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What is a drug? - correct answer Any substance that, when taken into the human body, can
impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle safely.
What are the seven drug categories? - correct answer CNS depressants, CSN stimulants,
Hallucinogens, Dissociative Anesthetics, Narcotic Analgesics, Inhalants, Cannabis.
What are the six subcategories of CNS Depressants? - correct answer Combination, Anti-
Anxiety, Barbiturates, Anti-Depressants, Non-Barbiturates, Anti-Psychotic (CABANA)
What are the three subcategories of CNS Stimulants? - correct answer Cocaine, Amphetamines,
Caffeine or others
Name two sub-categories of Narcotic Analgesics? - correct answer Natural Opiates and
Synthetic Opiates
What drug category is Desoxyn (Methamphetamine)? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Secobarbital? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Alprazolam (Xanax)? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Phenyl Cyclohexyl Peperidine (PCP)? - correct answer Dissociate
Anesthetic
What drug category is MDMA (Ecstasy)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is ETOH? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Numorphan? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Psilocybin (Mushrooms)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What is the 12 step DRE process? - correct answer Breath, interview officer, preliminary exam
(pulse 1), eye exam, divided attention tests, vitals (pulse 2), dark room, muscle, injection sites
(pulse 3), statement, opinion, toxicology - (BIPEDVDMISOT)
What drug category is Demerol? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Adderall? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Chlordiazepoxide? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Ketamine? - correct answer Dissociative Anesthetic
What drug category is Percodan - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Ritalin? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Bufotenine (toads ass)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is Methaqualone? - correct answer CNS Depressant
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Name the 3 clues of HGN? - correct answer Lack of smooth pursuit, Distinct and sustained
nystagmus at maximum deviation, Angle or onset prior to 45°
What drug categories cause HGN? - correct answer (DID drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics.
What drug categories cause VGN? - correct answer (DID drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics.
What drug categories cause LOC? - correct answer (DID C drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics and Cannabis.
What is rebound dilation? - correct answer A period of pupillary constriction followed by a
period of pupillary dilation where the pupil steadily increases in size and does not return to its
original constricted size.
What is the DRE average pupil range for room light? - correct answer 2.5-5.0 mm
What is the DRE average pupil range for near total darkness? - correct answer 5.0-8.5 mm
What is the DRE average pupil range for direct light? - correct answer 2.0-4.5 mm
What is miosis? - correct answer Pupil constriction
What is ptosis? - correct answer Drooping eyes
What is Mydriasis? - correct answer Pupil dilation
What drug categories cause pupil dilation? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Cannabis
What drug categories cause pupil constriction? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Oxycodone? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Halcion? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Librium? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Peyote? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is Diazepam? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Dexedrine? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Hycodan? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Klonopin? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Thorazine? - correct answer CNS Depressant
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What is an artery? - correct answer A strong, elastic blood vessel that carries blood from the
heart to the body tissues
What is a vein? - correct answer A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart from the
bady
What does the pulmonary artery do? - correct answer Carries deoxygenated blood away from
the heart to the lungs
What does the pulmonary vein do? - correct answer carries oxygenated blood to the heart from
the lungs
What is the DRE average range for pulse rate? - correct answer 60-90 beats per minute
What drug categories usually elevates pulse? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Dissociative Anesthetic, inhalant, cannabis
Define blood pressure - correct answer the amount of force that blood exerts against a vessel
wall
What is the larger number of a blood pressure called? - correct answer Systolic
What is the smaller number of a blood pressure called? - correct answer Diastolic
What is the DRE average systolic BP range? - correct answer 120-140
What is the DRE average diastolic BP range? - correct answer 70-90
What unit is blood pressure measured in and what does it stand for? - correct answer mmHg /
Millimeters Mercury
What is a sphygmomanometer? - correct answer Device used to measure blood pressure.
Consists of a cuff, rubber bladder, 2 tubes, manometer, pressure bulb, pressure control valve.
