1.

The expected kidding date of a doe that was bred January 2, 2011 is

A. May 30, 2011

B. June 10, 2011

C. June 15, 2011

D. June 3, 2011

2. The feature that is not characteristics of a backyard cattle production

system is

A. Use of soilage and force feeding

B. To augment farm income

C. Raised in farmers spare time

D. Grazing in established pasture

3. The number of the days to feed a 15 kg weaning pig to reach 85 kg

market weight, assuming a daily average weight gain of 700 grams is

A. 120 days

B. 150 days

C. 100 days

D. 90 days

4. The end products of roughage digestion in the buffalo cows are the
following, EXCEPT

A. Volatile fatty acid

B. Unsaturated fatty acids

C. Butyric acid

D. Three-carbon fatty acid

5. The animal species that has multiple ovulation during the normal estrous
cycle is
A. Mare

B. Cow

C. Sow

D. Doe

6. The body fluid compartment that is not part of the extracellular fluids is
the

A. Cerebrospinal fluid

B. Synovial fluid

C. Lymph

D. Cellular fluid

7. One of the scientists who rediscovered the works of Mendel in 1901 that
started the modern concept of inheritance is

A Bateson

B. Watson

C. De Vries

D. Johannsen

8 . The strongest sign of approaching parturition in ruminant animal is

A. Change in the pelvic ligaments

B. Presence of milk in mammary gland

C. Edema of the vulva

D. Enlargement of the vulva

9. The method that is not used to restrict the energy intake of an animal is

A. Lower total feed intake

B. Lower ration density

C. Lower ration fiber content

D. Lower ration energy content

10. The major portion of the brood ligament which is suspended in the
anterior portion of the vagina, the cervix and uterus is the

A. Mesosalpinx

8. Mesocorpus

C. Mesovarium

D. Mesometrium

11. The beef cattle production facility that is in the center of ranch
operations to minimize movement of stock is.

A. Fence

B. Working corral

C. Dipping vat

D. Feeding facilities

12. The floor requirement of 3-8 weeks old chicks during the brooding period
is

A. 1.0 sq. ft/bird

B. 0.3 sq. ft/bird

C. 0.8 sq. ft/bird

D. 0.5 sq.ft/bird

13. The ruminant animal that is characterized by having only one true gastric
stomach, but with additional compartments for fiber digestion is the

A. Broiler

B. Ewe

C. Sow
D. Mare

14. The route of administration of new castle disease (NCD) or avian pest
vaccine for 10-day old chicks of non-vaccinated parents is through

A. Wing wed

B. Intracloacal

C. Intramuscular

D. Intranasal

15. The stage of the female animal that starts the development of the duct
and the lobulo - alveoli system of the mammary gland is at

A. Lactation

B. Parturition

C. Pregnancy

D. Puberty

16. The simplest system of goat production in the country that had a good
practice in controlling endoparasites is

A. Semi-intensive

B. Tethering

C. Extensive

D. Intensive

17. The 2008 total milk production in the Philippines from cows, caracows
and does is less than

A 1%

B. 4%

C. 2%

D. 3%
18. The primary factors in selection of the location of poultry house are the
following, except

A. near source of clean water

B. availability of electricity

C. well-drained land, no flooding

D. Near other poultry farm

19. Subsistence animal production is characterized by the following

practices, except

A. feeding of rice straw

B. feeding of waste folder

C. feeding of stove stover

D. Feeding of napier grass

20. The process of breaking down of feed particles by mechanical forces,

chemical action, and enzyme activity into suitable products for absorption is
called

A. Assimilation

B. Digestion

C. dissolution

D. metabolism

21. The source of enzyme secretion that is responsible for the fermentation
of ingested feed in the rumens is the

A. Anaerobic bacteria

B. Protozoa

C. Pyloros

D. Aerobic bacteria
22. The part of the female reproductive tract that is the site of fertilization
and the beginning of embryonic development after Fertilization is the

A. Uterine body

B. Oviduct

C. Uterine horn

D. Infundibulum

23. The component of milk that in determined in the laboratory by the

Lactometer test is

A. total solids

B. fat

C. Casein

D. Lactose

24. The process of breaking down of feed particles by mechanical forces,

chemical action and enzyme activity into suitable products for absorption is
called

