AEST Animal Science Practice Test

Adapting the behavior of animals to fit the needs of humans is called:

• training

• domestication

• breeding

• culling

Animal that regurgitate and masticate their feed after they swallow it are called:

• fowls

• canines

• ruminants

• aves

The trend in the consumption of poultry is showing:

• an increase

• a decrease

• remaining the same

• difficult to determine

In the US the first federal law dealing with the humane treatment of animals was passed in:

• 1965

• 1999

• 1873

• 1956

The use of technology in genetic and reproductive processes in livestock is called:

• aquaponics

• aquaculture

• selective breeding

• biotechnology

One of the earliest animals tamed by humans was:

• horses

• sheep

• goats

• swine

The number of careers available to those interested in agriculture number more than:

• 60

• 200

• 500

• 150

The percentage of agriculture-related jobs in the total workforce is _____ percent.

• 18

• 33

• 10

• 25

Twenty-eight percent of the farms in the US produce ____ percent of the total sales of farm products

• 87

• 32

• 66

• 47

Most fatal accidents on farms are caused by:

• livestock

• machinery

• bees and insects

• falls