Deck 24: Substance Abuse

Question 1

What are the deleterious effects of anabolic steroids on males and females?

Answer 1

Not Answer

Question 2

Why would an athlete consider blood doping? What are the risks associated with transfusing blood and related blood products?

Answer 2

Not Answer

Question 3

Narcotic analgesics are most likely used for _____.

A) increasing blood volume and red blood cells
B) decreasing body fat percentage
C) treating hypertension
D) managing moderate to severe pain

Answer 3

managing moderate to severe pain

Question 4

In sports, which of the following has been used by athletes who require steadiness and whose signs of nervousness must be in control while engaging in sports such as target shooting, sailing, archery, fencing, ski jumping, and luge?

A) Corticosteroids
B) Narcotic analgesics
C) Enzymes
D) Beta blockers

Question 5

Which of the following is a dangerous opioid drug that can be injected, smoked, sniffed, or snorted, is highly addictive, and overdoses can produce life-threatening reactions where the user stops breathing, too often resulting in death?

A) Corticotropin
B) Heroin
C) Ecstasy
D) Cocaine

Question 6

Which of the following isNOT a risk associated with transfusing blood and related blood products?

A) Kidney damage
B) Viral hepatitis
C) Fever
D) Circulation collapse

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of androstenedione?

A) It is used for a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory conditions in which elimination of fluids from tissues is necessary.
B) It has been used in humans to produce transient increases in testosterone in males and particularly in females.
C) It has been used in humans to produce lax muscles and ligaments during rapid growth phases.
D) It is primarily used to increase muscle mass, skin thickness, connective tissues in muscle, and organ weight.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of human growth hormone?

A) It is produced by the pituitary gland.
B) It is easily detected in urine.
C) It increases body fat percentage.
D) It is likely to cause hirsutism.

Question 9

Which of the following is a condition that produces elongation and enlargement of bones of the extremities and thickening of bones and soft tissues of the face?

A) Gynecomastia
B) Hirsutism
C) Marfan's syndrome
D) Acromegaly

Question 10

Which of the following has become the most widely abused prescription drug and is used to treat moderate to severe pain by altering the way the brain and nervous system respond to pain?

A) Atorvastatin
B) OxyContin
C) Androstenedione
D) Metformin

Question 11

Anabolic steroids have anti-inflammatory capabilities.

Question 12

Narcotic analgesic drugs are derived directly or indirectly from opium.

Question 13

In females, the deleterious effects of anabolic steroids are baldness, increased facial hair, and decreased breast size.

Question 14

Not only is the use of blood reinjection in competition unethical, but when conducted by nonmedical personnel, it could prove dangerous.

Question 15

Amphetamines, caffeine, and cocaine are the stimulant drugs most commonly used in sports.

Question 16

Alcohol is banned by both the NCAA and the USADA.

Question 17

Sports participants have misused diuretics either to reduce body weight quickly or to decrease a drug's concentration in the urine.

Question 18

Abuse of anabolic steroids may lead to liver tumors and cancer, heart disease, and hypertension.