ARPAS EXAM | NEW 2025/2026 UPDATE |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT |
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)
A digestive upset in cattle where large amounts of gas is trapped in the rumen is called?
- CORRECT ANS: Bloat
How many days are in an average gestation period for a dairy cow?
- CORRECT ANS: 280 days
Which of the typical rumen volatile fatty acids normally is present in the greatest quantity
in the rumen?
- CORRECT ANS: Acetic
What term is commonly used to define three weeks before and three weeks after calving?
- CORRECT ANS: the transition period
A female calf (free martin) born co-twin with a male calf is infertile about what percent of
the time?
- CORRECT ANS: 95%
Which frame score calf would be expected to be the "earliest maturing?"
- CORRECT ANS: 5
Tissue and plasma proteins are constantly being degraded to their constituent amino
acids, and the amino acids in turn are sources of energy as well as sources of
carbohydrate and fat carbon. The term that best describes an accelerated rate of this is?
- CORRECT ANS: Catabolism
What would you measure to estimate the sperm producing capability of a bull?
- CORRECT ANS: Scrotal circumference
The common practice is to mate how many cows to a mature bull?
, - CORRECT ANS: 25-35
Approximately how many calories are in a 3-oz serving of lean beef?
- CORRECT ANS: 175-200 calories
In swine, heritability of backfat is approximately:
- CORRECT ANS: .3 to .5
Which of the following cause tail-biting in a confinement hog operation?
Overcrowding
Lack of watering devices
Lack of adequate ventilation
- CORRECT ANS: All of the above
Which of the following two sources of zinc added in swine diets as poor bioavailability?
- CORRECT ANS: Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
What is the name given to the linkage between two amino acids joined from the amino
terminal of one to the carboxyl terminal of the other?
- CORRECT ANS: Peptide bond
Which of the following maximizes the use of heterosis?
- CORRECT ANS: Terminal crossbreeding
Lambs dropped out of the regular lambing season and marked at live weights ranging
from 25-60 lbs are generally called?
- CORRECT ANS: Hothouse lambs
The shelf-life of cured meat items in vacuum packages in retail stores?
- CORRECT ANS: May exceed 50 days
The following compound is the backbone of phospholipids and triglycerides?
- CORRECT ANS: Glycerol
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT |
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (GRADED A)
A digestive upset in cattle where large amounts of gas is trapped in the rumen is called?
- CORRECT ANS: Bloat
How many days are in an average gestation period for a dairy cow?
- CORRECT ANS: 280 days
Which of the typical rumen volatile fatty acids normally is present in the greatest quantity
in the rumen?
- CORRECT ANS: Acetic
What term is commonly used to define three weeks before and three weeks after calving?
- CORRECT ANS: the transition period
A female calf (free martin) born co-twin with a male calf is infertile about what percent of
the time?
- CORRECT ANS: 95%
Which frame score calf would be expected to be the "earliest maturing?"
- CORRECT ANS: 5
Tissue and plasma proteins are constantly being degraded to their constituent amino
acids, and the amino acids in turn are sources of energy as well as sources of
carbohydrate and fat carbon. The term that best describes an accelerated rate of this is?
- CORRECT ANS: Catabolism
What would you measure to estimate the sperm producing capability of a bull?
- CORRECT ANS: Scrotal circumference
The common practice is to mate how many cows to a mature bull?
, - CORRECT ANS: 25-35
Approximately how many calories are in a 3-oz serving of lean beef?
- CORRECT ANS: 175-200 calories
In swine, heritability of backfat is approximately:
- CORRECT ANS: .3 to .5
Which of the following cause tail-biting in a confinement hog operation?
Overcrowding
Lack of watering devices
Lack of adequate ventilation
- CORRECT ANS: All of the above
Which of the following two sources of zinc added in swine diets as poor bioavailability?
- CORRECT ANS: Zinc sulfide and zinc oxide
What is the name given to the linkage between two amino acids joined from the amino
terminal of one to the carboxyl terminal of the other?
- CORRECT ANS: Peptide bond
Which of the following maximizes the use of heterosis?
- CORRECT ANS: Terminal crossbreeding
Lambs dropped out of the regular lambing season and marked at live weights ranging
from 25-60 lbs are generally called?
- CORRECT ANS: Hothouse lambs
The shelf-life of cured meat items in vacuum packages in retail stores?
- CORRECT ANS: May exceed 50 days
The following compound is the backbone of phospholipids and triglycerides?
- CORRECT ANS: Glycerol
