True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false. Indicate your answer by placing a ‘T’ or ‘F’ on
the line provided.
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Cats require 30 - 40% protein
in their diet.
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2.
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All reptiles have a four
chamber heart.
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3.
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A gerbil will mate for
life.
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4.
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Wild rats carry zoonotic
diseases.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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5.
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A female dog comes into estrus on an average of?
a. | every six to seven
weeks | c. | every six to seven months
| b. | every sixty three
days | d. | every other
week |
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6.
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Which is the proper term for
ear mites?
a. | demodectic | c. | trombicula alfreddregest | b. | sarcoptic | d. | otodectes cyanotis |
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7.
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When socializing a puppy, it is
best to do it at what age?
a. | six-ten months of
age | c. | five to twelve weeks of
age | b. | ten to twenty weeks of age | d. | two to four months of age |
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8.
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The first milk produced by a
mother dog is called?
a. | whelp | b. | eclampis | c. | estrus | d. | colostrum |
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9.
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The general structure, look,
and make-up of an animal is called?
a. | pedigree | c. | conformation | b. | source | d. | ancestry |
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10.
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There are two types of heart
disease in dogs; congenital and ?
a. | fatal | b. | acquired | c. | progressive | d. | fast |
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11.
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Trichuris
vulpis is the proper term for
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a. | heartworms | b. | hookworms | c. | whipworms | d. | ringworms |
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12.
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What kind of dog food has the
advantage of being cheap, easy to use, and won’t spoil?
a. | dry | c. | canned | b. | semi-moist | d. | all of these are correct |
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About how long should you wait
to exercise your dog after a meal?
a. | one half
hour | c. | one and a half
hours | b. | one hour | d. | two hours |
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14.
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The Manchester Terrier is in
what AKC category?
a. | herding
| b. | terrier | c. | working | d. | toy |
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15.
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How many bones does the feline
body have?
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The Russian Blue cat is in
which category?
a. | long
haired | b. | short
haired |
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17.
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Notoedres Catiis a highly
contagious external parasite
a. | feline
lice | c. | feline
scabies | b. | feline mite | d. | feline flea |
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What is the third receptor
located in the roof of the cats mouth?
a. | Nicitating
membrane | c. | Jacobson’s
organ | b. | Olfactory mucosa | d. | Papillae |
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If a cat’s food is too
high in liver/liver-by-products,what poisoning can occur?
a. | vitamin
K | b. | vitamin
C | c. | vitamin B
| d. | vitamin
A |
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Cats with what color eye/hair
combination are more prone to deafness?
a. | blue/white | b. | green/calico | c. | grey/orange | d. | yellow/black |
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21.
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How long are cats
pregnant?
a. | 40 days | b. | 55 days |
c. | 65 days |
d. | 70 days |
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Shedding oocysts in a
cat’s fecal is what symptom?
a. | Pneumonitis | c. | Toxoplasma gondii | b. | Leukemia | d. | Entropian |
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An inflammation of the
rabbit’s mammary tissue is called.
a. | Mastitis | b. | Syphilis | c. | Snuffles | d. | Wry Neck |
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Which of the following food
should not be fed to a rabbit?
a. | guinea pig food
| c. | hamster
pellets | b. | green leafy vegetables | d. | apples and papaya’s |
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25.
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New Zealand White is one rabbit
breed used for meat consumption, name the other breed.
a. | Carolinian | b. | Californian | c. | Columbian | d. | Central |
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26.
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What hamster disease caused
from a bacterium causes severe diarrhea and death?
a. | Tyzzer | c. | Snuffles | b. | Eimeria | d. | Papillomatosis |
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The condition where the upper
and lower teeth do not meet.
a. | Oral
Mucosa | b. | Malocclusion | c. | Trophozoites | d. | Enterities |
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28.
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The Abyssinian guinea pig is
covered with what?
a. | crests | b. | ticking | c. | rosettes | d. | long hair |
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29.
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How many different species of
cavy are there?
a. | four | b. | five | c. | six | d. | seven |
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30.
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Guinea Pigs are
born?
a. | pink and
helpless | c. | fully
developed | b. | blind and deaf with fur | d. | blind and deaf without fur |
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There are three types of
amphibian habitats; aquatic,semi-aquatic and
a. | woodland
| b. | terrestrial | c. | vivarium | d. | aquarium |
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What amphibian disease is
caused by a bacterium in standing water?
a. | Metamorphosis | c. | red leg | b. | wet tail | d. | wry neck |
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33.
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As an amphibian larval stage,
where would they live?
a. | lakes | b. | land | c. | sand | d. | grass |
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34.
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Newly hatched tadpoles lack
legs, lungs, true jaws and what?
a. | eyelids | b. | long tails | c. | high fins | d. | gills |
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35.
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Ambyhstomatidae is in which
amphibian family?
a. | fire
salamander | c. | mud puppy
| b. | tiger
salamander | d. | Congo
eel |
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36.
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Most salamanders and newts
breed during which season?
a. | fall | b. | winter | c. | spring | d. | summer |
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37.
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Nocturnal species of snakes
have which kind of pupils?
a. | horizontal | b. | round | c. | vertical | d. | opaque |
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38.
