A man presents with drowsiness, constipation, nausea, and decreased respiration. He cannot feel a pinprick on his arm. Given these physiological effects, what substance is he likely to be abusing?

A. An opiate
B. An opioid
C. A nonbarbiturate sedative
D. A barbiturate sedative


B

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The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 established which of the following?

a. Medicare and Medicaid b. The Administration on Aging (AOA), and Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) c. The Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (OASDI) d. The Department of Housing and Urban Development

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A community social worker begins work in a neighborhood with a homogeneous, mainly white, working class population. The worker finds that three is little organized effort to improve the schools or any other local institutions. There is, however, a community consensus around the school system's major problems. These problems include ineffective leadership from the school board, a weak, vacillating superintendent and a lack of resources. The most appropriate model to use in considering strategies would be

A. social goals. B. social planning. C. locality development. D. social action.

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The Sociable Behavioral System

a) is present at birth b) develops between the ages of 0-2 c) develops between the ages of 4-6 d) develops between the ages of 10-12

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Which of the following statements about measurement error is true?

A. You can expect no measurement error if you use a good tool for measurement. B. You can expect no measurement error if you have a random sample. C. You can expect a good deal of measurement error if you employ a quasi-experimental research design. D. You can expect some level of measurement error whenever you measure human variables.

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