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WorksheetsANSCI II Large Practice Final Exam
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 52mins
Voice, rising, secret ballot, and roll call are the four common methods of:
debating motions
introducing motions
referring motions
voting
During a meeting, one tap of the gavel:
calls the meeting to order
calls members to stand up
signifies the meeting is adjourned
signifies that the members should be quiet and orderly
What is the book of authority on parliamentary law?
Career Development Events Handbook
FFA Student Handbook
Official FFA Manual
Robert’s Rules of Order
Various numbers of taps of the gavel have different meanings, but overall the gavel is the symbol of:
authority
FFA
voting
weakness
If a member wants a small group of members to gather more information about a main motion before a vote is taken, the members, during debate on the motion, would move to:
amend the motion
lay the motion on the table
reconsider the motion
refer to a committee
The type of SAE that involves operating and assuming financial risk in a business
entrepreneurship
placement
improvement
exploratory
For a school-to-work employment plan to help a student, the plan must be:
complex
implemented
signed by the principal
simple
After a student has evaluated his/her own interests and has narrowed the field of jobs, then the student should:
apply for a job
complete a job application
go for a job interview
study the requirements of the job
The type of SAE that involves planning and conducting an agricultural experiment using the scientific method is:
entrepreneurship
placement
improvement
experimental
A type of SAE that places students in jobs outside the regular school day is:
entrepreneurship
placement
improvement
exploratory
If a business has $10,000 cash on hand, $25,000 in a checking account, and land valued at $300,000, on which line of a financial statement should the $335,000 total be entered?
Current assets
Net worth
Total assets
Total liabilities
On a financial statement, items that can be quickly converted to cash or that will be sold within 12 months are:
current assets
current liabilities
equity
net worth
If a beef farmer’s inventory shows 100 cattle worth $400 each, medicine and supplies worth $1,000, and land valued at $200,000, what amount should be entered on the non-depreciable inventory line of the financial statement?
$400.00
$41,000.00
$200,000.00
$241,000.00
Mortgages that are not due this year are entered on a financial statement as:
current assets
current liabilities
non-current assets
non-current liabilities
On a net worth statement, net worth is the same as:
current assets
equity
inventory
total liabilities
Muscles in livestock are classified as:
internal or external
pectoral or pelvic
tendons or ligaments
voluntary or involuntary
What part of the circulatory system carries blood from the heart to organs in the animal's body?
Veins
Capillaries
Arteries
Heart
Which type of bone in the animal's body provides support and is also cylindrical?
Short
Pneumatic
Flat
Long
The type of muscle that makes up the majority of meat consumed by humans is:
striated
smooth
tendons
cardiac
If an animal science student is labeling the parts of a pig’s nervous system, what is the name of the part in the center of the vertebral column that is also connected to the brain?
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Somatic nerve
Spinal cord
The major muscle that is a part of the circulatory system of animals is the
heart
liver
pancreas
stomach
Temperature control and vocalization are functions of the:
circulatory system
hormones
nervous system
respiratory system
Energy for muscle contractions comes from:
deoxyribonucleic acid
adenosine triphosphate
sensory neurons
hormones
What part of the heart sends oxygenated blood to the various parts of the body?
Aorta
Lungs
Pulmonary veins
Left atrium
Blood from the lower part of the animal's body enters the heart through the:
caudal vena cava
alveoli
cranial vena cava
lungs
Which animal system secretes hormones into the blood to travel to and stimulate certain organs to perform their specific functions?
Circulatory
Endocrine
Muscular
Skeletal
Which animal system has the function of supplying oxygen to tissues and removing carbon dioxide from the body?
Circulatory
Endocrine
Muscular
Respiratory
The average length of the estrus cycle for both cattle and swine is:
1 day
21 days
28 days
114 days
If left in the mother's body after the baby animal is born, the placenta and other membranes will make the mother sick. This tissue, generally expelled during the birthing process, is also referred to as the:
afterbirth
breach birth
umbilical cord
uterus
Which hormone is primarily responsible for maintaining pregnancy in an animal?
Luteinizing hormone
Progesterone
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Estrogen
What stage of parturition involves the actual birth of the fetus?
Cleaning
Expulsion
Preparatory
Retention
The disease ruminant animals suffer from when they swallow foreign objects such as nails or wire is called:
tetanus
rabies
hardware
metallic
The process of forcing food back up the esophagus so it can be chewed again is called:
mastication
prehension
digestion
rumination
Which enzyme in the stomach acts on proteins?
