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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | Which is NOT a deformity for selecting broiler breeders for future meat production? | a. | Green shank or shanks (1” or more aggregates) | | b. | Blind in one or both eyes | | c. | Crossed beak | | d. | Crooked toe over 90 degrees | | e. | One or more solid black feather in primaries of pullets | | | | |
| | 2. | In body conformation of broilers body length should be proportionately larger than the body width. Length of back (from base of neck to tail) should be how much greater than width across the shoulders of a quality broiler breeder? | a. | 1.5 times greater | c. | Same | | b. | 1.25 times greater | d. | .50 times greater | | | | | | |
| | 3. | Which body part pigmentation fades the quickest in past production leghorn hens as a result of laying eggs as a general rule? | a. | Hocks | d. | Vent | | b. | Entire beak | e. | Shank (either front or rear) | | c. | Earlobe | | | | | | | | |
| | 4. | When evaluating an egg-type hen which characteristic and quality should you place the most emphasis on when selecting a high producing bird? | a. | Head and head part | d. | Handling qualities-abdominal capacity | | b. | Constitutional vigor and vitality | e. | Plumage condition and molt | | c. | Pigmentation | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | When you review parts of a shell egg where would you find the germinal disc of (blasodorm)? (What part of the egg) | a. | Shell | c. | Yolk (ovum) | e. | None of these | | b. | White (albumen) | d. | Membrane | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6. | Temperature of freshly laid eggs is near how many degrees (F)? | a. | 110 | b. | 105 | c. | 100 | d. | 95 | e. | 90 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7. | Practically all freshly laid eggs contain four layers of albumen including chalaziferous (inner thick), inner thin, thick, and outer thin. What grade would you assign to an egg that is REASONABLY FIRM- (the white is somewhat less thick than the firm white)? | a. | loss | b. | C | c. | B | d. | A | e. | AA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 8. | A critical defect in evaluating a carton of shell eggs is one of the following? | a. | Body check | b. | Slight stain | c. | Cracked | d. | Mixed color | e. | Uneven size | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9. | Total surface area of a normal 2-ounce egg is 10 1/2 square inches. To find a slight stain localized less than 1/32 of a shell area (or the size of your small pinky tip) it would measure most closely to the following surface area? | a. | 13/16” x 13/16” | c. | 29/16” x 29/16” | | b. | 19/16” x 19/16” | d. | No correct choice | | | | | | |
| | 10. | Fully cooked breaded chicken patties have been cooked to a minimum internal temperature of __________ degrees Fahrenheit as required by the “FULLY COOKED” label? | a. | 240 | b. | 220 | c. | 200 | d. | 180 | e. | 160 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11. | Breaded patties with foreign material such as a bone fragment in a patty would be evaluated as what defect? | a. | Minor factor | c. | Major factor | e. | Grade “A” | | b. | Critical factor | d. | No problem | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | 2-6# broiler ready to cook carcasses may have up to how many inches of exposed flesh elsewhere (back and wing parts)? | a. | 1” | d. | 3” | | b. | 1 1/2” | e. | No information is available | | c. | 2” | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | USDA quality grades A,B,and C have a certain standards to meet. “NO GRADE” or better known as NG or non-gradable ready-to-cook carcass are assigned NG if the part or carcass factor include “missing parts” in excess of what quality standard? | a. | “C” quality | c. | “A” quality | | b. | “B” quality | d. | No information is available | | | | | | |
| | 14. | Boneless, skinless portion of white meat that is the pectoralis minor, underlying the pectoralis major is called what carcass part for identification? | a. | Wishbone | c. | Thigh | e. | Skinless boneless thigh | | b. | Back | d. | Breast tenderloin | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 15. | A commercial egg producer strives to produce a dozen table eggs on _________ pounds of feed in a modern commercial egg laying operation? | a. | 5.0-5.5# | b. | 4.5-5.0# | c. | 4.0-4.5# | d. | 3.5-4.0# | e. | 3.0-3.5# | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 16. | Egg-strain pullet management recommends that a manager should beak-trim the chicks when they are ________-days of age. | a. | 1-4 days | c. | 7-10 days | e. | never beak-trim | | b. | 4-7 days | d. | 