Forensics Chapter 13 Forensic Toxicology
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
drug - CORRECT ANSWER In criminal toxicology work, alcohol would most likely be considered a(n) _____.
To detect and isolate drugs in the body so that their influence on human behavior can be determined in matters pertaining
to violations of criminal law - CORRECT ANSWER What is the role of the forensic toxicologist?
absorption - CORRECT ANSWER Alcohol consumed during a large meal is likely to influence which step of
metabolism the most?
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER Which metabolism step occurs when a chemical substance such as alcohol
passes across the wall of the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream?
excretion - CORRECT ANSWER Alcohol is eliminated from the body during which phase of the metabolic
process?
blood-alcohol level - CORRECT ANSWER Since indisputable evidence for how much alcohol someone has
consumed is rare, testing for _____ has become the accepted legal standard for relating alcohol intake to its effect on the
body.
a fixed ratio - CORRECT ANSWER When alcohol is dissolved in blood and is brought to equilibrium with
alveolar breath, there is ______ between the concentration of the alcohol in the alveolar breath and its concentration in the
blood.
2100, 34 - CORRECT ANSWER The ratio of alcohol in the blood to alcohol in alveolar breath is _____:1. Breath
leaves the mouth at a temperature of _____°C.
arterial, venous - CORRECT ANSWER During absorption, the concentration of alcohol in the ______ blood is
considerably higher than the concentration of alcohol in the ______ blood.
mouth alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER A breath-test operator might want to observe a suspect for at least 20
minutes to eliminate concerns over the presence of _____ by ensuring that the suspect has not ingested any additional
substances.
a current flow - CORRECT ANSWER In a fuel cell, what is generated to determine the concentration of alcohol in
the breath?
A subject is asked to follow a penlight with his/her eye as far to the side as the eye can go. - CORRECT
ANSWER Which of the following best describes the horizontal-gaze nystagmus test?
sodium fluoride - CORRECT ANSWER To avoid the destruction of alcohol in a blood sample, a toxicologist
would want to use a preservative such as _____.
0.04 - CORRECT ANSWER In the United States, commercial truck and bus drivers must have a blood-alcohol
concentration less than _____% to be legal under federal law.
per se laws - CORRECT ANSWER Because of _____, no proof of impairment beyond blood-alcohol content is
necessary for criminal conviction.
confirmation - CORRECT ANSWER In order to properly identify the presence of an illicit drug, a toxicologist
might bombard a sample with high-energy electrons during the _____ test.
heavy metals - CORRECT ANSWER Toxicologists use the Reinsch test to determine the presence of _____ in a
sample.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
drug - CORRECT ANSWER In criminal toxicology work, alcohol would most likely be considered a(n) _____.
To detect and isolate drugs in the body so that their influence on human behavior can be determined in matters pertaining
to violations of criminal law - CORRECT ANSWER What is the role of the forensic toxicologist?
absorption - CORRECT ANSWER Alcohol consumed during a large meal is likely to influence which step of
metabolism the most?
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER Which metabolism step occurs when a chemical substance such as alcohol
passes across the wall of the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream?
excretion - CORRECT ANSWER Alcohol is eliminated from the body during which phase of the metabolic
process?
blood-alcohol level - CORRECT ANSWER Since indisputable evidence for how much alcohol someone has
consumed is rare, testing for _____ has become the accepted legal standard for relating alcohol intake to its effect on the
body.
a fixed ratio - CORRECT ANSWER When alcohol is dissolved in blood and is brought to equilibrium with
alveolar breath, there is ______ between the concentration of the alcohol in the alveolar breath and its concentration in the
blood.
2100, 34 - CORRECT ANSWER The ratio of alcohol in the blood to alcohol in alveolar breath is _____:1. Breath
leaves the mouth at a temperature of _____°C.
arterial, venous - CORRECT ANSWER During absorption, the concentration of alcohol in the ______ blood is
considerably higher than the concentration of alcohol in the ______ blood.
mouth alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER A breath-test operator might want to observe a suspect for at least 20
minutes to eliminate concerns over the presence of _____ by ensuring that the suspect has not ingested any additional
substances.
a current flow - CORRECT ANSWER In a fuel cell, what is generated to determine the concentration of alcohol in
the breath?
A subject is asked to follow a penlight with his/her eye as far to the side as the eye can go. - CORRECT
ANSWER Which of the following best describes the horizontal-gaze nystagmus test?
sodium fluoride - CORRECT ANSWER To avoid the destruction of alcohol in a blood sample, a toxicologist
would want to use a preservative such as _____.
0.04 - CORRECT ANSWER In the United States, commercial truck and bus drivers must have a blood-alcohol
concentration less than _____% to be legal under federal law.
per se laws - CORRECT ANSWER Because of _____, no proof of impairment beyond blood-alcohol content is
necessary for criminal conviction.
confirmation - CORRECT ANSWER In order to properly identify the presence of an illicit drug, a toxicologist
might bombard a sample with high-energy electrons during the _____ test.
heavy metals - CORRECT ANSWER Toxicologists use the Reinsch test to determine the presence of _____ in a
sample.
