O’Shaughnessy’s • Summer 2009 Could you pass? Oaksterdam University’s Final Exam The Oaksterdam University final exam 4. Under current Federal law how many plants may you grow? is administered on a pass/fail basis. To a. 99 b. 0 pass, students must answer 75% of the c. 35 d. 12 questions correctly. About half of OU’s graduates complete the test (it’s a take- 5. If the police come to your house they are home) and send it in. Those who pass get allowed inside if they: a. Have a search warrant with your name a certificate that may help them obtain and a judge’s signature on it. employment at a dispensary. b. claim 911 calls came from your house. The exam consists of 140 questions c. Both a and b. plus an essay. OU staff create a different d. None of the above. test for each class, drawing on a larger 6. If an officer asks you to step out of your set of 300 questions. vehicle, it is okay to lock the doors after you Answers at bottom of next two pages. OAKSTERDAM UNIVERSITY is located at Broadway and 19th Street in Oakland. exit your vehicle. a. True b. False Please circle the letter of the correct More than 2,000 students from all over the country have taken OU courses on how to answer for each question. operate a cannabis dispensary. OU has added a Los Angeles campus and may open one 7. The Fourth Amendment is your right to: in Michigan, where a medical marijuana law was enacted by voters in 2008. a. a fair trial. Politics and History: b. remain silent. 1. In which two years did the Federal 9. The city of Oakland currently permits c. not self incriminate. 18. Which of the following is NOT a strat- Government succeed in passing measures how many dispensaries: d. right to be free from warrantless search egy for federal drug policy reform: to criminalize and/or prohibit access to a. 1 b. 4 c. 12 d. 32 and seizure. cannabis? a. Ending funding for DEA raids of dis- a. 1914 and 1937 10. Which of the following is NOT true pensaries. 8. The Fifth Amendment is your right to: b. 1937 and 1969 about Measure Z?: b. Working with the executive, congres- a. a fair trial. c. 1937 and 1970 a. Passed in 1994 with 65% of the voter sional, legislative, state, and city officials to b. privacy. d. 1914 and 1969 support. end prohibition of cannabis. c. not self-incriminate. b. Makes private cannabis sales, cultiva- c. U.S. withdrawal from the 1961 Single d. all of the above. 2. What benefits may be expected from tion, and possession Oakland’s lowest police Convention Treaty. 9. The best place to keep cannabis while ending the prohibition on cannabis? priority. d. Repealing the Hinchey-Rohra-bacher traveling in a car is: a. Thousands of non-violent people in jail c. Establishes an Oversight Committee Amendment. a. out of sight. would potentially be freed. appointed by city council and the Mayor to 19. NORML is an acronym for: b. in the glove box. b. Crime will decrease. implement the new law. a. the newest reform organization c. hidden in the door frame. c. The industry could create thousands of d. Endorses a tax and regulate system for b. an Oaksterdam dispensary d. locked in the trunk out of reach. tax-paying jobs with employee benefits. cannabis similar to the alcohol industry. c. National Organization for the Reform of d. All of the above. e. Allows Oakland Police to Focus on 10. If you tell your landlord you are grow- Marijuana Laws. violent crime. ing cannabis, it gives them legal protection: 3. The Schafer Commission found: d. National Organization for the Repeal of a. True b. False a. Cannabis to be the most toxic herb on 11. Does Measure Z allow people to smoke Marijuana Laws Earth. in public? 11. The three levels in police encounter 20. In the article entitled “Latest UCSF b. Incarceration is an effective punishment a. Yes. b. No. in order are: Study points to cannabis as ‘Wonder Drug’ for cannabis consumers. a. detention, conversation, arrest. for pain,” professor Lester Grinspoon com- c. Cannabis is not as harmful as previously 12. What three factors does the federal b. conversation, detention, arrest. mented: thought and the government should decrimi- government consider when classifying a sub- c. casual conversation, formal conversa- a. It is groundbreaking proof that cannabis nalize some cannabis use. stance in Schedule I?: tion, arrest. a. The substance has a high potential for is medicinal. d. All of the above. d. conversation, arrest, detention abuse, leads to other harder drugs, and has b. This is all good news, but it should not 4. In cities like Seattle, what trend is no- no medicinal value. be news at all. 12. The Patriot Act increases police power ticeable when voters designate cannabis the b. The substance has medicinal value and c. The study proves that cannabis is not during traffic stops: lowest law enforcement priority? low potential for abuse and does not lead to helpful with neuropathic pain. a. True b. False a. Very few people get arrested for can- use of other harder drugs. d. The study used high-grade herb provided 13. Undercover police must admit they’re nabis anymore. c. The substance is widely used, narcotic, by the government. officers if you ask them: b. The number of cases against Black sus- and popular among teens. a. True. b. False pects increased compared to other suspects. d. All of the above. Legal Issues c. Overall, the number of cannabis offense 1. In Oakland a patient can possess how 14. Fourth Amendment Protections still cases has dropped. 13. the federal government classifies can- many plants at one time? apply even if you’re a minor: d. None of the above. nabis as a Schedule I drug and considers it a. 72 b. 25 c. 79 d. 99 a. True b. False a narcotic. Cannabis advocates believe it 5. What were two should be rescheduled, because it is medici- 2. A juror cannot be punished for their 15. In regards to drug-sniffing dogs and main problems with nal and not a narcotic: verdict: a. False b. True traffic stops, the U.S. Supreme Court has the monkey studies a. True b. False expanded police search powers and left un- conducted by the 3. The problem with the thermal imager, settled the limits to drug dog searches. government in the 14. What are the benefits of the way in according to the U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1970’s? which Prop 215 was written: John Paul Stevens, is that: a. True b. False a. The monkey was suffocated with smoke a. It limits which conditions can be helped a. It is less accurate than the drug-sniffing 16. The DEA has seized tax payments to and asphyxiation caused brain damage. with cannabis. dogs. the State Board of Equalization. b. Puncture wounds from the scientific b. It does not limit which conditions can b. The police can use it to sense the heat According to California NORML, taxing probes were counted as part of the brain be helped with cannabis. coming off your grow room and use this as sales could generate around damage from the cannabis smoke. c. It does not limit the allowable amount legal evidence in a court of law. how much money every year? c. Monkeys like cannabis more than hu- of cannabis. c. The drug-sniffing dogs have reported mans. a. $100,000,000 d. Both b and c “false positives” of 30% and higher and the d. Both a and b. b. $10,000,000 thermal imager has not. c. $100,000 15. What statement best summarizes the 6. The 1999 report by the Institute of d. When directed at the outside of a home, d. $10,000 ruling produced in the Supreme Court case Medicine confirms: it might reveal intimate but legal activities The v. Oakland Cannabis Buy- a. Cannabis has some well-established inside. 17. Not consenting to a search gives police ers’ Cooperative: medical uses. a legal basis to detain you: b. It does not lead to hard drug use. a. The DEA cannot raid California medical a. True b. False c. Cannabis smoke is more harmful than cannabis dispensaries. b. Farmers in South Dakota can grow 18. You can be arrested for refusing to tobacco smoke. identify yourself to a police officer. d. Both a and b. industrial hemp. c. The doctrine of “medical necessity” does a. True b. False 7. The California NORML and MAPS not give cannabis providers a defense against 19. You can be arrested for refusing an study of vaporizers and water pipes found federal distribution charges. unconstitutional search. water pipes to be healthier than cannabis d. Prop 215 is unconstitutional. a. True b. False cigarettes: a. True b. False 16. The Raich decision ruled that the Fed- 20. Cops are allowed and trained to lie: eral Government may prosecute patients who a. True b. False 8. What conclusions did Dr. Tashkin’s grow for personal use: study in 2005 produce? a. True b. False a. Cannabis smoking causes lung cancer. Horticulture b. Cannabis smoking does not cause lung 17. Which activist argued that they had a cancer. right to sell cannabis at a dispensary after the 1. Booby-traps are okay as long as you can c. Cannabis smoking may provide protec- passage of Prop 215? prove it was for self-defense. tion against lung cancer caused by tobacco a. Ed Rosenthal a. True b. False b. Richard Lee smoking. 2. Growing safely and responsibly requires: c. Dennis Peron d. Cannabis smoking is more effective than a. odor control. d. Angel Raich Clockwise from top left: Ed Rosenthal, ingesting it. b. electrical safety. e. Both b and c. Richard Lee, Angel Raich, Dennis Peron continued on next page —50— O’Shaughnessy’s • Summer 2009 Final Exam from previous page c. proper waste disposal. a. 85 degrees and 65% humidity. d. all of the above. b. 60 degrees and 85% humidity. 3. Which color in the light spectrum does c. 95 degrees and 75% humidity. not disturb the dark cycle if you must work d. 75 degrees and 90% humidity. in your garden during dark hours of your 15. Pinching and bending cannabis plants blooming plants? is useful to: a. Black a. Kill pests. b. Green b. Fill out the grow space horizontally. c. Blue c. Increase the nutrient uptake. d. None of the above d. None of the above. 4. Flowering is triggered in cannabis plants 16. After drying, cannabis will improve when they receive: in flavor and taste when properly stored for: a. Nutrient mix that is high in Magnesium. a. 4 hours b. 12 hours of uninterrupted light. b. 3 weeks to 3 months c. 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness. c. 1 year d. 18 hours of uninterrupted light. d. 3 years Receptionist Latanya Linzie says that every five or ten minutes a visitor arrives 5. Cannabis plants can demonstrate: at OU, or a passerby comes in to ask what it’s all about. Negative responses 17. The first sign of spider mites in your a. Male flowers. are extremely rare, Linzie observes. garden typically is: b. Female flowers. a. Brown leaves c. Hermaphrodite flowers (both male and b. A useful, non-toxic pesticide. breathe. b. White dots on leaves female). c. A growing technique that naturally kills c. It removes powdery mildew from the c. Webbing d. All of the above. pests and insects. space. d. Little black insects running around on d. A popular brand sold at hydroponic your plants. 6. Which is not a hydroponic growing d. Both a and b. stores. medium? e. A pesticide that is safe after a few hours, 4. Box fans are useful to: 18. When trying to fix a problem in your a. Rockwool but should not be breathed by humans im- a. Circulate the air which helps plants garden, you should: b. Organic soil mediately after application. breathe. a. Change everything. c. Lava Rocks b. Cool the air for the gardener. b. Change two or three things at one time. d. Coco fiber 16. When preparing your nutrient solution, c. Help blow pests off the plants. c. Only change one thing at a time. one should: d. Change everything on one plant only. 7. What should the PH of the nutrient d. All of the above. a. Use hot water. solution be according to the methods taught b. Use cold water. 5. Charcoal filters are used to: 19. The height of the cannabis plant at at OU? c. Put nutrients in first, one at a time, then a. Mellow out the flavor of the cannabis harvest time is determined by what size it a. 6.0 b. 3.2 c. 6.5 d. 7.0 adjust the PH. b. Eliminate odor is when: a. Flowering nutrients are added. 8. If the PH of the nutrient solution is not d. Adjust the PH and then add the nutrients. c. Filter the air. b. Light cycle is changed. correct, the plants will not be able to: d. Filter out air born pathogens. 17. A standard 120 volt 20 amp circuit can c. Watering cycle is changed. a. Drink water. safely power: 6. When hanging lights, one should make d. Temperatures drop below 50 degrees. b. Absorb light. a. Three 400 watt lights. sure eye hooks are screwed into: c. Breathe. b. Two 1000 watt lights. a. Formica 20. In the “Marijuana Buds For Less” d. Absorb nutrients. c. Four 600 watt lights. b. Sheet metal textbook, how long is the flowering period for the mango plant? 9. What does PPM stand for: d. One 1000 watt light and two 600 watt c. Wood studs a. 58 days b. 52 days a. Plant Photosynthesis Measurement lights. d. Ceiling tiles b. Plant Particle Measurement c. 30 days d. 31 days 18. Which of these pests is one of the least 7. When installing a high-intensity light, c. Parts Per Million harmful: one should: d. Parts Percolated Measurement a. White flies a. Check the ballast. 10. What properties indicate a desirable b. Spider Mites b. Plug in the high voltage socket cord to time to harvest?: c. Aphids ballast before plugging ballast into electrical a. When the plant is five feet tall. d. Thrips wall outlet. b. When calyxes begin to swell. c. Turn off the circuit. 19. What is the term for cuttings taken from c. When new growth slows. d. Plug ballast into the electrical wall mother plants: d. When flower pistils turn from white to outlet before plugging sthe socket cord to a. Genotypes red or orange. the ballast. b. Babies Cooking e. b, c, and d. c. Clones or Clippings 8. Digital timers are important because: 11. Trimming the harvested cannabis flow- d. phenotypes a. Plants need regular light cycles 1. Using cannabis in edible form is health- b. Analog timers cannot be set by the ier than smoking. ers is to remove: 20. Sulphur burners are used for: minute. a. True b. False a. The largest leaves that do not have resin a. Spider mites c. Cell phones and other appliances can on them b. Lack of nutrients 2. The effects of edibles last longer than disrupt other kinds of timers. b. Pests c. Powdery mildew smoked cannabis. c. Mold d. Watering can be automated d. Aphids a. True b. False d. The resin glands e. a, b, and d. 3. Edibles are recommended for patients 12. What is a desirable humidity level to 9. According to the OU method, rockwool who: properly dry cannabis? needs to be prepared by soaking it: a. Cannot smoke. a. 15%-20% a. In a high PH for 24 hours b. Need immediate relief b. 30%-40% b. In a low PH for 1 hour c. Have neuropathic pain c. 45%-50% c. In a low PH for 24 hours d. Both a and c. d. 70%-80% d. In a high PH for 1 hour 4. Edible cannabis can treat: 10. Indica strains as compared to Sativa 13. When cannabis is dried properly and a. Spinal cord injuries strains: ready for storage it should feel: b. Anorexia a. Grow short and bushy. a. Wet and squishy. c. Multiple sclerosis b. Grow tall and lanky. d. All of the above b. Brittle dry. c. Require more light. c. Hard and compact. Grow Lab d. Require more water. 5. If you plan to make edibles for com- d. Spongy. mercial use, you must take a county food 1. How does the high-pressure sodium 11. One of the earliest times to determine 14. Neem oil is: safety class. light differ from the metal halide light? the sex of a cannabis plant is: a. A fertilizer. a. True b. False a. High-pressure sodium lights are able to a. In the first two weeks of the vegetative b. A hydroponic medium. fire back up on their own after power outages cycle. 6. The standard for calculating dosages is c. a useful, non-toxic pesticide . better than a metal halide lights. b. One to two weeks after 12-hour dark based on: d. a popular brand sold at hydroponic b. High-pressure sodium lights provide a cycle begins. a. 150-pound moderate consumer. stores. different light spectrum than metal halide c. Plants are three months old. b. 175-pound moderate consumer. 15. Pyretheum is: lights. d. None of the above. c. 200-pound weekend consumer. c. High-pressure sodium lights don’t burn d. your weight. a. A strain of cannabis. continued on next page out as often as metal halide lights. 12. Sativa strains as compared to Indica strains: Answers 1-2 d. All of the above. Answers 3-4 a. Grow short and bushy. Politics/History Legal Issues 2. Hydrohut portable grow rooms are b. Need more phosphorus. Horticulture Grow Lab reasonable for: 1. a 11. b 1. a 11. b c. Grow tall and thin. 1. b 11. a 1. d 11. a a. Keeping pests out. 2. d 12. a 2. b 12. b d. Need more nitrogen. 2. d 12. c 2. c 12. c b. Maintaining humidity. 3. c 13. a 3. d 13. b 3. b 13. d 3. d 13. d c. Containing light and smell. 13. Cannabis should be watered: 4. c 14. d 4. b 14. a 4. c 14. c 4. a 14. a d. Maintaining nutrient levels. a. When the medium is bone dry. 5. d 15. c 5. c 15. a 5. d 15. e 5. b 15. b b. Every four hours. 6. d 16. a 6. a 16. a 6. b 16. c 6. c 16. b 3. Proper air flow in and exhaust out of the c. Every three days. 7. b 17. c 7. d 17. b grow space is necessary because: 7. a 17. a 7. b 17. b d. When the medium begins to dry out. 8. e 18. d 8. c 18. a a. It removes heat and humidity from the 8. d 18. d 8. e 18. c 9. b 19. c 9. d 19. b space. 14. What conditions are desirable for get- 9. c 19. c 9. c 19. b 10. a 20. b 10.b 20. a b. It circulates the air so the plants can ting a cutting to root? 10.e 20. c 10. a 20. b O’Shaughnessy’s • Summer 2009

OU Exam from previous page 7. When using leaf in place of flowers, Concentrates 17. Under a microscope, how would you 7. How should a budtender deal with an one should use how many times the amount recognize a mature crystal? upset customer? of leaf? 1. Hash is: a. Large, round head a. Ask them to leave. a. 1-2 b. 2 a. An oil sprayed on plants to prevent insect b. Small, headless crystal b. Ask them to sit down and cool out. c. 3-4 d. 5-6 problems. c. Small, square head. c. Call a manager to deal with the customer. b. High-grade herb soaked in butane and d. Large, square head. d. Pass them a big fat spliff. 8. Which of the following facilitates as- alcohol. similation of THC during digestion? 18. What is another word for hash extrac- c. Resin heads of glandular trichomes 8. Which Oakland strain is featured in the a. Cannabis resin tion? pressed together. Big Book of Buds 3? b. Water a. Sieving d. Low-grade herb. a. Martian Mean Green c. Lipids b. Screening b. Purple Kush d. Milk or other dairy products 2. Kief is: c. Rubbing c. Odyssey a. Powdery mildew. d. Collecting d. The Purps 9. It is crucial to label edible cannabis b. Resin heads of glandular trichomes. e. All of the above. products with accurate dosage because: 9. Doctors in California typically recom- c. An unrooted plant. a. It is possible to overdose on edibles. 19. Since hash is stronger than regular can- mend cannabis in general but have more d. A screen used for making hash. b. It takes longer to feel the effects, and nabis, what is the lethal dosage? recently begun to specifically recommend they last over 5 hours. 3. Which is not a hash extraction process? a. 5 grams Indica, Sativa, or hybrids. c. The medicinal effects last 12 hours or a. Water b. 100 grams a. True b. False more. b. Butane c. 1 pound 10. Should a budtender be familiar with as d. All of the above. c. Biting d. 5 pounds e. All forms of cannabis, including hash, many products as possible? 10 d. Tumbling . One pound of Cannabutter equals how have no reasonable lethal dosages. a. Yes b. No many ounces of cannabis leaf flour? 4. What color are mature crystals? 11. Which is not an effective way of dealing a. 1 ounce b. 2 ounces a. White 20. Are resin glands water or oil soluble? with unruly customers? c. 3 ounces d. 4 ounces b. Green a. Water b. Oil a. Speaking in a calm tone. c. Amber 11. When extracting with butter or veg- b. Pushing a patient. d. Red etable oil, use: c. Watching for mannerisms, attitudes. a. A freezer. 5. Cold water hash extraction can use mul- d. Avoiding long interactions. b. Heat. tiple screens. Which screens will catch your 12. Which is not one of the usual flavors c. Alcohol. best-quality hash? or smells of cannabis: d. Water. a. 0 to 60 microns. a. Spicy b. 60 to 120 microns. 12. One ounce of cannabis leaf or bud b. Sweet c. 120 to 250 microns. shake equals: c. Citrus d. 250 to 310 microns. a. 1/3 cup ground up cannabis flour. d. Meaty b. 2 cups oil or shortening. 6. Dry sifting extraction produces what 13. Drs. Robert Ramer and Burkard Hinz c. A pound of butter. kind of concentrate? found: d. All of the above. a. Kief a. Cannabinoids may suppress cancer b. Tincture 13. One cup of cannabis leaf or bud flour growth and need more clinical trials. c. Bubble hash equals one ounce. b. Cannabis does not help suppress tumor d. Finger hash a. True b. False growth, and needs more clinical trials. c. Not all cannabinoids have yet been 14. You should not cook cannabis edibles 7. How should hash be stored? discovered. over 350 degrees Fahrenheit. a. Hot d. All of the above a. True b. False b. Dry c. Wet 14. High-grade Sativa strains can be 15. Since everyone responds to different d. With fruit peels for flavor Budtending found in: dosages of edibles, commercial packaging a. Colombia does not need to include dosage information. 