Chapter 3 Facility Management
questions with answers.
Project management includes: ANS -initiating, planning, accomplishing, controlling, closing
Factors that affect the resolution of a problem ANS -staffing, resources, animal welfare, desired
outcomes (short and long range budget plans sometimes)
Expenses - categories? ANS -Direct: labor and supplies. Indirect: overhead, utility, security, admin
Personnel costs take up more than ___% of total costs. ANS -60%
What causes the most wasted cost? ANS -Feed
As a facility manager, you have just learned that a new investigator who uses a large number of animals
is joining the institution. In what way would you expect his arrival to affect your budget? ANS -It would
require an increase in the overall facility budget.
Which management function most directly affects accomplishment of the mission of the institution and
animal care program? ANS -goal setting
What is an advantage of using decentralized laboratory animal facilities? ANS -They are generally more
convenient for the researchers.
Recertification at specific intervals is required for which equipment? ANS -Biosafety cabinets located
throughout the animal care facility and procedure areas
What must be done if the accounting system categories needed by an animal research facility are not
mirrored by the organization's system? ANS -The facility must adapt to the organization's
classifications.
questions with answers.
Project management includes: ANS -initiating, planning, accomplishing, controlling, closing
Factors that affect the resolution of a problem ANS -staffing, resources, animal welfare, desired
outcomes (short and long range budget plans sometimes)
Expenses - categories? ANS -Direct: labor and supplies. Indirect: overhead, utility, security, admin
Personnel costs take up more than ___% of total costs. ANS -60%
What causes the most wasted cost? ANS -Feed
As a facility manager, you have just learned that a new investigator who uses a large number of animals
is joining the institution. In what way would you expect his arrival to affect your budget? ANS -It would
require an increase in the overall facility budget.
Which management function most directly affects accomplishment of the mission of the institution and
animal care program? ANS -goal setting
What is an advantage of using decentralized laboratory animal facilities? ANS -They are generally more
convenient for the researchers.
Recertification at specific intervals is required for which equipment? ANS -Biosafety cabinets located
throughout the animal care facility and procedure areas
What must be done if the accounting system categories needed by an animal research facility are not
mirrored by the organization's system? ANS -The facility must adapt to the organization's
classifications.
