DEVCON PRELIM
  • 1. A student reads that cocaine was isolated from the coca leaf in 1869 and was initially used for medical purposes. What does this historical example BEST illustrate?
A) Cocaine has never been used in medical contexts.
B) Cocaine was originally developed as an illegal street drug.
C) All substances used medically are permanently safe.
D) A substance may initially have legitimate medical applications but later become recognized for harmful effects and risks.
  • 2. A student is asked why the Philippines can be involved in the global drug problem even when drugs are not necessarily produced locally. Which explanation is BEST supported by the lecture?
A) The Philippines has no transportation routes that traffickers can exploit.
B) The Philippines has been used as a transit point for certain illicit drugs, including methamphetamine and cocaine.
C) International drug trafficking occurs only in Europe.
D) The Philippines is completely isolated from international drug trafficking.
  • 3. An investigator notices that traffickers use sea routes, air routes, and land routes rather than relying on only one method. What does this suggest about international drug trafficking?
A) Trafficking networks adapt by using multiple transportation routes to move illicit drugs.
B) Land transportation is the only effective method.
C) Drug trafficking can occur only through airports.
D) Drug trafficking does not require organized logistics.
  • 4. After the decline of the MedellĂ­n Cartel, another Colombian cocaine trafficking organization became dominant during the 1990s. Which organization fits the situation?
A) Pablo Escobar Cartel
B) Golden Triangle
C) Chinese Triads
D) Cali Cartel
  • 5. A student explains that ancient Inca communities used coca leaves to reduce fatique and increase energy. What does this example demonstrate about the history of drug use?
A) Some substances have been used by societies for specific cultural or functional purposes long before modern drug laws.
B) Drug use began only after the enactment of modern drug laws.
C) All ancient druq use was illegal.
D) Coca leaves were originally created in modern laboratories
  • 6. An investigator studies Afghanistan, Iran, and
    Pakistan because the region has historically been a major source of illicit opium. Which region is involved?
A) North American Corridor
B) Golden Crescent
C) Beqaa Valley
D) Golden Triangle
  • 7. A community has increasing problems involving gambling, excessive drinking, and smoking. The local government wants to understand why these behaviors may affect the community beyond the individual. Which concept BEST applies?
A) Certain vices may negatively affect individual and community well-being.
B) Vices only affect the person who practices them.
C) Vices are purely personal choices with no social consequences.
D) Vices have no relationship to public safety.
  • 8. An intelligence analyst is studying a region composed of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand because of its historical significance in opium production. Which region is being analyzed?
A) South American Corridor
B) Golden Triangle
C) Beqaa Valley
D) Golden Crescent
  • 9. A trafficking investigator examines Spain's role in the European drug market. Why is Spain historically significant in this context?
A) It is the historical center of the Golden Triangle.
B) It is the primary source of opium in Southwest Asia.
C) It has no significant transportation connections
D) Its geographic location between Europe and North Africa has made it a major entry and transshipment point for illicit drugs entering Europe.
  • 10. A student researches heroin and discovers that Bayer introduced it in 1898 as a supposedly non- addictive alternative to morphine and codeine. What lesson can be drawn from this historical development?
A) Pharmaceutical development automatically guarantees safety.
B) A substance believed to be safer may later be found to have significant addictive potential.
C) Morphine was proven to be more addictive than heroin in every situation.
D) Heroin was created primarily as a recreational drug.
  • 11. A criminal intelligence unit investigates a group associated with international drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion, money laundering and illegal gambling. The group has historical origins as secret societies in China. Which organization is most consistent with the description?
A) Chinese Medellin Cartel
B) Chinese Triads
C) Cali Cartel
D) Golden Cresent
  • 12. A law enforcement agency investigates a syndicate that uses legitimate businesses to conceal illegal proceeds. Which activity identified in the lecture may support drug trafficking operations?
A) Drug education
B) Medical prescription
C) Money laundering
D) Physical dependence
  • 13. Intelligence officers discover a criminal network using encrypted communication, large financial resources, and multiple transportation routes to move drugs internationally. What does this situation BEST demonstrate?
A) Drug trafficking does not involve financial crimes.
B) Modern drug trafficking may involve highly organized transnational criminal networks using technology and financial resources.
C) Drug trafficking is usually limited to individual street sellers.
D) International trafficking depends only on land transportation.
  • 14. An intelligence report An intelligence report identifies Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia as important sources of cocaine production. Which region is being described?
A) East Asia
B) South America
C) Southwest Asia
D) Southeast Asia
  • 15. A medical historian examines the use of morphine during World War I and World War II. Many wounded soldiers became dependent after repeated exposure. What condition became associated with these soldiers?
