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Animal Science 3903 - Spring 1997

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  1. Most of the humid tropics are covered by:
    a. Rich crop land b. Rich productive rice land c. Coniferous forests
    d. Dense Rain forests e. Lush pasture land

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  2. The major climatic variation from season to season in the tropics is:
    a. ambient temperatures b. amount of rain c. distribution of rainfall
    d. wind e. amount and distribution of rainfall

    3.  

  3. There is a relationship between wind and the general level of rainfall in an area.
    a. true b. false

    4.  

  4. One of the major advantages of the humid tropics is that diseases and parasites are less of a problem than most other climates.
    a. true b. false

    5.  

  5. Tropical plants have lower nutritive value than temperate ones because:
    a. they metabolically adapted to long periods of darkness b. plant nutrients are metabolized at night
    c. high temperatures reduce nutritive value of tropical forages d. 2 of the above 3 are correct
    e. A, B, and C are all correct.

    6.  

  6. Most of the major deserts of the world are located within 2 belts roughly 8° on either side of the equator.
    a. true b. false

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  7. Most of the deserts close to the tropics are:
    a. Interior Continental Deserts b. Rain Shadow Deserts c. Due to air patterns from theequator
    d. All of these e. None of these.

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  8. A high percentage of the livestock in the topics are found in the super-humid areas.
    a. true b. false

    9.  

  9. Winds are a major cause of erosion in the humid tropics.
    a. true b. false

    10.  

  10. There is little if any livestock produced in the desert.
    a. true b. false

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  11. Within limits, it is usually easier for animals to adapt to and produce in hot temperatures than cold.
    a. true b. false

    12.  

  12. Most productive climates found in the world:
    a. Desert b. Tropical c. Semi-arid d. Semi-tropical e. Temperate

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  13. Once you reach the "grass belt" in any given rainfall area, the type of grass is mostly dependent on:
    a. length of dry season b. length of wet season c. temperature
    d. species of animals using it e. level of erosion

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  14. Which is the only continent which has no deserts of any magnitude?
    a. N. America b. S. America c. Asia d. Australia e. Europe

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  15. Generally speaking, the only agricultural animal found in the tundra is:
    a. Musk Ox b. Reindeer c. Polar Bear d. Ptarmigan e. Mink

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  16. About the only place in the world that has a serious problem with desertification is Africa.
    a. true b. false

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  17. How well man is able to use the various climates of the world often depends on his overall economic well-being because this determines the extent to which he can either modify the environment or protect the animals from it.
    a. true b. false

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  18. If the length of the rainy season is 4 ½ - 7 months then you are in the:
    a. semi-humid tropics b. semi-arid tropics c. humid tropics
    d. tropical rain forest e. semi-desert to desert

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  19. The predominant system of livestock production found in a given area is primarily determined by the principal agricultural system of the area.
    a. true b. false

    20.  

  20. The agricultural system in a country is influenced in a major way by each of these things. Which is the most important of these? (Be careful.)
    a. religions b. topography of land c. climate d. political systems e. economic development

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  21. Most primitive systems of agriculture are found in areas which have less than 20" of rainfall.
    a. true b. false

    22.  

  22. The goal of Shifting Cultivation is subsistence but they usually supplement their agriculture with non-agriculture food sources.
    a. true b. false

    23.  

  23. Market Gardening is a ____________ system.
    A. Developed b. Subsistence a. Primitive

    24.  

  24. Mediterranean Agriculture is a _________ system.
    a. Primitive b. Subsistence c. Developed

    25.  

  25. In all the primitive agricultural systems discussed in the text, agricultural animals are involved to some degree.
    a. true b. false

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  26. Generally speaking, ranching and nomadic herding occur as the exclusive agricultural system when there is 20 inches or less of annual rainfall.
    a. true b. false

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  27. It is impossible to have subsistence crop and livestock production mixed in with ranching in a particular rainfall zone and it isn’t done.
    a. true b. false

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  28. In which of these major areas of the world is the least primitive agriculture practiced?
    a. Asia b. South America c. Africa d. Europe e. North America

    29.  

