Fear Free Certification -
Module 1 Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
FAS - Answer: fear, anxiety, and stress
goal of considerate approach and gentle control is to alleviate this
Considerate approach - Answer: encompasses the interaction between the veterinary team and
the patient and inputs from the environment when veterinary care is being administered
Gentle control - Answer: how the veterinary team comfortably and safely positions the patient
to allow the administration of veterinary care
Touch gradient - Answer: term used to describe how to touch your canine and feline patients to
minimize FAS during veterinary examinations and procedures
includes acclimating a patient to an increasing level of touch intensity associated with veterinary
procedures, while continuously measuring the patient's acceptance and comfort
,stressor - Answer: Any experience, environment, inanimate or living object which disrupts the
body's normal state of functioning
Stress response - Answer: physiological and behavioral responses that attempt to return the
body to normal state of functioning
affects gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, skin, and respiratory systems
Describe the effects of the stress response on learned behaviors - Answer: The stress response
is automatically activated in aversive situations, causing many animals to be unable to respond
to previously learned commands
Examples of environmental stress factors - Answer: humidity, odor, noise, pheromones
Examples of physiologic stress factors - Answer: pain, hunger, thirst, disease
Examples on psychosocial stress factors - Answer: unfamiliar people and pets, separation from
owner
Name four categories of FAS in terms of body language - Answer: 1. Fight
2. Flight
3. Freeze
4. Fidget
Feline body language: relaxed - Answer: Eyes: normal pupils (almond)
Ears: forward
, Spine/posture: flat back, caudal higher than shoulders
Tail: above topline, inverted "question mark" tail, gentle, back and forth movement
Mouth: closed
Feline body language: stressed - Answer: Eyes: large, round pupils
Ears: out to the side, back against the head
Spine/Posture: back arched, crouched, legs under body
Tail: tucked, curled around body, forceful movement, thumping
Mouth: open, panting, hissing, growling, spitting
Canine body language: relaxed - Answer: Face: soft, loose
Eyes: almond-shaped, normal pupils, soft eyes
Ears: forward, back but not flattened, loose
Spine/Posture: flexible neck to tail
Tail: level with or below topline, wagging
Module 1 Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
FAS - Answer: fear, anxiety, and stress
goal of considerate approach and gentle control is to alleviate this
Considerate approach - Answer: encompasses the interaction between the veterinary team and
the patient and inputs from the environment when veterinary care is being administered
Gentle control - Answer: how the veterinary team comfortably and safely positions the patient
to allow the administration of veterinary care
Touch gradient - Answer: term used to describe how to touch your canine and feline patients to
minimize FAS during veterinary examinations and procedures
includes acclimating a patient to an increasing level of touch intensity associated with veterinary
procedures, while continuously measuring the patient's acceptance and comfort
,stressor - Answer: Any experience, environment, inanimate or living object which disrupts the
body's normal state of functioning
Stress response - Answer: physiological and behavioral responses that attempt to return the
body to normal state of functioning
affects gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, skin, and respiratory systems
Describe the effects of the stress response on learned behaviors - Answer: The stress response
is automatically activated in aversive situations, causing many animals to be unable to respond
to previously learned commands
Examples of environmental stress factors - Answer: humidity, odor, noise, pheromones
Examples of physiologic stress factors - Answer: pain, hunger, thirst, disease
Examples on psychosocial stress factors - Answer: unfamiliar people and pets, separation from
owner
Name four categories of FAS in terms of body language - Answer: 1. Fight
2. Flight
3. Freeze
4. Fidget
Feline body language: relaxed - Answer: Eyes: normal pupils (almond)
Ears: forward
, Spine/posture: flat back, caudal higher than shoulders
Tail: above topline, inverted "question mark" tail, gentle, back and forth movement
Mouth: closed
Feline body language: stressed - Answer: Eyes: large, round pupils
Ears: out to the side, back against the head
Spine/Posture: back arched, crouched, legs under body
Tail: tucked, curled around body, forceful movement, thumping
Mouth: open, panting, hissing, growling, spitting
Canine body language: relaxed - Answer: Face: soft, loose
Eyes: almond-shaped, normal pupils, soft eyes
Ears: forward, back but not flattened, loose
Spine/Posture: flexible neck to tail
Tail: level with or below topline, wagging
