VETERINARY ASSISTANT FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cow: - ✔✔Temperature: 101
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-70 BPM
✔✔Anatomical Abbreviations: - ✔✔AD: right ear
AS: left ear
AU: both ears
OD: right eye
OS: left eye
✔✔Diagnostic Abbreviations: - ✔✔SOB: shortness of breath
URI: upper respiratory infection
UTI: urinary tract infection
tx: treatment
fx: fracture
sx: surgery
R/O: rule out
✔✔Pharmacy Abbreviations: - ✔✔Qd: once daily
BID: twice daily
TID: three times daily
QID: four times daily
QOD: every other day
Po: by mouth
prn: as needed
RX: prescription
✔✔Chemical Abbreviations: - ✔✔Ca: Calcium
Zn: Zinc
S: Sulfur
Fe: Iron
Mg: Magnesium
P: Phosphorus
K: Potassium
NaCl: Sodium-Chloride (salt)
✔✔Sepsis: - ✔✔Life threatening illness caused by the body's response to an infection
(the infection has reached the bloodstream)
✔✔Parasites: - ✔✔Can be internal (worms) or external (fleas, ticks, lice, mites)
✔✔Otitis Media: - ✔✔Infection of the middle ear
, ✔✔Otitis Externia: - ✔✔Infection of the ear canal
✔✔Uroliths: - ✔✔Calcium build up in the urinary tract (males) or bladder stones
✔✔Renal Failure: - ✔✔The kidney's inability to remove waste and balance fluids (kidney
failure)
✔✔1st Degree Burn: - ✔✔Burns on the outer layer of skin
✔✔2nd Degree Burn: - ✔✔Burns that affect the outer layer and underlying layer of skin
✔✔3rd Degree Burn: - ✔✔Destruction of the skin and underlying tissue
✔✔Hypoglycemia: - ✔✔Not enough glucose in the blood
✔✔Hyperglycemia: - ✔✔Too much glucose in the blood
✔✔Obesity: - ✔✔Overweight (determined by the height, age, and breed of an animal)
✔✔Necrosis: - ✔✔Death of cells (dead tissue)
✔✔Decubitus ulcer: - ✔✔An injury to skin and underlying tissue from prolonged
inactivity; pressure point sores
✔✔Ablation: - ✔✔Removal of a body part
✔✔Laceration repair: - ✔✔Repairing a deep wound/cut
✔✔Incision: - ✔✔A cut made during surgery with a scalpel to access the area being
worked on
✔✔Debridement: - ✔✔Removal of a foreign object or damaged tissue
✔✔Degloving: - ✔✔The skin has been removed from a body part (A very severe injury)
✔✔Onychectomy: - ✔✔Removal of a cat's digits (declawing)
✔✔Celiotomy: - ✔✔A large incision through the abdominal wall
✔✔Castration: - ✔✔Removing the testicles of a livestock animal (known as neutering in
small/companion animals)
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Normal vital signs of a cow: - ✔✔Temperature: 101
Respiration Rate: 10-30 BPM
Heart Rate: 60-70 BPM
✔✔Anatomical Abbreviations: - ✔✔AD: right ear
AS: left ear
AU: both ears
OD: right eye
OS: left eye
✔✔Diagnostic Abbreviations: - ✔✔SOB: shortness of breath
URI: upper respiratory infection
UTI: urinary tract infection
tx: treatment
fx: fracture
sx: surgery
R/O: rule out
✔✔Pharmacy Abbreviations: - ✔✔Qd: once daily
BID: twice daily
TID: three times daily
QID: four times daily
QOD: every other day
Po: by mouth
prn: as needed
RX: prescription
✔✔Chemical Abbreviations: - ✔✔Ca: Calcium
Zn: Zinc
S: Sulfur
Fe: Iron
Mg: Magnesium
P: Phosphorus
K: Potassium
NaCl: Sodium-Chloride (salt)
✔✔Sepsis: - ✔✔Life threatening illness caused by the body's response to an infection
(the infection has reached the bloodstream)
✔✔Parasites: - ✔✔Can be internal (worms) or external (fleas, ticks, lice, mites)
✔✔Otitis Media: - ✔✔Infection of the middle ear
, ✔✔Otitis Externia: - ✔✔Infection of the ear canal
✔✔Uroliths: - ✔✔Calcium build up in the urinary tract (males) or bladder stones
✔✔Renal Failure: - ✔✔The kidney's inability to remove waste and balance fluids (kidney
failure)
✔✔1st Degree Burn: - ✔✔Burns on the outer layer of skin
✔✔2nd Degree Burn: - ✔✔Burns that affect the outer layer and underlying layer of skin
✔✔3rd Degree Burn: - ✔✔Destruction of the skin and underlying tissue
✔✔Hypoglycemia: - ✔✔Not enough glucose in the blood
✔✔Hyperglycemia: - ✔✔Too much glucose in the blood
✔✔Obesity: - ✔✔Overweight (determined by the height, age, and breed of an animal)
✔✔Necrosis: - ✔✔Death of cells (dead tissue)
✔✔Decubitus ulcer: - ✔✔An injury to skin and underlying tissue from prolonged
inactivity; pressure point sores
✔✔Ablation: - ✔✔Removal of a body part
✔✔Laceration repair: - ✔✔Repairing a deep wound/cut
✔✔Incision: - ✔✔A cut made during surgery with a scalpel to access the area being
worked on
✔✔Debridement: - ✔✔Removal of a foreign object or damaged tissue
✔✔Degloving: - ✔✔The skin has been removed from a body part (A very severe injury)
✔✔Onychectomy: - ✔✔Removal of a cat's digits (declawing)
✔✔Celiotomy: - ✔✔A large incision through the abdominal wall
✔✔Castration: - ✔✔Removing the testicles of a livestock animal (known as neutering in
small/companion animals)
