CPIA EXAM CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TESTED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION GUIDE
Question:
a. 1971 b. 1963 c. 1966 d. 1979
Answer:
c. 1966 In what year was the Animal Care Panel established? a. 1950 b. 1976 c. 1963 d. 1985 -✓✓a.
1950 True False, in 1963 the incorporation of the American Association for the Accreditation of
Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) was established. -✓✓False, AAALAC was incorporated in
1965. In what year was the first edition of the Guide was developed? a. 1950 b. 1963 c. 1965 d. 1967
-✓✓b. 1963 True/ False: The Animal Care Panel changed its name to the American Association for
Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in 1967. -✓✓True In what year was the first Public Health
Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals? a. 1971 b. 1973 c. 1974 d. 1979
-✓✓b. 1973 Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) was established in which
year? a. 1973 b. 1974 c. 1979 d. 1982 -✓✓a. 1973 True/False: The PHS Policy required each
animal-using grantee institution to have a PHS Assurance and a committee to maintain oversight of
its animal care program in 1979. -✓✓True What year was the U.S. Government Principles for the
Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training promulgated? a.
1979 b. 1982 c. 1985 d. 1986 -✓✓c. 1985 What year was the Health Research Extension Act passed
by congress? a. 1979 b. 1982 c. 1985 d. 1986 -✓✓c.1985 True/ False: The Animal Welfare Act
Amendments passed by Congress in 1985. - ✓✓True AAALAC became the Association for the
Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International in what year? a. 1990 b.
1991 c. 1996 d. 2000 -✓✓c. 1996 True/False: OPRR Division of Animal Welfare was separated
from OPRR and became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), NIH in 2002. -
✓✓False. The OPRR Division of Animal Welfare became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
(OLAW) in 2000 True/ False: There are 10 U.S.Government Principles for the Utilization and Care
of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training. -✓✓False. There are 9 U.S.
Government Principles True/ False: Risk/ Benefit Analysis is for research that involves more than
minimal risk of harm to the subjects, the investigator must assure that the amount of benefit clearly
outweighs the amount of risk. Only if there is a favorable risk - benefit ratio may a study be
considered ethical. -✓✓True What agency is responsible for overseeing the Animal Welfare Act? a.
PHS Policy b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA -✓✓d. USDA What agency is responsible for
overseeing the PHS Policy? a. AWA b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA -✓✓b. OLAW Which
agency is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science
through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs? a. DoD b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA
-✓✓c. AAALAC Which agency is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the
safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical
, devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit
radiation. a. DoD b. FDA c. OLAW d. USDA -✓✓b. FDA What is the official VA animal protocol
form called? a. Chief Research and Development Office(CRADO) b. Chief Veterinary Medical
Officer (CVMO) c. Animal Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) d. Department of Defense
(DoD) -✓✓c. Animal Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) True/ False: The VA Central
Office given the authority and the responsibility for managing all human,animal, and laboratory VA
research activities is the Chief Research and Development Office (CRADO). -✓✓True Who is the
VA Central Office veterinarian, who is given the primary responsibility for formulating VA animal
research policy, advising senior VA administrators on animal research issues, and providing support
and guidance as needed to field research personnel conducting animal research? a. Chief Research
and Development Office(CRADO) b. Chief Veterinary Medical Officer (CVMO) c. Animal
Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) d. Department of Defense (DoD) -✓✓b. Chief
Veterinary Medical Officer (CVMO). What is the term used by scientists to describe many different
processes that involve making duplicates of biological material? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear
Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells -✓✓a. Cloning The cloning technique that led to the cloning of
Dolly the sheep in 1997, which resulted in an animal that was a genetic twin -- although delayed in
time -- of an adult sheep. a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells
-✓✓b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer What are unique and essential cells found in animals that are
capable of continually reproducing themselves and renewing tissue throughout an individual
organism's life? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells -✓✓c. Stem
cells What are the most versatile of all stem cells because they are less differentiated, or committed,
to a particular function than adult stem cells. These cells have offered hope of new cures to
debilitating and even fatal illness? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES
Cells -✓✓d. ES cells.What is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of
genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there. a.
Cloning b. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) c. Stem Cells d. Xenotransplantation -✓✓b.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Any scientific technique or method should only be used
when it is appropriate to what the researcher hopes to discover. a. Risk/ Benefit Analysis b. Study
Design c. Performance Standards d. Engineering Standards -✓✓b. Study Design The process of
grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species. a. Cloning b.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) c. Stem Cells d. Xenotransplantation -✓✓d.
Xenotransplantation True/ False: The Institutional Official (IO) is individual is the highest operating
official of the organization, and is responsible for appointing the IACUC. May delegate authority to
appoint the IACUC if the delegation is specific and in writing. -✓✓False. The Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) is the highest operating official and responsible for appointing the IACUC, but may
specifically delegate in writing. True/ False: The Attending Veterinarian (AV) is who the IACUC
reports to, and has administrative and operational authority to commit institutional resources to
ensure compliance with the PHS Policy and other requirements. -✓✓False. The Institutional Official
(IO) is who the IACUC reports to, and has administrative and operational authority to commit
institutional resources to ensure compliance with the PHS Policy and other requirements. This
individual is appointed to the IACUC, who has direct or delegated program responsibility, and has
training or experience in laboratory animal science and medicine or in the care of the species being
Question:
a. 1971 b. 1963 c. 1966 d. 1979
Answer:
c. 1966 In what year was the Animal Care Panel established? a. 1950 b. 1976 c. 1963 d. 1985 -✓✓a.
