ALAT CERTIFICATION CORRECT EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the two main types of nonhuman primates? - ✔✔Anthropoids and
prosimians
✔✔What are Nonhuman primates who originate in South and Central America called? -
✔✔New World Monkeys
✔✔A common condition in salamanders where they remain in their aquatic larval form
with persistent gills throughout their entire life is called? - ✔✔Neoteny
✔✔What is the common name for Xenopus laevis? - ✔✔African clawed frog
✔✔What are the three parts of the avian reproductive system? - ✔✔Cloaca,
infundibulum, and magnum
✔✔What is a special dietary component for birds that is composed of oyster shell and
granite? - ✔✔Grit
✔✔What is the clinical term for insufficient oxygen? - ✔✔Hypoxia
✔✔What is the term used to describe the study of birth defects? - ✔✔Teratology
✔✔Who prepares the "Guide for the care and Use of Laboratory Animals"? - ✔✔ILAR
(Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources)
✔✔What is it called if an animal lacks a means of generating heat internally? -
✔✔Ectotherm
✔✔What do all organic compounds contain? - ✔✔Carbon
, ✔✔What is the standard symbol for the element calcium? - ✔✔Ca
✔✔What is the correct formula for the conversion of the Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius
degrees? - ✔✔C=5/9 (F-32)
✔✔The anatomic term ventral means towards the what? - ✔✔Abdomen
✔✔The anatomic term medial means towards the what? - ✔✔middle of the body
✔✔The kidneys are part of which body system? - ✔✔Urinary
✔✔What is the function of the lungs? - ✔✔Deliver oxygen to the blood
✔✔How many compartments are in a ruminant stomach? - ✔✔Four
✔✔What is the largest vein in the body? - ✔✔Vena cava
✔✔In the gonads, sex cells divide and the daughter cells contain only half the number
of chromosomes as the parent cells, this division is called ? - ✔✔meiosis
✔✔What type of caging material that has high impact strength, is transparent, and can
withstand high temperatures? - ✔✔Polycarbonate
✔✔What is another term for gnotobiotic animals? - ✔✔
✔✔What is Alopecia defined as? - ✔✔Hairloss
✔✔What type of drug relieves pain? - ✔✔Analgesic
✔✔What government agency is in charge of preparing standards and enforcing the
Animal Welfare Act? - ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
✔✔In a rodent-breeding colony, which type of breeding scheme should be used to
obtain minimal homozygosity in the shortest period of time? - ✔✔outbreeding
✔✔Clean rodent barrier rooms should be ventilated with what type of pressure towards
the hallway? - ✔✔Positive pressure
✔✔The destruction of all organisms on an object is referred to as what? -
✔✔Sterilization
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are the two main types of nonhuman primates? - ✔✔Anthropoids and
prosimians
✔✔What are Nonhuman primates who originate in South and Central America called? -
✔✔New World Monkeys
✔✔A common condition in salamanders where they remain in their aquatic larval form
with persistent gills throughout their entire life is called? - ✔✔Neoteny
✔✔What is the common name for Xenopus laevis? - ✔✔African clawed frog
✔✔What are the three parts of the avian reproductive system? - ✔✔Cloaca,
infundibulum, and magnum
✔✔What is a special dietary component for birds that is composed of oyster shell and
granite? - ✔✔Grit
✔✔What is the clinical term for insufficient oxygen? - ✔✔Hypoxia
✔✔What is the term used to describe the study of birth defects? - ✔✔Teratology
✔✔Who prepares the "Guide for the care and Use of Laboratory Animals"? - ✔✔ILAR
(Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources)
✔✔What is it called if an animal lacks a means of generating heat internally? -
✔✔Ectotherm
✔✔What do all organic compounds contain? - ✔✔Carbon
, ✔✔What is the standard symbol for the element calcium? - ✔✔Ca
✔✔What is the correct formula for the conversion of the Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius
degrees? - ✔✔C=5/9 (F-32)
✔✔The anatomic term ventral means towards the what? - ✔✔Abdomen
✔✔The anatomic term medial means towards the what? - ✔✔middle of the body
✔✔The kidneys are part of which body system? - ✔✔Urinary
✔✔What is the function of the lungs? - ✔✔Deliver oxygen to the blood
✔✔How many compartments are in a ruminant stomach? - ✔✔Four
✔✔What is the largest vein in the body? - ✔✔Vena cava
✔✔In the gonads, sex cells divide and the daughter cells contain only half the number
of chromosomes as the parent cells, this division is called ? - ✔✔meiosis
✔✔What type of caging material that has high impact strength, is transparent, and can
withstand high temperatures? - ✔✔Polycarbonate
✔✔What is another term for gnotobiotic animals? - ✔✔
✔✔What is Alopecia defined as? - ✔✔Hairloss
✔✔What type of drug relieves pain? - ✔✔Analgesic
✔✔What government agency is in charge of preparing standards and enforcing the
Animal Welfare Act? - ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
✔✔In a rodent-breeding colony, which type of breeding scheme should be used to
obtain minimal homozygosity in the shortest period of time? - ✔✔outbreeding
✔✔Clean rodent barrier rooms should be ventilated with what type of pressure towards
the hallway? - ✔✔Positive pressure
✔✔The destruction of all organisms on an object is referred to as what? -
✔✔Sterilization
