Chapter 12 - DUI Traffic Stops - Unit 1

Question 1

Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs)

Answer 1

Three accurate and reliable tests to determine alcohol or drug impairment

Question 2

Absorption

Answer 2

the process by which alcohol enters the bloodstream

Question 3

Distribution

Answer 3

is the process by which the bloodstream carries alcohol to the body’s tissues and organs.

Question 4

Metabolism

Answer 4

is the process by which the body breaks down alcohol for elimination.

Question 5

Elimination

Answer 5

is the process by which the body expels alcohol through exhaled breath, sweat, tears, saliva, and urine.

Question 6

BAC .030 - .059 symptoms

Answer 6

Concentraction

Question 7

BAC .06 - .09 symptoms

Answer 7

Depth preception, peripheral vision

Question 8

BAC - .10 - .19 symptoms

Answer 8

Reflexes
Speech
Staggering

Question 9

BAC .20 - .29 symmptoms

Answer 9

Severe motor impairment
Passing out
Memory loss

Question 10

Drugs that impair drivers fall into seven major categories

Answer 10

1. CNS depressants (alcohol, antidepressants, barbiturates)
2. CNS stimulants (amphetamines, cocaine)
3. hallucinogens (ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin)
4. dissociative anesthetics (PCP and ketamine)
5. narcotic analgesics (heroin, morphine, opium)
6. inhalants (aerosols, paint thinner)
7. cannabis (marijuana) and medical marijuana

Question 11

Polydrug use

Answer 11

using drugs from two or more drug categories at the same time

Question 12

Section 381.986, F.S

Answer 12

permits the medical use of marijuana by qualified patients with specific medical conditions

Question 13

Normal faculties

Answer 13

a person’s ability to see, hear, walk, talk, judge distances, drive an automobile, make judgments, act in emergencies, and normally perform the mental and physical acts of daily life

Question 14

Section 316.193, F.S., states that a person commits the offense of DUI if the person is driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle, and…

Answer 14

is under the influence of alcoholic beverages, any chemical substance set forth in s. 877.111, F.S., or any substance controlled under chapter 893, F.S., and affected to the extent that the person’s normal faculties are impaired, or
* has a BAC of 0.08 or more grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or has a breath-alcohol concentration level (BrAC) of 0.08 or more grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.

Question 15

DRIVERS YOUNGER THAN 21

Answer 15

It is unlawful for a person younger than 21, who has a blood-alcohol level or breath-alcohol level of 0.02 or higher, to drive or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. Section 322.2616, F.S

Question 16

893 FS

Answer 16

Controlled substance

Question 17

877.111 FS

Answer 17

Chemical substance