Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the average length of the estrous cycle for a mare?
a. | 21 days | b. | 17 days | c. | 12 days | d. | 10
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What is the single most important characteristic in equine selection?
a. | Color | c. | Age | b. | Balance | d. | None of these are
correct |
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The height of a horse is measured in hands. A hand is considered a measurement
of inches?
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4.
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A chronic condition in which the hoof becomes soft, rings are formed and
eventually the hoof drops off is:
a. | Gravel | b. | Sweeney | c. | Founder | d. | Corns |
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What is the normal temperature of a horse?
a. | 96.8 | b. | 98.6 | c. | 100.5 | d. | 102.5 |
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Mares usually come in heat 7 to 10 days post foaling, this is known as:
a. | parturition | b. | gestation | c. | foal heat | d. | deestrus |
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What is the largest tissue mass in the horse’s body?
a. | Muscle | c. | Small intestine | b. | Heart | d. | Large intestine |
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Which source of energy creates the most heat?
a. | Fat | c. | Carbohydrates | b. | Protein | d. | None of these are
correct |
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How can the age of a horse be determined?
a. | Markings | b. | Teeth | c. | Color | d. | Height |
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Early signs of pregnancy can be determined by:
a. | Palpation | c. | If the mare ceases to cycle | b. | Ultrasound | d. | All of these are correct |
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Serious abnormalities that affect the serviceability of the horse are known
as:
a. | Unsoundness | c. | Blemishes | b. | Nutritional deficiencies | d. | Sweeney |
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Signs of colic are:
a. | Restlessness | b. | Kicking and/or biting at
stomach | c. | Lying down | d. | All of these are
correct |
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If a horse has a heart girth of 70 inches and a body length of 65 inches, what
is its estimated body weight?
a. | 965 pounds | b. | 1100 pounds | c. | 1125 pounds | d. | 1150
pounds |
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14.
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What is the actual rate of interest on a $1,200 loan at 12% interest for
one year?
a. | $144 | b. | $164 | c. | $240 | d. | $1,440 |
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A horse should no be fed
one hour before hard work is
performed.
a. | Water | b. | Hay | c. | Concentrates | d. | Grass |
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Hay over 1 year old is usually not an adequate source of what vitamin?
a. | Vitamin D | b. | Vitamin C | c. | Vitamin B | d. | Vitamin
A |
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What is the most commonly used techniques for estimating a horse’s body
weight?
a. | Height tape | c. | Forearm circumference | b. | Bone density
| d. | Weight tape/heart girth
tape |
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Where are the majority of nutrients absorbed in the horse?
a. | Stomach | c. | Large Intestine | b. | Small Intestine | d. | Cecum |
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What part of the hoof grows the fastest?
a. | Heel | b. | Sides | c. | Bars | d. | Toe |
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Which vice in horses is described by biting or setting the teeth against an
object while sucking in air?
a. | Roaring | b. | Heaves | c. | Cribbing | d. | Weaving |
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What type of bedding should never be used for horses?
a. | Wood chips | c. | Oat hulls | b. | Peat moss | d. | Walnut shavings |
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What could cause laminitis in mares, but never in a stallion or a
gelding?
a. | Excess production of LH | b. | Excess production of FSH | c. | Lack of estrogen
| d. | Retained placenta or infection of the uterus |
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This disease is found in the frog and is caused by anaerobic bacteria &
unsanitary conditions.
a. | Navicular disease | c. | Abscesses | b. | Whiteline disease | d. | Thrush |
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If your horse consumed 25 pounds of hay per day and your hay cost was $5/bale
(75 pounds). What would your hay cost be for a 30 day period?
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On average, a mare’s gestation period is
days.
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When a mare ovulates, but fails to show behavioral signs of estrus, what is this
referred to?
a. | Heat | c. | Estrus | b. | Silent heat | d. | None of these are
correct |
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Which structures carry blood away from the heart?
a. | Vessels | c. | Arteries | b. | Capillaries | d. | None of these are
correct |
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28.
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Lactation increases the energy requirements of a mare above maintenance by
percent.
a. | 75-90 | b. | 40-50 | c. | 50-70 | d. | 30-40 |
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Which bone in the horse’s body is the heaviest and strongest?
a. | Scapula | b. | Cannon | c. | Ulna | d. | Femur |
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What is the most critical feeding period of the horses entire life?
a. | While in training | c. | 3 and 4 years of age | b. | After birth | d. | During weaning |
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What is the term for feedstuffs high in fiber?
a. | Concentrates | c. | Forages | b. | Grains | d. | All of these are
correct |
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This horse has both parents that are registered and from the same breed.
a. | Crossbred | c. | Grade | b. | Purebred | d. | None of these are
correct |
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Which joint is the largest in the horse?
a. | Pastern | b. | Hock | c. | Knee | d. | Stifle |
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34.
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Which hormone’s primary role is to stimulation spermatogenesis or
production of sperm in the stallion?
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35.
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Which forage is a good source of vitamin E?
a. | Wheat Midds | c. | Silage | b. | Beat pulp | d. | Alfalfa |
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Which of the following is the best way to stop bleeding of a leg wound?
a. | Apply pressure bandage | c. | Apply gauze pads | b. | Wash with water | d. | Leave alone to
clot |
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What is the single most important factor affecting quality of a forage at
harvest?
a. | Harvesting techniques | c. | Plant’s stage of maturity | b. | Plant’s
variety | d. | Direction of the
wind |
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What is another name for equine distemper?
a. | Encephalomyelitis | c. | Influenza | b. | Rhinopneumonitis | d. | Strangles |
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What grain is commonly fed to horses because of its high fiber content?
a. | Corn | c. | Oats | b. | Sorghum | d. | All of these are
correct. |
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What two materials are primarily needed or the formation of bone?
a. | Copper and Zinc | c. | Calcium and Phosphorus | b. | Magnesium and
Potassium | d. | Zinc and
Lysine |
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How many hours of light are necessary per day to bring a mare into heat prior to
normal breeding season?
a. | 10-12 hours | b. | 11-13 hours | c. | 16 hours | d. | 20
hours |
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Of all the following types of wormers which one controls bots?
a. | zimectrin (ivermectin) | c. | equizole (thiabendazole) | b. | strongid t
(pyrantel) | d. | wonder wormer
(peperazine) |
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43.
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Oats normally weigh lbs per bushel.
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44.
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A two year old stallion can usually breed how many mares with the breeding
resulting in a conception?
a. | 20-40 | b. | 50-70 | c. | 40-60 | d. | 10-15 |
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Fillies generally start coming in heat when they are at what age?
a. | 12-15 years | c. | 2-2.5 years | b. | 1.7-1.9 years | d. | 12-15 months |
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Generally speaking, what is the earliest age to breed a mare?
a. | 4 years | b. | 2 years | c. | 1.5 years | d. | 3
years |
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47.
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is the primary hormone responsible for the characteristic changes that occur in the mare’s
genital track in preparation for ovulation and conception.
a. | estrogen | c. | follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) | b. | progesterone | d. | PGF |
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48.
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When keeping a mare under lights what size of light should be used?
a. | 150 watt | b. | 600 watt | c. | 300 watt | d. | 200
watt |
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49.
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When using artificial lighting the total amount of light a day should total how
many hours?
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50.
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Which of the following is not a way to determine pregnancy in a mare?
a. | cessation of the heat period | b. | rectal palpation | c. | ultrasonography | d. | all of these are ways to detect
pregnancy |
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