VTNE Prep questions and answers
You are asked to place a splint which resembles a spoon. This is called:
Mason-Meta
When taking an x-ray through a fiberglass or plaster cast, it is necessary to:
Increase mAs
Occasionally an Ehmer Sling will cause swelling in the following area:
Hock
The bandage of choice for a traumatic injury to the distal hind limb is:
Robert-Jones
The best initial bandage for a grossly contaminated degloving wound is:
A sterile, wet-to-dry bandage.
True or False: Heavy padding should never be placed under a cast.
True
The layers of an equine lower-limb bandage placed over a non-sutured wound are
applied in the following order:
Topical medication, non-adhering dressing, rolled conforming gauze, elastic wrap,
padded layer, brown gauze.
Why must the thick bandage placed under a large-animal limb splint extend well above
and below the ends of the splint?
To prevent pressure sores.
To ligate is to:
Tie-off
What is an onychectomy?
declaw
What are the heavy operating scissors with a straight or curved blade used to cut tough
tissue?
Mayo
An accumulation of serous fluid in dead space in the region of an incision is called:
Seroma
You are assisting a bovine practitioner with the repair of a left-displaced abomasum. He
asks you to hand him the Rochester-Ochsner forceps. You hand him:
A large, transversely grooved forceps with interdigitating teeth at the tips.
In surgery, Dr. B. asks you to hand her the "Gelpi". What is she asking for?
Retractors
,An instrument with sharp, cupped tips used to cut small pieces of dense tissue such as
bone, cartilage, or connective tissue is called:
Rongeurs
An emasculator is used in:
Castration
Aseptic technique includes:
all steps taken to prevent contamination of the surgical site by infectious agents.
How does an autoclave raise the temperature of steam to the high levels required for
sterilization?
Increased pressure
Proper autoclaving is done at the following time, temp and pressure
250 degrees F, 15-lbs. pressure, for 15 minutes
Autoclave tape turns black when exposed to a specific amount of:
Temperature
Which term is often used interchangeably with laparotomy?
Celiotomy
Which of the following suture is made of synthetic absorbable material?
A. Gut
B. Nylon
C, Steel
D. Polydioxanone
Polydioxanone
Which of the following is an absorbable multifilament suture material?
A. PDS
B. Nylon
C. Vicryl
D. Maxon
Vicryl
What is the function of the Halsted Mosquito Forceps?
Hemostasis
A surgical site should be scrubbed and rinsed a minimum of _______times.
Three
Which antimicrobial soap is a good virucide and has good residual activity because it
binds with the keratin of skin?
Chlorhexidine
Which of the following suture materials should NOT be used in the skin, especially when
infection is present?
A. Nylon
B. Prolene
C. Chromic gut
, D. Polymerized caprolactam (Vetafil)
Chromic gut
What instruments is used most often on the uterine pedicle?
Carmalt
In an emergency a licensed veterinary technician may:
Intubate an animal and administer oxygen
Coffee ground-like material in vomitus indicates:
Gastric bleeding.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is primarily a disorder of the body's
__________________function.
Coagulation
A fox tail behind the third eyelid would most likely cause damage to the:
Cornea
Cats are more likely to acquire a diaphragmatic hernia as a result of what event?
Hit by car
A horse owner calls to say her 6 year old quarter horse is sweating, kicking at his
abdomen, pawing and rolling. This horse is exhibiting signs of:
Correct!
Colic
It is imperative to keep all connections on a chest drain airtight because leaks can result
in:
Pneumothorax
What is an approximate shock dose of IV fluids for a dog that was just hit by a car?
60ml/kg/hr
Extensor rigidity of the forelimbs with flaccid hind limbs is known as:
Schiff-Sherrington posture
The normal rate of urine production in small animals is:
1 to 2 ml/kg/hr
Decreasing the kVp 10% will make the image:
Lighter
The Heel Effect is due to uneven distribution of the x-ray beam causing increased
intensity at:
the cathode side
Which technique will produce an image with the greatest radiographic density?
