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This section includes 75 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Dairy Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
How often do most heifers and cows come into heat? |
| A. | every 18- 24 days |
| B. | every 15 days |
| C. | every 4 days |
| D. | everyday |
| Answer» B. every 15 days | |
| 2. |
How will a heifer act when she is in standing the heat? |
| A. | still and permit other animals to mount her |
| B. | agitated |
| C. | rolling |
| D. | lay down |
| Answer» B. agitated | |
| 3. |
What does PDCA stand for? |
| A. | pure dairy culling association |
| B. | Pure dairy cattle area |
| C. | Purebred dairy cattle association |
| D. | Plant dairy cattle area |
| Answer» D. Plant dairy cattle area | |
| 4. |
What is the average length of standing heat? |
| A. | 10 hours |
| B. | 4 hours |
| C. | 18 hours |
| D. | 20 hours |
| Answer» D. 20 hours | |
| 5. |
What dairy product is made by heating milk along with a substance called rennet? |
| A. | milk |
| B. | curd |
| C. | cheese |
| D. | butter |
| Answer» D. butter | |
| 6. |
On the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card, what is not the part of the four divisions? |
| A. | age |
| B. | general appearance |
| C. | dairy character |
| D. | udder |
| Answer» B. general appearance | |
| 7. |
What are dairy animals that are officially recorded in the breed association herd book called? |
| A. | unregistered animal |
| B. | token animal |
| C. | unlicensed animal |
| D. | registered animal |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
What are two pieces of information not kept in the Herd Book kept by the breed association? |
| A. | animals registration name, birth date |
| B. | registration name and number of its sire and dam |
| C. | name of the breeder and birth date |
| D. | no of udders and skin color |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What type of soap should be avoided when washing a dairy cow? |
| A. | fragrant soap |
| B. | soap with antimicrobial activity |
| C. | soap with herbal treatment |
| D. | soap with detergent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The back of a dairy cow is made up of what two parts? |
| A. | chine and loin |
| B. | udder and skin |
| C. | chine and udder |
| D. | loin and bone |
| Answer» B. udder and skin | |
| 11. |
Most of what ingredient is removed from skim milk? |
| A. | protein |
| B. | carbohydrate |
| C. | mineral |
| D. | Fat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
When the judge is observing the left side of the dairy cow, where should the exhibitor be positioned? |
| A. | backward |
| B. | parallel |
| C. | horizontal |
| D. | in front of the cow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
What is one of the two major reasons a cow would be forced culled? |
| A. | Poor health |
| B. | Mastitis |
| C. | Poor health and Mastitis |
| D. | Healthy cow |
| Answer» D. Healthy cow | |
| 14. |
What are two common baby calf diseases? |
| A. | fever |
| B. | typhoid |
| C. | scour and pneumonia |
| D. | allergies |
| Answer» D. allergies | |
| 15. |
What is not an example of sources of grain protein supplements? |
| A. | Soybean |
| B. | Cottonseed |
| C. | Linseed oil meal |
| D. | Coconut oil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
What two vitamins is milk high in? |
| A. | A and D |
| B. | K |
| C. | E |
| D. | C |
| Answer» B. K | |
| 17. |
What is the minimum crude protein a good milk replacer should contain? |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 24% |
| C. | 15% |
| D. | 35% |
| Answer» C. 15% | |
| 18. |
Name the body parts considered when evaluating dairy character? |
| A. | legs |
| B. | calf |
| C. | udder |
| D. | neck |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
How many points are given to General Appearance on the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card? |
| A. | 10 points |
| B. | 20 points |
| C. | 35 points |
| D. | 40 points |
| Answer» D. 40 points | |
| 20. |
What is the average percent protein in cow’s milk? |
| A. | 2.5% |
| B. | 3.5% |
| C. | 5% |
| D. | 6% |
| Answer» C. 5% | |
| 21. |
What is the name of cheese with holes? |
| A. | cheddar |
| B. | cottage |
| C. | blue |
| D. | swiss |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
What form of milk is made by the churning of whipping cream? |
| A. | cream |
| B. | ghee |
| C. | curd |
| D. | butter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
What is the reproduction cells from the two parents called? |
| A. | egg and ovule |
| B. | ovule and sperm |
| C. | egg and sperm |
| D. | steroid and egg |
| Answer» D. steroid and egg | |
| 24. |
What is considered nature’s most perfect food? |
| A. | butter |
| B. | milk |
| C. | yogurt |
| D. | wheat |
| Answer» C. yogurt | |
| 25. |
When should one start recording a heifers heat periods? |
| A. | 2-3 months before she should be bred |
| B. | 3-4 months before she should be bred |
