ASC 378 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
A combination of feedstuffs is known as
a. Nutrient
b. Nutrition
c. Ration
d. Diet - Answers - Diet
The sum processes in an animal body by which food substances are consumed,
metabolized, and
waste products are eliminated is known as
a. Digestion
b. Nutrition
c. Ration
d. Nutrient - Answers - Nutrition
Soybean meal is one of the feed
stuffs that cannot be fed in its
natural form but must be processed
before feeding to livestock. Wh
at is the primary reason why soy
bean are processed into soybean
meal prior to being fed to swine
a. To increase the surface area for more efficient digestion by enzymes
b. To increase palatability,
hence better feed intake
c. To destroy anti nutritional factor in the unprocessed soybean
d. To precook the protein and starch
in the soybean for better dig
esta passage rate - Answers - To destroy anti-nutritional factor in the unprocessed
soybean
One of the following is a natural but processed feedstuff
a. Corn
b. Wheat
c. Alfalfa
d. Dried distillers grain with solubles - Answers - Dried distillers grain with solubles
Movement of nutrients from the
gastrointestinal tract through the gut wall into the lymph system,
blood stream, and cells is known as
a. Digestion
, b. Absorption
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism - Answers - Absorption
Cofactors are a class of
a. Enzymes
b. Hormones
c. Anabolic system
d. Catabolic system - Answers - Enzymes
Father of medicine is
a. Antoine Lavoisier
b. George Fordyce
c. Hippocrates
d. Lind - Answers - Hippocrates
_______________ demonstrated that a diet of wheat and water mu
st be supplemented with
calcium for the bones of a
growing pigeon to develop
a. Charles Chossate
b. William Prout
c. William Beaumong
d. George Fordyce - Answers - Charles Chossate
Vitamin B6 synthesized; vitamin E identified; riboflavin and niacin marke
ted commercially in
a. 1934
b. 1936
c. 1939
d. 1941 - Answers - 1939
On as-is basis (or natural form
with everything intact), the highest and lowest class of nutrient (in
%) in the body of a thin steer are
a. Water and Protein
b. Water and Minerals
c. Water and Fat
d. Protein and Mineral - Answers - Water and Minerals
Which of the following statements is
false regarding the body composition (without contents of
the gastrointestinal tract) of
steers at increasing body weight
(on as-is basis)
a. As a steer matures water content (in %) in the body of the animal decreases
ANSWERS
A combination of feedstuffs is known as
a. Nutrient
b. Nutrition
c. Ration
d. Diet - Answers - Diet
The sum processes in an animal body by which food substances are consumed,
metabolized, and
waste products are eliminated is known as
a. Digestion
b. Nutrition
c. Ration
d. Nutrient - Answers - Nutrition
Soybean meal is one of the feed
stuffs that cannot be fed in its
natural form but must be processed
before feeding to livestock. Wh
at is the primary reason why soy
bean are processed into soybean
meal prior to being fed to swine
a. To increase the surface area for more efficient digestion by enzymes
b. To increase palatability,
hence better feed intake
c. To destroy anti nutritional factor in the unprocessed soybean
d. To precook the protein and starch
in the soybean for better dig
esta passage rate - Answers - To destroy anti-nutritional factor in the unprocessed
soybean
One of the following is a natural but processed feedstuff
a. Corn
b. Wheat
c. Alfalfa
d. Dried distillers grain with solubles - Answers - Dried distillers grain with solubles
Movement of nutrients from the
gastrointestinal tract through the gut wall into the lymph system,
blood stream, and cells is known as
a. Digestion
, b. Absorption
c. Distribution
d. Metabolism - Answers - Absorption
Cofactors are a class of
a. Enzymes
b. Hormones
c. Anabolic system
d. Catabolic system - Answers - Enzymes
Father of medicine is
a. Antoine Lavoisier
b. George Fordyce
c. Hippocrates
d. Lind - Answers - Hippocrates
_______________ demonstrated that a diet of wheat and water mu
st be supplemented with
calcium for the bones of a
growing pigeon to develop
a. Charles Chossate
b. William Prout
c. William Beaumong
d. George Fordyce - Answers - Charles Chossate
Vitamin B6 synthesized; vitamin E identified; riboflavin and niacin marke
ted commercially in
a. 1934
b. 1936
c. 1939
d. 1941 - Answers - 1939
On as-is basis (or natural form
with everything intact), the highest and lowest class of nutrient (in
%) in the body of a thin steer are
a. Water and Protein
b. Water and Minerals
c. Water and Fat
d. Protein and Mineral - Answers - Water and Minerals
Which of the following statements is
false regarding the body composition (without contents of
the gastrointestinal tract) of
steers at increasing body weight
(on as-is basis)
a. As a steer matures water content (in %) in the body of the animal decreases
