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Do Not Write On The Exam!: 2015 State Poultry FFA Career Development Written Exam 1
Do Not Write On The Exam!: 2015 State Poultry FFA Career Development Written Exam 1
25 Multiple Choice Questions, worth 4 points each, fill in answers on bubble sheet provided.
14. What percentage of chickens are sold in the United States as whole birds?
a. 50 %
b. 20%
c. Less than 10%
d. 33%
15. What are the top two countries the United States export poultry meat to?
a. Ireland and Germany
b. Mexico and Canada
c. Japan and China
d. Russia and China
16. What organ is green in color, attaches to the liver, and stores bile?
a. Cecum
b. Gall Bladder
c. Trachea
d. Crop
17. The gizzard serves as the bird’s _________.
a. Teeth
b. Lungs
c. Liver
d. Hormonal Gland
18. Where does fertilization occur in the reproductive tract?
a. Magnum
b. Uterus
c. Isthmus
d. Infundibulum
19. Phenols, Quaternary ammonium compounds, iodophors, hypochlorites are examples of what?
a. Poultry Diseases in Pheasants
b. Turkey Industry Vaccines
c. Waterfowl Antibiotics
d. Disinfectant classes
20. How many air sacs do birds have as part of their respiratory system?
a. 2-3
b. 12
c. 8-9
d. 4
2015 State Poultry FFA Career Development Written Exam 4
21. If cooling water consumption is one gallon per minute per 100 square feet of pad area on a hot
day. How many gallons of water per minute will a be consumed in a pad that measures 3600
square feet?
a. 3.6 gallons
b. 36 gallons
c. 100 gallons
d. 3,600 gallons
22. What is the pulse rate of a bird at rest?
a. 223 beats per minute
b. 300 beats per minute
c. 60 beats per minute
d. 180 beats per minute
23. What is another name for laying an egg?
a. Oviposition
b. Fertilization
c. Blastoderm
d. Blastodisc
24. What are the disease prevention and control measures that can occur to keep flocks healthy?
a. Reduce contact between birds and infectious organisms
b. Maintaining sanitary conditions
c. Strengthening the bird’s defenses again invasion by infectious organisms
d. All of the above
25. A flock of 25,000 birds contract Newcastle disease. The birds are weak, have watery greenish
diarrhea, a cough, gasping respiration, nasal and eye discharge. The mortality has spiked 10%.
What is the current flock size?
a. 22,500
b. 2,500
c. 12,500
d. 250
2015 State Poultry FFA Career Development Written Exam 5
1. A C-13
2. D C-19
3. B C-23
4. B C-25
5. D C-39
6. D C-43
7. C C-47
8. A C-13
9. D C-75
10. B C-113
11. A C-114
12. C C-116
13. C C-51
14. C C-116
15. D C-118
16. B C-23
17. A C-22
18. D C-24
19. D C-55
20. C C-20
21. B C-85
22. B C-13
23. A C-24
24. D C-54
25. A C-47