Question 1

Which of the following drugs or drug types represent the most chemically miscellaneous group of substances?

Accepted Answer

A)  the amphetamines 
B)  the narcotics 
C)  alcohol 
D)  club drugs 
E)  marijuana D

Question 2

Surveys indicate that:

Accepted Answer

A)  legal drug use (alcohol and the nicotine in tobacco)is higher than illegal drug use 
B)  illegal drug use is higher than illegal drug use 
C)  legal and illegal drug use are roughly the same 
D)  researchers cannot estimate the size of legal or illegal drug use 
E)  none of the above A

Question 3

The legal drug use that is consumed recreationally by more people in the U.S.than any other substance is:

Accepted Answer

A)  alcohol 
B)  the nicotine in tobacco 
C)  the prescription amphetamines,taken as a whole 
D)  the prescription narcotics,taken as a whole 
E)  none of the above. A

Question 4

Of the following,the drug that is taken the most sporadically,on a once-in-a-while basis,that is,has the lowest "loyalty" rate is:

Accepted Answer

A)  marijuana 
B)  alcohol 
C)  the nicotine in tobacco 
D)  the amphetamines 
E)  LSD

Question 5

The psychoactive substance with the highest "loyalty" rate and the only drug that a majority of at-least one-time users have taken during the past month is:

Accepted Answer

A)  alcohol 
B)  marijuana 
C)  cocaine 
D)  heroin 
E)  LSD

Question 6

According to surveys,the use of LSD among American high school students peaked in the:

Accepted Answer

A)  1960s 
B)  1970s 
C)  1980s 
D)  1990s 
E)  first decade of the 2000s

Question 7

Current alcohol consumption in the United States is at:

Accepted Answer

A)  an all-time high 
B)  an all-time low 
C)  a fairly high point compared with most other periods of history 
D)  a fairly low point compared with most other periods of history 
E)  none of the above

Question 8

The illicit drug of choice during the 1960s (the "psychedelic" era)was:

Accepted Answer

A)  LSD 
B)  cocaine 
C)  heroin 
D)  marijuana 
E)  amphetamine

Question 9

Currently,the percentage young adults (18-25)who have drunk at least one alcoholic beverage in the prior month is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a minority-roughly one quarter (25%) 
B)  roughly half to three-quarters (50-75%) 
C)  practically everyone (over 90% of the population) 
D)  unknown 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Researchers estimate that illicit drug use in the U.S.peaks at which of the following age brackets:

Accepted Answer

A)  16-17 
B)  18-20 
C)  21-25 
D)  26-34 
E)  35 and older

Question 11

The most commonly-used illicit substance in the United States is:

Accepted Answer

A)  marijuana 
B)  oxycodone 
C)  heroin 
D)  methamphetamine 
E)  cocaine

Question 12

Researchers have compared the tonnage of heroin and cocaine consumed in the U.S.and concluded that:

Accepted Answer

A)  more heroin is used than cocaine 
B)  more cocaine is used than heroin 
C)  roughly the same amount of heroin and cocaine is used 
D)  it is impossible to estimate the amount of these two drugs that is used 
E)  none of the above

Question 13

The illicit drug of choice during the 1980s (the so-called "me" or "greed" decade)was:

Accepted Answer

A)  LSD 
B)  cocaine 
C)  heroin 
D)  marijuana 
E)  amphetamine

Question 14

During national alcohol Prohibition (1920-1933),alcohol consumption in the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  increased 
B)  decreased 
C)  fluctuated wildly and randomly from year to year 
D)  cannot be estimated by researchers 
E)  none of the above

Question 15

Recent increases in overall drug use in the United States have taken place mainly in the consumption of which of the following drugs:

Accepted Answer

A)  heroin 
B)  methamphetamine 
C)  cocaine 
D)  MDMA (Ecstasy) 
E)  marijuana

Question 16

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)does not include which of the following categories of the population in its sample:

Accepted Answer

A)  teenagers 
B)  college students 
C)  residents of large urban areas 
D)  prisoners 
E)  the elderly

Question 17

Researchers did not conduct surveys of drug use during the 1960s,but today,they feel that they have a fairly accurate idea of use during that decade because they draw inferences from:

Accepted Answer

A)  tax revenues 
B)  media reports 
C)  DAWN's ED/ME reports 
D)  ADAM-II's arrest reports 
E)  retrospective estimates based on a survey conducted in the 1970s

Question 18

The illicit drug of choice (that is,the illegal drug that was most likely to be used)during the 1960s was:

Accepted Answer

A)  LSD 
B)  cocaine 
C)  heroin 
D)  amphetamine 
E)  marijuana

Question 19

According to records,researchers estimate that alcohol consumption was greatest in which of the following historical eras?

Accepted Answer

A)  the late 1700s 
B)  the early 1800s 
C)  between 1850 and 1919 
D)  during Prohibition (1920-1933) 
E)  after the repeal of Prohibition,1933 to the present

Question 20

The drug that is consumed the greatest number of times in the U.S.is:

Accepted Answer

A)  alcohol 
B)  the nicotine in tobacco 
C)  the prescription amphetamines 
D)  the prescription narcotics 
E)  none of the above

Exam 1: A History of Drug Use