Part 1- Assistant Laboratory Animal
Technician Certification (ALAT) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following species is covered by the Animal Welfare Act?
-Birds bred specifically for research
-Zebrafish
-Mice
-Hamsters - CORRECT ANSWER - Hamsters
What types of euthanasia methods are listed in the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of
Animals?
-Suitable, conditionally suitable, and unsuitable methods
-Adequate, acceptable, and inadequate methods
-Acceptable, conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable methods
-Approved, tentative, and unapproved methods - CORRECT ANSWER - Acceptable,
conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable methods
The PHS Policy covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, training,
experimental purposes and biological testing.
-False
-True - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Which document on animal research is reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee?
,-Research proposal
-Grant
-Animal use protocol
-Research data report - CORRECT ANSWER - Animal Use Protocol
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing and administering the Animal Welfare
Regulations?
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Food and Drug Administration
-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
-AAALAC International - CORRECT ANSWER - Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
What is NOT a requirement of the AWA/AWR a researcher must comply with, if they house
covered species?
-Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC.
-Submit an annual report including the number of covered species used.
-Provide dogs with exercise.
-Meet or exceed sanitization standards for both cages and facility. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC.
7. According to the Animal Welfare Regulations, to which official does the IACUC report?
-The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
-The Chair of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare or the Area Director
-The Director of the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service or Chief Inspecting
Officer
, -The Attending Veterinarian or Facility Director - CORRECT ANSWER - The
Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Which agency is responsible for enforcing the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy)?
-Food and Drug Administration
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
-National Research Council - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of Laboratory Animal
Welfare
What is NOT stated as a requirement for compliance with the US Principles for the Utilization
and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training?
-Transportation, use and care of animals should be in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act.
-Principal investigators should determine where exceptions to these principles are required and
may ignore them if they decide it is a scientific necessity.
-Procedures that cause more than momentary or slight pain must be performed with appropriate
sedation, analgesia and anesthesia.
-Animals that suffer unrelieved pain and distress should be painlessly killed at the end of the
procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER - Principal investigators should determine where
exceptions to these principles are required and may ignore them if they decide it is a scientific
necessity.
What is the term for the field of study concerned with the philosophical issues raised by some
medical procedures and treatments?
-The 3Rs
-Bioethics
-Animal welfare
Technician Certification (ALAT) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following species is covered by the Animal Welfare Act?
-Birds bred specifically for research
-Zebrafish
-Mice
-Hamsters - CORRECT ANSWER - Hamsters
What types of euthanasia methods are listed in the AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of
Animals?
-Suitable, conditionally suitable, and unsuitable methods
-Adequate, acceptable, and inadequate methods
-Acceptable, conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable methods
-Approved, tentative, and unapproved methods - CORRECT ANSWER - Acceptable,
conditionally acceptable, and unacceptable methods
The PHS Policy covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, training,
experimental purposes and biological testing.
-False
-True - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Which document on animal research is reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care
and Use Committee?
,-Research proposal
-Grant
-Animal use protocol
-Research data report - CORRECT ANSWER - Animal Use Protocol
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing and administering the Animal Welfare
Regulations?
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Food and Drug Administration
-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
-AAALAC International - CORRECT ANSWER - Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
What is NOT a requirement of the AWA/AWR a researcher must comply with, if they house
covered species?
-Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC.
-Submit an annual report including the number of covered species used.
-Provide dogs with exercise.
-Meet or exceed sanitization standards for both cages and facility. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Appoint an unaffiliated member to the IACUC.
7. According to the Animal Welfare Regulations, to which official does the IACUC report?
-The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
-The Chair of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare or the Area Director
-The Director of the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service or Chief Inspecting
Officer
, -The Attending Veterinarian or Facility Director - CORRECT ANSWER - The
Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Which agency is responsible for enforcing the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and
Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy)?
-Food and Drug Administration
-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
-National Research Council - CORRECT ANSWER - Office of Laboratory Animal
Welfare
What is NOT stated as a requirement for compliance with the US Principles for the Utilization
and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training?
-Transportation, use and care of animals should be in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act.
-Principal investigators should determine where exceptions to these principles are required and
may ignore them if they decide it is a scientific necessity.
-Procedures that cause more than momentary or slight pain must be performed with appropriate
sedation, analgesia and anesthesia.
-Animals that suffer unrelieved pain and distress should be painlessly killed at the end of the
procedure. - CORRECT ANSWER - Principal investigators should determine where
exceptions to these principles are required and may ignore them if they decide it is a scientific
necessity.
What is the term for the field of study concerned with the philosophical issues raised by some
medical procedures and treatments?
-The 3Rs
-Bioethics
-Animal welfare