What are the 4 parts of a BP cuff? - correct answer Cuff, valve, bulb, gauge
What drug categories lower blood pressure? - correct answer CNS Depressant, Narcotic
Analgesic, some inhalants
What drug categories elevate blood pressure? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Dissociative Anesthetic, some Inhalants, Cannabis
What is bradycardia? - correct answer abnormally slow heart rate
What is tachycardia? - correct answer abnormally fast heart rate
What is hypertension? - correct answer abnormally high blood pressure
What is hypotension? - correct answer abnormally low blood pressure
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What are the 10 major body systems? - correct answer Muscular, Urinary, Respiratory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Reproductive, Skeletal, Integumentary, Nervous, Circulatory
(MURDERSINC)
What is homeostasis? - correct answer Dynamic balance involving levels of of salts, water,
sugars, and other materials in the body's fluids
What type of nerves send messages to the brain? - correct answer Sensory, Afferent
What type of nerves send messages from the brain, to the body? - correct answer Motor,
Efferent
Explain the nerve signal process? - correct answer Axon sends signal through the Synapse and
the Dendrite catches the signal
What is polydrug use? - correct answer Use of two or more drugs from the same category
What is polycategory use? - correct answer Use of two or more drugs in multiple categories
What is a null effect? - correct answer No Action + No Action = No Action
What is an additive effect? - correct answer Action + Action = Greater Action
What is an overlapping effect? - correct answer Action + No Action = Action
What is an antagonist effect? - correct answer Action + Opposite Action = Unknown Action
What does narcotic mean? - correct answer Drug derived from opium
What does Analgesic mean? - correct answer pain reliever
What is the street name for Diacetyl Morphine? - correct answer Heroin
What are the three Alkaloids of Opium? - correct answer Morphine, Codeine, Thebaine
What are the two forms of opium? - correct answer Natural opiates and synthetic opiates
Who developed PCP and in what year? - correct answer Parke-Davis 1950
How do Dissociative Anesthetic inhibit pain? - correct answer Cutting off brain's perception of
pain
What is synesthesia? - correct answer The transposition of sense
What is piloerection? - correct answer goosebumps
What is a flashback? - correct answer Vivid recollection of a hallucination experience
What is the PDR? - correct answer Physician's Desk Reference
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What is a drug? - correct answer Any substance that, when taken into the human body, can
impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle safely.
What are the seven drug categories? - correct answer CNS depressants, CSN stimulants,
Hallucinogens, Dissociative Anesthetics, Narcotic Analgesics, Inhalants, Cannabis.
What are the six subcategories of CNS Depressants? - correct answer Combination, Anti-
Anxiety, Barbiturates, Anti-Depressants, Non-Barbiturates, Anti-Psychotic (CABANA)
What are the three subcategories of CNS Stimulants? - correct answer Cocaine, Amphetamines,
Caffeine or others
Name two sub-categories of Narcotic Analgesics? - correct answer Natural Opiates and
Synthetic Opiates
What drug category is Desoxyn (Methamphetamine)? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Secobarbital? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Alprazolam (Xanax)? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Phenyl Cyclohexyl Peperidine (PCP)? - correct answer Dissociate
Anesthetic
What drug category is MDMA (Ecstasy)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is ETOH? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Numorphan? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Psilocybin (Mushrooms)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What is the 12 step DRE process? - correct answer Breath, interview officer, preliminary exam
(pulse 1), eye exam, divided attention tests, vitals (pulse 2), dark room, muscle, injection sites
(pulse 3), statement, opinion, toxicology - (BIPEDVDMISOT)
What drug category is Demerol? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Adderall? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Chlordiazepoxide? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Ketamine? - correct answer Dissociative Anesthetic
What drug category is Percodan - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Ritalin? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Bufotenine (toads ass)? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is Methaqualone? - correct answer CNS Depressant
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Name the 3 clues of HGN? - correct answer Lack of smooth pursuit, Distinct and sustained
nystagmus at maximum deviation, Angle or onset prior to 45°
What drug categories cause HGN? - correct answer (DID drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics.
What drug categories cause VGN? - correct answer (DID drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics.
What drug categories cause LOC? - correct answer (DID C drugs) CNS Depressants, Inhalants,
Dissociative Anesthetics and Cannabis.
What is rebound dilation? - correct answer A period of pupillary constriction followed by a
period of pupillary dilation where the pupil steadily increases in size and does not return to its
original constricted size.
