ANSC 4395 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED VERSION
2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
accuracy - correct answer- a measure of the strength of the
relationship between true values and their predictions
animal - correct answer- characteristic genotype(s), may be
more than one
animal breeding - correct answer- scientific field that uses
the principles of genetics to aid in the improvement of livestock
artificial selection - correct answer- selection that is under
human control
between breed selection - correct answer- the process that
determines the breed(s) from which parents are selected
biological type - correct answer- a classification for animals
with similar genotypes for traits of interest
, breeding objective - correct answer- a general goal for a
breeding program - a notion of what constitutes the best animal
breeding value - correct answer- the value of an individual
as a parent
collateral relatives - correct answer- relatives that are
neither direct ancestors nor direct descendants of an individual
complentarity - correct answer- an improvement in the
overall performance of offspring, resulting from mating
individuals with different but complementary breeding values
corrective mating - correct answer- a mating designed to
correct in their progeny faults of one or both parents
crossbreeding - correct answer- the mating of sires of one
breed or breed combination to dams of another breed or breed
combination
culling - correct answer- the process that determines which
parents will no longer remain parents
ANSWER; LATEST UPDATED VERSION
2026; ALREADY GRADED A+
accuracy - correct answer- a measure of the strength of the
relationship between true values and their predictions
animal - correct answer- characteristic genotype(s), may be
more than one
animal breeding - correct answer- scientific field that uses
the principles of genetics to aid in the improvement of livestock
artificial selection - correct answer- selection that is under
human control
between breed selection - correct answer- the process that
determines the breed(s) from which parents are selected
biological type - correct answer- a classification for animals
with similar genotypes for traits of interest
, breeding objective - correct answer- a general goal for a
breeding program - a notion of what constitutes the best animal
breeding value - correct answer- the value of an individual
as a parent
collateral relatives - correct answer- relatives that are
neither direct ancestors nor direct descendants of an individual
complentarity - correct answer- an improvement in the
overall performance of offspring, resulting from mating
individuals with different but complementary breeding values
corrective mating - correct answer- a mating designed to
correct in their progeny faults of one or both parents
crossbreeding - correct answer- the mating of sires of one
breed or breed combination to dams of another breed or breed
combination
culling - correct answer- the process that determines which
parents will no longer remain parents
