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Part 1 of 1 - Midterm Exam - Week 4 100.0/ 100.0 PointsQuestion 1 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Daily smoking of one marijuana joint is equivalent to how many cigarettes in
terms of damage to cells lining the airways?
A.ten cigarettes (half a pack) a day
B.five cigarettes a day
C.forty cigarettes (two packs) a day
D.sixty cigarettes (three packs) a day
Answer Key: B
Question 2 of 50
0.0/ 2.0 Points
Which area(s) of the brain are most affected by heavy drinking?
A.forebrain and medulla
B.pons and thalamus
C.cerebral cortex and forebrain
D.cerebellum and cerebral cortex
Answer Key: D
Question 3 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Analogy: Licit recreational drug use is to smoking a cigarette as illicit
recreational drug use is to _______.
A.smoking marijuana
B.drinking a caffeinated beverage
C.injecting heroin
D.both A and C
Answer Key: D
Question 4 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Which of the following is an enabler?
A.a woman taking her brother to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
B.a mother kicking her daughter out of the house due to her alcoholism
C.a man checking himself into a rehabilitation facility
D.a father giving his son money to pay rent when his son spent his paycheck on
alcohol
Answer Key: D
Question 5 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
A key factor in understanding the effect of alcohol in the brain is which
receptor?
A.GABA receptor
B.serotonin receptor
C.dopamine receptor
D.THC-sensitive receptor
Answer Key: A
Question 6 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Drug A has ten times the number of drug-related ED visits in the DAWN statistics
as Drug B. Drug A is used by ten times the number of individuals as Drug B. What
are the relative toxicities of the two drugs?
A.Drug A is more toxic than Drug B.
B.Drug B is more toxic than Drug A.
C.Drugs A and B have equivalent toxicities.
D.Not enough information is present to judge the relative toxicities of Drugs A
and B.
Answer Key: C
Question 7 of 50
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When a pregnant woman drinks alcoholic beverages, the fetal alcohol levels
_______.
A.Since alcohol does not pass through the placenta, the fetus does not have an
alcohol level.
B.are higher than those of the mother
C.are the same as those of the mother
D.are lower than those of the mother
Answer Key: C
Question 8 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
The gateway hypothesis predicts that, relative to abstinence from marijuana,
_______.
A.marijuana smoking will lower your grades
B.marijuana smoking will help you find your way in life
C.marijuana smoking will lead to a greater incidence of drug abuse in general
D.marijuana smoking will have many adverse psychological and physical
consequences
Answer Key: C
Question 9 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Which characteristic is not a physiological effect of cocaine?
A.sweatiness and a pale appearance
B.increased appetite
C.dilated pupils
D.increased heart rate
Answer Key: B
Question 10 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
We think we are being stimulated when intoxicated with alcohol because _______.
A.the cerebral cortex is being inhibited
B.the respiratory centers in the medulla are being stimulated
C.heart rate is slowing down
D.the cerebral cortex is being stimulated
Answer Key: A
Question 11 of 50
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Expectancy effects of alcohol influence _______.
A.emotional behaviors
B.motor behaviors
C.cognitive behaviors
D.all of the above
Answer Key: D
Question 12 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Health researchers have established that _______.
A.there is no safe level of drinking during pregnancy
B.one drink every other week is okay during pregnancy
C.one drink per week is okay during pregnancy
D.one drink per month is okay during pregnancy
Answer Key: A
Question 13 of 50
2.0/ 2.0 Points
Cathy needs to stay awake to study for her psychology midterm, so she decides to
take an amphetamine to keep from falling asleep. In this case, the drug has a(n)
_____ use.
A.instrumental
B.pre-creational
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