What is the DRE average pupil range for room light? - correct answer 2.5-5.0 mm
What is the DRE average pupil range for near total darkness? - correct answer 5.0-8.5 mm
What is the DRE average pupil range for direct light? - correct answer 2.0-4.5 mm
What is miosis? - correct answer Pupil constriction
What is ptosis? - correct answer Drooping eyes
What is Mydriasis? - correct answer Pupil dilation
What drug categories cause pupil dilation? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Cannabis
What drug categories cause pupil constriction? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Oxycodone? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Halcion? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Librium? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Peyote? - correct answer Hallucinogen
What drug category is Diazepam? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Dexedrine? - correct answer CNS Stimulant
What drug category is Hycodan? - correct answer Narcotic Analgesic
What drug category is Klonopin? - correct answer CNS Depressant
What drug category is Thorazine? - correct answer CNS Depressant
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What is an artery? - correct answer A strong, elastic blood vessel that carries blood from the
heart to the body tissues
What is a vein? - correct answer A blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart from the
bady
What does the pulmonary artery do? - correct answer Carries deoxygenated blood away from
the heart to the lungs
What does the pulmonary vein do? - correct answer carries oxygenated blood to the heart from
the lungs
What is the DRE average range for pulse rate? - correct answer 60-90 beats per minute
What drug categories usually elevates pulse? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Dissociative Anesthetic, inhalant, cannabis
Define blood pressure - correct answer the amount of force that blood exerts against a vessel
wall
What is the larger number of a blood pressure called? - correct answer Systolic
What is the smaller number of a blood pressure called? - correct answer Diastolic
What is the DRE average systolic BP range? - correct answer 120-140
What is the DRE average diastolic BP range? - correct answer 70-90
What unit is blood pressure measured in and what does it stand for? - correct answer mmHg /
Millimeters Mercury
What is a sphygmomanometer? - correct answer Device used to measure blood pressure.
Consists of a cuff, rubber bladder, 2 tubes, manometer, pressure bulb, pressure control valve.
What are the 4 parts of a BP cuff? - correct answer Cuff, valve, bulb, gauge
What drug categories lower blood pressure? - correct answer CNS Depressant, Narcotic
Analgesic, some inhalants
What drug categories elevate blood pressure? - correct answer CNS Stimulant, Hallucinogen,
Dissociative Anesthetic, some Inhalants, Cannabis
What is bradycardia? - correct answer abnormally slow heart rate
What is tachycardia? - correct answer abnormally fast heart rate
What is hypertension? - correct answer abnormally high blood pressure
What is hypotension? - correct answer abnormally low blood pressure
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What are the 10 major body systems? - correct answer Muscular, Urinary, Respiratory,
Digestive, Endocrine, Reproductive, Skeletal, Integumentary, Nervous, Circulatory
(MURDERSINC)
What is homeostasis? - correct answer Dynamic balance involving levels of of salts, water,
sugars, and other materials in the body's fluids
What type of nerves send messages to the brain? - correct answer Sensory, Afferent
What type of nerves send messages from the brain, to the body? - correct answer Motor,
Efferent
Explain the nerve signal process? - correct answer Axon sends signal through the Synapse and
the Dendrite catches the signal
What is polydrug use? - correct answer Use of two or more drugs from the same category
What is polycategory use? - correct answer Use of two or more drugs in multiple categories
What is a null effect? - correct answer No Action + No Action = No Action
What is an additive effect? - correct answer Action + Action = Greater Action
What is an overlapping effect? - correct answer Action + No Action = Action
What is an antagonist effect? - correct answer Action + Opposite Action = Unknown Action
What does narcotic mean? - correct answer Drug derived from opium
What does Analgesic mean? - correct answer pain reliever
What is the street name for Diacetyl Morphine? - correct answer Heroin
What are the three Alkaloids of Opium? - correct answer Morphine, Codeine, Thebaine
What are the two forms of opium? - correct answer Natural opiates and synthetic opiates
Who developed PCP and in what year? - correct answer Parke-Davis 1950
How do Dissociative Anesthetic inhibit pain? - correct answer Cutting off brain's perception of
pain
What is synesthesia? - correct answer The transposition of sense
What is piloerection? - correct answer goosebumps
What is a flashback? - correct answer Vivid recollection of a hallucination experience
What is the PDR? - correct answer Physician's Desk Reference
