Chapter 16 Quiz

It is common for athletes to take more than one steroid at a time (both an oral and an injectable form, for example). This practice is known as:

"stacking"

The International Olympics Committee first established rules disqualifying competitors who failed or who refused to take drug tests in:

1968

_____, which is released from the pituitary gland, can potentially increase the height and weight of an individual to gigantic proportions, especially if administered during childhood and adolescence.

Human growth hormone

The origin of the word "dope" is derived from the Dutch word used in South Africa to refer to:

a cheap brandy used to impair the performance of racing horses.

Jeffery is a national-level baseball player. He undergoes seven weeks of spring training and plays more than 150 games in 6 months in a year. This takes a toll on his energy level, and he starts using a performance-enhancing drug to increase alertness and to improve focus and attention. Which of the following drugs does Jeffery most likely use?

amphetamine

In the 1800s, the French cycling team endorsed Mariani's "wine for athletes" that contained:

cocaine

Women who use steroids to increase their strength might produce some irreversible effects, including

increased facial hair growth

As part of the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1990, anabolic steroids were

listed as Schedule III controlled substances, with limited prescriptions refills.

One side effect of the tougher 2006 drug testing policies in Major League Baseball is that

more players are diagnosed with ADHD so they can have therapeutic-use exemptions to take stimulant drugs

During and after World War II, it was found that malnourished people could gain weight more rapidly if they were treated with:

testosterone