Beef Cattle Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Lightweight and/or young cattle - CORRECT ANSWER - Who is placed in a stocker
operation?
Cheap gain/gain - CORRECT ANSWER - Goal of stocker operations?
Development of frame and muscle (not fat) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the
emphasis of stocker operations?
Forage-based rations - CORRECT ANSWER - Food emphasis of stocker operations?
Buy low, sell high; value of gain - CORRECT ANSWER - Emphasis on health and profit?
Purchase price, cattle performance, sale price - CORRECT ANSWER - Greatest influence
on profit in a stocker operation
Usually much cheaper - CORRECT ANSWER - High-risk calves
Much pricier - CORRECT ANSWER - Low-risk calves
Suppressed feed and water intake - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 of the biggest nutritional
challenges for newly arrived stocker cattle
Service of feeding and finishing cattle OR pounds of beef - CORRECT ANSWER -
Feedlot management product?
, Loss of appetite; shrink - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 consequences of
marketing/transportation stress are:
Slow transition - CORRECT ANSWER - After transportation what is very important to
prevent sickness?
Drop in pH due to rapid starch fermentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Ruminal acidosis
Ionophores, beat-agonists, direct-fed microbials/probiotics, medicated feed additives, and
melengestrol acetate - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed additives
Controls coccidiosis and ruminal acidosis; improve energy and proten metabolism - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ionophores
Shift nutrients away from fat deposition toward lean muscle growth - CORRECT
ANSWER - Beta-agonists
Alter rumen microbiome and improve health and performance - CORRECT ANSWER -
Direct-fed microbials/probiotics
Suppresses heat in feedlot heifers and improve feed efficiency and weight gain - CORRECT
ANSWER - Melengestrol acetate
Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - Cow/calf sector - seedstock (product)
Bos taurus and Bos indicus - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 species of beef cattle
maternal and terminal breed; positive carcass traits (marbling, tenderness, yield); good in
temperate climates - CORRECT ANSWER - Bos taurus traits
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Lightweight and/or young cattle - CORRECT ANSWER - Who is placed in a stocker
operation?
Cheap gain/gain - CORRECT ANSWER - Goal of stocker operations?
Development of frame and muscle (not fat) - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the
emphasis of stocker operations?
Forage-based rations - CORRECT ANSWER - Food emphasis of stocker operations?
Buy low, sell high; value of gain - CORRECT ANSWER - Emphasis on health and profit?
Purchase price, cattle performance, sale price - CORRECT ANSWER - Greatest influence
on profit in a stocker operation
Usually much cheaper - CORRECT ANSWER - High-risk calves
Much pricier - CORRECT ANSWER - Low-risk calves
Suppressed feed and water intake - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 of the biggest nutritional
challenges for newly arrived stocker cattle
Service of feeding and finishing cattle OR pounds of beef - CORRECT ANSWER -
Feedlot management product?
, Loss of appetite; shrink - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 consequences of
marketing/transportation stress are:
Slow transition - CORRECT ANSWER - After transportation what is very important to
prevent sickness?
Drop in pH due to rapid starch fermentation - CORRECT ANSWER - Ruminal acidosis
Ionophores, beat-agonists, direct-fed microbials/probiotics, medicated feed additives, and
melengestrol acetate - CORRECT ANSWER - Feed additives
Controls coccidiosis and ruminal acidosis; improve energy and proten metabolism - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ionophores
Shift nutrients away from fat deposition toward lean muscle growth - CORRECT
ANSWER - Beta-agonists
Alter rumen microbiome and improve health and performance - CORRECT ANSWER -
Direct-fed microbials/probiotics
Suppresses heat in feedlot heifers and improve feed efficiency and weight gain - CORRECT
ANSWER - Melengestrol acetate
Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER - Cow/calf sector - seedstock (product)
Bos taurus and Bos indicus - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 species of beef cattle
maternal and terminal breed; positive carcass traits (marbling, tenderness, yield); good in
temperate climates - CORRECT ANSWER - Bos taurus traits
