Online MCQ/EMQ Questions

Question 1

How may rumen acidosis (by carb overload) be reduced in cattle?

Answer 1

Provide clean straw ad libitum

Question 2

In beef production, which animal has the higher killing out %? Castrated or entire male?

Answer 2

Castrated

Question 3

At what age are dairy calves weaned?

Answer 3

8 weeks

Question 4

Why is dietary fibre added to pet foods?

Answer 4

To lower the energy density for weight control

Question 5

When a mare is lactating, what % of the diet should be forage (rest being concentrate)?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

How does haylage differ from hay? (Terms of dry matter)

Answer 6

Haylage is of lower dry matter

Question 7

In which part of the pig GI are most proteins absorbed?

Answer 7

Duodenum

Question 8

What cell membrane molecule is the target for antifungal drugs?

Answer 8

Ergosterol

Question 9

Does arterial vasoconstriction or vasodilation cause an increased afterload?

Answer 9

Vasoconstriction

Question 10

Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the mother to the foetus?

Answer 10

Umbilical vein

Question 11

How do embryos get nutrition from the yolk sac? Via which vessel

Answer 11

Vitelline veins

Question 12

GIve an example of an amino acid that is biogenic?

Answer 12

Tryptophan

Question 13

In the adrenal gland, what does the zona reticulata secrete?

Answer 13

Cortisol

Question 14

What is the major cation in ECF?

Answer 14

Na

Question 15

Smooth muscle tone is maintained by which molecules presence in cytosol?

Answer 15

Calcium ions

Question 16

Which joint has poorly developed collateral ligaments in the FL?

Answer 16

Shoulder

Question 17

What is the main action of the triceps?

Answer 17

Extend the elbow

Question 18

Which muscles cover the lateral surface of the femur?

Answer 18

Vastus lateralis

Biceps femoris

Question 19

WHich cells destroy bone matrix?

Answer 19

Osteoclasts

Question 20

Where is myoglobin in relation to haemoglobin on the dissociation curve?

Answer 20

Very left

Question 21

Where is foetal haemoglobin compared to myoglobin and haemoglobin?

Answer 21

Middle

Question 22

Increased H+, DPG, CO2 and temperature causes the oxygen dissociation curve to shift which way?

Answer 22

Right

Question 23

A decrease in H+, CO2, DPG cause the curve to shift which way?

Answer 23

Left

Question 24

Which structure is anatomical dead space of the respiratory tract?

Answer 24

Terminal bronchioles

Question 25

When there is a notifiable disease suspected, when must it be reported?

Answer 25

If there are clinical signs which could indicate the disease

Question 26

Which AA is oxaloacetate the direct precursor for?

Answer 26

Aspartate

Question 27

Which biogenic AA is a biosynthetic precursor of a neurotransmitter?

Answer 27

Tyrosine

Question 28

Which AA is solely ketogenic?

Answer 28

Leucine

Question 29

What cartilage is responsible for movement of the outer ear?

Answer 29

Elastic cartilage

Question 30

The role of which embryonic structure is taken over by the placenta?

Answer 30

allantois

Question 31

Which embryonic structure becomes the chorionic cavity?

Answer 31

Extraembryonic coelom

Question 32

The yolk sac develops from which embryological structure?

Answer 32

Hypoblast

Question 33

Which substance is exchanged for bicarbonate ions to maintain electrochemical neutrality in the erythrocytes?

Answer 33

Cl -