ALAT Final Exam Practice
1. What is not a physical method of euthanasia?: Carbon Dioxide
2. Mice exhibit postpartum estrus. They will normally come
into estrus within
hours after giving birth.: 24
3. A male ferret is called a and a female is called a .: Hob; jill
4. Scientific technology has developed the technique for
introducing genetic material from one animal into the
fertilized egg of a different animal. When the offspring are
born they are called .: Transgenics
5. Eating feces is termed .: Coprophagy
6. When an is mostly active at night they are said to be .:
Nocturnal
7. The common laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, was
developed from the wild brownrat.: Norway
8. T
he reddish material found in the tears and saliva of rats is
called .-
: Porphyrin
9. The hooded rat is also known as a rat.: Long-Evans
10. The golden hamster is also known hamster.: Syrian
as the
11.The most unusual feature of the hamster, which makes it a
popular model for research is their .: Cheek pouch
12.Hamsters urine is normally in color.: Whitish
13. If
an animal is born blind and helpless, it is considered to be
.: -
altricial
1/7
, 14. Th
e most common outbred guinea pig used in research is the
.: -
Dunkin-Hartley
15.The normal gestation period for the cat is months(s).: Two
16.A female guinea pig is called a .: Sow
17.Guinea pigs cannot syuthesize vitamin .: C
18.The unique reproductive trait among gerbils is that they
.: Mate for life
19.An unusual behavior noticed in approximately 20% of
gerbils is sponta- neous .: Seizures
20. Gerbils have relatively little odor compared to other
rodents because
.: they produce very small amounts of urine
21.Paturation in rabbits is called .: kindling
2/7
1. What is not a physical method of euthanasia?: Carbon Dioxide
2. Mice exhibit postpartum estrus. They will normally come
into estrus within
hours after giving birth.: 24
3. A male ferret is called a and a female is called a .: Hob; jill
4. Scientific technology has developed the technique for
introducing genetic material from one animal into the
fertilized egg of a different animal. When the offspring are
born they are called .: Transgenics
5. Eating feces is termed .: Coprophagy
6. When an is mostly active at night they are said to be .:
Nocturnal
7. The common laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, was
developed from the wild brownrat.: Norway
8. T
he reddish material found in the tears and saliva of rats is
called .-
: Porphyrin
9. The hooded rat is also known as a rat.: Long-Evans
10. The golden hamster is also known hamster.: Syrian
as the
11.The most unusual feature of the hamster, which makes it a
popular model for research is their .: Cheek pouch
12.Hamsters urine is normally in color.: Whitish
13. If
an animal is born blind and helpless, it is considered to be
.: -
altricial
1/7
, 14. Th
e most common outbred guinea pig used in research is the
.: -
Dunkin-Hartley
15.The normal gestation period for the cat is months(s).: Two
16.A female guinea pig is called a .: Sow
17.Guinea pigs cannot syuthesize vitamin .: C
18.The unique reproductive trait among gerbils is that they
.: Mate for life
19.An unusual behavior noticed in approximately 20% of
gerbils is sponta- neous .: Seizures
20. Gerbils have relatively little odor compared to other
rodents because
.: they produce very small amounts of urine
21.Paturation in rabbits is called .: kindling
2/7
