CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Lal-lo, Cagayan

Mid-term Examination
POULTRY PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT


Name: ______________________________ Date: ___________
Course/Year: _________________________ Score: __________

I. Multiple Choice

Direction: On the space provided, write A if only choice is A refers to the given sentence; B if only choice B
refers to the given sentence; C if both choices (A and B) refer to the given sentence, and D if neither choice A
nor B refers to the given sentences.

_____1. The production of more quality egg from a given amount of input should be the primary consideration
in choosing the stocks to raise.
A. Performance
B. Availability of stocks and reliability of supplier
_____2. One bird in a cage is recommended, this will help prevent:
A. Egg crack
B. Cannibalism
_____3. Crowding may be tolerated in multiple bird cage operations using small cages with less number of
birds in a group. In such cases, the birds should be properly:
A. Debeaked
B. Equal ratio versus area occupied
_____4. Egg farmers may keep their layers in lifter floor pens. However, facilities should be given like:
A. Nests
B. Perches
_____5. A feeding trough should be constructed as to keep the birds from defecating or getting their feet into
the feed and scratching in out. This will avoid:
A. Feed contamination
B. Feed wastage
_____6. It is a process of supplying heat to the chicks from the time they are taken down from the incubator up
to the time they can self-control their heat requirements through their:
A. Brooding
B. Artificial brooding
_____7. Artificial brooding will last for 7 days but duration depends upon the following situation:
A. Weather condition
B. Feathering rate of chicks
_____8. Select only healthy chicks which can be easily recognize by their dry, fluffy feathers, bright eyes, and
active appearance. This will demand:
A. Start with good quality chicks
B. Provide the proper temperature
_____9. A guide which we use for the correct brooding temperature.
A. Chicks behavior
B. Incubator thermometer
____10. When chicks hurdle with each other, this signifies that:
A. Temperature is lower than the requirement
B. Temperature is above the optimum requirement
____11. A contented peep and evenly distributed chicks around the source of heat indicates:
A. Comfort with right temperature
B. Chicks wedge behind the hover
____12. Proper ventilation or supply of fresh air can give much advantage t the chicks. This will give:
A. Fast growing
B. Sufficient supply of oxygen

____13. The first week is the most critical period in brooding. This will encourage the birds to keep close to the
source of heat, feed and water.
A. Proper ventilation
B. Adequate lighting facilities
____14. The birds ability to resist disease, to respond to vaccines, to reach the correct mature body size, and
eventually to perform to its genetic potential. This depends mainly on:
A. Management practices employed during the first 6 weeks
B. Management practices throughout the production period
____15. After removing all traces of manure, litter, dust, feathers, feed, and any other residues from previous
flocks, the house and equipment after cleaning and disinfecting must be left dry. This should be done:
A. 3 weeks before the new flocks arrives
B. 10 days before the new flocks arrives
____16. Isolation of young birds and older birds is recommended in order to prevent contamination of
transferrable disease. This can be done by:
A. Place young stocks upwind from the older birds
B. Place older stocks upwind from young birds
____17. Water intake restrictions whether residential or deliberate should be avoided all the time because water
is essential to the body temperature. Its effect is:
A. Cause disturbance in growth
B. Reduce feed intake and growth rate
____18. Feed conversion efficiency will never be better than during the few weeks of life. How do we go along
with this?
A. Use a good quality diet
B. Provide plenty of feeder space
____19. Watch for, listen and react to the chicks complaints. Their welfare is your profit. They can help you
avoid mistakes.
A. Loud chirping
B. Prostate, listless
____20. Feed wastage must be reduce to increase profit. Using the conventional feeding trough and a mash
ration the scenario is only 1% of feed is wasted when:
A. Feeding trough is 1/3 full
B. Feeding trough is 1/3 full
____21. Layers are being fed not the same with broilers. Therefore feeding regimes is very important.
A. 3-4 times a day to replenish
B. 4 times a day to replenish
____22. Cannibalism is bad habit developed by some growing birds. It usually starts from toe and feather
picking which may result to serious wounding and death of birds. How this to happen?
A. Extended period without feed and water
B. Excessive heat and too much light in the grower house
____23. Cannibalism may be minimized by:
A. Give rations containing the right quantity and quality of protein recommended for the different ages
of birds
B. Maintain the right temperature and proper ventilation in the growing house
____24. Enlargement and reddening of comb and wattles are the signs wherein pullets are ready to be
transferred to the lying house. What prefer age are we going to consider?
A. 16 weeks old
B. 20 weeks old
____25. Before pullets actually starts laying eggs they must be transferred to the laying house. They should let
to lay eggs on the rearing floor to avoid the development of:
A. Egg-eating habit
B. Cracked eggs
____26. One cardinal role to follow in the light management of poultry invented for egg production.
A. Never increase light during growing period and never decrease lights during the laying period
B. Increase day length
____27. Meat type chickens are the birds that convert their feeds most efficiently to meat.
A. Big body conformation
B. Rapid growth

____28. General purpose type chicken has an intermediate between the egg type and meat type. They are also:
A. Broody
B. High feed efficiency
____29. Eggs for hatching should be selected from a flock consisting of vigorous fowl with good egg record.
A. Pure breed flock
B. Established breeding farm
____30. Select average-sized eggs to be fertile after two weeks
A. Hatching eggs
B. Fable eggs
____31. Select eggs that are uniform in size and shape with round plain shell.
A. Not objectionable for hatching
B. Characteristics of goods egg
____32. Hatching eggs should be cared properly in order to have a good hatch and quality chicks. What should
one do to attain the clam?
A.
B.
____33. This is supplied in several type incubator by water pans placed under the eggs.
A. Egg chamber
B. Humidity supplier
____34. An instrument that indicated the range of safe temperature for hatching.
A. Humidity supplier
B. Incubator thermometer
____35. Exchange place of the egg trays everyday preferably after the last turning so that the tray nearest the
lamp is away from it in the nest day. Why it is necessary?
A. To equally accumulate
B. To avoid crippled chicks
____36. Test the egg to eliminate infertile and dead ones on the 7
th
and 14
th
day of incubation. How do we do
it?
A. Candling procedure
B. Use of electric bulb
____37.Any act that destroys organisms.
A. Dis-infection
B. Dis-infectant
____38. The science of promotion and preservation of health.
A. Hygiene
B. Sanitation
____39. Application of dis-infectant during the course of the disease and it involves the destruction of the
organism in the animals immediate environment.
A. Concurrent dis-infection
B. Terminal dis-infection
____40. Classification of the dis-infectant through heating, incineration, cremation, pasteurization, and
sterilization.
A. Physical dis-infectant
B. Mechanical dis-infectant

I I . Essay (20 pts.)

1. Why chicken is the most popular from all other poultry species? (10 pts.)
2. From among the species of poultry. What is your preference to raise?why?) (10 pts.)