Vet Tech Prep (All Questions) 20252026
Exam All Answers and Illustrations
Given
Which drug is a commonly used sedative for horses? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Xylazine
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
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,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
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,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
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, 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
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Exam All Answers and Illustrations
Given
Which drug is a commonly used sedative for horses? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Xylazine
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
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,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
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,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
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, 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
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