VTNE Exam Prep Questions

VTNE Exam Prep Questions GRADED A+ (ACTUAL EXAM ) Questions and Answers (Solved)

• A cigar-shaped mite that is seen on a skin scraping from a dog with severe generalized skin

lesions is probably what type of mite?

Answer: Demodex

• A dog presents for his first day of heartworm treatment. He tested positive for heartworms

last week, and the infection was confirmed by chest radiographs and finding microfilariae in his blood. Which drug will this dog receive for killing the heartworms?

Answer: Melarsomine

• What immunoglobulin is the only one to pass through the human placenta, thereby

providing protection to the fetus in utero?

Answer: IgG

• What term describes an enlarged thyroid gland?

Answer: Goiter

• What are the "Joints" in the skull are referred to as?

Answer: Sutures

• You are riding along on a call to a hatchery to help evaluate a group of fish that has begun

to swim erratically and display white spots on the skin and gills. What disease in fish most commonly causes these symptoms?

Answer: - Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

• Which blood chemistry value may be artificially lowered if analysis of a blood sample is

delayed?

Answer: Glucose

• What is an osteosarcoma?

Answer: A malignant bone tumor

• Which is true regarding umbilical hernias?

Answer: They usually consist of a small piece of fat protruding through the body wall and are not life-threatening

• When placing lateral radiographs of the stifle joint on a viewer for a veterinarian to

evaluate, how should the film be oriented?Answer: The cranial or dorsal side of the limb should be to the left and the proximal aspect should be toward the top of the viewbox

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• A patient with a chest tube needs to have lidocaine administered via the tube to help with

pain control. The patient weighs 80 lbs and needs 2 mg/kg of lidocaine administered. The doctor asks that the lidocaine be diluted in an equal volume of saline. The lidocaine comes in a 2% solution. How many total milliliters will you administer into the chest?

Answer: 7.2 mL

• Which disease may be transmitted to humans through aerosolization or direct handling of

urine from an infected patient?

Answer: Leptospirosis

• Which of the following is NOT considered good surgical instrument care?-

Answer: Using tap water

14. Four patients present to your emergency clinic at the same time:

• 2-year old male domestic short hair with a urethral obstruction
• 5-year old female Labrador with a tracheal foreign body and cyanosis
• 10-year old male standard poodle with a laceration on its forelimb
• 4-year old male hamster with elongated teeth

Answer: b, a, c, d

• Sodium fluoride is the preferred anticoagulant for which of the following purposes?

Answer: Measurement of blood glucose

• A woman presents with her 10-week-old kitten that has been experiencing diarrhea. She

brought a fresh fecal sample and you are checking it while the doctor is performing his exam.You see the following under the microscope (see image). What do you tell the doctor when he asks about the fecal sample?

Answer: The kitten has roundworms.

• A 4-year-old domestic short hair cat presents with her pupils being noticeably of two

different sizes (see image). What is the proper term for this condition?

Answer: Anisocoria

• When evaluating urine sediment, a clear-colored square crystal with an X across the

surface is noted throughout the sample. What crystal is this likely to be?

Answer: Calcium Oxalate

• A very young puppy presents with a history of milk coming from his nose and seems to

cough and gurgle when he eats. What deformity commonly results in this presentation?

Answer: Cleft palate

• What is the carnassial tooth?

Answer: The largest shearing tooth of each dental arcade

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• When looking under the microscope at a blood sample of a patient with iron deficiency,

which of the following terms decribes what you would most likely see?

Answer: Hypochromasia

• Which of the following drugs is NOT approved for the use in cattle?

Answer: Xylazine

• A tablet may have enteric coating to serve what purpose?

Answer: To protect the medication from being destroyed by the acids of the stomach

• When placing an epidural in a dog or cat, what landmarks are you palpating to guide proper

spinal needle placement?Answer: Wings of the illium, dorsal spinous process of L7, and the indentation of the lumbosacral junction.

• What does the term "metastasis" used in veterinary medicine most often describe?

Answer: Spread of cancer from the primary site to another site

• Which intestinal parasite is NOT considered zoonotic to humans?

Answer: Coccidia

• For a centrifuge, the relationship between revolutions per minute (RPM) and relative

centrifugal force (g or RCF) can be calculated based on which of the following?

Answer: Radius of the centrifuge head

• Use of an automated hematology analyzer makes which of the following unnecessary

when performing a CBC?

Answer: Cell count on a hemocytometer

• Which of the following fluid types is a colloid?

Answer: Hetastarch

• A dog is having a mass removed from his side. What is the general term for this

procedure?

Answer: Lumpectomy

• You are assisting with chemotherapy treatments. Which of the following is true regarding

blood collection from chemotherapy patients?

Answer: All blood samples should be drawn from the jugular if possible

• Which of the following is true of the liver?

Answer: It makes and stores glucose

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