LAT Exam Questions and Answers (A+
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What is the name of the program that helps to ensure that IACUC approved procedures
are being followed?
Select one:
a. Preapproval monitoring program
b. Procedure approval monitoring program
c. Post approval monitoring program
d. Protocol approval monitoring program - ANS-c. Post approval monitoring program
IACUCs are mandated by which of the following?
Select one:
a. Federal mandate
b. City Ordinance
c. State Law
d. Institutional policy - ANS-a. Federal mandate
Before a new drug is tested on human subjects, the drug is tested on animals in a
phase that is called:
a. In vitro
b. Preclinical
c. Experimental
d. Clinical - ANS-b. Preclinical
What is research?
Select one:
a. An investigation into the practices of the facility
b. A program that was developed to help researchers learn new skills
c. A protocol that is approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee(IACUC)
d. A systemic investigation to establish facts - ANS-d. A systemic investigation to
establish facts
Which of the following reviews the animal use protocols of research projects to ensure
,compliance with all relevant federal, state and local laws, regulations, and institutional
policies on animal welfare?
Select one:
a. National Science Foundation (NSF)
b. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
c. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
d. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - ANS-c. Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC)
The Animal Welfare Regulations require that protocols for the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) covered species may only be approved for how long? Select one:
a. 2 years
b. 1 year
c. 3 years
d. 6 months - ANS-b. 1 year
What is the first step in scientific research?
Select one:
a. Report Conclusions
b. Create a research design
c. Define the question to be investigated
d. Collect data - ANS-c. Define the question to be investigated
Which scientist led a team to research mosquitos acting as vectors for yellow fever?
Select one:
a. Walter Reed
b. James Foster
c. Carl Linneaus
d. Claude Bernard - ANS-a. Walter Reed
How often do the Animal Welfare Regulations require the IACUC to monitor the animal
care and use program through reviews of program and routine inspections of the animal
facilities?
Select one:
a. At least every 6 months
b. At least every 3 months
c. At least every 9 months
d. At least once per each year - ANS-a. At least every 6 months
,What does the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) have the authority
to do?
Select one:
a. Approve animal care and use protocols
b. Deny an investigator permission to begin a research project
c. Stop a previously approved protocol
d. All of the above - ANS-d. All of the above
How often does the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals specify that the
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee review the entire animal care and use
program including an inspection?
Select one:
a. Once every 2 years
b. At least once a year
c. Every 6 months
d. No less than every 3 years - ANS-b. At least once a year
Which animals are not required by law to be accompanied by a health certificate when
being shipped?
Select one:
a. Dogs
b. Cats
c. Nonhuman primates
d. Laboratory mice - ANS-d. Laboratory mice
Which animals below are covered under the Public Health Service Policy?
Select one:
a. All vertebrates except mice, rats, and birds
b. All invertebrate animals
c. All vertebrates and invertebrates
d. All vertebrate animals - ANS-d. All vertebrate animals
If an animal was used in experiments, teaching, research, experiments, or tests causing
pain or distress to the animals, for which appropriate anesthetic, analgesic, or
tranquilizing drugs were used, what United States Department of Agriculture pain
category would this describe?
Select one:
a. D
, b. E
c. C
d. B - ANS-a. D
In the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, what word is used to describe
aspects of an animal care program that are strong recommendations? Select one:
a. Should
b. Maybe
c. Could
d. Must - ANS-a. Should
What is the agreement from a research institution outlining how it complies with the
Public Health Service Policy?
Select one:
a. Good Laboratory Practice agreement
b. Animal Use Protocol
c. Animal Welfare Assurance
d. Standard Operating Procedure - ANS-c. Animal Welfare Assurance
Which of the following is not required by Public Health Service Policy? a. The use of
the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals for all animal use programs
receiving federal research funds
b. An Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee review of all protocols
c. An animal program review every 6 months
d. At least three Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members - ANS-d. At
least three Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members
According to the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations, what are the observations,
measurements, and specimens related to a study called?
Select one:
a. Results
b. Raw data
c. Compliance material
d. Quality assurance - ANS-b. Raw data
How many categories are there in the United States Department of Agriculture pain
descriptions?
