Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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| 1. | Bacterial disease that causes
bent pasting in young chicks and poults? a. | New Castle | b. | Pullorum | c. | Cholera | d. | Fowl Pox | | | | | | | | |
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| 2. | Which disease is a respiratory
disease in poultry? a. | Fowl Pox | b. | Cholera | c. | New Castle | d. | Blackhead | | | | | | | | |
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| 3. | Poultry waste (manure) is
highest in what nutrient? a. | Nitrogen | b. | Phosphate | c. | Potash | d. | Lead | e. | Iron | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 4. | When disposing of dead birds
the formula of adding water to poultry composting is ____ pounds of water for every two pounds of
dead poultry carcass.
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| 5. | In common classes of poultry
the age for a roaster is a. | 5-6 weeks | b. | 3-5 months | c. | over 10 months
| d. | 1 year | | | | | | | | |
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| 6. | A Cornish game hen is less than
2# weight, immature, and crossed with another progeny. What is the age? a. | 3-5 months | b. | over 10 months | c. | 5-6 weeks | d. | 1 year | | | | | | | | |
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| 7. | The albumen of the egg is
another name for the ___? a. | membrane | b. | shell | c. | yolk | d. | white | | | | | | | | |
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| 8. | The germinal disc (blastoderm)
is from what egg part? a. | yolk | b. | membrane | c. | white | d. | shell | e. | mammary | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 9. | When evaluating live hens for
egg type what % of emphasis should be placed on pigmentation?
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| 10. | Under meat texture greater than
1” meat void is what type of meat patty defect? a. | minor | b. | major | c. | critical | d. | superfantastic | | | | | | | | |
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| 11. | Patties with different shape or
size compared to other patties in the class are considered what type defect? a. | critical | b. | major | c. | minor | d. | bummers | | | | | | | | |
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| 12. | One disjointed bone and no
broken bones is what grade carcass? a. | AA | c. | B | e. | flip of the coin | b. | A | d. | No grade | | | | | | |
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| 13. | Carcasses with the wing tip
and/or tail missing are graded what USDA grade according to Handbook #31? a. | No grade | c. | B | e. | Fielders choice | b. | C | d. | A | | | | | | |
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| 14. | A carcass with the right wing
disjointed and the left wing with one broken but non-protruding bone is grade-
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| 15. | Another name for boneless
skinless breast is butterfly. What do you call the half of this cut? a. | flat | b. | cartilage | c. | oyster | d. | fillet | e. | viscera | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 16. | The optimum temperature for
hatchability and chick quality during hatching is what degrees?
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| 17. | Artificial incubation period
for turkey, duck, and guinea is ___ days? a. | 28 days | b. | 23-28 days | c. | 21 days | d. | 17 days | | | | | | | | |
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| 18. | Eggs over 2.1 ounces take___to
incubate than others. a. | less time | b. | more time | c. | no
difference | d. | unknown | | | | | | | | |
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| 19. | When setting eggs to incubate
they should be set with a. | pointed end
down | b. | pointed end up | c. | no difference | | | | | | |
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| 20. | A checked or cracked egg in
cartons is what type of defect when evaluating cartons? a. | minor | b. | sub minor | c. | major | d. | critical | e. | bad | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 21. | An egg cracked inside the
hen’s body and was repaired by additional calcium deposited over the cracked area is
called? a. | checked | b. | body check | c. | ridged | d. | welded | | | | | | | | |
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| 22. | Interior grade of egg with over
3/16” air cell is what USDA grade according to handbook #75? a. | AAA | b. | A | c. | B | d. | loss | e. | no grade | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 23. | Breaded patties with bone
fragments have a ___ defect when looking at quality? a. | minor | b. | major | c. | critical | d. | super bad | | | | | | | | |
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| 24. | Reproductive tract part that is
the site of egg fertilization is called? a. | Vagina | c. | Isthmus | d. | Magnum | e. | Infundibulum | b. | Uterus | | | | | | | | |
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| 25. | Exterior grade for egg shell
thickness showing pronounced thin spots is? a. | no grade | b. | loss | c. | B | d. | A | e. | AAAA | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 26. | Karen Boff of Tinora got 6,048
of the cutest little turkey poults you could lay eyes on. She was aware that each poult needed
1” space to drink water for the first month. Her teacher told her to buy 3 foot water trough
but Mrs. Farr forgot to tell her how many. How many do you think she should buy?
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| 27. | Jeni Reining of Lucus was going
to earn lots of money so she could buy Mr. Seiving a new van to travel USA upon retiring from the
best job ever...ag science teacher. (and that is a proven fact). Her target weight for all dressed
broilers will be 3.5# (pounds). She is shooting for a whopping 75% dressing percentage. (not bad for
someone just starting). What average live weight will she need to get birds to get birds up to if she
is to meet her goal? a. | 12# | b. | 2.333# | c. | 4.666# | d. | 3.476# | | | | | | | | |
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| 28. | Debbie Schuck and Amy Stauffer
are sub contractors for one of Ashland Counties largest egg producing farms called King Ken’s.
They have a flock that is laying at a 90% production level. (one can quickly see that studying dairy
foods pays off in poultry production). With 80% of the eggs being grade A Large, how many hens will
the girls need to fill an order from the largest buyer on the EAST coast, Mr. David Snyder. He has
placed an order for 950 dozen Grade A large eggs? a. | 15,833 hens | b. | 32,999 hens | c. | 12,877
hens | d. | 950 hens | | | | | | | | |
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| 29. | Kevin Seng and Brian Carlistle
are starting a poultry coop in Licking County called the Stufflebean Egg Farm. The plans call for
barns to be 20 foot wide and 600 feet long. (man what a skinny barn). Mr. Holton told them it would
require 2.5 square foot of space per hen if they would do it right. How many hens will this building
hold? a. | 4,000 hens | c. | 10,000 hens | b. | 9,600 hens | d. | 4,800 hens | | | | |
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| 30. | Jim Ogden owns one of the
largest dog food chains in Ohio selling all the major dog lovers his famous “JIMS OGGIE SPECIAL
CHICKEN NIBLETS”. Not only does it let dogs grow well, but it really helps the poultry business
in Highland County. To make the dog food, he produces 10,000 broilers each month. (you see when one
retires from teaching and learns how to do all the skill events you are a darn good son)- now back to
the chickens (fryers) used in dog food-just to see how GOOD he was, Jim took out the scales and
weighed the birds one week. Week three they weighed 2.5# each, and one week later they weighed
3.5# each. If the fryers consumed 6 tons of feed during the week, what would their feed conversion
ratio be for that week? a. | 1.97 feed conversion
ratio | c. | 1.5 feed conversion ratio | b. | 1.75 feed conversion
ratio | d. | .8 feed conversion ratio | | | | |
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