SAVC Registration Examination Regulatory and State Veterinary Medicine & International Trade: practice questions

1 · Organisation of Veterinary Services (WOAH PVS) · easy

Under the WOAH Terrestrial Code, which body is the 'Veterinary Authority' of a country?

1. The veterinary statutory body that registers veterinarians, keeps the register and disciplines members for professional misconduct across the country
2. Any private veterinarian accredited to sign export certificates for one exporter, acting on behalf of that exporting company
3. The national food-safety agency that sets residue limits and inspects retail shops, acting without any animal-health role
4. The governmental authority responsible across the whole territory for animal health and welfare measures and international veterinary certification

2 · Notifiable disease reporting · medium

After an immediate notification to WOAH, how often are follow-up reports normally sent until the event is resolved or becomes stable?

1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
4. Six-monthly

3 · Quarantine · hard

A group of 30 imported goats is in quarantine. One goat becomes seropositive for a contagious disease on day 18 of a 21-day period. Which action best follows sound quarantine practice?

1. Remove the reactor and release the other 29 goats on day 21 as originally planned, since they tested negative
2. Release all 30 goats on day 21, because one reactor in 30 is within the acceptable level for the import permit
3. Vaccinate the remaining 29 goats on day 18 and release them on day 21 with the vaccination recorded on the permit
4. Remove the reactor, treat the remaining goats as exposed, and retest them over a restarted quarantine period

4 · Movement control · medium

In the WOAH Code, how does a compartment differ from a zone?

1. A compartment is defined mainly by a common biosecurity management system; a zone is defined mainly by geography
2. A compartment is always larger than a zone and must include at least one whole province, state or region of the country
3. A compartment can be declared only for wildlife, while a zone can be declared only for farmed animals
4. A compartment is any area infected with a disease, while a zone is an area officially free of disease

5 · Veterinary certification · hard

Cattle from an infected area are moved to a farm in a free area, held briefly, then exported with certificates showing the free farm as origin. What is this practice called and why does it matter beyond the single shipment?

1. Regionalisation; it is permitted under the SPS Agreement provided the animals stay one week on the farm
2. Laundering of animals; it undermines trust in all the country's certificates and risks closing export markets
3. Compartmentalisation; it is acceptable if the free farm has a biosecurity plan registered with the state office
4. Pre-export quarantine; it is required by the WOAH Code before any export of cattle from a free area

6 · Import risk analysis · hard

Before export, each animal is tested with two independent tests, of sensitivity 0.90 and 0.80, and is rejected if positive on either. What is the probability that an infected animal passes both tests and is exported?

1. 0.72
2. 0.28
3. 0.10
4. 0.02

7 · The WTO SPS Agreement · easy

Which obligation is part of the SPS Agreement's transparency provisions (Article 7 and Annex B)?

1. Sending a veterinary officer to every trading partner to explain each new measure in person
2. Translating every SPS measure into the languages of all trading partners before applying it
3. Allowing exporting members to vote on any new import measure before it can be put into force
4. Notifying the WTO of new or changed SPS measures and keeping a national enquiry point

8 · WOAH Terrestrial and Aquatic Codes · medium

Which WOAH specialist commission assesses Members' applications for official disease status?

1. Biological Standards Commission
2. Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission
3. Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases
4. Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission

9 · Emergency disease response: culling, compensation and ring vaccination · easy

In WOAH terms, what does 'stamping out' include?

1. Killing infected, suspected and exposed animals, disposing of carcasses, and cleaning and disinfecting premises
2. Vaccinating all animals within 3 km of an outbreak and keeping them alive until slaughter age
3. Branding all animals on infected premises so that they can be traced if they are later sold
4. Treating infected animals with antimicrobials and isolating them until clinical signs resolve

10 · Emergency disease response: culling, compensation and ring vaccination · medium

In a tiered emergency command structure, what is the role of a local disease control centre?

1. To negotiate trade restrictions with importing countries and send notifications to WOAH every week
2. To set national compensation rates and approve the national budget for the whole emergency response
3. To produce vaccines for the outbreak and test their potency before they are released for use in the field
4. To run field operations near the outbreak, including surveillance, tracing, valuation, culling and disinfection