Name: ____________________________

Animal Science 3903 - Spring 1997

Test ID = 00001 -- Special Code = 000001

 

Topics: Preface, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3

 

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Part I: Please write your answers clearly. Print if necessary.

 

1. Animals in production systems of developing countries produce much less product per animal than those animals found in the developed world. List the 5 major reasons why this is so.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

2. The 4 primary uses for body wastes from animals are:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

3. The major stresses of the physical environment are broken down into 5 categories. Name them.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Part II: Multiple Choice - True/False

 

  1. Either directly or indirectly, every person on this planet depends on agriculture for his/her daily food.
    a. true b. false

    2.  

  2. Cultural needs are often the primary reasons for keeping animals.
    a. true b. false

    3.  

  3. Food is a more important contribution of agricultural animals than companionship.
    a. true b. false

    4.  

  4. In developing countries, it is more likely that an animal’s worth is measured in monetary terms than social terms.
    a. true b. false

    5.  

  5. This continent has more pigs on it than any other continent.
    a. S. America b. Asia c. N. America d. Europe e. Africa

    6.  

  6. There are more of this agricultural animal in the world than any other.
    a. goats b. sheep c. pigs d. horses e. cattle

    7.  

  7. In the US we consume approximately ___________ calories per person per day.
    a. 1500 b. 2000 c. 2700 d. 2900 e. 3700

    8.  

  8. Animals are a more important source of calories to the world than they are of protein.
    a. true b. false

    9.  

  9. Plant-derived foods (beans, broccoli, roots, nuts, etc.) are more likely than animal-based foods (meat, milk, etc.) to include the essential amino acids needed by humans.
    a. true b. false

    10.  

  10. Most of the feed fed to animals in the world is food that humans could be eating.
    a. true b. false

    11.  

  11. The bulk of the land in the world is classified as agricultural.
    a. true b. false

    12.  

  12. Animals are becoming a less important part of the efforts to feed the world’s population because they are so inefficient.
    a. true b. false

    13.  

  13. Developed countries have much more agricultural land than developing countries.
    a. true b. false

    14.  

  14. Ruminants are less important as a buffer for fluctuating grain supplies than other agricultural animals are.
    a. true b. false

    15.  

  15. As long as there is garbage, pigs will be an agricultural animal.
    a. true b. false

    16.  

  16. The ability to adapt to a symbiotic relationship with humans and the stresses that association imposes is a key element of domestication.
    a. true b. false

    17.  

  17. High altitudes impart __________ stress.
    a. internal b. social c. geographical d. nutritional e. climatic

    18.  

  18. Solar radiation imparts _________ stress.
    a. climatic b. nutritional c. internal d. geographical e. social

    19.  

  19. Animals well adapted to the artificial environment of the developed countries are generally not equally well adapted to the artificial environment imposed by the cultural and economic factors of the poorer nations of the world.
    a. true b. false

    20.  

  20. One of the reasons that artificial environments vary from country to country is because the nature of the products or service demanded from the animals varies.
    a. true b. false

    21.  

  21. View the attached figure representing worldwide distribution of major religions. The areas with the "dots" are dominated by ____________.
    a. Christianity b. Buddhism c. Islam d. Shinto e. Hinduism

    22.  

  22. View the attached figure. Which legend below is associated with a taboo on beef eating?
    a. b. c. d. e.

    23.  

     

  23. Amish agriculture has a profound effect on animal agriculture in the US.
    a. true b. false

    24.  

  24. Buddhism has profound and far reaching effects on animal agriculture around the world.
    a. true b. false

    25.  

  25. All the cow manure in India is used in home fires for cooking.
    a. true b. false

    26.  

  26. Cattle are usually associated with dense human populations and prime cultivattable land.
    a. true b. false

    27.  

  27. Developed countries with a communist government:
    a. First World b. Second World c. Third World

    28.  

  28. A highly specialized agriculture is associated with:
    a. a subsistence agriculture
    b. little mechanization
    c. a primitive agriculture
    d. a scarcity of food and low nutritional level
    e. a developed agriculture

    29.  

  29. A relatively lower per capita income is usually found in association with a developed agriculture.
    a. true b. false

    30.  

  30. Virtually all developing countries have a primitive agriculture.
    a. true b. false

    31.  

  31. I am living in central Africa. Which of the following numbers most likely represents the percentage of the population engaged in agriculture?
    a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 50 e. 90

    32.  

  32. If I am living in Western Europe, which of the following numbers most likely represents the percent of the population engaged in agriculture?
    a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 50 e. 90