Breath Alcohol testing QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
How long does your certification last for? - ✔✔365 days When does your certification fully
expire - ✔✔730 days, have to retake 5 day course What does the breathalyzer use to read
results? - ✔✔infrared .30 means? - ✔✔-get medical attention, stupor -vomiting, decreased
response to stimuli, inability to stand or walk .40 means? - ✔✔-comatose -complete
unconsciousness, impaired circulation & respiration .50 means? - ✔✔death (fatal level)
Alcohol breaks down at what rate? - ✔✔.015 an hour peak alcohol levels happens at -
✔✔30-90 mins time of test is equivalent to time of arrest - ✔✔ Utah alc level? - ✔✔.05
Rhode Island average BAC is? - ✔✔.170 types of Alcohol - ✔✔ethanol (drinking), methanol,
Isopropanol what is observation period? - ✔✔suspect must go 15 mins with out burping or
puking before administering the test three reason why the test would end and must restart
observation period? - ✔✔Mouth alc detect, range exceed , no .02 agreement Henrys law -
✔✔-the relationship between the amount of ethanol in the breath and the amount of
ethanol in the blood -dependent on the concentration of ethanol in blood & temperature
Breath-blood ratio - ✔✔-2,100:1 -2100mL of alveolar air will contain the same weight as
1mL of pulmonary arterial blood who writes the refusal affidavit? - ✔✔arresting officer in
presence of notary who can read them their consent rights? - ✔✔anyone who can take
blood? - ✔✔Physician/doctor, registered nurse, and med tech beer-lambert law - ✔✔-
dictates that the quantity of light absorbed will always be proportional to the concentration
of the molecule that is in the solution -ratio between coffee cup & headspace how do you
give a copy of the report to the individual? - ✔✔hand delivered at the set time of the test or
mailed. if mailed you must put down who & when sent it & make a photo copy of the
envelope with mailing address blood test should be collected in what color container -
✔✔grey top Describe the pharmacokinetics of ethanol - ✔✔ethyl alcohol is broken down
by the body into acetaldehyde & acetic acid before the majority of it is eliminated as
carbon dioxide & water what does the intoxilyzer 9000 operation do with the C2H5OH in
layman's terms? - ✔✔uses IR to find OH & excludes C2H5 from its search what is the
accuracy factor of the intoxilyzer 9000? - ✔✔+/- .005 (T/F) 15-minute observation period
includes the time spent in the cruiser on the way to the station? - ✔✔False (T/F) 15-minute
observation period begins at the police station - ✔✔True (T/F) the checklist must be filled
in completely by instrument operator at the time they occur - ✔✔True how do you ensure
you're following the proper procedures when conducting the subject test sequence? -
✔✔by following the operational checklist what is the minimum/maximum amount of time
that can pass between breath samples taken, using the Intoxilyzer 9000? - ✔✔2 minutes
How long does your certification last for? - ✔✔365 days When does your certification fully
expire - ✔✔730 days, have to retake 5 day course What does the breathalyzer use to read
results? - ✔✔infrared .30 means? - ✔✔-get medical attention, stupor -vomiting, decreased
response to stimuli, inability to stand or walk .40 means? - ✔✔-comatose -complete
unconsciousness, impaired circulation & respiration .50 means? - ✔✔death (fatal level)
Alcohol breaks down at what rate? - ✔✔.015 an hour peak alcohol levels happens at -
✔✔30-90 mins time of test is equivalent to time of arrest - ✔✔ Utah alc level? - ✔✔.05
Rhode Island average BAC is? - ✔✔.170 types of Alcohol - ✔✔ethanol (drinking), methanol,
Isopropanol what is observation period? - ✔✔suspect must go 15 mins with out burping or
puking before administering the test three reason why the test would end and must restart
observation period? - ✔✔Mouth alc detect, range exceed , no .02 agreement Henrys law -
✔✔-the relationship between the amount of ethanol in the breath and the amount of
ethanol in the blood -dependent on the concentration of ethanol in blood & temperature
Breath-blood ratio - ✔✔-2,100:1 -2100mL of alveolar air will contain the same weight as
1mL of pulmonary arterial blood who writes the refusal affidavit? - ✔✔arresting officer in
presence of notary who can read them their consent rights? - ✔✔anyone who can take
blood? - ✔✔Physician/doctor, registered nurse, and med tech beer-lambert law - ✔✔-
dictates that the quantity of light absorbed will always be proportional to the concentration
of the molecule that is in the solution -ratio between coffee cup & headspace how do you
give a copy of the report to the individual? - ✔✔hand delivered at the set time of the test or
mailed. if mailed you must put down who & when sent it & make a photo copy of the
envelope with mailing address blood test should be collected in what color container -
✔✔grey top Describe the pharmacokinetics of ethanol - ✔✔ethyl alcohol is broken down
by the body into acetaldehyde & acetic acid before the majority of it is eliminated as
carbon dioxide & water what does the intoxilyzer 9000 operation do with the C2H5OH in
layman's terms? - ✔✔uses IR to find OH & excludes C2H5 from its search what is the
accuracy factor of the intoxilyzer 9000? - ✔✔+/- .005 (T/F) 15-minute observation period
includes the time spent in the cruiser on the way to the station? - ✔✔False (T/F) 15-minute
observation period begins at the police station - ✔✔True (T/F) the checklist must be filled
in completely by instrument operator at the time they occur - ✔✔True how do you ensure
you're following the proper procedures when conducting the subject test sequence? -
✔✔by following the operational checklist what is the minimum/maximum amount of time
that can pass between breath samples taken, using the Intoxilyzer 9000? - ✔✔2 minutes
