Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT) Training Test – Study Guide, Practice Questions
& Certification Prep
An EBT is: - ANS ✔✔A device that measures alcohol in the breath
Results of a breath test are expressed in terms of: - ANS ✔✔Weight of alcohol (gm) per volume
of breath (liters)
For confirmation test, the EBT must be capable of: - ANS ✔✔Providing printed copies, assigning
a unique number of tests, be able to distinguish alcohol from acetone at the 0.02 alcohol
concentration and external calibration with air blank test.
A quality assurance plan is: - ANS ✔✔Set criteria used to confirm that steps have been taken to
ensure accuracy of each device used in testing, developed by manufacturer and approved by
NHTSA.
Who receives the following copies of the ATF? - ANS ✔✔Employer, employee and BAT
Under what circumstances might you have to write in the "remarks" section of the ATF? - ANS
✔✔Refuses to sign step 2, if the unique test number printed by the EBT DOES NOT match the
unique test number displayed by the EBT prior to test and anything that is not accepted-
belching, unable to complete test with proper amount of breath.
When the results of a screening test is <0.020 what do you do? - ANS ✔✔Complete the
remaining portions of step 3 of ATF. Provide copies of ATF- copy 2 employee and copy 1
employer, keep copy 3.
Conducting a confirmation test you have instructed the employee about the 15 min wait what
would you do if the employee belched? - ANS ✔✔Make a note in the remarks section and
conduct the test.
& Certification Prep
An EBT is: - ANS ✔✔A device that measures alcohol in the breath
Results of a breath test are expressed in terms of: - ANS ✔✔Weight of alcohol (gm) per volume
of breath (liters)
For confirmation test, the EBT must be capable of: - ANS ✔✔Providing printed copies, assigning
a unique number of tests, be able to distinguish alcohol from acetone at the 0.02 alcohol
concentration and external calibration with air blank test.
A quality assurance plan is: - ANS ✔✔Set criteria used to confirm that steps have been taken to
ensure accuracy of each device used in testing, developed by manufacturer and approved by
NHTSA.
Who receives the following copies of the ATF? - ANS ✔✔Employer, employee and BAT
Under what circumstances might you have to write in the "remarks" section of the ATF? - ANS
✔✔Refuses to sign step 2, if the unique test number printed by the EBT DOES NOT match the
unique test number displayed by the EBT prior to test and anything that is not accepted-
belching, unable to complete test with proper amount of breath.
When the results of a screening test is <0.020 what do you do? - ANS ✔✔Complete the
remaining portions of step 3 of ATF. Provide copies of ATF- copy 2 employee and copy 1
employer, keep copy 3.
Conducting a confirmation test you have instructed the employee about the 15 min wait what
would you do if the employee belched? - ANS ✔✔Make a note in the remarks section and
conduct the test.
