Question 1

Primary prevention involves:

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 2

All but which prevention effort is focused on the host:

Accepted Answer

Focus on reducing drug availability

Question 3

Control of the availability of drugs is an important aspect of primary prevention and involves many different methods, but most can be classified as:

Accepted Answer

Supply reduction and demand reduction

Question 4

Which of the following best defines the focus of prevention in relation to alcohol and drugs?

Accepted Answer

creating barriers so individuals cannot obtain or use substances rather than identifying why people want to use th em in the first place.

Question 5

Proponents of more liberal drug policies in the U.S.:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

All but which has been found by research assessing the effects of mass media:

Accepted Answer

Total advertising expenditures raises alcohol sales

Question 7

Many school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs involve:

Accepted Answer

Normative education

Question 8

Social policy regarding drugs refers to:

Accepted Answer

Laws and programs that regulate the use of these substances.

Question 9

What constitutes a zero-tolerance position on drugs?

Accepted Answer

All psychoactive drugs are undesirable.

Question 10

Research evidence often fails to affect social policy because:

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 11

What is the problem with aggregate measures of drug use levels in society?

Accepted Answer

b & c only.

Question 12

Increased liquor taxes between 1960 and 1975 in many states (Cook, 1981) were associated with:

Accepted Answer

Declines in alcohol consumption

Question 13

The public health model considers interactions of ________, __________, and ___________.

Accepted Answer

Agent, host, environment

Question 14

Demand reduction can be improved best by:

Accepted Answer

Education about drugs

Question 15

Which primary prevention methods for licit and illicit drugs include education and persuasion attempts to reduce the attractiveness of drugs among potential users?

Accepted Answer

Demand reduction

Question 16

Mass media may be ineffective because people:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 17

Which of the following are environmental factors that must be considered in addition to any individual genetic or psychological factors when designing prevention strategies?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 18

Aggregate measures of consumption such as per capita consumption that reflect the overall amount of use in society:

Accepted Answer

Are convenient summaries.

Question 19

Most proponents of drug control see all but which:

Accepted Answer

Need to distinguish between drug use and abuse.

Question 20

Social drug policies and laws stem from views that:

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Quiz 16: Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems

Primary prevention involves:

All but which prevention effort is focused on the host:

Control of the availability of drugs is an important aspect of primary prevention and involves many different methods, but most can be classified as:

Which of the following best defines the focus of prevention in relation to alcohol and drugs?

Proponents of more liberal drug policies in the U.S.:

All but which has been found by research assessing the effects of mass media:

Many school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs involve:

Social policy regarding drugs refers to:

What constitutes a zero-tolerance position on drugs?

Research evidence often fails to affect social policy because:

What is the problem with aggregate measures of drug use levels in society?

Increased liquor taxes between 1960 and 1975 in many states (Cook, 1981) were associated with:

The public health model considers interactions of , , and _____.

Demand reduction can be improved best by:

Which primary prevention methods for licit and illicit drugs include education and persuasion attempts to reduce the attractiveness of drugs among potential users?

Mass media may be ineffective because people:

Which of the following are environmental factors that must be considered in addition to any individual genetic or psychological factors when designing prevention strategies?

Aggregate measures of consumption such as per capita consumption that reflect the overall amount of use in society:

Most proponents of drug control see all but which:

Social drug policies and laws stem from views that: