PLTW PRINCIPLE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (PBS) FINAL
REVIEW SOLVED #2
PPE - correct answer Personal protective equipment v
HIPAA - correct answer (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) -
Regulates how medical professionals and other people use and disclose certain
individually identifiable health information.
Times when patient's confidentiality should be broken... - correct answer if it was a
minor(18 and younger), causes dangers to other
Steps for processing a crime scene - correct answer Sketch, photograph, interview,
collect evidence, and examine the scene
5 Types of evidence to be collected - correct answer Hair, fingerprint, shoeprint,
unknown substances, and blood
Glaister equation (measures hours since death) - correct answer (98.4-rectal
temperature)/1.5 = hour since death
Ambient temperature - correct answer surrounding/environment temperature
Negative control - correct answer has NO effect
Chromosome - correct answer DNA coiled around proteins called histomin
Gel electrophoresis - correct answer Technique used to separate DNA so it can be
examined
Gene - correct answer Segment of DNA that codes for a protein and determines traits
Restriction enzyme - correct answer enzyme that cuts DNA at specific sequence
Restriction fragment length polymerase (RFLP) - correct answer Fragments of DNA that
are the result of restriction enzyme cutting the DNA
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - correct answer A technique that makes millions of
copies of DNA
What 2 molecules make up the backbone of DNA? - correct answer Phosphate and
deoxyribose sugar
Autopsy - correct answer An examination of the body after death, usually with such
dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death
REVIEW SOLVED #2
PPE - correct answer Personal protective equipment v
HIPAA - correct answer (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) -
Regulates how medical professionals and other people use and disclose certain
individually identifiable health information.
Times when patient's confidentiality should be broken... - correct answer if it was a
minor(18 and younger), causes dangers to other
Steps for processing a crime scene - correct answer Sketch, photograph, interview,
collect evidence, and examine the scene
5 Types of evidence to be collected - correct answer Hair, fingerprint, shoeprint,
unknown substances, and blood
Glaister equation (measures hours since death) - correct answer (98.4-rectal
temperature)/1.5 = hour since death
Ambient temperature - correct answer surrounding/environment temperature
Negative control - correct answer has NO effect
Chromosome - correct answer DNA coiled around proteins called histomin
Gel electrophoresis - correct answer Technique used to separate DNA so it can be
examined
Gene - correct answer Segment of DNA that codes for a protein and determines traits
Restriction enzyme - correct answer enzyme that cuts DNA at specific sequence
Restriction fragment length polymerase (RFLP) - correct answer Fragments of DNA that
are the result of restriction enzyme cutting the DNA
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - correct answer A technique that makes millions of
copies of DNA
What 2 molecules make up the backbone of DNA? - correct answer Phosphate and
deoxyribose sugar
Autopsy - correct answer An examination of the body after death, usually with such
dissection as will expose the vital organs for determining the cause of death
