Examples of Test Questions

Students Name:__________________________

VETERINARY SCIENCE 443/543
FALL 2007
QUIZ 1

(2 Points ) 1. The Animal Welfare Act defines "ANIMAL" as warm-blooded vertebrate animals used in teaching, testing, or research, but then excludes the following warm-blooded animals from coverage under the "ACT":

(2 Points) 2. AAALAC accredited institutions provide oversight for which kinds of animals:

How do AAALAC standards differ from AWA and PHS in regulatory authority?

(2 Points) 3. Which regulation, AWA or PHS requires 5 IACUC members:

What four types of individuals must be among the 5 members:

(2 Points ) 4. Your dog, which you purchased when it was 8 weeks old, has developed skin cancer. You want to donate your animal to a research facility where veterinarians are testing an experimental therapy for this type of cancer. Can an USDA registered research facility accept your animal for this study?

Why can or cannot the research facility accept your pet?

(2 Points:) 5. Which would not be a responsibility of an IACUC?

A. Visiting the University's fish hatchery to ensure adequate care
B. Reviewing a biology student's honors research proposal where she will use mice in a cognitive learning study
C. Going out to inspect an off-campus archeological site where a University employee is snap-trapping deer mice to bring back to the Diagnostic Laboratory for Hanta virus testing.
D. Meeting with a local citizen who is concerned with the care being given to the University's dairy cows.

(1 Bonus) 6. As a student worker in the animal facility, you are concerned because you saw a co-worker mistreat an animal. What should you do?

(2 Points) 7. Describe a "decentralized" animal care and use program:

Why is this type of program liked by the researcher, but disliked by the animal care personnel and the public?

(2 Points) 8. Why are the individuals who take care of the animals (animal technician) so important to the animal research project's success?

(1 BONUS) 9. According to the USDA FY94 Annual Report what percentage of animals used in research experience unrelieved pain or distress:

A. 2%
B. 11%
C. 37%
D. 83%

Susan E. Wilson-Sanders Director, University Animal Care Phone: (520) 626-6702 FX: (520) 626-4079 Wilson-s@u.arizona.edu

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