ALAT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What document should be posted throughout the facility, and is consulted and used
when there is an emergency? - ✔✔Contact list
✔✔What federal agency enforces the rules and standards for workplace safety? -
✔✔Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
✔✔Should a pregnant employee be assigned to work with cats? Why or why not? -
✔✔No. Cats can carry the microbes that cause toxoplasmosis, which can harm the
fetus
✔✔List three important factors for personal protection against radiation. - ✔✔Time;
distance; shielding
✔✔What is Toxoplasmosis gondii? - ✔✔A parasite that can be transmitted through cat
feces.
✔✔What is a decibel? - ✔✔A unit which measures loudness
✔✔What are Material Safety Data Sheets? - ✔✔Provides information on toxicity and
potential side effects, and describes recommended treatment for exposures.
✔✔What is zoonosis? - ✔✔Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
✔✔What is a N95? - ✔✔A respirator mask that protects against airborne particles.
✔✔Q-Fever is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Sheep (Ovis Aries)
✔✔B virus is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Macaque
✔✔Toxoplasmosis gondii is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Cat (Felis Cattus)
✔✔Tuberculosis is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Nonhuman primate (NHP)
✔✔Who submits the Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance that the animal research
program meets all relevant regulations and standards? - ✔✔Institutional Official
✔✔What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? -
✔✔Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
International (AAALAC)
, ✔✔What guidelines must an animal facility follow when research animals are
euthanized at the end of a study? - ✔✔AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
✔✔Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the Animal
Welfare Act, what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility? -
✔✔Opportunities for exercise
✔✔What does the acronym SOP stand for? - ✔✔Standard Operating Procedure
✔✔What are the 3 Rs? - ✔✔Replacement, refinement, reduction
✔✔How often must an IACUC perform inspections of the facility? - ✔✔Every 6 months
✔✔Who has the authority to sign the PHS Assurance? - ✔✔The Institutional Official
✔✔Who reviews all animal use protocols at the institution before studies using animals
can begin? - ✔✔International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
✔✔What regulation applies to animal and non-animal research and safety studies
funded or reviewed by the FDA and the EPA? - ✔✔Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
✔✔Records of USDA inspections are available to the public under a provision of which
federal law? - ✔✔Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
✔✔What document contains information regarding potential disasters, evacuation, and
emergency contacts? - ✔✔Disaster plan
✔✔What is the best way to measure the effectiveness of an institution-wide emergency
system? - ✔✔Periodic disaster drills
✔✔What involves the development of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based
upon physical features? - ✔✔Biometrics
✔✔If you are present in the facility when a major disaster or accident occurs, what
should be your first priority? - ✔✔Protecting human life
✔✔What does an eye wash station use to clean the eye? - ✔✔Clean water under low
pressure
✔✔What type of hazard causes musculoskeletal injuries - ✔✔Ergonomic
✔✔What provides information on the toxicity of chemicals? - ✔✔Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS)
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What document should be posted throughout the facility, and is consulted and used
when there is an emergency? - ✔✔Contact list
✔✔What federal agency enforces the rules and standards for workplace safety? -
✔✔Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
✔✔Should a pregnant employee be assigned to work with cats? Why or why not? -
✔✔No. Cats can carry the microbes that cause toxoplasmosis, which can harm the
fetus
✔✔List three important factors for personal protection against radiation. - ✔✔Time;
distance; shielding
✔✔What is Toxoplasmosis gondii? - ✔✔A parasite that can be transmitted through cat
feces.
✔✔What is a decibel? - ✔✔A unit which measures loudness
✔✔What are Material Safety Data Sheets? - ✔✔Provides information on toxicity and
potential side effects, and describes recommended treatment for exposures.
✔✔What is zoonosis? - ✔✔Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
✔✔What is a N95? - ✔✔A respirator mask that protects against airborne particles.
✔✔Q-Fever is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Sheep (Ovis Aries)
✔✔B virus is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Macaque
✔✔Toxoplasmosis gondii is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Cat (Felis Cattus)
✔✔Tuberculosis is carried by what animal? - ✔✔Nonhuman primate (NHP)
✔✔Who submits the Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance that the animal research
program meets all relevant regulations and standards? - ✔✔Institutional Official
✔✔What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? -
✔✔Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
International (AAALAC)
, ✔✔What guidelines must an animal facility follow when research animals are
euthanized at the end of a study? - ✔✔AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
✔✔Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the Animal
Welfare Act, what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility? -
✔✔Opportunities for exercise
✔✔What does the acronym SOP stand for? - ✔✔Standard Operating Procedure
✔✔What are the 3 Rs? - ✔✔Replacement, refinement, reduction
✔✔How often must an IACUC perform inspections of the facility? - ✔✔Every 6 months
✔✔Who has the authority to sign the PHS Assurance? - ✔✔The Institutional Official
✔✔Who reviews all animal use protocols at the institution before studies using animals
can begin? - ✔✔International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
✔✔What regulation applies to animal and non-animal research and safety studies
funded or reviewed by the FDA and the EPA? - ✔✔Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
✔✔Records of USDA inspections are available to the public under a provision of which
federal law? - ✔✔Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
✔✔What document contains information regarding potential disasters, evacuation, and
emergency contacts? - ✔✔Disaster plan
✔✔What is the best way to measure the effectiveness of an institution-wide emergency
system? - ✔✔Periodic disaster drills
✔✔What involves the development of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based
upon physical features? - ✔✔Biometrics
✔✔If you are present in the facility when a major disaster or accident occurs, what
should be your first priority? - ✔✔Protecting human life
✔✔What does an eye wash station use to clean the eye? - ✔✔Clean water under low
pressure
✔✔What type of hazard causes musculoskeletal injuries - ✔✔Ergonomic
✔✔What provides information on the toxicity of chemicals? - ✔✔Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS)