200 mA, 1/10 second
The _____ most affects contrast and it is ______ for thoracic than extremity
radiographs.
kVp; higher
You have just taken a thoracic radiograph at 50 kVp and 100 mA at 1/10 second. The
pet's breathing caused his chest to move during the exposure, resulting in a blurry
You are asked to place a splint which resembles a spoon. This is called:
Mason-Meta
When taking an x-ray through a fiberglass or plaster cast, it is necessary to:
Increase mAs
Occasionally an Ehmer Sling will cause swelling in the following area:
Hock
The bandage of choice for a traumatic injury to the distal hind limb is:
Robert-Jones
The best initial bandage for a grossly contaminated degloving wound is:
A sterile, wet-to-dry bandage.
True or False: Heavy padding should never be placed under a cast.
True
The layers of an equine lower-limb bandage placed over a non-sutured wound are
applied in the following order:
Topical medication, non-adhering dressing, rolled conforming gauze, elastic wrap,
padded layer, brown gauze.
Why must the thick bandage placed under a large-animal limb splint extend well above
and below the ends of the splint?
To prevent pressure sores.
To ligate is to:
Tie-off
What is an onychectomy?
declaw
What are the heavy operating scissors with a straight or curved blade used to cut tough
tissue?
Mayo
An accumulation of serous fluid in dead space in the region of an incision is called:
Seroma
You are assisting a bovine practitioner with the repair of a left-displaced abomasum. He
asks you to hand him the Rochester-Ochsner forceps. You hand him:
A large, transversely grooved forceps with interdigitating teeth at the tips.
In surgery, Dr. B. asks you to hand her the "Gelpi". What is she asking for?
Retractors
,An instrument with sharp, cupped tips used to cut small pieces of dense tissue such as
bone, cartilage, or connective tissue is called:
Rongeurs
An emasculator is used in:
Castration
Aseptic technique includes:
all steps taken to prevent contamination of the surgical site by infectious agents.
How does an autoclave raise the temperature of steam to the high levels required for
sterilization?
Increased pressure
Proper autoclaving is done at the following time, temp and pressure
250 degrees F, 15-lbs. pressure, for 15 minutes
Autoclave tape turns black when exposed to a specific amount of:
Temperature
Which term is often used interchangeably with laparotomy?
Celiotomy
Which of the following suture is made of synthetic absorbable material?
A. Gut
B. Nylon
C, Steel
D. Polydioxanone
Polydioxanone
Which of the following is an absorbable multifilament suture material?
A. PDS
B. Nylon
C. Vicryl
D. Maxon
Vicryl
What is the function of the Halsted Mosquito Forceps?
Hemostasis
A surgical site should be scrubbed and rinsed a minimum of _______times.
Three
Which antimicrobial soap is a good virucide and has good residual activity because it
binds with the keratin of skin?
Chlorhexidine
Which of the following suture materials should NOT be used in the skin, especially when
infection is present?
A. Nylon
B. Prolene
C. Chromic gut
, D. Polymerized caprolactam (Vetafil)
Chromic gut
What instruments is used most often on the uterine pedicle?
Carmalt
In an emergency a licensed veterinary technician may:
Intubate an animal and administer oxygen
Coffee ground-like material in vomitus indicates:
Gastric bleeding.
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is primarily a disorder of the body's
__________________function.
Coagulation
A fox tail behind the third eyelid would most likely cause damage to the:
Cornea
Cats are more likely to acquire a diaphragmatic hernia as a result of what event?
Hit by car
A horse owner calls to say her 6 year old quarter horse is sweating, kicking at his
abdomen, pawing and rolling. This horse is exhibiting signs of:
Correct!
Colic
It is imperative to keep all connections on a chest drain airtight because leaks can result
in:
Pneumothorax
What is an approximate shock dose of IV fluids for a dog that was just hit by a car?
60ml/kg/hr
Extensor rigidity of the forelimbs with flaccid hind limbs is known as:
Schiff-Sherrington posture
The normal rate of urine production in small animals is:
1 to 2 ml/kg/hr
Decreasing the kVp 10% will make the image:
Lighter
The Heel Effect is due to uneven distribution of the x-ray beam causing increased
intensity at:
the cathode side
Which technique will produce an image with the greatest radiographic density?
200 mA, 1/10 second
The _____ most affects contrast and it is ______ for thoracic than extremity
radiographs.
kVp; higher
You have just taken a thoracic radiograph at 50 kVp and 100 mA at 1/10 second. The
pet's breathing caused his chest to move during the exposure, resulting in a blurry
