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ARPAS EXAM QUESTION BANK ALL 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUS T RELEASED THIS
YEAR
What term is commonly used to define three weeks before and three weeks after calving?
A. The dry period
B. The transition period
C. The lactation period
D. The postpartum period
B. the transition period
A female calf (free martin) born co-twin with a male calf is infertile about what percent of the
time?
A. 30%
B. 55%
C. 75%
D. 95%
D. 95%
Which frame score calf would be expected to be the "earliest maturing?"
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
A. 5
Tissue and plasma proteins are constantly being degraded to their constituent amino acids,
and the amino acids in turn are sources of energy as well as sources of carbohydrate and fat
carbon.The term that best describes an accelerated rate of this is?
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A. Catabolism
B. Steady state environment
C. Anabolism
D. Metabolism
A. Catabolism
A digestive upset in cattle where large amounts of gas are trapped in the rumen is called?
A. Acidosis
B. Founder
C. Shipping fever
D. Bloat
D. Bloat
How many days are in an average gestation period for a dairy cow?
A. 215
B. 260
C. 280
D. 300 days
C. 280 days
Which of the typical rumen volatile fatty acids normally is present in the greatest quantity in
the rumen?
A. Butyric
B. Propionic
C. Acetic
D. Lactic
C. Acetic
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What would you measure to estimate the sperm producing capability of a bull?
A. Body weight and age
B. Scrotal circumference
C. Penis length
D. Testicular firmness
B. Scrotal circumference
The common practice is to mate how many cows to a mature bull?
A. No more than 20
B. 25-35
C. 36-45
D. 46-60
B. 25-35
Approximately how many calories are in a 3-oz serving of lean beef?
A. 500-600 calories
B. 350-400 calories
C. 250-300 calories
D. 175-200 calories
D. 175-200 calories
In swine, heritability of backfat is approximately:
A. .3 to .5
B. .15 to .25
C. .6 to .7
D. .7 to .8
A. .3 to .5
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Which of the following cause tail-biting in a confinement hog operation?
A. Overcrowding
B. Lack of watering devices
C. Lack of adequate ventilation
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which of the following two sources of zinc added in swine diets as poor bioavailability?
A. Zinc sulfate and zinc chloride
B. Zinc oxide and zinc carbonate
C. Zinc chloride and zinc carbonate
D. Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
D. Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
What is the name given to the linkage between two amino acids joined from the amino
terminal of one to the carboxyl terminal of the other?
A. Ester bond
B. Peptide bond
C. Aldehyde bond
D. None of the above
B. Peptide bond
Which of the following maximizes the use of heterosis?
A. Linebreeding
B. Inbreeding
C. Rotational crossbreeding
D. Terminal crossbreeding
D. Terminal crossbreeding
ARPAS EXAM QUESTION BANK ALL 250 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUS T RELEASED THIS
YEAR
What term is commonly used to define three weeks before and three weeks after calving?
A. The dry period
B. The transition period
C. The lactation period
D. The postpartum period
B. the transition period
A female calf (free martin) born co-twin with a male calf is infertile about what percent of the
time?
A. 30%
B. 55%
C. 75%
D. 95%
D. 95%
Which frame score calf would be expected to be the "earliest maturing?"
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
A. 5
Tissue and plasma proteins are constantly being degraded to their constituent amino acids,
and the amino acids in turn are sources of energy as well as sources of carbohydrate and fat
carbon.The term that best describes an accelerated rate of this is?
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A. Catabolism
B. Steady state environment
C. Anabolism
D. Metabolism
A. Catabolism
A digestive upset in cattle where large amounts of gas are trapped in the rumen is called?
A. Acidosis
B. Founder
C. Shipping fever
D. Bloat
D. Bloat
How many days are in an average gestation period for a dairy cow?
A. 215
B. 260
C. 280
D. 300 days
C. 280 days
Which of the typical rumen volatile fatty acids normally is present in the greatest quantity in
the rumen?
A. Butyric
B. Propionic
C. Acetic
D. Lactic
C. Acetic
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What would you measure to estimate the sperm producing capability of a bull?
A. Body weight and age
B. Scrotal circumference
C. Penis length
D. Testicular firmness
B. Scrotal circumference
The common practice is to mate how many cows to a mature bull?
A. No more than 20
B. 25-35
C. 36-45
D. 46-60
B. 25-35
Approximately how many calories are in a 3-oz serving of lean beef?
A. 500-600 calories
B. 350-400 calories
C. 250-300 calories
D. 175-200 calories
D. 175-200 calories
In swine, heritability of backfat is approximately:
A. .3 to .5
B. .15 to .25
C. .6 to .7
D. .7 to .8
A. .3 to .5
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Which of the following cause tail-biting in a confinement hog operation?
A. Overcrowding
B. Lack of watering devices
C. Lack of adequate ventilation
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which of the following two sources of zinc added in swine diets as poor bioavailability?
A. Zinc sulfate and zinc chloride
B. Zinc oxide and zinc carbonate
C. Zinc chloride and zinc carbonate
D. Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
D. Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
What is the name given to the linkage between two amino acids joined from the amino
terminal of one to the carboxyl terminal of the other?
A. Ester bond
B. Peptide bond
C. Aldehyde bond
D. None of the above
B. Peptide bond
Which of the following maximizes the use of heterosis?
A. Linebreeding
B. Inbreeding
C. Rotational crossbreeding
D. Terminal crossbreeding
D. Terminal crossbreeding
