<p>Small Animal Exam 2013</p><p>1. The pituitary gland releases this hormone to stimulate the “milk let down” process.</p><p> a. Adrenaline</p><p> b. Luteinizing</p><p> c. Oxytocin</p><p> d. Estrogen</p><p>2. What connects muscles to bones?</p><p> a. Tendons</p><p> b. Cartilage</p><p> c. Ligaments</p><p> d. Cartilage</p><p>3. What is another name for the skull?</p><p> a. Clavicle</p><p> b. Cranium</p><p> c. Patella</p><p> d. Scapula</p><p>4. Which part of the heart pumps the blood to the lungs?</p><p> a. Right ventricle</p><p> b. Left Ventricle</p><p> c. Aorta</p><p> d. Capillaries 5. Which muscle type is the stomach made of?</p><p> a. Smooth</p><p> b. Cardiac</p><p> c. Skeletal</p><p> d. Digestive</p><p>6. The name of the folds of skin under the neck of a rabbit.</p><p> a. Waddle</p><p> b. Muzzle</p><p> c. Dewlap</p><p> d. Flubber</p><p>7. What allows animals to see color?</p><p> a. Cones </p><p> b. Rods</p><p> c. Triangles</p><p> d. Nictitating membrane</p><p>8. Which adaptation aids in bird’s ability to fly?</p><p> a. Hollow bones</p><p> b. Nictitating membrane b. Jacobson’s Organ</p><p> c. Air bladder</p><p>9. The ______system helps to trap and filter out bacteria, viruses, and other unwanted substances from the body?</p><p> a. reproductive</p><p> b. lymphatic</p><p> c. nervous</p><p> d. respiratory </p><p>10. What is the name of the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder?</p><p> a. urethra</p><p> b. oviduct</p><p> c. ureter </p><p> d. fibrotube</p><p>11. What is the percentage of dry matter in a dog food that is 8.0% (min) crude protein, 7.0% (min) crude fat, 1.5 % (max) crude fiber, and 78% (max) moisture?</p><p> a. 16.5% DM</p><p> b. 22% DM</p><p> c. 15% DM</p><p> d. 8% DM</p><p>12. Which is not a main nutrient?</p><p> a. Carbohydrates</p><p> b. Proteins c. Water</p><p> d. Enzymes</p><p>13. Which nutrient is the most important?</p><p> a. Carbohydrate</p><p> b. Protein</p><p> c. Water</p><p> d. Lipids</p><p>14. Vitamin K is important because ______</p><p> a. it prevents scurvy.</p><p> b. it provides energy.</p><p> c. it helps clot blood.</p><p> d. it keeps the right amount of calcium in the blood.</p><p>15. Guinea pigs, unlike many other animals, cannot synthesize this vitamin in their body and must therefore get in their diet.</p><p> a. Vitamin A</p><p> b. Vitamin B</p><p> c. Vitamin C</p><p> d. Vitamin D 16. Cats are known as true carnivores, therefore they need a high percentage of protein in their diet. What percentage of their diet should be from animal-type proteins?</p><p> a. 10-20%</p><p> b. 15-25%</p><p> c. 30-40%</p><p> d. 50-60%</p><p>17. Rabbits engage in coprophagy. What does that mean?</p><p> a. That they chew on wood to help keep their teeth short.</p><p> b. That they eat their own feces to get additional nutrients that weren’t absorbed the first time it was digested.</p><p> c. That they eat only hay.</p><p> d. That they drink a lot of water to help flush out toxins </p><p>18. Fats have ______times as much energy as an equivalent amount of carbohydrates?</p><p> a. 1</p><p> b. 1.5</p><p> c. 2</p><p> d. 2.25</p><p>19. Anemia is a condition associated with a deficiency in which mineral?</p><p> a. Calcium</p><p> b. Iron c. Zinc</p><p> d. Copper</p><p>20. In birdseeds, cereal seeds contain higher ______compared to oil seeds. </p><p> a. Carbohydrates </p><p> b. Proteins </p><p> c. Fat </p><p> d. Sugar </p><p>21. Periodontal disease is caused by</p><p> a. virus</p><p> b. bacteria </p><p> c. genetic mutation</p><p> d. several different pathogens</p><p>22. Which cat disease can cause fetal birth defects during a woman’ s pregnancy?</p><p> a. Toxoplasmosis</p><p> b. Feline Rhinotraheitis (PVR)</p><p> c. Feline Calicivirus</p><p> d. Coronavirus</p><p>23. Leptospirosis is caused from a </p><p> a. bacteria</p><p> b. virus</p><p> c. parasite</p><p> d. amoeba 24. Which disease in fish is caused by the parasite Oodinium that penetrates the skin cells and feed on them?</p><p> a. White Spot</p><p> b. Slime Disease</p><p> c. Hole-in- the-Head</p><p> d. Velvet Disease</p><p>25. If your rabbit is sneezing with a white-colored nasal discharge, what would your diagnosis be?</p><p> a. Snuffles</p><p> b. Weepy Eye</p><p> c. Papillomatosis</p><p> d. Ringworm</p><p>26. Alopecia in birds is a loss of______.</p><p> a. appetite</p><p> b. feathers</p><p> c. hearing</p><p> d. sight</p><p>27. Heartworm is transmitted by ______.