LAT Final Exam
1. What is the cause of "snuffles" in rabbits?
a) Mycoplasma pulmonis
b) Sendai virus
c) Bordetella bronchiseptica
d) Pasteurella multocida
Answer: d) Pasteurella multocida
2. Which of the following is not a major clinical sign of inflammation?
a) Heat
b) Analgesia
c) Redness
d) Pain
Answer: b) Analgesia
3. What does sterilization mean?
a) Disinfection
b) Pasteurization
c) Sanitization
d) Destruction of all organisms on an object
Answer: d) Destruction of all organisms on an object
4. Which type of animal facility design is not recognized?
a) Conventional
b) Barrier
,c) VAF/SPF
d) Clean/Dirty
Answer: c) VAF/SPF
5. Which regulatory agency performs annual unannounced site inspections and enforces the Animal
Welfare Act?
a) AAALAC, Int.
b) FDA
c) PHS
d) USDA
Answer: d) USDA
6. What type of pathology focuses on the study of diseased tissues at a microscopic level?
a) Topical
b) Clinical
c) Microscopic
d) Anatomical
Answer: c) Microscopic
7. Which type of animals are reared in open (non-filtered) cages with an unknown microbial status?
a) SPF
b) Germfree
c) Gnotobiotic
d) Conventional
Answer: d) Conventional
,8. Which warm-blooded vertebrate is not regulated by the Animal Welfare Act?
a) Horses used for antibody production
b) Sheep used in open heart surgery research
c) Pigeons used for behavioral testing
d) Wild rats used for viral infection
Answer: c) Pigeons used for behavioral testing
9. What is toxicology?
a) Histology
b) Botany
c) Pathology
d) The science of poisons and the harmful effects these substances have on living organisms
Answer: d) The science of poisons and the harmful effects these substances have on living organisms
10. How can you best preserve tissues for a diagnostic necropsy?
a) Place the dead animal in a freezer
b) Place the animal in an autoclave
c) Place the animal in a refrigerator
d) Leave the animal in the exact location where it died
Answer: c) Place the animal in a refrigerator
A beagle is euthanized in May 1999. How long must the animal facility retain
the USDA identification tags (if used) on the animal for possible review by the
USDA?
a) 6 months
b) 12 months
, c) 24 months
d) 36 months ✔️B
The process which reduces the number of pathogenic organisms on an
object to a harmless level is known as:
a) Disinfection
b) Sanitization
c) Sterilization
d) Pasteurization ✔️A
Special glass tubes are used to collect blood samples, these tubes have
different colored rubber stoppers to indicate which anticoagulant, if any, is in
the tube. Which of the following colors is used to indicate EDTA is in the
glass tube?
a) Blue
b) Red
c) Purple
d) Green ✔️C
Blood chemistry tests are performed on blood, plasma, or serum to help
diagnose abnormal conditions or illness in animals and humans. Which of the
following tests can be used to determine abnormal liver function?
a) ALT & AST
b) BUN & Creatinine
c) CPK & Na
d) Amylase & Lipase ✔️A
What is the name of the committee made up of scientists and nonscientists
1. What is the cause of "snuffles" in rabbits?
a) Mycoplasma pulmonis
b) Sendai virus
c) Bordetella bronchiseptica
d) Pasteurella multocida
Answer: d) Pasteurella multocida
2. Which of the following is not a major clinical sign of inflammation?
a) Heat
b) Analgesia
c) Redness
d) Pain
Answer: b) Analgesia
3. What does sterilization mean?
a) Disinfection
b) Pasteurization
c) Sanitization
d) Destruction of all organisms on an object
Answer: d) Destruction of all organisms on an object
4. Which type of animal facility design is not recognized?
a) Conventional
b) Barrier
,c) VAF/SPF
d) Clean/Dirty
Answer: c) VAF/SPF
5. Which regulatory agency performs annual unannounced site inspections and enforces the Animal
Welfare Act?
a) AAALAC, Int.
b) FDA
c) PHS
d) USDA
Answer: d) USDA
6. What type of pathology focuses on the study of diseased tissues at a microscopic level?
a) Topical
b) Clinical
c) Microscopic
d) Anatomical
Answer: c) Microscopic
7. Which type of animals are reared in open (non-filtered) cages with an unknown microbial status?
a) SPF
b) Germfree
c) Gnotobiotic
d) Conventional
Answer: d) Conventional
,8. Which warm-blooded vertebrate is not regulated by the Animal Welfare Act?
a) Horses used for antibody production
b) Sheep used in open heart surgery research
c) Pigeons used for behavioral testing
d) Wild rats used for viral infection
Answer: c) Pigeons used for behavioral testing
9. What is toxicology?
a) Histology
b) Botany
c) Pathology
d) The science of poisons and the harmful effects these substances have on living organisms
Answer: d) The science of poisons and the harmful effects these substances have on living organisms
10. How can you best preserve tissues for a diagnostic necropsy?
a) Place the dead animal in a freezer
b) Place the animal in an autoclave
c) Place the animal in a refrigerator
d) Leave the animal in the exact location where it died
Answer: c) Place the animal in a refrigerator
A beagle is euthanized in May 1999. How long must the animal facility retain
the USDA identification tags (if used) on the animal for possible review by the
USDA?
a) 6 months
b) 12 months
, c) 24 months
d) 36 months ✔️B
The process which reduces the number of pathogenic organisms on an
object to a harmless level is known as:
a) Disinfection
b) Sanitization
c) Sterilization
d) Pasteurization ✔️A
Special glass tubes are used to collect blood samples, these tubes have
different colored rubber stoppers to indicate which anticoagulant, if any, is in
the tube. Which of the following colors is used to indicate EDTA is in the
glass tube?
a) Blue
b) Red
c) Purple
d) Green ✔️C
Blood chemistry tests are performed on blood, plasma, or serum to help
diagnose abnormal conditions or illness in animals and humans. Which of the
following tests can be used to determine abnormal liver function?
a) ALT & AST
b) BUN & Creatinine
c) CPK & Na
d) Amylase & Lipase ✔️A
What is the name of the committee made up of scientists and nonscientists
