PLTW Principle of Biomedical Science
(PBS) Final Review Exam Questions and
Answers
PPE - ANSWER-Personal protective equipment v
HIPAA - ANSWER-(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - Regulates
how medical professionals and other people use and disclose certain individually
identifiable health information.
Times when patient's confidentiality should be broken... - ANSWER-if it was a minor(18
and younger), causes dangers to other
Steps for processing a crime scene - ANSWER-Sketch, photograph, interview, collect
evidence, and examine the scene
5 Types of evidence to be collected - ANSWER-Hair, fingerprint, shoeprint, unknown
substances, and blood
Glaister equation (measures hours since death) - ANSWER-(98.4-rectal
temperature)/1.5 = hour since death
ambient temperature - ANSWER-surrounding/environment temperature
Negative control - ANSWER-has NO effect
Chromosome - ANSWER-DNA coiled around proteins called histomin
Gel electrophoresis - ANSWER-Technique used to separate DNA so it can be
examined
Gene - ANSWER-Segment of DNA that codes for a protein and determines traits
Restriction enzyme - ANSWER-enzyme that cuts DNA at specific sequence
Restriction fragment length polymerase (RFLP) - ANSWER-Fragments of DNA that are
the result of restriction enzyme cutting the DNA
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - ANSWER-A technique that makes millions of
copies of DNA
What 2 molecules make up the backbone of DNA? - ANSWER-Phosphate and
deoxyribose sugar
(PBS) Final Review Exam Questions and
Answers
PPE - ANSWER-Personal protective equipment v
HIPAA - ANSWER-(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - Regulates
how medical professionals and other people use and disclose certain individually
identifiable health information.
Times when patient's confidentiality should be broken... - ANSWER-if it was a minor(18
and younger), causes dangers to other
Steps for processing a crime scene - ANSWER-Sketch, photograph, interview, collect
evidence, and examine the scene
5 Types of evidence to be collected - ANSWER-Hair, fingerprint, shoeprint, unknown
substances, and blood
Glaister equation (measures hours since death) - ANSWER-(98.4-rectal
temperature)/1.5 = hour since death
ambient temperature - ANSWER-surrounding/environment temperature
Negative control - ANSWER-has NO effect
Chromosome - ANSWER-DNA coiled around proteins called histomin
Gel electrophoresis - ANSWER-Technique used to separate DNA so it can be
examined
Gene - ANSWER-Segment of DNA that codes for a protein and determines traits
Restriction enzyme - ANSWER-enzyme that cuts DNA at specific sequence
Restriction fragment length polymerase (RFLP) - ANSWER-Fragments of DNA that are
the result of restriction enzyme cutting the DNA
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - ANSWER-A technique that makes millions of
copies of DNA
What 2 molecules make up the backbone of DNA? - ANSWER-Phosphate and
deoxyribose sugar
