ALAT EXAMS TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which term means the destruction of all organisms on an object?
A)Sterilization
B)Sanitization
C)Disinfection
D)Cleansing - ✔✔A)Sterilization
✔✔What is the date feed is made by a manufacturer called?
A)Bagging date
B)Formulating date
C)Milling date
D)Pelleting date - ✔✔C)Milling date
✔✔1 kilocalorie is equal to __________ calories? - ✔✔1000 calories
✔✔A lack of calcium in the diet of young animals can cause what disease?
A)Scurvy
B)High blood pressure
C)Anemia
D)Rickets - ✔✔D)Rickets
✔✔Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)An excess of some vitamins can cause serious disease.
B)Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin B and C.
C)Water soluble vitamins need to be supplied in the diet every day.
,D)Vitamin C cannot be synthesized by guinea pigs. - ✔✔B)Fat-soluble vitamins include
vitamin B and C.
✔✔The loss of up to approximately _________% body water in a healthy animal can
result in death?
A)5
B)8
C)10
D)1 - ✔✔B)8
✔✔On an animal caging system, what is the rack manifold?
A)The metal plates attached to the wheels
B)The piping that distributes water to each individual cage
C)The supports the raise the upper shelves from the lower shelves
D)The latches or levers that hold individual cage is in place - ✔✔B)The piping that
distributes water to each individual cage
✔✔Which mandate requires all federal grant recipients to comply with the US
Principles, the AWA, and the Guide, and also requires an IACUC and an Occupational
health and safety program?
A)Animal Welfare Regulations(AWR)
B)Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (GLPs)
C)Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS
Policy)
D)Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the "Guide") - ✔✔C)PHS Policy
✔✔What is the main reason that post-incident discussions are useful? - ✔✔They can be
used to identify ways to improve emergency procedures.
✔✔According to the Animal Welfare Regulations, to which official does the IACUC
report?
A)The Chair of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare or the Area Director
B)The Attending Veterinarian or Facility Director
C)The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
D)The Director of the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service or Chief
Inspecting Officer - ✔✔C)The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
✔✔What is the first federal law covering laboratory animal welfare enacted by the
United States Congress?
A)PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
,B)US Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in
Testing, Research, and Training
C)Animal Welfare Regulations
D)Animal Welfare Act - ✔✔D)Animal Welfare Act
✔✔The PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals applies
specifically to which type of research?
A)AAALAC accredited research
B)Federally funded research
C)Research at USDA inspected laboratory facilities
D)Research funded by private institutions - ✔✔B)Federally funded research
✔✔Meriones unguiculatus - ✔✔Mongolian gerbil
✔✔What condition is hereditary in gerbils? - ✔✔Spontaneous seizures
✔✔An unusual behavior that may be noticed in approximately 20%-%50 of gerbils is:
A)high pitched squealing.
B)circling.
C)seizures.
D)hibernation. - ✔✔C)seizures.
✔✔What is the gestation period of a gerbil? - ✔✔24-26 weeks
✔✔What is the life span of a gerbil? - ✔✔2-4 years
✔✔Restraining a gerbil for examination or treatment is similar to the restraint used for a
_______.
A)guinea pig
B)rabbit
C)mouse
D)None of the Above - ✔✔C)mouse
✔✔If one member of a gerbil pair dies, the other gerbil may become severely depressed
and refuse to eat.
A)True
B)False - ✔✔A)True
✔✔What is the scientific name for the Mongolian gerbil?
, A)Meriones crassus
B)Meriones unguiculatus
C)Mesocricetus auratus
D)Orictolagus cunniculatus - ✔✔B)Meriones unguiculatus
✔✔Cavia porcellus? - ✔✔guinea pig
✔✔What are the 3 outbred strains of guinea pigs? - ✔✔Duncan-hartley, hartley, and
english
✔✔What are the 3 inbred strains of guinea pigs? - ✔✔Strain 2, strain 13, IAF
✔✔What is the difference between guinea pigs having malocclusion vs mice? - ✔✔The
incisors and molars continue to grow
✔✔Guinea pigs have a poor sense of:
A)smell
B)sight
C)hearing
D)None of the Above - ✔✔B)sight
✔✔Unlike other rodents, guinea pigs do vomit and should be fasted before anesthetic
procedures.
A)True
B)False - ✔✔B)False
✔✔A male guinea pig is called - ✔✔boar
✔✔Female guinea pigs are called - ✔✔sows
✔✔A male guinea pig weighs? - ✔✔950-1200g
✔✔Guinea pigs gestation period is how long? - ✔✔59-72days
✔✔Female guinea pigs should not be bred for the first time after 7 months because? -
✔✔the pelvic bones fuse
✔✔What are the two complications sows can have during pregnancy? - ✔✔dystocia
and toxemia
✔✔Sows postpartum estrus occurs when? - ✔✔2 to 15 hours of parturition
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which term means the destruction of all organisms on an object?
