Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | Each year
Georgia's broiler industry experiences what percent loss to diseases?
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| 2. |
Brooding utilizes over 70% of
the BTU energy used in poultry production.
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| 3. | The top turkey
producing county in Georgia is:
a. | Fulton | c. | Oconee | b. | Jackson | d. | Oglethorpe | | | | |
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| 4. | The top broiler
producing county in Georgia is:
a. | Franklin | c. | Banks | b. | Hall | d. | Habersham | | | | |
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| 5. | The single most
important factor in a good disease prevention program is?
a. | Adequate
Nutrition | c. | Healthy,
Physical Enviroment | b. | Flock Sanitation | d. | Healthy, Disease-free Chicks | | | | |
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| 6. | Controlling
diseases is the primary threat to success in any poultry enterprise.
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| 7. | Man has been
repeatedly incriminated as the mechanical vector responsible for the spread of what
disease?
a. | Cholera | d. | Laryngotracheitis | b. | Blackleg | e. | Newcastle | c. | Reovirus | | | | |
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| 8. | A broiler grower,
under contract, usually furnishes:
a. | Chicks and feed | c. | water only | b. | Building and
equipment | d. | Buildings,
equipment, fuel, utilities, water, litter, and labor | | | | |
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| 9. | When chicks are 3
- 4 days old, water should be fresh, clean, and at what temperature?
a. | 45 degrees
F | c. | 28 degrees
F | b. | room
temperature | d. | 55 degrees
F | | | | |
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| 10. | Conditions that
might cause cannibalism are:
a. | Darkness | c. | Insufficient feeders and drinkers | b. | Overcrowding,
lack of ventilation | d. | Both B and
C | | | | |
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| 11. | Birds vaccinated
when they are sick or stressed will acquire?
a. | A great deal of immunity | c. | Little or no immunity | b. | Will gain weight
rapidly | d. | None of the
above | | | | |
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| 12. | A poultry house
with wet litter, ammonia fumes, and thick cobwebs indicates it is not properly:
a. | Heated | c. | Ventilated | b. | Cooled | d. | Equipped | | | | |
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| 13. | For the first week
brooder temperatures should be maintained at:
(A)
70oF
(B) 80oF
C)
85oF
(D) 90oF a. | 70 degrees F | c. | 85 degrees F | b. | 80 degress
F | d. | 90 degrees
F | | | | |
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| 14. | In broilers all
chicks are vaccinated for Mareks disease one time on day?
a. | day
1 | c. | day
28 | b. | day
7 | d. | day
30 | | | | |
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| 15. | A disease that has
been emerging in recent years as a disease of increasing economic significance
is?
a. | Gumboro | c. | Laryngotracheitis | b. | Mareks | d. | Newcastle | | | | |
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| 16. | The growth of the
broiler industry in North Georgia will be limited in future years
because of:
a. | Lack of land area | c. | Enviromental factors | b. | Population | d. | All of the
above | | | | |
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| 17. | Poultry
medications are usually administered in what way?
a. | Vaccines | c. | Thru drinking
water or in the feed | b. | Injections | d. | Thru debeaking | | | | |
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| 18. | The newest method
in destroying dead birds is:
a. | Disposal pit | c. | dead-bird composter | b. | incinerator | d. | bird
dog | | | | |
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| 19. | Some of the more
common causes of illegal residue in poultry meat is caused by?
a. | Failure to
follow instructions regarding withdrawal times | d. | intentional misuse of medications | b. | feed mill
mistakes | e. | all of the
above | c. | feed delivery mistakes | | | | |
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| 20. | Pigmentation is a
term used to describe the presence or absence of:
a. | water in the
eyes | c. | yellow
pigment | b. | feathers | d. | all the above | | | | |
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| 21. | Baby chicks can
receive some immunity to certain diseases from parent stock.
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| 22. | When chicks are
vaccinated for certain diseases they are receiving what kind of immunity?
a. | Inherited
Immunity | c. | Both Inherited
and Acquired Immunity | b. | Acquired Immunity | d. | None of the above | | | | |
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| 23. | In calculating the
value of Georgia's egg-type breeder industry, the current "assumed value" per bird
is:
a. | $2.10 | c. | $36.00 | b. | $6.00 | d. | $12.00 | | | | |
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| 24. | Which county in
Georgia has the largest gross farm value of poultry:
a. | Banks | c. | Barrow | b. | Hall | d. | Jackson | | | | |
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| 25. | Birds can acquire
a disease from a living organism such as:
a. | Parasites | d. | Viruses | b. | Fungi | e. | All of the
above | c. | Bacteria | | | | |
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| 26. | An FFA member has
decided to raise laying hens for a project. An available existing building is 16 feet wide and
30 feet long. Allowing 2.4 square feet of floor space per bird, the maximum number of laying
hens the student can raise in the building is:
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| 27. | North Georgia Farm
Credit Service will provide financing for the construction of six new
poultry houses at 9.25% interest. Each house will cost $140,000. How much
interest
will you owe the first year on all the houses?
a. | $700 | d. | $617 | b. | $7,000 | e. | $81,000 | c. | $77,700 | | | | |
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| 28. | At eight weeks of
age, 100 broilers will consume a total of six gallons of water per day.
How many gallons of water will 40,000 broilers consume per day at eight weeks of
age?
a. | 120,000
gallons | c. | 14,000
gallons | b. | 1,200 gallons | d. | 2,400 gallons | | | | |
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| 29. | If 1,000 pullets
require 30 feed troughs five feet long, how many feed troughs do 30,000 pullets
require?
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| 30. | If 200,000
broilers consume 6 lbs. of feed per bird during the entire grow-out phase, how many tons will be
required for the entire flock?
a. | 60 tons | c. | 600 tons | b. | 120,000
tons | d. | 54
tons | | | | |
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