devcon midterm
  • 1. are drugs which depress or lower the functions of the Central Nervous System.
A) DEPRESSANTS
B) Narcotics
  • 2. (derived from the Greek word "narkotikos"- meaning
A) Drink
B) sleep
  • 3. Are drugs which produce insensitivity, stupor, melancholy or dullness of mind, induces sleep (Hypnotics) or stupor and relieve pain (Analgesics). Opium, Heroin, Codein, Morphine are the most popular of narcotics.
A) DEPRESSANTS
B) Narcotics
C) Morphine
  • 4. are drugs used in treating nervous disorders or calm psychotic patients or mental disorders without producing sleep.
A) Diazepam
B) Tranquilizers
  • 5. also known as "Valium"
A) Diazepam
B) Codeine
  • 6. It is the most commonly used tranquilizer, which has a slow onset but long duration of action. Prolonged use may result to Prolongedu dependence both physical and psychological.
A) Tranquilizers
B) Diazepam
  • 7. are artificially produced substances, synthesized in the laboratory for the illicit market, which are almost wholly manufactured from chemical compounds in illicit laboratories.
A) Semi-Synthetic Drugs
B) Synthetic Drugs
  • 8. which includes opium and its active components and derivatives, such as heroin and morphine; coca leaf and its derivatives, principally cocaine; alpha and beta eucaine; hallucinogenie drugs,
A) Synthetic Drugs
B) Natural drugs
C) "Prohibited drug
  • 9. refers to the act of injecting, intravenously or intramuscularly, or of consuming, either by chewing, smoking, sniffing, eating, swallowing, drinking, or otherwise introducing into the physiological system of the body, any of the dangerous drugs.
A) "Use"
B) Take
  • 10. refers to non-medical use of drugs that cause physical, psychological, legal; economic, or social damage to the user or to people affected by the user's behavior.
A) Drugs
B) Drug abuse
  • 11. are plant substance that have drug effects whose use is not generally regulated by the law. These substances require little processing after the plants are gathered. These drugs may be grown locally.
A) Over-the-counter Drugs
B) Herbal Drugs
  • 12. are commercially produced drugs that may be purchased legally without prescription. These drugs are also known as "propriety drugs".
A) Over-the-counter Drugs
B) Prescription Drugs
  • 13. are commercially produced drugs that can be legally sold or dispensed only by a physician or on a physician's order.
A) Over-the-counter Drugs
B) Prescription Drugs
  • 14. They are like over-the-counter drugs in that they are manufactured by pharmaceutical companies, but they differ, in that the decision to use drugs is legally vested in a licensed physician not in the user.
A) Prescription Drugs
B) Over-the-counter Drugs
  • 15. are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs. These substances are not generally regulated by law except in so far as standards of sanitation and purity is required.
A) Illicit Drugs
B) Unrecognized Drugs
  • 16. are drugs whose sale, purchase or use is generally prohibited by law. Criminal penalties usually apply to violators of these laws.
A) Tobacco
B) Illicit Drugs
  • 17. is not generally considered a drug, thus, may be classified as an unrecognized drug.
A) Tobacco
B) Illicit Drugs
  • 18. is a chemical substance that brings about physical, physiological, behavioral and/or psychological change in a person taking it.
A) Drug abuse
B) Drug
  • 19. Liquid, solid or mixed substances having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes or any chemical substance which when sniffed, smelled, inhaled, of introduced into the physiological system of the body produce induce a condition of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction,
A) Volatile Substance,
B) Drug addiction
  • 20. is a need for a particular controlled substance which comes from continuous and sometimes periodic use of that drug..
A) Drug addiction or dependence
B) Physical dependence
  • 21. It is the result when a drug has been used for a long period of time. It is only identified when a characteristics withdrawal
A) Drug addiction or dependence
B) Physical dependence
  • 22. these are any liquid, solid or mixed substance that has the property of releasing toxic (psychoactive) vapors or fumes.
A) Inhalants
B) VOLATILE SUBSTANCES
  • 23. are drugs which affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness and emotion.
A) NARCOTICS
B) HALLUCINOGENS
  • 24. refers to the improper utilization of controlled substance prescribed by the physicians to the patient under treatments with medical problem.
A) VOLATILE SUBSTANCES
B) Prescription abuse
  • 25. amount needed to treat or heal, that is, the smallest amount of a drug that will produce a therapeutic effect.
A) Toxic dose
B) Minimal dose
C) Maximal dose
  • 26. largest amount of a drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect without any accompanying symptoms toxicity.
A) Minimal dose
B) Toxic dose
C) Maximal dose
  • 27. amount of drug that produces untoward effects or symptoms.
