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Test #4 Review:  Chapters 9 & 10

Instructions:  Read the question.  Then, read the answers. Choose the answer that you think is correct and click on the button to see if your answer is correct or not.  A comment box will pop up to tell you if you are right or wrong in your choice.  To make the pop up box go away, you can click on the "OK" button, hit the "enter" button on your keyboard, or hit the space bar.  Use the button to go back to the top at any time.

I recommend keeping track of how many you get correct on your first try.  (Please note:  If you find any errors, such as no answer comes up correct, please let me know as soon as possible so that I may correct these problems.)

True or False

1.  Toxicology is the study of poisons and the identification of drugs and other substances a person may have used for medicinal purposes only.

                                       

2.  Toxic substances are also classified by how people are exposed to them.  By definition, people may be exposed intestinally, accidentally, or deliberately.

                                       

3.  Although poisoning is popular in murder mysteries and detective stories, it is not a common form of homicide.

                                       

4.  Less than 20% of the federal prison population and almost 10% of all state prisoners are there for drug related crimes.

                                       

5.  A drug is a chemical substance that affects the processes of the body or mind.

                                       

6.  A drug can be used recreationally for its effects on the body or mind.

                                       

7.  A drug can be used to treat or prevent a disease, but not for diagnosis of a disease.

                                       

8.  Lead paint is rarely found in houses built after 1978.

                                       

9.  Boiling water removes some of the lead dissolved in the water.

                                       

10.  Women who are pregnant, expecting to get pregnant, or breast feeding are advised to stay away from eating certain types of fish, like tuna, because of high concentrations of mercury.

                                       

11.  Burning most plants, such as tobacco or cannabis, releases arsenic and cyanide.

                                       

12.  Cyanide can be found in many parts of many plants, but not in plants with edible parts, such as apples, peaches, spinach, and almonds.

                                       

13.  Young, growing tips, shoots, roots, and leaves usually have higher concentrations of cyanide than the parts of most mature plants.

                                       

14.  Hydrogen cyanide is one of the most lethal cyanide compounds.

                                       

15.  When ingested, potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide produce hydrogen cyanide when mixed with stomach acid.

                                       

16.  In World War II, the Nazis used oxygen cyanide to kill people in the gas chambers.

                                       

17.  Botulism is the most poisonous biological substance known to man.

                                       

18.  A drug used to relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness is a narcotic.

                                       

19.  Alcohol is a drug.

                                       

20.  Alcohol is classified as a stimulant.

                                       

21.  Documents are sometimes chemically treated to make them look older.

                                       

22.  When a material gain, such as money, accompanies a forgery, it is called fraudulence.

                                       

23.  Generally, the primary purpose of forging something is to profit from the fake or alteration.

                                       

24.  Formatting includes the spacing between letters, the spacing between words and lines, the placement of words on a line, and the margins a writer leaves empty on a page.

                                       

25.  Line form includes the smoothness of letters and the darkness of the lines on the upward, compared to the downward stroke.

                                       

26.  Because handwriting is difficult to disguise and forge, handwriting analysis is a good tool for including or excluding persons when determining a match between known material, and a questioned document.

                                       

27.  Computerized analysis of handwriting samples has the disadvantage of being slower and less objective than analysis by an individual.

                                       

28.  Chromatography is the analysis and comparison of substances, such as inks and dyes, by separating the substance into its different parts.

                                       

29.  Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a signature.

                                       

30.  Literary forgery refers to the forgery of a piece of art.

                                       

31.  Forgeries are documents made with the intention of deceiving someone.

                                       

32.  Forgeries are documents adapted with the intention of deceiving someone.

                                       

33.  Forgeries are documents falsified with the intention of deceiving someone.

                                       

34.  Capillarity is increased if the pore spaces are larger.

                                       

35.  Capillarity is not effected by the size of the pore spaces.

                                       

36.  Capillarity is the flow of a liquid due to an attraction between particles and the solvent.

                                       

37.  Capillarity is what causes the absorbency in a paper towel.

                                       

Multiple Choice

38.  When someone is exposed to a toxin substance from accidental exposure, harmful combination, or overdose, it is said to be:

accidental.

intentional.

deliberate.

None of these choices.

39.  When someone is exposed to a toxin substance in order to treat illness or relieve pain, it is said to be:

accidental.

intentional.

deliberate.

None of these choices.

40.  When someone is exposed to a toxin substance with the purpose of committing suicide, or harming or killing others, it is said to be:

accidental.

intentional.

deliberate.

None of these choices.

