ALAT UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔When unrelated or distantly related animals of same stock are mated it is called? -
✔✔Outbreeding
✔✔When related animals of the same stock are mated, it is called? - ✔✔Inbreeding
✔✔Line breeding is what? - ✔✔Animals that share one or few common distant
ancestors
✔✔Cross breeding is what? - ✔✔mating animals of different breeds
✔✔A one to one breeding pair is? - ✔✔Monogamous pair
✔✔A one male to two or three females is? - ✔✔Polygamous pair
✔✔When a neonatal pup has nursed what should you see and where is it located? -
✔✔Milk spot and the left side of abdomen
✔✔What is a dystocia? - ✔✔Difficult birth
✔✔What is a vaginal prolapse? - ✔✔Portion of the vaginal tissue protrudes from the
vulva
✔✔Rodent mothers communicate to their pups by what way? - ✔✔Ultrasonic
vocalization
✔✔What breeding method produces animals with minimal genetic variation?
A) cross breeding
B) outbreeding
C) inbreeding
D) line breeding - ✔✔C) inbreeding
✔✔What is it called when animals that share a distant ancestor are mated together?
A) cross breeding
B) outbreeding
C) inbreeding
D) line breeding - ✔✔D) line breeding
✔✔Germ free animals are known as? - ✔✔Axenic animals
,✔✔How long does it take for tests to show if an animal has been exposed to a
pathogen? - ✔✔Minimum of 14-21 days
✔✔Analgesics are what kind of drug? What are the two kinds? - ✔✔Pain reliever drugs
opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
✔✔What do NSAID do? - ✔✔Reduces inflammation, swelling, redness, and helps
relieve pain
✔✔Why are steroids commonly used in organ transplant studies? - ✔✔They suppress
the immune system
✔✔What is the con to using NSAIDs? - ✔✔They can destroy the lining in the stomach
and possibly death
✔✔Anesthetic drugs are classified as?
a) general
b)local
c)regional
d) all of the above
e) none of the above - ✔✔d) all of the above
✔✔This anesthetic : Numbs a small area by blocking nerve transmission? - ✔✔Local
block
✔✔This anesthetic : Blocks nerve transmission in a large area of the body such as a
limb? - ✔✔Regional Block
✔✔This anesthetic : Affects entire nervous system and renders animal unconscious
while eliminating pain - ✔✔General
✔✔What are the two most common inhalants? - ✔✔isoflurane and sevoflurane
✔✔What agency regulates drugs that are considered controlled substances? - ✔✔US
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
✔✔Tranquilizers do what? - ✔✔Calm and sedate animals
✔✔Which parasiticide kills protozoans?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
,d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔d) antiprotozoals
✔✔Which parasiticide kills parasitic insects likes fleas or lice?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔b) insecticides
✔✔Which parasiticide eliminates worms?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔a) anthelminitics
✔✔Which parasiticide kills mites and ticks?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔c) miticides
✔✔Expiration date on a drug is? - ✔✔When a drug has may be expected to have lost
its potency for its effect
✔✔Enteral drug administration is? - ✔✔Providing a drug directly into gastrointestinal
tract either orally or rectally
✔✔Parenteral drug administration is? - ✔✔Providing drugs through the blood stream
(ie: IV, IC, IM, SQ, ID, IP)
✔✔Drugs delivered as vapors or aerosol are what kind of drugs? - ✔✔Inhalation drugs
✔✔Drugs delivered directly to the skin, eyes, and ears are what kind of drugs? -
✔✔Topical drugs
✔✔Cats are sensitive to what kind of drugs? - ✔✔opioids and NSAIDs
✔✔What drug can be fatal to guinea pigs? - ✔✔Penicillin
✔✔What are the two methods for euthanasia? - ✔✔Chemical agents and physical
methods
, ✔✔Who creates the guidelines for euthanasia? - ✔✔AVMA
✔✔AVMA guidelines identify for each species what euthanasia methods? - ✔✔Methods
that are acceptable, conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable
✔✔Waste gas is drawn into an approved waste system, where it can be absorbed or
exhausted safely. This process is called? - ✔✔Scavenging
✔✔What supplement do guinea pigs need in their diet because their body lacks the
enzyme to produce it? - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔What is a vector? - ✔✔an organism that transmits a pathogen, but itself does not
cause disease
✔✔What are the two types of sentinel programs? - ✔✔Direct and indirect
✔✔Sentinels are placed in cages with the colony animals. Which sentinel program is
this? - ✔✔Direct sentinel program
✔✔Sentinels are housed in a seperate microisolation cages in the animal room? Which
sentinel program is this? - ✔✔Indirect sentinel program
✔✔After getting a TB vaccine when should the site be re-examined to determine if it is
positive or negative? - ✔✔48-72 hours
✔✔All NHPs should be tested for what, when they arrive at a facility during the
quarantine period? - ✔✔TB (tuberculosis)
✔✔What is the equation for Celsius? - ✔✔℃= ((℉-32))/1.8 or ℃=5/9 (℉-32)
✔✔If a pH has more hydrogen ions is it more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔Acidic
✔✔If a pH has less hydrogen ions is it more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔Alkaline
✔✔pH of 7 is what?
