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WorksheetsRESAL 2024 full exam
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
At which age mice must be weaned by law? (open)
P21
P19
P7
E21
Provide method allowing researchers to generate genetically modified organisms. (open)
CRISPR/Cas9
Lentiviral injection
Pronuclear injection
Cre-LoxP
Which environmental parameters are important to control in animal facilities to offer optimal housing conditions ? (open)
Temperature
Humidity
Oxygen
Noise
What is the most developed sense in mice and rats ? (open)
Whiskers
Olfaction
Taste
Sixth sense
After module 1 training course, how many days of continuing education do you have to follow every four years? (open)
Three
Four
Five
Half a day per year
How many severity degrees do we have in Swiss experimentation? (open)
Five
Four
Three
Severity degrees are not related to climate warming
Provide one strain of laboratory mice. (open)
C57BL/6
Wild-type
Balb-G
Mickey
Which authority is responsible for controlling running experiments? (open)
Federal veterinary office
Controls are done on a voluntary basis
RESAL
Cantonal veterinary office
Which of these identification procedures facts are correct?
Ear tags are authorized in Switzerland
Ear punch are only authorized with biological sampling
A maximum on 2 phalanx can be amputated per animal
Phalanx amputation can be done at 10 days
What key points should the score sheet address?
It should be simple
It must contain specific criteria for actions to be taken.
It must be available at any time for the authorities.
It must be adapted to the project and easily recordable.
Which animals are protected by the animal welfare law?
Cephalopods and decapods
Drosophila
Mammals, birds, and reptiles from the last third of gestation
Larval stages of fish and amphibians before gathering food independently.
What should be the optimal temperature of the room housing mice within a facility, taking mice and humans into account?
19 degrees Celsius
22 degrees Celsius
26 degrees Celsius
Among the following activities, which one is or are in line with the 3R concept?
Set an accurate colony management plan to produce or use a rational number of animals.
Train animals for voluntary uptake instead of using the gavage method.
Use the cup and tunnel handling instead of the tail.
Use animals for an experiment when an alternative non-animal approach is available.
Regarding severity degrees, which is or are the correct proposals?
It refers to the level of suffering of an animal undergoing the procedure.
It refers to the gravity of the disease you are studying.
The prospective grade is the severity of suffering estimated during the planning of the experiments.
An animal that has a severity degree one is suffering more than an animal with a severity degree two.
Why is it important to implement a health monitoring in an animal facility?
To protect our workers against allergies.
For animal health and welfare, to detect contamination, and to be able to treat animals
For scientific reasons, pathogenic microorganisms or agents can interfere with science
To protect workers against zoonoses
In a pipeline for behavioral mouse characterization, how do you organize different tests?
From the less relevant to the most relevant
From the most relevant to the less relevant
From the most stressful to the less stressful
From the less stressful to the most stressful
When are you allowed to start an experiment involving rodents?
As soon as you receive the Form B
After the federal vet appeal period
Directly after sending the Form A
When you submit the license on Animex
What is/are the visual criteria allowing you to evaluate rodent pain after surgical procedures?
Piloerection
Vocalizations
Grooming
Facial grimaces
Hyperthermia
What is or are the assessment criteria for determining whether an experiment can be authorized?
Experimental methods that provide the largest amount of data, whatever the pain inflicted to the animals.
Minimum number of animals with statistical significance.
Scientific breakthrough
Which of the following statements is or are correct?
Experimenters can handle laboratory rodents without proper qualification.
An SPF status is more restrictive than a conventional status
Animals from a collaborative lab abroad can directly be imported without quarantine.
Single housing for mice and rats is not allowed without justification
In which case is animal dignity impaired?
An experiment is allowed even if the balance cost-benefit is impaired.
When results of experiments are non-significant.
When stress, anxiety, and distress are unjustifiably inflicted on animals.
When should you define humane endpoints?
During the experiment
Before the experiment
When you submit the annual license (Form C)