A. Metabolism

B. Dissolution

C. Digestion

D. Assimilation

25. The process of converting a place from potentially Infected state into
One which is tree fore infection is

A. Quarantine

B. Disinfection

C. sanitation

D. animal hygiene
26. The hormone from the pituitary gland that responsible for the is of milk
secretion in lactating mammary gland of a dairy cow

A. ACTH

B. Prolactin

C. STH

D. LH

27. The term used to refer to the animals in a herd which are affected by the
disease but which do not die is

A. Morbidity

B. Immunity

C. Vitality

D. Mortality

28. The daily feeding level of ration for gestating sow to meet daily nutrient
requirement is

A. 2.5 kg

B. 3.0 kg

C. 1.5 kg

D. 2.0 kg

29. The process of increasing the number of reproductive cells in sexually

mature animals

A. Mitosis

B. Spermatogenesis

C. Fertilization

D. Gametogenesis

30. The body function that is not part of the maintenance requirement of
animal for feed/ration on the various nutrients is
A. The maintenance of body temperature

B. The maintenance of body weight or size

C. The maintenance of productive function

D. The support of essential life processes

31. A feeding system where forage is cut green, brought to animals and fed
fresh as soilage is

A. Supak feeding

B. Open grazing

C. Zero grazing

D. Tethering

32. The vitamins required by animal body have the following characteristic
features, EXCEPT

A. They do not become structural component of the body

B. They are organic component of natural foods

C. They are present and effective in small amounts

D. They can be synthesized normally by the animal

33. The animal species that has a unique feed browsing speeding habit is the

A. Carabull

B. Ram

C. Bull

D. Buck

34. The vitamin that is NOT included in the category of fat-soluble vitamin is

A. Vitamin E

B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin A

D. Vitamin D

35. The level heritability for the following economically important traits in
swine is high, except for the

A. Loin eye area

B. Body length

C. Carcass length.

D. Number of nipples.

36. The recommended animal health procedures in the piggery farm to

maintain disease - free animals are the following, except

A. Washing animals daily

B. Quarantine

C. Vaccination

D. Deworming

37. The type of breeding system wherein purebred american brahman bulls
are mated to native cows of low quality is

A. Upgrading

B. Topcrossing

C. Backcrossing

D. Crossbreeding

38. The characteristics feature of commercial feed production are the

following, EXCEPT

A. Increasing space requirements per animal

B. Maximizes labor efficiency

C. Control diseases
D. Life cycle comfort

39. The body part that is not a component of the female reproductive tract is
the

A Rectum

B. Uterus

C. Vagina

D. Oviduct

40. Parturition, which is giving birth in animals, has the following important
stages, except

A. Expulsion of the fetus

B. Dilation of the cervix

C. Myometrical contraction of low amplitude and frequency

D. Expulsion of the placenta

41. The kidding date of a doe that was bred January 16, 2009 was o

A. June 10, 2009

B. June 5, 2009

C. June 20, 2009

D. June 15, 2009

42. The activities practiced when animal is fasted before slaughter of

livestock are as follows, EXCEPT

A. Withdrawal of feeds

B. 24-28 hours fasting for cattle

C. 12-24 hours fasting for pig

D. Withdrawal of water
43. The most important requirements in selection of location of a commercial
piggery farm

A. Near source of feed and market

B. An area far from residential zone

C. Drainage flows by gravity

D. Slightly rolling topography

44. The function that is net descriptive of the properties of fats er lipids is

A. Made up of 77% carbon

B. Principal constituents of organs and soft structures

C. Soluble in organic solvents

D. Yield 2.25 times mere energy than sugar

45. The factor that is net considered a reason for the timely transfer of the
pullets of the laying house is

A. Depress egg production

B. Cause mortality

C. Cause handling stress

D. Avoid egg eating habit

46. In the cost return analysis of a 100 broiler production operation, the
estimated 65. percentage cost represents the cost of

A. Biologic

B. Feed

C. Chicks

D. Labor, electricity and water

47. The factor which is not responsible for the development of the modem
breeds of chicken
A. Natural selection

B. Reproductive manipulation

C. Genetic mutation

D. Artificial selection

48. The kind of specialized industry that has contributed to automation and
successful operation of poultry farming is

A. Feed milling industry

B. Poultry and egg processing

C. Farm facilities factories

D. Biologics and feed supplements

49. The major beef production system in the Philippines is

A. Backyard cattle raising

B. Ranching

C. Commercial cattle raising

D. Feedlot fattening

50. The housing unit where the breeding boars are confined in a four-unit
housing system for commercial-scale pork production is

