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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | The average number of eggs laid after the beak is entirely bleached is | a. | 30 eggs | b. | 35 eggs | c. | 40 eggs | d. | 50 eggs | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2. | All of these criteria for broiler breeders is important except | a. | deformities | c. | molting | | b. | body conformation | d. | breast meat quanity | | | | | | |
| | 3. | Pigment returns______ than it took to fade. | a. | same time | c. | twice as fast | e. | 4x faster | | b. | slower | d. | 3x faster | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4. | Which factor is not important in placing past production hens? | a. | molt | c. | handling quality | e. | keel length | | b. | bleaching | d. | head appearance | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | Latebra is a constituent of which egg part ? | a. | white | c. | shell | | b. | yolk | d. | membrane | | | | | | |
| | 6. | Maximum depth of ‘A’ quality egg is ________. | a. | 1/8 inch | b. | 3/16 inch | c. | 3/8 inch | d. | 1/2 inch | e. | 1/4/inch | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7. | What quality is an interior egg with a clearly visible germ development without blood. | a. | AA | d. | Dirty | | b. | A | e. | Loss | | c. | B | | | | | | | | |
| | 8. | A golf shaped egg would be what grade? | a. | AA | b. | A | c. | B | d. | Dirty | e. | Loss | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9. | Patty batter coating is limited to what percent of the finished product weight. | a. | 15% | b. | 20% | c. | 25% | d. | 30% | e. | 35% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10. | Misshapen patty is which type of defect. | a. | Minor | b. | Major | c. | Critical | d. | Edible mistake | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11. | A 15 lb turkey is allowed how much exposed flesh on the back? | a. | none | b. | 1 in | c. | 1 1/2 in | d. | 2 in | e. | 3 in | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | What grade is a broiler with one wing completely missing? | a. | AA | b. | A | c. | B | d. | C | e. | Loss | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | This part includes oyster meat, pelvic meat, and scapula. | a. | wish bone | b. | back | c. | heart | d. | breast half | e. | neack | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14. | How many eggs are eaten per person per year? | a. | 201 | b. | 219 | c. | 229 | d. | 234 | e. | 244 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 15. | The top two turkey producing states include Minnestota and__________. | a. | North Carolina | b. | Ohio | c. | Indiana | d. | Wisconsin | e. | Illinois | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 16. | The temperature in an inclubator should be maintain at________ degrees F. | a. | 99.5 | b. | 90 | c. | 95 | d. | 105 | e. | 98.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 17. | For best hatchabilty, which percent of the weight should be lost during incubation? | a. | 6% | b. | 8% | c. | 10% | d. | 12% | e. | 14% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 18. | On which day should chicken eggs be transferred to hatcher tray? | a. | day 15 | b. | day 16 | c. | day 17 | d. | day 18 | e. | day 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19. | Which of these factors influence infertility in breeding stock? | a. | too cold | d. | lameness & excessive weight | | b. | lameness | e. | all of these answers are correct | | c. | excessive weight | | | | | | | | |
| | 20. | During the first week of brooding, what temperature should it be at chick level?(degrees F) | a. | 90 | b. | 98.7 | c. | 100 | d. | 105 | e. | doesn’t matter | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21. | Which color light decreases egg production and feed efficiency? | a. | green | b. | blue | c. | yellow | d. | red | e. | orange | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22. | How much should 100 broiler chicks weigh from quality stock (in pounds)? | a. | 5.0 | b. | 6.3 | c. | 7.7 | d. | 8.7 | e. | 9.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23. | In a climatized enviroment , how many square feet is needed per bird? | a. | 0.6 | b. | 0.7 | c. | 0.8 | d. | 0.9 | e. | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 24. | If bacteria is present in the water supply, what should the manager do to the water? | a. | vaccinate | c. | add skim milk | e. | vaccinate & chlorinate | | b. | chlorinate | d. | nothing | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 25. | What precent moisture should litter be maintained? | a. | 10-15 | b. | 15-20 | c. | 20-25 | d. | 25-30 | e. | does not matter | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 26. | Farmer Joe had 90,000 pullets survive out of 100,000. What is the percent mortality? | a. | 10% | b. | 20% | c. | 90% | d. | 100% | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 27. | A breeder male chicken ate 300 pounds of feed.With a standard feed conversion of 7 pounds/ dozen, how may dozen of eggs were produced? | a. | none | b. | 21 | c. | 43 | d. | 50 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 28. | A hatchery produced 30,000 chicks in a day from 50,000 eggs.What was the hatchabilty? | a. | 20% | b. | 40% | c. | 60% | d. | 80% | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 29. | If a tom weighs 24 lbs live and 12lbs dressed, how much waste is there from 10,000 toms? | a. | 12,000 lbs | b. | 24,000 lbs | c. | 120,000 lbs | d. | 240,000 lbs | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 30. | A broiler eats 33 lbs of feed and gains 11 lbs of meat .What is the feed conversion?(in lbs feed/lbs gain) | a. | .3333 | b. | 3 | c. | .6666 | d. | 1.5 | | | | | | | | | | |