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Animal Science Semester Test 1

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the processing where sperm is placed into the reproductive tract of a female animal with the intent to impregnate

a)

Crossbreeding

b)

Artificial insemination

c)

Embryo transfer

d)

Domestication

2.

What is the processing by which an embryo is taken from 1 female's uterus and placed in another to achieve pregnancy in another female

a)

Crossbreeding

b)

Artificial insemination

c)

Embryo transfer

d)

Domestication

3.

What is the act of breeding different breeds of the same species together to form a hybrid breed

a)

Crossbreeding

b)

Artificial insemination

c)

Embryo transfer

d)

Domestication

4.

What is the adaptation of animals for the advantage of humans through breeding and captivity

a)

Crossbreeding

b)

Artificial insemination

c)

Embryo transfer

d)

Domestication

5.

What stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations; are largely operated facilities which raise animals in a confined area and provide management over the animals

a)

Draft

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

CAFO

d)

Domestication

6.

What is white, solid or semisolid fat rendered from pork carcasses

a)

Fat

b)

Lard

c)

Marbling

d)

Water

7.

what is management approach in which supply chains are united through single owner; each supply chain produces different product or service for overall goal

a)

Market

b)

Mixed market

c)

Vertical Integration

d)

Family owned

8.

What is used to hold animals to settle and allow for inspection and tagging

a)

Chute

b)

Holding pen

c)

Animal holder

d)

Restraint

9.

What is the action of draining or losing blood?

a)

Inedible rendering

b)

Exsanguinations

c)

Evisceration

d)

Scalding

10.

What helps loosen hair follicles of swine by submerging animal in hot water

a)

Inedible rendering

b)

Exsanguinations

c)

Evisceration

d)

Scalding

11.

What is the removal of internal organs

a)

Inedible rendering

b)

Exsanguinations

c)

Evisceration

d)

Scalding

12.

What is the process of using wastes from slaughtered animals to convert to useful materials

a)

Inedible rendering

b)

Exsanguinations

c)

Evisceration

d)

Scalding

13.

What is the dead body of an animal?

a)

Carcass

b)

Hot box

c)

Primal cuts

d)

Sub primal cuts

14.

What is used to remove heat from the carcass without freezing the meat

a)

Carcass

b)

Hot box

c)

Primal cuts

d)

Sub primal cuts

15.

What is the larger section cuts made during butchering

a)

Carcass

b)

Hot box

c)

Primal cuts

d)

Sub primal cuts

16.

What is the process of assigning a grade to each beef carcass which ensures an uniform quality in sales and marketing of beef

a)

USDA

b)

Grading

c)

FSIS

d)

Health claim

17.

What is the inexpensive boneless cut of beef ideal for feeding large groups of people

a)

Chuck

b)

Brisket

c)

Shank

d)

Plate

18.

What is the meat from the underbelly of the steer

a)

Chuck

b)

Brisket

c)

Shank

d)

Plate

19.

What is one of the most expensive and tender cuts of meat

a)

Loin

b)

Shoulder butt

c)

Picnic shoulder

d)

Ham

20.

What is the upper portion of a hog's shoulder

a)

Loin

b)

Shoulder butt

c)

Picnic shoulder

d)

Ham

21.

What is not one of the approve humane slaughter act approved methods of stunning

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

mechanical

d)

electrical

22.

Identify

a)

Blade chop

b)

Bacon

c)

Arm Chuck Steak

d)

Back Ribs

23.

Identify

a)

Blade chop

b)

Bacon

c)

Arm Chuck Steak

d)

Back Ribs

24.

Identify

a)

Cube steak

b)

Flank

c)

Fresh side

d)

ham, leg

25.

Identify

a)

Ground beef

b)

Ground pork

c)

Loin chop

d)

Loin pork

26.

Identify

a)

Porterhouse steak

b)

Ribeye

c)

Round steak

d)

Short ribs

27.

Identify

a)

Sausage links

b)

Sausage patties

c)

Short ribs

d)

Ribeye

28.

