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2001 Mt.Gilead Invitational Poultry Test


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

 1. 
A young, immature femalechicken less than five to six months of age:
a.
hen
b.
drake
c.
pullet
d.
rooster
e.
capon
 

 2. 

The “white” of anegg’s contents is called the                  ?
a.
candling
b.
yolk
c.
membrane
d.
inner
e.
albumen
 

 3. 

A young, one day to eight weeksof age, guinea fowl of either sex is a                    ?
a.
lesion
b.
turk
c.
poult
d.
keet
e.
gosling
 

 4. 

Body wastes excreted from thelarge intestine from bird isthe                       ?
a.
mixes rot
c.
gastric juices
e.
flaccid
b.
fecalmatter
d.
black rot
 

 5. 

Reference given to broken outeggs, a unit of measurement determined by comparing the height of the albumen with the weight of theegg?
a.
haugh unit
b.
foot candle
c.
hover
d.
candling
e.
chalaza
 

 6. 

Viral disease that has symptomsof paralysis of wings and legs, blindness, paleness and major mode of disease transmission is frombird to bird and best preventive measure is vaccination is?
a.
Fowl Fox
c.
New Castle
e.
Coccidiosis
b.
Pullorum
d.
Marek’s
 

 7. 

Secretes the female sexhormone, estrogen, which stimulates development of the secondary sex characteristics ( such as henfeathering):
a.
oxytocin
b.
testes
c.
pancreas
d.
prolactin
e.
ovary
 

 8. 

Reproductive tract of femalewhere the formation of the two shell membranes is the function?
a.
infundibulum
c.
isthmus
e.
vagina
b.
magnum
d.
uterus
 

 9. 

Another unique biologicalfeature of the fowl is the high rate of food passage, for only
            hour/hourstime lapse for food to pass through the hen?
a.
1 hour
b.
1 1/2hours
c.
2 hours
d.
2 1/2 hours
e.
3 hours
 

 10. 

Which best describes thespecies of poultry Meleagris gallapavo? (it is a            .)
a.
turkey
b.
duck
c.
chicken
d.
pheasant
e.
pigeon
 

 11. 

Bloody white eggs that haveblood diffused throughout the white and usually found in freshly laid eggs is assigned what U.S.Standards of Quality grade?
a.
AA
b.
A
c.
B
d.
loss
e.
white out
 

 12. 

When setting egg-strain pulletperformance goals for a white leghorn feed coversion goals for pounds feed/dozen eggs should benear              ?
a.
2.4 to 2.8
b.
3.4 to 3.8
c.
4.4 to 4.8
d.
5.4 to 5.8
e.
6.4 to 6.8
 

 13. 

A commercial egg producerstrives to produce a dozen table eggs on the above feed in question #12 and receive from 285 to 310eggs per hen housed during the                month lay period?
a.
8 to 10 months
c.
16 to 18months
e.
sorry, I don’t know
b.
12 to 14months
d.
20 to 24 months
 

 14. 

Ready-to-cook poultry carcasspart that consist of a thigh, a drumstick, and a portion of the back?
a.
breast quarter
c.
leg
e.
skinless, boneless thigh
b.
back
d.
leg quarter
 

 15. 

Grade for ready-cook-carcasswith one disjoined and no broken bones?
a.
AA
b.
NG
c.
A
d.
B
e.
C
 

 16. 

20# turkey carcasses with over50% of the breast with exposed flesh is graded?
a.
NG
b.
A
c.
B
d.
C
e.
D
 

 17. 

Breaded chicken patty that isbroken is assigned a                   defect in FFA classes?
a.
minor
b.
major
c.
critical
d.
cull
e.
no defect
 

 18. 

Exterior eggs with adheringforeign material are graded?
a.
A
b.
B
c.
C
d.
D
e.
dirty
 

 19. 

Carton eggs that are mixedcolor are assigned what defect in Ohio FFA classes?
a.
major
d.
no defect
b.
minor
e.
have  not studied thatarea
c.
critical
 

 20. 

Maximum depth of air cell in AAquality eggs is                  ?
a.
over 3/8”
c.
3/16”
e.
choice notlisted
b.
1/4”
d.
up to 1/8”
 

 21. 

Part of the shell egg thatcontains the chalaziferous is the                    ?
a.
shell
c.
white (albumen)
e.
udder
b.
membrane
d.
yolk (ovum)
 

 22. 

Degree of distinctness of yolkshadow outline for eggs with “B” quality is?
a.
outline slightly defined
b.
outline fairly welldefined
c.
outline plainly visible
 

 23. 

Stain that is localized morethan 1/32 of shell surface and more than 1/16 scattered is?
a.
irregular
d.
prominent
b.
definite
e.
just hard to see with the nakedeye
c.
slight
 

 24. 

Male chicken castrated betweenthree and four weeks of age for tender meat is a        ?
a.
henny
b.
wether
c.
barrow
d.
pullet
e.
capon
 

 25. 

Site for the gaseous exchangein the respiratory system of the fowl iscalled             ?
a.
trachea
b.
larynx
c.
bronchi
d.
air sac
e.
lungs
 

 26. 

Dana White Rock “SuperRooster” cross birds weigh 5 in six weeks each. With sound management practices the 10,000birds convert 1.9 feed to 1 of gain. Her feed cost $300.00 per ton with 2,000 pounds of feed in eachton. What are the total feed costs for the birds in Dana’s flock?
a.
$14,250
c.
$17,000
e.
correct answer not listed
b.
$7,125
d.
$8,550
 

 27. 

Morrow County turkeys need 2.5square foot of space since the toms are 26 weeks old. Buchnuts Turkey Farm (near the county line) own18,000 birds and are trying to figure just how much space to allow for the flock. Figure how manysquare foot of space is needed for the birds? (barns are 50’ wide)... if that will help figureanswer.......
a.
7,200
d.
450,000
b.
72,000
e.
not enough data given tofigure
c.
45,000
 

 28. 

Big Buckeye Fan Farm ships eggsin 30 dozen cases daily. Currently they own 100,000 hens that lay at the rate of 90% daily. SinceCoach Jim Tressel wants his football players to eat only large size eggs and Big Buckeye Egg Farmgrades out 80% of the eggs daily as LARGE. How many cases of large eggs will the producer deliver toCoach Tressel daily?
a.
100
b.
200
c.
300
d.
400
e.
500
 

 29. 

Daisy Duke Broilers will yielda dressed carcass of 70% live weight since they are of superior breeding. As show quality birds theflock yields 30% of the live weight as breast meat. How many pounds of breast meat would the 500 FFAmarket birds yield if each bird weighed 6.5 average?
a.
2275
d.
975
b.
105
e.
can’t figure... (datamissing)
c.
1050
 

 30. 

Your famous 7 heavy layers arereally making a mess. They produce 18 of moist manure each year after eating 90 feed per layer. Howmany pounds of fresh manure (75-80% moisture) will your 20,000 heavy layers produce in oneyear?
a.
1,800,000
c.
180,000
e.
correct answer missing
b.
36,000
d.
360,000
 



 
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