About This Chapter
This practice bank addresses confirming your understanding of areas including substance use and abuse. It includes thoughtfully prepared True/False questions featuring accurate responses, comprehensive explanations, and key term definitions organized by difficulty levels with complete answers, explanations, and glossary definitions. Quick answer verification with comprehensive explanations facilitates optimal learning and study efficiency.
The learning outcomes are:
✓ Summarize physical development in young adults.
Question 1
According to a longitudinal study by John Schulenberg and his colleagues, by the time individuals reach their late twenties, ________ the use of alcohol and drugs.
- many would have reduced
- most of them would have increased
- almost all would have ceased
- most of them would have been addicted to
Correct Answer:
many would have reduced
Question 2
________ refers to a behavior pattern characterized by an overwhelming involvement with a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply.
- Abuse
- Dependence
- Attachment
- Addiction
Correct Answer:
Addiction
Glossary:
Addiction: A pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply.
Question 3
Regular binge drinking can change blood flow, and it can be a precursor for developing ________, which refers to hardening of the arteries.
- hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- atherosclerosis
- arteriosclerosis
- hypertension
Correct Answer:
arteriosclerosis
Question 4
Which of the following statements is true about drinking?
- Pregaming is most rare among college students.
- Binge drinking usually peaks at about 28 to 29 years of age.
- Chronic binge drinking is less common among college students who live in fraternity houses.
- Higher levels of alcohol are usually linked with higher rates of sexual assaults and sexual risk taking.
Correct Answer:
Higher levels of alcohol are usually linked with higher rates of sexual assaults and sexual risk taking.
Glossary:
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Infections that are contracted primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and anal-genital contact.
Question 5
Which of the following describes extreme binge drinking?
- about eight drinks a week
- about five drinks a week
- ten or more drinks in a row
- eight or more drinks in a row
Correct Answer:
ten or more drinks in a row
Glossary:
Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Involves frequent binge eating but without compensatory behavior like the purging that characterizes bulimics.
Question 6
Kendra has a few shots of vodka before going out to attend her annual college party. Kendra has engaged in
- boot and rally.
- high-risk drinking.
- extreme binge drinking.
- pregaming.
Correct Answer:
pregaming.
Glossary:
Bargaining: Kübler-Ross’ third stage of dying, in which the dying person develops the hope that death can somehow be postponed.
Question 7
Which of the following statements is true of binge drinking?
- Extreme binge drinking describes individuals who had five or more drinks in a row in the last 1 week.
- Chronic binge drinking is common among college men, especially those who live in fraternity houses.
- Overall levels of binge drinking among college students in the United States have risen in recent years.
- Studies show that college students who binge-drink rarely miss classes, contrary to general perception.
Correct Answer:
Chronic binge drinking is common among college men, especially those who live in fraternity houses.
Question 8
Which of the following statements is true about alcoholism?
- There is an absence of any genetic influence on alcoholism.
- Family studies reveal a low frequency of alcoholism in the first-degree relatives of alcoholics.
- One in nine individuals who drink will develop alcoholism.
- Research indicates that about two-thirds of alcoholics recover regardless of them ever being in a treatment program.
Correct Answer:
One in nine individuals who drink will develop alcoholism.
Glossary:
Addiction: A pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply.
Question 9
Higher levels of alcohol use have been consistently linked to
- having sex with contraception.
- committing sexual assaults.
- avoiding casual sex.
- refraining from sexual risk taking.
Correct Answer:
committing sexual assaults.
Glossary:
Rape: Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not consent to it.
Question 10
Orthodox Jews and Mormons have especially low rates of alcohol use, underscoring the
- environment's role in alcoholism.
- role of genes in alcoholism.
- fact that alcoholism is largely inherited.
- fact that cultural variations do not impact alcoholism.
Correct Answer:
environment's role in alcoholism.
Question 11
There is a "one-third rule'' for alcoholism: By age 65, one-third are dead or in terrible shape, one-third are abstinent or drinking socially, and one-third are
- holding out against treatment.
- still trying to beat their addiction.
- resigned to alcoholism.
- hopeless about recovery.
Correct Answer:
still trying to beat their addiction.
Glossary:
Addiction: A pattern of behavior characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and a preoccupation with securing its supply.
Question 12
Which of the following is true about cigarette smoking?
- Children of smokers are at special risk of developing several health problems, including asthma.
- More people smoke today than in the past.
- A small percentage of all living adults who have ever smoked have quit.
- Most adult smokers are unwilling to quit because they are unaware of the dangers of cigarette smoking.
Correct Answer:
Children of smokers are at special risk of developing several health problems, including asthma.