Identify

a)

Sirloin tip steaks

b)

Stew beef

c)

T bone steak

d)

Tenderloin steak

29.

Which of the following studies the science of heredity and variation of inherited traits among related organisms?

a)

Ethology

b)

Genetics

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Animal instincts

30.

Which of the following allows a spider to build a perfect web for the first time despite having no previous experience with webs?

a)

Genetics

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Ethology

d)

Instinct

31.

Which of the following explains why a dog curls into a ball and uses its tail to cover its nose to minimize heat loss during cold weather?

a)

Body homeostasis

b)

Ethology

c)

Instinct

d)

Genetics

32.

This examples of behavior (relaxed, alert, stand, sit, or lie comfortably, ears up and forward) would signify that the animal has...

a)

Normal behavior

b)

Abnormal behavior

33.

This examples of behavior (showing aggression, exhibiting stiff body, shaking, baring teeth, raising the tail,lower body or tail to ground) would signify that the animal has...

a)

Normal behavior

b)

Abnormal behavior

34.

Aggressive behavior that establishes order within a group

a)

Social

b)

Territorial

c)

Fear

d)

Maternal

e)

Predatory

35.

Aggressive behavior that attacks prey for food

a)

Social

b)

Territorial

c)

Fear

d)

Maternal

e)

Predatory

36.

Aggressive behavior that protects resources, such as domain, food, mate or owner

a)

Social

b)

Territorial

c)

Fear

d)

Maternal

e)

Predatory

37.

Aggressive behavior that protects self from perceived threat

a)

Social

b)

Territorial

c)

Fear

d)

Maternal

e)

Predatory

38.

Which of the following pheromones can be used to recognize other animals?

a)

Trail pheromones

b)

Sex pheromones

c)

Territorial pheromones

d)

Epideictic pheromones

39.

Which of the following warns animals of possible predators?

a)

Trail pheromones

b)

Sex pheromones

c)

Alarm pheromones

d)

Epideictic pheromones

40.

Spiny lobsters use which of the following pheromones to create safety in numbers by forming groups to wave spiny antennae in order to deter predators?

a)

Aggregation pheromones

b)

Epidiectic pheromones

c)

Alarm pheromones

d)

Territorial pheromones

41.

What type of pheromones does a female dog excrete while she is in heat which attracts male dogs from more than a mile away?

a)

Territorial pheromones

b)

Sex pheromones

c)

Trail pheromones

d)

Aggregation pheromones

42.

When two male dogs are seeking the same female, the dog with a higher level of which of the following hormones will obtain the female?

a)

Estrogen

b)

Epinephrine

c)

Testosterone

d)

Pregnancy

43.

Which of the following hormones helps maintain pregnancy?

a)

Epinephrine

b)

Progresterone

c)

Estrogen

d)

Testosterone

44.

Which of the following hormones can attract a male from more than a mile away?

a)

Estrogen

b)

Testosterone

c)

Progesterone

d)

Amino acid

45.

What is it called when an animal communicates through water or air vibrations?

a)

Vocal communication

b)

Substratum

c)

Acoustic

d)

Chemoreception

46.

Which of the following causes male grasshoppers to produce more than 400 mating songs, each with a different meaning?

a)

Courtship rituals

b)

Substratum

c)

Chemoreception

d)

Mechanoreception

47.

Which of the following occurs when a young chimpanzee learns foraging and social behavior from watching its mother and other members of the group?

a)

Playing

b)

Reasoning

c)

Imprinting

d)

Observation

48.

Which of the following helps animals learn movements and become more successful predators as adults?

a)

Habituation

b)

Imprinting

c)

Playing

d)

Reasoning

49.

Which of the following tells a newly hatched herring gull to peck a small red spot on its mother’s beak in order to be fed?

a)

Genetics

b)

Instinct

c)

Pheromones

d)

Habituation

50.

Which of the following causes females to become more agitated and aggressive towards other animals and humans?

a)

Epinephrine

b)

Amino Acids

c)

Pregnancy

d)

Testosterone

51.

