Social Work and Substance Abuse Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course explores the intersection of social work practice and substance abuse, examining the impact of addiction on individuals, families, and communities. Students will learn about the biological, psychological, and social aspects of substance use disorders, as well as evidence-based intervention and prevention strategies. The course emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of social workers in assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, and advocacy within a variety of settings. Attention is given to issues such as stigma, cultural competence, policy frameworks, and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in supporting affected populations.
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Alcohol Other Drugs and Behavior Psychological Research Perspectives 2nd Edition by John R. Jung
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Chapter 1: Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Q1) Which of the following would not be considered a drug as it is defined in the text?
A)Heroin
B)Tobacco
C)Alcohol
D)Soda
Answer: D
Q2) In colonial America, prevalence of alcohol use was:
A)considered a wide spread social problem for the society of that era
B)commonplace and used for medicinal purposes as well as a beverage
C)tolerated at certain functions and events but not a generally accepted activity
D)only used for medicinal purposes
Answer: B
Q3) The reduced use of heroin by soldiers after the Vietnam War can be explained by:
A)returning to their former lives reduced the psychological need for heroin
B)unavailability of pure or high-grade heroin in the U.S.
C)both a & b
D)None of the above
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Which of the following contribute to the distinct aspects between alcohol intake and smoking?
A)Smoking occurs periodically throughout the day, everyday for regular smokers
B)For most people alcohol is ingested on the weekends unless for highly dependent drinkers
C)The impact of smoking is much quicker than the effect of alcohol
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q2) A comprehensive model that examined the interrelationship among inherited tendencies toward alcoholism, localized brain functions, childhood behavior problems, and alcohol abuse demonstrates that predisposition to alcohol are stronger among __________ than ____________.
A)Adolescents, adults
B)Hispanics, non-Hispanics
C)Men, women
D)Rich, poor
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence
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Q1) A quantity frequency index of drinking:
A)ignores the level of heavy drinking
B)ignores how often a person drinks
C)ignores the maximum amount a person drinks
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) Heavy drinking is:
A)often defined as 5 plus drinks on an occasion several times in a month
B)generally used as a term of disapproval
C)an indication of addiction
D)is related to heavy use of other drugs
Answer: A
Q3) Which is true of different types of alcoholic beverages:
A)a glass of wine has same absolute alcohol as a can of beer
B)absolute alcohol differs in 12 oz of beer, 4 oz glass of wine, and a mixed drink with 1 to 1.5 oz liquor
C)a can of beer and a glass of wine have different alcohol levels
D)straight shots of liquor are more intoxicating than mixed drinks containing equal amounts of alcohol
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Epidemiological studies:
A)indicate the extent of drug use
B)establish the causes of drug use
C)develop theoretical accounts
D)provide prevention approaches
Q2) All but which applies to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:
A)obtains annual estimates of drug use
B)examines demographic differences in drug use
C)monitors temporal trends in drug use in society
D)tries to use education to prevent increases in use
Q3) Effects of specific drugs are difficult to assess when polydrug abuse occurs because:
A)drugs can cancel each other's effects
B)drugs can increase the effect of other drugs
C)polydrug users differ from those using few or no drugs
D)all of the above
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Chapter 5: Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Newborns of women who abuse opiates during pregnancy show all but which:
A) higher irritability
B) Permanent poorer motor control
C) poorer motor control that lasts about a month
D) withdrawal-like symptoms
Q2) Alcohol disrupts the balance of the composition of the membrane so that:
A)passage of chemicals through the neurons is unaffected
B)chloride ion entry is increased by GABA
C)glutamate allows more calcium ions into cells
D)N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are activated
Q3) Which of the following is not true about drug tolerance?
A)increases in doses used after a few heroin use episodes
B)reduced for amphetamines
C)can differ for different effects of a drug
D)is relatively mild for cocaine
Q4) Tolerance involves all but:
A)lower effect of a given dose of a drug after continual use
B)adverse reactions if one stops use of an often-used drug
C)changes from using other drugs together
D)a tendency to increase the amount of a drug
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Chapter 6: Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism XE "Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism" (COGA) that compared first degree relatives of alcoholics and controls found all but:
A)DSM-III-R alcohol abuse much higher in alcohol probands
B)DSM-IV alcohol dependence much higher in alcohol probands
C)DSM-IV cocaine dependence much higher in alcohol probands
D)DSM-IV stimulant dependence higher in controls
Q2) All of the following were the findings from the proband studies except:
A)First-degree female, but not male, relatives of alcoholic probands were more likely alcoholic than for the general population
B)The fathers, brothers, and sons of both male and female alcoholics were more at risk to be alcoholic than were the first-degree female relatives such as mothers, sisters, and daughters.
C)Wives of alcoholic men were less likely than the husbands of alcoholic women to also have alcoholism
D)First-degree male, but not female, relatives of alcoholic probands were more likely alcoholic than for the general population
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Chapter 7: Basic Psychology Processes
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Q1) Which of the following methodology examines correlations between drug use and correlational outcomes?
A)self selection
B)controlled observation
C)naturalistic observation
D)balanced placebo design
Q2) Studies have shown that alcohol consumption even at low doses equivalent to 1 or 2 drinks taken within the past hour tend to disrupt ___________ .
A)mood levels
B)motor activity
C)reaction time
D)visuospatial skills
Q3) Which would be considered a moderator variable when measuring alcohol effects?
A)setting
B)gender
C)dose level
D)all of the above
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Processes
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Q1) Which of the following statements refer to the attention-allocation model?
A)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression since the individual focuses on less salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
B)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
C)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the more salient provocative, rather than less salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations.
D)alcohol has a myopic effect on attention that may facilitate aggression because the individual focuses on the less salient provocative, rather than more salient inhibitory, cues in hostile situations
Q2) What factors are involved in determining whether alcohol might affect aggression?