A. Farrowing unit

B. Nursery unit

C. Pre-gestating and gestating unit

D. Growing-finishing unit

51. The functional benefits that are derived from the artificial insemination
are the following except

A Increase in the reproductive rate of the female

B. Increase in the number of progeny produced

C. Reduction in the sexually transmitted diseases

D. Increase in the number of females bred per ejaculate

52. The recommended pen measurement of individual stalled boar is

A. 1.0 x 3.0 m stall with height of 1.5 meters

B. 1.0 x 2.1 m stall with height of 1.1 meters.

C. 0.6 x 3.0 m stall with height of 1.5 meters.

D. 0.6x2.1 m stall with height of 1.1 meters.

53. The process that is not included in meat curing is

A. Picking

B. Salting

C. Smoking

D. Freezing

54. The factor that is NOT included as strong justification for not keeping
broilers longer than eight weeks in the farm is

A. Price is low per head

B. Poorer feed conversion

C. Physical conformation change

D. Oversize broilers.

55. The first and foremost requirements of any poultry ration for practical
and economic considerations is

A. Absence of deleterious effects to the birds

B. Poultry feed availability.

C. Digestibility of the ration

D. Nutritional adequacy of poultry ration.

56. The improved forage grass that is popular for feeding feedlot cattle in a
cut-and-carry system and technically known as pennisetum purppureum is

A. Star grass

B. Guinea grass

C. Napier grass

D. Para grass

57. The type of crossbreeding where purebred animals of two different

breeds are used for crossing is called

A. Crisscrossing

B. Two-breed crossing

C. Three breed crossing

D. Backcrossing

58. The waterer space requirement of a ready-to-lay pullets kept in group

confinement housing is 3 cm/bird. What watering space will be needed if
both sides are used for a 6C0 pullets?

A 7m

B. 8m

C. 10m

D. 9m

59. is the notation used to refer to the heterogametic sex chromosomes of a

hen.

A. ZZ

B. ZW

C. XX

D. XY
60. The feature that is not practical to consider in hand milking of dairy
animals is

A. 15 milking cows or less

B. 10 milking cows or less

C. Small herd size

D. Meeting hygienic standard

61. The causative organism that causes the pig scours disease in 24-week
old piglets is

A. Coronavirus

B. Treponema sp.

C. Clostridium sp.

D. Escherchia coll

62. The oldest and the cheapest method of meat preservation is

A. Canning

B. Freezing

C. Drying

D. Curing

63. The factor that is not a requisite of equipment of dairy animals is

A Low acquisition cost and upkeep

B. Useful, practical and efficient

C. Dependable and accessible

D. Durable and heavy construction

64. The chemical substance that is not a part of the purine-pyrimidine bases
which are the coding system of the gene is

A. Cytosine
B. Thiamin

C. Adenine

D. Guanine

65. The most common air contaminants in poultry houses are the following,
except the

A. Carbon dioxide

B. Ammonia

C. Dust

D. Humidity

66. The type of feed for broilers that has the highest crude protein content is

A. Grower

B. Fattener

C. Finisher

D. Starter

67. The food nutrient derived from feedstuff, essential source of liver
glycogen is

A. Lipid

B. Vitamin

C. Carbohydrates

D. Multiple birth

68. The crude protein requirement of laying chicken is

A 17%

B. 22%

C. 19%
D. 14%

69. The type of bacterial disease that is caused by clostridium infection of

wounds in pigs showing signs of muscular spasm, stiffness of limbs and
eventually death due to respiratory paralysis is

A. Tetanus

B. Anthrax

C. Rabies

D Swine fever

72. The segment of DNA strand in a chromosome considered smallest unit of

inheritance

A. gene

B. Ribonucleic acid

C. Nuclear material

D. Chromatin material

71. The animal function that is characterized by the ability to produce

fertilization, as well as the provide proper environment for pregnancy in both
seves of the animals

