Animal Science

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A combination of anabolic and catabolic reactions occurring in the body with the liberation of energy.
It involves all the chemical reactions performed by the cells to use the basic units of the nutrients for
their specific functions.
a. nutrition d. exertion
b. metabolism e. respiration
c. digestion
ANS: B PTS: 1

2. Complex protein produced in living cells that causes changes in other substances within the body
without being changed itself (organic catalyst.
a. enzymes d. plasma
b. genes e. blood
c. protein
ANS: A PTS: 1

3. The process of providing oxygen to the cells of the body and removing carbon dioxide from them.
a. digestion d. perspiration
b. excretion e. nutrition
c. respiration
ANS: C PTS: 1

4. To inoculate- with a mildly toxic preparation of bacteria or a virus of specific disease to prevent or
lessen the effects of that disease.
a. culling d. deglutition
b. vaccination e. fecundation
c. parturition
ANS: B PTS: 1

5. The process of producing and secreting milk in order to nourish the young.
a. mastication d. lactation
b. conception e. fertilization
c. emaciation
ANS: D PTS: 1

6. It is the series of processes by which an organism takes in and assimilates food for promoting growth
and replacing worn out or injured tissues
a. digestion d. metabolism
b. lactation e. regeneration
c. nutrition
ANS: C PTS: 1

7. term usually applied to microorganisms that require oxygen to live and reproduce.
a. anaerobic d. aerobic
b. mesophelic e. homeothermic
 c. thermopilic
ANS: D PTS: 1

8. A habit of some fowls of picking at or eating other fowls.

a. cannibalism d. curing
b. mating e. nicking
c. underpinning
ANS: A PTS: 1

9. The art and science of the genetic improvement of farm animals.

a. animal husbandry d. zoology
b. animal marketing e. animal physiology
c. animal breeding
ANS: C PTS: 1

10. The term applied for the carsass or carsass parts coming from animals sufficiently mature and healthy.
a. meat d. organ
b. milk e. shote
c. hide
ANS: A PTS: 1

11. The term applied for the meat of goat.

a. cara-beef d. pork
b. veal e. chevon
c. mutton
ANS: E PTS: 1

12. Meat that has not undergone any substantial change from the time of slaughters.
a. meat-by-product d. corned meat
b. hot meat e. fresh meat
c. hot bone meat
ANS: E PTS: 1

13. The removal of the testicles weather by surgical or chemical means.

a. oviposition d. kidding
b. unsoundness e. shearling
c. caponization
ANS: C PTS: 1

14. Dried milk obtained by evaporating the moisture from milk solids.
a. evaporation d. fabrication
b. pasteurazation e. condensation
c. homogenization
ANS: B PTS: 1

15. It is a process of destroying most disease-producing microorganisms and limiting fermentation in milk
subjecting to heating for a definite time at a definite temperature and thereafter cooling it immediately.
a. evaporation d. fabrication
 b. pasteurization e. condensation
c. homogenization
ANS: B PTS: 1

16. Concentrate dilk to which sugar has been added. It has 27 percent water, 8.1. percent protein, 54.8
percent lactose, and 7 percent mineral.
a. certified milk d. condensed milk
b. powder milk e. evaporated milk
c. filled milk
ANS: D PTS: 1

17. Term applied for slaughtering an animal which is already dead of some causes prior to slaughter.
a. flaying d. fabrication
b. curing e. cold slaughter
c. abattoir
ANS: E PTS: 1

18. A group of animals hitch possess certain characteristics that are common to individuals within that
group of animals within the same species.
a. breed d. gait
b. family e. strain
c. spray
ANS: A PTS: 1

19. the term applied for the meat of a young sheep

a. pork d. chevon
b. lamb e. beef
c. mutton
ANS: B PTS: 1

20. term applied to animal whose body temperature varies directly with that of the environment
a. poikilotherms d. aerobic
b. homeotherms e. anearobic
c. mesophilic
ANS: A PTS: 1

21. A process of inducing fertilization in the female reproductive trust without the benefit of sexual
contact between the male and female animal
a. selection d. random mating
b. crossbreeding e. artificial insemination
c. inbreeding
ANS: E PTS: 1

22. Harmon secreted by the neurohypophysis or posterior pituitary lobe which is important in conserving
body water by reducing the urine formation.
a. vasopression d. calcitonin
b. dystocia e. oxytocin
c. impression
 ANS: A PTS: 1

23. Severe reaction that occurs in some individual following introduction of antigens into their bodies
a. agalactia d. immunization
b. allergy e. defecation
c. bulling
ANS: B PTS: 1

