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ALAT Certification Study Questions with Correct Answers Other than the ALAT Training Manual, name the publication that you must read and study to prepare for the ALAT certification exam. ✔✔ The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals List the three levels of AALAS Technician Certification. ✔✔ Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT), Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATg) What organization was formed in 1950 by Dr. Nathan Brewer and other veterinarians? ✔✔ Animal Care Panel (ACP) In 1967, the Animal Care Panel (ACP) changed it's name to what? ✔✔ American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences (AALAS) What does the acronym RALAT mean? ✔✔ Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician What does the acronym RLAT mean? ✔✔ Registered Laboratory Animal Technician What does the acronym RLATg mean? ✔✔ Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist What does the Principle Investigator do? ✔✔ Plans and coordinates all phases of the research work and prepares the protocol What is an Animal Use Protocol? ✔✔ A document written by the Principal Investigator and approved by the IACUC, that describes and justifies the use of animals for a project What does the acroynm IACUC mean? ✔✔ International Animal Care and Use Committee What is the PHS Policy? ✔✔ Federal mandate that covers all live vertebrates used or intended for use in research, research training, experimentation, biological testing