Ch. 9 Toxicology

____ is the legal BAC limit for adults over 21 years of age driving non-commercial vehicles.

• 0.08
• 0.04
• 0.02
• 0.1

What organ is responsible for the breakdown (metabolism) of alcohol?

• liver
• kidney
• stomach
• thyroid

Which of the following is a correct list of how exposure to toxins can occur?

• inhaling, injecting, excreting, absorbing
• inhaling, injecting, absorbing, ingesting
• injecting, inhaling, excreting, ingesting
• absorbing, inhaling, excreting, ingesting

Toxicity is

• the study of poisons

• the study of how drugs interact

• the extent to which a substance is poisonous

• the study of how poisons affects organisms

Poisoning that occurs in small doses over long periods of time is called

• acute poisoning
• chronic poisoning

The most common poison used in the 17th/18th centuries was

• arsenic

• cyanide

• mercury

• thallium

Which is NOT a main factor that affects a person becoming intoxicated?

• weight

• time between drinks

• male/female

• age

Poisons and toxins can be detected in samples of hair.

• true

• false

If you bite it and you die, it's ________________. If it bites you and you die, it's _________________.

• venomous, poisonous

• poisonous, venomous

What is the most accurate way of testing BAC?

• Breathalyzer

• Blood test

• Saliva sample

• Urine sample