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ALAT Final Exam Practice, Exams of Advanced Education

Liberty University (LU)Advanced Education

A practice exam for the alat (american association for laboratory animal science) final exam. It contains a variety of questions and answers related to the care and handling of laboratory animals, including topics such as euthanasia methods, reproductive biology, anatomy, and behavior of common laboratory species like mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, dogs, cats, and non-human primates. The document also covers general topics in animal science and research, such as transgenics, zoonotic diseases, and government regulations like the animal welfare act. The wide range of questions and detailed information provided in this document suggest it could be a valuable study resource for students preparing for the alat final exam or related coursework in laboratory animal science, veterinary technology, or comparative animal biology.

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ALAT Final Exam Practice exam with new
questions and answers latest solution
What is not a physical method of euthanasia? - Carbon Dioxide
Mice exhibit postpartum estrus. They will normally come into estrus within ______ hours after
giving birth. - 24
A male ferret is called a ____ and a female is called a _____. - Hob; jill
Scientific technology has developed the technique for introducing genetic material from one
animal into the fertilized egg of a different animal. When the offspring are born they are called
____. - Transgenics
Eating feces is termed _____. - Coprophagy
When an is mostly active at night they are said to be _____. - Nocturnal
The common laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, was developed from the wild brown ______ rat.
- Norway
The reddish material found in the tears and saliva of rats is called _____. - Porphyrin
The hooded rat is also known as a _______ rat. - Long-Evans
The golden hamster is also known as the _____ hamster. - Syrian
The most unusual feature of the hamster, which makes it a popular model for research is their
___. - Cheek pouch
Hamsters urine is normally _____ in color. - Whitish
If an animal is born blind and helpless, it is considered to be _______. - altricial
The most common outbred guinea pig used in research is the ______. - Dunkin-Hartley
The normal gestation period for the cat is ___ months(s). - Two
A female guinea pig is called a _____. - Sow
Guinea pigs cannot syuthesize vitamin ____. - C
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What is not a physical method of euthanasia? - Carbon Dioxide Mice exhibit postpartum estrus. They will normally come into estrus within ______ hours after giving birth. - 24 A male ferret is called a ____ and a female is called a _____. - Hob; jill Scientific technology has developed the technique for introducing genetic material from one animal into the fertilized egg of a different animal. When the offspring are born they are called ____. - Transgenics Eating feces is termed _____. - Coprophagy When an is mostly active at night they are said to be _____. - Nocturnal The common laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, was developed from the wild brown ______ rat.

  • Norway The reddish material found in the tears and saliva of rats is called _____. - Porphyrin The hooded rat is also known as a _______ rat. - Long-Evans The golden hamster is also known as the _____ hamster. - Syrian The most unusual feature of the hamster, which makes it a popular model for research is their ___. - Cheek pouch Hamsters urine is normally _____ in color. - Whitish If an animal is born blind and helpless, it is considered to be _______. - altricial The most common outbred guinea pig used in research is the ______. - Dunkin-Hartley The normal gestation period for the cat is ___ months(s). - Two A female guinea pig is called a _____. - Sow Guinea pigs cannot syuthesize vitamin ____. - C

The unique reproductive trait among gerbils is that they _______. - Mate for life An unusual behavior noticed in approximately 20% of gerbils is spontaneous _____. - Seizures Gerbils have relatively little odor compared to other rodents because ______. - they produce very small amounts of urine Paturation in rabbits is called ______. - kindling A female rabbit does not release eggs from her ovaries unit after mating has occurred, This process is called ______ ovulation. - Induced The normal gestation period for the dog is _____ month(s). - Two The primary reason a rabiit ingests night feces is to _____. - recover B vitamins, proteins and water The scientific term used to describe blood in the urine is ______. - hematuria The gestation period of the rabbit is approximately _____ days. - 30 Every six months, a female cat will have several periods of estrus which last 3-6 days. Reproductively she is said to be ______. - Seasonally polyestrous A cats _____ requirement is higher than that of other common laboratory animals. - Protein If a cat's hindquarters are elevated and her back is flattened, she is probably ______. - in estrus Neonatal animals require ______ exposure to CO2 to cause death compared to adult aniamls. - Longer The average gestation length in sheep and goats is _____ months. - Five Animals who chew their cud are also know as ___. - Ruminants The ____ requires that dogs be given the opppprtunity for additional exercise outside of their normal cages or runs. - Aniaml Welfare Act What structure is used to determine the sex of bullfrogs? - external tympanic membrane In birds, the reproductive, digestive, and urinary tract all terminate in a common opening known as the __. - Cloaca

