Lecturer MCQs

Chapter 11: Alcohol and drinking

1. The World Health Organsation (2014) reported that ______ million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol.

a. 2.2

b. 3.3

c. 4.6

d. 6.4

2. Which of the following diseases is the one most strongly linked to heavy alcohol consumption?

a. Breast cancer

b. Alzheimer’s disease

c. Liver cirrhosis

d. Multiple sclerosis

3. During which part of pregnancy is alcohol consumption believed to be most harmful?

a. First trimester

b. Second trimester

c. Third trimester

d. All three trimesters

4. Who were the first theorists to argue that alcohol is a highly addictive substance?

a. Frederick Wentworth and Anne Elliot

b. Leonard Hutton and Cyril Washbrook

c. Thomas Trotter and Benjamin Rush

d. Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth

5. Which application of conditioning theory has been used to explain the phenomena of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms in alcohol and other substance dependence?

a. Habituation-based classical conditioning

b. Compensatory conditioned response model

c. Reversed stimulus generalisation model

d. Partial reinforcement effect

6. According to the World Health Organisation (2007) what proportion of the world’s alcohol consumption is by the 10% heaviest drinkers?

a. 30%

b. 40%

c. 50%

d. 60%

7. What is the main argument of the drinks industry when opposing measures which raise the price of alcohol or restrict availability?

a. Alcohol is already taxed too heavily and its availability too much restricted.

b. There is no justification for interfering with the manufacturers’ opportunities to make a reasonable profit from sales of a legitimate product.

c. These measures will not be effective in reducing consumption.

d. It is not fair to penalise the sensible drinking majority in order to protect a small minority of alcohol abusers.

8. In common with earlier addiction theories, disease theories emphasized craving and loss of control. The difference was that, for the later disease theorists, alcohol is ______ highly addictive for ______?

a. always; those who binge drink

b. less; those who drink infrequently

c. always; those with a predisposition

d. always; about 5.2% of individuals

9. What is meant by opportunistic interventions for alcohol problems?

a. Advice and brief treatments given at primary care facilities to patients attending for injuries sustained while under the influence of alcohol.

b. Advice and brief treatments offered at presentations given at colleges and workplaces.

c. Advice and brief treatments offered to individuals who appear to have alcohol problems, given by college tutors, workplace managers and staff at leisure facilities.

d. Advice and brief treatments given at primary care facilities to patients attending for reasons unconnected with alcohol consumption.

10. Mindfulness meditation showed ______ evidence of improved anxiety at 8 weeks and at 3-6 months, depression at 8 weeks and at 3-6 months?

a. weak

b. moderate

c. strong

d. non-significant