Practice Test

Question 1

If the RCVS Preliminary Investigation Committee has investigated a potential professional misconduct situation against a subject veterinary surgeon and believes there is a case, to whom do they refer this case?

Answer 1

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee

Question 2

What are the 5 steps of risk assessment?

Answer 2

1. identify the hazards
2. Who may be harmed?
3. Evaluate the risk
4. Record the findings
5. Review and revise if needed at regular intervals or when a change is made

Question 3

The acronym ‘GREAT’ can be used to remember the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’. What does the G stand for?

Answer 3

Give

Question 4

The five main groups of wider external environmental factors that may affect a veterinary business are often referred to by the abbreviation ‘STEEPL’. What factor does the letter ‘T’ represent?

Answer 4

Technological

Question 5

What is the bottom section of a Cornell sheet used for?

Answer 5

To summarise your lecture notes 24 hours after the lecture.

Question 6

SMART goals are often used in planning processes.
S = Specific, M = Measurable, A = Achievable, R = Realistic
What does the T represent?

Answer 6

Time-based

Question 7

‘Honesty and integrity’ and ‘Independence and impartiality’ are two of the RCVS five principles of practice. What are the other three?

Answer 7

Client confidentiality and trust, professional accountability, professional competence

Question 8

There are four (4) stages in Kolb’s experiential learning cycle:
Plan – XX – Reflect – Conclude
What is the missing stage indicated by XX?

Answer 8

Do

Question 9

To ask about the possibility of undertaking a pre-clinical extramural studies (EMS) placement in the summer, what are most appropriate salutations to start and finish the letter?

Answer 9

Dear [Mrs Smith]

Yours sincerely

Question 10

What is the name for any inanimate object that can transfer infectious material?

Answer 10

Fomite

Question 11

Prepare > communicate > reflect > receive feedback > XX. What stage is XX?

Answer 11

Reflect

Question 12

Ask > XX > appraise > apply > assess. What stage is XX?

Answer 12

Acquire

Question 13

The definition of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) includes using the core skills of understanding patient/client values and expectations, individual clinical expertise and what other core skill?

Answer 13

Evaluation of the best external evidence.

Question 14

What does the ‘O’ in PICO question stand for?

Answer 14

Outcome

Question 15

What are paralinguistics?

Answer 15

Features of the voice such as pace, volume and intonation.

Question 16

What is the most effective way to avoid persona; infection, contamination or injury via ingestion?

Answer 16

Avoiding hand to mouth contact or eating while working in the hazardous environment.

Question 17

The acronym ‘GREAT’ can be used to remember the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’. What does the T stand for?

Answer 17

Try new things

Question 18

What is the side column of a Cornell sheet used for?

Answer 18

To review key points/words at a later stage.

Question 19

What does the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons advise about shared decision making between vets and owners?

Answer 19

A range of reasonable treatment options should be offered and explained to clients including prognoses, possible side effects and costs.

Question 20

In veterinary decision making what is Type I reasoning?

Answer 20

An intuition form of decision making based on pattern recognition.

Question 21

What type of assessment measures the achievement of learning goals and usually generates a mark to determine progression?

Answer 21

Summative

Question 22

What is an example of signposting?

Answer 22

“I’m going to ask you some questions about your normal routine at home and then move on to questions about vomiting.”