Question Set 18

Question 1

What national organization seeks to encourage experiences in agriculture and related fields to develop leadership, personal growth, and overall career success in youth?

Answer 1

FFA

Question 2

What is the most important factor affecting the quality of a forage?

Answer 2

Stage of maturity at time of harvest

Question 3

An extension backward of the flexor tendon caused by tearing or stretching is known as what?

Answer 3

Bowed tendon

Question 4

The rasping or removal of sharp enamel points on the teeth is known as what?

Answer 4

Floating

Question 5

What is the framework that gives the body form and protects vital organs?

Answer 5

The skeletal structure

Question 6

When developing a facilities plan, what is the first and most important step?

Answer 6

Establishing the goals of an operation

Question 7

At what point in gestation does EHV-1 tend to cause abortion?

Answer 7

between 8 and 11 months (can be as early as 4 months) OR last third of gestation

Question 8

Where are most western saddles produced?

Answer 8

United States

Question 9

What is the normal, resting pulse rate for an adult horse?

Answer 9

30-40 beats per minute (or 35 to 45 or 32 to 44)

Question 10

What is the common name for strongyles?

Answer 10

Bloodworms

Question 11

What is the tool used to clean out the bottom of the horse’s foot?

Answer 11

Hoof pick

Question 12

What organ is known as the “fermentation vat” of the horse’s digestive tract?

Answer 12

cecum

Question 13

What is the name for the hairline at the level where the hoof wall and pastern join?

Answer 13

Coronary band (coronet)

Question 14

What is the name of the first cervical vertebrae that attaches to the skull?

Answer 14

Atlas

Question 15

Describe the ideal withers.

Answer 15

Sharp, prominent, and well defined

Question 16

Complete this phrase…“No (blank) No Horse”

Answer 16

Foot (No Foot, No Horse)

Question 17

Name the body color that may vary among many shades of red with a man and tail that may be slightly lighter, slightly darker, or even flaxen.

Answer 17

Chestnut (Also acceptable: sorrel)

Question 18

In a normal horse, within how many seconds should the capillary fill time take to return to its normal color?

Answer 18

1-3 seconds

Question 19

Name the body color that describes a uniform mixture of black and white hairs on the body with a darker head and legs.

Answer 19

Blue Roan

Question 20

What is indicated by the amount of seed heads and flowers present in grass or legume hay?

Answer 20

Stage of maturity at the time of harvest