A)the setting
B)the relationship to the other person
C)personality and present mood
D)all of the above
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Chapter 9: Family Processes
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Q1) The overall findings regarding alcohol consumption and domestic violence show that:
A)higher drinking reduces the likelihood of domestic violence
B)higher drinking increases the likelihood of domestic violence
C)women who perpetrated violence were shown to have higher rates of drinking
D)both b & c
Q2) Which of the following results were found based on a national longitudinal survey (Windle, 1997) of problem drinking in young adult women?
A)Problem-drinking women were twice as likely to be married to problem drinking husbands than were nondrinking women
B)Women with lifetime use of marijuana were twice as likely to have husbands who were problem drinkers
C)The overall problem drinking prevalence rate was only about 10% but would be higher if older samples were included
D)All of the above
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Chapter 10: Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) Alcohol studies have shown that early age of drinking is a ____________ rather than a ___________ factor on subsequent alcohol dependence.
A)causal, indirect
B)maker, causal
C)direct, indirect
D)marker, indirect
Q2) What is the problem of labeling alcohol and tobacco as "gateway drugs?"
A)it only describes the sequences in which users move from one drug to another but does not explain the underlying mechanisms for how they influence the use of other drugs
B)it may lead us to think that if social policies restricted access to the gateway drugs, there would be more eventual use of the illicit drugs
C)it may mislead us to think that if social policies restricted access to the gateway drugs, there would be less eventual use of the illicit drugs
D)a & c only
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Chapter 11: Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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Q1) All but which of the following statements is true about the drinking habits of older vs. younger women?
A)younger women tend to drink larger quantities per occasion
B)older women consume lower quantities of alcohol than younger women
C)older women drink as frequently as younger women
D)younger women drink more frequently than older women
Q2) Why must the neurophysiology of nicotine be considered when examining the effects of nicotine on men and women
A)pharmacological agents used to treat smoking may have different effects in women than in men
B)nicotine intakes differ between men and women
C)chronic nicotine use may affect female reproductive endocrinology making smoking less reinforcing for women
D)all of the above
Q3) According to past research, what type of reasons do females list for drug use?
A)economical
B)familial
C)social
D)personal
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Chapter 12: Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) The facial flushing created by vasodilation due to alcohol is on indication that alcohol has a stronger effect on peoples of ____________ descent.
A)Caucasian
B)African
C)Asian
D)Hispanics
Q2) A review of 24 different studies of the relationship of acculturation and alcohol use among Hispanics (Zemore, 2007) found higher acculturation:
A)Among women linked to higher drinking frequency and quantity
B)Among women unrelated to heavy drinking and abuse/dependence
C)Among men linked to heavy drinking and abuse/dependence
D)Among men linked to less drinking quantity and frequency
Q3) Which of the following was found to be a protective factor against alcohol abuse for Asian Americans?
A)parental disapproval of drinking
B)parental influence on choice of friends
C)father's influence on drinking
D)both a & b
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Chapter 13: Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) The hope of motivational interviewing is to create sufficient _____________ to motivate the individual to want to change.
A)knowledge
B)determination
C)discomfort
D)awareness
Q2) Why is it difficult to obtain scientifically rigorous evidence about the benefits of AA?
A)AA members are uncooperative in sharing their experiences in AA
B)the anonymous nature of AA makes it difficult to identify who drops out or who continues to attend but does not benefit
C)AA members are not allowed to fully disclose their experience as a member of the program
D)There is a lack of abundance in positive testimonials and anecdotal evidence to support the benefits of AA
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Chapter 14: Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
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Q1) A study that demonstrated the usefulness of matching found that alcoholics high in sociopathy found ________________ to be more effective.
A)Interactional group therapy
B)Coping skills training
C)Cognitive behavioral therapy
D)Operant conditioning
Q2) According to the research pertaining to abstinence vs. controlled drinking, what can be derived as the most accurate conclusion based on the research findings?
A)Controlled drinking is not achievable
B)Controlled drinking is achievable
C)Abstinence needed to be achieved before treatment
D)Abstinence is not achievable
Q3) Which of the following holds a view of the learner as an active participant in behavior change?
A)Operant conditioning
B)Behavioral conditioning
C)Stimulus conditioning
D)Aversive conditioning
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Chapter 15: Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders
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Q1) Findings from a study that examined the role of craving for drugs during abstinence and withdrawal found which of the following:
A)Craving was a major self-reported cause of relapse
B)Craving was not a major self-reported cause of relapse
C)Relapse was related to conscious craving
D)Both a & c
Q2) Recognizing high risk situations that may lead to relapse is part of the:
A)Sociobehavioral learning approach
B)Cognitive behavioral learning approach
C)Self monitoring learning approach
D)Active and behavioral coping approach
Q3) The method by which the environmental stimuli that trigger cravings for alcohol are weakened is known as:
A)Classical conditioning
B)Cue extinction
C)Aversive conditioning
D)Stimulus extinction
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Chapter 16: Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems
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Q1) Research evidence often fails to affect social policy because:
A)Research is often too complicated for nonscientists.
B)Scientific evidence often yielded conflicting conclusions.
C)Social policy is also a function of politics and economics.
D)All of the above.
Q2) All but which has been found by research assessing the effects of mass media:
A)Brand-specific advertising has weak effects on use levels
B)Alcohol advertising bans do not reduce sales
C)Total advertising expenditures raises alcohol sales
D)None of the above
Q3) Harm reduction could inadvertently increase overall use of risky drugs in society because:
A)A specific drug will be perceived as not that dangerous
B)A safer drug could lead to taking more risks
C)Motivation of users to quit using a risky drug is lowered
D)All of the above
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