CPIA Exam Study Set: Questions

CPIA Exam Study Set: Questions &

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True/ False. The third Nuremberg Code states that experiments should be designed and based on animal experimentation.(Ans- True

What year did Congress pass the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act?

• 1971
• 1963
• 1966
• 1979

(Ans- c. 1966

In what year was the Animal Care Panel established?

• 1950
• 1976
• 1963
• 1985

(Ans- a. 1950

True False, in 1963 the incorporation of the American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) was established.(Ans- False, AAALAC was incorporated in 1965.

In what year was the first edition of the Guide was developed?

• 1950
• 1963
• 1965
• 1967

(Ans- b. 1963

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True/ False: The Animal Care Panel changed its name to the American

Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) in 1967.(Ans- True

In what year was the first Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals?

• 1971
• 1973
• 1974
• 1979

(Ans- b. 1973

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) was established in which year?

• 1973
• 1974
• 1979
• 1982

(Ans- a. 1973

True/False: The PHS Policy required each animal-using grantee institution

to have a PHS Assurance and a committee to maintain oversight of its animal care program in 1979.(Ans- True

What year was the U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training promulgated?

• 1979
• 1982
• 1985
• 1986

(Ans- c. 1985

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What year was the Health Research Extension Act passed by congress?

• 1979
• 1982
• 1985
• 1986

(Ans- c.1985

True/ False: The Animal Welfare Act Amendments passed by Congress in

1985.(Ans- True

AAALAC became the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International in what year?

• 1990
• 1991
• 1996
• 2000

(Ans- c. 1996

True/False: OPRR Division of Animal Welfare was separated from OPRR

and became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), NIH in 2002.(Ans- False. The OPRR Division of Animal Welfare became the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) in 2000

True/ False: There are 10 U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization

and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training.(Ans- False. There are 9 U.S. Government Principles

True/ False: Risk/ Benefit Analysis is for research that involves more than

minimal risk of harm to the subjects, the investigator must assure that the amount of benefit clearly outweighs the amount of risk. Only if there is a favorable risk - benefit ratio may a study be considered ethical.(Ans- True

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