Animal Science PDF
Animal Science PDF
Animal Science PDF
3. _____ is when certain genotypes perform well under certain environments than other genotypes
a. Epistasis
b. Fitness
c. Genotype + environment interaction
d. Panmixia
9. Milk production in cows and egg production in quails are examples of economically important traits which are known as:
a. Maternal effects
b. Sex-influenced
c. Sex-limited
d. Sex linked
10. Which of the following breed of livestock or poultry was NOT developed by Filipino animal breeders at the UP College of Agriculture in the
1920s?
a. Berkjala pigs
b. Los Banos Cantonese chickens
c. Pekin ducks
d. Philamen cattle
12. ______ is a process by which the germinal cells divide to produce haploid cells each carrying only one-haft of the genetic compliment of
the individual.
a. Fertilization
b. Gametogenesis
c. Meiosis
d. Mitosis
13. Splanchnic circulation is a part of system circulation that supplies blood to the:
a. Heart
b. Kidney
c. Liver
d. Digestive tract
14. Sexual receptivity, which coincides with estrus in animals that exhibit estrous cycle, is due to large amount of:
a. Testoterone
b. Progesterone
c. Estrogen
d. Relaxin
15. Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the thyroid cells are compensatory mechanisms to counteract the deficiency of which mineral?
a. Iodine
b. Phosphorus
c. Calcium
d. Iron
16. Gigantism results from the hypersecretion of which hormone before the closure of the epiphyseal-diaphyseal plate of the long bones
a. Prolactin
b. Luteinizing hormone (LH)
c. Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
d. Somatrotrophic hormone (STH)
17. Destruction of beta cells of the _____ will lead into a disease condition known as diabetes mellitus
a. Liver
b. Kidney
c. Pancreas
d. Adrenalin
18. A kind of blood cells (cellular element), which is non-nucleated and contains hemoglobin.
a. Erythrocyte
b. Lymphocyte
c. Thrombocyte
d. Monocyte
19. The artery of the base of the tail of an animal where the pulse is detected is called:
a. Femoral artery
b. Coccygeal artery
c. Saphenous artery
d. Pulmonary artery
20. Animals which feed on both plants and animals are called:
a. Hervibores
b. Carnivores
c. Omnivores
d. Homivores
24. Nerve cells do not come in direct contact with one another, instead there is a small gap of about 200 angstrom units between them. This
gap is called:
a. Synapse
b. Perivitelline space
c. Axonal end
d. Nerve gap
25. ____ is defined as a substance or chemicals mediator, which is produced by an endocrine gland and carried by the blood to some distant
part of the body where it exerts its effects.
a. Enzyme
b. Toxin
c. Hormone
d. Vitamin
26. The atno-ventricular (A-V) valve presents the backflow of the blood from the ventricle to the antnum during ventricular systole. The (A-V)
valve present on the right side of the heart is called:
a. Pulmonary valve
b. Tricuspid valve
c. Aortic valve
d. Vitamin
27. Absorption is the transfer of substance from gastrointestinal tract to the circulatory system.
a. Occurs primarily in the small and large intestines
b. Villi increase surface area for absorption
c. Occurs primarily in the stomach and small intestines
d. All of the above
28. Feed is any material of nutritive value fed to animals for the purpose of sustaining them. Example of feed is:
a. Ground corn
b. Salt
c. Vitamin premix
d. All of the above
29. Macrominerals are normally present at greater level in animal body and are needed in relatively large amount in the diet. Examples of
macrominerals are:
a. Ca and P
b. Cu and Zinc
c. Fe and Cu
d. All of the above
30. Minerals that plays important roles in the skeletal formation and maintenance, and thus, found in the bones and teeth.
