Narotics & Drug Enforcement Final Exam part 1 (8-9)

Question 1

What is the focus of motivational interviewing?

Answer 1

To help people locate and clarify their motivations for changing behaviors

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately reflects drug prevention efforts?

Answer 2

Effective drug prevention strategies have been difficult to find

Question 3

Which group has benefited from treating the rich and those with adequate health insurance?

Answer 3

The private drug treatment industry

Question 4

Which of the following is not a model of drug prevention program for school-aged children?

Answer 4

Motivational model

Question 5

Which drug treatment program emphasizes public confession, commitment, and mutual aid?

Answer 5

Alcoholics Anonymous

Question 6

Why would heroin addicts who do not want to discontinue use go into treatment?

Answer 6

To lower their tolerance

Question 7

Drug courts use legal coercion to:

Answer 7

Make offenders comply with treatment programs

Question 8

Based on the evidence, how do school programs affect drug use?

Answer 8

These programs are not effective

Question 9

Of the following, which is not used to treat alcohol dependence?

Answer 9

Buprenorphine

Question 10

Which chemical drug can be used to treat opioid overdose?

Answer 10

Naloxone

Question 11

What are the two types of drug treatments based on psychological theories?

Answer 11

Behaviorism and those that are psychoanalytically oriented

Question 12

What are the long-lasting effects of adolescent drug use?

Answer 12

No long-lasting effects

Question 13

Which of the following drugs are used for heroin maintenance treatment?

Answer 13

Methadone and buprenorphine

Question 14

Which of the following characterizes therapeutic communities?

Answer 14

Strict entry requirements and hierarchy and insistence on rigid adherence to social norms

Question 15

Which types of programs reduce the number of young people who experiment with drugs, but who probably would not have become regular users?

Answer 15

Peer programs

Question 16

Chantix is used to treat addiction to which drug?

Answer 16

Nicotine

Question 17

What is one of the shortcomings of drug prevention programs?

Answer 17

Drug prevention programs often offer simple approaches to complex problems.

Question 18

What is a major limitation of drug testing?

Answer 18

There is the potential for false positives

Question 19

Members of which profession are likely to abuse drugs?

Answer 19

Doctors

Question 20

Which form of therapy is designed to help drug users understand their cravings and develop coping skills?

Answer 20

Cognitive behavior therapy

Question 21

Treatment responses come in several types. What can often determine the type of treatment response?

Answer 21

The societal definition of “abuse”

Question 22

How do drug antagonists change opiates’ effect on the human body?

Answer 22

They make opiates ineffective or extremely unpleasant

Question 23

What is one of the main criticisms of drug courts?

Answer 23

They work best for low-level offenders.

Question 24

How does the lack of a control group affect drug treatment program evaluations?

Answer 24

It makes it difficult to evaluate programs

Question 25

In the context of drug treatment, what are aversion techniques designed to deal with?

Answer 25

Drug cues

Question 26

Which of the following methods do drug smugglers not use in smuggling into the United States?

Answer 26

Drones

Question 27

Why is violence so common among drug organizations?

Answer 27

Because there is no formal dispute resolution system

Question 28

Which country serves as the main source of materials needed to produce drugs, such as methamphetamine?

Answer 28

China

Question 29

Which country is known for dominating the cocaine industry?

Answer 29

Colombia

Question 30

Which two crops are the source of conflict between groups in Colombia?

Answer 30

Poppy and coca

Question 31

What are the branches of a drug organization called that each separately control production, shipment, distribution, etc.?

Answer 31

Cells

Question 32

Drug organizations are often closely connected to which other groups?

Answer 32

Terrorist organizations

Question 33

Of the following, which facilitates drug smuggling?

Answer 33

High volume of cargo traffic

Question 34

Which factors make methamphetamine production more common in certain areas of the country?

Answer 34

Isolation and availability of ingredients

Question 35

What do the legal and illegal drug business have in common?

Answer 35

They share many qualities, including the ability to shift based on consumer preferences

Question 36

What is one of the unintended consequences of drug law enforcement?

Answer 36

Increase profits for dealers with little competition

Question 37

Where is methamphetamine production common?

Answer 37

In rural areas

Question 38

What is money laundering?

Answer 38

The process of disguising illegally obtained money as legal

Question 39

What features of the country have made Colombia successful in the drug business?

Answer 39

Geography, history and a violent reputation

Question 40

What is the term for the controversial idea that drug dealers will move location based on law enforcement, rather than discontinue selling?

Answer 40

Displacement

Question 41

What affects the prices and profits of the drug-trafficking market?

Answer 41

The law of supply and demand

Question 42

Efforts to combat drug-trafficking often conflict with:

Answer 42

U.S. foreign policy

Question 43

What type of structure do most drug-trafficking networks have?

Answer 43

Compartmentalized

Question 44

In the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent, what have drug trafficking profits been used for?

Answer 44

Political efforts

Question 45

Which two groups are in conflict over drug production in Colombia?

Answer 45

Marxist groups and right-wing paramilitaries

Question 46

How can the drug-trafficking market be characterized?

Answer 46

There are no legal constraints

Question 47

Why has the Mexican government been limited in its ability to combat drug-trafficking organizations?

Answer 47

There is widespread government corruption and human rights accusations against the military and law enforcement

Question 48

Which groups control most of the U.S. drug market today?

Answer 48

Mexican drug organizations

Question 49

Mexican drug-trafficking groups struggle to control "plazas." What are "plazas"?

Answer 49

Entry points on the U.S.-Mexico border

Question 50

How is money laundering accomplished?

Answer 50

Using both complex and relatively simple schemes