41.  A drug or other chemical compound, whose manufacture, distribution, possession, and use is regulated by the legal system, is called:

A controlled substance.

An illicit substance

A drug

A toxic substance.

42.  Which of the following problems is NOT suspected to be caused from high levels of mercury?:

Autism

Insanity

Hypotension (low blood pressure)

Lower intelligence

43 .  Today the commonly used poisons include:

arsenic.

strychnine.

cyanide.

All of these choices.

44.  Organic toxins are:

non-poisonous substances produced by artificial means.

non-poisonous substances produced by living organisms.

poisonous substances produced by artificial means.

poisonous substances produced by living organisms.

45.   A drug is:

a chemical substance that affects the process of the body or mind.

a chemical substance that can be used recreationally for its effects on the body or mind.

a chemical substance that can be used to diagnose, treat, or prevent diseases.

 All of the above.

46.   A drug that promotes cell growth is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

47.  A drug that suppresses the appetite:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

48.  A drug that has the paradoxical effect of helping someone focus, such as Ritalin, is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

49.  A drug is a type of depressant that causes drowsiness is called:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

50.  A drug that has the paradoxical effect of acting like a stimulant by depressing inhibitory part of the brain is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

51.  A drug that promotes cell division is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

52.  A drug that reduces pain and induces sleepiness:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

53.  A drug that is typically used to reduce anxiety:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

54.  A drug that increases bone mass and body muscle is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

55.  A drug that increases a person's feelings of alertness:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

56.  A drug that reduces pain by suppressing the central nervous system's ability to relay pain messages to the brain is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

57.  A drug that influences a person's perception of every day stimuli:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

58.  A drug that promotes tissue growth is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

59.  A drug that produces an effect such as being in a dream while the person is actually awake:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

60.  A drug that has the largest chance of depression as it wears off:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

61.  A drug that works by blocking neurotransmitters, such as GABA, is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

62.  A drug that is typically used to reduce pain or as an anesthetic (often with loss of consciousness) is:

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

63.  Alcohol is a :

an anabolic steroid.

a depressant. a hallucinogen a narcotic.

a stimulant.

64.  PCP is available in a number of forms, such as:

a powder only.

a powder, a tablet, or a capsule.

a powder or a ball.

None of these choices.

65.  LSD was originally found in a fungus that grows on rye and other grains in 1938 and is one of the most potent mood-changing chemicals.  It is:

colorless.

odorless, colorless, and tasteless.

odorless.

None of these choices.

66.  Hallucinogens are:

always derived from plants.

often derived from plants.

never derived from plants.

rarely derived from plants.

67.  Accidental deaths from drug overdoses are more common than deaths from poisoning.  Those whose deaths were linked to lethal drug combinations or overdoses are:

John Belushi.

Jimi Hendrix.

Chris Farley.

All of these choices.

68.  When false documents or other items are copied for the purpose of deception, it is called:

counterfeiting.

fraud.

forgery.

All of these choices.

69.  Criminals can alter or acquire checks in many ways, including:

directly altering a check.

intercepting someone’s check, altering it and cashing it.

ordering someone else’s checks from a deposit slip.

All of these choices.

70.  Initial comparisons of  documents are done with:

a hand-held lens.

the naked eye.

microscopes.

All of these choices.

71.  Chromatography can be used to identify several items, but not:

alcohol types.

ink from different pens.

brand and color of lipstick or other makeup.

plant species using chlorophyll and other pigments.

72.  What causes the filter paper pulls the solvent (water or rubbing alcohol) upward against the flow of gravity?

Capillary action

Hypertension

Infiltration

Permeability

73.  Chromatography can be used to identify:

strands of DNA.

types of ink.

types plants (according to types of chlorophyll).

all of the above.

   

74.  According to “Catch me if you can,” the statement at the end of the movie was true regarding Frank Abagnale Jr. today?

He became a real airline pilot, and worked for the airline company Pan Am, until he was able to afford his own airline company.  He still owns the airline and is currently a multi-millionaire.

He caught some of the world's most elusive money forgers and gets millions of dollars each year because of his work creating unforgeable checks.

He is currently serving the last 5 years of his 40 year prison term.
He is still making millions of dollars cashing forged checks and is currently wanted in 26 countries, including the United States.

75.  In which country did FBI agent Carl Hanratty Jr. retrieve Frank Abagnale Jr. from prison?

Argentina

Germany

France

Portugal

76.   Frank Abagnale, Jr. passed himself off as many different occupations, except for:

a doctor.

a police officer.

a pilot.

an agent of the United States secret service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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