Vet Tech VTNE Exam Questions & Answers 2026 (1–10)

Question 1

A dog weighs 20 kg and is to receive a drug dosed at 5 mg/kg. How many total milligrams should be given?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

100 mg. Dose equals body weight times the per-kilogram dose: 20 kg x 5 mg/kg = 100 mg.

Question 2

A drug is supplied at 50 mg/mL. To deliver 100 mg, what volume should be drawn up?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

2.0 mL. Volume equals dose divided by concentration: 100 mg / 50 mg/mL = 2.0 mL.

Question 3

Which schedule of controlled drug, under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, has NO accepted medical use and the highest abuse potential?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Schedule I. Schedule I substances have no currently accepted medical use and the highest abuse potential, so they are not used clinically in veterinary practice.

Question 4

A clinic stocks ketamine and hydromorphone. Under DEA rules, these are most commonly classified in which schedule?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Schedule III and Schedule II respectively. Ketamine is a Schedule III drug and hydromorphone is a Schedule II opioid; both require secure storage and a usage log.

Question 5

Amoxicillin belongs to which antibiotic class?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Beta-lactam (penicillin). Amoxicillin is a beta-lactam penicillin that inhibits bacterial cell-wall synthesis.

Question 6

Furosemide is best described as which type of drug?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Loop diuretic. Furosemide is a loop diuretic acting on the loop of Henle; it is widely used to reduce pulmonary edema in congestive heart failure.

Question 7

Why are NSAIDs such as carprofen generally avoided in patients that are dehydrated or hypotensive?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Reduced prostaglandins impair renal perfusion, risking kidney injury. NSAIDs inhibit prostaglandins that maintain renal blood flow; in a volume-depleted patient this can precipitate acute kidney injury.

Question 8

The abbreviation 'SID' on a prescription means the drug is given how often?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Once daily. SID (semel in die) means once daily; BID is twice, TID three times, and QID four times daily.

Question 9

Naloxone is administered to reverse the effects of which drug class?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Opioids. Naloxone is a pure opioid antagonist; it displaces opioids from receptors to reverse respiratory depression and sedation.

Question 10

Atipamezole is the specific reversal agent for which class of sedative?

TheoryPractice · Accepted Answer

Alpha-2 adrenergic agonists. Atipamezole is an alpha-2 antagonist used to reverse dexmedetomidine and xylazine.

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