Free Veterinary Technician National Questions and Answers — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following details is NOT necessary to be included on a prescription label?
- Age of the patient (Correct answer)
- Name of the prescriber
- Address of the dispensing pharmacy
- Date of the prescription
Correct answer: Age of the patient
Each prescription label must state the following: - The pharmacy's name and address. - The prescription's serial number - The prescription's date - The prescriber's name - The patient's name - The drug's name and dosage - Useful information - Cautionary remarks when necessary
Question 2: What shouldn't fluoroquinolones be used in?
- Older animals because they cause arthropathy
- Young animals because they cause arthropathy (Correct answer)
- Growing animals because they cause heart conduction disturbance
- Pregnant animals because they cause abortion
Correct answer: Young animals because they cause arthropathy
Chondrocytes are poisoned by fluoroquinolones. Vesicles are formed by damaged chondrocytes on the surfaces of joints. Arthritis damage from fluoroquinolones is more likely to occur at higher doses. Animals infected develop lameness.
Question 3: Which aminoglycoside is the most harmful to the kidneys?
- Amikacin
- Tobramycin
- Neomycin (Correct answer)
- Streptomycin
Correct answer: Neomycin
The most nephrotoxic aminoglycoside is neomycin. Nephrotoxicosis, ototoxicosis, and vestibulotoxicosis are three of the main side effects of aminoglycosides. With frequent and prolonged administration of aminoglycosides, especially when trough concentrations are chronically increased, nephrotoxicosis risk increases. According to articles in the veterinary literature, neomycin is the most kidney-damaging of the group.
Question 4: Which drug class is NOT a wise choice to treat a gram-positive anaerobe infection?
- Beta-lactams
- Tetracyclines
- Macrolides
- Aminoglycosides (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Aminoglycosides
When it comes to gram-positive anaerobes, beta-lactams and macrolides are consistently effective. Some gram-positive anaerobes are also clinically resistant to tetracyclines. Clinically, aminoglycosides are ineffective against gram-positive anaerobes.
Question 5: The pace at which isotonic replacement crystalloid fluids should be administered intravenously to a dog in compensatory shock is?
- 30 (mL/kg)/hr
- 45 (mL/kg)/hr
- 60 (mL/kg)/hr
- 90 (mL/kg)/hr (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 90 (mL/kg)/hr
Dogs exhibiting compensatory shock or early decompensatory shock should be given 90 mL/kg of isotonic crystalloid replacement fluid per hour. It is standard procedure to provide 1/3 of the volume as a quick bolus before rechecking vital signs (such blood pressure). Give the next third of the volume if the patient is still exhibiting indications of shock, then reevaluate and give the final third if necessary.
Question 6: If a patient presented with dry and retracted eyes, dry mucous membranes, weak and rapid pulses, and a significant loss of skin turgor, at what percentage of interstitial dehydration would you estimate the patient to be?
- 0–3%
- 4–5%
- 8–10% (Correct answer)
- More than 11%
Correct answer: 8–10%
It is possible to estimate that a patient has 8–10% interstitial dehydration if they have dry and retracted eyes, dry mucous membranes, weak and fast pulses, and a considerable loss of skin turgor.
Question 7: How many mL of a 50% dextrose solution must be added to a 500 mL bag of 0.45% NaCl to make a 5% dextrose solution? (Presume that a comparable volume of the NaCl solution will be taken out before the dextrose is introduced.)
- 100%
- 50 mL (Correct answer)
- 25 mL
- 5 mL
Correct answer: 50 mL
Dextrose weighs 0.5 g per milliliter of 50% dextrose. 50 g of dextrose per liter, or 25 g per half liter, will be present in a 5% solution. The 500 mL bag of 0.45% NaCl will need to be converted to a 5% dextrose solution using 50 mL of the 50% dextrose in order to add 25 g to the solution. The bag should first have 50 mL of NaCl removed before dextrose is added in the appropriate quantity.
Free Veterinary Technician National Questions and Answers
Which of the following details is NOT necessary to be included on a prescription label?