ALAT Certification Study Questions and Correct Answers 2023/2024
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Alat
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Alat
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to prepare for the ALAT certification exam. - Correct Answer The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. - Correct Answer Assistant Laboratory ...
ALAT Certification Study Questions and Correct
Answers 2023/2024
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to prepare for the ALAT certification exam. - Correct Answer The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. - Correct Answer Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT), Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATg)
What organization was formed in 1950 by Dr. Nathan Brewer and other veterinarians? - Correct Answer Animal Care Panel (ACP)
In 1967, the Animal Care Panel (ACP) changed it's name to what? - Correct Answer American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS)
What does the acronym RALAT mean? - Correct Answer Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician
What does the acronym RLAT mean? - Correct Answer Registered Laboratory Animal Technician
What does the acronym RLATg mean? - Correct Answer Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist
What does the Principle Investigator do? - Correct Answer Plans and coordinates all phases of the research work and prepares the protocol
What is an Animal Use Protocol? - Correct Answer A document written by the Principal Investigator and approved by the IACUC, that describes and justifies the use of animals for a project
What does the acroynm IACUC mean? - Correct Answer International Animal Care and Use Committee
What is the PHS Policy? - Correct Answer Federal mandate that covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation, biological testing, or for related purposes.
According to the Guide and PHS Policy, what document must institutions comply with when animals are euthanized? - Correct Answer AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia
Using 100 mice in a research study instead of 150 could be an example of which of the 3 R's? - Correct Answer Reduction What type of device identifies individuals using distinct characteristics such as fingerprints or eye structures? - Correct Answer Biometric Scanner
What document should be posted throughout the facility, and is consulted and used when there is an emergency? - Correct Answer Contact list
What federal agency enforces the rules and standards for workplace safety? - Correct Answer Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Should a pregnant employee be assigned to work with cats? Why or why not? - Correct Answer No. Cats can carry the microbes that cause toxoplasmosis, which can harm the fetus
List three important factors for personal protection against radiation. - Correct Answer Time; distance; shielding
What is Toxoplasmosis gondii? - Correct Answer A parasite that can be transmitted through cat feces.
What is a decibel? - Correct Answer A unit which measures loudness
What are Material Safety Data Sheets? - Correct Answer Provides information on toxicity and potential side effects, and describes recommended treatment for exposures.
What is zoonosis? - Correct Answer Disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
What is a N95? - Correct Answer A respirator mask that protects against airborne particles.
Q-Fever is carried by what animal? - Correct Answer Sheep (Ovis Aries)
B virus is carried by what animal? - Correct Answer Macaque
Toxoplasmosis gondii is carried by what animal? - Correct Answer Cat (Felis Cattus)
Tuberculosis is carried by what animal? - Correct Answer Nonhuman primate (NHP)
Who submits the Animal Welfare Assurance of Compliance that the animal research program meets all relevant regulations and standards? - Correct Answer Institutional Official
What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? - Correct Answer Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
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