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Animal Science Final Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Male cattle castrated before puberty is called a _____?

a)

Bull

b)

Cow

c)

Heifer

d)

Steer

2.

Which definition best describes a commodity?

a)

Prices that are only sold.

b)

Products that are only bought.

c)

Products that are bought or sold.

d)

Products that are produced only for the US.

3.

Which animal commodity does Kentucky rank in the top 10 for production?

a)

Cattle

b)

Poultry

c)

Sheep

d)

Swine

4.

Kentucky is the largest producer of this animal commodity east of the Mississippi River?

a)

Cattle

b)

Poultry

c)

Sheep

d)

Swine

5.

How did the book The Jungle change the meat industry?

a)

Decreased the amount of inspections needed for meat and meat products.

b)

Decreased the amount of workers needed for meat and meat products.

c)

Increased the amount of workers needed for meat and meat products.

d)

Increased the amount of inspections needed for meat and meat products.

6.

What is the step in the slaughter process where the meat is cut into wholesale and retail cuts?

a)

Fabrication

b)

Stunning

c)

Bleeding

d)

Transportation

7.

What term is used to describe a young female swine species?

a)

Sow

b)

Boar

c)

Gilt

d)

Barrow

8.

What is the term used to described parturition in equine?

a)

Foaling

b)

Farrowing

c)

Calving

d)

Kidding

9.

What is the latin term used to describe cattle?

a)

Bovine

b)

Ovine

c)

Swine

d)

Equine

10.

An animal that has an enlarged cecum that allows them to digest roughages is which type of digestive system?

a)

Avian

b)

Monogastric

c)

Pseudoruminant

d)

Ruminant

11.

The seeds and grains of a plant that are fed to animals are called what?

a)

Concentrates

b)

Feed Additives

c)

Roughages

d)

Supplements

12.

What are the four compartments of the ruminant stomach in the order that they occur?

a)

Rumen, Omasum, Abomasum, Reticulum

b)

Rumen, Abomasum, Omasum, Reticulum

c)

Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum

d)

Rumen, Reticulum, Abomasum, Omasum

13.

The nutrient required by animals to complete a task or to provide them with energy is?

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Proteins

c)

Lipids

d)

Water

14.

Which of the following is not a function of feed?

a)

Growth

b)

Work

c)

Muscle

d)

Reproduction

15.

Which of the following is not a forage that is used in pasture for livestock?

a)

Annual Lespedeza

b)

KY Bluegrass

c)

Indian Grass

d)

Timothy

16.

Which of the following is a legume that is used in pasture for livestock?

a)

Smooth Bromegrass

b)

Garrison Grass

c)

Eastern Gamagrass

d)

Alfalfa

17.

The maximum number of animals that a pasture can support is called?

a)

Feed Rate

b)

Stocking Rate

c)

Animal Rate

d)

Pasture Rate

18.

Which of the following reasons would not be important to know based on the maximum number of animals a pasture can support?

a)

To reduce overgrazing on the pasture.

b)

To not under feed animals while grazing.

c)

So that you do not deplete all the nutrients from the soil.

d)

To ensure that a profit is being made off of the pasture.

19.

In which part of the female reproductive anatomy is the fetus developed in?

a)

Uterus

b)

Vagina

c)

Ovary

d)

Fallopian Tube

20.

What hormone does the male produce?

a)

Estrogen

b)

Testosterone

c)

Progesterone

d)

Oxytocin

21.

The term given to animal's length of pregnancy is?

a)

Lactation

b)

Gestation

c)

Fertilization

d)

Ovulation

22.

When looking at the family history of a purebred offspring what term refers to the father?

a)

Sire

b)

Dam

c)

Grand Sire

d)

Grand Dam

23.

When a female is having difficulty giving birth this is called?

a)

Prolapse

b)

Dysfunction

c)

Dystocia

d)

Labor

24.

How long is a cow's gestation length?

a)

5-6 months

b)

9 months

c)

11 months

d)

3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

25.

what is the gestation length for sheep & goats?

a)

5-6 months

b)

9 months

c)

11 months

d)

3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

26.

Which of the following is not a way to detect if a female is in heat?

a)

K-mar heat detectors

b)

Raddle Marks

c)

Standing Heat

d)

Spotting

27.

When a female animal has pushed too hard or been under distress during labor what can happen to the uterus?

a)

Prolapse

b)

Dysfunction

c)

Dystocia

d)

Nothing

28.

When breeding two animals of different breeds what type of breeding system is this referring to?

a)

Purebred Breeding

b)

Crossbreeding

c)

Grading Up

d)

Inbreeding

29.

An animal that has both dominant alleles would be described as?

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous Dominant

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Co-Dominant

e)

Incompletely Dominant

30.

A phenotype is ...

a)

The physical appearance of an organism that is the result of it's genes.

b)

The combination of genes in an organism.

c)

When one gene affects the expression of another gene.

d)

The term for a version of a gene.

31.

The different traits sort of blend, so that neither is fully present in the phenotype, those traits would be called?

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozygous Dominant

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Co-Dominant

e)

Incompletely Dominant

32.

An organism that expresses a recessive phenotype must be?

a)

Heterozygous

b)

Homozgyous Dominant

c)

Homozygous Recessive

d)

Co-Dominant

e)

Incompletely Dominant

33.

Epistasis is....

a)

The physical appearance of an organism that is the result of its genes.

b)

The combination of genes in an organism.

c)

When one gene affects the expression of another gene.

d)

The term for a version of a gene.

34.

How many of the offspring will be the color white?

(Dominant traits are White and Polled (G))

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

35.

How many of the offspring would be horned?

(Dominant traits are White and Polled (G))

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

16

36.

What determines the color of the egg that a chicken will lay?

a)

Feathers

b)

Head Color

c)

Earlobes

d)

Feet & Leg Colors

37.

How long does it take for a chick to hatch?

a)

18 days

b)

19 days

c)

20 days

d)

21 days

38.

How is judging livestock animals (pigs, sheep, goats, and beef cattle) different than judging dairy cattle?

a)

Look for muscling

b)

Look for developed mammary System

c)

Dairy Character is important

d)

Determining if they are good for breeding.

39.

What is the name of the explanation that justifies why the animals were placed the way they were?

a)

Placings

b)

Explanation

c)

Justification

d)

Reasons

40.

When judging ready to eat poultry products which of the following is not a reason that could cause it to be considered undesirable?

a)

Coating Voids

b)

Misshapen

c)

Consistent Color

d)

Broken