Kidneys
C) Heart
D) Liver
Q4) Describe the double-blind procedure.
Q5) Mescaline, ecstasy, and cannabis are examples of which drug grouping?
A) Hallucinogens
B) Analgesics
C) Psychotherapeutics
D) CNS Depressants
Q6) Lithium is used to control manic episodes and to prevent psychosis.
A)True
B)False
Q7) What is drug tolerance?
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Chapter 6: Stimulants
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Q1) According to Canadian authorities working at international airports, there is an increasing trend to smuggle cocaine by which means?
A) Hiding it in passenger's carry-on luggage.
B) Converting it into a liquid form.
C) Shipping it in a raw form.
D) Using passenger rather than cargo flights.
Q2) When World War II was over a stock pile of amphetamines existed. Which of the following describes what the drug companies did to empty their supplies?
A) They were sold inexpensively with a prescription and advertised as a strength supplement
B) They were sold without a prescription and advertised as a cure of drowsiness
C) They were sold inexpensively without a prescription and advertised as a strength supplement
D) They were sold with a prescription and advertised as a cure of drowsiness
Q3) Cocaine is still legally available for use in nasal, laryngeal, and esophageal surgery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What was the role of the coca leaf in the Inca culture?
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Chapter 7: Other Depressants and Inhalants
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Q1) What are the symptoms of insomnia?
Q2) The term "Mickey Finn" refers to the process of mixing drugs and alcohol to create a more lasting good feeling buzz.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe how benzodiazepines activate the flow of chloride ions into the neuron.
Q4) Which of the following characterizes the withdrawal process from long-term use of sedative-hypnotic drugs?
A) Aching, high blood pressure, drowsiness
B) Anxiety, insomnia seizures
C) Rapid mood swings
D) Minor discomfort but no serious symptoms
Q5) When barbiturates were the most popular sedative-hypnotics, low doses of the long-acting types were used as sleeping pills.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How was Paraldehyde first introduced, and what would it be used for today?
Q7) Explain how onset and duration of action affect dependence. Give examples from this chapter.
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Chapter 8: Psychotherapeutic Drugs: Medication for Mental Disorders
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Q1) What does research suggest regarding the likelihood of having an anxiety disorder?
A) The children of either mothers or fathers with anxiety disorders are at much greater risk of an anxiety disorder than is the general population
B) The children of only mothers with anxiety disorders are at much greater risk of an anxiety disorder than is the general population
C) The children of only fathers with anxiety disorders are at much greater risk of an anxiety disorder than is the general population
D) There has been no evidence to suggest there is a genetic factor
Q2) Although not completely clear, what plays a role in the delineation between genetics and environment and panic disorders?
Q3) Both depressed and manic symptoms appear in the general classification of which disorder?
A) Schizophrenia
B) Mood disorder
C) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) Organic psychosis
Q4) How common is the use of ECT in Canada today?
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Chapter 9: Alcohol
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Q1) National prohibition of alcohol sales in the U.S. from 1920-1933 did reduce alcohol-related hospitalizations and deaths, and apparently reduced overall per capita consumption of alcohol.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why does a fairly high consumption of alcohol interfere with the male erection?
A) It has a direct impact on the physiological effects of the penis.
B) It lowers blood pressure.
C) Impacts dopamine release in the pituitary.
D) Impairs processing of erotic signals takes place.
Q3) Approximately 90 people die in Canada each year as a result of high blood alcohol concentration. What issue creates this danger?
A) Mixing beer and hard liquor.
B) When drinking begins again after vomiting.
C) When drinking wine with a large meal late at night.
D) The combination of consuming alcohol and caffeine.
Q4) Describe Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD.
Q5) What percentage of beer sold in Canada is domestic, and how is it sold?
Q6) Describe the alcohol withdrawal (abstinence) syndrome.
Q7) Describe the purpose of the CADUMS.
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Chapter 10: Tobacco
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Q1) Describe the death rates from cancer of the lung and bronchus in nonsmokers and smokers of various numbers of cigarettes.
Q2) Which of the following describes one of the original sources of the word tobacco?
A) The name of the two-pronged tube that was used by Aboriginal people to take snuff.
B) The name of the two- pronged tube used by Catherine de Medici to take snuff.
C) The word developed its current usage from the province of Tobacos in Spain.
D) The word developed its current usage from the province of Tobacos in Portugal.
Q3) Due to Canada's film rating system, Canadian youth are exposed to 60% less images of tobacco than are American youth.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how Europeans spread tobacco use around the world.
Q5) Although there are concerns about smoking during pregnancy, research studies have not consistently demonstrated any specific risks.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Caffeine
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Q1) Which of the following describes coffee's legendary discovery?
A) An Aztec warrior was preparing for battle.
B) A volcano roasting the beans.
C) Kaldi and his dancing goats.
D) Romans seeking a cure for hangovers.
Q2) Heavy caffeine use during pregnancy is associated with such problems as low birth weight, but not caffeine withdrawal symptoms in newborns.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What happens to people who are not coffee drinkers when they do drink coffee?
