Question 1

What does the DARE program stands for?

Accepted Answer

A)   Drug Abuse Responsible Education
B)   Drug Abuse Required Education
C)   Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D)   None of these are correctE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of these was NOT identified as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?

Accepted Answer

A)   Parenting skills
B)   Family interaction exercises
C)   Providing urine test kits to parents
D)   Parent support groupsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

What is Project ALERT, and how effective is it?

Accepted Answer

Project ALERT was first tested in 30 jun...

Question 4

Which of these is NOT one of the successful components included in the social influence model?

Accepted Answer

A)   Making a public commitment not to smoke
B)   Countering cigarette advertising
C)   Discussing the penalties for getting caught with cigarettes
D)   Use of teen leadersE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Teaching students relaxation or meditation techniques was seen as one possible way of providing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Alternatives to drug use
B)   Enhanced self-esteem
C)   Values clarification
D)   Refusal skillsE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the changes that took place to the original 2007 Canadian National Anti-Drug Strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)   In 2013 the Government of Canada expanded the Strategy to include prescription drug abuse
B)   In 2013 the Government of Canada eliminated the strategy to include prescription drug abuts
C)   In 2017 the strategy was renamed the Canadian Drug and Substance Abuse Strategy
D)   Harm reduction as a fourth pillar was reinstated in 2017E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The social influence model grew out of a 1976 paper describing a successful prevention approach aimed at what?

Accepted Answer

A)   Bullying
B)   Binge drinking
C)   Early sexual involvement
D)   Cigarette smokingE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

The 2008 Inuit Health Survey estimated what percentage of people from Inuit communities had used cannabis in the past year?

Accepted Answer

A)   33%
B)   43%
C)   53%
D)   63%E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

In the early 1970s, why was the Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour model questioned?

Accepted Answer

A)   Drug users didn't care much what people thought about them
B)   Students with more knowledge about drugs had a more positive attitude toward drugs
C)   Drug-using behaviour is unrelated to attitudes about drug use
D)   It was more effective just to use scare tacticsE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 10

What is Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol?

Accepted Answer

Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alc...

Question 11

Project ALERT and Life Skills Training were included as examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Programs that work, according to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
B)   Values clarification programs
C)   Knowledge-attitudes-behaviour approaches
D)   Ineffective and outdated approachesE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

What has research on the DARE program exposed?

Accepted Answer

A)   Most parents and community members don't approve of it
B)   It has not produced statistically significant reductions in drug use
C)   Gang activity is greater in schools with DARE programs
D)   It consistently reduces binge drinking and marijuana initiationE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Out-of-school peer programs include peer influence approaches, as well as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Peer participation programs
B)   Peer policing programs
C)   Peer evaluation
D)   Peer pressure reversalE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

Drug education programs are designed to reduce drug use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When considering the various programs that have worked with parents, most of the programs include more than one which approach.

Accepted Answer

Informational programs provide parents w...

Question 16

Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Describe at least three of the components of the Social Influence Model of drug prevention.

Accepted Answer

Refusal skills, public commitm...

Question 19

How would the public health model describe programs designed to reach people who have already started using some substances, but the goal is to help them avoid further substance abuse or moving to more dangerous substances be classified?

Accepted Answer

A)   Motivational
B)   Educational
C)   Secondary prevention
D)   TriageE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 20

What has been the most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs?

Accepted Answer

A)   Informational posters and videotapes
B)   Random urine testing
C)   Video surveillance of restrooms
D)   Use of drug dogs to check desks, lockers, etcE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 17: Preventing Substance Abuse

Studies of school-based prevention programs in the 1970s showed that students who knew more about drugs and their effects were least likely to use those drugs.

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What has research on the DARE program exposed?

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Describe at least three of the components of the Social Influence Model of drug prevention.

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What does the DARE program stands for?

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When considering the various programs that have worked with parents, most of the programs include more than one which approach.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the changes that took place to the original 2007 Canadian National Anti-Drug Strategy?

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What is Project ALERT, and how effective is it?

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Project ALERT and Life Skills Training were included as examples of which of the following?

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DARE is one of the most widespread drug prevention programs in schools.

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Drug education programs are designed to reduce drug use.

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Which of these was NOT identified as an effective family-based drug prevention approach?

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How would the public health model describe programs designed to reach people who have already started using some substances, but the goal is to help them avoid further substance abuse or moving to more dangerous substances be classified?

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The 2008 Inuit Health Survey estimated what percentage of people from Inuit communities had used cannabis in the past year?

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The social influence model grew out of a 1976 paper describing a successful prevention approach aimed at what?

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What is Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol?

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What has been the most consistent feature of workplace drug prevention programs?

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Teaching students relaxation or meditation techniques was seen as one possible way of providing which of the following?

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Which of these is NOT one of the successful components included in the social influence model?

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Out-of-school peer programs include peer influence approaches, as well as which of the following?

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In the early 1970s, why was the Knowledge-Attitudes-Behaviour model questioned?

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