A Prolicacy

B. Potency

C. Fertility

D. Fecundality

72. The mammalian species that has no traction capability is the

A. Cattle

B. Carmel

C. Horse
D. Carabao

21. The source of water of the animal that accounts for about 5-10% of the
total water intake is called

A. Metabolic water

B. Saliva

C. Drinking water

D. Water in feedstuffs

74. The process of enabling animals to survive and reproduce normally under
man's care la

A. Selection

B. Migration

C. Domestication

D. Evolution

75. What is the daily soilage requirement of a 200 kg yound cattle (with 2.5
OM/BWTL, if the paragrass contains 15% DM

A. 35 kg

B. 25 kg

C28 kg

D. 33kg

76. The normal color of lean beef carcass is

A. Pinkish

B. Dark red

C. Bright cherry red to dark red

D. Bright red
77. The sense organ that has rod and cones and response maximally to light
of different wavelengths is the

A. Eye

B. Nasal membrane

C. Organ of corti

D. Tongue

78. The nasal laryngeal cavity and the lung of an animal are anatomical
attributes of the

A. Endocrine system

B. Cardiovascular system

C. Respiratory system

D. Excretory system

79. The compartment of the ruminant stomach that collects dense particles
of food and in regurgitation of ingesta during rumination of animals is the

A. Omasum

B. Rumen

C. Reticulum

D. Abomasum

80. The trait that has LOW heritability among economically Important traits
in farm animals is the

A. Egg size

B. Back fat thickness

C. Body weight

D. Litter size

81. The component nutrient in milk total solids that has the highest
percentage is
A. Minerals

B. Lactose

C. Protein

D. Fat

82. The process of discriminating members or group of animals to discard

unfit for breeding 15

A. Individual selection

B. Sib selection

C. Family selection

D. Culling

83. The strongest sign of approaching parturition in ruminant animal is

A. Edema of the vulva

B. Changes in the pelvic ligaments.

C. Presence of milk in the mammary gland

D. Enlargement of the vulva

84. What swine is known to be the "red power"?

A. Duroc

B. Pietrain

C. Hampshire.

D. Landrace

85. The term given to the premises approved and registered for slaughtering
animals for human food is

A. Fabrication plant
B. Processing plant
C. Abatory

D. Abattoir

86. The phenotype trait that is good basis for selecting breeding gilts is

A. Mammary development

B. Animal size

C. Mothering ability

D. Body length

87. An example of inbreeding in cows is by

A. Inbred lines crossing

B. Full sibling mating

C. Interspecific hybridization

D. Upgrading

88. The animal species that does not have a simple stomach for food
digestion is the

A. Goat

B. Rabbit

C. Pig

D. Horse

89. The measure of the proportion of the total phenotypic variance that are
attributable to the additive effects of genes that influence the given trait is

A. Selection index

B. Heterosis

C. Heritability

D. Gene frequency
90. The process of heat dissipation where the heat transfer is by means of
electromagnetic waves is

A. Convection

B. Radiation

C. Conduction

D. Vaporization

91. The factor that is not an advantage in favor of the two stage operation
system in broiler production is

A. More efficient utilization of the houses

B. Two separate houses for brooding and growing broilers C. More frequent
intervals of selling broilers

D. More broilers can be raised per year

92. The process that is not involved in the formation of urine in the kidney is
the

A. Diffusion and osmosis

B. Glomerular secretion

C. Active transport

D. Tubular reabsortion

93. The animal species where the type of implantation involves the
trophoblastic surface forming specialized absorptive structures called areolae
that allow nutrient uptake by the developing conceptus is

A Sheep

B. Cattle

C. Horse

D. Pig

94. The mineral element that is responsible for the oxygen transport in the
body of farm animals is
A. Iron

B. Calcium

C. Magnesium

D. lodine

95. The number of batches that can be programmed for broiler production
within the year, given an all-out growing period of 40 days, a 12-day cleaning
and disinfection of the broiler house and at least 20 days ordering and
delivery of day-old chicken is

A. 7 batches

B. 5 batches

C. 8 batches

D. 6 batches

96. The mineral element that is associated with thyroxin function is

A. Manganese

B. lodine

C. Iron

D. Magnesium

97. The nutrient that is not supplied by cow's milk in providing dietary
nutritional value for human is

A. Protein

B. Vitamin C

C. Calcium

D. Vitamin B complex

98. The change that is not indicative of the manifestation of approaching

sexual maturity in pullets is
A. Excitable and temperamental

B. Friendly and cackles

C. Increased comb size

D. Enlarged vent and abdomen

99. The animal species that is commonly carcass-cleaned by singering is the

A. Chicken

B. Pig

C. Goat

D. Cattle

100. The function that is included among the activities of small intestine of
pig is

A. Enzymatic action

B. Feed grinding

C. Microbial digestion.

D. Feed mixing