a. Calcium
b. Iron
c. Magnesium
d. All of the above
31. Vitamins are organic compound of natural food but distinct from carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water. Water soluble vitamin includes:
a. Thiamine and Riboflavin
b. Vitamin A an D
c. Vitamin A and K
d. All of the above
32. Vitamin A helps maintain normal vision in dim light. Extreme vitamin A deficiency may lead to night blindness. Such condition is called:
a. Xeropthalmia
b. Octeomalacia
c. Encephalomalacia
d. Agalactia
33. Vitamin containing cyanide group attached to the cobalt atom, which is responsible for the name of Cyanocobalamin.
a. B1
b. B2
c. B6
d. B12
34. Lack of vitamin C is characterized by, swollen, bleeding, ulcerated gums, loose teeth, malformed and big joints and fragility of the
capillaries with resulting hemorrhages through the body. Such condition is called:
a. Beri-beri
b. Pellagra
c. Scurvy
d. Dermatitis
35. In young animals lack of Calcium result to enlarged joints, soft and deformed bones. Such condition is called:
a. Rickets
b. Osteomalacia
c. Osteoporosis
d. None of the above
36. Farm animals are classified according to type of GI tracts: Ruminants include:
a. Cattle, carabaos and horses
b. Cattle, carabaos and sheep
c. Cattle, carabaos and pig
d. Cattle, pigs and chicken
38. Ruminants have only one true gastric stomach but with additional compartments which involved for fiber digestion. The true gastric
stomach in ruminants is:
a. Abomasum
b. Rumen
c. Omasum
d. Reticulum
39. The term that refers to the meat coming from cattle of less than one year of age:
a. Beef
b. Veal
c. Mutton
d. Chevon
40. The term refers to the act of slaughtering animal dead of some cause, prior to the time of slaughter.
a. Fabrication
b. Hot slaughter
c. Cold slaughter
d. Double killing
41. The process of heating foodstuffs, usually a liquid for a definite temperature and time and thereafter cooling it immediately.
a. Pasteurization
b. Homogenization
c. Curing
d. Clarification
43. The following are the condition that would warrant animals to be denied for slaughter EXCEPT:
a. The animal is pregnant
b. The animal is sick
c. The animal shows lameness
d. The animals is newly injected with antibiotic
45. The term refers to the process of wrapping the carcass with cheesecloth previously soaked in lukewarm water.
a. Evisceration
b. Chilling
c. Shrouding
d. Singeing
46. Which of the following is an example of processed product from milk fat?
a. Cheese
b. Butter
c. Ice cream
d. Yogurt
49. The following are approved stunning period for hogs EXCEPT:
b. Use of stunning gun
c. Use of electric stunner
d. Use of carbon dioxide chamber
e. None of the above
53. The form of milk wherein fat globules are reduced to smaller size.
a. Filled milk
b. Skimmed milk
c. Condensed milk
d. Homogenized milk
55. The popularity of poultry raising could be attributed to the fact that poultry species are:
a. Fast multipliers
b. Quick growers
c. Efficient converters from feed to meat and eggs
d. All of the above
56. Debeaking or beak trimming is done to prevent cannibalism. This is recommended for:
a. Broilers
b. Egg type chickens
c. Ducks
d. All of the above
57. Ducks ranks second in popularity among the poultry species in the Philippines. The popularity of duck industry is attributed to the high
demand of processed duck egg product such as:
a. “Balut”
