PENN Foster Small & Large Animal Nursing Pt 2 Exam Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers
PENN Foster Small & Large Animal Nursing Pt 2
Exam Practice Questions With 100% Correct
Answers
What should a farrier do if a horse is born with bow legs?
A. Fit the foal with shoes as soon as possible
O B. Trim the hooves to a point shortly after the foal is born
© C. Wait 2 to 4 months to see if the condition rights itself
O D. Work with the foal's veterinarian to establish a special diet - ✔✔✔ - C. Wait 2 to 4 months to see if
the condition rights itself
You've just observed a dog rubbing its anal area along the waiting room floor. You deduce that the dog
may be suffering from
O A. colic.
© B. anal sac impaction.
O C. constipation.
O D. colon infection. - ✔✔✔ - B. anal sac impaction.
You're assisting with the cross-matching of blood from a donor dog for transfusion into another dog. After
the three tests for compatibility are performed, a high degree of agglutination is present. What does this
indicate about the transfusion?
O A. The blood should be centrifuged for another minute to break up any clumping, and then used for the
transfusion.
© B. The transfusion shouldn't be performed because the donor blood and recipient blood are
incompatible.
O C. The donor blood is highly compatible and the transfusion should be performed immediately.
O D. The transfusion should be performed only in an emergency situation. - ✔✔✔ - B. The transfusion
shouldn't be performed because the donor blood and recipient blood are incompatible.
Which of the following is true of feeding an orphan foal?
O A. Orphan foals will nurse from commercial cow nipples.
, PENN Foster Small & Large Animal Nursing Pt 2 Exam Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers
• B. Foals without a strong suck reflex should be fed by a nasogastric tube.
O C. Milk preparations formulated for other animals are generally sufficient for foals.
O D. Commercial milk replacers are palatable and very healthy for young foals. - ✔✔✔ - B. Foals without
a strong suck reflex should be fed by a nasogastric tube.
Which of the following best describes how an enema works?
O A. Softening hard stool within the small intestine
O B. Making the animal vomit
O C. Softening hard stool within the large intestine
O D. Adding bulk to the feces through the use of psyllium fiber - ✔✔✔ - C. Softening hard stool within the
LARGE intestine
Which of the following types of physical therapy uses microwaves and ultrasound?
O A. Effleurage
O B. Radiant heat therapy
© C. Conversive heat therapy
O D. Petrissage - ✔✔✔ - C. Conversive heat therapy
Normal puppies and kittens are expected to
O A. regulate their body temperature by 4 days of age.
O B. crawl and right themselves at birth.
O C. begin suckling at birth.
O D. first begin opening eyelids by 3 to 4 weeks of age. - ✔✔✔ - C. begin suckling at birth.
You've been asked to assist a veterinarian on a house call. A client has reported that his horse appears to
have a painful condition of the hoof. Upon inspection, an infection of the frog is present. This condition is
known as
O A. cracks.
O B. horn.
O C. laminitis.
© D. thrush. - ✔✔✔ - D. thrush.
PENN Foster Small & Large Animal Nursing Pt 2
Exam Practice Questions With 100% Correct
Answers
What should a farrier do if a horse is born with bow legs?
A. Fit the foal with shoes as soon as possible
O B. Trim the hooves to a point shortly after the foal is born
© C. Wait 2 to 4 months to see if the condition rights itself
O D. Work with the foal's veterinarian to establish a special diet - ✔✔✔ - C. Wait 2 to 4 months to see if
the condition rights itself
You've just observed a dog rubbing its anal area along the waiting room floor. You deduce that the dog
may be suffering from
O A. colic.
© B. anal sac impaction.
O C. constipation.
O D. colon infection. - ✔✔✔ - B. anal sac impaction.
You're assisting with the cross-matching of blood from a donor dog for transfusion into another dog. After
the three tests for compatibility are performed, a high degree of agglutination is present. What does this
indicate about the transfusion?
O A. The blood should be centrifuged for another minute to break up any clumping, and then used for the
transfusion.
© B. The transfusion shouldn't be performed because the donor blood and recipient blood are
incompatible.
O C. The donor blood is highly compatible and the transfusion should be performed immediately.
O D. The transfusion should be performed only in an emergency situation. - ✔✔✔ - B. The transfusion
shouldn't be performed because the donor blood and recipient blood are incompatible.
Which of the following is true of feeding an orphan foal?
O A. Orphan foals will nurse from commercial cow nipples.
, PENN Foster Small & Large Animal Nursing Pt 2 Exam Practice Questions With 100% Correct Answers
• B. Foals without a strong suck reflex should be fed by a nasogastric tube.
O C. Milk preparations formulated for other animals are generally sufficient for foals.
O D. Commercial milk replacers are palatable and very healthy for young foals. - ✔✔✔ - B. Foals without
a strong suck reflex should be fed by a nasogastric tube.
Which of the following best describes how an enema works?
O A. Softening hard stool within the small intestine
O B. Making the animal vomit
O C. Softening hard stool within the large intestine
O D. Adding bulk to the feces through the use of psyllium fiber - ✔✔✔ - C. Softening hard stool within the
LARGE intestine
Which of the following types of physical therapy uses microwaves and ultrasound?
O A. Effleurage
O B. Radiant heat therapy
© C. Conversive heat therapy
O D. Petrissage - ✔✔✔ - C. Conversive heat therapy
Normal puppies and kittens are expected to
O A. regulate their body temperature by 4 days of age.
O B. crawl and right themselves at birth.
O C. begin suckling at birth.
O D. first begin opening eyelids by 3 to 4 weeks of age. - ✔✔✔ - C. begin suckling at birth.
You've been asked to assist a veterinarian on a house call. A client has reported that his horse appears to
have a painful condition of the hoof. Upon inspection, an infection of the frog is present. This condition is
known as
O A. cracks.
O B. horn.
O C. laminitis.
© D. thrush. - ✔✔✔ - D. thrush.
