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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 to cull a broiler breeder in FFA judging? | a. | severely crooked keel | | b. | severely crooked back | | c. | swollen foot or feet | | d. | one or more solid black main tail fathers in pullet | | e. | blind in one eye | | | | |
| | 2. | Select the last part of listed body parts of a past production hen that pigment fades? | a. | vent | c. | eyering | e. | bottom of feet | | b. | shanks | d. | earlobe | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3. | Feathers of high-producing hens is said to be what? | a. | smooth | | b. | exhibit a shiny appearance | | c. | frayed | | d. | show little or no wear | | e. | both smooth & exhibit a shiny appearance | | | | |
| | 4. | Spongy (calcareous) layer part of shell egg is foud in the _________? | a. | white(albumen) | d. | cloaca | | b. | yolk (ovum) | e. | shell | | c. | membrane | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | The long axis of the egg should be at approximately a ________ degree angle to the candling aperture. | a. | 45 | c. | 180 | e. | current choice not listed | | b. | 90 | d. | 360 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6. | The yolk of a freshly laid egg is round and firm. As the yolk ages it absorbs wather from the albumen and _________ in size | a. | decreases | c. | stays the same | | b. | increases | d. | no correct choice given | | | | | | |
| | 7. | USDA Quality grade assigned to eggs with unbroken shells and a firm clear white that is free from decfects is ___________. | a. | NG | b. | C | c. | B | d. | A | e. | AA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 8. | Which of the egg shell defects is a critical defect? | a. | uneven size | c. | slight stain | e. | calcium deposits | | b. | mixed color | d. | adhering material | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9. | Defect of definite ridges affect the shape of the egg shell and is a _______ defect? | a. | critical | c. | minor | e. | Brutus | | b. | major | d. | not a defect | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10. | Minimun internal meat temperature of ________ degrees Fahrenheit is required for “ fully cooked” labeling of precooked breaded chicken patties by USDA. | a. | 140 | b. | 160 | c. | 180 | d. | 200 | e. | 220 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11. | Broiler breeders are a cross of separate male and female lines. Male birds are Cornish while female lines are egg layers principally from ________ __________ strains? | a. | Rhode Island | d. | White Rock | | b. | Large Bantam | e. | New Hampshire | | c. | English Leghorn | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | The fowl’s muscle system is a powerful, air-cooled motor designed for flight. Pectoral muscles account for ____________% of the birds total weight as compared to less than one percent for a humans total body weight? | a. | 5-10% | b. | 15-20% | c. | 45-50% | d. | 65-70% | e. | 85-90% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | Sperm survive in the avain female’s body for ___________ as compared to only a few hours in the mammalian female? | a. | life of female | c. | several months | e. | several days | | b. | several years | d. | several weeks | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14. | Function of the reproductive tract of female hen where the formation of the two shell membranes occurs in what section? | a. | vagina | c. | isthmus | e. | infundibulum | | b. | uterus | d. | magnum | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 15. | Suggested vaccination program where you vaccinate at seven to ten days, five weeks and 30 days before egg production is used to control infectious bronchitis and _______? | a. | New Castle | c. | Laryngotracheitis | e. | DDT | | b. | Fowl Pox | d. | Marek’s | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 16. | Common class of poultry that is 5-6 weeks old, either sex, young imature chicken not weighing more than two pounds RTC is a __________? | a. | roaster | c. | stewing/baking hen | e. | cornish game | | b. | capon | d. | rooster or stag | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 17. | Short wing feather that separtes primaries from secondaries is a _______ feather? | a. | sickle | c. | main tail | e. | shottcrewshoeosufa | | b. | hackle | d. | axial | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 18. | Embryo-forming portion of an egg after completion of cleavage; also called a germinal disc? | a. | blastoderm | c. | chalaza | e. | pop up | | b. | anaerobic | d. | edema | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19. | Organism that lives on or within a host and to the detriment of the host is called ______? | a. | pathogonicity | c. | leucocyte | e. | premit | | b. | parasite | d. | mucosa | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 20. | Mating process of turkeys is known as ________ in poultry circles? | a. | gobbling | c. | treading | e. | running of toms | | b. | courting | d. | drumming | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21. | Main trunk of tubes through which air travels to and from the lungs is________? | a. | larynx | c. | bronchi | e. | trachea | | b. | air sacs | d. | uterus | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22. | One of the ten stiff wing feathers growing from the middle wing segment next to the primaries of a birds wing is the __________ feathers? | a. | secondary | c. | sickle | e. | wwhayes | | b. | axial | d. | hackle | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23. | Poultry species from the order Anseriformes is a _____________. | a. | geese | c. | chicken | e. | peafowl | | b. | ducks | d. | turkey | | | | | | | | | | |