Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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A horse that stands with pointing toes inward and heels outward is said to
be:
a. | Pigeon-toed | b. | Calf kneed | c. | Post-leg | d. | Cocked
ankle |
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Good hay is:
a. | Clean and bright | c. | Free of dust, mold, and decay | b. | Leafy | d. | All
of these are correct |
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Which of the following may result from overfeeding?
a. | Rickets | c. | Obesity | b. | Azoturia | d. | All of these are
correct |
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What is the scientific name for the egg of the female reproductive cell?
a. | Spermatozoa | b. | Avium | c. | Scilintia | d. | Ovum |
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When is the most critical feeding period of the horses entire life?
a. | At birth | b. | During weaning | c. | After an injury | d. | During
training |
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Water performs which of the following important functions in a horse?
a. | Production of saliva | c. | Lubrication of joints | b. | Regulation of body
temperature | d. | All of these
are correct |
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A race workout in which a horse is running at a controlled speed is
called
a. | Breezing | b. | Galloping | c. | Blowing-out | d. | Cantering |
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Give the name of the infectious disease where abcesses develop under the lower
jaw along the neck or anywhere on the body.
a. | Shipping fever | b. | Distemper | c. | Strangles | d. | All of these are
correct |
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What parasite poses the most serious threat to the health and life of a
horse?
a. | Ringworms | b. | Bots | c. | Ascsrids | d. | Strongyles |
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Name the breed of horse which has become the equine synonym for speed and racing
quality and whose name is often used as an adjective to denote a pure lineage of any breed of
livestock.
a. | Quarterhorse | b. | Thoroughbred | c. | Mustang | d. | Standardbred |
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What is the most common method of transmission of influenza in horses?
a. | Through the skin | c. | The feed and water | b. | The respitory tract | d. | There is no common
method |
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Name the term used for a female horse that was bred but did not conceive.
a. | Pregnant | b. | Brood mare | c. | Maiden | d. | Open |
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Which of the following is not an acceptable method of determining
estrous?
a. | Turning a mare loose with a stallion | c. | Using a teasing
shoot | b. | Stalling a mare beside the stallion | d. | Palpation |
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Severe deficiency of what vitamin may cause night blindness?
a. | Vitamin A | b. | Vitamin D | c. | Vitamin E | d. | Vitamin
K |
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(______________) determines all of the heredity characteristics of animals, from
the body type to the color of the hair.
a. | Chromosomes | b. | Cells | c. | Genes | d. | Eggs and
sperm |
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Insects that gather in large numbers on the faces of horses, especially around
the eyes and nose and lay eggs are called...
a. | House flies | b. | Fire flies | c. | Horse flies | d. | Bot
flies |
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A disease of the frog caused by anacrobic bacteria and unsanitary
conditions.
a. | Whiteline disease | c. | Thrush | b. | Corns | d. | Navicular
disease |
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Which reproductive organs in the mare produces eggs?
a. | Ovaries | b. | Fallopian | c. | Uterus | d. | Vulva |
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Ossified lateral cartilages immediately above and toward the rear quarter of the
hoof head are called...
a. | Splints | c. | Sesanoid fractures | b. | Sidebones | d. | Scratches |
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A chief distinguishing characteristic of horses of this breed is their ability
to furnish an easy ride with great style and animation?
a. | Standardbred | c. | American saddlebred | b. | Morgan | d. | Paso Fino |
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What is the normal pulse rate of a mature horse?
a. | 60-70 beats per minute | c. | 71-80 beats per minute | b. | 32-44 beats per
minute | d. | 100-200 bats per
minute |
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Where no pasture is available, a thousand pound horse will consume about how
many pounds of feed, both hay and grain, daily?
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What method of identifying horses was developed by the old Army Remount
Service?
a. | Freeze marking | c. | Lip tattooing | b. | Branding | d. | Copper Stamping |
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Which of the following is a pertinent measurement to a horse?
a. | Height | c. | Tooth length | b. | Bone | d. | All of these are
correct |
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What type of bedding should never be used for horses?
a. | Wood chips | b. | Peat moss | c. | Walnut shavings | d. | Oat
hulls |
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Which of the following would not be considered an abnormal horse
behavior?
a. | Cribbing | b. | Pawing | c. | Halter pulling | d. | Grazing |
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Newborn foals should receive colostrum, mares first milk, during the first
(________) hours after birth.
a. | 12-24 hours | b. | 48 hours | c. | 36
hours | d. | Colostrum is not important to a newborn foal |
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A financial statement for those in or entering the horse business should include
which of the following:
a. | Current assets | c. | Fixed assets | b. | Current liabilities | d. | All of these are
correct |
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Good tack, gear, and equipment will last for years if properly cared for
every...
a. | Time it is used | b. | 2 weeks | c. | Month | d. | 6
weeks |
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The Ohio State University Equine Extension Specialist with responsibilities to
the state 4-H horse program is...
a. | Dr. Robert Sommers | b. | Dr. Robert Kline | c. | Dr. Jim
Ogden | d. | There is no Equine Extension Specialist |
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A horse exhibiting signs of illness will...
a. | Go off feed | c. | Alter their social behavior | b. | Have droopy
ears | d. | All of these are
correct |
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Improper feeding, working or watering and parasites are the number one causes
of...
a. | Founder | b. | Colic | c. | Anemia | d. | Heaves |
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Because of (__________) it has become imperative that the nutrition of horses be
that science and technology can devise.
a. | Confinement | c. | The declining environment | b. | Disease | d. | Modern methods of training |
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Western Saddles were first developed and used by...
a. | The Russians | b. | The American cowboys | c. | The Spaniards in Old
Mexico | d. | The origin of western saddles is unknown |
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Moisture-free; M-F (oven dry, 100% dry matter) refers to...
a. | Feed that is dried by means of natural air movement | b. | A sample of feed
that has been dried in an oven at 221 degrees F until all moisture has been
removed | c. | Feed as normally fed to horses | d. | A sample of feed that has been dried 100%
naturally |
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A professional opportunity in the horse industry would include...
a. | Working at a summer horse camp | c. | College
teaching | b. | Rodeo riding | d. | All of these are correct |
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The first role of the horse in the odyssey of humans was...
a. | As a source of transportation | c. | Used in war | b. | Used to plow
fields | d. | As a source of
food |
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Feeding (__________) is the traditional way of regulating the bowels of horses
on idle days and at such other times as required.
a. | A bran mash | c. | Dried Brewers’ grain | b. | Sorghum | d. | Silage |
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(____________) is the modern English term for what the french have always known
as “concours complet” --the complete test.
a. | Show jumping | c. | Combined training | b. | Dressage | d. | Speed and endurance
test |
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The cry of the hunt once the fox is sighted is...
a. | “There’s that varmin” | c. | The sound of a fox
horn | b. | “Riders up” | d. | “Tally ho” |
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A non infectious cause of abortion could be...
a. | Twinning | c. | Congenital defects | b. | Hormone failure | d. | All of these are
correct |
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42.
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Horse racing ranks ___________ as a spectator sport in the United States.
a. | First | b. | Second | c. | Third | d. | Fourth |
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