Breath test operator ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Collects evidence by obtaining valid breath samples.
2. Use instrument to analyze breath samples and determine breath alcohol level. - CORRECT
ANSWER - What is the role of a BTO?
Intoxilyzer 8000 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the approved instrument a BTO uses in
FL?
Infrared Light Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the approved method for
breath alcohol analysis in FL?
Microprocessor - CORRECT ANSWER - What calculates the amount of alcohol in a
sample based on the electrical response received from the detector?
For the purpose of shipping to an authorized repair facility. - CORRECT ANSWER - The
only time the dry gas standard cylinder should be removed?
Wavelength - CORRECT ANSWER - The distance between one location of a wave of
light such as a crest or peak and the next corresponding location.
Regurgitation - CORRECT ANSWER - What can bring alcohol, that may be present in the
stomach, up into the mouth and possibly affect the administration of the breath test?
Calibration Inlet - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the female connection fitting on the
right side of the instrument where the external dry gas standard cylinder is plugged into?
Automated Training Management System - CORRECT ANSWER - ATMS
, Acetone. This can be found in a person who id fasting (ketogenesis) or is in diabetic shock. -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is an example of an interferent?
Radio frequency interference - CORRECT ANSWER - What is RFI?
For the subject to provide a breath sample. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the purpose
of the mouth piece?
Infrared light - CORRECT ANSWER - Electromagnetic radiation of energy in the form of
waves is...
20 minutes - CORRECT ANSWER - How many minutes for the instrument to warm up?
To initiate a breath test sequence and to bring the instrument from standby mode to ready mode.
- CORRECT ANSWER - What is the purpose of the start test button?
Time: 1 sec. of cont. breath sample
Volume: 1.1 liters of breath
Slope: must consistently rise and then level off - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the
minimum acceptable breath sample requirements for Intoxilyzer 8000?
External printer port - CORRECT ANSWER - In the dock of the instrument where The
external printer is attached
Paper feed button - CORRECT ANSWER - Black push pad on the front of the instrument
used to advance the paper in the internal printer
Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the thin walled sacs that fill the lungs and allow
for gas and volatile substances to pass from the blood into the lungs and from the lungs into the
blood?
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Collects evidence by obtaining valid breath samples.
2. Use instrument to analyze breath samples and determine breath alcohol level. - CORRECT
ANSWER - What is the role of a BTO?
Intoxilyzer 8000 - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the approved instrument a BTO uses in
FL?
Infrared Light Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the approved method for
breath alcohol analysis in FL?
Microprocessor - CORRECT ANSWER - What calculates the amount of alcohol in a
sample based on the electrical response received from the detector?
For the purpose of shipping to an authorized repair facility. - CORRECT ANSWER - The
only time the dry gas standard cylinder should be removed?
Wavelength - CORRECT ANSWER - The distance between one location of a wave of
light such as a crest or peak and the next corresponding location.
Regurgitation - CORRECT ANSWER - What can bring alcohol, that may be present in the
stomach, up into the mouth and possibly affect the administration of the breath test?
Calibration Inlet - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the female connection fitting on the
right side of the instrument where the external dry gas standard cylinder is plugged into?
Automated Training Management System - CORRECT ANSWER - ATMS
, Acetone. This can be found in a person who id fasting (ketogenesis) or is in diabetic shock. -
CORRECT ANSWER - What is an example of an interferent?
Radio frequency interference - CORRECT ANSWER - What is RFI?
For the subject to provide a breath sample. - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the purpose
of the mouth piece?
Infrared light - CORRECT ANSWER - Electromagnetic radiation of energy in the form of
waves is...
20 minutes - CORRECT ANSWER - How many minutes for the instrument to warm up?
To initiate a breath test sequence and to bring the instrument from standby mode to ready mode.
- CORRECT ANSWER - What is the purpose of the start test button?
Time: 1 sec. of cont. breath sample
Volume: 1.1 liters of breath
Slope: must consistently rise and then level off - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the
minimum acceptable breath sample requirements for Intoxilyzer 8000?
External printer port - CORRECT ANSWER - In the dock of the instrument where The
external printer is attached
Paper feed button - CORRECT ANSWER - Black push pad on the front of the instrument
used to advance the paper in the internal printer
Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the thin walled sacs that fill the lungs and allow
for gas and volatile substances to pass from the blood into the lungs and from the lungs into the
blood?
