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Question 1

High quality food in the US is partly due to uniform set of terms est. by the USDA known as __.

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grades

Question 2

What career works with animal facilities, waste mgt, env'tal impact, and improving products?

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agricultural engineer

Question 3

Fixed costs:

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are constant regardless of production level

Question 4

Which term describes the production of one or more exact genetic copies of an animal?

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cloning

Question 5

What is a form of business where 2 or more people go into business together?

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partnership

Question 6

The ___ is commonly known as the racing horse.

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Thoroughbred

Question 7

___ is animal tissues and bones from animal slaughterhouses cooked, dried and ground.

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tankange

Question 8

Which of the following is the best simple definition of biotechnology?

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using technology to improve living organisms

Question 9

___ are essential in skeleton growth and necessary for body systems to function properly.

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minerals

Question 10

What is a business owned by one person who makes the decisions?

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sole proprietorship

Question 11

Which breed is the most popular dairy breed?

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Holstein

Question 12

___ are feed materials that are high in fiber.

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roughages

Question 13

What are items owned by a business that have value?

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assets

Question 14

What is accomplished by adding or increasing new products and/or enterprises?

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diversification

Question 15

___ is a gas given off from organic matter.

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Methane

Question 16

What are goods sold to another country?

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exports

Question 17

Which breed is the most popular in the US because of its high quality marbling?

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Angus

Question 18

What are both sheep and goats raised to product?

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food and clothing

Question 19

What are the 3 essential elements of a marketing program?

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price, quality, and service

Question 20

In infection of the milk secreting glands in animals is called:

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mastitis

Question 21

The first step in conducting agricultural research is identifying the ___ to be investigated.

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problem

Question 22

seasonally ____: typically has multiple estrous cycles only during a certain time of the year.

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polyestrous

Question 23

Which is true about manure?

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can be used to supplement more expensive fertilizers

Question 24

How do livestock help conserve soil and soil fertility?

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Both B and B

Question 25

What is a common system used to treat the wastewater resulting from animal production?

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lagoons

Question 26

In the futures market, what is a futures price?

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quoted price for a commodity to be delivered at certain time

Question 27

What is an advantage of technology?

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makes work easier

Question 28

Which of the following is a visual sign of poor health?

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all of the above

Question 29

___ is the appearance of a new trait in the offspring that didn't exist in the parents.

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mutation

Question 30

Replacement breeding stock are selected on confirmation and _____.

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Performance

Question 31

Which statement best describes advantages of artificial insemination?

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Less expensive than ownership of a quality sire

Question 32

Livestock manure affects:

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all of the above

Question 33

Which of the following is not a function of a manure-handling system?

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promote growth of the livestock

Question 34

Including livestock in a farm business helps _____ the risks over more enterprises.

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spread

Question 35

__ is the imposition of a behavior pattern in a young horse by exposure to stimuli.

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imprinting

Question 36

What is a method of distributing the cost of capital items over the life of the asset?

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depreciation schedule

Question 37

What is the placing of semen in the female reproductive tract by artificial techniques?

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artificial insemenation

Question 38

What is a sign of poor animal health?

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lower milk production

Question 39

What is the purpose of NAFTA?

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remove barriers of trade and investment between US, Can, Mex

Question 40

When the temperature of an animal is elevated above normal, the animal has a ___.

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fever

Question 41

Which breeding system in the mating of related animals to increase genetic purity of the stock?

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in-breeding

Question 42

___ is a condition that is sometimes referred to as laminitis or inflammation under hoof wall.

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founder

Question 43

Which career opportunity carries out the everyday operation of the farm?

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farm manager

Question 44

Which of the following is NOT a use of manure?

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cleaning fluid for swine buildings

Question 45

___ are chickens that are used to produce large quantities of eggs.

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layers

Question 46

Which type of swine production system involves the pigs being farrowed and fed on same farm?

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farrow to finish

Question 47

Which identifies 3 of the 6 essential nutrients?

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water, carbohydrates, fats

Question 48

Which of the following breeds of horses are not classified as draft?

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Paint

Question 49

___ is the meat of young calves that are not used for replacement animals in the dairy herd.

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veal

Question 50

Which of the following is an advantage of an embryo transfer?

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allows a cow with superior genetics to have multiple calves

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