ANSC 4394 EXAM 2 CERTIFICATION TEST
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ What mineral is not well utilized by animals?
Answer: Phosphorus
◉ These types of silos are placed in the ground?
Answer: Horizontal Silos
◉ What is used to improve the preservation of silage?
Answer: Additives
◉ Heat damage to hay will occur at a ________ moisture level.
Answer: 25%
◉ What kind of minerals are readily digested by the animal?
Answer: Chelated minerals
◉ What allows hay to be stored at a higher moisture content?
Answer: Propionic acid
,◉ What will be produced in a silo if there is insufficient lactic acid
present?
Answer: Butyric acid
◉ Green Chop
Answer: forage that is freshly cut/chopped and fed to livestock.
◉ When adding salt to a mineral mixture, its acts as a...
Answer: appetite enhancer or appetite depressor.
◉ Fat additives should be no more than __________% of a diet before
going into a pelleting machine.
Answer: 3%
◉ A burr mill contains one ___________ plate and one ________ plate that
grind the feed.
Answer: stationary; rotating
◉ When increasing the fineness of the grind, the feedstuff is subject
to...
Answer: -improved feed efficiency
-faster passage through GI tract
, -increased gastric ulcers
-reduced palatability
-bridging
-dustiness
increased cost
-wind loss
◉ Scale sensitivity should be...
Answer: 2% of the smallest item weight
◉ Pelleting will increase cost by...
Answer: $3-5 per ton
◉ This type of batch mixture is used for liquid feed that requires a
long mixing time
Answer: Auger Wagon
◉ This type of mixture mixes the feed while it is being ground
Answer: Batch Mixer
◉ pellets can be ordered based on...
Answer: -diameter
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ What mineral is not well utilized by animals?
Answer: Phosphorus
◉ These types of silos are placed in the ground?
Answer: Horizontal Silos
◉ What is used to improve the preservation of silage?
Answer: Additives
◉ Heat damage to hay will occur at a ________ moisture level.
Answer: 25%
◉ What kind of minerals are readily digested by the animal?
Answer: Chelated minerals
◉ What allows hay to be stored at a higher moisture content?
Answer: Propionic acid
,◉ What will be produced in a silo if there is insufficient lactic acid
present?
Answer: Butyric acid
◉ Green Chop
Answer: forage that is freshly cut/chopped and fed to livestock.
◉ When adding salt to a mineral mixture, its acts as a...
Answer: appetite enhancer or appetite depressor.
◉ Fat additives should be no more than __________% of a diet before
going into a pelleting machine.
Answer: 3%
◉ A burr mill contains one ___________ plate and one ________ plate that
grind the feed.
Answer: stationary; rotating
◉ When increasing the fineness of the grind, the feedstuff is subject
to...
Answer: -improved feed efficiency
-faster passage through GI tract
, -increased gastric ulcers
-reduced palatability
-bridging
-dustiness
increased cost
-wind loss
◉ Scale sensitivity should be...
Answer: 2% of the smallest item weight
◉ Pelleting will increase cost by...
Answer: $3-5 per ton
◉ This type of batch mixture is used for liquid feed that requires a
long mixing time
Answer: Auger Wagon
◉ This type of mixture mixes the feed while it is being ground
Answer: Batch Mixer
◉ pellets can be ordered based on...
Answer: -diameter
