Deck 1: Alcohol

Question 1

Fermentation is a naturally occurring process that produces:

A) yeast
B) alcohol
C) bourbon
D) distilled liquor

Answer 1

alcohol

Question 2

The alcohol content in 90-proof bourbon is:

A) 14%
B) 45%
C) 90%
D) 180%

Answer 2

45%

Question 3

The generally agreed-upon combination of factors that contribute to modern alcohol use includes:

A) religion
B) medicinal need
C) satisfaction of thirst
D) desire for anxiety relief

Answer 3

desire for anxiety relief

Question 4

The early American temperance movement started out as part of:

A) the Women's Christian Temperance Union
B) the humanitarian movement
C) social Darwinism
D) the Industrial Revolution

Question 5

Public Drunkenness was a crime until what year?

A) 1851
B) 1907
C) 1971
D) 1983

Question 6

The emergence of the profession of "alcohol counselor" was intertwined with:

A) Prohibition
B) an increase in alcohol abuse
C) changes in health-care reimbursement in the 1990s
D) the increase in alcohol services

Question 7

The alcohol industry's advertising and promotion budget for 2002 was about:

A) 1.9 billion dollars
B) 3.3 billion dollars
C) 3.5 million dollars
D) 350 million dollars

Question 8

Young people are targeted by alcohol ads in many ways including:

A) appealing to their better judgment
B) marketing to them in the same way they do to adults
C) stressing that it is illegal to drink until age 21
D) advertising alcohol on TV during shoes popular with teens

Question 9

Underage drinking:

A) is less common than it was a decade ago
B) is primarily the result of "new" beverages
C) represents a source of significant revenue for beverage industry
D) is a greater problem in urban than in rural communities

Question 10

Tobacco use was:

A) introduced into North America by European settlers
B) more acceptable with the introduction of the cigarette
C) never the target of prohibition
D) preferred in powdered form among the European upper class

Question 11

The early alcohol treatment group based on alcoholics helping each other was:

A) The Washing Temperance Society
B) Alcoholics Anonymous
C) the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies
D) none of these is correct.

Question 12

Historically, cannabis:

A) is derived from a plant native to Morocco
B) was used primarily for its mood altering properties
C) known in China as early as 3000 B.C.E.
D) was considered a medicine

Question 13

The Harrison Act:

A) is the name of the act that ushered in Prohibition
B) defined some drugs as controlled and available only for medial purposes
C) limited the ingredients of patent medicines
D) defined marijuana as an illicit drug

Question 14

Distilled liquor has a higher alcohol content than fermented beverages.

Question 15

As an example of the human need to alter consciousness, Andrew Weil points to some behaviors of young children.

Question 16

People's expectations of alcohol's effects can help explain drinking motives.

Question 17

Prohibition was in effect from 1920 to 1933 and is widely regarded as a failure.

Question 18

Prohibition made possession of alcohol illegal.

Question 19

Legislation that promotes treatment for alcohol misuse incorporates the current view of alcoholism as a treatable disease.

Question 20

The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment accredits treatment programs.

Question 21

Building breweries in developing countries enables these countries to become economically self-sufficient.

Question 22

Early tobacco use among upper class Europeans was in powdered form that was sniffed.

Question 23

Cigarettes were given out as part of soldiers' basic rations during WWI and WWII.

Question 24

With processing, naturally occurring psychoactive substances generally become more potent.

Question 25

The major factor in defining a drug as illicit is its pharmacology.

Question 26

Cannabis was on the list of drugs approved for medical purposed until the 1960's.

Question 27

Racism was a major factor at work behind concerns from marijuana's initial introduction to the United States.