10-13 days | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 17. | When floor brooding pullets do not exceed the following hover (heating) capacity with eight feet hover area. (maximum chick number) | a. | 1000 | b. | 750 | c. | 500 | d. | 250 | e. | 125 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 18. | Which method at one day of age would you vaccinate chicks for Marek’s? | a. | In water | c. | Wing-web injection | e. | A or C | | b. | Spray | d. | Subcutaneous injection | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19. | One unique feature of the fowl is high rate of respiration rate (per minute while at rest) of __________? | a. | 8-14 | d. | 30-38 | | b. | 14-22 | e. | Depends if the bird is OSU fan | | c. | 22-30 | | | | | | | | |
| | 20. | In respiratory system the tube that consists of cartilaginous rings that connect the upper and lower larynxes is called _____________? | a. | Lungs | b. | Air sacs | c. | Larynx | d. | Bronchi | e. | Trachea | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21. | Female reproductive tract section that spends three hours in the formation of an egg where the secretion of the thick white (albumen) is called ___________? | a. | Vagina | c. | Isthimus | e. | Infundibulum | | b. | Uterus | d. | Magnum | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22. | Respiratory disease with a major gross symptoms of respiratory stress, twisted necks, poor shell quality, and drop in egg production and passed from bird to bird with the best preventative measure of vaccination is called _____________? | a. | New castle | c. | Fowl pox | e. | Michiganism | | b. | Cholera | d. | Coccidiosis | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23. | A surgically unsexed male chicken less than eight months is called __________? | a. | Steer | b. | Wether | c. | Capon | d. | Gelding | e. | Barrow | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 24. | An egg containing a broken yolk is called __________ egg? | a. | Altered | b. | Addled | c. | Messy | d. | Body check | e. | Carosel | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 25. | When birds shed feathers periodically the proper term is that birds are in __________? | a. | Molt | c. | Pinfeathering | e. | Pigmentation loss | | b. | Jaundice | d. | Cold spell | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 26. | According to the chart below, as a method of disposing of dead birds by composition, what is the appropriate RATIO (parts by weight) of poultry manure to poultry carcass(es)?
Formula for dead poultry composting
material.....................parts by weight
poultry manure............20-30
poultry carcass............10
wheat straw................1
water (add sparingly).....0-5 | a. | 2 to 3:1 | d. | 5 to 10:1 | | b. | 1:2 to 3 | e. | Correct answer not listed | | c. | 10 to 5:1 | | | | | | | | |
| | 27. | Floor space recommendations for egg-strain pullets suggest birds age 6-18 days old have 0.8 square foot of available space. What would be the minimum total space needed for Ogelsby Poultry Farm if they housed 20,000 birds in building “D” (in square foot)? | a. | 30,000,000 | d. | 20,000,000 | | b. | 54 | e. | Correct answer not listed | | c. | 80 | | | | | | | | |
| | 28. | Dr. Peters has decided to order six foot hover (heaters) for his new flock next month. The catalog indicated he could place a maximum of 750 chicks in the eight foot hover and 500 chicks in the six foot hover. XYZ Hatchery will be shipping 40,000 day old chicks. How many six foot hovers should he order? | a. | 30,000,000 | d. | 20,000,000 | | b. | 54 | e. | Correct answer is not listed | | c. | 80 | | | | | | | | |
| | 29. | Mootz Hatchery has been known for years as “THE BEST LITTLE HATCHERY WEST OF BOSTON”.Broiler breeder eggs from the hens have a standard hatchability rate of 85%. Pulse farms want to hatch 20,000 live broiler breeder chicks 21 days after setting the Mootz fertile eggs. How many fertile eggs should Mootz Hatchery send Pulse Farms to hatch the 20,000 live chicks? | a. | 1,700,000 eggs | c. | 200,850 eggs | e. | None of these | | b. | 236 eggs | d. | 23,530 eggs | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 30. | Highland County now has the honor of “OHIO’s Largest Turkey Farm-LO-JON Turkey Farm” located on prime farmland. Since the first batch of market turkeys were processed it was discovered that feed conversion figures show 2.5# of feed was fed for each pound of gain. How many tons of feed did Henry’s feed the 20,000 turkeys last fall if the average bird weighed 25#? (one ton=2,000#) | a. | Answer not available | c. | 6,250 tons | e. | 625 tons | | b. | 25,000,000 tons | d. | 250 tons | | | | | | | | | | |