ALAT CERTIFICATION UPDATED EXAMINERS
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The destruction of all organisms on an object is referred to as what? -
✔✔Sterilization
✔✔An unusual behavior that may be noticed in approximately 20% of gerbils is what? -
✔✔Seizures
✔✔What is the scientific name for swine? - ✔✔Sus Scrofa Domestica
✔✔What is the scientific name for the Rhesus Macaque? - ✔✔Macaca Mulatta
✔✔What is the scientific name for baboons? - ✔✔Papio
✔✔What is the scientific name for Orangutans? - ✔✔Pongo
✔✔What is the scientific name for Squirrel Monkeys? - ✔✔Saimiri
✔✔What is the scientific name for marmosets? - ✔✔Callithrix
✔✔What is the scientific name for Tamarins? - ✔✔Sanguinus
, ✔✔What is an engineering standard? - ✔✔A guideline that specifies in detail a method
or technique for achieving a desired outcome.
✔✔How does The Guide describe a Policy? - ✔✔A practical statement of collective
wisdom.
✔✔Animals on a fluid regulation protocol should have their body weights recorded at
least how often? - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔What is the recommended number of air changes in an hour in an animal room? -
✔✔10-15 exchanges/hour
✔✔What condition can occur in susceptible animals due to high room illumination
levels? - ✔✔Phototoxic retinopathy
✔✔What is the max sound level above which both auditory and non-auditory effects can
result? - ✔✔85 decibels
✔✔What condition in mice and rats causes necrotic bands to appear on the tail as a
result of vascular strictures caused by exposure to high temp and low relative humidity
(less than 30%)? - ✔✔Ringtail
✔✔What is environmental enrichment? - ✔✔A method of providing animals with the
opportunity to behave as they do in the wild, playing, foraging, grooming, and interacting
with one another.
✔✔Providing nude mice with cotton nesting material may lead to which condition? -
✔✔Conjunctivitis.
✔✔What type of wood shavings are not recommended as bedding because it emits
aromatic hydrocarbons? - ✔✔Cedar
✔✔In the metric system, the prefix "centi" means? - ✔✔One hundredth
✔✔What step is necessary when removing amphibians from shipping crates ? -
✔✔Rinse thoroughly with Dechlorinated water to remove any Feces
✔✔In general what is thought to be good environmental enrichment for amphibians? -
✔✔Hiding places
✔✔What diseases in rats naturally develop, making them good animal models to study
these diseases? - ✔✔Diabetes and hypertension
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The destruction of all organisms on an object is referred to as what? -
✔✔Sterilization
✔✔An unusual behavior that may be noticed in approximately 20% of gerbils is what? -
✔✔Seizures
✔✔What is the scientific name for swine? - ✔✔Sus Scrofa Domestica
✔✔What is the scientific name for the Rhesus Macaque? - ✔✔Macaca Mulatta
✔✔What is the scientific name for baboons? - ✔✔Papio
✔✔What is the scientific name for Orangutans? - ✔✔Pongo
✔✔What is the scientific name for Squirrel Monkeys? - ✔✔Saimiri
✔✔What is the scientific name for marmosets? - ✔✔Callithrix
✔✔What is the scientific name for Tamarins? - ✔✔Sanguinus
, ✔✔What is an engineering standard? - ✔✔A guideline that specifies in detail a method
or technique for achieving a desired outcome.
✔✔How does The Guide describe a Policy? - ✔✔A practical statement of collective
wisdom.
✔✔Animals on a fluid regulation protocol should have their body weights recorded at
least how often? - ✔✔Once a week
✔✔What is the recommended number of air changes in an hour in an animal room? -
✔✔10-15 exchanges/hour
✔✔What condition can occur in susceptible animals due to high room illumination
levels? - ✔✔Phototoxic retinopathy
✔✔What is the max sound level above which both auditory and non-auditory effects can
result? - ✔✔85 decibels
✔✔What condition in mice and rats causes necrotic bands to appear on the tail as a
result of vascular strictures caused by exposure to high temp and low relative humidity
(less than 30%)? - ✔✔Ringtail
✔✔What is environmental enrichment? - ✔✔A method of providing animals with the
opportunity to behave as they do in the wild, playing, foraging, grooming, and interacting
with one another.
✔✔Providing nude mice with cotton nesting material may lead to which condition? -
✔✔Conjunctivitis.
✔✔What type of wood shavings are not recommended as bedding because it emits
aromatic hydrocarbons? - ✔✔Cedar
✔✔In the metric system, the prefix "centi" means? - ✔✔One hundredth
✔✔What step is necessary when removing amphibians from shipping crates ? -
✔✔Rinse thoroughly with Dechlorinated water to remove any Feces
✔✔In general what is thought to be good environmental enrichment for amphibians? -
✔✔Hiding places
✔✔What diseases in rats naturally develop, making them good animal models to study
these diseases? - ✔✔Diabetes and hypertension