A)Sterilization
B)Sanitization
C)Disinfection
D)Cleansing - ✔✔A)Sterilization
✔✔What is the date feed is made by a manufacturer called?
A)Bagging date
B)Formulating date
C)Milling date
D)Pelleting date - ✔✔C)Milling date
✔✔1 kilocalorie is equal to __________ calories? - ✔✔1000 calories
✔✔A lack of calcium in the diet of young animals can cause what disease?
A)Scurvy
B)High blood pressure
C)Anemia
D)Rickets - ✔✔D)Rickets
✔✔Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)An excess of some vitamins can cause serious disease.
B)Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamin B and C.
C)Water soluble vitamins need to be supplied in the diet every day.
,D)Vitamin C cannot be synthesized by guinea pigs. - ✔✔B)Fat-soluble vitamins include
vitamin B and C.
✔✔The loss of up to approximately _________% body water in a healthy animal can
result in death?
A)5
B)8
C)10
D)1 - ✔✔B)8
✔✔On an animal caging system, what is the rack manifold?
A)The metal plates attached to the wheels
B)The piping that distributes water to each individual cage
C)The supports the raise the upper shelves from the lower shelves
D)The latches or levers that hold individual cage is in place - ✔✔B)The piping that
distributes water to each individual cage
✔✔Which mandate requires all federal grant recipients to comply with the US
Principles, the AWA, and the Guide, and also requires an IACUC and an Occupational
health and safety program?
A)Animal Welfare Regulations(AWR)
B)Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (GLPs)
C)Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS
Policy)
D)Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the "Guide") - ✔✔C)PHS Policy
✔✔What is the main reason that post-incident discussions are useful? - ✔✔They can be
used to identify ways to improve emergency procedures.
✔✔According to the Animal Welfare Regulations, to which official does the IACUC
report?
A)The Chair of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare or the Area Director
B)The Attending Veterinarian or Facility Director
C)The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
D)The Director of the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service or Chief
Inspecting Officer - ✔✔C)The Institutional Official (IO) or Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
✔✔What is the first federal law covering laboratory animal welfare enacted by the
United States Congress?
A)PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
,B)US Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in
Testing, Research, and Training
C)Animal Welfare Regulations
D)Animal Welfare Act - ✔✔D)Animal Welfare Act
✔✔The PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals applies
specifically to which type of research?
A)AAALAC accredited research
B)Federally funded research
C)Research at USDA inspected laboratory facilities
D)Research funded by private institutions - ✔✔B)Federally funded research
✔✔Meriones unguiculatus - ✔✔Mongolian gerbil
✔✔What condition is hereditary in gerbils? - ✔✔Spontaneous seizures
✔✔An unusual behavior that may be noticed in approximately 20%-%50 of gerbils is:
A)high pitched squealing.
B)circling.
C)seizures.
D)hibernation. - ✔✔C)seizures.
✔✔What is the gestation period of a gerbil? - ✔✔24-26 weeks
✔✔What is the life span of a gerbil? - ✔✔2-4 years
✔✔Restraining a gerbil for examination or treatment is similar to the restraint used for a
_______.
A)guinea pig
B)rabbit
C)mouse
D)None of the Above - ✔✔C)mouse
✔✔If one member of a gerbil pair dies, the other gerbil may become severely depressed
and refuse to eat.
A)True
B)False - ✔✔A)True
✔✔What is the scientific name for the Mongolian gerbil?
, A)Meriones crassus
B)Meriones unguiculatus
C)Mesocricetus auratus
D)Orictolagus cunniculatus - ✔✔B)Meriones unguiculatus
✔✔Cavia porcellus? - ✔✔guinea pig
✔✔What are the 3 outbred strains of guinea pigs? - ✔✔Duncan-hartley, hartley, and
english
✔✔What are the 3 inbred strains of guinea pigs? - ✔✔Strain 2, strain 13, IAF
✔✔What is the difference between guinea pigs having malocclusion vs mice? - ✔✔The
incisors and molars continue to grow
✔✔Guinea pigs have a poor sense of:
A)smell
B)sight
C)hearing
D)None of the Above - ✔✔B)sight
✔✔Unlike other rodents, guinea pigs do vomit and should be fasted before anesthetic
procedures.
A)True
B)False - ✔✔B)False
✔✔A male guinea pig is called - ✔✔boar
✔✔Female guinea pigs are called - ✔✔sows
✔✔A male guinea pig weighs? - ✔✔950-1200g
✔✔Guinea pigs gestation period is how long? - ✔✔59-72days
✔✔Female guinea pigs should not be bred for the first time after 7 months because? -
✔✔the pelvic bones fuse
✔✔What are the two complications sows can have during pregnancy? - ✔✔dystocia
and toxemia
✔✔Sows postpartum estrus occurs when? - ✔✔2 to 15 hours of parturition