1950 True False, in 1963 the incorporation of the American Association for the Accreditation of
Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) was established. -✓✓False, AAALAC was incorporated in
1965. In what year was the first edition of the Guide was developed? a. 1950 b. 1963 c. 1965 d. 1967
-✓✓b. 1963 True/ False: The Animal Care Panel changed its name to the American Association for
Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in 1967. -✓✓True In what year was the first Public Health
Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals? a. 1971 b. 1973 c. 1974 d. 1979
-✓✓b. 1973 Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) was established in which
year? a. 1973 b. 1974 c. 1979 d. 1982 -✓✓a. 1973 True/False: The PHS Policy required each
animal-using grantee institution to have a PHS Assurance and a committee to maintain oversight of
its animal care program in 1979. -✓✓True What year was the U.S. Government Principles for the
Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training promulgated? a.
1979 b. 1982 c. 1985 d. 1986 -✓✓c. 1985 What year was the Health Research Extension Act passed
by congress? a. 1979 b. 1982 c. 1985 d. 1986 -✓✓c.1985 True/ False: The Animal Welfare Act
Amendments passed by Congress in 1985. - ✓✓True AAALAC became the Association for the
Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International in what year? a. 1990 b.
1991 c. 1996 d. 2000 -✓✓c. 1996 True/False: OPRR Division of Animal Welfare was separated
from OPRR and became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), NIH in 2002. -
✓✓False. The OPRR Division of Animal Welfare became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
(OLAW) in 2000 True/ False: There are 10 U.S.Government Principles for the Utilization and Care
of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training. -✓✓False. There are 9 U.S.
Government Principles True/ False: Risk/ Benefit Analysis is for research that involves more than
minimal risk of harm to the subjects, the investigator must assure that the amount of benefit clearly
outweighs the amount of risk. Only if there is a favorable risk - benefit ratio may a study be
considered ethical. -✓✓True What agency is responsible for overseeing the Animal Welfare Act? a.
PHS Policy b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA -✓✓d. USDA What agency is responsible for
overseeing the PHS Policy? a. AWA b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA -✓✓b. OLAW Which
agency is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science
through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs? a. DoD b. OLAW c. AAALAC d. USDA
-✓✓c. AAALAC Which agency is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the
safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical
, devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit
radiation. a. DoD b. FDA c. OLAW d. USDA -✓✓b. FDA What is the official VA animal protocol
form called? a. Chief Research and Development Office(CRADO) b. Chief Veterinary Medical
Officer (CVMO) c. Animal Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) d. Department of Defense
(DoD) -✓✓c. Animal Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) True/ False: The VA Central
Office given the authority and the responsibility for managing all human,animal, and laboratory VA
research activities is the Chief Research and Development Office (CRADO). -✓✓True Who is the
VA Central Office veterinarian, who is given the primary responsibility for formulating VA animal
research policy, advising senior VA administrators on animal research issues, and providing support
and guidance as needed to field research personnel conducting animal research? a. Chief Research
and Development Office(CRADO) b. Chief Veterinary Medical Officer (CVMO) c. Animal
Component of Research Protocol (ACORP) d. Department of Defense (DoD) -✓✓b. Chief
Veterinary Medical Officer (CVMO). What is the term used by scientists to describe many different
processes that involve making duplicates of biological material? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear
Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells -✓✓a. Cloning The cloning technique that led to the cloning of
Dolly the sheep in 1997, which resulted in an animal that was a genetic twin -- although delayed in
time -- of an adult sheep. a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells
-✓✓b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer What are unique and essential cells found in animals that are
capable of continually reproducing themselves and renewing tissue throughout an individual
organism's life? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES Cells -✓✓c. Stem
cells What are the most versatile of all stem cells because they are less differentiated, or committed,
to a particular function than adult stem cells. These cells have offered hope of new cures to
debilitating and even fatal illness? a. Cloning b. Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer c. Stem Cells d. ES
Cells -✓✓d. ES cells.What is an organism whose genome has been altered by the techniques of
genetic engineering so that its DNA contains one or more genes not normally found there. a.
Cloning b. Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) c. Stem Cells d. Xenotransplantation -✓✓b.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Any scientific technique or method should only be used
when it is appropriate to what the researcher hopes to discover. a. Risk/ Benefit Analysis b. Study
Design c. Performance Standards d. Engineering Standards -✓✓b. Study Design The process of
grafting or transplanting organs or tissues between members of different species. a. Cloning b.
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) c. Stem Cells d. Xenotransplantation -✓✓d.
Xenotransplantation True/ False: The Institutional Official (IO) is individual is the highest operating
official of the organization, and is responsible for appointing the IACUC. May delegate authority to
appoint the IACUC if the delegation is specific and in writing. -✓✓False. The Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) is the highest operating official and responsible for appointing the IACUC, but may
specifically delegate in writing. True/ False: The Attending Veterinarian (AV) is who the IACUC
reports to, and has administrative and operational authority to commit institutional resources to
ensure compliance with the PHS Policy and other requirements. -✓✓False. The Institutional Official
(IO) is who the IACUC reports to, and has administrative and operational authority to commit
institutional resources to ensure compliance with the PHS Policy and other requirements. This
individual is appointed to the IACUC, who has direct or delegated program responsibility, and has
training or experience in laboratory animal science and medicine or in the care of the species being
