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Barbituates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Four main categories:
1. Ultra-short-acting - used to induce surgical anesthesia
2. Short-acting
3. Intermediate-acting - used as sedative-hypnotics
4. Long-acting
Butalbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used in treatment
of migraines.
Phenobarbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used as
anticonvulsant.
Pentobarbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used to relieve
intracranial pressure following trauma.
Atropine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid. Derived
from certain plants including jimson weed and deadly nightshade. Used
as a preanesthetic therapy to control airway secretions and as a
antispasmodic to control gastrointestinal spasms. Used as an antidote
in the treatment of poisoning by cholinesterase inhibitors. Also used in
resuscitative attempts.
Toxic effects: mydriasis, hot dry reddened skin, delirium, and
hallucinations.
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Scopalamine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid.
Derived from jimson weed and henbane. Used as a preanesthetic,
treatment of Parkinsonism, gastrointestinal disorders, and prevention
of motion sickness.
Toxic effects: Blurred vision, dryness of throat, dilated pupils,
somnolence, mydriasis, skin flushing, hallucinations, and confusion.
Benzodiazepines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid.
Used as anxiolytics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and as
preoperative sedatives.
Common benzos: alprazolam, lorazepam, clonazepam, and diazepam.
Extensive hepatic metabolism.
Adult flies caught at the scene need to be properly stored to send to
the lab. This involves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔placing the flies in a
glass vial containing 70% isopropyl alcohol.
Forensic scientists may use forensic entomology for all the following
EXCEPT
A. estimate the duration of the post-mortem range (PMI).
B. detect drugs of abuse in maggot infested bodies.
C. detect the location of the body at the time of death.
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D. collect DNA material left on the corpse in cases of sexual assault.
E. detect volatile hydrocarbons in fire deaths. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔detect volatile hydrocarbons in fire deaths.
Which of the following methods is the LEAST sensitive chromatographic
technique
A. High-pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC)
B. Liquid chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
C. Thin-layer chromatography
D. Gas chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
E. Gas chromatography - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Thin-layer
chromatography
Which ONE of the following drugs is responsible for the most
intentional overdose fatalities?
A. Barbiturates
B. Propoxyphene
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Tricyclic Antidepressants
E. Antihistamines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tricyclic
Antidepressants
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In scenes illuminated by bright sunlight, there will usually be dark
shadow areas. Detail in the deep shadow areas will be lost when the
exposure is based on the overall brightness of the scene. The brightness
level in the shadow areas can be raised to the overall brightness of the
scene by using
A. an alternate light source
B. ultraviolet fluorescence.
C. flash-fill photography.
D. an increased F-stop.
E. a restricted aperture. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Flash-fill
photography
Using an alternate light source, you can identify stains that may contain
samples of
A. serum.
B. semen.
C. saliva.
D. urine.
E. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All of the above
When submitting tool mark evidence for examination, you should
always
A. place the tool against the tool marked evidence.
Question & Answers 2025
Barbituates - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Four main categories:
1. Ultra-short-acting - used to induce surgical anesthesia
2. Short-acting
3. Intermediate-acting - used as sedative-hypnotics
4. Long-acting
Butalbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used in treatment
of migraines.
Phenobarbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used as
anticonvulsant.
Pentobarbital - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Barbituate. Used to relieve
intracranial pressure following trauma.
Atropine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid. Derived
from certain plants including jimson weed and deadly nightshade. Used
as a preanesthetic therapy to control airway secretions and as a
antispasmodic to control gastrointestinal spasms. Used as an antidote
in the treatment of poisoning by cholinesterase inhibitors. Also used in
resuscitative attempts.
Toxic effects: mydriasis, hot dry reddened skin, delirium, and
hallucinations.
,ABMDI Board Certification Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Scopalamine - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid.
Derived from jimson weed and henbane. Used as a preanesthetic,
treatment of Parkinsonism, gastrointestinal disorders, and prevention
of motion sickness.
Toxic effects: Blurred vision, dryness of throat, dilated pupils,
somnolence, mydriasis, skin flushing, hallucinations, and confusion.
Benzodiazepines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Belladonna Alkaloid.
Used as anxiolytics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and as
preoperative sedatives.
Common benzos: alprazolam, lorazepam, clonazepam, and diazepam.
Extensive hepatic metabolism.
Adult flies caught at the scene need to be properly stored to send to
the lab. This involves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔placing the flies in a
glass vial containing 70% isopropyl alcohol.
Forensic scientists may use forensic entomology for all the following
EXCEPT
A. estimate the duration of the post-mortem range (PMI).
B. detect drugs of abuse in maggot infested bodies.
C. detect the location of the body at the time of death.
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D. collect DNA material left on the corpse in cases of sexual assault.
E. detect volatile hydrocarbons in fire deaths. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔detect volatile hydrocarbons in fire deaths.
Which of the following methods is the LEAST sensitive chromatographic
technique
A. High-pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC)
B. Liquid chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
C. Thin-layer chromatography
D. Gas chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
E. Gas chromatography - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Thin-layer
chromatography
Which ONE of the following drugs is responsible for the most
intentional overdose fatalities?
A. Barbiturates
B. Propoxyphene
C. Benzodiazepines
D. Tricyclic Antidepressants
E. Antihistamines - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tricyclic
Antidepressants
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In scenes illuminated by bright sunlight, there will usually be dark
shadow areas. Detail in the deep shadow areas will be lost when the
exposure is based on the overall brightness of the scene. The brightness
level in the shadow areas can be raised to the overall brightness of the
scene by using
A. an alternate light source
B. ultraviolet fluorescence.
C. flash-fill photography.
D. an increased F-stop.
E. a restricted aperture. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Flash-fill
photography
Using an alternate light source, you can identify stains that may contain
samples of
A. serum.
B. semen.
C. saliva.
D. urine.
E. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All of the above
When submitting tool mark evidence for examination, you should
always
A. place the tool against the tool marked evidence.