A) "Triad disorder"
B) Coca dependence
C) "Golden Crescent syndrome"
D) Soldier's disease"
  • 16. A person occasionally accepts clients selectively and is described as newly engaged in sex work. Which traditional classification is MOST appropriate?
A) Hustler
B) Call Girl
C) Facatory Worker
D) Door Knocker
  • 17. A person actively solicits clients in streets, bars, or entertainment establishments. Which traditional classification BEST applies?
A) Hustler
B) Door Knocker
C) Brothel Worker
D) Call Girl
  • 18. A person wagers money on the result of a game where the outcome is primarily dependent on chance. Which form of vice is being demonstrated?
A) Drinking
B) Lottery
C) Gambling
D) Chance of Hazard
  • 19. A person has consumed excessive alcohol for many years and now experiences serious physical, psychological, and social consequences while still struggling to control drinking. Which condition is MOST consistent with the lecture?
A) Alcohol Use Disorder
B) Acute gambling disorder
C) Physical fitness disorder
D) Drug habituation only
  • 20. A driver consumes alcohol before operating a vehicle and and subsequently has delayed reactions and poor judgment. Which effect of alcohol best explains the situation?
A) Alcohol depresses the central nervous system and may slow reaction time and impair decision-making.
B) Alcohol increases coordination and reaction speed.
C) Alcohol strengthens visual accuracy.
D) Alcohol improves judgment during emergencies
  • 21. A person manages another person's prostitution and profits from it. Which term BEST describes this person?
A) Door Knocker
B) Pimp
C) Client
D) Call Girl
  • 22. A sex worker arranges meetings with clients by appointment while maintaining another occupation. Which traditional classification applies?
A) Call Girl
B) Door Knocker
C) Hustler
D) Brothel Worker
  • 23. A student regularly engages in a harmful behavior that gradually affects decision-making, health, and personal relationships. Which concept BEST describes the behavior?
A) Prescription
B) Absorption
C) Vice
D) Administration
  • 24. A criminology student uses the term "white slavery" in a modern academic paper. The instructor asks the student to use contemporary terminology instead. Which term should replace it based on the lecture?
A) Commercial gambling
B) Human trafficking for sexual exploitation
C) Organized vice
D) Drug habituation
  • 25. A person who has been drinking heavily begins to stagger, speak unclearly, and have difficulty maintaining balance. Which combination of alcohol effects is MOST evident?
A) Enhanced balance and improved reaction time
B) Increased coordination and improved concentration
C) Reduced coordination, impaired judgment, and slurred speech
D) Faster reasoning and clearer speech
  • 26. This refers to the uncertainty of the outcome of a game or event, where the result cannot be accurately predicted through human knowledge, skill or foresight alone. What is it?
A) Chance of Gambling
B) Chance of Hazard
C) Scatter
D) Gambing
  • 27. What is the title of the song composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.
A) Coffee Cantata
B) Coffee Cantatan
C) Coffee Canta
D) Coffee Cantatas
  • 28. The following are forms of vices, EXCEPT:
A) Drinking
B) Smoking
C) Prostitution
D) Sex Addiction
  • 29. A person occasionally accepts clients selectively and is described as newly engaged in sex work. Which traditional classification is MOST appropriate?
A) Fcatory Worker
B) Call Girl
C) Hustler
D) Door Knocker
  • 30. A public health officer explains that excessive alcohol consumption may cause liver disease, cardiovascular disease, and neurological problems. What does this demonstrate?
A) Long-term excessive alcohol use can produce significant physical health consequences.
B) Alcohol has only temporary social effects.
C) Alcohol has no long-term health consequences.
D) Alcohol affects only the digestive system.
  • 31. A person provides sexual services in exchange for money or another form of compensation. Which term in the lecture most directly describes the activity?
A) Prostitution
B) Gambling
C) Hustling in general
D) Money laundering
  • 32. A patient receives a drug primarily intended to relieve severe pain and that may cause drowsiness and slow central nervous system activity. Which international classification is MOST appropriate?
A) Narcotics
B) Stimulants
C) Inhalants
D) Hallucinogens
  • 33. A person experiences vivid hallucinations, confusion, and difficulty distinguishing conscious from unconscious thought after taking a substance described in the lecture as LSD. Which classification is MOST appropriate?
A) Narcotic
B) Depressant
C) Inhalant
D) Hallucinogen
  • 34. A person uses marijuana and subsequently experiences bloodshot eyes, dry mouth, faster heartbeat, and slowed mental and psychomotor activity. Which conclusion sion is is MOST MOST consistent with the lecture?
