BQA Knowledge Check – Questions & Proven
Answers
Market access, good business management, and positive public
perception of beef benefits which BQA audience the most? Correct
Answer - Producers
Each year a producer conducts an annual review of the operation's
herd health with a veterinarian to establish production benchmarks.
Which HACCP principle is this? Correct Answer - Principle 7:
Establish procedures for verifying that the system is working
properly.
Which meat quality defect is caused by intramuscular injections?
Correct Answer - Injection site lesion
What is the focus of the most recent 2016 National Beef Quality
Audit? Correct Answer - Food safety, eating satisfaction, lean
fat and bone, weight and size, how and where cattle were raised, and
visual characteristics.
Cattle want to see you, so they turn their heads to keep you from
their blind spot. Remember, cattle can see everywhere except
directly _______________ them. Correct Answer - behind
Cattle want to move _______________ you. This allows you to position
yourself so that when they do move around you, they are pointed
directly at the gate or destination you had in mind. Correct
Answer - around
Cattle want to return to the last _____________________ location.
Correct Answer - safe
, When the temperature is 88° F and the humidity is 60%, what is the
THI? Correct Answer - 81
Is it acceptable for cattle to be handled at a THI of 81? Correct
Answer - Yes
At what THI or above should cattle not be handled? Correct
Answer - 84
What is the BQA roadmap? Correct Answer - The Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system
What does a biosecurity plan utilize? Correct Answer - Best
Management Practices (BMPs)
What is one main method of biosecurity? Correct Answer -
Preventing diseases from entering the operation or herd
Know _____________________ to use the vaccines listed in your
vaccination plan. Correct Answer - when and how
The loading area should be located at the center of an operation.
Correct Answer - False
Provide a clean area for restraint, treatment, and _____________________
of sick cattle. Correct Answer - isolation
Newly arriving cattle should be quarantined 21 to ________________
days. Correct Answer - 30
According to the BMPs, what is the major source of microbial
contamination? Correct Answer - Feces
Answers
Market access, good business management, and positive public
perception of beef benefits which BQA audience the most? Correct
Answer - Producers
Each year a producer conducts an annual review of the operation's
herd health with a veterinarian to establish production benchmarks.
Which HACCP principle is this? Correct Answer - Principle 7:
Establish procedures for verifying that the system is working
properly.
Which meat quality defect is caused by intramuscular injections?
Correct Answer - Injection site lesion
What is the focus of the most recent 2016 National Beef Quality
Audit? Correct Answer - Food safety, eating satisfaction, lean
fat and bone, weight and size, how and where cattle were raised, and
visual characteristics.
Cattle want to see you, so they turn their heads to keep you from
their blind spot. Remember, cattle can see everywhere except
directly _______________ them. Correct Answer - behind
Cattle want to move _______________ you. This allows you to position
yourself so that when they do move around you, they are pointed
directly at the gate or destination you had in mind. Correct
Answer - around
Cattle want to return to the last _____________________ location.
Correct Answer - safe
, When the temperature is 88° F and the humidity is 60%, what is the
THI? Correct Answer - 81
Is it acceptable for cattle to be handled at a THI of 81? Correct
Answer - Yes
At what THI or above should cattle not be handled? Correct
Answer - 84
What is the BQA roadmap? Correct Answer - The Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system
What does a biosecurity plan utilize? Correct Answer - Best
Management Practices (BMPs)
What is one main method of biosecurity? Correct Answer -
Preventing diseases from entering the operation or herd
Know _____________________ to use the vaccines listed in your
vaccination plan. Correct Answer - when and how
The loading area should be located at the center of an operation.
Correct Answer - False
Provide a clean area for restraint, treatment, and _____________________
of sick cattle. Correct Answer - isolation
Newly arriving cattle should be quarantined 21 to ________________
days. Correct Answer - 30
According to the BMPs, what is the major source of microbial
contamination? Correct Answer - Feces