</p><p> a. Mosquitoes</p><p> b. Fleas</p><p> c. Ticks</p><p> d. Lovebugs 28. Which dog parasite lives in the lower digestive tract of a dog, especially the cecum? They thread their narrow end into the lining of the cecum and will produce football-shaped eggs that will end up in the dog feces.</p><p> a. Hookworm</p><p> b. Roundworm</p><p> c. Whipworm</p><p> d. Ringworm</p><p>29. Dogs that have hookworm may suffer from ______.</p><p> a. anemia</p><p> b. jaundice</p><p> c. giardia</p><p> d. paralysis </p><p>30. What is the common name for Infectious Tracheobronchitis?</p><p> a. Kennel Cough</p><p> b. Snuffles</p><p> c. Rabies</p><p> d. Sniffles</p><p>31. Lactation is </p><p> a. The length of time that an animal is pregnant</p><p> b. The act of giving birth</p><p> c. The production of milk</p><p> d. The first milk produced after giving birth 32. A rabbit is pregnant for </p><p> a. 21 days</p><p> b. 25 days</p><p> c. 30 days</p><p> d. 37 days</p><p>33. Cats are known as induced ovulators which means…</p><p> a. they will ovulate at the same time during estrous.</p><p> b. they will ovulate only after mating has occurred.</p><p> c. they will ovulate before mating has occurred.</p><p> d. They will ovulate whenever they feel like it.</p><p>34. What are the stages of estrous in their correct order?</p><p> a. Proestrus, estrus, metestrus, diestrus</p><p> b. Estrus, proestrus, diestrus, metestrus</p><p> c. metestrus, proestrus, estrus, diestrus</p><p> d. metestrus, proestrus, diestrus, estrus</p><p>35. The physical expression of traits is known as ______.</p><p> a. Phenotype</p><p> b. Genotype</p><p> c. Creative-type</p><p> d. Mitosis 36 . The Jersey Wooly breed was developed by crossing which two breeds?</p><p> a. Satin and Angora</p><p> b. Himalayan and Angora</p><p> c. Netherland Dwarf and Angora</p><p> d. Dutch and Satin</p><p>37. What does the term ovoviviparous mean?</p><p> a. animal lays external eggs</p><p> b. animal retains eggs within their bodies until they hatch, and then give birth to live young.</p><p> c. Animal retains the young in their bodies within a placental sac.</p><p> d. none of the above</p><p>38. What percentage of kittens will be black if you cross a tomcat that is Bb with a queen that is bb?</p><p>(B= black and b= orange)</p><p> a. 25%</p><p> b. 50%</p><p> c. 75%</p><p> d. 100%</p><p>39. How many days, on average, is a dog’s gestation?</p><p> a. 40 days b. 45 days</p><p> c. 50 days</p><p> d. 65 days</p><p>40. As a female dog approaches whelping, her temperature will ______.</p><p> a. stay the same</p><p> b. increase</p><p> c. decrease</p><p> d. increase and then decrease</p><p>41. According to the AKC, which dog group does the German Shepherd belong to?</p><p> a. Working group</p><p> b. Herding group</p><p> c. Sporting group</p><p> d. Non-sporting group</p><p>42. The Birman cat is known for its white paws. In the cat-show world, what are the front white paws referred to?</p><p> a. boots</p><p> b. socks</p><p> c. gloves</p><p> d. slippers</p><p>43. Which one of these purebred cats has the potential to be tail-less?</p><p> a. Himalayan</p><p> b. Bombay c. Maine Coon</p><p> d. Manx</p><p>44. When clipping a dog’s nail, what part should you not cut into?</p><p> a. The quick</p><p> b. The patella</p><p> c. The slow</p><p> d. The clavicle</p><p>45. Which bird is known as the best sound mimicking bird?</p><p> a. Sun Conure b. Parakeet c. Umbrella Cockatoo d. African Gray</p><p>46. Which bacteria convert nitrites to nitrates?</p><p> a. Nitrobacter</p><p> b. Autotrophic</p><p> c. Nitrosomonas</p><p> d. Streptococcus</p><p>47. How many fish can you put in a fish tank that is 2.5 ft. x 1 ft. in size? (The rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish for every 10 square inches of water)</p><p> a. 10 one inch fish</p><p> b. 17 one inch fish</p><p> c. 25 one inch fish</p><p> d. 36 one inch fish 48. pH is important to monitor in a fish tank. If the pH is 5, the pH is considered______.</p><p> a. acidic</p><p> b. alkaline</p><p> c. neutral</p><p> d. none of the above</p><p>49. Fur, research and meat are all valid uses of which species? a. cat b. dog c. rabbit d. fish</p><p>50. Any change in the rate, rhythm or conduction with the heart is called a/an a. arrhythmia. b. erythropoiesis. c. murmur. d. tachycardia.</p>