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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | The first part of a hen’s body to bleach after she starts to lay is the ___. | a. | base of the beak | c. | vent | | b. | Eyering | d. | top of the toe | | | | | | |
| | 2. | The hormone that stimulates a hen to lay an egg is _____. | a. | Follicle Stimulating Hormone | c. | Luteinizing Hormone | | b. | prolactin | d. | Oxytocin | | | | | | |
| | 3. | A disease which does not affect the feet or legs is _______. | a. | coccidiosis | b. | bumblefoot | c. | arthritis | d. | Marek’s | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4. | When birds are being caught before they are sent to the processing plant, what color lights are sometimes used to calm them? | a. | red | b. | green | c. | blue | d. | white | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | Brooder guards are usually removed when layer chicks are ____ of age. | a. | one day | b. | 1-2 weeks | c. | one month | d. | two months | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6. | The best age to desnood turkey is _____. | a. | one day | b. | one week | c. | one month | d. | one year | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7. | The genus and species name for a goose is:______. | a. | Meleagris gallapavo | c. | Anas platyrhynochos | | b. | Anser anser | d. | Gallus domesticus | | | | | | |
| | 8. | Another term for feather tracts is ______. | a. | quills | b. | barbules | c. | follicles | d. | pterylae | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9. | The hormone that stimulates broodiness is _____. | a. | FSH | b. | LH | c. | prolactin | d. | Oxytocin | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10. | Which one of the following parts of a dressed broiler is not included in the giblets? | a. | neck | b. | heart | c. | kidney | d. | gizzard | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11. | Relative humidity should be maintained above ___% when floor brooding layer chicks to prevent dehydration and respiratory problems. |
| | 12. | In water vaccination, ____ is often added to the water to protect the vaccine. | a. | chlorine bleach | b. | skim milk | c. | salt | d. | sugar | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | When judging breaded chicken patties, a batter breading void area 1/4 to 3/4 inch in size is a _____. | a. | minor factor | b. | major factor | c. | critical | d. | no factor | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14. | A disease which results in paralysis of wings and legs and also blindness is ____. | a. | fowl pox | b. | Marek’s | c. | aspergillosis | d. | coryza | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 15. | _______ hours of continuous light are recommended per day for brooding broilers. |
| | 16. | A ready-to-cook turkey carcass missing both wing tips and the tail and showing no other defects would be assigned a quality grade of ____. | a. | A | b. | B | c. | C | d. | No grade | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 17. | Rickets may occur in broiler chicks if they do not get enough _____. | a. | Ca, P, Vitamin D | c. | Ca, P, Vitamin A | | b. | Mg, S, Vitamin E | d. | Mg, S, Vitamin E | | | | | | |
| | 18. | When judging a carton of eggs, uneven sizes is considered a _______. | a. | minor factor | b. | major factor | c. | critical factor | d. | No factor | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19. | A drummette ________. | a. | consists of the humerus (first portion) of wing including the skin and meat. | | b. | consists of the ulna & radius (second portion) of the wing with the skin and meat attached. | | c. | shall be separated from the thigh by a cut thru the knee joint and from the hock joint. | | d. | a whole wing minus the wing tips. | | | | |
| | 20. | The maximum air cell size permitted in a Grade AA chicken egg is ____ inch. | a. | 1/8 | b. | 3/16 | c. | 3/8 | d. | no limit | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21. | When evaluating pullets for future egg production, the least emphasis is placed on _____. | a. | sexual maturity | c. | plumage condition and skin color | | b. | the head | d. | body conformation | | | | | | |
| | 22. | If you placed 5,000 eggs in an incubator and 4,400 chicks hatched, the percent hatchability would be _______. | a. | 4.4 | b. | 44 | c. | 8.8 | d. | 88 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23. | A producer started with 10,000 hens. A year later, 9,400 hens remained. The percent livability calculates to be ____. | a. | 6.0 | b. | 60.0 | c. | 9.4 | d. | 94.0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 24. | At the beginning of the week, your chickens weighed a total of 800 pounds. At the end of the week, they weighed 900 pounds. You had fed them a 180 pounds of feed. Their feed conversion was ____. | a. | 1.8 | b. | 2.0 | c. | 18.0 | d. | 20.0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 25. | A flock of broilers had a feed conversion of 2.00 pounds of feed per pound of gain. If the feed costs $ 140 per ton, the feed cost per pound of broiler produced is _____. | a. | $0.07 | b. | $0.14 | c. | $0.28 | d. | $2.80 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 26. | An FFA member’s laying flock ate 18 tons of feed during a week. During that same week, the flock laid 120,000 eggs. The pounds of feed per dozen eggs calculates to be _____. | a. | 1.5 | b. | 1.8 | c. | 3.6 | d. | 12.0 | | | | | | | | | | |