GISA TRAINING TEST

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

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- POST -TEST
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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