Select one:
a. 6
b. 5
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What is the name of the program that helps to ensure that IACUC approved procedures
are being followed?
Select one:
a. Preapproval monitoring program
b. Procedure approval monitoring program
c. Post approval monitoring program
d. Protocol approval monitoring program - ANS-c. Post approval monitoring program
IACUCs are mandated by which of the following?
Select one:
a. Federal mandate
b. City Ordinance
c. State Law
d. Institutional policy - ANS-a. Federal mandate
Before a new drug is tested on human subjects, the drug is tested on animals in a
phase that is called:
a. In vitro
b. Preclinical
c. Experimental
d. Clinical - ANS-b. Preclinical
What is research?
Select one:
a. An investigation into the practices of the facility
b. A program that was developed to help researchers learn new skills
c. A protocol that is approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee(IACUC)
d. A systemic investigation to establish facts - ANS-d. A systemic investigation to
establish facts
Which of the following reviews the animal use protocols of research projects to ensure
,compliance with all relevant federal, state and local laws, regulations, and institutional
policies on animal welfare?
Select one:
a. National Science Foundation (NSF)
b. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
c. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
d. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - ANS-c. Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC)
The Animal Welfare Regulations require that protocols for the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) covered species may only be approved for how long? Select one:
a. 2 years
b. 1 year
c. 3 years
d. 6 months - ANS-b. 1 year
What is the first step in scientific research?
Select one:
a. Report Conclusions
b. Create a research design
c. Define the question to be investigated
d. Collect data - ANS-c. Define the question to be investigated
Which scientist led a team to research mosquitos acting as vectors for yellow fever?
Select one:
a. Walter Reed
b. James Foster
c. Carl Linneaus
d. Claude Bernard - ANS-a. Walter Reed
How often do the Animal Welfare Regulations require the IACUC to monitor the animal
care and use program through reviews of program and routine inspections of the animal
facilities?
Select one:
a. At least every 6 months
b. At least every 3 months
c. At least every 9 months
d. At least once per each year - ANS-a. At least every 6 months
,What does the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) have the authority
to do?
Select one:
a. Approve animal care and use protocols
b. Deny an investigator permission to begin a research project
c. Stop a previously approved protocol
d. All of the above - ANS-d. All of the above
How often does the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals specify that the
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee review the entire animal care and use
program including an inspection?
Select one:
a. Once every 2 years
b. At least once a year
c. Every 6 months
d. No less than every 3 years - ANS-b. At least once a year
Which animals are not required by law to be accompanied by a health certificate when
being shipped?
Select one:
a. Dogs
b. Cats
c. Nonhuman primates
d. Laboratory mice - ANS-d. Laboratory mice
Which animals below are covered under the Public Health Service Policy?
Select one:
a. All vertebrates except mice, rats, and birds
b. All invertebrate animals
c. All vertebrates and invertebrates
d. All vertebrate animals - ANS-d. All vertebrate animals
If an animal was used in experiments, teaching, research, experiments, or tests causing
pain or distress to the animals, for which appropriate anesthetic, analgesic, or
tranquilizing drugs were used, what United States Department of Agriculture pain
category would this describe?
Select one:
a. D
, b. E
c. C
d. B - ANS-a. D
In the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, what word is used to describe
aspects of an animal care program that are strong recommendations? Select one:
a. Should
b. Maybe
c. Could
d. Must - ANS-a. Should
What is the agreement from a research institution outlining how it complies with the
Public Health Service Policy?
Select one:
a. Good Laboratory Practice agreement
b. Animal Use Protocol
c. Animal Welfare Assurance
d. Standard Operating Procedure - ANS-c. Animal Welfare Assurance
Which of the following is not required by Public Health Service Policy? a. The use of
the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals for all animal use programs
receiving federal research funds
b. An Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee review of all protocols
c. An animal program review every 6 months
d. At least three Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members - ANS-d. At
least three Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members
According to the Good Laboratory Practice Regulations, what are the observations,
measurements, and specimens related to a study called?
Select one:
a. Results
b. Raw data
c. Compliance material
d. Quality assurance - ANS-b. Raw data
How many categories are there in the United States Department of Agriculture pain
descriptions?
Select one:
a. 6
b. 5
