VTNE UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔11. Which choice is often used in combination with ketamine or thiopental to induce
anesthesia in horses?
A - Halothane
B - Phenobarbital
C - Naloxone
D - Guaifenesin - ✔✔D. Guaifenesin
✔✔12. What does it mean if a cat is azotemic?
A - Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is increased
B - Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is decreased
C - Creatinine is high
D - Sodium-Potassium ratio is too low - ✔✔A. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is increased
✔✔14. Which drug can reverse the effects of xylazine (alpha2-adrenergic agonist with
analgesic and sedative effects)?
A - Yohimbine
B - Pralidoxime
C - Atropine
D - Diazepam (Valium®) - ✔✔A. Yohimbine
✔✔15. Which one of the following dog breeds is classified as brachycephalic?
A - Golden retriever
B - Greyhound
C - English bull dog
D - Great Dane - ✔✔C. English Bull dog
✔✔16. Which kind of tissue causes the most x-ray scatter?
A - Thick body parts
B - Thin body parts
C - Joints 8 cm thick or less
D - Delicate bone, like nasal area - ✔✔A. Thick body parts
✔✔17. You are called to a farm to help do a routine dental exam and float the teeth of
an 8-year old Standardbred mare.
What parts get filed down with the rasp when a horse gets its teeth floated?
, A - Lingual aspect-upper molar arcade, Buccal aspect-lower molar arcade
B - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, rostral points of wolf teeth
C - Lingual aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade
D - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Buccal aspect-lower molar arcade
E - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade - ✔✔E -
Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade
✔✔19. A 3 year-old domestic longhair female spayed cat is presented at your clinic with
hypersalivation, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, stumbling and a temperature of 105.2 F
(40.7 C). Her pupils are normal size and responsive to light. While the vet examines the
animal, she has a seizure.
The owner relates that he had treated her the night before with a flea dip he had
originally bought for his dog.
What toxic ingredient do you suspect most highly?
A - D-Limonene
B - Carbamate
C - Permethrin
D - Organophosphate - ✔✔C - Permethrin
✔✔20. Which choice lists these species in order of gestation length, from longest to
shortest pregnancy?
A - Cow, Horse, Pig, Dog, Goat
B - Cow, Horse, Pig, Goat, Dog
C - Llama, Pig, Sheep, Ferret, Cat
D - Horse, Cow, Goat, Pig, Dog - ✔✔D - Horse, Cow, Goat, Pig, Dog
✔✔21. What is a nosocomial infection?
A - A sinusitis, typically found in horses
B - An upper respiratory infection
C - An infection acquired in a hospital
D - An infection acquired secondary to injury - ✔✔C - An infection acquired in a hospital
✔✔22. Why is the brachioradialis muscle clinically significant in dogs and cats?
A - Adjacent to the tibial nerve
B - Associated with brachial plexus avulsion
C - Lies above axillary artery
D - Implicated in medial patellar luxation
E - Can be mistaken for cephalic vein in venipuncture - ✔✔E - Can be mistaken for
cephalic vein in venipuncture
✔✔What is the clinical significance of the femoral triangle in dogs and cats?
SURE A+
✔✔11. Which choice is often used in combination with ketamine or thiopental to induce
anesthesia in horses?
A - Halothane
B - Phenobarbital
C - Naloxone
D - Guaifenesin - ✔✔D. Guaifenesin
✔✔12. What does it mean if a cat is azotemic?
A - Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is increased
B - Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is decreased
C - Creatinine is high
D - Sodium-Potassium ratio is too low - ✔✔A. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is increased
✔✔14. Which drug can reverse the effects of xylazine (alpha2-adrenergic agonist with
analgesic and sedative effects)?
A - Yohimbine
B - Pralidoxime
C - Atropine
D - Diazepam (Valium®) - ✔✔A. Yohimbine
✔✔15. Which one of the following dog breeds is classified as brachycephalic?
A - Golden retriever
B - Greyhound
C - English bull dog
D - Great Dane - ✔✔C. English Bull dog
✔✔16. Which kind of tissue causes the most x-ray scatter?
A - Thick body parts
B - Thin body parts
C - Joints 8 cm thick or less
D - Delicate bone, like nasal area - ✔✔A. Thick body parts
✔✔17. You are called to a farm to help do a routine dental exam and float the teeth of
an 8-year old Standardbred mare.
What parts get filed down with the rasp when a horse gets its teeth floated?
, A - Lingual aspect-upper molar arcade, Buccal aspect-lower molar arcade
B - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, rostral points of wolf teeth
C - Lingual aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade
D - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Buccal aspect-lower molar arcade
E - Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade - ✔✔E -
Buccal aspect-upper molar arcade, Lingual aspect-lower molar arcade
✔✔19. A 3 year-old domestic longhair female spayed cat is presented at your clinic with
hypersalivation, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, stumbling and a temperature of 105.2 F
(40.7 C). Her pupils are normal size and responsive to light. While the vet examines the
animal, she has a seizure.
The owner relates that he had treated her the night before with a flea dip he had
originally bought for his dog.
What toxic ingredient do you suspect most highly?
A - D-Limonene
B - Carbamate
C - Permethrin
D - Organophosphate - ✔✔C - Permethrin
✔✔20. Which choice lists these species in order of gestation length, from longest to
shortest pregnancy?
A - Cow, Horse, Pig, Dog, Goat
B - Cow, Horse, Pig, Goat, Dog
C - Llama, Pig, Sheep, Ferret, Cat
D - Horse, Cow, Goat, Pig, Dog - ✔✔D - Horse, Cow, Goat, Pig, Dog
✔✔21. What is a nosocomial infection?
A - A sinusitis, typically found in horses
B - An upper respiratory infection
C - An infection acquired in a hospital
D - An infection acquired secondary to injury - ✔✔C - An infection acquired in a hospital
✔✔22. Why is the brachioradialis muscle clinically significant in dogs and cats?
A - Adjacent to the tibial nerve
B - Associated with brachial plexus avulsion
C - Lies above axillary artery
D - Implicated in medial patellar luxation
E - Can be mistaken for cephalic vein in venipuncture - ✔✔E - Can be mistaken for
cephalic vein in venipuncture
✔✔What is the clinical significance of the femoral triangle in dogs and cats?