| C. | 4-5 months before she should be bred |
| D. | 1-2 months before she should be bred |
| Answer» B. 3-4 months before she should be bred | |
| 26. |
Extra amounts of what vitamin are usually added to milk? |
| A. | vitamin K |
| B. | vitamin C |
| C. | vitamin D |
| D. | vitamin A |
| Answer» D. vitamin A | |
| 27. |
What is an example of a non protein nitrogen (NPN) used as a protein source in dairy feeds? |
| A. | nitrogen |
| B. | phosphorus |
| C. | magnesium |
| D. | urea |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
What are the two types of dairy foods? |
| A. | juice and cream |
| B. | juice and cheese |
| C. | cheese and yogurt |
| D. | soda and cola |
| Answer» D. soda and cola | |
| 29. |
What is the expected daily weight gain of a Holstein heifer calf from 200-800 pounds? |
| A. | 1.5 pounds per day |
| B. | 1.65 pounds per day |
| C. | 1 pound per day |
| D. | 2 pound per day |
| Answer» C. 1 pound per day | |
| 30. |
Which vitamin helps to stop bleeding by clotting the blood? |
| A. | vitamin A |
| B. | vitamin K |
| C. | vitamin C |
| D. | vitamin D |
| Answer» C. vitamin C | |
| 31. |
Name a piece of equipment used to fit a dairy animal. |
| A. | clipper |
| B. | towel |
| C. | feather |
| D. | bells |
| Answer» B. towel | |
| 32. |
What is the name of the milk sugar found only in milk? |
| A. | Sucrose |
| B. | Galactose |
| C. | Lactose |
| D. | Fructose |
| Answer» D. Fructose | |
| 33. |
Which of the following is not a variety of cheese? |
| A. | blue |
| B. | cheddar |
| C. | buttery |
| D. | cottage |
| Answer» D. cottage | |
| 34. |
What is a measure of the average additional pounds of milk and fat the bull will transmit to his daughters called? |
| A. | Predicted difference |
| B. | Age |
| C. | Efficiency |
| D. | Milking capacity |
| Answer» B. Age | |
| 35. |
How much does a bushel of shelled corn weigh? |
| A. | 20 pounds |
| B. | 30 pounds |
| C. | 40 pounds |
| D. | 50 pounds |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
In relation to the grain of the hair, which direction should the tail be clipped? |
| A. | opposite to grain of the hair |
| B. | with the grain of the hair |
| C. | parallel to grain of the hair |
| D. | no relation |
| Answer» C. parallel to grain of the hair | |
| 37. |
What is the advantage of blending colostrums from different cows? |
| A. | wider range of antibodies |
| B. | wider flavor range |
| C. | enhanced taste |
| D. | unhealthy |
| Answer» B. wider flavor range | |
| 38. |
What is the sire rating for milk of a sire with a predicted difference of above 2000? |
| A. | super less |
| B. | super extra |
| C. | super |
| D. | extra |
| Answer» C. super | |
| 39. |
What is a dairy animal called which has parents or ancestors of different breeds? |
| A. | herm |
| B. | calf |
| C. | same bred |
| D. | cross bred |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
What’s the major reason a cow may be culled by choice? |
| A. | high production |
| B. | diseases |
| C. | low production |
| D. | healthy |
| Answer» D. healthy | |
| 41. |
Urea should not be fed to a calf until it is how old? |
| A. | 3-4 months |
| B. | 2 months |
| C. | 1 month |
| D. | 10days |
| Answer» B. 2 months | |
| 42. |
How much should a calf gain the first month? |
| A. | 1 pound per day |
| B. | Half pound per day |
| C. | 3 pounds per day |
| D. | 5 pounds per day |
| Answer» B. Half pound per day | |
| 43. |
What is the process called when a calf is switched from milk or milk replaced to water and dry feed? |
| A. | fertilization |
| B. | culling |
| C. | breeding |
| D. | weaning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
How many points does dairy character receive on the Dairy Cow Unified Score Card? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» D. 30 | |
| 45. |
Before entering the show ring, what is a question that the exhibitor should be prepared to answer about the animals?I. Birth date and sireII. Dam and breeding rateIII. Date use to calveIV. Age |
| A. | I. and II |
| B. | II. And III |
| C. | I, II, III, and IV |
| D. | IV only |
| Answer» D. IV only | |
| 46. |
What role does fiber have in the calf starter ration? |
| A. | digestion |
| B. | metabolism |
| C. | respiration |
| D. | heat tolerance |
| Answer» B. metabolism | |
| 47. |
What is the condition in which large amounts of gas are trapped in a calf’s stomach and the stomach gets big? |
| A. | Float |
| B. | Tloat |
| C. | Bloat |
| D. | Piles |
| Answer» D. Piles | |
| 48. |
What is the organ that produces cow’s milk called? |
| A. | limb |
| B. | rumen |
| C. | calf |
| D. | udder |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
What is a sign that a heifer is coming into heat? |
| A. | Attempt to go under leaves |
| B. | Calm |
| C. | Itchy |
| D. | Attempts to mount other animals |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
At what age should a heifer have her first calf? |
| A. | 12 months |
| B. | 8 months |
| C. | 24 months |
| D. | 9 months |
| Answer» D. 9 months | |