Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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| 1. | In pullet growing operations,
integrated poultry companies supply which one of the following? a. | feed | b. | land | c. | buildings | d. | labor | | | | | | | | |
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| 2. | Today, a Leghorn hen will lay
approximately how many eggs per year?
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| 3. | Poultry, when compared to other
livestock, has what unique anatomical and physiological characteristic? a. | Low body temperature | c. | Low respiration rate | b. | High rate of food passage | d. | Heavyweight skeleton | | | | |
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| 4. | Which of the following is used
for disposal of dead birds. a. | Composing | c. | Rendering Plant | b. | Incinerator | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
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| 5. | How many sections does the
chicken’s oviduct have?
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| 6. | Which of the following does the
commercial poultry production in the United States primarily consist of? a. | Pullet Growing Operations | c. | Hatching Egg Producers | b. | Market Broiler Producers | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
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| 7. | What is the study of moist air
and the change in its conditions? a. | Geometry | b. | Psychrometry | c. | Psychology | d. | Physiology | | | | | | | | |
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| 8. | In broiler breeders, the male
line is bred for which of the following? a. | Large meaty breast and
thighs | c. | Livability | b. | Egg size | d. | All of these are
correct | | | | |
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| 9. | Which one of the following is a
respiratory disease? a. | Pullorum | b. | Newcastle | c. | Marek’s | d. | Cholera | | | | | | | | |
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| 10. | The function of the
integumentary system is which one of the following? a. | Protection | c. | Regulation of body temperature | b. | Flight | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
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| 11. | Female turkeys are processed at
how many weeks of age? a. | 10-12 | b. | 14-16 | c. | 20-22 | d. | 30-32 | | | | | | | | |
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| 12. | In fowl, the sense of which of
the following is highly developed? a. | Sight | c. | Taste | b. | Hearing | d. | Both sight and hearing | | | | |
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| 13. | A hen turkey marketed at 16
weeks of age weighs approximately how many pounds? a. | 15 lbs | b. | 25 lbs | c. | 20 lbs | d. | 32 lbs | | | | | | | | |
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| 14. | The avian lung differs from the
mammalian lung in that it is which of the following? a. | Non-expandable | c. | Non-lobed | b. | Partially imbedded in the
rubs | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
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| 15. | A typical, vertically
integrated, poultry processor owns which of the following? a. | Feed mill | c. | Breeder flocks | b. | Hatchery | d. | All of these are
correct | | | | |
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| 16. | Which of the following is not a
nutrition-related condition? a. | Rickets | c. | Staphylococcus | b. | Perosis | d. | Tibial dyschondraplasia | | | | |
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| 17. | Which poultry career helps
discover the most economical source of ingredient and assist in combining these ingredients into
skillfully balanced feed formulas? a. | Geneticists | b. | Nutritionists | c. | Food
Scientists | d. | Engineers | | | | | | | | |
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| 18. | Which one of the following is
not a special feature of a bird’s skin? a. | Feathers | b. | Comb | c. | Scales | d. | Earlobes | | | | | | | | |
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| 19. | Which one of the following is
not a type of immunity? a. | Nutritional
immunity | c. | Inherited immunity | b. | Passive
immunity | d. | Acquired immunity | | | | |
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| 20. | A chicken carcass with dress
out to what percentage of live weight? a. | 38-40% | b. | 63-65% | c. | 71-73% | d. | 50-52% | | | | | | | | |
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| 21. | What is the pulse rate of a
healthy bird?
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| 22. | How long does the egg spend in
the Magnum? a. | 1.25 hours | b. | 15 minutes | c. | 3 hours | d. | 20 hours | | | | | | | | |
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| 23. | A viral disease that enlarges
the internal organs, and causes loss of weight is known as... a. | Leukosis | b. | Marek’s | c. | Cholera | d. | Botulism | | | | | | | | |
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| 24. | Disease control measures
include which one of the following? a. | Reducing contacts between birds and
infectious organisms | b. | Maintaining sanitary
conditions | c. | Strengthening the bird’s defenses against invasion by infectious
organisms | d. | All of these are correct | | |
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| 25. | A typical turkey operation has
a grow-out capacity of: a. | 40,000-42,000
birds | c. | 8,000-10,000 birds | b. | 16,000-18,000
birds | d. | 34,000-36,000 birds | | | | |
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| 26. | Commercial broilers will yield
about 23% to 25% of their weight as breast meat. If a live broiler live weight is 6.5 lbs, how much
will the breast meat weigh? a. | 1.495 to 1.625
lbs | c. | 1.321 to 1.454 lbs | b. | 1.856 to 1.982
lbs | d. | 1.092 to 1.224 lbs | | | | |
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| 27. | Typically with composting, a
pound of water is added for every two pounds of carcass. If 41 pounds of carcasses is present, then
how many pounds of water is required? a. | 23.3
pounds | b. | 16.2 pounds | c. | 18.5 pounds | d. | 20.5 pounds | | | | | | | | |
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| 28. | Dressed carcasses without neck
or giblets will yield 63% to 65% of live weight. If the live weight of a broiler is 8.3 lbs, how much
will the dressed carcass weigh? a. | 4.341 to 4.507
lbs | c. | 5.046 to 5.212 lbs | b. | 5.229 to 5.395
lbs | d. | 5.534 to 5.70 lbs | | | | |
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| 29. | One pound of air at normal
building temperature occupies nearly 13.5 cubic feet of space. If a building is 154 cubic feet, how
many pounds of air occupies this building? a. | 11.40 lbs | b. | 9.90 lbs | c. | 12.12 lbs | d. | 10.03 lbs | | | | | | | | |
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| 30. | If the air within a building
was at 50ºF Dry Bulb temperature and 80% Relative Humidity, each pound of air exhausted by a
fan would contain 43 grains of water vapor. If the outdoor air coming into the building was at
40ºF Dry Bulb temperature and 90% Relative Humidity, each pound of water would bring in 33
grains of water. What would be the net removal of grains of moisture per pound of air exhausted from
the building? a. | 15 grains of moisture | c. | 10 grains of
moisture | b. | 20 grains of moisture | d. | 25 grains of
moisture | | | | |
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