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2004 State Poultry Test


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

 1. 
Which of the following kinds ofchickens are usually housed in cages?
a.
broilers
c.
hatching eggbreeders
b.
commercial egg layers
d.
roasters
 

 2. 

Designing new machines to dothe kinds of jobs that people don’t like to do is based mostly on a knowledge of                     .
a.
agribusiness
c.
production
b.
engineering
d.
food science and processing
 

 3. 

If you are the kind of personwho likes to improve the rate of growth or the proportion of a bird that is breast meat, the bestcareer for you is in the area of                           ?
a.
pharmaceuticals
b.
genetics
c.
nutrition
d.
production
 

 4. 

Which eggs will take theshortest time to hatch?
         Storage time    Incubation temp.     Egg weight       Egg temp.when eggs were
                                                                                                      incubated

                                                                                                                                       
a.
3days                 99.5 degrees           2.1oz.                82 degrees
b.
3days                 99.5 degrees           2.3oz.                82 degrees
c.
5days                 99.5 degrees           2.3oz.                72 degrees
d.
5days                 99.3 degrees           2.1oz.                72 degrees
 

 5. 

Which type of incubation systemrequires the least labor?
a.
Multi-stagerack
c.
Multi-stage buggy
b.
Over-and-underrack
d.
Single-stage buggy
 

 6. 

Chicken eggs are moved from thesetter to the hatcher at 18 days of incubation. Which of the changes in conditions thenoccurs?
a.
Temperature is increased
c.
Length of daylight isdecreased
b.
Ventilation is decreased
d.
Humidity isincreased
 

 7. 

When poults hatch and they areunable to stand up because their legs are stretched out from front-to-back or side-to-side (spraddlelegs), the most likely cause is               ?
a.
high temperature in the setter
c.
smooth hatchertrays
b.
washing eggs in very hot water
d.
low humidity in thehatcher
 

 8. 

The best way to keep chicksclose to the heat source during the first few days is to _________.
a.
Put the feeder under the heat source.
b.
Leave the chicks in the box in which they are delivered.
c.
Keep the house temperature fairly cool.
d.
Place a brooder guard around the heat source.
 

 9. 

Which of these statements aboutwater management for broiler breeder is not correct?
a.
A bell-type waterer is a common type of equipment.
b.
Broiler breeder flocks should be able to drink at all times.
c.
Dry, skim milk should be added to water when vaccine is given in thewater.
d.
Water should be allowed to warm before baby chicks are permitted todrink it.
 

 10. 

What is the main reason forlimiting the amount of feed to broiler breeder pullets during the growing period?
a.
To save money on the feed that is eaten.
b.
So that workers will not need to feed the chickens each day.
c.
To increase the number of eggs they will produce as hens.
d.
In order to decrease the amount of manure they will produce.
 

 11. 

A blackout house is needed inorder to control the amount of__________.
a.
light
c.
ventilation
b.
feed
d.
disease exposure
 

 12. 

Which of these statements istrue about broiler breeders during egg production?
a.
Males are generally fed separately from females
b.
All birds are given as much feed as they want to eat
c.
Birds are given all the water they want to drink
d.
Birds should have 12 hours of light each day
 

 13. 

Which of these statements isnot true as related to broilers?
a.
More drinkers or water fountains areneeded at day 8 than day 1.
b.
The height of bell drinkers should beadjusted so they are the same as the bird’s back.
c.
Nipple waterers should be adjusted so the birds must raise their heads todrink.
d.
The amount of water that broilers drink is about twice the amount offeed that is eaten.
 

 14. 

Most of the feed that broilerseat is in the form of                     .
a.
crumbles
b.
mash
c.
pellets
d.
wet mash
 

 15. 

Many broilers are providedlight for 23 hours each day. If they are provided less hours of light, the age at which theygenerally have the least hours of light is from               .
a.
0 to 4 days
c.
19 to 35 days
b.
5 to 18 days
d.
36 days to market age
 

 16. 

When small amounts of air needto be exchanged to maintain good air quality, the ventilation system that is most efficient is                         .
a.
air tunnel
c.
negative pressure
b.
evaporativecooling
d.
positive pressure
 

 17. 

When broilers are held in coopsfor too long before processing, the loss that results is called                 .
a.
downgrades
b.
blisters
c.
shrinkage
d.
suffocation
 

 18. 

Market turkeys are kept in abrooder barn until they are about             weeks ofage.
a.
3
b.
6
c.
12
d.
20
 

 19. 

Biosecurity is                            .
a.
removing organisms that cause disease
b.
stimulating the immune system to defend itself againstdisease
c.
using antibiotics to treat disease
d.
keeping out organisms that cause disease
 

 20. 

How many different feeds aretypically used in growing a market turkey?
a.
2
b.
4
c.
6
d.
8
 

 21. 

A good weight at 16 weeks of anegg-strain pullet is                pounds.
a.
1.5
b.
2.7
c.
3.5
d.
5.0
 

 22. 

Commercial chicks are startedat a temperature of about 90 degrees F. A good temperature for the chicks at the beginning of thethird week is             degrees.
a.
75
b.
80
c.
85
d.
90
 

 23. 

The vaccine for                   is given only at one day of age.
a.
Bronchitis
c.
Marek’sDisease
b.
Fowl pox
d.
Newcastle Disease
 

 24. 

Which of the following changeswould decrease the amount of feed a laying hen eats?
a.
increase in rate of egg production
c.
increase in bodyweight
b.
increase in egg weight
d.
increase in housetemperature
 

 25. 

Which of the following is agoose?
a.
Embden
c.
Ring-necked
b.
Pekin
d.
Runner
 

 26. 

What is the percenthatchability of these eggs?
Number of eggs incubated         100,000
Numberof fertile eggs               93,740
Numberof chicks hatched          89,012
a.
89.0
b.
91.4
c.
93.7
d.
95.0
 

 27. 

A broiler breeder growing households 10,000 birds. How many feet of chain feeder are needed so that pullets have 6 inches of feederspace per bird?
a.
2500
b.
5000
c.
6000
d.
10,000
 

 28. 

A hatching egg spray solutionis made of 5 gallons of water, 22 ounces of hydrogen peroxide, 6.4 ounces of acetic acid, and 1 ounceof quaternary ammonia. If you bought a 2-pound bottle of hydrogen peroxide and made enough spraysolution to use the whole bottle, how many gallons of spray solution would you make?
a.
5
b.
7 1/4
c.
10
d.
22
 

 29. 

Broilers had a feed/gain ratioof 1.9. The house of 10,000 broilers averaged 4.8 pounds when processed. If the grower feed was 46%of the total feed, how many tons of grower feed were fed?
a.
5.8
b.
10.5
c.
21.0
d.
42.0
 

 30. 

Mortality in a layer flockaverages 0.5% per month. At the end of the eight month of lay, hen-day production is 83.5%. How manydozen eggs produced each day from a house in which 100,000 were housed?
a.
4000
b.
6680
c.
6958
d.
9581
 



 
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