Chapter 10 - Quiz Flashcards
(16 cards)
Which acronym refers to withholding both food and water from an animal?
a. CRO
b. NPO
c. GLP
d. APV
b. NPO
Animals with which disease have increased urine output and increased water consumption?
a. Scurvy
b. Anemia
c. Diabetes
d. Rickets
c. Diabetes
Which species are typically not fasted prior to surgery because they do not vomit?
a. Dogs and cats
b. Rodents and rabbits
c. Swine and ruminants
d. Old world and new world nonhuman primates
b. Rodents and rabbits
Skin tenting is used to check for what problem?
a. Dehydration
b. Anemia
c. Anorexia
d. Hypothermia
a. Dehydration
Which of the following is a way to permanently identify a laboratory animal?
a. Cage cards
b. Ear punches
c. Colored markers
d. Collars and tags
b. Ear punches
What method of permanent identification in rodents is generally discouraged without strong scientific justification to the IACUC?
a. Tattooing
b. Implanting microchip transponders
c. Ear tagging
d. Toe clipping
d. Toe clipping
How often should technicians assess animal health?
a. Every day
b. Once a week
c. Once every two weeks
d. Once a month
a. Every day
Even though changing cages is essential for animal well-being and health, it is also a significant source of stress for them.
a. True
b. False
a. True
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. It’s OK to play music in a mouse room when you’re changing cages.
b. Cage changes of socialized cats and dogs should include gentle play.
c. Each animal cage should be cleaned and sanitized every day.
d. You may turn on the light in an animal room after it has entered the dark cycle.
b. Cage changes of socialized cats and dogs should include gentle play.
Animal census refers to:
a. the number of individual animals or cages per investigator per room.
b. the number of each species of animal in the facility.
c. the cost of supplying care to the animals.
d. the number of animals found dead each month.
a. the number of individual animals or cages per investigator per room.
What should you do if you find that the temperature in a room has fallen below the accepted range?
a. Notify the environmental health and safety department.
b. Notify your supervisor.
c. Notify the IACUC Chair.
d. Write the temperature that it should be on the room check sheet.
b. Notify your supervisor.
If rodent cages have water bottles, how often should they be replaced with new ones?
a. Once per week
b. Once per month
c. When they become visibly soiled
d. During each cage change
d. During each cage change
Which of the following would be an emergency situation?
a. A water bottle that leaked and soaked a mouse cage
b. An escaped nonhuman primate
c. A missing cage card
d. A dead rat found in a cage
b. An escaped nonhuman primate
Which of the following is NOT an emergency situation?
a. A dog with a new fight wound
b. A nonhuman primate that has its finger stuck in the cage door
c. A sink near an animal room that is gushing water onto the floor
d. A nonhuman primate that has destroyed its cage card
d. A nonhuman primate that has destroyed its cage card
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. If an environmental parameter has fallen below the accepted range, technicians should attempt to fix the problem themselves.
b. Heating, ventilation, cooling, humidity and light cycle should be monitored daily in each housing room.
c. Technicians should be trained in how to use the computerized monitoring systems, if present.
d. All environmental parameters should be kept within the values stated in the Guide.
a. If an environmental parameter has fallen below the accepted range, technicians should attempt to fix the problem themselves.
