l. What is the primary federal granting agency through which the United States conducts and supports biomedical research?
1. National Science Foundation ( NSF)
2. National Institutes of Health (NI H)
3. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
4. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
National Institutes of Health (NI H)
What is an animal use protocol?
1. A deta iled explanation of a research project involving animals
2. The standard operating procedure for animal husbandry
3. A request for money to finance animals used in a research project
4. A description of all animals used in a facility over a 1 year period
A deta iled explanation of a research project involving animals
What is the purpose of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee's (IACUC's) protocol review?
1. To ensure animal welfare and regulatory compliance
2. To ascertain whether the protocol remains within budgetary guidelines
3. To provide a mechanism for publishing the study results
4. To assure that AAALAC accreditation is maintained
To ensure animal welfare and regulatory compliance
Which statement regarding the post approval monitoring (PAM) program is TRUE?
1. A post approval monitoring program is mandated by law.
2. A post approval monitoring program is typically under the control of the attending veterinarian.
3. A post approval monitoring program helps ensure that Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)-approved procedures are being followed.
4. The staff of the post approval monitoring program decides what punitive actions are required if deficiencies are noted.
A post approval monitoring program helps ensure that Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)-approved procedures are being followed.
A systematic investigation to establish facts is the definition of what term?
1. Hypothesis
2. Protocol
3. Data
4. Research
Research
What is the correct name for the acronym IACUC?
1. Informational Animal Care and Use Committee
2. Institutional Animal Care and Use Council
3. c Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
4. Institutional Annual Costs and Use Committee
c Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
What is the name of the paperwork necessary to request research money?
1. Grant application
2. Animal use protocol
3. Request for approval
4. Principal investigator submission
Grant application
What documentation is required before an investigator can begin a study using animals?
1. Association for Assessment and Accreditation of LaboratoryAnimalCare(AAALAC)accreditation
2. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval of the animal use protocol
3. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) certification
4. All of the above
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval of the animal use protocol
Which feature must be provided for nonhuman primates as required by the Animal Welfare Act(AWA)?
1. An exercise program
2. Psychological enrichment
3. Access to an outdoor area
4. Structures for climbing
Psychological enrichment
What document must an institution have before the Public Health Service (PHS) will award a grant or contract that involves the use of animals?
1. An approved Animal Welfare Assurance
2. A quality assurance unit
3. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for every routine activity.
4. D A health certificate from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
An approved Animal Welfare Assurance
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