ALAT CERTIFICATION 2027 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the 3 Rs? - ✔✔Replacement, refinement, reduction
✔✔How often must an IACUC perform inspections of the facility? - ✔✔Every 6 months
✔✔Who has the authority to sign the PHS Assurance? - ✔✔The Institutional Official
✔✔Who reviews all animal use protocols at the institution before studies using animals
can begin? - ✔✔International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
✔✔What regulation applies to animal and non-animal research and safety studies
funded or reviewed by the FDA and the EPA? - ✔✔Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
✔✔Records of USDA inspections are available to the public under a provision of which
federal law? - ✔✔Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
✔✔What document contains information regarding potential disasters, evacuation, and
emergency contacts? - ✔✔Disaster plan
✔✔What is the best way to measure the effectiveness of an institution-wide emergency
system? - ✔✔Periodic disaster drills
✔✔What involves the development of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based
upon physical features? - ✔✔Biometrics
✔✔If you are present in the facility when a major disaster or accident occurs, what
should be your first priority? - ✔✔Protecting human life
, ✔✔What does an eye wash station use to clean the eye? - ✔✔Clean water under low
pressure
✔✔What type of hazard causes musculoskeletal injuries - ✔✔Ergonomic
✔✔What provides information on the toxicity of chemicals? - ✔✔Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS)
✔✔Whose standards specifically address the storage and handling of radioactive
materials in the facility? - ✔✔Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
✔✔Adult sheep may consume up to how many gallon(s) of water a day? - ✔✔1 gallon
✔✔The average life span of a goat is how many years? - ✔✔8-12 years, and
sometimes as old as 15+
✔✔The color of rabbit urine is determined by what? - ✔✔The amount of minerals in the
urine
✔✔Every six months , a female cat will have several periods of estruses, which may last
3-6 days, reproductively she is said to be what?: - ✔✔Seasonally polyestrus
✔✔A female cat is called what? - ✔✔Queen
✔✔A male cat is called what? - ✔✔Tom
✔✔A male goat is called what? - ✔✔Buck
✔✔A female goat is called what? - ✔✔Doe
✔✔A female sheep is called what? - ✔✔Ewe
✔✔A male sheep is called what? - ✔✔Ram
✔✔A female dog is called what? - ✔✔Bitch
✔✔A male dog is called what? - ✔✔Dog
✔✔What is the scientific name for a goat? - ✔✔Capra hircus
✔✔What is the scientific name for sheep? - ✔✔Ovis aries
✔✔What is the scientific name for common house mouse? - ✔✔Mus musculus
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the 3 Rs? - ✔✔Replacement, refinement, reduction
✔✔How often must an IACUC perform inspections of the facility? - ✔✔Every 6 months
✔✔Who has the authority to sign the PHS Assurance? - ✔✔The Institutional Official
✔✔Who reviews all animal use protocols at the institution before studies using animals
can begin? - ✔✔International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
✔✔What regulation applies to animal and non-animal research and safety studies
funded or reviewed by the FDA and the EPA? - ✔✔Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
✔✔Records of USDA inspections are available to the public under a provision of which
federal law? - ✔✔Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
✔✔What document contains information regarding potential disasters, evacuation, and
emergency contacts? - ✔✔Disaster plan
✔✔What is the best way to measure the effectiveness of an institution-wide emergency
system? - ✔✔Periodic disaster drills
✔✔What involves the development of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based
upon physical features? - ✔✔Biometrics
✔✔If you are present in the facility when a major disaster or accident occurs, what
should be your first priority? - ✔✔Protecting human life
, ✔✔What does an eye wash station use to clean the eye? - ✔✔Clean water under low
pressure
✔✔What type of hazard causes musculoskeletal injuries - ✔✔Ergonomic
✔✔What provides information on the toxicity of chemicals? - ✔✔Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS)
✔✔Whose standards specifically address the storage and handling of radioactive
materials in the facility? - ✔✔Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
✔✔Adult sheep may consume up to how many gallon(s) of water a day? - ✔✔1 gallon
✔✔The average life span of a goat is how many years? - ✔✔8-12 years, and
sometimes as old as 15+
✔✔The color of rabbit urine is determined by what? - ✔✔The amount of minerals in the
urine
✔✔Every six months , a female cat will have several periods of estruses, which may last
3-6 days, reproductively she is said to be what?: - ✔✔Seasonally polyestrus
✔✔A female cat is called what? - ✔✔Queen
✔✔A male cat is called what? - ✔✔Tom
✔✔A male goat is called what? - ✔✔Buck
✔✔A female goat is called what? - ✔✔Doe
✔✔A female sheep is called what? - ✔✔Ewe
✔✔A male sheep is called what? - ✔✔Ram
✔✔A female dog is called what? - ✔✔Bitch
✔✔A male dog is called what? - ✔✔Dog
✔✔What is the scientific name for a goat? - ✔✔Capra hircus
✔✔What is the scientific name for sheep? - ✔✔Ovis aries
✔✔What is the scientific name for common house mouse? - ✔✔Mus musculus
