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Practice Poultry Test #101


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

 1. 
Good pullets are evaluated on what one most important trait
a.
sexual maturity
b.
white legs
c.
eggs laid
d.
body capacity
 

 2. 
Sexual maturity is best measured by what in pullets
a.
comb and wattle development
b.
body size
c.
egg size
 

 3. 
Body confirmation in pullets count what %
a.
5%
b.
10%
c.
35%
d.
40%
e.
90%
 

 4. 
Sexual maturity in pullets counts what % on the scorecard
a.
5%
b.
10%
c.
35%
d.
40%
e.
80%
 

 5. 
Plumage condition and skin color count what % in pullets
a.
90%
b.
5%
c.
40%
d.
35%
e.
10%
 

 6. 
Absence of yellow pigment in hens legs is called what
a.
phloem
b.
dubbing
c.
xanthophyll
d.
chalaza
e.
yolk
 

 7. 
Pigment fade (bleaches) as hens do what in their cycle
a.
eat more feed
c.
lay more eggs
b.
lay fewer eggs
d.
eat more feed and lay more eggs
 

 8. 
In pullets you put what emphasis on bleaching (pigmentloss)
a.
some
c.
little
e.
edam gouda
b.
major
d.
no emphasis
 

 9. 
Birds that are high producers show what bleaching traits
a.
partially bleached
b.
mostly bleached
c.
totally bleached
 

 10. 
Correct bleaching order for past production birds is
a.
vent - eyering - earlobe - beak
c.
earlobe - vent - beak - eyering
b.
beak - earlobe - eyering - vent
d.
vent - beak - eyering - earlobe
 

 11. 
Pigment returns to body parts in what order
a.
reverse order
b.
no order
c.
same order
d.
odd order
 

 12. 
Pigment returns about how many times faster
a.
same rate
b.
half rate
c.
double rate
d.
triple rate
 

 13. 
When birds are in full production (HOCKS & TOP OF TOES BLEACHED) it indicates they have laid how many eggs
a.
180
b.
96
c.
35
d.
159
e.
985
 

 14. 
To get to full production it takes birds ______ weeks
a.
8-12
b.
12-16
c.
16-20
d.
20-30
e.
52-60
 

 15. 
Good producing birds have what kind of feather features
a.
smooth end
b.
molted
c.
waxy
d.
frayed
e.
fantastic
 

 16. 
Good birds molt what time of year
a.
winter/spring
b.
spring/summer
c.
fall/winter
 

 17. 
To observe molt best in birds observe what feathers
a.
primary
b.
secondary
c.
sickle
d.
hackle
e.
tail
 

 18. 
Primary feathers molt in what direction from axial
a.
no special order
b.
towards secondary
c.
from axial
 

 19. 
When scoring past production hens pigmentation counts ______ %
a.
40%
b.
30%
c.
15%
d.
10%
e.
5%
 

 20. 
In past production hens what characteristic is most valued
a.
plumage condition
b.
head traits
c.
pigmentation
 

 21. 
Interior quality factors are determined by
a.
candling
c.
weight
b.
external observation
d.
color
 

 22. 
Exterior quality factors are determined by
a.
weight
c.
candling
b.
color
d.
external observation
 

 23. 
Cuticle,spongy layer, mammillary layer are what egg part
a.
shell
b.
membrane
c.
yolk (ovum)
d.
white (albumen)
 

 24. 
Air cell, outer shell membrane are what egg part
a.
yolk
b.
white
c.
shell
d.
membrane
 

 25. 
Chalaza, chalaziferous, outer thin are what egg part
a.
membrane
b.
ovum
c.
albumen
d.
shell
e.
yolk
 

 26. 
Germinal disc (blastoderm), latebra are what egg part
a.
albumen
c.
shell
b.
yolk (ovum)
d.
membrane (alum)
 

 27. 
When you candle eggs you quickly rotate egg ______ degrees
a.
45 degrees
b.
90 degrees
c.
180 degrees
d.
drop egg
 

 28. 
When candling eggs you candle which end of egg
a.
small end
b.
right side
c.
left side
d.
large end
 



 
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