  29. Generally speaking, Nomadic Herding is practiced in either the very dry or the very cold areas of the world.
    a. true b. false

    30.  

  30. Most of the world’s Nomads are found in either the very cold or very dry areas of the world.
    a. true b. false

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  31. Almost all of the world’s nomads today are dependent on cattle.
    a. true b. false

    32.  

  32. Reindeer figure prominently in the Nomadism of at least 4 different continents.
    a. true b. false

    33.  

  33. The goal of Nomadism is profit.
    a. true b. false

    34.  

  34. Nomads have extensive land holdings and own most of it.
    a. true b. false

    35.  

  35. Nomadism is thriving as a way of life and probably increasing in several parts of the world.
    a. true b. false

    36.  

  36. Slash and Burn Agriculture is the term often used for:
    a. Nomadism b. Shifting Cultivation c. Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage
    d. Intensive Subsistence Tillage e. Subsistence Crop and Livestock Farming

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  37. Practiced as it should be, this is a good system of land rotation..
    a. Shifting Cultivation b. Nomadism c. Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage
    d. Intensive Subsistence Tillage e. Subsistence Crop and Livestock Farming

    38.  

  38. The goal of Shifting Cultivation is:
    a. Profit b. Subsistence c. Neither of these

    39.  

  39. In Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage farmers shift their cultivation from plot to plot.
    a. true b. false

    40.  

  40. The farming methods and crops used in Rudimental Sedentary Tillage and Shifting Cultivation are generally very similar.
    a. true b. false

    41.  

  41. Commercial Crop and Livestock Farming predominate in the developing world where there is 30 or more inches of rainfall.
    a. true b. false

    42.  

  42. Much of the world’s Intensive Subsistence Tillage involves rice production.
    a. true b. false

    43.  

  43. Rice is grown if the necessary water is available because it will out yield any other grain.
    a. true b. false

    44.  

  44. Water buffalo and cattle are kept in Intensive Subsistence Tillage systems primarily for meat and milk.
    a. true b. false

    45.  

  45. The primary reason chickens are found in Intensive Subsistence Tillage is for food purposes.
    a. true b. false

    46.  

  46. A system found primarily in the poorer regions of Europe which involves small farms, each with a few head of livestock is:
    a. Intensive Subsistence Tillage b. Rudimentary Subsistence Tillage

    47.  

  47. If I find an agriculture in a temperate zone, growing potatoes and oats and using dual-purpose cattle but eating little beef then I probably am in:
    a. Commercial Crop and Livestock Farming b. Intensive Subsistence Tillage
    c. Subsistence Crop and Livestock Farming d. Rudimentary Sedentary Tillage e. Commercial Dairy

    48.  

  48. _____________ is the single most important objective of agricultural enterprises in areas with a developed agriculture?
    a. Diversification b. Subsistence c. Producing animal foods d. Profit e. Wise land use

    49.  

  49. Ranching could probably be made more "land-friendly" by using mixed herds instead of single species herds.
    a. true b. false

    50.  

  50. Ranches the world over, regardless of the country they are in, are usually of ______________ ancestry.
    a. indigenous b. American c. Spanish
    d. European e. dumb question - too variable to choose any of the above answers.

    51.  

  51. In this agriculture, animals may be used as secondary enterprises such as finishing hogs in the winter when crops cannot be grown.
    a. Ranching b. Commercial Livestock Finishing c. Commercial Dairy
    d. Plantation Agriculture e. Commercial Livestock Finishing

    52.  

  52. The US is the dominating practitioner of this agricultural system.
    a. Commercial Crop and Livestock Farming b. Ranching c. Commercial Livestock Finishing
    d. Commercial Dairy e. Commercial Grain Production

    53.  

