Advanced Animal Science/ Nutrition Test
1) What mineral interacts with Calcium?
A. Zinc
B. Phosphorus
C. Magnesium
D. Sodium
2) What sources of energy yields the highest gross energy?
A. Proteins
B. Water
C. Mineral
D. Lipids
3) In non-ruminants, as fiber content of the feed goes up what happens to the
digestible energy?
A. Goes Down
B. Goes Up
C. Stays the same
D. Goes Up and down
4) What makes up proteins?
A. Sugars
B. Vitamins
C. Amino Acids
D. Minerals
5) Not soluble in water, but usually soluble in non-polar organic solvents.
Usually related to fatty acids?
A. Sugars
B. Lipid
C. Proteins
D. Carbohydrates
6) What are these Calcium, Phosphorous, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride,
Magnesium, and Sulphur?
A. Macro Minerals
B. Micro Minerals
C. Vitamins
D. Starches
7) What are some important minerals in bone formation?
A. Ca, P, H
B. Ca, P, Mg
C. Mg, H, He
D. O, Li, Na
8) What are the fat soluble vitamins?
A. A, D, E, and B
B. A, D, E and C
C. D, E, K, and C
D. A, D, E, and K
9) What is a naturally occurring pre-cursor of vitamin A?
A. Starches
B. Zinc
C. Beta carotene
D. Iron
10) Specific molecule with a precise metabolic function
A. Nutrient
B. Digestion
C. Chemical
D. All of the Above
True/ False Section
11) The physical and chemical break down of food is called Digestion?
A. True
B. False
12) Hydrolytic breakdown of ingested food that occurs in compartments.
Can be intracellular or extracellular is called Physical Digestion?
A. True
B. False
13) The uptake of small nutrient molecules by an organism's body. Occurs in
the intestine is called absorption?
A. True
B. False
14) Absorption of water mainly occurs in the small intestine?
A. True
B. False
15) Carbohydrates are the starches and sugars present in foods?
A. True
B. False
16) Disaccharide is a simple sugar that is the basic subunit of a
carbohydrate?
A. True
B. False
17) The nutrient that helps perform chemical reactions in the body is water?
A. True
B. False
18) Fats are made up of only carbon?
A. True
B. False
19) The nutrient that is normally the most costly part of a ration is Protein?
A. True
B. False
20) Extra carbohydrates are stored as Fats/Lipids?
A. True
B. False
Fill in the Blank
21) What is the only nutrient that contains nitrogen? ____________
22) How much more energy does fats have than carbohydrates?
________________
23) What are organic compounds made up of amino acids? _____________
24) What are the two types of vitamins? _____________________________
25) There are how many known vitamins in animal nutrition? _________
26) What are important for the formation of catalysts and enzymes that
support growth and body maintenance in animals? _________________
27) What are the water soluble vitamins? _______________
28) What vitamin is synthesized in the skin? ____________________
29) What vitamin is synthesized by rumen microorganisms so
supplementation is not necessary? __________________
30) What is the suggested ration mineral mix for animals with calcium to
phosphorus? _____________________________
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