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Quiz: KY Production Livestock Skill Stds
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Multiple Choice:
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1)
The ________________ is commonly known as the racing horse.
a. Thoroughbred
b. Quarter Horse
c. Arabian
d. Appaloosa
Correct
Answer
a
2)
Replacement breeding stock are selected on confirmation and ___________, which is the
measurement of an animals ability to gain weight, reproduce, and wean high quality
calves.
a.
b.
c.
d.
frame score
heterosis
age
performance
Correct
Answer
d
3)
Including livestock in a farm business helps to ________ the risks involved in farming over
more enterprises.
a.
b.
c.
d.
increase
decrease
spread
stabilize
Correct
Answer
c
4)
Which of the following is a visual sign of poor health?
a.
b.
c.
d.
loss of appetite
dull, rough hair coat
sunken eyes
all of the above
Correct
Answer
d
5)
What is accomplished by adding or increasing new products and/or enterprises?
a.
b.
c.
d.
diversification
ownership SAE
scope
placement SAE
Correct
Answer
a
6)
What is the placing of semen in the female reproductive tract by artificial techniques?
a.
b.
c.
d.
artificial insemination
genetic engineering
superovulation
standing heat
Correct
Answer
a
7)
When a self-feeder is designed to hold a given amount of feed for a period of time that will
provide maximum palatability, what is it providing the animal?
a. It holds enough feed to give the producer a rest.
b. It is providing a clean and dry area to eat.
c. It means that the self-feeder is providing quality feed over a period of time that
tastes good to the animal.
d. It offers no advantage.
Correct
Answer
c
8)
What are goods sold to another country?
a.
b.
c.
d.
exports
imports
contraband
emigrants
Correct
Answer
a
9)
__________ are essential in skeleton growth and necessary for body systems to function
properly.
a.
b.
c.
d.
fibers
lipids
muscles
minerals
Correct
Answer
d
10)
What are water structures that are made by humans and use flowing water?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Pends
Ponds
Raceways
Tanks
Correct
Answer
c
11)
Which of the following is NOT a use of manure?
a.
b.
c.
d.
fertilizer
methane gas for electricity
organic matter
cleaning fluid for swine buildings
Correct
Answer
d
12)
___________ is the meat of young calves that are not used for replacement animals in the
dairy herd.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Beef
Hide
Intestines
Veal
Correct
Answer
d
13)
What are fixed costs?
a.
b.
c.
d.
costs that change as production levels change
the change in the total cost divided by the change in output
costs including fertilizer, seed, feed, fuel, and hired labor
costs that are constant regardless of level of production
Correct
Answer
d
14)
_________________ is the imposition of a behavior pattern in a young horse by exposure
to stimuli such as human touch.
a.
b.
c.
d.
immanent
imprinting
implacable
impinge
Correct
Answer
b
15)
___________ is a gas that is given off from organic matter.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
c
Fertilizer
Carbon dioxide
Methane
Nitrate
16)
Which breed is the most popular breed of dairy cattle?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ayrshire
Brown Swiss
Holstein
Jersey
Correct
Answer
c
17)
What is the purpose of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
a. expand international trade
b. to remove most barriers of trade and investment among the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico
c. to provide a framwork to negotiate reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers
d. assist those in need
Correct
Answer
b
18)
The first step in conducting agricultural research is identifying the _________ to be
investigated.
a.
b.
c.
d.
hypothesis
laboratory
experiment
problem
Correct
Answer
d
19)
What are items owned by the business and have value?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
a
assets
liabilities
profits
debts
20)
Which of the following breeds of horses are not classified as draft horse?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Belgian
Paint
Clydesdale
Percheron
Correct
Answer
b
21)
Which breeding system is the mating of related animals to increase the genetic purity of
the stock produced?
a.
b.
c.
d.
cross-breeding
grading up
in-breeding
outcrossing
Correct
Answer
c
22)
What is a method of distributing the cost of capital items over the life of the asset?
a.
b.
c.
d.
inventory
depreciation schedule
financial statement
record of receipts
Correct
Answer
b
23)
________ are feed materials that are high in fiber.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Concentrates
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Roughages
Correct
Answer
d
24)
Which term describes the production of one or more exact genetic copies of an animal?
a. cloning
b. superovulation
c. embryo transfer
d. prostaglandin
Correct
Answer
a
25)
Which career opportunity carries out the everyday operation of the farm?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Animal scientist
Farm manager
Agricultural engineer
Veterinarian
Correct
Answer
b
26)
What is an advantage of technology?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Technology decreases productivity.
Technology decreases the standard of living.
Technology makes work easier.
Technology is based on science.
Correct
Answer
c
27)
In the futures market, what is a futures price?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The actual price of the commodity at the future date.
The quoted price for a commodity to be delivered in a pre-determined month.
The complex system of selling commodities using forward pricing.
The price set for future commodities.
Correct
Answer
b
28)
___________ is the appearance of a new trait in the offspring that did not exist in the
genetic makeup of the parents.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Crossover
Linkage
Mutation
Codominance
Correct
Answer
c
29)
Which identifies three of the six essential nutrients?
a.
b.
c.
d.
water, carbohydrates, lipids or fats
disaccharides, ether, fiber
minerals, monosaccharides, nutrients
proteins, ration, vitamins
Correct
Answer
a
30)
What are the three essential elements of a marketing program?
a.
b.
c.
d.
sales, receipts, and profit
price, quality, and service
customers, goods, and facilities
inventory, merchandise, and costs
Correct
Answer
b
31)
Livestock manure affects _____________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
air quality
soil quality
water quality
all the above
Correct
Answer
d
32)
_________________ is a condition that is sometimes referred to as laminitis; an
inflammation of the sensitive laminae under the wall of the hoof.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
a
founder
periople
thrush
coronet
33)
What career works with animal facilities, waste management, environmental impact, and
improving animal products?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Animal scientist
Farm manager
Agricultural engineer
Veterinarian
Correct
Answer
c
34)
Which term is one of the four basic types of digestive systems?
a.
b.
c.
d.
avian
organs
enzymes
pepsin
Correct
Answer
a
35)
Which of the following statements is an advantage of using Embryo Transfer?
a.
b.
c.
d.
high quality sires can be introduced into the herd
it brings all females into estrus at the same time
eliminates the need to purchase herd bulls
allows a donor female with superior genetics to have multiple offspring each year
through recipient females
Correct
Answer
d
36)
__________ is animal tissues and bones from animal slaughterhouses and rendering
plants that are cooked, dried, and ground.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
c
Legume
Forages
Tankage
Roughage
37)
What is a sign of poor animal health?
a.
b.
c.
d.
aggressive eating
oily skin and coat
bright eyes and pinkish membranes
lower milk production
Correct
Answer
d
38)
When the temperature of an animal is elevated above normal, the animal
has a ___________.
a. high pH
b. fever
c. hypothermic condition
d. fervent
Correct
Answer
b
39)
Which of the following breeds is the most popular in the U.S. because of its quality
marbling?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Polled Hereford
Angus
Simmental
Charolais
Correct
Answer
b
40)
Mare’s are seasonally ___________________, which means that she will typically have
multiple estrous cycles only during a certain time of the year.
a.
b.
c.
d.
monoestrous
polyestrous
diestrous
anestrous
Correct
Answer
b
41)
Which statement describes an advantage of artificial insemination?
a. Artificial insemination is less expensive than ownership of a quality sire including
building, feed and labor costs.
b. Increased management will help the operation to be successful.
c. Equipment costs and training can be high for artificial insemination procedures.
d. Considerable money is necessary to begin an artificial insemination business.
Correct
Answer
a
42)
How do livestock help conserve soil and soil fertility?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Livestock create windbreaks to stop wind erosion
Soil-conserving pastures and grasses are used to feed livestock.
Livestock Manure is returned to the soil, maintaining fertility
Both b and c
Correct
Answer
d
43)
What are both sheep and goats raised to produce?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Beef and pork
Mohair
Food and clothing
Hoofs
Correct
Answer
c
44)
Which of the following is NOT a function of a manure-handling system?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Keep animals clean
promote growth of the livestock
provide labor-friendly collection
dispose of waste in a responsible manner
Correct
Answer
b
45)
What is a business owned by one person who makes the decisions?
a. sole proprietorship
b. corporation
c. partnership
d. limited partnership
Correct
Answer
a
46)
What is a form of business where two or more people go into business together?
a.
b.
c.
d.
limited ownership
corporation
partnership
sole proprietorship
Correct
Answer
c
47)
_____________ are chickens that are used to produce large quantities of eggs.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Layers
Broilers
Hens
Roosters
Correct
Answer
a
48)
Which type of swine production system involves the pigs being farrowed and fed up
to harvest weight at the same farm?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Feeder-pig production system
Finishing system
Purebred system
Farrow to Finish system
Correct
Answer
d
49)
An infection of the milk secreting glands in animals is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.
mastitis
mammary fever
tuberculosis
brucellosis
Correct
Answer
a
50)
Which of the following is the best simple definition of biotechnology?
a. selective breeding of livestock
b. applying technology to living organisms to improve existing products or make new
ones
c. hybridization of crops
d. using yeast for bread and bacteria used in fermentation and cheese production
Correct
Answer
b
51)
What is a common system used to treat the wastewater resulting from animal production?
a.
b.
c.
d.
septic systems
lagoons
cooling ponds
municipal sewage treatment plants
Correct
Answer
b
52)
High-quality food has become the norm in the United States due in part to a uniform set of
terms established by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) known as
________________________________.
a. grades
b. weights
c. measures
regulations
Correct
Answer
a
53)
Which is true about manure?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
a
Manure can be used to supplement more expensive commercial fertilizers.
Manure adds mineral matter and harmful microorganisms to soil.
Manure provides little in the way of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
Manure is odorless.
54)
____________ can also be called fiber.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Simple carbohydrates
Complex carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Correct
Answer
b
55)
Which phrase describes the uterus of female mammals?
a.
b.
c.
d.
A Y-shaped structure consisting of the body, two uterine horns and the cervix.
Two tubes that carry ova from the ovaries to the uterus.
The external openings of the reproductive and urinary systems.
The follicles where ova are produced.
Correct
Answer
a
56)
What is the importance of protein as a nutrient?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Protein provides energy needed for normal body maintenance.
Protein is converted into fat to be stored.
Protein is needed to grow new tissues and to repair old tissues in the animal.
Proteins aid the animal's body by assisting to regulate body functions, keeping the
body healthy, and developing resistance to disease.
Correct
Answer
c
57)
What animals assist people in living and work?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Service animals
Companion animals
Meat animals
Dairy cattle
Correct
Answer
a
58)
Which method allows animals to eat feed when they want feed?
a. feedstuff
b. free-access
c. supplement
d. scheduled feeding
Correct
Answer
b
59)
The ____________ is the first and largest compartment of the stomach that contains
bacteria and other microbes that promote fermentation, to breakdown roughages.
a.
b.
c.
d.
reticulum
rumen
omasum
abomasum
Correct
Answer
b
60)
What is the Pearson Square method used for?
a. The method identifies how much roughage, concentrate, and supplement are
needed.
b. It is a simple way to calculate a ration for a specific animal and ingredients for
batches of feed.
c. It determines the weight of feed materials after moisture has been driven out.
d. The method calculates adequate rations of protein, minerals and vitamins.
Correct
Answer
b
61)
The ability of DNA to ___________ itself allows for the molecule to pass genetic
information from one cell generation to the next.
a.
b.
c.
d.
inherit
bond
strand
replicate
Correct
Answer
d
62)
Which is true of the straight-line method of depreciation?
a. It is the most difficult and probably the least used method.
b. It provides equal depreciation during each year of the asset's useful life.
c. It is a way of calculating depreciation in which the rate of annual depreciation
declines as an asset becomes older.
d. It allows for fastest depreciation with a declining amount of depreciation each year.
Correct
Answer
b
63)
What are the most important internal parts of dairy cattle?
a.
b.
c.
d.
artificial insemination
testes
rump and back
reproductive and mammary systems
Correct
Answer
d
64)
What digestive system has a large stomach divided into compartments?
a.
b.
c.
d.
monogastric
pseudo-ruminant
ruminant
trypsin
Correct
Answer
c
65)
The corporation pays _________ to the shareholders to distribute profits.
a.
b.
c.
d.
shares
interest
dividends
capital
Correct
Answer
c
66)
What term describes the size, sales volume, number of acres, etc., of the SAE program?
a.
b.
c.
d.
diversification
ownership SAE
scope
placement SAE
Correct
Answer
c
67)
Handle and dispose of all chemicals according to ____________ storage and disposal
directions.
a.
b.
c.
d.
teacher's
manufacturers'
students'
parents'
Correct
Answer
b
68)
What term is used to describe a mature male hog used for breeding?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Boar
Gilt
Piglet
Sow
Correct
Answer
a
69)
What is a method of branding?
a.
b.
c.
d.
earmarks
hot iron
transmitter
tattooing
Correct
Answer
b
70)
Which term describes the process of giving birth?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
d
Reproduction
Gestation
Incubation
Parturition
71)
What is marbling?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Naturally born without horns
Amount of available retail cuts from the carcass
Used both milk and beef production
Desirable presence of fat in the muscle
Correct
Answer
d
72)
The laws of ___________ always govern the market price.
a.
b.
c.
d.
purebred marketing
direct selling
beef cattle
supply and demand
Correct
Answer
d
73)
What refers to the student activities conducted by students as owners or managers for
profit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
diversification
ownership SAE
scope
placement SAE
Correct
Answer
b
74)
_____________________ is the isolation of an animal infected with or exposed to a
contagious disease.
a.
b.
c.
d.
quandary
disinfect
quarantine
vaccination
Correct
Answer
c
75)
The production of aquatic vegetation and animals is called what?
a.
b.
c.
d.
aquaculture
fishing
aeriation
hatchery
Correct
Answer
a
76)
The ________________, which is located near the larynx, regulates the body’s
metabolism and iodine uptake.
a.
b.
c.
d.
thyroid gland
adrenal gland
pancreas
parathyroid gland
Correct
Answer
a
77)
What is a listing of assets, liabilities, and net worth of a business?
a.
b.
c.
d.
accounts receivable
depreciation schedule
financial statement
accounts payable
Correct
Answer
c
78)
What is a transportation tube that carries the sperm-containing fluid from each epididymis
to the urethra?
a.
b.
c.
d.
cowper's gland
scrotum
testicles
vas deferens
Correct
Answer
d
79)
What are products bought by one country from another country?
a. exports
b. imports
c. tariffs
d. markets
Correct
Answer
a
80)
What are comparisons of two quantities?
a.
b.
c.
d.
percentage
interest
ratio
principal
Correct
Answer
c
81)
What is aquaculture?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Commercially produced water species
Water that is not absorbed by the soil from rain
A facility where eggs are incubated and hatched
The production of aquatic vegetation and animals
Correct
Answer
d
82)
What is found in every cell of the body?
a.
b.
c.
d.
carbohydrates
fats
protein
water
Correct
Answer
d
83)
Protein supplements can be divided into two groups based on the ________ of the protein.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Correct
Answer
d
concentrates
growth
palatability
source
84)
What is the interest amount for $2,000 at 5% for one year?
a.
b.
c.
d.
$50
$100
$120
$1,200
Correct
Answer
b
85)
What is an example of an internal parasite?
a.
b.
c.
d.
fleas
roundworm
mumps
flies
Correct
Answer
b
86)
What is a sheep's coat that is used as a fiber for products such as clothing?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cashmere
Chammy
Mohair
Wool
Correct
Answer
d
87)
What is the main difference between poultry and other animals?
a.
b.
c.
d.
They are used for food.
They have different digestive and reproduction systems.
They are often raised in confinement operations.
Their meat is eaten in the US as well as exported.
Correct
Answer
b
88)
A castrated male horse is called what?
a. stallion
b. colt
c. gelding
d. filly
Correct
Answer
c
89)
What are the functions of feed?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Carbohydrates and fats
Muscles, bones, internal organs
Protein, minerals, vitamins
Maintenance, growth, reproduction, lactation, work
Correct
Answer
d
90)
Which of the following swine facilities are low cost, but take the most labor?
a. enclosed confinement buildings
b. open buildings
c. pastures or dry lots
Correct
Answer
c
91)
Manure is very hard on equipment due to its ______ nature.
a.
b.
c.
d.
oily
watery
caustic
slimy
Correct
Answer
c
92)
Which is not one of three main types of beef production operations?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Cow-Calf Operation
Cattle feeders
Purebred Breeder
Farrow-to-Finish
Correct
Answer
d
True/ False:
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is True or False.
93)
Agriculture is considered to be the first known science.
Correct
Answer
True
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