b. Salted eggs
c. Century eggs
d. All of the above
58. The process where fully developed embryo (chicks) breaks out of the egg.
a. Breaking
b. Incubating
c. Hatching
d. Brooding
66. A female of cattle under 3 years old, which has not produced a calf
a. Gilt
b. Cows
c. Heifer
d. None of the above
67. General term for any class of animals of bovine family, genus Bos.
a. Cattle
b. Cow
c. Bull
d. None of the above
3. This is a musculomembranous partition that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity
a. Pleurae
b. Peritoneum
c. Diaphragm
d. Mesentry
4. This is done by riding the back or pressing the loin or back of the gilt or sow.
a. Haunch pressure test
b. Semen or snout test
c. Riding the back test
d. Teaser method
7. The outer layer of extra-embryonic membranes, which is in contact with the maternal uterine tissues
a. Allontois
b. Choroin
c. Amnion
d. Placenta
12. This is the height where the automatic waterer for weanling pigs is placed.
a. 5 to 8 cm from the floor
b. 14-16 cm from the floor
c. 12 to 14 cm from the floor
d. 15 to 20 cm from the floor
13. The average body temperature of goat is
a. 37.6 OC
b. 38.3 OC
c. 39.1 OC
d. 40.1 OC
14. The superiority of the crossbred offspring over average of the purebred parents
a. Close breeding
b. Hybrid vigor
c. Inbred
d. Line breeding
19. This is a protein that greatly influenced the tenderness of the muscle after cooking
a. Collagen
b. Elastin
c. Reticulin
d. Myosin
20. This refers to the process of making the animal unconscious prior to slaughter
a. Sticking
b. Stunning
c. Scalding
d. Evisceration
21. The process in which the individuals are preferred to produce in the next generation.
a. Ovulation
b. Lactation
c. Selection
d. Gestation
22. Which of the following wholesale cuts of beef contains the sternum?
a. Chuck
b. Brisket
c. Ribs
d. Loin
27. The cutting of umbilical cord from the base in newly born piglet
a. 0.60 to 0.65 inches
b. 0.70 to 0.75 inches
c. 1.5 to 2.0 inches
d. 2.5 to 3.0 inches
30. The disease commonly observed in brooding with moist litter or wet litter causing brooer pneumonia
a. Coccidiosis
b. Aspergillosis
c. Avian pasteurellosis
d. Mycoplasmosis
32. The highest cost expenses aside from feeds in broiler production.
a. Labor cost
b. Depreciation cost
c. Chick cost
d. Light, heat and water
34. The progeny of two different breeds or strains belong to single specie
a. Cross
b. Hybrid
c. Strain
d. Inbreed
36. In a selection of breed this trait is the aptitude to tolerate the environmental conditions without drop in egg production.
a. Hardiness high productivity
b. Low feed consumption
c. Production quality
d. None of these
43. A hormone, which augments the sympathetic nervous system and prepares for emergency is
a. Vasopressin
b. Intermeden
c. Oxytoxin
d. Epinephrine
46. Animals whose lungs has no subdivisions or lobes except for intermediate lobe are
a. Dogs
b. Swine
c. Cats
d. Horses
48. The exchange of gases between the blood and tissues is called
a. Exchange respiration
b. Inspiration
c. Internal respiration
d. Expiration
50. A means of heat loss from the animals to cooler objects and heat gains from animals from warmer ones
a. Conduction
b. Convection
c. Evaporation
d. Radiation
51. Race of domestic fowls, which maintains distinctive characteristics of shape, growth, temperament and color of egg shells
