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Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) Exam Practice Test
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The MAC (Master Addiction Counselor) is a voluntary national and international certification intended for professionals working within Substance Use Disorders/Addiction-related disciplines wishing to demonstrate their skills gained through supervised work experience and specific graduate course work. 

A MAC (Master Addiction Counselor) is competent in skills related to:
Human growth and development
Social and cultural foundations
Helping relationships
Group counseling
Career counseling
Assessment
Research and program evaluation, and 
Professional counseling.

Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) Exam Practice Test
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25 Questions

1. The removal of a stimulus that increases the likelihood of a response that will remove the stimulus again is known as:
2. The first clinic model for an outpatient counseling program established was founded by:
3. The class of frequently abused drugs that produces feelings of euphoria, dramatically boosts self-confidence, and generates a feeling of super strength is called:
4. The earliest perspective on addictive disorders proposed addiction to be a problem of:
5. The quickest route of stimulant administration (introduction to intoxication) is:
6. The first alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous especially for women was called:
7. Who developed the Five Kinetic Ideas that formed the core of the modern alcoholism treatment movement?
8. Opiates are able to rapidly cross the blood-brain barrier to produce a euphoric rush, and physical dependence develops rapidly when opiates are used regularly. Withdrawal symptoms include all but one of the following:
9. All of the following are natural sources for hallucinogenic substances except one:
10. The liver breaks down alcohol by oxidization into acetic acid. On average, the liver of a 150-pound person can oxidize about 7 grams of pure alcohol per hour. This is the equivalent of how many ounces of beer, wine, and distilled spirits, respectively?
11. Cocaine, in either a powder form (cocaine hydrochloride salt) or in a free-base form is commonly taken into the body in all but one of the following ways:
12. The term “formication” refers to one of the following conditions:
13. Identify the ethnic group with a genetic variation predisposing to prolonged intoxication:
14. Neurons are the basic cells that make up the functional part of brain and nerve tissue. All of the following are parts of a neuron except one:
15. What is the most common way to abuse Rohypnol®?
16. Identify the entry that is not a behavioral sign of alcoholism:
17. Identify which of the following are the names of two physiologically addictive drugs or substances:
18. All but one of the following patterns are seen in the abuse of anabolic-androgenic steroids:
19. Methamphetamine may directly induce all but one of the following psychiatric symptoms:
20. Ecstasy stimulates the activity levels of all but one of the following neurotransmitters:
21. The need to drink increasing amounts of alcohol to obtain a “buzz” (i.e., feel intoxicated) is referred to as:
22. The principal medical use for narcotics is for the treatment of:
23. All of the following are categories of sedative-hypnotic drugs except one:
24. GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) is medically used to treat:
25. Heroin is commonly abused in all but one of the following ways: