Toxicology

Which of the following is NOT a role that a toxicologist might perform?

• Identify toxins in body

• Quantify toxins in body

• Speculate a reason why toxins were found in the body

• Compare healthy organs with toxic organs

If a substance is non-toxic, can it become toxic?

• no

• yes, if taken in larger amounts or in ways instructed against

• sometimes, but only if mixed with narcotics

• all substances are toxic

What type of evidence is a toxicology report?

• Direct

• Circumstantial

• Class

• Biological

A toxicologist has the final say in the cause of death.

• true

• false

What act classified drugs into different classes?

• Classification Drug Act of 1990

• Frye Standard

• Kastle Myer Act

• Locard's Principle of Exchange

Into what type of groups are drugs classified?

• toxicity groups

• schedules

• narcotics and non-narcotics

• toxins and poisons

How many different schedules of drugs are there?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

Which of the following is NOT a factor of how drugs are scheduled?

• Potential for abuse

• Medical use

• Safety and potential for addiction

• Availability

Which branch of forensic toxicology deals with the effects of alcohol an ddrugs on human performance and behavior and the legal consequences for such use?

• Postmortem toxicology

• Human performance toxicology

• Doping control

• Forensic Workplace Drug Testing

Which branch of forensic toxicology deals with the governing bodies of sports and rules regarding performance enhancing drugs?

• Postmortem toxicology

• Human performance toxicology

• Doping control

• Forensic Workplace Drug Testing