Gastric lipase
Salivary amylase
Pepsin
Maltase
If a laboratory has a pig’s internal organ that contains feed and some liquids in it, what label should be put on that organ?
Heart
Lungs
Stomach
Uterus
Lights are on 24 hours a day in houses used for:
breeding flocks
broilers
layers
pullets
Details of the amount of waste generated, the fields and crops receiving the waste, and the best management practices to be used in a livestock operation are included in the:
animal mortality management plan
animal waste management plan
breeding records
net worth statement
In most commercial laying flocks of chickens, the lights are controlled by:
automatic time clocks
manual switches
mirrors
shades
Animal waste management systems that primarily rely on soil and plant systems to treat animal waste are Type:
A
B
C
D
Most local regulations for animal operations deal with:
health and disease
waste management
water quality
zoning or location
Ear notchers, needle teeth clippers, and castrating knives are small equipment needed for a:
farrowing house
growing facility
finishing facility
pig nursery
Controlling temperature, odor, moisture, and airborne disease organisms is done through:
air conditioning
heating
spraying water mist
ventilation
Which preventative maintenance procedure should be done on baby pigs to prevent injury to sows when pigs are nursing?
Castrate
Clip needle teeth
Dock tails
Notch ears
As Shawn inspects his dairy herd he notices a cow with a swollen, painful udder. What bacterial disease is affecting this cow?
Shipping fever
Foot rot
Blackleg
Mastitis
Spraying cracks and crevices in poultry buildings with an approved chemical during the daylight hours will help control mites, bedbugs, and fowl ticks, because they:
feed on birds during daylight
feed there during daylight
hide there during daylight
hide there during the night
The type of immunity a newborn calf obtains from its mother's milk is:
active
infectious
modified live
passive
When new animals are brought to a farm, which preventative maintenance procedure should be used to keep from spreading diseases?
Isolate new animals
Mix new animals with other animals
Spray other animals
Vaccinate other animals
Poultry seldom have serious problems with worms because they:
are raised in confinement on wire floors
are raised outside on the ground
drink worm medicine in their water
eat worm medicine in their feed
It is easier and causes less stress to dehorn calves when their horns are:
fully developed
in the button stage
past the button stage
six inches long
The process of feeling the reproductive tract of a cow to determine pregnancy is:
artificial insemination.
palpation.
parturition.
sterilization.
A major advantage of synchronization of estrus in cows and heifers is:
higher conception rates.
less uniform calf crop.
lower level of management required.
reduced breeding and calving seasons.
Which preventive maintenance procedure is performed as a part of breeding flock management to prevent the spread of diseases from eggs?
Adding vitamins to feed
Fumigating with formaldehyde
Spraying with insecticides
Storing eggs at 80 percent humidity
Hatching eggs are fumigated to help prevent the spread of:
egg-borne diseases.
external parasites.
internal parasites.
nutritional disorders.
A major advantage of synchronization of estrus is cows and heifers is:
Higher conception rates
Less uniform calf crop
Lower level of management required
Reduced breeding and calving season
Genetically engineered bovine somatotrophin (bST) given to dairy cattle results in:
Increased milk production
More fat and weight increases
More fat and weight losses
Reduced milk production
One of the major advantages of embryo cloning is:
Genetically uniform offspring
Genetically diverse offspring
High costs
Low success rates
The Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires any feed with any drug in it to be labeled as a:
feed additive
hormone implant
medicated feed.
poisonous substance.
Withdrawing the hormone implant needle too rapidly can result in:
artery punctures.
crushed hormone pellets.
infections.
vein punctures.
Using antibiotics and antibacterials at a lower level than would be used to treat sick animals is:
concentrated use.
subtherapeutic use.
supratherapeutic use.
therapeutic use.
Using the Pearson Square method, how many pounds of 8.9 percent protein corn and 45.8 percent protein soybean oil meal would be mixed together to make 2,000 pounds of a 14 percent protein feed?
0 corn and 2,000 soybean oil meal
0 soybean oil meal and 2,000 corn
276 corn and 1,724 soybean oil meal
1,724 corn and 276 soybean oil meal
Placing the hormone implant in the ear cartilage may cause encapsulation, resulting in:
faster-than-normal absorption.
loss of the implant.
normal absorption.
slower-than-normal absorption.
