ANSC 3010 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST GUIDE
2025/2026 GRADED A + BEST FOR
REVISION .
,1. What is the challenge that livestock producers and nutritionists face when it comes to feeding animals? ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER To increase the eflciency of conversion of feedstutts into animal products.
2. What is a diet? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Feed constituent or group of feed constituents that aid in the support of life
3. What is nutrition? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER A series of processes by which an animal takes in and assimilates feed components for promoting growth, milk,
or fiber production and replacing worn or injured tissues
4. 6 classes of nutrients ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water, carbs, protein, lipid, vitamins and minerals
5. 4 factors that influence food and feed production ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 1) Government regulatory practices
2) Prices received for products
3) Environmental conditions
4) Input costs (fertilizer, labor, equipment)
6. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER All animals require the same nutrients ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Fa
7. What are examples of natural feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER corn, soybean, wheat
8. What are examples of natural processed feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER SBM, wheat bran, corn gluten feed
9. What are examples of synthetic feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER crystalline amino acids, vitamins
10. What is a ration? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER amount of diet consumed in 24 hr period
11. What is the most important nutrient? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water
12. In what ways can an animal derive water? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER
Drinking Feedstutts
Metabolic
13. What is free water? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER the moisture associated with the feed.
14. How is metabolic water made? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Chemically bound and released when nutrients or body tissue are broken down by
metabolic processes
, 15. A general definition for good-quality water is that it should contain less than 2,500 mg/l (0.25%) of . ✓✓
CORRECT ANSWER Dissolved solids
16. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water could be a source of mineral toxicity ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWE
True
17. Carbohydrates serve as a source of . ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Energy
18. Carbohydrates comprise up to % of the dry matter of forages and as much as % in grains ✓✓
CORRECT ANSWER 70%
80%
19. Chemically, carbohydrates are composed of , , and ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER C, H, O
20. What is the simplest form of carbohydrate? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER monosaccharide; it contains either five or six carbons, and often
referred to as a sugar
21. What are the 2 most common simple sugars in feed? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Sucrose (table sugar) and Lactose (milk sugar)
22. and are the two polysaccharides found in plants in the highest
concentrations. ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Starch and cellulose
23. In monogastric animals, dietary carbohydrates must be converted to
. ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Simple sugars
24. The primary source of amylase (enzyme) is the ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER pancreas
25. Which animal needs a diet that is lower in carbohydrates? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Cat
26. Simple sugars are absorbed rapidly by the . ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Small intestin
27. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER When young ruminant animals are born, they are functionally
monogastric animals ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER True
28. Microbial organisms cause the in rumen to develop & mature ✓✓ CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST GUIDE
2025/2026 GRADED A + BEST FOR
REVISION .
,1. What is the challenge that livestock producers and nutritionists face when it comes to feeding animals? ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER To increase the eflciency of conversion of feedstutts into animal products.
2. What is a diet? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Feed constituent or group of feed constituents that aid in the support of life
3. What is nutrition? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER A series of processes by which an animal takes in and assimilates feed components for promoting growth, milk,
or fiber production and replacing worn or injured tissues
4. 6 classes of nutrients ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water, carbs, protein, lipid, vitamins and minerals
5. 4 factors that influence food and feed production ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER 1) Government regulatory practices
2) Prices received for products
3) Environmental conditions
4) Input costs (fertilizer, labor, equipment)
6. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER All animals require the same nutrients ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Fa
7. What are examples of natural feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER corn, soybean, wheat
8. What are examples of natural processed feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER SBM, wheat bran, corn gluten feed
9. What are examples of synthetic feedstuff? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER crystalline amino acids, vitamins
10. What is a ration? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER amount of diet consumed in 24 hr period
11. What is the most important nutrient? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water
12. In what ways can an animal derive water? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER
Drinking Feedstutts
Metabolic
13. What is free water? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER the moisture associated with the feed.
14. How is metabolic water made? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Chemically bound and released when nutrients or body tissue are broken down by
metabolic processes
, 15. A general definition for good-quality water is that it should contain less than 2,500 mg/l (0.25%) of . ✓✓
CORRECT ANSWER Dissolved solids
16. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Water could be a source of mineral toxicity ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWE
True
17. Carbohydrates serve as a source of . ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Energy
18. Carbohydrates comprise up to % of the dry matter of forages and as much as % in grains ✓✓
CORRECT ANSWER 70%
80%
19. Chemically, carbohydrates are composed of , , and ✓✓ CORRECT
ANSWER C, H, O
20. What is the simplest form of carbohydrate? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER monosaccharide; it contains either five or six carbons, and often
referred to as a sugar
21. What are the 2 most common simple sugars in feed? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Sucrose (table sugar) and Lactose (milk sugar)
22. and are the two polysaccharides found in plants in the highest
concentrations. ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Starch and cellulose
23. In monogastric animals, dietary carbohydrates must be converted to
. ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Simple sugars
24. The primary source of amylase (enzyme) is the ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER pancreas
25. Which animal needs a diet that is lower in carbohydrates? ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Cat
26. Simple sugars are absorbed rapidly by the . ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER Small intestin
27. True or False ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER When young ruminant animals are born, they are functionally
monogastric animals ✓✓ CORRECT ANSWER True
28. Microbial organisms cause the in rumen to develop & mature ✓✓ CORRECT