A) acidic
B) neutral
C)alkaline - ✔✔B) Neutral
✔✔If the pH is above 7 is that acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔alkaline
✔✔If the pH is below 7 is that more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔acidic
GRADED A+
✔✔When unrelated or distantly related animals of same stock are mated it is called? -
✔✔Outbreeding
✔✔When related animals of the same stock are mated, it is called? - ✔✔Inbreeding
✔✔Line breeding is what? - ✔✔Animals that share one or few common distant
ancestors
✔✔Cross breeding is what? - ✔✔mating animals of different breeds
✔✔A one to one breeding pair is? - ✔✔Monogamous pair
✔✔A one male to two or three females is? - ✔✔Polygamous pair
✔✔When a neonatal pup has nursed what should you see and where is it located? -
✔✔Milk spot and the left side of abdomen
✔✔What is a dystocia? - ✔✔Difficult birth
✔✔What is a vaginal prolapse? - ✔✔Portion of the vaginal tissue protrudes from the
vulva
✔✔Rodent mothers communicate to their pups by what way? - ✔✔Ultrasonic
vocalization
✔✔What breeding method produces animals with minimal genetic variation?
A) cross breeding
B) outbreeding
C) inbreeding
D) line breeding - ✔✔C) inbreeding
✔✔What is it called when animals that share a distant ancestor are mated together?
A) cross breeding
B) outbreeding
C) inbreeding
D) line breeding - ✔✔D) line breeding
✔✔Germ free animals are known as? - ✔✔Axenic animals
,✔✔How long does it take for tests to show if an animal has been exposed to a
pathogen? - ✔✔Minimum of 14-21 days
✔✔Analgesics are what kind of drug? What are the two kinds? - ✔✔Pain reliever drugs
opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
✔✔What do NSAID do? - ✔✔Reduces inflammation, swelling, redness, and helps
relieve pain
✔✔Why are steroids commonly used in organ transplant studies? - ✔✔They suppress
the immune system
✔✔What is the con to using NSAIDs? - ✔✔They can destroy the lining in the stomach
and possibly death
✔✔Anesthetic drugs are classified as?
a) general
b)local
c)regional
d) all of the above
e) none of the above - ✔✔d) all of the above
✔✔This anesthetic : Numbs a small area by blocking nerve transmission? - ✔✔Local
block
✔✔This anesthetic : Blocks nerve transmission in a large area of the body such as a
limb? - ✔✔Regional Block
✔✔This anesthetic : Affects entire nervous system and renders animal unconscious
while eliminating pain - ✔✔General
✔✔What are the two most common inhalants? - ✔✔isoflurane and sevoflurane
✔✔What agency regulates drugs that are considered controlled substances? - ✔✔US
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
✔✔Tranquilizers do what? - ✔✔Calm and sedate animals
✔✔Which parasiticide kills protozoans?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
,d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔d) antiprotozoals
✔✔Which parasiticide kills parasitic insects likes fleas or lice?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔b) insecticides
✔✔Which parasiticide eliminates worms?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔a) anthelminitics
✔✔Which parasiticide kills mites and ticks?
a) anthelmintics
b) insecticides
c) miticides
d) antiprotozoals - ✔✔c) miticides
✔✔Expiration date on a drug is? - ✔✔When a drug has may be expected to have lost
its potency for its effect
✔✔Enteral drug administration is? - ✔✔Providing a drug directly into gastrointestinal
tract either orally or rectally
✔✔Parenteral drug administration is? - ✔✔Providing drugs through the blood stream
(ie: IV, IC, IM, SQ, ID, IP)
✔✔Drugs delivered as vapors or aerosol are what kind of drugs? - ✔✔Inhalation drugs
✔✔Drugs delivered directly to the skin, eyes, and ears are what kind of drugs? -
✔✔Topical drugs
✔✔Cats are sensitive to what kind of drugs? - ✔✔opioids and NSAIDs
✔✔What drug can be fatal to guinea pigs? - ✔✔Penicillin
✔✔What are the two methods for euthanasia? - ✔✔Chemical agents and physical
methods
, ✔✔Who creates the guidelines for euthanasia? - ✔✔AVMA
✔✔AVMA guidelines identify for each species what euthanasia methods? - ✔✔Methods
that are acceptable, conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable
✔✔Waste gas is drawn into an approved waste system, where it can be absorbed or
exhausted safely. This process is called? - ✔✔Scavenging
✔✔What supplement do guinea pigs need in their diet because their body lacks the
enzyme to produce it? - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔What is a vector? - ✔✔an organism that transmits a pathogen, but itself does not
cause disease
✔✔What are the two types of sentinel programs? - ✔✔Direct and indirect
✔✔Sentinels are placed in cages with the colony animals. Which sentinel program is
this? - ✔✔Direct sentinel program
✔✔Sentinels are housed in a seperate microisolation cages in the animal room? Which
sentinel program is this? - ✔✔Indirect sentinel program
✔✔After getting a TB vaccine when should the site be re-examined to determine if it is
positive or negative? - ✔✔48-72 hours
✔✔All NHPs should be tested for what, when they arrive at a facility during the
quarantine period? - ✔✔TB (tuberculosis)
✔✔What is the equation for Celsius? - ✔✔℃= ((℉-32))/1.8 or ℃=5/9 (℉-32)
✔✔If a pH has more hydrogen ions is it more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔Acidic
✔✔If a pH has less hydrogen ions is it more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔Alkaline
✔✔pH of 7 is what?
A) acidic
B) neutral
C)alkaline - ✔✔B) Neutral
✔✔If the pH is above 7 is that acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔alkaline
✔✔If the pH is below 7 is that more acidic or alkaline? - ✔✔acidic
