ALAT CERTIFICATION ACTUAL TEST PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Answers Already Graded A. Answer:
◉ Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that
you must read and study to. Answer:
◉ prepare for the ALAT certification exam. ✔✔The Guide for the
Care and Use of Laboratory. Answer:
◉ Animals. Answer:
◉ List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification.
✔✔Assistant Laboratory Animal. Answer:
◉ Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT),
Laboratory Animal Technologist. Answer:
◉ (LATg). Answer:
,◉ What organization was formed in 1950 by Dr. Nathan Brewer and
other veterinarians? ✔✔Animal. Answer:
◉ Care Panel (ACP). Answer:
◉ In 1967, the Animal Care Panel (ACP) changed it's name to what?
✔✔American Association for. Answer:
◉ Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS). Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RALAT mean? ✔✔Registered Assistant
Laboratory Animal Technician. Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RLAT mean? ✔✔Registered Laboratory
Animal Technician. Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RLATg mean? ✔✔Registered Laboratory
Animal Technologist. Answer:
◉ What does the Principle Investigator do? ✔✔Plans and
coordinates all phases of the research work. Answer:
◉ and prepares the protocol. Answer:
,◉ What is an Animal Use Protocol? ✔✔A document written by the
Principal Investigator and. Answer:
◉ approved by the IACUC, that describes and justifies the use of
animals for a project. Answer:
◉ What does the acroynm IACUC mean? ✔✔International Animal
Care and Use Committee. Answer:
◉ What is the PHS Policy? ✔✔Federal mandate that covers all live
vertebrates used or intended for. Answer:
◉ use in research, research training, experimentation, biological
testing, or for related purposes.. Answer:
◉ According to the Guide and PHS Policy, what document must
institutions comply with when. Answer:
◉ animals are euthanized? ✔✔AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia.
Answer:
, ◉ Using 100 mice in a research study instead of 150 could be an
example of which of the 3 R's?. Answer:
◉ ✔✔Reduction. Answer:
◉ What type of device identifies individuals using distinct
characteristics such as fingerprints or eye. Answer:
◉ structures? ✔✔Biometric Scanner. Answer:
◉ What document should be posted throughout the facility, and is
consulted and used when there is. Answer:
◉ an emergency? ✔✔Contact list. Answer:
◉ What federal agency enforces the rules and standards for
workplace safety? ✔✔Occupational. Answer:
◉ safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Answer:
◉ Should a pregnant employee be assigned to work with cats? Why
or why not? ✔✔No. Cats can. Answer:
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Answers Already Graded A. Answer:
◉ Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that
you must read and study to. Answer:
◉ prepare for the ALAT certification exam. ✔✔The Guide for the
Care and Use of Laboratory. Answer:
◉ Animals. Answer:
◉ List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification.
✔✔Assistant Laboratory Animal. Answer:
◉ Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT),
Laboratory Animal Technologist. Answer:
◉ (LATg). Answer:
,◉ What organization was formed in 1950 by Dr. Nathan Brewer and
other veterinarians? ✔✔Animal. Answer:
◉ Care Panel (ACP). Answer:
◉ In 1967, the Animal Care Panel (ACP) changed it's name to what?
✔✔American Association for. Answer:
◉ Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS). Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RALAT mean? ✔✔Registered Assistant
Laboratory Animal Technician. Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RLAT mean? ✔✔Registered Laboratory
Animal Technician. Answer:
◉ What does the acronym RLATg mean? ✔✔Registered Laboratory
Animal Technologist. Answer:
◉ What does the Principle Investigator do? ✔✔Plans and
coordinates all phases of the research work. Answer:
◉ and prepares the protocol. Answer:
,◉ What is an Animal Use Protocol? ✔✔A document written by the
Principal Investigator and. Answer:
◉ approved by the IACUC, that describes and justifies the use of
animals for a project. Answer:
◉ What does the acroynm IACUC mean? ✔✔International Animal
Care and Use Committee. Answer:
◉ What is the PHS Policy? ✔✔Federal mandate that covers all live
vertebrates used or intended for. Answer:
◉ use in research, research training, experimentation, biological
testing, or for related purposes.. Answer:
◉ According to the Guide and PHS Policy, what document must
institutions comply with when. Answer:
◉ animals are euthanized? ✔✔AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia.
Answer:
, ◉ Using 100 mice in a research study instead of 150 could be an
example of which of the 3 R's?. Answer:
◉ ✔✔Reduction. Answer:
◉ What type of device identifies individuals using distinct
characteristics such as fingerprints or eye. Answer:
◉ structures? ✔✔Biometric Scanner. Answer:
◉ What document should be posted throughout the facility, and is
consulted and used when there is. Answer:
◉ an emergency? ✔✔Contact list. Answer:
◉ What federal agency enforces the rules and standards for
workplace safety? ✔✔Occupational. Answer:
◉ safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Answer:
◉ Should a pregnant employee be assigned to work with cats? Why
or why not? ✔✔No. Cats can. Answer:
