Chapter 6: Alcohol
What is the name of the process in which alcoholic beverages form when yeasts act upon sugars?
a.
fermentation
b.
maltation
c.
catabolism
d.
distillation
What is the name of the process in which a solution of alcohol and water is heated, the alcohol vapours collected and then condensed into a liquid with higher alcohol content?
a.
catabolism
b.
distillation
c.
maltation
d.
fermentation
Although the precise mechanisms for alcohol's action in the brain are not completely understood, what is now believed to be the most important of its many effects?
a.
inhibiting GABA neurotransmitters
b.
blocking serotonin receptors
c.
stimulating glutamate receptors
d.
releasing norepinephrine
Jackson wants to get drunk quickly; how can he speed up his alcohol absorption?
a.
eat meat products
b.
drink pure cold water
c.
drink carbonated liquids
d.
eat starchy foods
8.
Tammy abruptly quit drinking alcohol. She is now experiencing sweating, mental confusion, incoherent speech, disorientation, terrifying hallucinations, and extreme restlessness.
What are Tammy's symptoms typical of?
a.
hypnagogic shock
b.
alcohol poisoning
c.
drug withdrawal
d.
delirium tremens
What is the earliest, most benign effect of alcohol's effects on the liver?
a.
alcohol hepatitis
b.
cirrhosis
c.
Korsakoff's syndrome
d.
fatty liver
Jessica drank throughout her entire pregnancy. Her child has now been diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome and has a mixture of problems. What symptom would Jessica's baby
be experiencing?
a.
webbed feet
b.
distorted facial features
c.
enlarged abdomen
d.
excessive fetal growth