Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) · TVMA Policies & Guidelines, updated January 1, 2025; Level I Skills Validation Checklist, application updated November 18, 2025. The generic workbook label 'Veterinary Assistant, CVA' is mapped here to TVMA's entry-level CVA Level I examination. The listed domains use the official skills-checklist headings, not an invented list of the ten written-examination modules.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• TVMA Certified Veterinary Assistant
• TVMA Certified Veterinary Assistant Policies & Guidelines
• TVMA CVA Level I Exam Application and Skills Validation Checklist
• TVMA CVA Policies & Guidelines, Version 1.1
• AHRQ: Teach-Back
• AAHA: Work as a team to communicate a spectrum-of-care philosophy to clients
• AAHA/IAAHPC End-of-Life Care Guidelines: Patient considerations
• AAHA/IAAHPC: Courageous conversations—body care
• AAHA: Sample environmental cleaning and disinfection protocol
• AAHA: Humane restraint of animals
• Cooperative Extension: Safe Loading Practices for Horses
• AAHA: What kind of PPE should I wear?
• OSHA: Protecting Yourself When Handling Contaminated Sharps
• NIOSH: Veterinary Safety and Health Hazard Prevention and Control
• FDA: All Creatures Great and Small—Properly Medicate Them All
• FDA: Medication Errors Happen to Pets, Too
• AAHA Nutrition Guidelines: Screening Evaluation
• AAHA Nutrition Guidelines: Nutritional Risk Factors
• AAHA: Feeding Plans for Healthy, Appropriate Weight Cats and Dogs
• Cornell AHDC: How to Submit a Urine Specimen for Culture
• Cornell Clinical Pathology: Samples & Submissions
• CDC: Sterilization and Disinfection
• AAHA Dental Care Guidelines: Operator protection
• NIOSH: About Anesthetic Gases and Reproductive Health