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. Identify a correct statement about alcohol in the early modern…
. Identify a correct statement about alcohol in the early modern era.
Alcohol consumption was not permitted in religious ceremonies.
European alchemists developed a safe process for distilling alcohol.
Europe emerged from the Middle Ages as a heavy-drinking culture.
2. Which of the following is an accurate statement about alcohol in the United States in the 19th century?
Early temperance groups focused on the elimination of distilled spirits.
The Civil War took attention away from the temperance movement in the 1830s and 1840s.
The early 19th century saw the heaviest drinking in the history of the United States.
3. Identify a true statement about alcohol consumption in the United States.
About 85 to 90 percent of the population consumes alcohol.
There are more than 20 million Americans who are alcohol-dependent.
About 20 percent of the population consumes 80 percent of all alcohol sold in the United States.
4. Which of the following statements is true of underage drinking?
Underage drinking rates have increased considerably over the past 15-20 years.
Underage drinkers display high tolerance to alcohol.
Underage drinkers are especially vulnerable to alcohol’s negative effects on cognition and memory.
5. Identify a true statement about alcohol content in drinks.
A beverage draws moisture from the air and self-dilutes above 70 percent alcohol.
The strongest proof that any alcoholic beverage can be is 200.
A beverage is 80-proof if it is 40 percent alcohol.
6. Which of the following is the first distilled beverage that was produced as early as 100 BCE?
Gin
Beer
Brandy
7. Which of the following statements is most likely true of drinkers without tolerance whose blood alcohol content (BAC) is between 0.08 and 0.09?
They experience depressed respiratory functions.
They undergo possible loss of consciousness.
They are considered legally intoxicated.
8. Which of the following types of alcohol is absorbed the fastest into the bloodstream?
Wines
Beers
Distilled liquors
9. Identify a true statement about the mechanism of action of alcohol.
Ethanol decreases GABA’s inhibitory actions.
People with high serotonin activity are likely to drink more alcohol.
Alcohol decreases glutamate’s excitatory actions.
110. Which of the following is an accurate statement about ethanol?
It is a complex molecule.
It has simple and limited effects on the human body.
It disrupts normal electrical transmission.
111. Alcohol affects the brain by
increasing the time taken to fall asleep.
accelerating the electrical activity of neurons in the brain.
suppressing both deep sleep and REM sleep.
112. Identify an accurate statement about ethanol in the context of overdose.
Ethanol has a high therapeutic index.
Ethanol’s average lethal dose corresponds to a blood alcohol content of 0.25 percent.
Ethanol’s average lethal dose is five to six times the blood alcohol content that produces intoxication.
113. Which of the following is defined as a neurological disorder caused by a thiamine deficiency that is characterized by an unsteady gait, mental confusion, and abnormal eye movements?
Delirium tremens
Korsakoff’s syndrome
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
114. Identify the definition of alcoholic cirrhosis.
A reversible condition in which large fat vacuoles accumulate in the liver
Inflammation of the liver caused by excessive alcohol intake
A chronic liver condition characterized by the replacement of liver cells with scar tissue, resulting in the loss of liver function