A dolphin leaps from the water through an outstretched hoop

a)

Learned

b)

Instinctive

52.

A mother goose rolls an egg back into the nest after falling out.

a)

Learned

b)

Instinctive

53.

A crow places nuts in the middle of the road in order for cars to crack them.

a)

Learned

b)

Instinctive

54.

Which animals have ancestors are of only 1 breed

a)

Selection

b)

Purebred

c)

Crossbreeding

d)

Inbreeding

55.

Which animals are mated with different breeds of the same species

a)

Selection

b)

Purebred

c)

Crossbreeding

d)

Inbreeding

56.

Which animals are mated with relatives

a)

Selection

b)

Purebred

c)

Crossbreeding

d)

Inbreeding

57.

What is removing animals from herd

a)

Selection

b)

Culling

c)

Weaning

d)

Parturition

58.

What is taking young animal off milk by removing it from being with its mother

a)

Selection

b)

Culling

c)

Weaning

d)

Parturition

59.

What is a male animal that has had its testicles removed

a)

sire

b)

dam

c)

castrated

d)

offspring

60.

What is the father or male parent

a)

sire

b)

dam

c)

castrated

d)

offspring

61.

What is the mother or female parent

a)

sire

b)

dam

c)

castrated

d)

offspring

62.

What is the scientific name for cattle

a)

Bovine

b)

Porcine

c)

Equine

d)

Ovine

e)

capra

63.

What is the scientific name for horses

a)

Bovine

b)

Porcine

c)

Equine

d)

Ovine

e)

capra

64.

What is the scientific name for hogs

a)

Bovine

b)

Porcine

c)

Equine

d)

Ovine

e)

capra

65.

What is the scientific name for chicken

a)

Bovine

b)

Porcine

c)

Equine

d)

Poultry

e)

capra

66.

What is the process of giving birth in swine called

a)

Calving

b)

Farrowing

c)

Kidding

d)

Foaling

e)

Laying

67.

What is the process of giving birth in chickens called

a)

Calving

b)

Farrowing

c)

Kidding

d)

Foaling

e)

Laying

68.

What is the process of giving birth in cattle called

a)

Calving

b)

Farrowing

c)

Kidding

d)

Foaling

e)

Laying

69.

What is the offspring of either sex called in goats

a)

Calf

b)

Piglet

c)

Foal

d)

Chick

e)

Kid

70.

What is the offspring of either sex called in swine

a)

Calf

b)

Piglet

c)

Foal

d)

Chick

e)

Kid

71.

What is the offspring of either sex called in chickens

a)

Calf

b)

Piglet

c)

Foal

d)

Chick

e)

Kid

72.

What is the offspring of either sex called in cattle

a)

Calf

b)

Piglet

c)

Foal

d)

Chick

e)

Kid

73.

What is a young female called in a chicken

a)

Heifer

b)

Pullet

c)

Ewe lamb

d)

Filly

e)

Gilt

74.

What is a young female called in a swine

a)

Heifer

b)

Pullet

c)

Ewe lamb

d)

Filly

e)

Gilt

75.

What is a young female called in cattle

a)

Heifer

b)

Pullet

c)

Ewe lamb

d)

Filly

e)

Gilt

76.

What is a young female called in sheep

a)

Heifer

b)

Pullet

c)

Ewe lamb

d)

Filly

e)

Gilt

77.

What is a young female called inequine

a)

Heifer

b)

Pullet

c)

Ewe lamb

d)

Filly

e)

Gilt

78.

What is a adult male called in goats

a)

Bull

b)

Rooster

c)

Buck

d)

Stallion

e)

Boar

79.

What is a adult male called in swine

a)

Bull

b)

Rooster

c)

Buck

d)

Stallion

e)

Boar

80.

What is a adult male called in cattle

a)

Bull

b)

Rooster

c)

Buck

d)

Ram

e)

Boar

81.

