ALAT Certification Study Questions & Answers 100% Verified!!
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ALAT Certification
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to prepare for the ALAT certification exam. - ANSWER The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. - ANSWER Assistant Laboratory Animal Technic...
ALAT Certification Study Questions &
Answers 100% Verified!!
Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to prepare
for the ALAT certification exam. - ANSWER The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. - 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? - ANSWER
Animal Care Panel (ACP)
In 1967, the Animal Care Panel (ACP) changed it's name to what? - ANSWER American Association
for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS)
What does the acronym RALAT mean? - ANSWER Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician
What does the acronym RLAT mean? - ANSWER Registered Laboratory Animal Technician
What does the acronym RLATg mean? - ANSWER Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist
What does the Principle Investigator do? - ANSWER Plans and coordinates all phases of the research
work and prepares the protocol
What is an Animal Use Protocol? - 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? - ANSWER International Animal Care and Use Committee
What is the PHS Policy? - 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? - 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? -
ANSWER Reduction
What nonprofit organization accredits laboratory animal research programs? - ANSWER Association
for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
What guidelines must an animal facility follow when research animals are euthanized at the end of a
study? - ANSWER AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia
Beyond food, water, shelter, and healthcare requirements, to comply with the Animal Welfare Act,
what must be provided to dogs in a laboratory animal research facility? - ANSWER Opportunities for
exercise
What does the acronym SOP stand for? - ANSWER Standard Operating Procedure
What are the 3 Rs? - ANSWER Replacement, refinement, reduction
How often must an IACUC perform inspections of the facility? - ANSWER Every 6 months
Who has the authority to sign the PHS Assurance? - ANSWER The Institutional Official
Who reviews all animal use protocols at the institution before studies using animals can begin? -
ANSWER International Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
What regulation applies to animal and non-animal research and safety studies funded or reviewed by
the FDA and the EPA? - ANSWER Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
Records of USDA inspections are available to the public under a provision of which federal law? -
ANSWER Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
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