The proper method for picking up a mouse is to ___. - grasp the mouse near the base of tail between the thumb and forefinger Sheep hooves should be trimmed about every ___ months. - Three The gestation period in the mouse and rat is about ____ weeks. - three If two mouse strains are bred together to produce a mixture of genes of each strain, the resultant animals are called _____. - Hybrids The non-functional pendants of skin sometimes hanging from either side of the goats neck are called ___. - wattles The space between the anus and genital papilla of rodents used for sexing is called the ______.

  • anogenital distance Amphibian cages should be routinely rinsed a few hours after ____. - Feeding What is the best method to permanently identify a nonhuman primate? - Chest tattoo What are the two main types of nonhuman primates - Anthropoids and prosimians T/F Adding sodium thiosulfate to the water is a valid method for removing chlorine from the water. - True Nonhuman primates who originate in South and Central America are referred to as _____. - New World Monkeys A common condition in salamanders where they remain in their aquativ larval form with persistent gills throughout life is called _____. - Neoteny The common name for Xenopus laevis is ____. - African clawed frog T/F Prehensile tails are a characteristic for Old World monkeys - False T/F Ischial callosities is a characteristic for New World Monkeys - False Name three parts of the avian reproductive system - Cloaca, infundibulum, and magnum The average gestation period in nonhuman primates is _____ months. - 5 - 6 A special dietary compenent for birds that is composed of oyster shell and granite is called ___.
  • Grit

The __- requires that monkeys housed in research facilities be provided with opportunities to simulate as closely as possible, its normal (wild) activites. - Animal welfare act The clinical term for insufficient oxygen is ____. - Hypoxia The term used to describe the study of birth defects is _____. - Teratology The largest governement agency fostering biomedical research with direct financial support is the _____. - National Institutes of Health T/F Nude mice are a warm-blooded vertebrate that is regulated by the Animal Welfare Act. - False Who prepares the "Guide for the care and Use of Laboratory Animals"? - ILAR (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources) If an animal lacks a means of generating heat internally it is called a(n) _____. - Ectotherm The word, hypotrichosis, has the root ___, the prefix ____, and the suffix ____. - tricho; hypo; osis All organic compounds contain ____. - Carbon The term cardio refers to the ______. - Heart Snakes are ______. - carnivores The term hepato refers to the ______. - Liver The standard symbol for the element calcium is ___. - Ca Which of the following is the correct formula for the conversion of the Fahrenheit degrees to celsius degrees? - C=5/9 (F-32) Cagewash temperatures should be 180 degrees F, what is the temperature on the Celsius scale?

  • C = 0.55555555(180-32) C = 0.55555555(148) C = 82. The anatomic term ventral means towards the ____. - Abdomen The anatomic term medial means towards the ____. - middle of body

Alopecia is defined as ____. - Hair loss A fomite is ____. - a nonliving object that can carry disease organisms A drug that relieves pain is called an _____. - Analgesic What governement agency is in charge of preparing standards and enforcing the Animal Welfare Act? - USDA What is the name of the voluntary accreditation organization that inspects and accredits animal care programs. - AAALAC, international A single notch in the bottom of the right ear and a single punch hole in the top of the left ear indicates what ID # in a mouse? - 16 If the genes for coat color in a sheep are different, the animal is said to be: - heterozygous for coat color In a rodent-breeding colony, which type of breeding scheme should be used to obtain minimal homozygosity in the shortest period of time? - outbreeding Clean rodent barrier rooms should be ventilated at which type of pressure towards the hallway? - Positive pressure The destruction of all organisms on an object is referred to as: - sterilization Commercially prepared rabbit diets have a high ___ content. - Fiber