Q4) After drinking too much alcohol, caffeine may keep a person awake, but he or she will still be intoxicated.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the main active ingredient in Red Bull and other energy drinks?
A) Taurine
B) Caffeine
C) Guanine
D) Tyrosine
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Q1) Acetylsalicylic acid was developed in 1898 by the Bayer laboratory and sold under which name?
A) Dextrine
B) Anazor
C) Merbaral
D) Aspirin
Q2) The generic ingredient in Tylenol is acetylsalicylic acid.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is a plant derivative that is included in several products sold on the internet as aphrodisiacs or treatments for erectile dysfunction?
A) Avena sativa extract
B) Epimedium sagittatum
C) Methionine
D) Tribulus terrestris
Q4) Today in Canada, the medicinal ingredients approved for OTC sleep aids include diphenhydramine hydrochloride and diphenhydramine citrate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Opioids
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Q1) Heroin was originally a brand name for diacetylmorphine, manufactured by Bayer laboratories.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Opium smoking was widespread in China by 200 BC.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Morphine and codeine are derived from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not medically available in Canada?
A) Codeine
B) Morphine
C) Heroin
D) Oxycodone
Q5) In Canada approximately how many people are injection drug users?
A) 25,000 to 50,000
B) 50,000 to 75,000
C) 75,000 to 125,000
D) 125,000 to 150,000
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Chapter 14: Hallucinogens
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Q1) Explain why PCP was thought to be a useful anesthetic and why this use failed to be practical for humans.
Q2) What is animism?
Q3) A close relative of LSD, d-lysergic acid amide, is found naturally in which two of the following plants?
A) Morning glories and Hawaiian baby woodrose
B) Peyote cactus and Henbane
C) Henbane and Opium poppies
D) Opium poppies and Morning glories
Q4) Which early LSD researcher was fired from his academic job then later became a proponent of hallucinogenic drug use, and started a religion in which LSD was the sacrament?
A) William Halstead
B) Timothy Leary
C) Parke Davis
D) Robert Wood Johnson
Q5) LSD is the most potent and notorious of the hallucinogens found in nature.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What position is the Canadian government considering regarding Salvia divinorum?
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Chapter 15: Cannabis
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Q1) Which individual referred to cannabis as the "Liberator of Sin"?
A) Gautier
B) Shen Nung
C) Napoleon
D) Dumas
Q2) All of the following have been identified as factors associated with a youth's decision to use or not to use cannabis EXCEPT which one?
A) Availability
B) Education level achieved
C) Peer pressure
D) Social connectedness to peers
Q3) Cannabis is one of the most commonly used illicit drugs among Canadians 25 to 40 years of age.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How is dronabinol (Marinol) sold in both Canada and the U.S.?
A) As a cannabis antagonist
B) As an effective treatment for cannabis dependence
C) As a capsule containing THC
D) As an appetite enhancer
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Chapter 16: Performance-Enhancing Drugs
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Q1) People of excessive size or "giants" often die at an early age because their internal organs continue to grow due to excessive production of which of the following?
A) Red blood cells
B) Testosterone
C) Creatine
D) Human growth hormone
Q2) In 2013, how many Major League Baseball players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs, specifically human growth hormone?
A) 9
B) 13
C) 25
D) 37
Q3) What are the concerns about the effects of steroid use on the body in young users who have not attained their full height?
Q4) What was the purpose of the article published in a magazine by Jack Swarbick, and who was he?
Q5) What evidence exists today that described the effects of creatine?
Q6) How do anabolic steroids affect skeletal muscle size?
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Chapter 17: Preventing Substance Abuse
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Q1) Describe the 1960s socially realities and the educational strategies of the day, which eventually lead to the 1970s implementation of The Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour Model.
Q2) Which of these was NOT identified as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?
A) Parenting skills
B) Family interaction exercises
C) Providing urine test kits to parents
D) Parent support groups
Q3) DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Drug prevention programs are a relatively new concept dating back to the late 1970s.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why and when was there an interest in drug prevention initiatives?
Q6) Describe the risk factors have been identified as contributors to the level of substance abuse in Aboriginal populations.
Q7) What was the "Don't be a Patsy" program, and what was the outcome?
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Chapter 18: Treating Substance Abuse and Dependence
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Q1) Which of these has NOT received Health Canada approval for use during the maintenance phase of alcohol treatment?
A) Naltrexone
B) Bupropion (Zyban)
C) Antabuse
D) Acamprosate
Q2) Because of the potential danger of alcohol withdrawal symptoms, what is administered to treat or often prevent these symptoms?
A) Opioids
B) Amphetamine
C) Antabuse
D) Benzodiazepines
Q3) Across all disorders, men were more likely than women to have a co-occurring mental disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The federal government also provides direct funding for treatment and rehabilitation to five specific categories of people; who are they?
Q5) Define the term concurrent disorder.
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