Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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| 1. | Which of the following best
describes the modern horse? a. | non-ruminant, herbivore, odd-toes, warm
blooded | b. | non-ruminant, omnivore, odd-toed, hot
blooded | c. | ruminant, milk giving, hoofed, grazer | d. | ruminant, herbivore, hot blooded, grazer | e. | cecumated, omnivore, odd-toed, warm blooded | | |
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| 2. | Which is the correct number of
cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in the horse? a. | 13, 15, 6 | c. | 7, 18, 6 | e. | 5, 15, 9 | b. | 9, 14, 5 | d. | 7, 13 ,9 | | | | | | |
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| 3. | A horse with a long shoulder
and forearm will most likely have which of the following? a. | a short, choppy stride | d. | a long, ground covering stride | b. | a short, hard hitting gait | e. | a tendency toward lameness | c. | a medium, ground covering walk | | | | |
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| 4. | Which of the following are
correct examples of pulse, respiration and temperature (degrees F) in a normal, mature horse at
rest? a. | 72, 5, 100 | c. | 23, 8, 101.5 | e. | 72, 10, 98.4 | b. | 42, 16, 100.5 | d. | 35, 56, 100 | | | | | | |
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| 5. | Which of the following requires
the highest nutritional level? a. | mare in first third of
gestation | d. | mare running 1 mile per day | b. | mare 1st day
postpartum | e. | stallion during breeding | c. | lactating mare 8 weeks
postpartum | | | | |
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| 6. | A horse weighing 1175#, with a
length of 74 inches, would most nearly have a heart girth of: a. | 35” | b. | 47” | c. | 51” | d. | 62” | e. | 77” | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 7. | Which of the following will
most likely affect a horse’s way of going and ability to perform? a. | bone spavin, ring bone, founder | d. | shoe boil, splint, contracted
heels | b. | thoroughpin, bog spavin, capped hock | e. | wind galls, shoe boil, bone
spavin | c. | thrush, scratches, wind galls | | | | |
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| 8. | Which of the following
describes a mare most likely to accept a stallion for breeding? a. | elevates tail with eversion of clitoris and leans toward the
teaser | b. | squeals and strikes with erect ears | c. | clamps tail, kicks and leans away from the teaser | d. | strikes, bares teeth with ears flat | e. | nickers, shinnies, and flattens tail to body | | |
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| 9. | Which of the following is NOT
an accessory sex gland of the stallion? a. | vas
deferens | c. | bulbourethral | e. | epididymis | b. | vesicular | d. | prostate | | | | | | |
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| 10. | Which are the probable
combinations of the following mating? EE x Ee a. | 2 EE & 2
Ee | d. | 2 Ee & 2 Ee | b. | All Ee | e. | All ee | c. | 3 Ee & 2 Ee & 3ee | | | | |
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| 11. | What is a pigeon toed horse
most likely to do? a. | move front feet inward in large
arcs | c. | move front feet in a paddling motion | b. | move front feet inward in small arcs | d. | move front feet in a straight
line | | | | |
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| 12. | How many liters/minute of blood
will an exercising horse with respiration of 16 and pulse of 56, pump through the
heart?
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| 13. | Which of the following traits
is most heritable? a. | thoroughbred racing
times | d. | jumping, dressage, eventing | b. | cannon bone
circumference | e. | weight and height | c. | fertility | | | | |
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| 14. | Where would epitheliogenisis
imperfecta usually be found on the horse? a. | hocks | c. | skin | e. | small intestine | b. | vertebrae | d. | poll | | | | | | |
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| 15. | What is the primary cause of
pneumovagina? a. | poor perineal conformation | d. | caslick= s
surgery | b. | inability to ovulate during estrus | e. | underdeveloped
ovaries | c. | injury to the lower olycranon | | | | |
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| 16. | Which of the following
describes normal stallion semen? a. | 60 ml. semen, 60% motile sperm, 20%
abnormal sperm | b. | 60 ml. semen, 20% motile sperm, 20% abnormal
sperm | c. | 20 ml. semen, 80%motile sperm, 20% abnormal
sperm | d. | 10 ml. semen, 60% motile sperm, 40% abnormal
sperm | e. | 150 ml., 40% motile sperm, 60% abnormal
sperm | | |
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| 17. | Which of the following is NOT a
recommended management practice? a. | ensure parasite control is
adequate | b. | limit exercise to prevent energy consumption | c. | feed at regular times | d. | clean managers and
feeders | e. | examine teeth regularly and arrange for care | | |
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| 18. | Which breeds are
warmbloods? a. | Arabian, Quarter horse, Paint | d. | Oldenberg, Trakehner,
Hanoverian | b. | Arabian, Morgan, Hackney | e. | Shire, Hanoverian,
Trakehner | c. | Holsteiner, Thoroughbred, Oldenberg | | | | |
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| 19. | The estimated water intake of a
100# horse with the environmental temperature between 60-70 degrees F and the horse doing heavy work
is how many gallons per day? a. | 4-8 | b. | 8-11 | c. | 12-15 | d. | 16-19 | e. | 20-23 | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 20. | Which are found in the front
limb of the horse? a. | atlas, fibula,
scapula | d. | fibula, calcaneus, metacarpus | b. | mandible, orbit, frontal bone | e. | carpus, metacarpus,
radius | c. | scapula, carpus, tarsus | | | | |
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