LAT Unit 4 Practice test Questions and
Answers 2024
Which animal can have blood drawn from the brachial vein?
Swine
Fish
Rat
Chicken - ANS-swine
Which of the following strains of mice lack T cells?
Xid mice
Asplenic mice
Beige mice
Nude mice - ANS-nude mice
Where is an intradermal injection given?
Into a vein inside the skin
Into the skin
Into the abdominal cavity
Into a muscle mass - ANS-Into the skin
What should you do if you see aspirate in the syringe when giving an intraperitoneal
injection?
Don't do the injection at all.
Use a different gauge needle.
Pull the needle back slightly and aspirate again.
Withdraw the needle, discard the needle and syringe, and start the procedure again. -
ANS-Withdraw the needle, discard the needle and syringe, and start the procedure
again.
In high through-put surgeries when glass bead sterilization is used, which of the
following statements is NOT TRUE?
Instruments are heated to temperatures of 250 ˚C to 265 ˚C.
Instruments must be re-autoclaved prior to each surgery.
Instruments are sterilized in about 10 seconds.
, The instruments cannot be used on living tissue immediately after removal from the
device. - ANS-Instruments must be re-autoclaved prior to each surgery.
How are needles and syringes disposed of?
As biohazardous waste in a sharps container
Capped and put in the trash
Packed in special boxes and buried at the landfill
Collected in syringe receptacles and incinerated - ANS-As biohazardous waste in a
sharps container
When performing a gastric gavage on guinea pigs and chinchillas, you must take
special precautions to avoid damaging which structure?
Throat
Stomach
Palatal ostium
Sternum - ANS-Palatal ostium
What is a drawback to using nonsynthetic suture material?
It is more expensive.
It can cause inflammation.
It is thicker than synthetic.
It is not strong. - ANS-It can cause inflammation.
How are scissors classified?
By blade edges
By purpose of use
By blade tips
By length - ANS-By blade tip
What is the maximum intramuscular injection volume for a mouse?
0.05 mL
0.01 mL
0.1 mL
0.5 mL - ANS-0.05 mL
Where is the most desirable site for an intramuscular injection?
Into a large muscle mass
Above a layer of fat tissue
Into a small muscle mass
Answers 2024
Which animal can have blood drawn from the brachial vein?
Swine
Fish
Rat
Chicken - ANS-swine
Which of the following strains of mice lack T cells?
Xid mice
Asplenic mice
Beige mice
Nude mice - ANS-nude mice
Where is an intradermal injection given?
Into a vein inside the skin
Into the skin
Into the abdominal cavity
Into a muscle mass - ANS-Into the skin
What should you do if you see aspirate in the syringe when giving an intraperitoneal
injection?
Don't do the injection at all.
Use a different gauge needle.
Pull the needle back slightly and aspirate again.
Withdraw the needle, discard the needle and syringe, and start the procedure again. -
ANS-Withdraw the needle, discard the needle and syringe, and start the procedure
again.
In high through-put surgeries when glass bead sterilization is used, which of the
following statements is NOT TRUE?
Instruments are heated to temperatures of 250 ˚C to 265 ˚C.
Instruments must be re-autoclaved prior to each surgery.
Instruments are sterilized in about 10 seconds.
, The instruments cannot be used on living tissue immediately after removal from the
device. - ANS-Instruments must be re-autoclaved prior to each surgery.
How are needles and syringes disposed of?
As biohazardous waste in a sharps container
Capped and put in the trash
Packed in special boxes and buried at the landfill
Collected in syringe receptacles and incinerated - ANS-As biohazardous waste in a
sharps container
When performing a gastric gavage on guinea pigs and chinchillas, you must take
special precautions to avoid damaging which structure?
Throat
Stomach
Palatal ostium
Sternum - ANS-Palatal ostium
What is a drawback to using nonsynthetic suture material?
It is more expensive.
It can cause inflammation.
It is thicker than synthetic.
It is not strong. - ANS-It can cause inflammation.
How are scissors classified?
By blade edges
By purpose of use
By blade tips
By length - ANS-By blade tip
What is the maximum intramuscular injection volume for a mouse?
0.05 mL
0.01 mL
0.1 mL
0.5 mL - ANS-0.05 mL
Where is the most desirable site for an intramuscular injection?
Into a large muscle mass
Above a layer of fat tissue
Into a small muscle mass
