HOSA Forensic Science-39
Questions and Answers-2024
Criminalistics - -Analysis of physical evidence
-Forensic anthropology - -Analysis of bodily remains
-Forensic entomology - -Analysis of insects on dead bodies to determine
time of death
-Pharmacologist - -Studies natural and synthetic chemicals
-Carcinogens - -Causes cancers
-Toxicologist - -Studies toxic effects of chemicals
-Base principle of toxicology - -Chemicals safe in small dosages become
deadly in high dosages
-Dose-response tests - -Effects of drugs at different dosages for the
relationship between dose and effect
-Pharmacodynamics - -Mechanisms that cause physiological and
pathological changes
-Pharmokinetics - -How the chemical is absorbed, distributed,
metabolized, and excreted
-Drugs may enter the body by - -Ingestion, inhalation, injection, skin
application, suppository
-Lipophilic chemials - -Stored in fat cells, released into blood stream
-Plasma protein chemicals - -Released slowly into cells
-Fluoride, lead, and strontium chemicals - -Stored in bone
-Xenobiotics - -Chemicals foreign to the body
-Chemical excretion by means of - -Feces, sweat, saliva, breast milk,
nails, and hair
-Enterohepatic circulation - -Process between liver, small intestine, and
bile
-A drug's half life - -Time in which drug decreases by 50% in blood
-Agonist drugs - -Drugs that cause effects
Questions and Answers-2024
Criminalistics - -Analysis of physical evidence
-Forensic anthropology - -Analysis of bodily remains
-Forensic entomology - -Analysis of insects on dead bodies to determine
time of death
-Pharmacologist - -Studies natural and synthetic chemicals
-Carcinogens - -Causes cancers
-Toxicologist - -Studies toxic effects of chemicals
-Base principle of toxicology - -Chemicals safe in small dosages become
deadly in high dosages
-Dose-response tests - -Effects of drugs at different dosages for the
relationship between dose and effect
-Pharmacodynamics - -Mechanisms that cause physiological and
pathological changes
-Pharmokinetics - -How the chemical is absorbed, distributed,
metabolized, and excreted
-Drugs may enter the body by - -Ingestion, inhalation, injection, skin
application, suppository
-Lipophilic chemials - -Stored in fat cells, released into blood stream
-Plasma protein chemicals - -Released slowly into cells
-Fluoride, lead, and strontium chemicals - -Stored in bone
-Xenobiotics - -Chemicals foreign to the body
-Chemical excretion by means of - -Feces, sweat, saliva, breast milk,
nails, and hair
-Enterohepatic circulation - -Process between liver, small intestine, and
bile
-A drug's half life - -Time in which drug decreases by 50% in blood
-Agonist drugs - -Drugs that cause effects
