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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | Introducing microorganisms (treated to make them harmless) into fowl to produce immunity to disease is called | a. | processing | b. | vaccination | c. | castration | d. | medication | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2. | An environmental factor that tends to lower the disease resistance of a bird is often called | a. | a strain | c. | ambient temperature | | b. | a stressor | d. | a bactericide | | | | | | |
| | 3. | Which of the following broiler breeder characteristics makes up 60% of the scorecard when selecting eight week old broiler breeders? | a. | breast meat quality | c. | feather development | | b. | sexual maturity | d. | body conformation | | | | | | |
| | 4. | A broiler breeder is interested in breast meat yield. Carcass A weighs 1400 gms. with a boneless skinless breast weight of 252 gms. Carcass B weighs 1342 gms. with a boneless skinless breast weight of 252 gms. Which carcass has the highest percentage of breast meat. | a. | are the same | c. | carcass B | | b. | carcass A | d. | cannot compare carcasses | | | | | | |
| | 5. | A supermarket calculates its profit per square foot of shelf space. In January, the store assigned 400 sq. ft. of shelf space to cereals which yielded a net profit of $5,000. The store assigned 48 sq. ft. of shelf space to cartoned eggs which yielded a net profit of $3,600. What was the net profit per sq. ft. of shelf space per food item? | a. | cereal $12.50, eggs $75.00 | c. | the same | | b. | cereal $75.00, eggs $12.50 | d. | cereal $5,000, eggs $3,600 | | | | | | |
| | 6. | Length of breast muscling in broilers is determined by | a. | depth of muscling | c. | length of keel | | b. | width of muscling | d. | width across the hips | | | | | | |
| | 7. | If two hens in an egg production class are similar in pigmentation, use ___________ to separate the birds. | a. | sexual maturity | c. | back width | | b. | comb size | d. | handling qualities | | | | | | |
| | 8. | Xanthophyll pigment returns to the body of a hen almost_____ times faster that it leaves the skin when the hen is laying. | a. | one | b. | two | c. | three | d. | four | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9. | Depigmentation (loss of xanthophyll pigment) in a scorecard for judging egg-type hens is approximately___ percent of the total judging scorecard. |
| | 10. | The membrane that holds the yolk material together in the egg is called the | a. | cuticle | c. | inner shell membrane | | b. | vitelline membrane | d. | chalaza | | | | | | |
| | 11. | Castrated chicken males that are about 18 weeks old and are tender-meated with a soft, pliable, smooth textured skin are called | a. | fryers | b. | stags | c. | capons | d. | roosters | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | In market channels, the small muscle under the pectoralis major breast muscle is called a | a. | breast tenderloin | b. | split breast | c. | boneless thigh | d. | wish bone | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | A cooked chicken meat patty with 3/4 to 1 inch of batter/breading missing (void area) possesses a | a. | critical | b. | major | c. | minor | d. | loss factor | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14. | Sammy had 50 seven week-old broilers averaging 5.5 lbs. each. When processed, the 50 carcasses weighed 192.5 lbs. What was his dressing percentage? |
| | 15. | Sammy wanted to know how much profit + labor income he had made on this project. The birds ate 522.5 lbs. of feed at a total cost of $47.02. Other costs totaled $34.05. His gross profit was $184.80. What was his profit + labor income? | a. | $48.00 | b. | $81.07 | c. | $103.73 | d. | $264.00 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 16. | Sammy decided to sell the (50) 5.5 pounds carcasses with a 70% dressing percentage to a local restuarant for 96 cents a pound. What was his gross return on these carcasses? | a. | $264.00 | b. | $244.80 | c. | $214.60 | d. | $184.80 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 17. | Was Sammy’s project, though small, a good investment, even when expanded a 100 fold? | a. | good investment | c. | break even project | | b. | poor investment | d. | lost money | | | | | | |
| | 18. | The integumentary system of the bird and other animals including humans consists of the | a. | Skin and its appendages | c. | lungs and valves | | b. | hormone system | d. | blood cells | | | | | | |
| | 19. | Food (pellets or mash) once eaten passes through the digestive system of the bird in about ___ hours. | a. | 2.5 | b. | 5.5 | c. | 8.3 | d. | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 20. | Most female birds have_____ ovary(ies) and oviduct(s). | a. | no | b. | one | c. | two | d. | four | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21. | It takes the average chicken and turkey hen approximately ______ hours to form the shell of the egg. | a. | 3.0 to 3.25 | b. | 9.5 to 10.5 | c. | 20.0 to 21.0 | d. | 25.0 to 27.0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22. | The main feature of the fowl’s urinary system is that it | a. | has a bladder | | b. | does not have a bladder | | c. | is shaped like a bean | | d. | is beside the heart where it can purify the blood. | | | | |
| | 23. | When laying hens are under respiratory stress, have twisted necks, poor egg shell quality, and a major drop in egg production the have | a. | Newcastle disease | c. | Marek’s disease | | b. | cholera | d. | Pullorum disease | | | | | | |
| | 24. | To prevent lesions (scores) on the skin and in the mouth of the chickens and turkeys caused by carrier mosquitos, vaccinate for | a. | fowl pox | b. | Marek’s | c. | coryza | d. | tremors | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 25. | When processing broilers, roasters, and turkeys, the heart, liver, gizzard, and neck constitute the | a. | offal | c. | giblets | | b. | poultry by-product meal | d. | lunch meats | | | | | | |