ADVS 1110 FINAL EXAM (USU) UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. The Angora goat is known for producing mohair.
Answer:
True
Question:
2. Producers on enterprises with more than 10 goats
generally report that their goats are used for:
Answer:
Meat
Question:
3. What predator kills the greatest percentage of sheep in
Utah and across the U.S.?
Answer:
Coyote
Question:
4. In a range setting, if you are operating on BLM rangeland
and are allowed to run 150 cow calf pairs for a month. If
you were to run the animal unit equivalent of sheep, how
many sheep would you legally be able to have on that
tract of land. Use these conversion factors for your
calculations: 1 cow-calf pair = 1 AUM, 5 sheep = 1 AUM.
Answer:
750
Question:
5. Select the all breeds of sheep that would be categorized
as a fine wool breed.
Answer:
Merino
Rambouillet
Question:
6. Which breed of goat is bred for meat rather than milk?
Answer:
Boer
,Question:
7. What type of fibers can be found within a sheep fleece?
Answer:
Hair
Kemp
Wool
Question:
8. The demand for wool, around the world, is such that
sheep producers are lucky to get just the cost of shearing
out of the wool when they sell.
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Body condition scoring sheep, goats and other animals is
an effective way of evaluating the recent past nutrition
level of the animal. BCS answers the basic question: is this
animal too fat, too thin, or about right for its situation in
life (age, gender, gestation, lactation, etc.)
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Which country is the leader in total cattle numbers?
Answer:
India
Question:
11. Which Country is the leader in total beef production?
Answer:
U.S.
Question:
12. What best defines a stocker operation?
Answer:
Adds weight to weaned calves before finishing.
, Question:
13. Which of the following British breeds is the most popular
in the United States?
Answer:
Angus
Question:
14. Continental breeds were introduced into crossbreeding
programs to:
Answer:
Increase muscle growth
increase heterosis
increase size of calves
Question:
15. The three largest beef packing plants in the U.S. harvest
approximately 75% of all cattle in the U.S.
Answer:
True
Question:
16. We find more cattle in states like New Mexico and Utah
because we need less acres per cow compared to states
like Iowa or Florida.
Answer:
False
Question:
17. Which breed of cattle is the best breed?
Answer:
It depends
Question:
18. EPD
Answer:
Expected progeny difference
Question:
19. ACC
Answer:
Accuracy (of EPD)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. The Angora goat is known for producing mohair.
Answer:
True
Question:
2. Producers on enterprises with more than 10 goats
generally report that their goats are used for:
Answer:
Meat
Question:
3. What predator kills the greatest percentage of sheep in
Utah and across the U.S.?
Answer:
Coyote
Question:
4. In a range setting, if you are operating on BLM rangeland
and are allowed to run 150 cow calf pairs for a month. If
you were to run the animal unit equivalent of sheep, how
many sheep would you legally be able to have on that
tract of land. Use these conversion factors for your
calculations: 1 cow-calf pair = 1 AUM, 5 sheep = 1 AUM.
Answer:
750
Question:
5. Select the all breeds of sheep that would be categorized
as a fine wool breed.
Answer:
Merino
Rambouillet
Question:
6. Which breed of goat is bred for meat rather than milk?
Answer:
Boer
,Question:
7. What type of fibers can be found within a sheep fleece?
Answer:
Hair
Kemp
Wool
Question:
8. The demand for wool, around the world, is such that
sheep producers are lucky to get just the cost of shearing
out of the wool when they sell.
Answer:
True
Question:
9. Body condition scoring sheep, goats and other animals is
an effective way of evaluating the recent past nutrition
level of the animal. BCS answers the basic question: is this
animal too fat, too thin, or about right for its situation in
life (age, gender, gestation, lactation, etc.)
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Which country is the leader in total cattle numbers?
Answer:
India
Question:
11. Which Country is the leader in total beef production?
Answer:
U.S.
Question:
12. What best defines a stocker operation?
Answer:
Adds weight to weaned calves before finishing.
, Question:
13. Which of the following British breeds is the most popular
in the United States?
Answer:
Angus
Question:
14. Continental breeds were introduced into crossbreeding
programs to:
Answer:
Increase muscle growth
increase heterosis
increase size of calves
Question:
15. The three largest beef packing plants in the U.S. harvest
approximately 75% of all cattle in the U.S.
Answer:
True
Question:
16. We find more cattle in states like New Mexico and Utah
because we need less acres per cow compared to states
like Iowa or Florida.
Answer:
False
Question:
17. Which breed of cattle is the best breed?
Answer:
It depends
Question:
18. EPD
Answer:
Expected progeny difference
Question:
19. ACC
Answer:
Accuracy (of EPD)
