Dairy Engineering Practice Test 10

1. Where is the National Cheese Exchange Located?

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Chicago, Illinois

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Madison Wisconsin

2. What is subcutaneous injection?

It requires the tented method

It is the administration of medication to a cow into the blood vessels

It is administered under the skin

It is administered in the muscle

3. What hormone is responsible for maintaining a pregnancy?

Oxytocin

Prostaglandin

Lutalyse

Progesterone

4. What percent of dry matter in plants is made of carbohydrates?

65 percent

75 percent

85 percent

50 percent

5. Neospora caninum is a major cause of what in pregnant cows?

Chronic diarrhea

Parturition

Nutrition deficiency

Abortion

6. When discussing lactation records, what does the term “fat corrected milk” mean?

Fat has been added to the milk to the correct level

The lactation record have an average amount of milk fat

Fat has been extracted from the milk to the correct level

Lactation records are being adjusted to the same milk fat percentage

7. What structural carbohydrate component makes older plants less digestible than younger plants?

Sucrose

Lignin

Cellulose

Fructrose

8. To the hundredth, how many pounds of milk are in one gallon?

8.92 pounds

8.52 pounds

8.62 pounds

8.72 pounds

9. What do the letters NRC stand for?

National Research Company

National Research Council

National Rehabilitation Center

National Research Chapter

10. What kinds of relationship do cattle and the microorganisms in their rumen share?

A-Biotic

Electrostatic

Parasitic

Symbiotic