24. Simply means separation or sorting out and refers to the way in which the genes separate output in
subsequent generations.
a. culling d. segregation
b. phenotype e. pedigree
c. genotype
ANS: D PTS: 1

25. The period during which the reproductive organs first become functional.
a. fertilization d. puberty
b. weaning e. ovulation
c. finishing
ANS: D PTS: 1

26. The term referring to the wool covering of the sheep.

a. fleece d. noils
b. pelt e. woolen
c. worsted
ANS: A PTS: 1

27. A technique wherein a young embryo is collected from a donor female parent and then implanted into
the uterus of a recipient female parent
a. artificial insemination d. mastication
b. random mating e. multiple ovulation
c. embryo transfer
ANS: E PTS: 1

28. a process by which the female animal is induced to simultaneously ovulate more eggs than what is
normally shed.
a. artificial insemination d. mastication
b. random mating e. breeding
c. embryo transfer
ANS: C PTS: 1

29. Branch of physiology dealing with the coordination of various body tissues by chemical mediators
produced by restricted areas of the body and transported through the circulatory system to the organ or
tissue on which exert their effects.
a. neurology d. endocrinology
b. cardiology e. parasitoly
c. fecundology
ANS: D PTS: 1
30. The Harmon that causes ovulation of matured follicles
a. calcitonin d. oxytocin
b. vasopression e. luteinizing harmone
c. toxins
ANS: E PTS: 1

31. term applied in referring to an animal of mixed or unknown breeding.

a. molt d. stride
b. mongrel e. cud
c. gait
ANS: B PTS: 1

32. A relatively small area in which cattle are confined indefinitely as opposed to being allowed to have a
free access to pasture
a. pen d. molt
b. lucerne e. brood
c. drylot
ANS: C PTS: 1

33. A term commonly used denote a piglet of a small size in relation to his/her littermates.
a. runt d. barrow
b. gilt e. shote
c. sow
ANS: A PTS: 1

34. The addition of salt with or without nitrate, and sugar for the purpose of lightening shelf life and/or
enhancing the development f odor, color and flavor
a. flaying d. farrowing
b. freezing e. gelding
c. curing
ANS: C PTS: 1

35. Period of heat and greatest receptivity to male, rapture of ovarian follicles in most farm animals
a. proestrust d. postestrus
b. estrus e. deistrus
c. metestrus
ANS: B PTS: 1

36. The term referring to the act or process of giving birth to a young
a. ovulation d. lactation
b. parturition e. mastication
c. gestation
ANS: B PTS: 1

37. Classification of protein which consist of polypeptide chains arranged in parallel along a single axis to
yield long fibers or sheets and constitute about 30% of total protein in animal body.
a. fibrous d. irregular
b. simple e. uniparous
c. conjugated
 ANS: A PTS: 1

38. The process of eliminating non-profitable or non-productive undesirable individuals.

a. segregation d. nicking
b. separation e. candling
c. culling
ANS: C PTS: 1

39. A form in which the toxins produced by pathogenic bacteria enter the blood stream from a local lesion
and are distributed throughout the body.
a. toxins d. epizootic
b. serum e. toximia
c. contagious
ANS: E PTS: 1

40. The scientific name for pigeon.

a. Columbia livia d. Numida meleagris
b. Anser domesticus e. Coturnix coturnix
c. Gallus gallus
ANS: A PTS: 1

41. The scientific name for sheep.

a. Capra hircus d. Ovies aries
b. Sus domesticus e. Camelus dromedaries
c. Bubalus bubalis
ANS: D PTS: 1

42. The scientific name for Oriental Cattle.

a. Bos taurus d. Sus scrofa
b. Bos indicus e. Ovis aries
c. Babalus bubalis
ANS: B PTS: 1

43. The scientific name for horse.

a. Equus asinus d. Copra hircus
b. camelus dromedaries e. Oryctogalus cuniculus
c. Equus caballus
ANS: C PTS: 1

44. The scientific name for turkey.

a. Gaallus gallus d. Melleagris gallopavo
b. nas platyrhynchos e. Numida meleagris
c. Cairina moschata
ANS: D PTS: 1

45. The common name for Copra hircus

a. sheep d. horse
b. pig e. goat
c. mule
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46. The common name for Cairina moschta.

a. itik d. guinea fowl
b. bibe e. chicken
c. pegion
ANS: A PTS: 1

47. The common name for Coturnix coturnix

a. chicken d. pegion
b. duck e. quail
c. turkey
ANS: E PTS: 1

48. The common name of Anser domistecus

a. chicken d. turkey
b. goose e. guinea fowl
c. duck
ANS: B PTS: 1