DRE FINAL ACTUAL EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You examine a subject that is under the combined influence of PCP and Cocaine
and you observe that the subject exhibits HGN. This is an example of what type of
effect? - ✔✔Overlapping Effect
✔✔Does Valium cause HGN? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Adderall is an example of what drug category? - ✔✔CNS Stimulants
✔✔Where does a DRE ALWAYS check the pulse rate at? - ✔✔Left radial
✔✔What is Cocaine used for that Amphetamines are not? - ✔✔Anesthesia
✔✔The gap between the two nerve cells is called the? - ✔✔Synapse
✔✔How many validated clues have been established for the Modified Romberg Balance
Test? - ✔✔No clues have been established for this test
✔✔How many validated clues have been established for the Walk and Turn test? -
✔✔Four
, ✔✔What is the DRE average rage for pupil size in room light? - ✔✔2.5mm-5.0mm
✔✔The drug __________ is an example of a Synthetic Narcotic Analgesic. -
✔✔Demerol
✔✔The drug _________ is an example of an anti-anxiety tranquilizer. - ✔✔Xanax
✔✔What is the lower number called on a blood pressure measurement? - ✔✔Diastolic
✔✔DXM is found under which category in the matrix? - ✔✔Dissociative Anesthetics
✔✔What effect is exhibited is a subject is under the influence of PCP and Marijuana
and the pulse rate is 102 bpm. - ✔✔Additive Effect
✔✔Do any sub-categories of Narcotic Analgesics normally cause an elevated body
temperature? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is the DRE average range of an adult pulse rate? - ✔✔60-90 bpm
✔✔What is the technical term for an abnormally rapid heart rate? - ✔✔Tachycardia
✔✔What percentage of drivers tested positive for at least one drug in the 2013-2014
National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers Study? - ✔✔20%
✔✔"Crank" is a common street name for? - ✔✔Methamphetamine
✔✔What was the first DRE laboratory validation study? - ✔✔John Hopkins Study
✔✔What is it called when someone ingests drugs from two or more drug categories? -
✔✔Polydrug use
✔✔What percentage of the subjects examined in the Los Angeles Field Validation
Study were found to have more than one drug in their system? - ✔✔70%
✔✔What drug was the most detected in the LAPD DRE Field Study? - ✔✔PCP
✔✔What is another name for the afferent nerves? - ✔✔Sensory nerves
✔✔What artery is used in the measurement of blood pressure? - ✔✔Brachial artery
✔✔What drugs make up the combination of a "Speedball"? - ✔✔Cocaine and Heroin
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔You examine a subject that is under the combined influence of PCP and Cocaine
and you observe that the subject exhibits HGN. This is an example of what type of
effect? - ✔✔Overlapping Effect
✔✔Does Valium cause HGN? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Adderall is an example of what drug category? - ✔✔CNS Stimulants
✔✔Where does a DRE ALWAYS check the pulse rate at? - ✔✔Left radial
✔✔What is Cocaine used for that Amphetamines are not? - ✔✔Anesthesia
✔✔The gap between the two nerve cells is called the? - ✔✔Synapse
✔✔How many validated clues have been established for the Modified Romberg Balance
Test? - ✔✔No clues have been established for this test
✔✔How many validated clues have been established for the Walk and Turn test? -
✔✔Four
, ✔✔What is the DRE average rage for pupil size in room light? - ✔✔2.5mm-5.0mm
✔✔The drug __________ is an example of a Synthetic Narcotic Analgesic. -
✔✔Demerol
✔✔The drug _________ is an example of an anti-anxiety tranquilizer. - ✔✔Xanax
✔✔What is the lower number called on a blood pressure measurement? - ✔✔Diastolic
✔✔DXM is found under which category in the matrix? - ✔✔Dissociative Anesthetics
✔✔What effect is exhibited is a subject is under the influence of PCP and Marijuana
and the pulse rate is 102 bpm. - ✔✔Additive Effect
✔✔Do any sub-categories of Narcotic Analgesics normally cause an elevated body
temperature? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is the DRE average range of an adult pulse rate? - ✔✔60-90 bpm
✔✔What is the technical term for an abnormally rapid heart rate? - ✔✔Tachycardia
✔✔What percentage of drivers tested positive for at least one drug in the 2013-2014
National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers Study? - ✔✔20%
✔✔"Crank" is a common street name for? - ✔✔Methamphetamine
✔✔What was the first DRE laboratory validation study? - ✔✔John Hopkins Study
✔✔What is it called when someone ingests drugs from two or more drug categories? -
✔✔Polydrug use
✔✔What percentage of the subjects examined in the Los Angeles Field Validation
Study were found to have more than one drug in their system? - ✔✔70%
✔✔What drug was the most detected in the LAPD DRE Field Study? - ✔✔PCP
✔✔What is another name for the afferent nerves? - ✔✔Sensory nerves
✔✔What artery is used in the measurement of blood pressure? - ✔✔Brachial artery
✔✔What drugs make up the combination of a "Speedball"? - ✔✔Cocaine and Heroin