If black is dominant over red and white faces are dominant over colored faces in cattle, what color offspring would come from crossing a purebred black Angus with a purebred white faced red Hereford cow?
Black all over
Black with white face
Red all over
Red with white face
The gene in a pair that hides the effect of the other gene is a:
dominant gene.
homozygous gene pair.
Punnett square.
recessive gene.
A gene pair that carries two genes for the same trait is:
blood-typing.
expected progeny difference.
heterozygous.
homozygous.
When the performance information used to select poultry breeders it he pedigree, the types of records used is:
Future performance
Past performance
Present performance
Rate of gain performance
In percent heritability for birth weight is 40, weaning weight is 30, tenderness is 60, and ribeye area is 70 in beef cattle, which trait can be improved the most through selective breeding?
Birth weight
Ribeye area
Tenderness
Weaning weight
The tendency for genes that are located close together on the chromosome to stay together and pass traits in groups is:
crossover.
incomplete dominance.
linkage.
mutation.
Which performance data is a measure of growth rate in swine?
Adjusted days to 230 pounds
Number of live pigs born per litter
Number of pigs weaned per litter
USDA grade
As Alison evaluates an animal from the rear view, she notices the hock joints are set too close together and the hooves point away from one another. What conformation fault does this animal display?
Post-legged
Sickle-hocked
Buck-kneed
Cow-hocked
In livestock, sex-linked traits are often recessive and are covered up by:
dominant genes.
female hormones.
male hormones.
recessive genes.
Using the Punnet Square, what percent of the offspring would be white if a dominant white homozygous (WW) boar is bred to a black recessive homozygous (ww) sow?
0
25
75
100
The appearance of a new trait in the biological offspring that is not in the genetic makeup of the parents is a:
dominant gene.
mutation.
recessive gene.
sex-linked trait.
If laying hen one has pigment in the vent, hen two in the beak, hen three in the front of the shanks, and hen four in the eye ring, which hen has been laying the longest?
One
Two
Three
Four
A 16-pound ready-to-cook turkey that has the wing tips and the second wing joint on both wings missing can grade no higher than USDA Grade:
A
B
C
D
Live broilers should be health and well fleshed with normal confirmation and only slight defects so that they will be Grade:
A
B
C
D
The exterior quality of grade of eggs with foreign material sticking on the egg shells is:
AA
A
B
dirty
The maximum missing parts that a four pound ready-to-cook broiler can have and still be a Grade A are:
both whole wings and tail
One whole wing and tail
Second wing joints and tail
Wing tips and tail
Although the selection of a broiler chicks is an important management decision for broiler production, basically no broiler producers make this decision because:
Broilers are grown on contract
Producers do not know how
There are no broiler chick hatcheries
Transporting chicks too difficult
What conformation trait from the Unified Dairy Scorecard evaluates the skeletal parts?
Dairy strength
Frame
Udder
Feet and legs
As Cheyenne evaluates a group of breeding gilts, she notices an animal with a hock joint that is excessively straight. What conformation fault does this animal display?
Post-legged
Sickle-hocked
Buck-kneed
Cow-hocked
As determined by candling, the USDA quality grade for an egg with a clean and unbroken shell, clear and firm white, yolk free defects and air cell 1/8 inches or less is:
AA
A
B
Leaker
When laying hens are evaluated, the relationship of pigment of egg laying is:
Less pigment, less eggs
Less pigment, more eggs
More pigment, more ggs
No relationship
What source of food-borne bacterial contamination involves the transfer of bacteria when hands are not washed thoroughly?
Animals
Soil
Water
Humans
The main purpose of carcass inspection is to detect irregular and contaminated meat and to:
package it
remove it
sell it
stamp it
What common food-borne illness is contracted by eating contaminated eggs?
Campylobacter poisoning
Coccidiosis
E. coli poisoning
Salmonellosis
During the slaughtering process, the federal Humane Slaughter Act permits mechanical, chemical, and electrical methods of:
inspecting
skinning
sticking
stunning
During the slaughtering process, broilers and turkeys are bled by:
cutting the jugular vein
removing the heart
removing the gizzard
sticking
Which method of stunning livestock involves asphyxiation?
Mechanical
Chemical
Exsanguination
Electrical
The purpose of sticking beef cattle and hogs during the slaughtering process is for:
bleeding
eviscerating
inspecting
stunning
