BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The type of research used to increase fundamental knowledge, and isn't directed at solving any
particular problem, but is the building blocks for which all other types of research are based is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic
This type of research is directed toward a specific objective such as the development of a new drug,
treatment or surgical procedure is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Applied
What type of research takes place in a hospital or other clinical setting for health care and applies to the
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Applied
What type of research is used to test potential drugs and treatments in humans? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Clinical
The area of science devoted to the study of life processes, the prevention & treatment of disease, and
the genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors related to disease and health is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Biomedical Research
Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine that saved millions and eradicated what disease worldwide so that
we do not have to be immunized against it any longer? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Smallpox
Monoclonal antibodies have helped to treat what cancer that was fatal to many women before its
discovery in 1975? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breast
You are in a group of healthy, human volunteers that have agreed to be in the study group to receive a
possible new polio vaccine being tested. This is an example of what type of biomedical research? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Clinical
Mrs. Kennedy assigns you the topic of Ebola to research in the library and the computer lab at school.
This is what type of research? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic
In vitro means: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In glass
, All research facilities that use animals are required by law to establish in Institutional Animal Care & Use
Committee (IACUC) that is responsible for reviewing and approving all procedures involving animals
before they take place. These committees also: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Inspect the facilities twice a
year to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
Which lab animals are not protected under the Animal Welfare Act? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mice, rats,
and birds
_____________ comprises 97% of all research animals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mice and rats
The AWA is enforced by the: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅United States Department of Agriculture
The AWA states that all proposals to use animals must be reviewed by and approved by (a): - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Institutional Animal Care & Use
Animals are often used in medical research because they: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are inexpensive to
house, feed, and take care of
Annual unannounced inspections are conducted in animal research facilities by what organization? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅USDA
Dogs were used to come up with revolutionary treatment such as pacemakers and open heart surgery
for people suffering from: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Heart Disease
In the early 1900s, dogs and rabbits were used to develop a treatment for what deadly disease that
caused convulsions and death, afflicts wild and domestic animals, and can be transmitted to humans: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rabies
What global organization helps prevent outbreaks all over the world? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EPA
The type of research used to increase fundamental knowledge, and isn't directed at solving any
particular problem, but is the building blocks for which all other types of research are based is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic
This type of research is directed toward a specific objective such as the development of a new drug,
treatment or surgical procedure is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Applied
What type of research takes place in a hospital or other clinical setting for health care and applies to the
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Applied
What type of research is used to test potential drugs and treatments in humans? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Clinical
The area of science devoted to the study of life processes, the prevention & treatment of disease, and
the genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors related to disease and health is called: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Biomedical Research
Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine that saved millions and eradicated what disease worldwide so that
we do not have to be immunized against it any longer? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Smallpox
Monoclonal antibodies have helped to treat what cancer that was fatal to many women before its
discovery in 1975? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Breast
You are in a group of healthy, human volunteers that have agreed to be in the study group to receive a
possible new polio vaccine being tested. This is an example of what type of biomedical research? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Clinical
Mrs. Kennedy assigns you the topic of Ebola to research in the library and the computer lab at school.
This is what type of research? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Basic
In vitro means: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅In glass
, All research facilities that use animals are required by law to establish in Institutional Animal Care & Use
Committee (IACUC) that is responsible for reviewing and approving all procedures involving animals
before they take place. These committees also: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Inspect the facilities twice a
year to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
Which lab animals are not protected under the Animal Welfare Act? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mice, rats,
and birds
_____________ comprises 97% of all research animals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mice and rats
The AWA is enforced by the: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅United States Department of Agriculture
The AWA states that all proposals to use animals must be reviewed by and approved by (a): - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Institutional Animal Care & Use
Animals are often used in medical research because they: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are inexpensive to
house, feed, and take care of
Annual unannounced inspections are conducted in animal research facilities by what organization? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅USDA
Dogs were used to come up with revolutionary treatment such as pacemakers and open heart surgery
for people suffering from: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Heart Disease
In the early 1900s, dogs and rabbits were used to develop a treatment for what deadly disease that
caused convulsions and death, afflicts wild and domestic animals, and can be transmitted to humans: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Rabies
What global organization helps prevent outbreaks all over the world? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅EPA
