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2003 Georgia State Poultry Senior Division Test



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Egg laying operations produce infertile eggs for hatching purposes.
 

 2. 

Mature hens that are in a molting stage have increase in egg production.
 

 3. 

Broiler breeder operations are less labor intensive than market broiler operations.
 

 4. 

If you grow broilers for Tyson Foods they will provide incentives for efficiency of operation.
 

 5. 

The Poultry industry offers more employment opportunities than any other field of animal agriculture.
 

 6. 

Poultry, when compared to other livestock, has a higher body temperature.
 

 7. 

The lower larynx is a bird’s voice box.
 

 8. 

Lungs serve as the site for gaseous exchange.
 

 9. 

Malfunction of the hen’s reproductive system does not result in abnormalities such as double-yolk eggs, yolkless eggs, shell-less eggs, and an egg within an egg.
 

 10. 

Leg disorders do not occur because of selection for rapid growth and increasing breast size plus the tendency to crowd birds.
 

 11. 

Dry-stack storage of manure allows for better utilization of nutrients, either as a fertilizer or feed supplement.
 

 12. 

Storing broiler litter in a roofed structure can result in a loss of ammonia nitrogen after two months.
 

 13. 

In warmer climates, anaerobic (with oxygen) lagoons are used extensively to degrade wastes from poultry facilities, which use liquid waste management systems.
 

 14. 

Using poultry litter for fertilizer should only be done after it has had a nutrient analysis done by a laboratory.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 15. 

Commercial poultry production in the United States consists primarily of?
a.
commercial egg laying operations
b.
market broilers only
c.
pullet growing operations
d.
market turkey producers
e.
commercial egg laying operations AND pullet growing operations AND market turkey producers
 

 16. 

As an FFA member interested in poultry production you have recently built 5 new broiler houses which costs $175,000 each. You also purchased 10 acres of land for $2,000 per acre. You have obtained a loan from Farm Credit at 6 percent interest. What is the total amount of interest you will pay the first year from all these expenditures?
a.
None
b.
$10,500
c.
$1,200
d.
$53,700
e.
$65,400
 

 17. 

A market broiler normally reaches 3.5 to 4.5 pounds in how many weeks?
a.
3 weeks
d.
12 weeks
b.
6-7 weeks
e.
none of these
c.
10 weeks
 

 18. 

Grocery outlets now supply chicken mean in the form of hams, patties, tenders, nuggets, frankfurters, bologna, hot-wings, etc. These products are referred to as:
a.
Making something out of nothing
b.
Taking advantage of the consumer
c.
Value-added products
d.
Diet foods
 

 19. 

If feed cost $100 per ton, and if it takes 2.0 lbs. of feed to put on one lb. of gain, the total feed costs per one lb. of gain is:
a.
10 cents
b.
$1.00
c.
15 cents
d.
30 cents
 

 20. 

The body temperature of broilers is:
a.
105º F to 107º F
b.
92º F to 95º F
c.
140º F to 150º F
d.
28º F to 30º F
 

 21. 

This part stores and moistens food.
a.
Esophagus
b.
Mouth
c.
Crop
d.
Gizzard
 

 22. 

This part serves as the birds “teeth”.
a.
Crop
b.
Gizzard
c.
Cecum
d.
Mouth
 

 23. 

The main functions of the urinary system are:
a.
Filtration
b.
Absorption
c.
Excretion
d.
All of these are correct
 

 24. 

The fertilizer nutrient in poultry litter that stays in the soil the longest is:
a.
Nitrogen
b.
Phosphorus
c.
Potash
d.
None of these are correct
 

 25. 

The most common grain that is added to broiler litter to make it nutritionally balanced as a cattle feed is:
a.
Wheat
b.
Oats
c.
Corn
d.
Milo
 

 26. 

Broiler litter is an excellent source of minerals and these are:
a.
Calcium
b.
Phosphorus
c.
Potassium
d.
All of these are correct
 

 27. 

In a poultry ventilation system, the tube system is a combination of matched high efficiency components consisting of a motorized inlet shutter, a streamlined air inlet orifice, a long plastic tube having precision sized holes at specified intervals along its length, and one or more exhaust fans.
a.
True
b.
False
c.
This statement does not describe a tube ventilation system
 



 
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