VTNE EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED RESPONSE
COLLECTION GRADED APLUS
●● 5 grams is equal to how many milligrams?
Answer: 5,000
●● A drug from which of the following categories will cause loss of
motor function when administered during an epidural?
Answer: Local anesthetics (ie; bupivacaine, lidocaine)
●● Which of the following can occur as an injection of Cerenia
(maropitant) is given subcutaneously?
Answer: A burning or stinging sensation
●● An extremely fractious cat has been admitted to the facility. Due to
its disposition, you are unable to remove it from its carrier. What opioid
normally given by injection can be given orally for sedation or
analgesia?
Answer: Buprenorphine
●● Telazol is commonly used in veterinary anesthetic immobilizations.
Telazol is a combination of which two drugs?
,Answer: Teletamine and zolazepam
●● Impulses are carried away from the neuronal cell body by which of
the following structures?
Answer: Axon
●● Which of the following would NOT be a potential indicator of
intraoperative pain?
Answer: Decreased blood pressure
●● The autonomic nervous system refers to what?
Answer: sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
●● A 38-kg Great Dane is recovering from Gastric Dilatation Volvulus
surgery. The doctor would like to send him home on Tramadol. The
doctor requested that a prescription be filled out for 5 days at 3 mg/kg
orally three times per day. How many pills should you send home?
Tramadol is available in 50 mg tablets. Round to the nearest whole
number.
Answer: 30 tablets
38 kg x 3 mg/kg = 114 mg
114 mg / 50 mg = 2.28 (Rounding to the nearest whole number would be
2 tablets)
,If getting 2 tablets per dose, then 6 tablets per day are needed. Five days'
treatment would be 30 tablets.
●● Which drug choice is a dissociative anesthetic and used for
anesthetic induction and analgesia in veterinary medicine?
Answer: Ketamine
●● After completing a routine spay, the doctor asks you to administer
0.015 mg/kg of buprenorphine intravenously for post operative pain.
How many milliliters will you administer if it comes as a 0.3mg/ml
solution and the cat weighs 6.6 lbs?
Answer: 0.15 ml
6.6 lbs / (2.2 lbs/kg) = 3 kg
3 kg x (0.015 mg/kg) = 0.045 mg
0.045 mg / (0.3 mg/ml)= 0.15 ml
●● When placing an epidural in a dog or cat, the spinal needle is
inserted into the space located between which two vertebrae?
Answer: L7, S1
●● Which of the following drugs is commonly delivered via a
transdermal patch?
Answer: Fentanyl
, ●● A dog presents to your hospital to have surgery for a cranial cruciate
ligament rupture (see x-ray). The veterinarian wants you to place an
epidural after the patient is under anesthesia and before the procedure is
performed. While performing the epidural you get blood in the hub of
the spinal needle. What does this mean and what should you do?
Answer: You have entered the sinus, you should withdraw the needle
and start over.
●● Why should an NSAID and a corticosteroid never be given together?
Answer: It increases risk of serious GI ulceration
●● Regarding controlled substances, which is true?
Answer: They have a high abuse potential, and a written log must be
kept on these drugs
●● The non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, ketoprofen, should not be
used in which patients?
Answer: Patients with renal impairment
●● Which of the following analgesics most often causes vomiting as a
side effect in dogs?
Answer: Morphine
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED RESPONSE
COLLECTION GRADED APLUS
●● 5 grams is equal to how many milligrams?
Answer: 5,000
●● A drug from which of the following categories will cause loss of
motor function when administered during an epidural?
Answer: Local anesthetics (ie; bupivacaine, lidocaine)
●● Which of the following can occur as an injection of Cerenia
(maropitant) is given subcutaneously?
Answer: A burning or stinging sensation
●● An extremely fractious cat has been admitted to the facility. Due to
its disposition, you are unable to remove it from its carrier. What opioid
normally given by injection can be given orally for sedation or
analgesia?
Answer: Buprenorphine
●● Telazol is commonly used in veterinary anesthetic immobilizations.
Telazol is a combination of which two drugs?
,Answer: Teletamine and zolazepam
●● Impulses are carried away from the neuronal cell body by which of
the following structures?
Answer: Axon
●● Which of the following would NOT be a potential indicator of
intraoperative pain?
Answer: Decreased blood pressure
●● The autonomic nervous system refers to what?
Answer: sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
●● A 38-kg Great Dane is recovering from Gastric Dilatation Volvulus
surgery. The doctor would like to send him home on Tramadol. The
doctor requested that a prescription be filled out for 5 days at 3 mg/kg
orally three times per day. How many pills should you send home?
Tramadol is available in 50 mg tablets. Round to the nearest whole
number.
Answer: 30 tablets
38 kg x 3 mg/kg = 114 mg
114 mg / 50 mg = 2.28 (Rounding to the nearest whole number would be
2 tablets)
,If getting 2 tablets per dose, then 6 tablets per day are needed. Five days'
treatment would be 30 tablets.
●● Which drug choice is a dissociative anesthetic and used for
anesthetic induction and analgesia in veterinary medicine?
Answer: Ketamine
●● After completing a routine spay, the doctor asks you to administer
0.015 mg/kg of buprenorphine intravenously for post operative pain.
How many milliliters will you administer if it comes as a 0.3mg/ml
solution and the cat weighs 6.6 lbs?
Answer: 0.15 ml
6.6 lbs / (2.2 lbs/kg) = 3 kg
3 kg x (0.015 mg/kg) = 0.045 mg
0.045 mg / (0.3 mg/ml)= 0.15 ml
●● When placing an epidural in a dog or cat, the spinal needle is
inserted into the space located between which two vertebrae?
Answer: L7, S1
●● Which of the following drugs is commonly delivered via a
transdermal patch?
Answer: Fentanyl
, ●● A dog presents to your hospital to have surgery for a cranial cruciate
ligament rupture (see x-ray). The veterinarian wants you to place an
epidural after the patient is under anesthesia and before the procedure is
performed. While performing the epidural you get blood in the hub of
the spinal needle. What does this mean and what should you do?
Answer: You have entered the sinus, you should withdraw the needle
and start over.
●● Why should an NSAID and a corticosteroid never be given together?
Answer: It increases risk of serious GI ulceration
●● Regarding controlled substances, which is true?
Answer: They have a high abuse potential, and a written log must be
kept on these drugs
●● The non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, ketoprofen, should not be
used in which patients?
Answer: Patients with renal impairment
●● Which of the following analgesics most often causes vomiting as a
side effect in dogs?
Answer: Morphine
