GISA TRAINING TEST

PRE-TEST
POST -TEST

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Date

1. Prevention of health and social problems are important for any nation because health is linked to all of the following EXCEPT

A. Rise Income
B. Increased Productivity
C. Children's Education
D. Violence

2. All of the following are primary objectives of substance use prevention EXCEPT

A. Avoid Poly Drug Use
B. Avoid Substance Use
C. Delay Substance Use
D. Prevent Development of Disorders

3. Which of these is not in the scope/categories of substance use prevention interventions

A. School-Based Prevention
B. Workplace-Based Prevention
C. Rally-Based Prevention
D. Community-Based Prevention

4. Pharmacology tells us all of the following EXCEPT

A. How substance works in the brain
B. Where and how they produce their effects
C. Availability of drugs and use
D. Who is vulnerable to abuse and addiction

5. The Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) helps to:

A. Protect the brain from damage
B. Ensure that only certain substances gets to the brain
C. Prevent every substance from getting to the brain
D. Prevent substances from entering the brain except water soluble substances like paracetamol

6. Psychoactive substances alters all of the following EXCEPT

A. Mood
B. Thoughts
C. Heights
D. Behaviour

7. In substance abuse prevention, Resolute Non-Users refer to:

A. Those who have used drugs when they were young and has vowed not to use again
B. Those who will use some drugs but resolved not to use more harmful once
C. Those who will never use drugs no matter the circumstances
D. All of the above

8. Under the spectrum of substance use services, all of the following are under prevention EXCEPT

A. Universal
B. Case Identification
C. Selective
D. Indicated

9. The Etiology Model in substance use prevention consist of the following EXCEPT

A. Macro-Level Environment
B. Micro-Level Environment
C. Space-Level Environment
D. None of the Above

10. Which of the following is not an aspect of substance use prevention intervention or Policy

A. Structure
B. Harm Reduction
C. Content
D. Delivery

11. Which of these is correct

A. Monitoring and Evaluation is a once and for all thing in substance use prevention
B. Monitoring and Evaluation is only useful and purposeful at the end of intervention
C. Monitoring and Evaluation cut across all stages of intervention
D. None of the Above

12. In substance use prevention, fidelity means

A. Following intervention as designed
B. Finding the right intervention
C. Team work
D. Conducting research before intervention

13. Which of these is not an appropriate source of data for substance use prevention intervention

A. Hospital treatment data
B. Arrest data
C. School reports of absenteeism
D. Hospital prescription records

14. Which of this is correct in Ethical Decision Making for substance use prevention professionals

A. Plan – Assess – Implement – Evaluate
B. Assess – Plan – Implement – Evaluate
C. Evaluate – Plan – Implement – Assess
Assess – Plan – Evaluate - Implement

15. In Ethical Code of Conduct for substance use professionals, Self Help means

A. Sound judgment
B. Not relying on others
C. Protecting Yourself
D. All of the Above

16. The following concepts are very important for trained substance use prevention professionals, Knowledge, Competencies, Skills, Integrity and Ethics.

TRUE
FALSE

17. Epidemiology is relevant in Substance Use Treatment and Not in Prevention

TRUE
FALSE

18. Risk and Protective Factors means the same thing and can be used interchangeably

TRUE
FALSE

19. Assessment in substance use prevention means to identify persons who use drugs in a particular community.

TRUE
FALSE

20. Public awareness through rallies and campaigns are very effective prevention strategies.

TRUE
FALSE

21. There is no difference between substance use prevention and sensitization. It is a matter of semantics.

TRUE
FALSE

22. The faster a psychoactive substance hits the brain, the greater and more rewarding its effects and the greater potential for addiction and other related consequences

TRUE
FALSE

23. Topical is a route of administration of psychoactive substances

TRUE
FALSE

24. Age of initiation of psychoactive substances has nothing to do with immediate and long time effect

TRUE
FALSE

25. There is no Evidence Based Prevention without Research, Practice and Evaluation

TRUE
FALSE

GISA/Colombo Plan Training of Practitioners on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders

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GISA/Colombo Plan Training of Practitioners on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders