Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the term for the type
of shoeing job when the farrier uses the same set of shoes for a second time?
a. | Re-set | d. | Re-attach | b. | Shod again | e. | Both Re-set and Re-shod | c. | RE-shod |
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What disease is characterized
by swollen or abscessed lymph glands, particularly those under or behind the
jaws?
a. | Encephalomyelitis | c. | Strangles | e. | None are correct | b. | Influenza | d. | Tetanus |
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Which ancestor of the modern
day horse is being described; “lateral supporting toes decreased in size while the middle toe
strengthened, resulting in little hooves that still had a pad behind
them”?
a. | Eohippus | c. | Merychippus | e. | None are correct | b. | Mesohippus | d. | Pliohippus |
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What is the name of the motion
that forces food through the digestive tract?
a. | Longitudinal
Pulses | d. | Peristalsis | b. | Prececal Contractions | e. | None are correct | c. | Post-perandinal rise |
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Whist is the scientific name of
the zebra that most closely resembles the common horse with very narrow vertical stripes and huge
ears?
a. | Equus
burchelli | c. | Equus
hemionus | e. | Equus
cababllus | b. | Equus grevyi | d. | Equus zebra |
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What is the term often used
when referring to oats with the hulls removed?
a. | Oat
Grits | c. | Rolled
Oats | e. | Crimped
Oats | b. | Oat Groats | d. | Steam Flaked Oats |
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How long after foaling does
lactation peak?
a. | 1 Week | c. | 2 Months | e. | 6 Months | b. | 2 Weeks | d. | 4 Months |
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What is the common name for the
following pest that is small (1/2 to 1 1/15 inch long), humpbacked, biting pest that may reach high
populations in the spring and early summer, particularly in pasture areas along
streams?
a. | Biting
Gnats | d. | Punkies | b. | Blackflies | e. | Both Blackflies and Buffalo Gnats | c. | Buffalo
Gnats |
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Which of the following is a
point to consider when renovating an old pasture?
a. | Perform a soil test to determine
lime and fertilizer requirements. | b. | Select a seed mixture that complements the pasture drainage
characteristics. | c. | Protect seeded area until the new plants are well
established. | d. | Destroy or suppress the old pasture by plowing or using
herbicides. | e. | All are correct |
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Toxic levels of vitamin K can
cause what?
a. | Rupture of the white blood
cells | b. | Increase in the size of the white blood
cells | c. | Decrease in the size of the white blood
cells | d. | Rupture of the red blood cells | e. | Both “rupture of the white blood cells” and
“decrease in the size of the white blood cells” are
correct |
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What is one of the most common
disorders seen in foals, occurring in 70-80% of foals under six months of age?
a. | Impaction | c. | Sleeping sickness | e. | None are correct | b. | Diarrhea | d. | Strangles |
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On average, a mare’s
gestation period is ___ days.
a. | 290 | b. | 300 | c. | 336 | d. | 355 | e. | 365 |
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What is the recommended
ventilation rate for horses in a building at 55ºF?
a. | 25 cubic feet per minute in the
winter (minimum) | b. | 100 cubic feet per minute in the winter
(normal) | c. | 200 cubic feet per minute in the summer | d. | none are correct | e. | all are
correct |
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If a horse is experiencing
renal failure, what part of the horse’s body isn’t functioning
properly?
a. | Heart | c. | Lungs | e. | Hypothalamus | b. | Kidneys | d. | Brain |
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What does the Follicle
Stimulation Hormone (FSH) do?
a. | Inhibits follicular
maturation | d. | Stimulates
estrus | b. | Stimulates follicle development | e. | Maintains pregnancy | c. | Shortens
gestation |
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Which of the following is not
an abnormal reactive behavior in horses?
a. | Weaving | c. | Self-mutilation | e. | Pacing | b. | Pawing | d. | Coprography |
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At weaning time, most foals six
months of age should be fed a diet containing what protein level?
a. | 8 -10 % | c. | 14 -14.5 % | e. | 40 - 45 % | b. | 10 -12 % | d. | 22 -24 % |
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What is the anatomical name of
the tubular tissue that carries oxygenated blood under high pressure?
a. | Vein | d. | Both Veins and
Capillaries | b. | Capillary | e. | None are correct | c. | Artery |
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Which of the following would be
on the trailer safety checklist and should be checked prior to loading the
horse?
a. | Lights | c. | Wheel bearings | e. | All are correct | b. | Hitch | d. | Floorboards |
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What percent of the
horse’s body weight is carried on its forehand?
a. | 37% | b. | 40% | c. | 65% | d. | 78% | e. | 80% |
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Spectator liability, products
(concession stand sales), show judges and officials, and premises owner would be covered under
what type of insurance policy?
a. | Care/Custody Control
Insurance | b. | Horse Club Liability Insurance | c. | Equine Event Insurance | d. | Pleasure & Show Horse Owner’s Liability
Insurance | e. | Equine Full Mortality Insurance |
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What is thought to have been
the horse’s greatest contribution to human history?
a. | its use of
food | b. | its use as a companion | c. | its use as income | d. | its use as a tool of warfare or
transportation | e. | none are correct |
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Leydig cells in the stallion
are responsible for the production of what hormone?
a. | Testosterone | d. | Estrogen | b. | Oxytocin | e. | Both Testosterone and Estrogen | c. | Cortisol |
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Which of the following is not
part of the horse’s urinary system?
a. | Renal
arteries | c. | Urethra | e. | Bladder | b. | Ureters | d. | Trachea |
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Which list of joints in the
foreleg is in successive order from the top downward?
a. | Coffin, Pastern. Shoulder, and
Elbow | d. | Shoulder, Elbow, Knee, and
Pastern | b. | Knee, Fetlock, Coffin, and Pastern | e. | Shoulder, Stifle, Hock, and Fetlock | c. | Elbow, Knee, Fetlock and
Pastern |
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This type of horse has at least
one registered parent and they are usually crosses between registered parents and two different
breeds?
a. | Inbred | c. | Line Bred | e. | None are correct | b. | Crossbred | d. | Purebred |
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How many hours of light are
necessary per day to bring a mare into heat prior to a normal breeding season?
a. | 8-10
hours | c. | 20
hours | e. | none are
correct | b. | 10-12 hours | d. | 16 hours |
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Minerals that are found in
small quantities in feedstuffs and are required in small quantities in the body are typically
referred to as what type of minerals?
a. | Macro
minerals | d. | Non-essential
minerals | b. | Micro minerals | e. | Mono-nutrients | c. | Essential minerals |
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Where would you find a corn of
a horse’s foot?
a. | Heel area of the
sole | c. | Commissures | e. | Frog | b. | Toe area | d. | Bar |
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Prolactin, Adrenocorticotropic
hormone, and Luteinizing hormone is produced by what gland in the horse?
a. | Thyroid
gland | d. | Pineal
gland | b. | Adrenal gland | e. | Adrenal Cortex | c. | Anterior pituitary gland |
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A thoroughpin can be found on
what area of the horse?
a. | Knee | b. | Hock | c. | Cannon | d. | Hip | e. | Wither |
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Approximately 70% of the
mineral content of the horse’s body consist of what two minerals?
a. | Calcium and
Sodium | d. | Calcium and
Phosphorus | b. | Magnesium and Zinc | e. | Magnesium and Phosphorus | c. | Sodium and
Potassium |
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What term is used to describe
when the inside of the fore and hind foot strike in the air as the stride of the hind leg is about
completed and the stride of the foreleg is just beginning?
a. | Winding | c. | Speedy-cutting | e. | Cross-firing | b. | Scalping | d. | Interfering |
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Knowing the horse’s body
weight would be important for which of the following situations?
a. | Amount of feed
needed | d. | Maximal breeding
efficiency | b. | Potential health problems | e. | All are correct | c. | Proper medication |
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What hoof disease is caused by
hoof digesting fungi?
a. | Thrush | c. | Founder | e. | Navicular | b. | Laminitis | d. | White line disease |
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What is the physiological term
for shortening of muscle fibers?
a. | Cramp | c. | Relaxation | e. | All are correct | b. | Contraction | d. | Fasiculation |
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What dominant gene masks all
color patterns?
a. | G, for gray
color | c. | w. for normal
color | e. | None are
correct | b. | g, for no gray color | d. | W, for white color |
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This term is used to describe a
horse that is almost entirely white except for colored areas over the ears and perhaps the eyes,
chest, and base of tail?
a. | Bald
face | c. | Blanket | e. | Bonnet | b. | Indian horse | d. | Medicine hat |
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Which of the following is not a
factor that relates to a mare’s reproductive potential?
a. | Disposition | c. | breed | b. | age | d. | Past breeding
records |
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What grain is commonly fed to
horses and has the highest source of energy?
a. | wheat | b. | corn | c. | oats | d. | barley | e. | rye |
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Mares usually come into heat __
days after foaling.
a. | 3 to 5 | c. | 13 to 15 | e. | All are correct | b. | 7 to 10 | d. | 21 to 28 |
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What is the term used to
describe a small patch of white hair located between a horse’s eyes?
a. | Snip | b. | Stripe | c. | Star | d. | Blaze |
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What is the first part of the
alimentary canal?
a. | Esophagus | c. | Stomach | e. | Large colon | b. | Mouth | d. | Small
Intestine |
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What hormone causes the
mare’s cervix to become relaxed during estrus?
a. | FSH | c. | Oxytocin | e. | PMSG | b. | LH | d. | Estrogen |
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What type of pasture provides
the greatest total amount of nutrients and a longer grazing season?
a. | Mixture of grass and
legume | b. | Mixture of different grasses | c. | Mixture of different varieties of
grasses | d. | Legumes | e. | Grass |
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What is the largest joint in
the horse?
a. | Hock | c. | Stifle | e. | None are correct | b. | Knee | d. | Pastern |
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For proper digestive tract
function, horses require a minimum of what percent of their body weight per day in long-stem dry
matter?
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48.
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What forage is a good source of
vitamin E?
a. | Brewer’s
yeast | c. | Corn | e. | Wheat midds | b. | Alfalfa | d. | Cottonseed |
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What is the best way to stop
bleeding of a leg wound?
a. | Leave alone to
clot | d. | Apply pressure
bandage | b. | Wash with water | e. | None are correct | c. | Apply light gauze pads |
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50.
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What is the single most
important factor affecting quality of forage at harvest?
a. | Plant’s
variety | d. | Weather | b. | Harvesting techniques | e. | Rate of fertilization | c. | Plant’s stage of
maturity |
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