A) Marijuana can produce both immediate physiological effects and longer-term risks.
B) Marijuana always increases psychomotor speed.
C) Marijuana affects only the respiratory system.
D) Marijuana has no measurable physiological effects
  • 35. A person takes a substance and initially becomes highly alert, energetic, and awake, with increased heartbeat and reduced appetite. Which pharmacological classification is MOST consistent with the observed effects?
A) Stimulant
B) Inhalant
C) Depressant
D) Narcotic
  • 36. A person repeatedly uses methamphetamine and eventually develops paranoia, aggression, heart problems, and dependence. What conclusion is BEST supported?
A) Methamphetamine only affects sleep patterns.
B) Stimulants are harmless when the user feels energetic
C) The stimulant's initial energizing effects do not eliminate the serious risks associated with prolonged use.
D) Dependence cannot result from stimulant use
  • 37. An investigator observes a suspected drug user who displays increased energy, reduced need for sleep, and a faster heartbeat. Which substance category should initially be considered based on the effects described in the lecture?
A) Narcotics only
B) Stimulants or "uppers"
C) Sedatives only
D) Depressants or "downers"
  • 38. A new synthetic substance is chemically modified to imitate the effects of an illegal drug while attempting to avoid existing legal restrictions Which h category BEST describes it?
A) Designer drug
B) Natural drug
C) OTC drug
D) Medicinal drug
  • 39. A substance significantly affects affects mood, mood, emotions, thinking, and behavior and has a high potential for abuse and dependence. Which international classification BEST fits?
A) Herbal drug
B) Psychotropic substance
C) OTC drug
D) Volatile substance
  • 40. A suspected drug user experiences altered perception of time and space, false beliefs, and vivid hallucinations. Which pharmacological category BEST explains the situation?
A) Sedatives
B) Hallucinogens or psychedelics
C) Narcotics
D) Stimulants
  • 41. A physician is evaluating a substance that can induce sleep and reduce tension. Which type of depressant identified in the lecture is MOST consistent with this description?
A) Inhalants
B) edatives and hypnotics
C) Stimulants
D) Hallucinogens
  • 42. A laboratory technician identifies a drug that is manufactured using chemical compounds in a laboratory. Which classification according to origin applies?
A) Natural druq
B) Synthetic drug
C) Volatile substance
D) Herbal drug
  • 43. An investigator encounters a a case case involving misuse of glue, paint thinner, and solvents through inhalation. Which law is identified in the lecture as regulating such misuse?
A) RA 7586
B) PD 1619
C) RA 9003
D) RA 6425 only
  • 44. A researcher identifies opium, marijuana, and coca leaves as substances derived directly from plants or living organisms. Which classification applies?
A) Herbal drug
B) Synthetic drug
C) olatile substance
D) Natural drugs
  • 45. A student argues that medicines and drugs are completely different categories. Which response is scientifically consistent with the lecture?
A) Drugs cannot have medical uses.
B) All medicines are drugs, but not all drugs are medicines
C) Medicines are never chemical substances
D) All drugs are medicines.
  • 46. A teenager deliberately drinks excessive amounts of cough syrup to experience intoxication. Which concept BEST applies?
A) Drug education
B) Drug abuse
C) Therapeutic use
D) Proper medical use
  • 47. A person purchases an over-the-counter medicine and takes twice the recommended amount because he believes OTC drugs are always harmless. What is the BEST assessment?
A) Overdosing is acceptable when no prescription is required.
B) OTC drugs can still be dangerous when overdosed or misused.
C) OTC drugs cannot cause harm
D) OTC drugs are automatically safe at any dosage.
  • 48. A drug law student compares RA 6425 and RA 9165. Under the lecture material, what major change should the student recognize?
A) RA 9165 replaced the separate "prohibited" and "regulated" categories with the single legal term "dangerous drugs."
B) RA 9165 applies only to alcohol.
C) RA 9165 abolished all drug regulation.
D) RA 9165 returned to the exact classification of RA 6425.
  • 49. A student is asked which law is currently identified in the lecture as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Which answer is correct?
A) Republic Act No. 9115
B) Republic Act No. 9165
C) Presidential Decree No. 1619
D) Republic Act No. 9651
  • 50. A patient takes paracetamol according to proper directions to reduce fever. How should this use be classified?
A) Prescription abuse
B) Drug abuse
C) Proper medical use of a drug
D) Drug addiction
  • 51. A student encounters glue, paint thinner, and aerosol sprays in a lesson on substances that can affect the brain and body despite not normally being considered drugs. What category is being described?
A) Unrecognized drugs
B) Medicinal vaccines
C) Prescription drugs
D) Herbal drugs
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