Chapter 29 - Analytical Toxicology Flashcards
If a human sample is made basic and extracted with an organic solvent and then the nonorganic phase is acidified and extracted again with organic solvent the final organic extract will contain mostly…
A. Basic drugs
B. Neutral drugs
C. Acidic drugs
D. Volatiles
C. Acidic drugs
The largest group of substances that must be considered by analytical toxicologists are…
A. Nonvolatile organic substances
B. metals
C. Gases
D. Volatile substances
A. Nonvolatile organic substances
Venoms usually need to be measured by a combination of monoclonal antibodies and…
A. Gas chromatography
B. infrared spectroscopy
C. Liquid chromatography
D. Immunoassay
D. Immunoassay
Analytical toxicology measurements are least valuable in…
A. Establishing bioavailability of a poorly absorbed drug
B. assessing pharmacodynamic drug interactions
C. Identifying contaminants in a drug mixture
D. Assessing pharmacokinetic drug interactions
B. assessing pharmacodynamic drug interactions
In order for an analytic toxicology result to be entered into legal proceedings, there usually must be…
A. Chain of custody
B. 3 repeat analyses
C. Blood results, not tissue or urine
D. Analysis by a board-certified forensic toxicologist
A. Chain of custody
The precision of an analytic toxicology result is related to…
A. Location value falls on standard curve
B. Accuracy of value on repeated measurements
C. Whether dilution was necessary
D. Accuracy of blood value compared to tissue
B. Accuracy of value on repeated measurements
Identification of anhydroecgonine methyl ester along with cocaine metabolites in the urine is an indication that…
A. Cocaine was adulterated with PCP
B. cocaine was administered orally
C. Cocaine was smoked
D. Cocaine was ingested with ethyl alcohol
C. Cocaine was smoked
The least useful specimen for quantitative toxicologic analysis is…
A. Blood
B. liver
C. Urine
D. Vitreous humor
C. Urine
By identifying the presence of certain impurities in biological samples obtained after consumption of an illicit substance one can…
A. More accurately predict the time of ingestion
B. More accurately predict the mode of ingestion
C. More accurately predict drug-drug interactions
D. Possibly identify the source of the illicit material
D. Possibly identify the source of the illicit material
The classic Mickey Finn of the nineteenth century was a mixture of ethyl alcohol and..
A. Isopropyl alcohol
B. Chloral hydrate
C. Butalbital
D. Meprobamate
B. Chloral hydrate
A child who is intentionally poisoned by parents to repeatedly appear ill is part of a syndrome known as…
A. Munchausen syndrome
B. Munchausen by proxy syndrome
C. Borderline personality syndrome
D. DSM IV syndrome
B. Munchausen by proxy syndrome
Analysis of how much hair will provide an approx monthly pattern of arsenic exposure?
A. 1 mm
B. 5 mm
C. 12 mm
D. 25 mm
C. 12 mm
All of the following tests can help detect adulteration of a urine specimen for forensic testing except…
A. pH
B. creatine
C. Specific gravitiy
D. Pressure of WBCs
D. Pressure of WBCs
In order to distinguish heroin use from poppy seed ingestion one should look for the presence of…
A. 6-monacetylmorphine
B. Morphine glucuronide
C. Codine
D. Hydromorphone
A. 6-monacetylmorphine
All of the following are commonly used to adulterate urine for drug testing purposes except…
A. Bleach
B. Baking soda
C. Glutaraldehyde
D. Methylene blue
D. Methylene blue