Deck 9: Alcohol

Question 1

In Canada what is viewed as the first step toward prohibition?

A) The passage of the Drunken Act
B) The passage of the Dunkin Act
C) The Canada Temperance Act
D) The Prohibition Act

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What term describes the process when alcoholic beverages are formed when yeasts act upon sugars?

A) Malting
B) Fermentation
C) Distillation
D) Catabolism

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which company became the first liquor manufacturing company to break the voluntary ban and advertised their product?

A) Molson Canadian
B) Hiram Walkers
C) Seagram
D) Moosehead Breweries

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When alcohol is formed, what other related substances are also formed?

A) Nitrosamines
B) Congeners
C) Trace elements
D) Contaminants

Question 5

Elijah Craig a Baptist minister is best known for manufacturing which spirit?

A) Scotch
B) Vodka
C) Gin
D) Bourbon whiskey

Question 6

What did Benjamin Rush, a Philadelphia physician do?

A) Suggested alcohol was contributor of obesity.
B) Referred to alcohol addiction as a disease.
C) Recommended brandy after meals to aid digestion.
D) Introduced the concept that red wine reduces the risk of heart attacks.

Question 7

Which was the last province in Canada to repeal prohibition in 1948?

A) New Brunswick
B) Nova Scotia
C) Ontario
D) Prince Edward Island

Question 8

Although an 1898 national referendum in Canada endorsed prohibition, Sir Wilfrid Laurier did not introduce it as a federal bill due to strong objections from which region of Canada?

A) British Columbia
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) Prince Edward Island

Question 9

Which province in Canada was the first to establish prohibition?

A) British Columbia
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) Prince Edward Island

Question 10

What is the alcohol content in most commercial beers today?

A) 80-100 proof
B) 20-30 proof
C) 8-10 proof
D) 14-15 proof

Question 11

How often is the Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) survey of alcohol and illicit drug use among Canadians aged 15 years and older conducted?

A) Yearly
B) Every two years
C) Every three years
D) Every five years

Question 12

In what year did a specific company become the first liquor manufacturing company to break the voluntary ban and advertised their product?

A) 1975
B) 1986
C) 1996
D) 2002

Question 13

What describes the alcoholic content of beverages that uses the term "proof"?

A) Twice the percentage of alcohol
B) The same as the percentage of alcohol
C) Half the percentage of alcohol
D) Ten times the percentage of alcohol

Question 14

What are "Blush" wines, like white zinfandel, made from?

A) Pink grapes
B) White grapes, with artificial colouring added
C) White grapes with a few red grapes added for the colour
D) Red grapes, but the grape skins are removed after a short while

Question 15

Although in Canada and the U.S. the prohibition of alcohol did reduce alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations, prohibition in the U.S. was repealed partly because of the growth of organized crime and partly because of which of the following?

A) There was a widespread movement toward individual freedoms.
B) There was a desire to reduce income taxes.
C) There were too many illegal drinkers elected to Congress.
D) The abundance of lobbying efforts from the liquor industry.

Question 16

According to CADUMS (2012), what occurred regarding the percentage of Canadians consuming alcohol in the previous year?

A) It had small increased.
B) It minimal decrease.
C) It drastically increased.
D) It showed a significant decrease.

Question 17

Moosehead Breweries is the largest Canadian-owned brewer and controls what percent of the Canadian beer market?

A) 1.5%
B) 5.5%
C) 10.5%
D) 15.5%

Question 18

Canadians prefer to drink their alcohol in which form?

A) Beer
B) Wine
C) Schnapps and "coolers"
D) Whiskey, vodka, and gin

Question 19

Which of the following describes the process when a solution of alcohol is heated, then the alcohol vapours are collected, and condensed into a liquid with a higher alcohol content?

A) Malting
B) Fermentation
C) Distillation
D) Catabolism

Question 20

What is the legal drinking age in Canada?

A) 16
B) 12
C) 21
D) 19

Question 21

What was revealed from the surveys that investigated the correlation between homicide and alcohol use?

A) There was found no statistical relationship between drinking and murder.
B) About 34% of all murderers and about half of all murder victims had been drinking.
C) Murderers were likely to have been drinking, but their victims were not.
D) Victims were likely to have been drinking, but the murderers were not.

Question 22

In a typical person, intoxication to the point of staggering and greatly impaired sensory perception occurs at about what BAC?

A) 0.05 percent
B) 0.10 percent
C) 0.25 percent
D) 0.40 percent

Question 23

In 2007 what was the total number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities in Canada?

A) It was 30%.
B) It was 40%.
C) It was 50%.
D) It was 60%.

Question 24

Research studies in which half the participants are told they are drinking alcohol and half are not, with half of each group actually receiving alcohol and half not, are using what research design?