8. When hash is cured why is it sometimes 1. Instructors presented information about: dark? b. Jamaica a. True b. False a. Prop. 215’s guidelines for selling can- a. Mold nabis. c. Thailand 16. Edibles are a very easy method to b. Oxidation b. The City of Oakland’s guidelines for d. all of the above c. Respiration overmedicate with cannabis. selling cannabis. 15. Cannabis delivery systems include: d. Burned a. True b. False c. Coffeeshop Blue Sky (formerly SR-71) a. Edibles 17. Edibles can be more hallucinogenic 9. Cannabis tinctures use what solvent? style of selling cannabis. b. Pills than smoked cannabis. a. Water d. Out-of-state regulations for selling c. Tinctures a. True b. False b. Milk cannabis. d. all of the above c. Butane 2. As a budtender, you may encounter the 16. Ways to consume cannabis include: 18. Ghee can be kept for months without d. Alcohol spoiling. following type of people: a. Injecting a. True b. False 10. Oaksterdam University recommends a. Cannabis connoisseurs. b. Vaporizing Bubble Bags for making hash. b. Patients who have never medicated with c. Eating 19. Leaf (trim material) and flower (buds) a. True b. False cannabis before. d. Both b and c. are viewed differently under the law. c. People who react differently after con- a. True b. False 11. Oaksterdam University recommends suming the same type of cannabis. 17. Patient anonymity is: that the following extraction method NEVER d. All of the above. a. Ignoring patients if you are not sure what 20. How long before the effects set in when be used because of the risk of fire and explo- is wrong with them. eating cannabis? sion: 3. Security procedures can include: b. Not allowing patients to interact with a. One half hour to an hour. a. Butane a. Displaying only a small selection of one another. b. 2 hours. b. Biting products c. Respecting the confidentiality of patient c. 10 minutes. c. Water b. Always giving the patient three bags of health information. d. 5 to 6 hours. d. Tumbling herb to choose from so it cannot go unnoticed d. The system used at Coffeeshop Blue Sky if they try to grab an extra bag to track patients. 12. Cold water hash can use what forms c. Counting cash in front of them before of agitation? putting it in the drawer 18. AK-47: a. Hand rubbing d. All of the above. a. Is a mostly Sativa strain. b. Boiling b. Has a strong head high. c. Pressing 4. Walkie-talkies are a good way of com- c. Is a mostly Indica strain. d. Washing machine or stirring municating with coworkers throughout the d. Both a and b. facility and all staff communication should 13. Should you use your laundry washing be in good taste in case it is overheard. 19. White Widow: machine to make hash? a. True b. False a. Is also known as Black Widow. a. Yes b. Has a strong head high. b. Only if you want lint in your hash and 5. Part of the budtender’s job is to keep c. Is a mostly Indica strain. resin in your clothes. patients: d. Both a and b. a. Safe Answers 5-6 14. Can you use flower or leaf material to b. Happy 20. Which form of cannabis is easiest to continued on next page Cooking Concentrates make hash? c. From overmedicating. travel with: a. Flower a. Bud 1. a 11. b 1. c d. All of the above. 11. a b. Leaf b. Tinctures 2. a 12. a 2. b 12. d c. Both 6. Individuals may react differently to the c. Edibles 3. d 13. a 3. c 13. b same strain and dose of cannabis. d. Both b and c. 4. d 14. a 4. c 14. c 15. Which would you use for a stronger a. True b. False 5. a 15. b 5. b 15. a effect? 6. a 16. a 6. a 16. d a. Flowers Essay Topic: 7. c 17. a 7. b 17. a b. Leaf Answers 7 Why do you think cannabis should be de- 8. c 18. a 8. b 18. e Budtending criminalized and how do you think decrimi- 16. When does bubble hash bubble? 9. d 19. b 9. d 19. e 1. c 6. a 11. b nalization should be implemented? a. Never. 16. d 10. a 20. a 10. a 20. b 2. d 7. c 12. d Please print or type clearly. Do not stress b. When you are making it 17. c 3. d 8. b 13. a on spelling or grammar, but your answer c. When you eat it 18. d 4. a 9. a 14. d must make sense and be legible. Minimum reprint from BeyondTHC. d. When you apply heat 19. d 5. d 10. a 15. d 20. d limit is one page.