What you know, and what you don’t know about FAS/FAE and alcohol!

 

This is a survey to see how much you know about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The point isn’t to see if you get all the answers right, but instead to see how much you know and how much you don’t know about FAS. 

 

 

    1.What is the leading cause of mental retardation in the United States?

    1. Downs Syndrome 
    2. Spina Bifida
    3. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
    4. High Fever in children
  1. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is __% reversible.
    1. 0% reversible
    2. 10% reversible
    3. 45% reversible
    4. d.90% reversible
  2. Which of the following drinks contain the most alcohol?
    1. 1 bottle/can of beer
    2. 1 bottle of wine cooler
    3. 1 glass of wine or champagne
    4. 1 shot of liquor (vodka, gin, whisky, etc.)
    5. All of the above 
  3. Of the different types of women, which one is most at risk for drinking during a pregnancy?
    1. A woman going to college
    2. A woman who already graduated with a college degree
    3. A woman who isn’t married
    4. A woman in a household where more than $50,000 dollars per year is earned
    5. All of the above.
  4. FAS is ___%preventable.        
    1. 70%
    2. 65%
    3. 95%
    4. 100%
  5. How many FAS babies are born in the US each year?
    1. 1000
    2. 2500
    3. 5000
    4. 10000
  6. Which is the MOST damaging to the fetus?
    1. Heroin
    2. Marijuana
    3. Alcohol
    4. Cocaine
  7. Which regions of the growing baby’s brain are most affected by alcohol?

a. Corpus Collosum - processes information

b. Basal Ganglia – processes memory 

c. Hippocampus – learning and memory            

d. Frontal Lobes – impulse control, judgment

e. Cerebellum – motor control 

f. All of the above

  1. One can outgrow FAS/FAE by the time they are__?
    1. 15
    2. 20
    3. 30
    4. 35
    5. never
  2. Secondary disabilities that can arise from having FAS/FAE cannot be prevented.
    1. True  b. False

 

Answers to survey