WorksheetsCattle Behavior TCFA Quizizz
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
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 they go the wrong direction
So cattle know you are there and they do not react to your movement too quickly
To entertain the cattle
What is proper cattle handling based upon?
Cool, Calm, and Collected
Knowledge of the cattle in the herd
Observation of the herd
Proactive precautionary measures
What speed should cattle be moved at?
A walk or trot
A run
A slow, slow walk
If you plan on using an ATV to move cattle that are not familiar with the machine, what should you do?
Surprise them with the ATV
Let them walk around the ATV when it is not running
Introduce the ATV from a distance
Just don’t use an ATV
What are the three key factors to handling cattle properly?
Calm, Persistent, and witty
Slow, Relaxed, Deliberate
Strategic, Gradual, Gentle
Slow, calm, and patience
What are the two acceptable ways a handler can cause cattle to move?
Draw and Pressure
Yelling and Screaming
Chasing and striking
Which of the following does not influence an animal’s flight zone?
Disposition
Sound
Moving directly toward the animal
Size of the pen
Where is the point of balance on a calf?
Last Rib
Hip
Shoulder
Cattle have 360-degree vision.
True
False
The “steering wheel” of a steer is the:
Nose
Eye
Head
The gas pedal and break on a steer is the point of balance.
True
False
Why is it difficult to get cattle to turn away from you?
It makes them dizzy
Their predator/pray instinct
If all the cattle are facing the handler, the handler is the flight zone.
Outside
What are the cattle communicate?
Smell
Touch
Sight
All of the above
Sound
Cattle respond to three types of pressure, push, draw, and maintain.
True
False
Wild cattle will have a flight zone than tame cattle.
Larger
What determines the number of cattle you should load in a Bud Box at one time.
Length of time till lunch
The number of cattle you have to work
Number of cattle the processing alley will hold
To create flow in the processing alley, cattle must be able to see the calf in front leave the squeeze chute.
True
False
Which of the following does not create draw?
Movement toward the cattle
Movement away from the cattle
A handler can create pressure by
Moving toward the cattle
Moving away from the cattle
