Cattle Behavior Sample Questions

The eyesight of cattle is considered to be?

• Fair

• Good

• Poor

• Extremely Good

When monitoring livestock, you should make sure they have what 4 necessities?

• Water, Shelter, Feed, and Rest

• Vitamins, Nutrients, Shade, and Bedding

• Water, Shade, Bedding, Vitamins

• Nutrients, Rest, Feed, and Water

What can happen if you were to get behind a gate or fence in a crowded alley with cattle?

• Startle the cattle

• Prevent cattle from moving

• Hurt the cattle

• You can be crushed

What is the most essential nutrient for livestock?

• Vitamin C

• Water

• Thymine

• Potassium

What is one thing emphasized when handling cattle?

• Work Quickly

• Remaining Calm

• Know the number of cattle you are handling

• Using tools such as whips and electric prods

When cattle are confronted, what is their first impulse?

• Run away

• To bunch up or move away

• Charge at the person

• Do nothing

How should you move cattle?

• As fast as possible

• Walking and moving slowly and not being in their flight zone

• Moving in a swift manner and being in their flight zone

• Running and scaring the cattle to move in the direction you want them to go

What will cattle do if you enter their flight zone?

• Animals will just stand there

• Animals will turn and face you

• Animals will turn away

• Animals do not have a flight zone, only birds do

How should you walk towards cattle herds?

• In a straight line, directly in front of them

• In a vertical line, directly behind them

• In a zig zagging pattern, directly on the side of them

• At a diagonal line, to the front of them

Why is it important to keep moving when working cattle?

• To show you have control

• To be ready to run after cattle when them go the wrong direction

• So cattle know you are there and they do not react to your movement too quickly

• To entertain the cattle