Unit Three Exam: Ch 11-14

Question 1

Which dealers may breed some animals but also purchase random source animals an resell them?

Answer 1

Class B

Question 2

How can a technician tell if the animals received are the ones ordered?

Answer 2

Compare the shipping invoice to the purchase order

Question 3

What is alopecia?

Answer 3

Hair loss

Question 4

Animals in facility caging are most commonly identified with the use of:

Answer 4

Cage cards

Question 5

New animals are often kept for a period of time in an isolated area most commonly known as the:

Answer 5

Quarantine room

Question 6

Which document states that newly received animals should be given time for physical, psychological, and dietary adjustment before use in a study?

Answer 6

The Guide

Question 7

The period of time needed for acclimation and conditioning of nonhuman primates is at least:

Answer 7

14 days

Question 8

Which member of the research team is generally the person who determines the length of the quarantine period?

Answer 8

Facility veterinarian

Question 9

Quarantine rooms are kept under negative pressure so that _______ when the door is opened.

Answer 9

Pathogens cannot be carried out of the room on dust particles

Question 10

The period of time given to adjust to new surroundings is known as the _____ period.

Answer 10

Acclimation

Question 11

Why should husbandry tasks in quarantine rooms be done st the end of a shift?

Answer 11

This will avoid spreading pathogens to other animals

Question 12

Germfree animals are also known as:

Answer 12

Axenic

Question 13

Which type of drug is NOT used to relieve pain?
A- analgesic
B- anesthetic 
C- anti-inflammatory 
D- antimicrobial

Answer 13

D- antimicrobial

Question 14

Cortisone and related drugs are also known as:

Answer 14

Steroids

Question 15

What is often used before anesthetic administration to calm the animal and induce anesthesia more smoothly?

Answer 15

Tranquilizers

Question 16

Anesthetics are classified as general or _____ according to how they act on the body.

Answer 16

Local

Question 17

Some anesthetic drugs are in liquid form and poured into a vaporizer chamber, and then administered by which route?

Answer 17

Inhalation

Question 18

What is the purpose of using tranquilizers?

Answer 18

To calm and sedate the animal

Question 19

What is the purpose for using analgesics?

Answer 19

Relieve pain

Question 20

Steroids are which type of drug?

Answer 20

Anti-inflammatory

Question 21

Which problem is NOT helped with the use of anti-inflammatory drugs?
A- redness
B- swelling
C- pain
D- infection

Answer 21

D- infection

Question 22

NSAIDs are anti-inflammatory dugs, and they are also _________

Answer 22

Analgesics

Question 23

Antibiotics are effective against infections caused only by which pathogen?

Answer 23

Bacteria

Question 24

Ringworm is an example of an infection caused by which pathogen?

Answer 24

Fungi

Question 25

Which federal law mandates specific responsibilities for keeping controlled substance secure and for maintaining the proper documentation involved with these drugs?

Answer 25

Controlled substances act

Question 26

Which type of parasiticide kills pinworms, heart worms, or tapeworms?

Answer 26

Anthelmintic

Question 27

``` Which organism is NOT a parasite? A- flea B- louse C- mite D- virus ```

Answer 27

D-virus

Question 28

Pyrethrins are examples of which type of parasiticide?

Answer 28

Insecticide

Question 29

A drug in the form of a lotion, is most likely administered by which route?

Answer 29

Topical

Question 30

A parasite is an organism that: A- provides nutrition to a larger organism B- provides venom in the intestines of its victims C- is a leg less vertebrate that lives in the colon of its host D- lives on or in a host from which it obtains nourishment

Answer 30

D- lives on or in a host from which it obtains nourishment

Question 31

Which route of drug administration provides the drug directly to the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 31

Enteral

Question 32

Which route of drug administration involves injecting the drug into the abdominal cavity?

Answer 32

Intraperitoneal

Question 33

In which route of administration Does the drug reach the bloodstream the quickest?

Answer 33

Intravenous

Question 34

Porphyrin is produced by what gland behind the eye of rats?

Answer 34

Harderian gland

Question 35

Which term is used for the condition in which a rodent’s teeth do not meet properly?

Answer 35

Malocclusion

Question 36

What is piloerection?

Answer 36

Involuntary bristling of hair

Question 37

What is the term for signs of disease that are not apparent to the observer?

Answer 37

Subclinical

Question 38

What is the term for dust particles, bedding, cages, and water that can transmit disease to an animal?

Answer 38

Fomites

Question 39

Staff working in nonhuman primate facilities must be tested for ______ more frequently than those working with other animals.

Answer 39

Tuberculosis

Question 40

When should husbandry tasks be done in isolation areas to reduce the risk of spreading airborne pathogens?

Answer 40

Late in the day

Question 41

Who must approve euthanasia methods that the AVMA considers “conditionally acceptable”?

Answer 41

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Question 42

Before necropsy, where should animal carcasses be stored?

Answer 42

Ina refrigerator to prevent decomposition

Question 43

Ferrets are commonly vaccinated for what disease?

Answer 43

Canine distemper

Question 44

Why shouldn’t a technician keep on the same clothing worn in the animal facility when they leave for the day?

Answer 44

To reduce the possibility of spreading infections

Question 45

What are the two main categories of euthanasia methods?

Answer 45

Chemical and physical

Question 46

What document must research methods of euthanasia follow?

Answer 46

The AVMA Guidelines to Euthanasia

Question 47

When can cervical dislocation be used to euthanize animals?

Answer 47

It can only be used on mice and rats weighing less than 200g, rabbits weighing less than 1kg, and some birds

Question 48

Inhalant anesthetics are generally not used for euthanasia of which species because they can hold their breath for long periods of time?

Answer 48

Amphibians and reptiles

Question 49

What should be done right after an animal has been euthanized?

Answer 49

The animal should be checked to make sure it’s dead before placing it in the bag