Chapter 9: Alcohol

Question 1

Growth retardation, small head circumference, small eyes, flattened bridge of the nose, and mental retardation are signs of:

A. Wernicke’s disease
B. Cirrhosis of liver
C. Fetal alcohol syndrome
D. Alcoholic dementia

Answer 1

C. Fetal alcohol syndrome

Question 2

In studies relating homicide to alcohol use,

A. There is no statistical relationship between drinking and homicide
B. About 1/2 of all murders and about 1/2 of all homicide victims had been drinking
C. Murderers were likely to have been drinking, but their victims were not
D. Victims were likely to have been drinking, but the murderers were not

Answer 2

B. About 1/2 of all murders and about 1/2 of all homicide victims had been drinking

Question 3

Which of the following are signs of alcohol poisoning

A. Breathing rate is slow and irregular
B. Skin is cold and clammy
C. Vomiting then losing consciousness
D. All are correct

Answer 3

D. All are correct

Question 4

At a BAC of 0.08, the relative risk of being involved in a fatal crash is about

A. Three times as great as for a sober driver
B. 10% higher than for a sober driver
C. The same as for a sober driver
D. Twenty times as great as for a sober driver

Answer 4

A. Three times as great as for a sober driver

Question 5

In a typical person, intoxication to the point of staggering and greatly impaired sensory perception occurs at about what BAC

A. 0.05
B. 0.10
C. 0.25
D. 0.40

Answer 5

C. 0.25

Question 6

Which of these substances speeds up the absorption of alcohol?

A. Plain water
B. Starchy foods
C. Beer
D. Carbonated liquids

Answer 6

D. Carbonated liquids

Question 7

Total per-capital consumption of alcohol

A. Has increased steadily since 1965
B. Has remained relatively constant over the past 40 yrs
C. Increases and decreases about every 5 years
D. Has decline considerably from its peak in 1981

Answer 7

D. Has declined considerably from its peak in 1981

Question 8

Age 21 became the legal drinking age in the US in what year?

A. 1933
B. 1988
C. 1945
D. 1970

Answer 8

B. 1988

Question 9

Although national prohibition of alcohol did reduce alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations, it was repealed partly because of the growth of organized crime and partly because

A. Of a desire to reduce income tax
B. Of a widespread movement towards individual freedoms
C. So many drinkers were elected to congress
D. Of a major advertising efforts by the liquor industry

Answer 9

A. Of a desire to reduce income tax

Question 10

If one member of a pair of identical twins is dependent on alcohol the other twin:

A. Is virtually certain to also be dependent.
B. Is not at any greater risk than anyone else
C. Has about a 50% chance of also being dependent.
D. Has about a 10% chance of also being dependent

Answer 10

C. Has about 50% chance of also being dependent