Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Horses are measured in units called hands; a hand is equal to what?
a. | 6 ft. | b. | 4 ft. | c. | 6 in. | d. | 4
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A thousand pound mature gelding turned out on pasture would drink how much water
a day?
a. | 2-3 gal. | b. | 10-12 gal. | c. | 10-12 oz. | d. | 2-3
pints |
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A female horse over the age of five that has never been bred is called a
________?
a. | Filly | b. | Colt | c. | Ninny Mare | d. | Maiden
Mare |
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When riding a 2 yr old in a snaffle bit class, how many hands are used on the
reins?
a. | 2 | c. | None of these are correct | b. | 1 | d. | It doesn’t
matter |
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Breeding a filly to her grand sire would be called?
a. | Cross Breeding | b. | Out crossing | c. | In crossing | d. | Line
Breeding |
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Breeding a Paint to a Quarter Horse would be called?
a. | Out Breeding | b. | In Crossing | c. | Cross Breeding | d. | Grading
Up |
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A breed of horses that was developed by a teacher in New England named Justin
Morgan was the _______ breed.
a. | Paint | b. | Quarter Horse | c. | Morgan | d. | Arabian |
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A breed of horse that was developed on the plains by the Nez Pierce Indians was
the ______ breed.
a. | Pony of America | c. | Appaloosa | b. | Paint | d. | Belgian |
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9.
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Which of the following is not a draft horse breed?
a. | Belgian | b. | Shire | c. | American Cream | d. | Halflinger |
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Define gestation.
a. | Time from conception to parturition | c. | Time from parturition to
weaning | b. | Time from first breeding to pregnancy | d. | Time from parturition to
conception |
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____________ is the area from the hipbones to the tail head.
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Long, sloping shoulders allow the horse to extend its forearm longer, allowing
what?
a. | Longer stride | c. | No change in stride length | b. | Shorter
stride | d. | A flatter
stride |
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Muscle is described by all of the following except?
a. | Volume | b. | Length | c. | Quality | d. | Quantity |
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Welsh ponies can be any color except?
a. | Gray | b. | Piebald | c. | Gruella | d. | Dunn |
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__________ causes regression of the CL, inhibiting progesterone secretion and
allowing the mare to show standing estrus.
a. | PGF2 | b. | P4 | c. | Estrogen | d. | Oxytocin |
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____________ is the most popular light horse breed in America today.
a. | Palomino | b. | Buckskin | c. | American Paint | d. | Quarter
Horse |
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The forearm consists of the region between the ______ and the ______.
a. | Hock, cannon | b. | Arm, cannon | c. | Cannon, arm | d. | Elbow,
knee |
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A foal should be slightly _________, because its developing chest will push its
elbow outward and turn its toes inward as the foal reaches maturity.
a. | Pigeon - toed | c. | Splay - footed | b. | Hen - hocked | d. | Cow - Hocked |
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A narrow rear leg placement translates into ________.
a. | Power | b. | Long Stride | c. | Choppy Stride | d. | Knee
Problems |
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Parrot mouth is a ______ gene in horses
a. | Recessive | b. | Sex linked | c. | Dominant | d. | Blended |
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Horses with a distinct depression just in front of the withers are called
________.
a. | Lop necked | c. | Ewe necked | b. | Fallen necked | d. | Roached necked |
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Broken crest is an undesirable trait in horses caused by what?
a. | Ill fitted saddle | c. | Hormonal problems | b. | Ill fitted harness | d. | Trauma to the
chest |
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The _______ connects to the scapula at the point of the shoulder and runs to the
elbow.
a. | Cannon | b. | Forearm | c. | Pastern | d. | Humerus |
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____________ describe small, narrow, and squinty eyes.
a. | Pig eyes | b. | Mule eyes | c. | Dog eyes | d. | Owl
eyes |
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Tiny feet on big horses predisposes them to _________.
a. | Founder | c. | Distal sesmoidean | b. | Navicular | d. | Common didital
extensor |
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Lactation in the mare peaks by _____ months after foaling.
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27.
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At four months post foaling the mare will only provide about ________% of the
energy and protein needed by the foal.
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The first solid food a foal will eat is ________.
a. | Grass | b. | Mothers manure | c. | Grain | d. | Hay |
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_________ is the first milk produced by the mare following foaling.
a. | Colostrum | b. | Creep milk | c. | First milk | d. | Protein
milk |
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30.
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Energy needs have been found to increase by ____ per degree of temperature below
18ºF when the winter coat is dry.
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31.
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Horses will produce up to ______ gallons of saliva per day.
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_______ is a simple muscular tube that takes food from the mouth to the
stomach.
a. | Food Tube | b. | Esophagus | c. | Esogigal | d. | Mou-stom
tube |
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The ______ is similar to the rumen in the cow.
a. | Colon | b. | Small Intestine | c. | Cecum | d. | Reticulum |
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Most nutrients made through microbial digestion are absorbed where?
a. | Colon | b. | Small Intestine | c. | Cecum | d. | Reticulum |
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Oats are generally ______ protein.
a. | 9-10% | b. | 15-16% | c. | 14-15% | d. | 12-13% |
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Wheat bran is high in ________.
a. | Calcium | b. | Lysine | c. | Phosphorus | d. | Iron |
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Ohio is deficient in the trace minerals ____________.
a. | Iodine and selenium | c. | Iron and Sodium | b. | Calcium and Phosphorous | d. | Chloride and
Sodium |
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Ultraviolet rays from the sun will convert 7- dehydrocholesterol to
__________.
a. | Vitamin K | b. | Vitamin A | c. | Vitamin C | d. | Vitamin
D |
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The microbes of the cecum and colon make _________.
a. | B vitamins | b. | E vitamins | c. | K vitamins | d. | C
vitamins |
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Using corn (8% protein) and soybean meal (44% protein), How much corn and
soybean meal would be needed to have a hundred pounds of a feedstuff made from the blending of the
two to give a 14% protein feed?
a. | 67 lbs. of corn and 33 lbs. of soybean meal | b. | 83 lbs. of corn and
17 lbs. of soybean meal | c. | 69 lbs. of corn and 31 lbs. of soybean
meal | d. | 87 lbs. of corn and 13 lbs. of soybean meal |
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What would be the value of a pasture per month given it would hold 6 animal
units, a ton of hay cost $75.00, and the pasture is graded as lush?
a. | $38.00 | b. | $57.00 | c. | $99.00 | d. | $105.00 |
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Foals of 1000 to 1200 pound mares weigh about _______ at birth.
a. | 85-90 lbs. | b. | 150-170 lbs. | c. | 100-120 lbs. | d. | 130-150
lbs. |
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Sperm live for _______ in the reproductive tract of a mare.
a. | 48-72 hours | b. | 24-48 hours | c. | 48-56 hours | d. | 72-96
hours |
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44.
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A horse has _____ pairs of chromosomes.
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45.
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What an animal becomes is a result of what factors?
a. | Environment | c. | Training | b. | Genetics | d. | Both Environment and
Genetics |
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The ________ has more influence on the foal environmentally.
a. | Dam | c. | Both the Dam and Sire have equal | b. | Sire | d. | Grand Dam |
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47.
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The inbreeding coefficient of sire to daughter breeding is ______.
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48.
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A ______ is a castrated male horse.
a. | Mare | b. | Gelding | c. | Stallion | d. | Colt |
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49.
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A filly will normally reach puberty at _______.
a. | 6-8 months | b. | 15-18 months | c. | 9-12 months | d. | 12-15
months |
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Using oats (11% protein) and supplement (35% protein) how much oats and
supplement would be needed to have a 1000 lbs. of 17% protein feedstuff?
a. | 750 lbs. of oats and 250 lbs. of supplement | b. | 250 lbs. of oats and
750 lbs. of supplement | c. | 640 lbs. of oats and 360 lbs. of
supplement | d. | 360 lbs. of oats and 640 lbs. of supplement |
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