a. Variety
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Type
52. The case when two alleles express themselves in the phenotype
a. Lack of dominance
b. Overdominance
c. Partial dominance
d. None of the above
55. Defined as the physical appearance of an animal that is dependent upon its genetic make-up
a. Genotype
b. Clone
c. Phenotype
d. None of the above
57. The breed of cattle consisting of ¼ Shorthon, ½ Brahmam and ¼ Hereford blood.
a. Sta. Gertrudis
b. Beefmaster
c. Chabarav
d. Simprah
61. The most common system of feeding/raising ruminants in the backyard and is
a. Feedlot
b. Tethering
c. Range
d. None of the above
62. Kapok seeds cannot be fed for monogastrics due to tannin. Kapok is known scientifically
a. Helianthus annuus
b. Henea brasiliensis
c. Ceiba pentandra
d. Arachis hypogea
63.The fresh grass or forage that is cut and directly fed to animals is the barn/stable is
a. Straw
b. Hay
c. Silage
d. Soilage
68. Disease, which are easily spread from one animal to another animal
a. Contagious diseases
b. Zoonotic diseases
c. Acute diseases
d. Nutritional defects
77. The number of hours that hogs should be given feeds prior to slaughter
a. 48
b. 18
c. 24
d. 36
78. These are bactericidal antibiotics that can kill bacteria except:
a. Penicillin
b. Streptomycin
c. Neomycin
d. Lincomycin
80. The management problem resulting to mortalities due to lack of water and food intake is
a. Starve outs
b. Piling
c. Cannibalism
d. Wet litter
83. The following are the basic requirements for slaughtering except:
a. The animal should be restrained
b. Ante-mortem & post-mortem examination
c. Slaughter should be done rapidly
d. Euthanasia and slaughter should be done on public view
84. Deficiency of this nutrient can be permanently damage the immunological system of bird
a. Carbohydrates
b. Protein
c. Vitamins
d. Minerals
87. A mixture of milkfat, buttermilk and water usually with salt and added color is known as
a. Milk lollies
b. Ice cream
c. Butter
d. Cheese
89. The sudden stress of an animal before slaughter causes cause rapid
a. Hydrolysis
b. Glycolysis
c. Loss of protein
d. Loss of water
92. What is the total number of vegetative planting materials needed for 1 ha, If the distance between furrows is 0.7 and 0.5 m
between hills
a. 20,000
b. 25,000
c. 20,666
d. 26,666
93. The process of keeping meat to make it stay longer or to retard spoilage
a. Drying
b. Salting
c. Meat preservation
d. curing
97. The part of the cell wall that is not digestible even by rumen organisms.
a. Cellulose
b. Hemicellulose
c. Liignin
d. Pectin
98. The process of bringing nutrients from the site of absorption to the site of utilization
a. Diffusion
b. Digestion
c. Metabolism
d. Transport
4. This is a lymphoid organ that act as graveyard for old and senile red blood cells
a. Liver
b. Lungs
c. Spleen
d. Thymus
5. This is a musculomembranous partition that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity
a. Pleurea
b. Peritoneum
c. Diaphragm
d. Mesentery
11. This is an animal where both testicles failed to descend to the scrotal sac
a. Cryptorehid
b. Monorcid
c. Duorchid
d. Anestrus
13. The outer later of the extra-embryonic membranes, which is in contact with the maternal uterine tissues
a. Allantois
b. Chorions
c. Amnion
d. Placenta
15. Which of the following accsssory sex glands in male is absent in tom?
a. Seminal vesicles
b. Prostate glands
c. Cowper’s gland
d. Bulbourethral gland
16. Part of the oviduck in chicken, which is responsible for the secretion of albumin
a. Uterus
b. Ishmus
c. Magnum
d. Fimbrae
18. This hormone is responsible for the development of sperm cells in the seminiferous tubules
a. Luteinizing hormone
b. Follicle stimulating hormone
c. Testosterone
d. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
20. This is the neuro-epithelial portion of the nervous tunic of the eye
a. Retina
b. Iris
c. Pupil
d. Choroids
23. This refers to the range of environmental temperature within which the animal does not have to adopt to the environment
