2011 Area Livestock Evaluation CDE Management Exam

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1 Name: School: Area: ID: A 2011 Area Livestock Evaluation CDE Management Exam Multiple Choice Please mark ALL answers on your scan tron. Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Most fatal accidents on farms are caused by _. a. livestock c. bees and insects b. machinery d. falls 2. Farm chemicals such as pesticides should be stored in places where _. a. children cannot get to them c. there are no sewer or drainage lines b. they will not freeze d. all answers are correct 3. Addition of lasalocid sodium to the ration of beef cattle improves _. a. feed efficiency c. feed intake b. bone growth d. fat content 4. Compounds such as yeasts and lactobacilli that change the bacterial population in the digestive tract to a more desirable type are called _. a. chemobiotics c. probiotics b. subclinicals d. anthelmintics 5. Most cows will come into heat _ days after calving. a. 5 to 10 c. 36 to 48 b. 21 to 60 d. 70 to A hormone injection to induce superovulation is generally done after day _ following calving. a. 10 c. 60 b. 25 d Which breed of cattle has had more registered cattle than any other breed? a. Angus c. Texas Longhorn b. Hereford d. Charbray 8. Which breed of cattle was in existence before the time of the Roman Empire? a. DeVon c. Chianina b. Beefmaster d. Brahman 9. Bang s disease is another name for _. a. tuberculosis c. brucellosis b. vibriosis d. mad cow disease 1

2 Name: ID: A 10. A good dam should have been rated in the top _ of the herd. a. third c. quarter b. half d. tenth 11. _ governs the price of beef cattle. a. Supply c. Both Supply and Demand b. Demand d. USDA 12. The Beef Promotion Research Act of _ established a $1.00 per head checkoff. a c b d _ notches must follow the guidelines of the breed association with which the pig is being registered. a. Ear c. Hoof b. Nose d. Tail 14. The _ hog is black with a white belt that encircles the fore part of the body. a. Duroc c. Chester White b. Berkshire d. Hampshire 15. The _ system is now used to produce the majority of market hogs in the United States. a. rotational c. terminal crossbreeding b. inbreeding d. upgrading 16. A visual evaluation of the amount of muscle on a hog is best seen by looking at the _ view of the hog. a. side c. front b. rear d. top 17. Many of the odor problems from confinement operations are related to the release of _ from manure. a. carbon dioxide c. methane b. sulfur d. ammonia 18. Allowing sows to have fenceline contact with boars stimulates _. a. milk production c. estrus b. weight gain d. back fat production 19. Accelerated lambing is a system that produces _ lamb crops in 2 years. a. one c. three b. two d. four 20. Lambs are commonly weaned at about _ months of age. a. 2 c. 4 b. 3 d. 6 2

3 ID: A 2011 Area Livestock Evaluation CDE Management Exam Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: B machinery BNK: CHAPTER 3: SAFETY IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 2. ANS: D all answers are correct BNK: CHAPTER 3: SAFETY IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 3. ANS: A feed efficiency BNK: CHAPTER 7: FEED ADDITIVES AND HORMONE IMPLANTS 4. ANS: C probiotics BNK: CHAPTER 7: FEED ADDITIVES AND HORMONE IMPLANTS 5. ANS: B 21 to 60 BNK: CHAPTER 11: BIOTECHNOLOGY IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 6. ANS: C 60 BNK: CHAPTER 11: BIOTECHNOLOGY IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION 7. ANS: A Angus BNK: CHAPTER 13: BREEDS OF BEEF CATTLE 8. ANS: C Chianina BNK: CHAPTER 13: BREEDS OF BEEF CATTLE 9. ANS: C brucellosis BNK: CHAPTER 14: SELECTION AND JUDGING OF BEEF 1

4 ID: A 10. ANS: B half BNK: CHAPTER 14: SELECTION AND JUDGING OF BEEF 11. ANS: C Both Supply and Demand BNK: CHAPTER 19: MARKETING BEEF 12. ANS: C 1985 BNK: CHAPTER 19: MARKETING BEEF 13. ANS: A Ear BNK: CHAPTER 20: BREEDS OF SWINE 14. ANS: D Hampshire BNK: CHAPTER 20: BREEDS OF SWINE 15. ANS: C terminal crossbreeding BNK: CHAPTER 21: SELECTION AND JUDGING OF SWINE 16. ANS: B rear BNK: CHAPTER 21: SELECTION AND JUDGING OF SWINE 17. ANS: D ammonia BNK: CHAPTER 22: FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF SWINE 18. ANS: C estrus BNK: CHAPTER 22: FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF SWINE 19. ANS: C three BNK: CHAPTER 27: FEEDING, MANAGEMENT, AND HOUSING OF SHEEP 2

5 ID: A 20. ANS: B 3 BNK: CHAPTER 27: FEEDING, MANAGEMENT, AND HOUSING OF SHEEP 3

6 2011 Area Livestock Evaluation CDE Management Exam [Answer Strip] ID: A _ B 10. _ C 11. _ B 1. _ C 12. _ D 2. _ A 13. _ A 3. _ D 14. _ C 4. _ C 15. _ B 5. _ B 16. _ C 6. _ D 17. _ A 7. _ C 18. _ C 8. _ C 19. _ C 9. _ B 20.

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