What is a adult male called in chicken

a)

Bull

b)

Rooster

c)

Buck

d)

Ram

e)

Boar

82.

What is adult female called in swine

a)

Cow

b)

Mare

c)

Sow

d)

Ewe

e)

Doe

83.

What is adult female called in goat

a)

Cow

b)

Mare

c)

Sow

d)

Ewe

e)

Doe

84.

What is adult female called in cattle

a)

Cow

b)

Mare

c)

Sow

d)

Ewe

e)

Hen

85.

What is adult female called in equine

a)

Cow

b)

Mare

c)

Sow

d)

Ewe

e)

Hen

86.

Identify #5

a)

Snout

b)

Jowl

c)

Shoulder

d)

Point of shoulder

87.

Identify #2

a)

Snout

b)

Jowl

c)

Shoulder

d)

Point of shoulder

88.

Identify #13

a)

Stifle

b)

Hock

c)

Pastern

d)

Dewclaw

89.

Identify #14

a)

Ham

b)

Rump

c)

Loin

d)

Middle

90.

Identify #3

a)

Comb

b)

Beak

c)

Wattle

d)

Hackle

91.

Identify #1

a)

Comb

b)

Beak

c)

Wattle

d)

Hackle

92.

Identify #5

a)

Breast

b)

Shoulder

c)

Wing Coverts

93.

Identify #9

a)

Thigh

b)

Shank

c)

Toe

d)

Hock

94.

Identify #11

a)

Thigh

b)

Shank

c)

Toe

d)

Hock

95.

Identify #15

a)

Dock

b)

Rump

c)

Loin

d)

Hind Saddle

96.

Identify #18

a)

Top of shoulder

b)

Rack

c)

Shoulder

d)

Forerib

97.

Identify #17

a)

Rump

b)

Tail head

c)

Pin Bone

d)

Leg

98.

Identify #16

a)

Rump

b)

Tail head

c)

Pin Bone

d)

Leg

99.

Identify #12

a)

Stifle

b)

Tail head

c)

Hock

d)

Cannon

100.

Identify #22

a)

Poll

b)

Muzzle

c)

Throat Latch

d)

Point of shoulder

101.

Identify #3

a)

Crest

b)

Withers

c)

Back

d)

Shoulder

102.

Identify #10

a)

Barrel

b)

Girth

c)

Flank

d)

Thigh

103.

Identify #4

a)

Point of hip

b)

Loin

c)

Croup

d)

Back

104.

Identify #8

a)

Point of hip

b)

Loin

c)

Croup

d)

Back

105.

Identify #20

a)

Tail head

b)

Pin bone

c)

Hook or hip

d)

Quarter

106.

Which of the following is a type of muscle tissue?

a)

Skeletal

b)

Cardiac

c)

Smooth

d)

All of the above

107.

Tendons attach ____ to ________

a)

Muscle/Muscle

b)

Bone/Bone

c)

Muscle/bone

d)

Red fibers/white fibers

108.

A neuron has ______.

a)

Soma

b)

Axom

c)

Nucleus

d)

All of the above

109.

In humans, which part of the brain contains 80% percent of its weight?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Spiral cord

d)

Brain stem

110.

The brain is directly protected by the ____.

a)

Spinal cord

b)

Skull

c)

Vertebral column

d)

All of the above

111.

Cattle are considered:

a)

Monopods

b)

Bipeds

c)

Tripods

d)

Quadrupeds

112.

Which bone is present in humans, but absent in 4 legged animals?

a)

Skull

b)

Femur

c)

Clavicle

d)

Pelvis

113.

Which type of animal has an odd number of heart chambers?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Birds

d)

Reptiles

114.

The universal recipient can accept blood from any other blood type. Which type of blood is considered the universal recipient

a)

AB+

b)

AB-

c)

O+

d)

O-

115.

Phag means what

a)

To eat

b)

To destroy

c)

To breakdown

d)

To encompass

116.

Which animal sometimes only has one lung

a)

Chicken

b)

Frog

c)

Snake

d)

Trout