Driver Quizzes

Question 1

cumulative growth curve is really

Answer 1

stair stepped due to sporadic growth

Question 2

the point of inflection is

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the time when animals grow the fastest

Question 3

a body part with an allometric growth coefficient of <1 grows

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early and slowly compared to the rest of the body

Question 4

John Hammond made important observations about the proportions of animals as they grow including that

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extremities complete their development first

Question 5

as the body grows, the proportions of different chemicals change according to

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water decreases, fat increase, protein decreases

Question 6

As bone ages the proportion of fat

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increases

Question 7

physiological growth

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specific physical/chemical stage of maturity

Question 8

absolute growth

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plots weight gain per unit of time over time

Question 9

cumulative growth

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change in weight over time

Question 10

relative growth

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growth in relation to total weight

Question 11

heredity

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is the process of passing along genes form one generation to the next

Question 12

the heritability for meat tenderness is 0.29 which is

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intermediate, meaning moderately heritable

Question 13

sheep favor

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intermuscular and visceral fat deposition

Question 14

better sanitation improves growth rate and feed efficiency because

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less nutrients are required for immune responses against microorganism

Question 15

select the correct answer about maintenance energy requirements

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increases as an animal grows

Question 16

energy requirements for growth depend on

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hormone treatments
genetics and breeding
sex of an animal
stage of the growth curve

Question 17

the reasons for abnormally high growth rates achieved during compensatory growth include

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lower basal energy metabolism requirements due to decreased visceral weight
higher feed intake

Question 18

energy substrate used up within the first 8-10 seconds of exercise

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ATP

Question 19

both endurance and resistance exercise induces the release of the hormone

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growth hormone

Question 20

type of housing system that reduces the stress of rearing animals together

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specific stress free housing

Question 21

chronically stressed animals suffer from elevated circulating concentrations

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glucocorticoids

Question 22

the mature frame size in cattle can be calculated from

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hip height and age

Question 23

at the same chronological age, large framed animals are physically ___ than small framed animals

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younger

Question 24

T-cells areas of the lymph nodes are

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the paracortical areas

Question 25

clonal selection describes

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the selective activation of a lymphocyte clone by its antigen

Question 26

the spleen’s overall immunologic function is to provide a location rich in immune cells to sample for foreign invaders in the blood stream

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true

Question 27

innate immunity is characterized by broad and late responses to microbial infection

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False

Question 28

Thymocytes (T cell precursors)

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undergo extensive differentiation and maturation in thymus and leave as naive T cells

Question 29

a primary adaptive immune response to an antigen is characterized by specificity and memory

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False

Question 30

passive immunity describes the transfer of immunity from an actively immunized host to a naive host

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true

Question 31

a general characteristic that does not contribute to immunogeneicity is

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temperature

Question 32

types of macrophages

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microglia
alveolar macrophage
kupffer cell
osteoclast

Question 33

lymphocytes traffic from the blood into the lymph nodes through

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high endothelial venules