Answers to Sample Test:
Part One: Matching
1. e
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
6. h
7. f
8. g
Part Two: Completion
1. cutability
2. Supply, demand
3. Mexico, Canada, Japan (or Taiwan and Hong Kong)
4. Texas
5. backrubber
6. Anthelmintics
Part Three: Short Answer
1. Students may list any five of the following: Angus, Charolais, Hereford, Polled
Hereford, Limousin, Shorthorn, Simmental, Brahman, Brangus, and Beefmaster.
2. Students may choose from the following:
Advantages:
Eat roughages
Decreased labor
Good management = Low death rate
Adaptable
Beef consumed by humans
Jobs
FFA and 4-H interests
Disadvantages:
Risks of raising livestock
Animal efficiency
283-day gestation period
Expensive start-up cost
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3. Corrals are used to help with handling, sorting, and restraining cows and calves. A
corral should include a crowding area that leads to a working chute. While cattle are
in the chute, they can be sorted. Once cattle are sorted, the herders can move
them through scales or use headgates to control animals for tagging and
vaccinating.
4. Beef is important to the U.S. economy as it is the number one selling protein. Beef
represents the largest single segment of American agriculture. As consumers
continue to love steaks and burgers, a demand will continue for beef and beef
products.
5. Vaccination is a good management practice that will prevent common diseases of
beef cattle. Sanitation practices (e.g., cleaning facilities, equipment, feeders, and
water troughs) reduce external parasites.
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Sample Test
Name ________________________________________
The Beef Industry
_ Part One: Matching
Instructions: Match the term with the correct definition.
a. polled
e. heifer
b. beef
f. veal
c. dual-purpose breed
g. castration
d. dehorning
h. marbling
_____1. A young immature female
_____2. Born without horns
_____3. Meat from a bovine animal
_____4. A breed traditionally used for both milk and meat
_____5. The removal of horns from horned breed cattle
_____6. The desirable presence of fat in the muscle
_____7. Meat from a young bovine animal usually less than four months of age
_____8. The removal or destruction of the testicles of a male so it does not breed
_ Part Two: Completion
Instructions: Provide the word or words to complete the following statements.
1. The _________________________, or the amount of available retail cuts from the
carcass, is high in Limousins.
2. _________________________ is the overall amount of product available at any
given time, and _________________________ is the amount that could be
purchased at a given time for a given price.
3. The United States exports beef to _________________________,
_________________________, and _________________________.
4. The leading beef-producing state, based on beef cash receipts, is
_________________________.
5. Cattle rub against a _________________________ to come into contact with
insecticides that control common external parasites, such as flies, mosquitoes, lice,
mites, and ticks.
6. _________________________ are chemicals used to control worms and deworm
animals.
_ Part Three: Short Answer
Instructions: Answer the following.
1. What are five common breeds of beef cattle?
2. What are three advantages and three disadvantages of beef production?
3. How are corrals used in beef production?
4. Why is the beef industry important to the economy?
5. What are good management practices in beef production?