ALAT WORKBOOK UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Primary Source of standrads/guidelines for laboratory animal care and use in the USA -
CORRECT ANSWER - Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Regulations developed by the Food & Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection
Agency to validate and document the processes of safety testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
Good Laboratory Practices
An institutional body that oversees and evaluates an animal care and use program - CORRECT
ANSWER - IACUC- Institutional animal care and use committee
The body the administers and enforces the Animal Welfare Regulations - CORRECT
ANSWER - Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS
The body that administers and enforces the PHS policy - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare
Three methods used to check the effectiveness of an autoclave cycle - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological --> spore strips
Mechanical --> checking gauges on the autoclave
Chemical --> autoclave tape, integrator srtips
Which types of plastic used to manufacture small animal caging systems within frequent
autoclaving best? - CORRECT ANSWER - Polyphenylsulfone & polysulfone
What animal species require a warm room? (68-79F) - CORRECT ANSWER - Mouse,
Rat, Gerbil, Guinea pig
, Maintaining low levels of this limits the growth of algae on tank surfaces - CORRECT
ANSWER - light
The amount of dissolved salts and minerals in tank water - CORRECT ANSWER -
specific gravity
Suffix "stat" or "static" means - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits microbial growth
Suffix "cide" or "cidal" means - CORRECT ANSWER - disinfectant that kills
microorganisms
Disease caused by lack of calcium is called - CORRECT ANSWER - in young adults -->
rickets
in mature adults --> osteporosis
Sodium and Chloride are - CORRECT ANSWER - electrolytes
Fat soluble vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamins A, D, E, K
Ground Feed - CORRECT ANSWER - powdered and granulated meal diets
Semi-moist Feed - CORRECT ANSWER - soft texture, high in calories
Extruded feed - CORRECT ANSWER - processed by passing the feed, under high
pressure and heat, through a tapered mold
Pelleted feed - CORRECT ANSWER - feed that has been ground and processed to
produce a pellet shaped feedstuff
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Primary Source of standrads/guidelines for laboratory animal care and use in the USA -
CORRECT ANSWER - Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Regulations developed by the Food & Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection
Agency to validate and document the processes of safety testing - CORRECT ANSWER -
Good Laboratory Practices
An institutional body that oversees and evaluates an animal care and use program - CORRECT
ANSWER - IACUC- Institutional animal care and use committee
The body the administers and enforces the Animal Welfare Regulations - CORRECT
ANSWER - Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service - APHIS
The body that administers and enforces the PHS policy - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare
Three methods used to check the effectiveness of an autoclave cycle - CORRECT
ANSWER - Biological --> spore strips
Mechanical --> checking gauges on the autoclave
Chemical --> autoclave tape, integrator srtips
Which types of plastic used to manufacture small animal caging systems within frequent
autoclaving best? - CORRECT ANSWER - Polyphenylsulfone & polysulfone
What animal species require a warm room? (68-79F) - CORRECT ANSWER - Mouse,
Rat, Gerbil, Guinea pig
, Maintaining low levels of this limits the growth of algae on tank surfaces - CORRECT
ANSWER - light
The amount of dissolved salts and minerals in tank water - CORRECT ANSWER -
specific gravity
Suffix "stat" or "static" means - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibits microbial growth
Suffix "cide" or "cidal" means - CORRECT ANSWER - disinfectant that kills
microorganisms
Disease caused by lack of calcium is called - CORRECT ANSWER - in young adults -->
rickets
in mature adults --> osteporosis
Sodium and Chloride are - CORRECT ANSWER - electrolytes
Fat soluble vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamins A, D, E, K
Ground Feed - CORRECT ANSWER - powdered and granulated meal diets
Semi-moist Feed - CORRECT ANSWER - soft texture, high in calories
Extruded feed - CORRECT ANSWER - processed by passing the feed, under high
pressure and heat, through a tapered mold
Pelleted feed - CORRECT ANSWER - feed that has been ground and processed to
produce a pellet shaped feedstuff