A) Lethal dose
B) Toxic dose
C) Abusive dose
  • 28. amount needed to produce the side effects and action desired by the individual who improperly uses it
A) Abusive dose
B) Lethal dose
  • 29. the amount of drug that will cause death.
A) Lethal dose
B) Abusive dose
  • 30. is a substance affecting the central nervous system which when taken into the human body brings about physical, emotional or behavioral changes in a person taking it
A) Pimp
B) Dangerous drugs
  • 31. which includes opium and its active components and derivatives, such as heroin and morphine, coca leaf and its derivatives,
A) Prohibited Drug,
B) Regulated Drug,
  • 32. which includes self-inducing sedatives, such as secobarbital, Phenobarbital, pentobarbital, barbital, amobarbital and any other drug which contains a salt or a derivative of a salt of barbituric acid; any salt, isomer or salt of an isomer, of amphetamine, such as Benzedrine or C Dexedrine, or any drug which produces a physiological action similar to amphetamine, and hypnotic drugs, such as methaqualone, nitrazepam or any other compound producing similar physiological effects
A) Regulated Drug,
B) Prohibited Drug,
  • 33. are active ingredients, secondary metabolic products of plants and other living systems that may be isolated by extraction.
A) Natural Drugs -
B) Drug Abuse
  • 34. may refer to any non-medical use of drugs that cause physical, psychological, legal, economic, or social damage to the user or to people affected by the user's behavior.
A) Dangerous Drugs
B) Drug Abuse
  • 35. is a substance affecting the central nervous system which when taken into the human body brings about physical, emotional or behavioral changes in a person taking it.
A) Drug Abuse
B) Dangerous Drugs
  • 36. A substance which when taken into the human body cures illness and/or relieves signs/symptoms of disease.
A) Medicinal Drugs
B) Dangerous Drugs
  • 37. All medicines are drugs, but not all drugs are medicinal drug.
A) Medicines vs. Drugs
B) Dangerous Drugs
  • 38. most widely used drugs in our society. It is regarded by many experts as the most commonly abused drug in our society.
A) Alcohol
B) Tabaco
  • 39. are drugs which increase alertness of physical disposition. They also reduce hunger and provide a feeling of well being. They produce the opposite to that of depressants.
A) STIMULANTS
B) Designer drugs
  • 40. are designed by clandestine chemists with the aim to manufacture compounds that produce "the high" or euphoria of parent drugs and avoid the penalties that would be levied against those illegally trafficking the controlled substance.
A) Designer drugs
B) STIMULANTS
  • 41. are substance chemically related to but slightly different from controlled substances
A) Designer drugs
B) STIMULANTS
  • 42. Under Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, administer refers to any act of introducing any dangerous drug into the body of any person, with or without his/her knowledge by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means or of committing any act of indispensable assistance to a person in administering a dangerous drug to himself/herself unless administered by a duly licensed practitioner for purposes of medication.
A) Administer
B) Organization
  • 43. The drug is taken by the mouth and must pass through the stomach before being absorbed into the bloodstream. This is one of the most common ways of taking a drug.
A) Injection
B) Inhalation
C) Oral Ingestion
  • 44. A drug in gaseous form enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system. It is probably the second most commonly used route of drug administration.
A) Inhalation
B) Oral Ingestion
C) Injection
  • 45. The drug can be administered into the body by the use of a syringe or hypodermic needle in the following ways
A) Injection
B) Inhalation
C) Oral Ingestion
  • 46. a drug is administered by injecting the drug just below the surface of the skin. This is sometimes called "skin popping".
A) Subcutaneous
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
  • 47. administration involves the injection of a drug into a large muscle mass that has a good blood supply, such as the gluteus maximus, quadriceps, or triceps.
A) Intravenous
B) Intramuscular
C) Subcutaneous
  • 48. This is the most efficient means of administration which involves depositing a drug directly into the bloodstream. This is also the most rapid method of drug administration.
A) Subcutaneous
B) Intramuscular
C) Intravenous
  • 49. Inhalation through the nose of drugs not in gaseous form. It is done by inhaling a powder of a liquid drug into the nasal coats of the mucous membrane.
A) Snorting
B) Suppositories
C) Buccal
  • 50. The drug is administered by placing it in the buccal cavity just under the lips. The active ingredients of the drug are absorbed in the bloodstream through the soft tissues lining the mouth.
A) Snorting
B) Suppositories
C) Buccal
  • 51. The drug is administered through the vagina or rectum in suppository form and the drug is also absorbed into the bloodstream.
A) Buccal
B) Suppositories
C) Snorting
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