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Relative humidity should be
kept at about what percent for reptiles?
a. | 20 - 40 | b. | 50 - 70 | c. | 80 - 100 | d. | 110 - 120 |
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39.
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How many different orders of
reptiles exist?
a. | three | b. | four | c. | five | d. | six |
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40.
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What is the only venomous
lizard in the world?
a. | basiliaks | c. | Mexican beaded | b. | savannah monitor | d. | Jackson chameleon |
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What term identifies different
physical characteristics between male and female?
a. | viviparous | b. | dimorphism | c. | hemipenis | d. | cloacal |
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42.
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How do you sex a mature
Budgerigar?
a. | fight feathers
| c. | color of
cere | b. | size of bird | d. | size of nape |
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A new bird should be left alone
for how long when brought home?
a. | not at
all | c. | a day or
two | b. | a few hours | d. | a few months |
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44.
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Zebra Finch’s originated
where?
a. | Argentina | b. | Australia | c. | Asia | d. | Africa |
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45.
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Which bird is unable to mimic
the human voice?
a. | lovebirds
| b. | cockatiels | c. | macaws | d. | budgerigars |
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46.
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Tremors, wings droops,
partial/complete leg paralysis or twisted necks are symptoms of?
a. | Newcastle
disease | c. | goiter’s | b. | pacheos parrot disease | d. | rickets |
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47.
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Which feathers serve no
purpose?
a. | filoplume | c. | flight | b. | powder-down | d. | contour |
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48.
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The Circadian Rhythm serves
what purpose?
a. | signals
hunger | c. | signals
sleep | b. | signals thirst | d. | signals the passing of time |
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49.
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Small Animals need what amount
of humidity their cage?
a. | high | c. | low | b. | medium | d. | it doesn’t matter |
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50.
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Which bedding can cause toxic
and allergic reaction?
a. | pine wood shavings
| c. | regular
newspaper | b. | ground corn cob | d. | sawdust |
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51.
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Which is the best type of food
dish for small animals?
a. | metal
bowls | c. | light
plastic | b. | crocks | d. | tin |
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52.
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Which lighting causes small
animals to be nervous?
a. | normal
bulbs | c. | shadowy
lighting | b. | direct sunlight | d. | lights don’t make them
nervous |
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53.
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What is the best all around
housing for your rodent?
a. | plastic bottom cage with wire
sides/top | b. | glass/acrylic aquarium | c. | interconnected tubes | d. | wooden cages |
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54.
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Which accessory is best for a
rodent?
a. | rubber
toy | c. | PVC pipe
| b. | plastic
toy | d. | don’t need
accessories |
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55.
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Which wood is suitable for a
rodent?
a. | cherry | b. | cedar | c. | white pine | d. | nutwood |
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56.
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Rodents need help
digesting?
a. | minerals | b. | carbohydrates | c. | proteins | d. | vitamins |
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57.
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The process of eating their own
feces is called?
a. | malocclusion | b. | cellulose | c. | coprophagy | d. | diastema |
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58.
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A golden Hamster is also
called.....
a. | Indian | b. | Siberian | c. | Russian | d. | Syrian |
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59.
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Which hamster sex makes a
better pet?
a. | female | b. | male | c. | doesn’t really matter |
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60.
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A hamster has what kind of
eyesight?
a. | farsighted | c. | 20/20 | b. | nearsighted | d. | astigmatism |
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61.
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The word Hamster
means?
a. | sneaky | b. | to hoard | c. | to gnaw | d. | fuzzy |
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62.
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About how long after a gerbil
is born does it grow fur?
a. | they are born with
fur | c. | 14
days | b. | 7 days | d. | 21
days |
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An undesirable trait of a
gerbil would be
a. | blue
eyes | b. | agouti coloring | c. | crook tail | d. | white spot on forehead |
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64.
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Gerbils reach sexual maturity
at what age?
a. | 9 - 12
weeks | c. | 22 - 26
weeks | b. | 16 - 19 weeks | d. | 30 - 32 weeks |
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A mouse will eat approximately
how many grams of food a day?
a. | five | b. | six | c. | seven | d. | eight |
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66.
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A mouse with ataxia will show
symptoms of .....
a. | waltzing | b. | sleeping | c. | dizzy | d. | shivering |
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67.
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How many species are included
in the family Muridae?
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68.
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When a mouse reaches maturity,
it’s tail will be as long as?
a. | head | c. | body | b. | head and body | d. | half it’s head and body |
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What is the average litter size
for a rat?
a. | 4 - 5
pups | b. | 7 - 11
pups | c. | 12 - 14
pups | d. | 18 - 20
pups |
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70.
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What sex of rat lives the
longest?
a. | male | b. | female | c. | they both live the same amount of time | d. | no one knows |
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71.
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Neoplasia is a common problem
in rats, what is it
a. | nearsightedness | c. | heart problems | b. | aggression | d. | tumors |
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72.
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About how long is the life
expectancy for a chinchilla?
a. | 5 years | c. | 8 - 12 years | b. | 6 - 7 years | d. | 15 years |
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What is the term for
chinchilla’s born fully developed and independent?
a. | pinky | b. | nidifugous | c. | weaned | d. | kindled |
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74.
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A baby ferret is called
a
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75.
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What percent of fiber should a
ferret have in it’s daily diet?
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