a. Critical temperature
b. Comfort zone
c. Body temperature
d. Subnormal temperature
24. Which of the following is not a way of removing moisture or water from the animals body?
a. Panting
b. Sweating
c. Respiration
d. None of the above
26. This refers to a rise in body temperature that develops during pathological conditions
a. Fever
b. Hypothermia
c. Hyperthermia
d. Heat stroke
27. This is the yellow body formed from the ruptured graafian follicle
a. Corpus hemorrhagicum
b. Corpus albicans
c. Corpus luteum
d. Corpus anthrum
28. Phase of estrus cycle where the corpus luteum is developed and progesterone is secreted
a. Protestrus
b. Metestrus
c. Estrus
d. Diestrus
30. This is the muscles, which retracts the testicles against the body to prevent it from excessive cold
a. Bulbocavernous muscle
b. Cremaster
c. Retractor
d. Urethral muscle
31. This refers to animal tissue, which are suitable for food
a. Meat
b. Fat
c. Lean
d. Muscle
34. This refers to the meat of cattle slaughtered before one year of age
a. Venison
b. Veal
c. Beef
d. Mutton
35. Which of the following muscles yield the less tender meat?
a. Leg muscle
b. Back muscle
c. Rib
d. Rump
36. Which of the following is not affected by water and moisture content of the meat?
a. Texture
b. Color
c. Juiceness
d. None
37. This is the protein that greatly influenced the tenderness of the muscle after muscle after cooking
a. Collagen
b. Elastin
c. Reticulin
d. Myosin
38. These substances in meat are responsible for the so- called “gamcy” flavor of meat of wild animals
a. Nitrogeneous extractiveness
b. Sarcoplasmic protein
c. Low shrinkage
d. Short shelf-life
41. This refers to the process of making the animal unconscious prior to slaughter
a. Sticking
b. Stunning
c. Scalding
d. Evisceration
42. The process of wrapping the beef carcass with cheesecloth soaked in lukewarm water
a. Chilling
b. Shrouding
c. Scalding
d. Singeing
43. This refers to the cutting of carcasses into standard wholesale and retail cuts
a. Fabrication
b. Grading
c. Meant evaluation
d. Meat chopping
44. Which is not included of the wholesale cut of the front quarter of a beef carcass
a. Ribs
b. Plate
c. Loin
d. Brisket
45. Which of the following wholesale cuts of beef contains the sternum?
a. Chuck
b. Brisket
c. Ribs
d. Loin
47. This cuts contains part of the 13th rib and the abdominal muscle
a. Flank
b. Loin
c. Round
d. Brisket
51. Strain of broiler used in contract grower scheme of Tyson’s agribusiness ventures
a. Cobb
b. Magnolia
c. Anak
d. Paterson
54. This common type of house intended for broiler contract growing
a. Litter floor
b. Slat floor
c. Ranges
d. Battery cages
56. In raising 200 broilers in the litter floor, how many feeding trough of on- meter length, both sides can be used are required? The feeding
space is 4 cm/bird.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
60. The limiting constraints why broilers cannot be extensively raised in rural areas
a. Diseases and parasites
b. Feeds
c. Labor requirement
d. Marketing and distribution
61. The disease commonly observed in brooding with moist litter or wet litter causing brooder pneumonia or
a. Coccidiosis
b. Aspergillosis
c. Avian pasteurellosis
d. Mycoplasmosis
62. The average weight of modern broilers now is about_____ at 35-37 days
a. 2.0 kg
b. 1.4 kg
c. 1.7 kg
d. 1.0 kg
64. Broilers can be raised any time of the year for about____ per year if the duration of one cycled is 38 days, cleaning of 3 days, selling of 14
days and chick order of 7 days
a. 5 batches
b. 7 batches
c. 9 batches
d. 3 batches
65. The highest cost expenses aside from feeds in broiler production
a. Labor cost
b. Depreciation
c. Chicks cost
d. Light, heat and water
67. Population of small number of birds isolated within the breed, which is responsible with specific characteristics
a. Breed
b. Strain
c. Cross
d. In-breed
69. The progeny of two different breeds or strain belonging to a single specie
a. Cross
b. Hybrid
c. Strain
d. In-breed
71. The method of crossing wherein the first generation crosses are mated with their parents
a. Back cross
b. Criss-cross
c. Upgrade
d. Cross breeding
72. Crossing the first generation with the male belonging to each of the parent breeds alternately
a. Criss-cross
b. Back cross
c. Upgrade
d. Inbreeding
73. In this selection of breed, this trait is the aptitude to tolerate the environmental condition without drop in the egg production
a. Hardiness high productivity
b. Low feed consumption
c. Product quality
d. None of these
75. Example of layer from the Institute of Animal Selection (IAS) strain
a. Warren
b. Starcross
c. Hissex
d. Golden comet
76. The red jungle fowl from East Java, Burma, Thailand and Sumatra
a. Gallus bankciva
b. Gallus soneratti
c. Gallus varius
d. Gallus lafayetti
84. Race of domestic fowls, which maintain distinctive characteristics of shape, growth, temperament and color of egg shells.
