Quiz 1

Question 1

What is the artery used in the measurement of blood pressure in the DEC Program?

Answer 1

Brachial

Question 2

The diameters of the pupillometer’s circles/semi-circles are indicated in?

Answer 2

Millimeters

Question 3

The first DRE Laboratory study was the

Answer 3

John Hopkins study.

Question 4

There are ___________ that are performed in a complete DRE drug influence evaluation.

Answer 4

12 systematic and standardized steps

Question 5

What formula expresses the approximate statistical relationship between blood alcohol concentration and nystagmus onset angle?

Answer 5

BAC=50-Angle of Onset

Question 6

As defined for this course, a “drug”

Answer 6

is any substance that, when taken into the human body, can impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle safely.

Question 7

__________ is the force exerted on the arteries by the circulating blood.

Answer 7

Blood pressure

Question 8

The technical term for abnormally large or dilated pupils is

Answer 8

mydriasis.

Question 9

Which of the following represents the DRE Drug influence evaluation test sequence?

Answer 9

Modified Romberg Balance, Walk and Turn, One Leg Stand, Finger to Nose.

Question 10

What was the landmark Arizona State Supreme Court case that established the admissibility of HGN as evidence of alcohol impairment?

Answer 10

State v. Blake.

Question 11

Nystagmus is defined as

Answer 11

involuntary jerking of the eyes.

Question 12

Which of the following was the most detected drug in the LAPD DRE Field Study?

Answer 12

PCP

Question 13

Which of the following is not a component (part) of the sphygmomanometer?

Answer 13

Diaphragm.

Question 14

In the Los Angeles Field Study, slightly more than what percentage of the subjects examined were found to have more than one drug in their system?

Answer 14

70%

Question 15

Impairment by ingesting of two or more different drugs is called

Answer 15

polydrug impairment.

Question 16

The afferent nerves are also known as

Answer 16

the sensory nerves.

Question 17

______________ artificially cause the transmission of messages that produce elevated blood pressure and pulse rate.

Answer 17

Sympathomimetic drugs

Question 18

The technical term for an abnormally rapid heart rate is

Answer 18

tachycardia.

Question 19

Which of the following drugs would most likely be referred to as a speedball?

Answer 19

Cocaine and Heroin

Question 20

In the 2013-2014 National Roadside survey of Alcohol and Drug use by driver’s study approximately _____% of drivers tested positive for at least one drug.

Answer 20

22%