Veterinary Assistant Certification Review Exam
Questions And Answers
How many states have adopted laws allowing for pet protection orders? - ANSWER -26
Which law provides legal recourse to people who purchase animals from pet dealers
which are later found to have a disease or defect? - ANSWER -Pet purchase protection
law
Pet owners spend the most money on what? - ANSWER -Food
Who created the Companion Animal Care Guidelines? - ANSWER -AVMA
In what year was The Humane Society of the United States founded? - ANSWER -
1954
Who founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? - ANSWER -Ingrid Newkirk
The Animal Welfare Council was founded in which of the following years? - ANSWER -
1979
Who was the initial chairman of the National Animal Control Association? - ANSWER -
Mike Burgwin
Who is responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act? - ANSWER -U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
At what age must wild horses be in order to be sold? - ANSWER -10
In addition to the bald eagle, the Bald Eagle Protection Act also includes? - ANSWER -
Gold eagle
What act addresses transporting animals across state lines? - ANSWER -28 hour law
Before building dams, builders must consult with which group to prevent fish migration
from being inhibited? - ANSWER -Bureau of Fisheries
Which type of animal breeds on their own while maintaining loose ties with humans? -
ANSWER -Tamed wild animals
Which of the following is NOT a federal law, but organizations must comply with it in
order to receive funding from PHSP member agencies?
a.)Public Health Service Policy
b.)Laboratory Welfare Animal Act
, c.)The 28 Hour Law
d.)Animal Control - ANSWER -a
Which animal rights activist protested animal cruelty and research in "A Dog's Tale"? -
ANSWER -Mark Twain
Which law was signed into effect in 1966 and regulates who may own or sell certain
animals, and animal living conditions? - ANSWER -Welfare Act
In which year was the Endangered Species Act signed into law? - ANSWER -1973
Which act prohibits the illegal trade of any fish or wild animals which were taken,
possessed, transported or sold in violation of any law, treaty or regulation of the United
States? - ANSWER -Lacey Act
Who administers licenses and registration to research facilities? - ANSWER -APHIS
Who suggested primates were capable of human emotions? - ANSWER -Peter Singer
Who was the first to divide organisms into two groups- plants and animals? - ANSWER
-Aristotle
Which act requires minimum standards of treatment and care for animals? - ANSWER -
Animal Welfare Act
In the late nineteenth century, who experimented on dogs to evaluate their
"conditioned" responses, like salivation? - ANSWER -Ivan Pavlov
Surgical procedures were often first studied on which animal? - ANSWER -Dog
Who wrote against animal experimentation with his book Animal Liberation? -
ANSWER -Peter Singer
Which of the following was discovered after testing on cats and prevents the clotting of
blood? - ANSWER -Anticoagulants
Which of the following is the transplantation of living tissue from one species to
another? - ANSWER -Xenograph
Which human disease is related to the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which
effects non-human primates? - ANSWER -HIV
Which of the following identifies the minimum standards required to enter the
veterinarian profession and to remain in practice?
a.)American Veterinarian Medical Association
Questions And Answers
How many states have adopted laws allowing for pet protection orders? - ANSWER -26
Which law provides legal recourse to people who purchase animals from pet dealers
which are later found to have a disease or defect? - ANSWER -Pet purchase protection
law
Pet owners spend the most money on what? - ANSWER -Food
Who created the Companion Animal Care Guidelines? - ANSWER -AVMA
In what year was The Humane Society of the United States founded? - ANSWER -
1954
Who founded People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? - ANSWER -Ingrid Newkirk
The Animal Welfare Council was founded in which of the following years? - ANSWER -
1979
Who was the initial chairman of the National Animal Control Association? - ANSWER -
Mike Burgwin
Who is responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act? - ANSWER -U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
At what age must wild horses be in order to be sold? - ANSWER -10
In addition to the bald eagle, the Bald Eagle Protection Act also includes? - ANSWER -
Gold eagle
What act addresses transporting animals across state lines? - ANSWER -28 hour law
Before building dams, builders must consult with which group to prevent fish migration
from being inhibited? - ANSWER -Bureau of Fisheries
Which type of animal breeds on their own while maintaining loose ties with humans? -
ANSWER -Tamed wild animals
Which of the following is NOT a federal law, but organizations must comply with it in
order to receive funding from PHSP member agencies?
a.)Public Health Service Policy
b.)Laboratory Welfare Animal Act
, c.)The 28 Hour Law
d.)Animal Control - ANSWER -a
Which animal rights activist protested animal cruelty and research in "A Dog's Tale"? -
ANSWER -Mark Twain
Which law was signed into effect in 1966 and regulates who may own or sell certain
animals, and animal living conditions? - ANSWER -Welfare Act
In which year was the Endangered Species Act signed into law? - ANSWER -1973
Which act prohibits the illegal trade of any fish or wild animals which were taken,
possessed, transported or sold in violation of any law, treaty or regulation of the United
States? - ANSWER -Lacey Act
Who administers licenses and registration to research facilities? - ANSWER -APHIS
Who suggested primates were capable of human emotions? - ANSWER -Peter Singer
Who was the first to divide organisms into two groups- plants and animals? - ANSWER
-Aristotle
Which act requires minimum standards of treatment and care for animals? - ANSWER -
Animal Welfare Act
In the late nineteenth century, who experimented on dogs to evaluate their
"conditioned" responses, like salivation? - ANSWER -Ivan Pavlov
Surgical procedures were often first studied on which animal? - ANSWER -Dog
Who wrote against animal experimentation with his book Animal Liberation? -
ANSWER -Peter Singer
Which of the following was discovered after testing on cats and prevents the clotting of
blood? - ANSWER -Anticoagulants
Which of the following is the transplantation of living tissue from one species to
another? - ANSWER -Xenograph
Which human disease is related to the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which
effects non-human primates? - ANSWER -HIV
Which of the following identifies the minimum standards required to enter the
veterinarian profession and to remain in practice?
a.)American Veterinarian Medical Association
