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What is a decibel? ✔✔A unit which measures loudness
What are Material Safety Data Sheets? ✔✔Provides information on toxicity and potential side
effects, and describes recommended treatment for exposures.
What is zoonosis? ✔✔Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
What is a N95? ✔✔A respirator mask that protects against airborne particles.
Q-Fever is carried by what animal? ✔✔Sheep (Ovis Aries)
B virus is carried by what animal? ✔✔Macaque
Toxoplasmosis gondii is carried by what animal? ✔✔Cat (Felis Cattus)
Tuberculosis is carried by what animal? ✔✔Nonhuman primate (NHP)
Who submits the Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance that the animal research program
meets all relevant regulations and standards? ✔✔Institutional Official
What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? ✔✔Association
for
the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
What guidelines must an animal facility follow when research animals are euthanized at the
end
,of a study? ✔✔AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the Animal Welfare
Act,
what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility? ✔✔Opportunities for
exercise
What does the acronym SOP stand for? ✔✔Standard Operating Procedure
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
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to
prepare for the ALAT certification exam. ✔✔The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. ✔✔Assistant Laboratory Animal
Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT), Laboratory Animal Technologist
(LATg)
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What is a decibel? ✔✔A unit which measures loudness
What are Material Safety Data Sheets? ✔✔Provides information on toxicity and potential side
effects, and describes recommended treatment for exposures.
What is zoonosis? ✔✔Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
What is a N95? ✔✔A respirator mask that protects against airborne particles.
Q-Fever is carried by what animal? ✔✔Sheep (Ovis Aries)
B virus is carried by what animal? ✔✔Macaque
Toxoplasmosis gondii is carried by what animal? ✔✔Cat (Felis Cattus)
Tuberculosis is carried by what animal? ✔✔Nonhuman primate (NHP)
Who submits the Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance that the animal research program
meets all relevant regulations and standards? ✔✔Institutional Official
What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? ✔✔Association
for
the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
What guidelines must an animal facility follow when research animals are euthanized at the
end
,of a study? ✔✔AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the Animal Welfare
Act,
what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility? ✔✔Opportunities for
exercise
What does the acronym SOP stand for? ✔✔Standard Operating Procedure
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
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to
prepare for the ALAT certification exam. ✔✔The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. ✔✔Assistant Laboratory Animal
Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT), Laboratory Animal Technologist
(LATg)