A) Balanced placebo
B) Split-half
C) Alcohol control
D) Phase II

Question 25

Describe what is known regarding breath samples to determine BAC.

A) It only works at BACs above 0.15 percent.
B) They are inaccurate at all blood levels.
C) They provide an accurate indicator of BAC.
D) They don't work if the drinker uses breath mints.

Question 26

What is known regarding drinking and heart attacks?

A) Heart attacks are more likely in all drinkers than in those who abstain.
B) Heart attacks are less likely for those who regularly drink several glasses of red wine each day.
C) A heart attacks is less likely for those who drink one drink per day.
D) A heart attack is not really affected by low or moderate levels of drinking.

Question 27

Which of these provinces and territories has the highest per capita sales of alcohol in 2013?

A) New Brunswick
B) Ontario
C) Yukon
D) Manitoba

Question 28

Although the exact mechanisms for alcohol's action in the brain are not completely understood, what is now believed to be the most important of its many effects?

A) Enhancing GABA's inhibitory effects.
B) Blocking serotonin receptors.
C) Releasing norepinephrine.
D) Stimulating glutamate receptors.

Question 29

In a typical person, intoxication to the point of slower reaction times and impaired motor function occurs at about what BAC?

A) 0.05 percent
B) 0.10 percent
C) 0.20 percent
D) 0.30 percent

Question 30

Urban myths and trends related to substance abuse are not uncommon. All of the following were reported in the text EXCEPT for which one?

A) Vodka being poured over an open eyeball.
B) Alcohol being inhaled through hash pipes.
C) Vodka-soaked tampons being inserted into the vagina or rectum.
D) Alcohol being funneled into the rectum.

Question 31

What factor determines individual differences in the BAC after drinking alcohol?

A) Exercise level
B) Rate of metabolism
C) Urine flow
D) Volume of distribution (mainly body size)

Question 32

At a BAC of 0.08, what is approximately the relative risk of being involved in a fatal automobile crash?

A) 10 percent higher than for a sober driver.
B) The same as for a sober driver.
C) Three times as great as for a sober driver.
D) Twenty times as great as for a sober driver.

Question 33

Which substance speeds up the absorption of alcohol?

A) Plain water
B) Starchy foods
C) Carbonated liquids
D) Protein products

Question 34

Heavy drinkers with Wernicke's disease (vitamin B1 deficiency) also usually exhibit memory deficits and other mental problems associated with which of the following?

A) Korsakoff's psychosis
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Parkinson's disease
D) Alcohol myopia

Question 35

What liver enzyme is primarily responsible for metabolizing alcohol?

A) Acetaldehyde
B) Alcohol dehydrogenase
C) CYP450
D) Acetic acid

Question 36

Approximately 90 people die in Canada each year as a result of high blood alcohol concentration. What issue creates this danger?

A) Mixing beer and hard liquor.
B) When drinking begins again after vomiting.
C) When drinking wine with a large meal late at night.
D) The combination of consuming alcohol and caffeine.

Question 37

In a typical person, intoxication to the point of stuporous but conscious with no comprehension of what's going on occurs at about what BAC?

A) 0.23 percent
B) 0.30 percent
C) 0.35 percent
D) 0.40 percent

Question 38

Approximately what percentage of university undergraduate students reported drinking alcohol at least once within the past year?

A) 92 percent
B) 86 percent
C) 62 percent
D) 41 percent

Question 39

Why does a fairly high consumption of alcohol interfere with the male erection?

A) It has a direct impact on the physiological effects of the penis.
B) It lowers blood pressure.
C) Impacts dopamine release in the pituitary.
D) Impairs processing of erotic signals takes place.

Question 40

At what point does Cirrhosis of the liver occur?

A) Within a few weeks of alcohol binging.
B) When small amounts of alcohol consumption takes place consistently over several years.
C) When the alcohol consumed contains higher amounts of congeners.
D) When a large consumption of alcohol (a pint of whiskey a day) takes place for ten years or more.

Question 41

What symptoms do tremors, hallucinations, delusions, and seizures are all symptoms suggest?

A) Wernicke's disease
B) Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
C) Korsakoff's psychosis
D) An alcohol overdose

Question 42

If one member of a pair of identical twins is dependent on alcohol, which of the following describe what will occur for the other twin?

A) It is virtually certain that they too will be dependent on alcohol.
B) There have as high as a 50 percent chance of also being dependent on alcohol.
C) They have a 10 percent chance of also being dependent on alcohol.
D) There is no greater a risk for alcohol dependence than anyone else.

Question 43

Historians seem to agree that most North Americans drank alcoholic beverages and most people favoured these beverages compared with drinking water.

