Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Placing a group of eggs in a
incubator is called _____________?
a. | hatching | c. | laying | e. | milking | b. | setting | d. | per-incubation |
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Removal of chicks from a
hatcher when hatching is complete is ________?
a. | yanking | b. | taking | c. | premix | d. | setter | e. | pull |
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Female reproductive organ that
produces eggs and female sex hormones?
a. | oxytocin | c. | offal | e. | buckeyes | b. | testosterone | d. | ovary |
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Finely ground sand or gravel
fed to domestic poultry to assist in grinding feed in their gizzards?
a. | glut | d. | grit | b. | fecal matter | e. | none of these are correct | c. | hemoglobin |
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Commercial egg producers
receive about how many eggs from hens during the 12-14 month lay period?
a. | 285-310 | d. | 730 | b. | 320-345 | e. | depends on rooster stock | c. | 350-365 |
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Major factor observed i
candling eggs is?
a. | shell
color | d. | egg
shell | b. | air cell | e. | handling quality | c. | yolk intensity |
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In what major part of the egg
would you find the latebra?
a. | membrane | c. | white (albumen) | e. | chalazae | b. | shell | d. | yolk
(ovum) |
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“Major defect” in
cartons of shell eggs is what defect factor listed below?
a. | cracked | d. | slight stain | b. | uneven size | e. | definite ridges | c. | calcium deposit |
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Shell eggs candled with air
cells over 3/16” in depth are graded .....
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Bone fragment; non-food items
found in breaded patties are ________ defects?
a. | minor | d. | critical | b. | major | e. | no problem...eat ‘em.... | c. | somewhat
major |
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Over 16# turkey tom
ready-to-cook carcasses may have up to how many inches of exposed flesh elsewhere (wing and back) and
still be graded “A”?
a. | 1/4” | b. | 1/2” | c. | 1 1/2” | d. | 2” | e. | 3” |
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Ready-to-cook poultry carcass
part that includes thigh and the drumstick?
a. | drummette | c. | breast quarter | e. | leg | b. | half | d. | wishbone |
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Miscellaneous disease where
producer notices weakness, paralysis, limp neck and muscles and major mode of transmission is
consumption of decaying organic matter and best prevention measure is removal of decaying matter is
called?
a. | blackhead | c. | bumblefoot | e. | coccidiosis | b. | botulism | d. | cholera |
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Feathers of low-producing hens
are best described as?
a. | frayed | b. | smooth | c. | exhibit a shiny appearance | d. | both frayed and exhibit a shiny
appearance | e. | both smooth and exhibit a shiny
appearance |
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Body part that yellow pigment
fades (bleaches) first is _______?
a. | eyering | c. | vent | e. | bottom of feet | b. | earlobe | d. | tip of beak |
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Deformity in broiler breeder
selection that applies only to cockerels is _______?
a. | green
shank | c. | solid black feather-main
tail | b. | swollen foot | d. | crossed beaked |
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Exterior eggs with
“calcified body checks” are __?
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Broken breaded precooked
chicken patty would be what defect of FFA Poultry Judging?
a. | critical
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major | e. | sub
minor | b. | major | d. | minor |
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Using the chart, which type of
poultry has the largest # of birds equivalent to 1,000-lb animal unit?
a. | turkey | c. | pullet | e. | broiler | b. | light layer | d. | roaster |
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Using the chart, Tra-Den
Poultry Farm has two fine flocks of layers, Her 1,000 leghorn (light) layers eat less feed than do
the 1,000 heavy cornish (heavy) layers. How many fewer pounds of feed would she have to order for the
leghorns each week?
a. | 13,000 #
| b. | 13# | c. | 25# | d. | 250# | e. | 2,500# |
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Bil-Dil Scarlet & Gray
Poultry Farm houses 200,000 hens that lay 85% everyday of the year. If 75% of eggs laid are large,
how many dozen large eggs are produced each day? (round to nearest whole number)
a. | 885 | b. | 14,167 | c. | 12,500 | d. | 10,625 | e. | 125,000 |
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Adam and Amber have one of
Fayette Counties largest commercial egg laying operations at one location with quality Leghorn-strain
hens producing 300 eggs yearly/hen. Each house contains 20,000 hens near Washington C.H. How many
cases of eggs (containing 30 dozen per case) will they ship yearly to the Wickensimer West Farmers
Market? (nearest correct answer)
a. | 200,000 | b. | 500,000 | c. | 600,000 | d. | 166,666 | e. | 16,666 |
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Your local feed store supplied
Craigjil Feeds several tons of feed to take care of 10,000 hen turkeys. Hens weighed an average of
15# each and 2.6 # of feed was fed to the hens to garner 1# of gain from the birds. How many tons of
feed did Craigjil feed the hens to get the to 15# weight? (1 ton = 2,000#)
a. | 195 | b. | 3.84 | c. | 19.5 | d. | 38.4 | e. | 390 |
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