  53. Modification of Commercial Crop and Livestock Farming.
    a. Mediterranean Agriculture b. Commercial Dairy c. Commercial Grain Production
    d. Livestock Finishing e. Market Gardening

    54.  

  54. In many ways, modern commercial dairies resemble commercial livestock finishing operations.
    a. true b. false

    55.  

  55. Dairy almost always depends on maximizing the use of grains as feed.
    a. true b. false

    56.  

  56. Most modern day commercial dairies still depend on the labor of the family owning the dairy as their major source of help.
    a. true b. false

    57.  

  57. Practiced in Australia, the North American plains, the steppes of Russia, the Pampas of Argentina and along the Gulf of Mexico.
    a. Commercial Dairy b. Mediterranean Agriculture c. Commercial Grain Production
    d. Ranching e. Plantation Agriculture

    58.  

  58. In ancient times this was peasant subsistence agriculture.
    a. Commercial Dairy b. Mediterranean Agriculture c. Commercial Grain Production
    d. Ranching e. Plantation Agriculture

    59.  

  59. A developed agriculture which has developed in response to large urban centers.
    a. Mediterranean Agriculture b. Commercial Grain Production c. Market Gardening
    d. Commercial Dairy e. Plantation Agriculture

    60.  

  60. Famous for its wines:
    a. Commercial Dairy b. Mediterranean Agriculture c. Commercial Grain Production
    d. Ranching e. Plantation Agriculture

    61.  

  61. It is a serious error to judge all economic systems in terms of what is considered to be the best in a developed country.
    a. true b. false

    62.  

  62. In the traditional agricultural systems of Asia, animals rarely consume any food which would have normally been consumed by humans.
    a. true b. false

    63.  

  63. Subsistence agricultural systems generally depend on low capital investment.
    a. true b. false

    64.  

  64. Using hand labor is inefficient only if there are other productive endeavors that the labor could be doing.
    a. true b. false

    65.  

  65. In both Developed and Developing countries there are fairly numerous very large livestock units.
    a. true b. false

    66.  

  66. In developing countries, livestock are most frequently kept as a source of meat.
    a. true b. false

    67.  

  67. By definition a domesticated animal must have been brought under human control.
    a. true b. false

    68.  

  68. For animals to be domesticated, they must be able to respond to selection for some specialized functional development considered important by the human.
    a. true b. false

    69.  

  69. One of the things that we "improve" animals for is their ability to serve us as a status symbol.
    a. true b. false

    70.  

  70. Domesticated animals are generally less able to survive in the wild than their wild cousins because they have very different characteristics.
    a. true b. false

    71.  

  71. Primary economic importance is based on their aesthetic value rather than because they have other "useful" products to offer.
    a. silkworm b. bee c. pigeon d. dog e. hamster

    72.  

  72. Most widespread ruminant in distribution.
    a. cattle b. sheep c. llama d. yak e. goat

    73.  

  73. Of all the major domestic mammals which are important to agriculture, which of these does not ferment forages to any degree?
    a. gayal b. banteng c. gayal d. llama e. pig

    74.  

  74. In areas of developed agriculture, the agricultural animals are kept to produce as many products as possible for their owners.
    a. true b. false

    75.  

  75. Both the way in which agricultural animals are utilized and the degree to which they are utilized is very dependent on the level of agriculture of a region.
    a. true b. false

    76.  

  76. If 2 species are equally well adapted to an area, the most important factors that determine the choice are usually socioeconomic.
    a. true b. false

    77.  

  77. Sometimes, even in poor societies, the species of animal chosen by the population is chosen more on prestige than practicality.
    a. true b. false

    78.  

  78. Most people in developed countries have a bias that tends to prevent their objective evaluation of world livestock production.
    a. true b. false

    79.  

  79. Our way is not always the best way for others in agricultural production.
    a. true b. false