Fear Free Certification - Module 1
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
FAS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fear, anxiety, and stress
goal of considerate approach and gentle control is to alleviate this
Considerate approach - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅encompasses the interaction between the
veterinary team and the patient and inputs from the environment when veterinary care is
being administered
Gentle control - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how the veterinary team comfortably and safely
positions the patient to allow the administration of veterinary care
Touch gradient - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅term used to describe how to touch your canine
and feline patients to minimize FAS during veterinary examinations and procedures
includes acclimating a patient to an increasing level of touch intensity associated with
veterinary procedures, while continuously measuring the patient's acceptance and comfort
stressor - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Any experience, environment, inanimate or living
object which disrupts the body's normal state of functioning
Stress response - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅physiological and behavioral responses that
attempt to return the body to normal state of functioning
affects gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, skin, and respiratory systems
Describe the effects of the stress response on learned behaviors - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The stress response is automatically activated in aversive situations, causing
many animals to be unable to respond to previously learned commands
,Examples of environmental stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅humidity, odor,
noise, pheromones
Examples of physiologic stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pain, hunger, thirst,
disease
Examples on psychosocial stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅unfamiliar people and
pets, separation from owner
Name four categories of FAS in terms of body language - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.
Fight
2. Flight
3. Freeze
4. Fidget
Feline body language: relaxed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Eyes: normal pupils (almond)
Ears: forward
Spine/posture: flat back, caudal higher than shoulders
Tail: above topline, inverted "question mark" tail, gentle, back and forth movement
Mouth: closed
Feline body language: stressed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Eyes: large, round pupils
Ears: out to the side, back against the head
Spine/Posture: back arched, crouched, legs under body
, Tail: tucked, curled around body, forceful movement, thumping
Mouth: open, panting, hissing, growling, spitting
Canine body language: relaxed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Face: soft, loose
Eyes: almond-shaped, normal pupils, soft eyes
Ears: forward, back but not flattened, loose
Spine/Posture: flexible neck to tail
Tail: level with or below topline, wagging
Mouth: open, lips-long, soft
Canine body language: stressed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Face: skin taut, wrinkled brow,
lips pulled back
Eyes: dilated pupils
Ears: far forward, out to side, flat against head
Spine/Posture: rigid
Tail: high above topline, tucked, wagging
Mouth: mouth closed, lips-short, tense, snarl, bite
Positive reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the addition of something pleasant to
the situation to increase the frequency of a desired behavior
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
FAS - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅fear, anxiety, and stress
goal of considerate approach and gentle control is to alleviate this
Considerate approach - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅encompasses the interaction between the
veterinary team and the patient and inputs from the environment when veterinary care is
being administered
Gentle control - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅how the veterinary team comfortably and safely
positions the patient to allow the administration of veterinary care
Touch gradient - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅term used to describe how to touch your canine
and feline patients to minimize FAS during veterinary examinations and procedures
includes acclimating a patient to an increasing level of touch intensity associated with
veterinary procedures, while continuously measuring the patient's acceptance and comfort
stressor - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Any experience, environment, inanimate or living
object which disrupts the body's normal state of functioning
Stress response - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅physiological and behavioral responses that
attempt to return the body to normal state of functioning
affects gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, immune, skin, and respiratory systems
Describe the effects of the stress response on learned behaviors - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The stress response is automatically activated in aversive situations, causing
many animals to be unable to respond to previously learned commands
,Examples of environmental stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅humidity, odor,
noise, pheromones
Examples of physiologic stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pain, hunger, thirst,
disease
Examples on psychosocial stress factors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅unfamiliar people and
pets, separation from owner
Name four categories of FAS in terms of body language - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1.
Fight
2. Flight
3. Freeze
4. Fidget
Feline body language: relaxed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Eyes: normal pupils (almond)
Ears: forward
Spine/posture: flat back, caudal higher than shoulders
Tail: above topline, inverted "question mark" tail, gentle, back and forth movement
Mouth: closed
Feline body language: stressed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Eyes: large, round pupils
Ears: out to the side, back against the head
Spine/Posture: back arched, crouched, legs under body
, Tail: tucked, curled around body, forceful movement, thumping
Mouth: open, panting, hissing, growling, spitting
Canine body language: relaxed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Face: soft, loose
Eyes: almond-shaped, normal pupils, soft eyes
Ears: forward, back but not flattened, loose
Spine/Posture: flexible neck to tail
Tail: level with or below topline, wagging
Mouth: open, lips-long, soft
Canine body language: stressed - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Face: skin taut, wrinkled brow,
lips pulled back
Eyes: dilated pupils
Ears: far forward, out to side, flat against head
Spine/Posture: rigid
Tail: high above topline, tucked, wagging
Mouth: mouth closed, lips-short, tense, snarl, bite
Positive reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the addition of something pleasant to
the situation to increase the frequency of a desired behavior
