ICEV ANIMAL SCIENCE CERTIFICATION COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔in which of the common animal identification number systems is the birth year
represented by a letter? - ✔✔System 3
✔✔Gestation length for cattle - ✔✔283 days
✔✔Gestation length for Swine - ✔✔114 days
✔✔Gestation length for chicken - ✔✔22 days
✔✔Gestation length for sheep - ✔✔147 days
✔✔Gestation length for a horse - ✔✔336 days
✔✔Monogastric animals are considered to have what type of stomach? - ✔✔Simple
stomachs
✔✔Which species has the longest gestation period? - ✔✔Horse
✔✔The pancreas of a pig is used to create which of the following human medicines? -
✔✔Insulin
✔✔A castrated male horse is referred to as which of the following? - ✔✔Gelding
✔✔Who is the man considered to be responsible for the five basic rules of genetics? -
✔✔Gregory Mendel
✔✔ Which of the following defines animal by products? - ✔✔animal products used as
ingredients in non-meat products
✔✔When compared to cow's milk, goat's milk is which of the following? - ✔✔more
easily digested by humans
✔✔Difficulty giving birth in cattle is referred to as which of the following? - ✔✔Dystocia
✔✔EPD stand for which of the following? - ✔✔Expected Progency Difference
✔✔Which of the following breeding systems is designed to maximize hybrid vigor and
produce replacement females through the rotation of different sire breeds? -
✔✔Rotational crossbreeding
, ✔✔Intramuscular fat is more commonly referred to as which of the following? -
✔✔Marbling
✔✔Ear tags are most often placed in which of the following parts of the animal? -
✔✔Auricle
✔✔In what molecule are genes located? - ✔✔DNA
✔✔What is a common way to reference the gestation length of swine? - ✔✔Three
months, three weeks and three days
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a fat soluble vitamin? - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔Soybean meal and cottonseed meal are usually fed to provide which of the
following? - ✔✔Protein
✔✔Which of the following is an injection given under the skin? - ✔✔Subcutaneous
✔✔Vibrissae is the scientific term for which of the following? - ✔✔Whiskers
✔✔Which of the following digestive tract diseases most commonly affects horses? -
✔✔Colic
✔✔Which of the following species is NOT considered an ungulate? - ✔✔Chicken
✔✔The traditional weaning age of lambs is which of the following? - ✔✔Three months
✔✔Which of the following swine operations farrows out and then sells the piglets at
weaning? - ✔✔Farrow-to-nursery
✔✔Which of the following methods of castration can only be used on swine? -
✔✔Surgical
✔✔A sheep younger than one year of age is known as which of the following? -
✔✔Lamb
✔✔Which of the following types of syringes deliver large doses repeatedly? -
✔✔Automatic
✔✔What is the primary goal of seedstock producers? - ✔✔To produce breeding stock
for purebred or commercial operations
EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔in which of the common animal identification number systems is the birth year
represented by a letter? - ✔✔System 3
✔✔Gestation length for cattle - ✔✔283 days
✔✔Gestation length for Swine - ✔✔114 days
✔✔Gestation length for chicken - ✔✔22 days
✔✔Gestation length for sheep - ✔✔147 days
✔✔Gestation length for a horse - ✔✔336 days
✔✔Monogastric animals are considered to have what type of stomach? - ✔✔Simple
stomachs
✔✔Which species has the longest gestation period? - ✔✔Horse
✔✔The pancreas of a pig is used to create which of the following human medicines? -
✔✔Insulin
✔✔A castrated male horse is referred to as which of the following? - ✔✔Gelding
✔✔Who is the man considered to be responsible for the five basic rules of genetics? -
✔✔Gregory Mendel
✔✔ Which of the following defines animal by products? - ✔✔animal products used as
ingredients in non-meat products
✔✔When compared to cow's milk, goat's milk is which of the following? - ✔✔more
easily digested by humans
✔✔Difficulty giving birth in cattle is referred to as which of the following? - ✔✔Dystocia
✔✔EPD stand for which of the following? - ✔✔Expected Progency Difference
✔✔Which of the following breeding systems is designed to maximize hybrid vigor and
produce replacement females through the rotation of different sire breeds? -
✔✔Rotational crossbreeding
, ✔✔Intramuscular fat is more commonly referred to as which of the following? -
✔✔Marbling
✔✔Ear tags are most often placed in which of the following parts of the animal? -
✔✔Auricle
✔✔In what molecule are genes located? - ✔✔DNA
✔✔What is a common way to reference the gestation length of swine? - ✔✔Three
months, three weeks and three days
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a fat soluble vitamin? - ✔✔Vitamin C
✔✔Soybean meal and cottonseed meal are usually fed to provide which of the
following? - ✔✔Protein
✔✔Which of the following is an injection given under the skin? - ✔✔Subcutaneous
✔✔Vibrissae is the scientific term for which of the following? - ✔✔Whiskers
✔✔Which of the following digestive tract diseases most commonly affects horses? -
✔✔Colic
✔✔Which of the following species is NOT considered an ungulate? - ✔✔Chicken
✔✔The traditional weaning age of lambs is which of the following? - ✔✔Three months
✔✔Which of the following swine operations farrows out and then sells the piglets at
weaning? - ✔✔Farrow-to-nursery
✔✔Which of the following methods of castration can only be used on swine? -
✔✔Surgical
✔✔A sheep younger than one year of age is known as which of the following? -
✔✔Lamb
✔✔Which of the following types of syringes deliver large doses repeatedly? -
✔✔Automatic
✔✔What is the primary goal of seedstock producers? - ✔✔To produce breeding stock
for purebred or commercial operations