Question 44

Growth retardation, small head circumference, small eyes, flattened bridge of the nose, and mental retardation are signs of which of the following?

A) Fetal alcohol syndrome.
B) Wernicke's disease.
C) Cirrhosis of the liver.
D) Alcoholic dementia.

Question 45

The most significant date-rape drug is and always has been alcohol.

Question 46

National prohibition of alcohol sales in the U.S. from 1920-1933 did reduce alcohol-related hospitalizations and deaths, and apparently reduced overall per capita consumption of alcohol.

Question 47

In which year was the awareness of Fetal alcohol syndrome noted?

A) In an 1834 report to the British Parliament
B) In a 1902 report to the United States health council
C) In a 1950 report to the World Health Organization (WHO)
D) In a 1955 report to the Canadian Health Council

Question 48

The minimum BAC to be considered driving under the influence in Canada is 0.15 percent.

Question 49

Distillation is the process in which yeasts transform sugars into alcohol.

Question 50

In terms of volume, Canadians drink most of their alcohol in the form of beer.

Question 51

Cereal grains can also be used to produce alcoholic beverages.

Question 52

Among women in Canada who are problem drinkers what is the rate of FAS per 1000 births?

A) 5 to 10.
B) 13 to 20.
C) 23 to 29.
D) 34 to 45.

Question 53

Alcohol metabolism is a two-step process. In the first step, alcohol dehydrogenase converts alcohol into acetaldehyde.

Question 54

CADUMS 2009 results show that 62% of Canadians reported drinking in the 12 months previous to the survey.

Question 55

Carbonated beverages slow down the absorption of alcohol from the stomach.

Question 56

In Canada the minimum legal drinking age is 19 and in the United States it is 21.

Question 57

In balanced-placebo experiments with drinkers who meet the criteria of alcohol dependence, if they are given a beverage that they are led to believe has no alcohol, but that actually does have a small amount of alcohol in it, what will they do?

A) Start to drink more and more of the beverage until they "lose control."
B) Report feeling intoxicated, even at BACs too low to detect.
C) Do not report intoxication and do not increase their drinking.
D) They can detect any amount of alcohol, when normal drinkers cannot.

Question 58

The alcohol concentration of most wines is about 40 percent.

Question 59

What is a requirement for membership in Alcoholics Anonymous?

A) At least two weeks of sobriety.
B) A statement of Christian faith.
C) Signing a contract to abstain from alcohol forever.
D) Only a desire to stop drinking.

Question 60

Scientific evidence supports both parts of Shakespeare's 400-year-old statement concerning alcohol and sex: "It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance."

Question 61

What percentage of beer sold in Canada is domestic, and how is it sold?

Question 62

Describe delirium tremens.

Question 63

The experience of a Hangover has been referred to by many terms in many countries. Describe some of those terms and where they originate from.

Question 64

What did a report from the International Center for Alcohol Policies that examined young people's attitudes toward drunkenness and their experience with drinking and becoming drunk in several countries around the world?

Question 65

Delirium tremens are an early treatment stage, in which the body eliminates the alcohol or other substance.

Question 66

Which aspect of human functioning does fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) impact?

Question 67

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health estimates that in Canada acute-alcohol related problems result in approximately 600 unintentional deaths each year.

Question 68

Stage 4 in the withdraw process can be described as: delusions, disorientation, delirium, sometimes intermittent and usually followed by amnesia.

Question 69

Describe how driving under the influence of alcohol changed in Canada from the early 1980s compared to the statistics reported in Canada in 2007.

Question 70

AA has now grown to include more than 1.5 million members in over a hundred countries.

Question 71

The risk of fetal alcohol syndrome is much greater among women who are classified as problem drinkers, but still occurs in fewer than 10 percent of births in the problem-drinking group.

Question 72

Hangover-prevention products sold on TV and over the Internet are actually pretty effective if they contain activated charcoal.

Question 73

Which population is most at risk of binge drinking, and what amount of alcohol would classify as a binge?

Question 74

Describe some of the factors that influence blood alcohol concentration when drinking alcoholic beverages.

Question 75

Describe the processes of fermentation and distillation, and give examples of the kinds of beverages produced by each process.

Question 76

Describe the purpose of the CADUMS.

Question 77

Discuss the pattern of prohibition in Canada from 1901 until 1948. Describe some of the beliefs that led to the passage of prohibition, some of its effects, and some reasons leading to its repeal.

Question 78

Describe the impact of alcohol on Peripheral Circulation.

Question 79

Describe how Canadian and Scotch whiskies are different than American whiskey.

Question 80

Discuss some of the effects of alcohol on sexual behaviour.