a. Variety
b. Strain
c. Breed
d. Type
98. After palay milling, the level of rice bran in palay is about
a. 3
b. 10
c. 20
d. 17
102. Cassava contains this substance that makes the taste bitter in some varieties
a. Prusic acid
b. Anti-trypsin factor acid
c. Tannin
d. Mimosine
103. Kapok seeds cannot be fed by monogastrics due to tannin. Kapok is known scientifically as:
a. Heliantus annus
b. Henca Brasiliensis
c. Ceiba petandra
d. Arachis hypogea
106. Poultry eat a daily amount of feed that is equivalent to approximately_____ percent of their bodyweight
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 15%
d. 3%
109. This organ has thick glandular mucous membrane that secretes hydrochloric acid and pepsinogen
a. Gizzard
b. Proventiculus
c. Crop
d. Cloaca
114. This refers to the general susceptibility of animals to diseases either acquired or genetically present at birth/development
a. Predisposition
b. Condition
c. Constitution
d. Behavior
115. Diseases, which are easily spread from one animal to another
a. Contagious diseases
b. Zoonotic diseases
c. Acute diseases
d. Nutritional defects
118. The process of anaerobic breakdown of carbohydrates used for the production of alcohol, vinegar and lactic acid
a. Fermentation
b. Bio-synthesis
c. Symbiosis
d. Mineralization
120. Pathogenic agents can damage the tissue by loss of resistance known as
a. Anemia
b. Necrosis
c. Immunosuppression
d. Diarrhea
121. The science of the specific defense mechanisms of the body against pathological processes
a. Immunity
b. Immunology
c. Pathology
d. Enzymology
124. The disease that could be prevented by vaccination through the wing-web method
a. Avian Pest
b. Fowl fox
c. Herpes Virus of turkey
d. Infectious Bursal Disease
134. These are bactericidal antibiotics that can kill bacteria except:
a. Penicillin
b. Streptomycin
c. Neomycin
d. Lincomycin
137. Most endo-parasites are round worms and can also be called
a. Annelids
b. Nematodes
c. Cestodes
d. Trematodes
139. Excretion of pathogenic agents in this group is dangerous because detection is nearly impossible and the quality of pathogens may be
high
a. Sick animals
b. Animals in the incubation period
c. Recovered animals
d. Sub-clinical infections
143. The management problem resulting to mortalities due to lack of water and feed intake is
a. Starve outs
b. Piling
c. Cannibalism
d. Wet litter
145. Too much feed consumption during the rearing period can be due to
a. Poor quality feed
b. Feed wastage
c. Feed eaten by rats and mites
d. All of these
151. Deficiency of this nutrient can permanently damage the immunological system of bird
a. Carbohydrates
b. Protein
c. Vitamins
d. Minerals
152. Organ lesions can lower resistance like liver, which can be damage by
a. Intestinal disorder
b. Intoxications
c. Disease and stress
d. All if the above
160. The total agricultural lands devoted to crops of the country like the rice-lands, corn-land, coconut farming, etc. can support
a. 10 M A.U.
b. 12 M A.U.
c. 11 M A.U.
d. None of the above
165. The roughage dry matter requirement of a 400 kg mature cattle with a roughage to concentrate ratio of 80:20
a. 6.4 kg
b. 8.4 kg
c. 7.4 kg
d. None of the above
166. What is the total number of vegetative planting materials needed for 1 ha if the distance between furrows is 0.7 m and 0.5 m between
hills?
a. 20,000
b. 25,000
c. 20,666
d. 26,666
167. What is the total daily soilage requirement of 180 kg young cattle if soilage contains 20% DM?
a. 27 kg
b. 20 kg
c. 25 kg
d. 30 kg
168. This ensures the appropriate nutrition of the various age groups of the herd
a. Herd division
b. Herd management
c. Nutritional requirement
d. None of the above
169. The most common and legal means of identifying beef cattle ownership
a. Hide branding
b. Horn branding
c. Earnotching
d. Tattooing
175. The largest part of the cattle digestive system and serve as fermentation chamber
a. Omasum
b. Reticulum
c. Small intestine
d. Rumen
188. The breed of goat with long pendulous ears and distinct roman nose is
a. Boer
b. Anglo-Nubian
c. Toggenburg
d. Kambing kajang