Certified Veterinary CVA Assistant TVMA - Level 1
Competency-Based Test Questions with Answer Key
2025/2026
Centrifugation - correct answer process of separating out particles of different
sizes and densities by spinning them at high speed in a centrifuge.
Benign - correct answer mild, not cancerous
Electrocardiogram - correct answer record of the electrical activity of the heart
Hematocrit - correct answer The percent of the volume of whole blood that is
composed of red blood cells as determined by separation of red blood cells from
the plasma usually by centrifugation.
Necropsy - correct answer examination of a body after death
PCV - correct answer packed cell volume
RVT - correct answer Registered Veterinary Technician
DVM - correct answer Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Cystocentesis - correct answer surgical puncture of the urinary bladder, usually
to collect urine
Medial - correct answer Toward the midline of the body
, Oblique - correct answer indirect; slanting
Primary Beam - correct answer the path that the x-rays follow as they leave the
tube
Rostral - correct answer toward the forehead or nose
Ventral - correct answer Toward the belly
RSO - correct answer Radiation Safety Officer
Bile - correct answer a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion
and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Brachycephalic - correct answer Having a short, wide head (bull dog, pug, ect.)
Dysplasia - correct answer abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or
organs
Cesarean section - correct answer surgical incision of the abdominal wall and
uterus to deliver a fetus
Hemostat - correct answer INSTRUMENT USED TO CLAMP BLOOD
VESSELS
Intubation - correct answer insertion of a tube into the trachea
OHE - correct answer ovariohysterectomy (spay)
Competency-Based Test Questions with Answer Key
2025/2026
Centrifugation - correct answer process of separating out particles of different
sizes and densities by spinning them at high speed in a centrifuge.
Benign - correct answer mild, not cancerous
Electrocardiogram - correct answer record of the electrical activity of the heart
Hematocrit - correct answer The percent of the volume of whole blood that is
composed of red blood cells as determined by separation of red blood cells from
the plasma usually by centrifugation.
Necropsy - correct answer examination of a body after death
PCV - correct answer packed cell volume
RVT - correct answer Registered Veterinary Technician
DVM - correct answer Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Cystocentesis - correct answer surgical puncture of the urinary bladder, usually
to collect urine
Medial - correct answer Toward the midline of the body
, Oblique - correct answer indirect; slanting
Primary Beam - correct answer the path that the x-rays follow as they leave the
tube
Rostral - correct answer toward the forehead or nose
Ventral - correct answer Toward the belly
RSO - correct answer Radiation Safety Officer
Bile - correct answer a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion
and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
Brachycephalic - correct answer Having a short, wide head (bull dog, pug, ect.)
Dysplasia - correct answer abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or
organs
Cesarean section - correct answer surgical incision of the abdominal wall and
uterus to deliver a fetus
Hemostat - correct answer INSTRUMENT USED TO CLAMP BLOOD
VESSELS
Intubation - correct answer insertion of a tube into the trachea
OHE - correct answer ovariohysterectomy (spay)
