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2000 Marysville Invitational Poultry Test


MultipleChoice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers thequestion.
 

 1. 
New Castle is a___________?
a.
disease
d.
a vaccination company
b.
branch of White Castle
e.
all of these are correct
c.
the poultry capital of Iowa
 

 2. 
When turning eggs the minimumturn should be at least _____ degrees from the horizontal.
a.
90
d.
30
b.
45
e.
None of these arecorrect
c.
15
 

 3. 
___________ may be used totrain pullets to lay in the nest and lessen the occurrence of laying on the floor.
a.
grits
d.
perches
b.
trees
e.
barbed wire
c.
broken glass on the floor
 

 4. 
Turkeys and chickens areespecially sensitive to which color over the other
a.
green over red
d.
green over yellow
b.
red over blue
e.
none of these are correct
c.
blue over yellow
 

 5. 
Iodine and __________ are bothmembers of the Halogen class of disinfectants.
a.
chlorine
d.
hydrochloricacid
b.
bleach
e.
sulfide
c.
ammonia
 

 6. 

Eggs stored for more than ____days decrease broiler weight.
a.
14
b.
15
c.
12
d.
21
e.
24
 

 7. 

Which of the following is theproper bleaching order?
a.
eye ring, vent, bottom of foot, earlobe,beak tip, beak base, front of shank, rear of shank, hock and top of toe
b.
vent, eye ring, earlobe, beak base, beak tip, bottom of foot, front of shank rear ofshank, hock and top of toe
c.
earlobe, eye ring, vent, rear of shank,front of shank, beak tip, beak base, hock and top of toe, bottom of foot
d.
beak tip, beak base, vent, eye ring, bottom of foot, rear of shank, front of shank,hock and top of toe, earlobe
e.
you bleach them all at the sametime
 

 8. 

The outermost layer of the eggshell is the________?
a.
firm
d.
shell
b.
outer thin
e.
outer shell membrane
c.
cuticle
 

 9. 

The artificial incubation timefor a pheasant is?
a.
24-37 days
b.
19 days
c.
23-28 days
d.
21 days
e.
28 days
 

 10. 

Recommended floor space forbroilers in a non-insulated building is _______per bird.
a.
1 square foot
d.
1.5 square feet
b.
2 square feet
e.
5 square feet
c.
5 square foot
 

 11. 

___________ disease causes hot,swollen footpads and is contagious from bird to bird.
a.
Infectious Synovitis
d.
Leukosis
b.
Botulism
e.
Bumblefoot
c.
Foot Rot
 

 12. 

1/8th inch is the maximum depthallowed for the air cell of which quality of egg?
a.
dirty
d.
B
b.
AA
e.
none of these are correct
c.
A
 

 13. 

When measuring the abdominalcapacity of a bird you would use ________ to measure it.
a.
fingers
d.
hands
b.
inches
e.
none of these arecorrect
c.
centimeters
 

 14. 

After you have killed and bleda bird the next step is _________ and _________?
a.
stunning and inspecting
d.
eviscerating
b.
cutting and grading
e.
scalding and picking
c.
catching andtransporting
 

 15. 

RTC is the abbreviation forwhat type of poultry?
a.
Rejected TurkeyCarcass
d.
Rated Top Chicken
b.
Ready ToCook
e.
Roaster To Carcass
c.
Regional TurkeyCornfed
 

 16. 

When you split the back andbreast along the entire length of the whole carcass you get this?
a.
breast quarter without wing
d.
leg quarter
b.
a half
e.
breast tenderloin
c.
back
 

 17. 

The name of a surgicallyunsexed male is a _________.
a.
eunuch
d.
roaster
b.
corsicon
e.
none of these are correct
c.
capon
 

 18. 

The part of the digestivesystem that marks the junction of the large and small intestine is the _______.
a.
cecum
b.
cloaca
c.
isthmus
d.
magnum
e.
gallbladder
 

 19. 

As elevation at which thechicks are hatched increases the hatchability__________?
a.
increases
d.
increases up to 3000 ft. then decreases
b.
decreases
e.
none of these are correct
c.
stays the same
 

 20. 

If all the chicks are huddledin one corner of the brooder then _________.
a.
its toocold
c.
there is a draft
e.
they are out of feed
b.
its too warm
d.
its just right
 

 21. 

Which of the following is not acharacteristic of quality chicks?
a.
weigh 8.7 lbs. per 100chicks
d.
round bright eyes
b.
uniform in size andcolor
e.
hatched from a MG positive flock
c.
alert and active
 

 22. 

When using 30 lb. hanging watertubes, how many should you have per 1000 birds?
a.
15
c.
35-40
e.
1 for every 20birds
b.
45
d.
25-30
 

 23. 

In the alimentary canal of afowl the __________ follows the Duodenum.
a.
isthmus
c.
lleum
e.
singuodenum
b.
jejunum
d.
hepatic ducts
 

 24. 

A unique feature of the fowl isits _____________?
a.
300 beats per minute pulserate
d.
high levels of adrenaline
b.
low body temp (94.3degrees)
e.
none of these are correct
c.
low metabolism
 

 25. 

Pectoral muscles account for_____________ of the fowls total today
a.
10-15%
c.
15-20%
e.
less than 5%
b.
5%
d.
25-30%
 

 26. 

In the summer more air isrequired for ventilation per bird. If 40 lb. birds need 31.5 CFM per bird and 20lb. birds require15.2 CFM per bird. You have 515 twenty lb. birds and 456 forty lb. birds. How many CFM will you needfor the bird.
a.
22192 CFM
d.
45345.7 CFM
b.
23153.7CFM
e.
235318.8 CFM
c.
731120 CFM
 

 27. 

If a lagoon that is 10 ft. deepand has 1.8 acres of surface area can support 60,000 hens how deep does a lagoon need to be tosupport 80,000 hens?
a.
7.41 ft.deep
d.
13.5 ft. deep
b.
13.33 ft.deep
e.
none of these are correct
c.
24.00 ft. deep
 

 28. 

Using the following formulacompute how much total feed is needed to feed your boilers per day. You have1000 broilers at 6 weeksand 700 at 4 weeks.
the formula: age of bird (in weeks) x 2 = daily feed per 100 birds
a.
20 lbs.
d.
232 lbs.
b.
164 lbs.
e.
none of these arecorrect
c.
176 lbs.
 

 29. 

If 650 toms take up a total of975 square feet at 5 weeks and they take up 1300 square feet at 10 weeks how much area should beneeded for 850 toms at 15 weeks? (It is nothing to do with the weeks)
a.
2266.67 square feet
d.
3825 square feet
b.
1133.33 square feet
e.
none of these are correct
c.
2275 square feet
 

 30. 

At 4 weeks 100 birds consume2.2 gal. of water a day while at 17 weeks they consume 6.4 gal. a day. If you have 425 chicks thatare 4 weeks old and 675 chicks that are 17 weeks old how much water will they drink in aday?
a.
86.75 gal.
b.
52.55 gal.
c.
59.65 gal.
d.
74.35 gal.
e.
116.85 gal.
 



 
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