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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. |
| | 1. | The palomino color does not breed true in crosses. |
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 2. | The five basic colors of horses are: | a. | Bay, Black, Brown, Dun, Gray | c. | Brown, Black, Dun, Chestnut, White | | b. | Pinto, Brown, Bay, Palomino, Roan | d. | Bay, Black, Brown, Chestnut, White | | | | | | |
| | 3. | Which of the following requires the highest nutritional level: | a. | Mare in first third of gestation | c. | Lactating mare 8 weeks post-partum | | b. | Mare first day post-partum | d. | Mare running 1 mile per day | | | | | | |
| | 4. | How many hands is a horse that stands 65 inches at the withers? | a. | 13-2 | b. | 14-4 | c. | 16-1 | d. | 17-0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5. | The number of horses in the United States reached the lowest point and has been increasing since________. | a. | 1917 | b. | 1945 | c. | 1960 | d. | 1980 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6. | Paint horses have two different color patterns: Tobiano and ____________. | a. | Bay | b. | Dunn | c. | Grullo | d. | Overo | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7. | When a stallion is crossed on a jennet, the resulting offspring is called___________. | a. | Mule | b. | Jack | c. | Hinny | d. | Shire | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 8. | A horse color that is a mixture of Chestnut and White hair is called___________. | a. | Gray | c. | Bay | | b. | Piebald | d. | Strawberry Roan | | | | | | |
| | 9. | ____________hay is the best of the legume hays for horses. | a. | Red Clover | b. | Lespedeza | c. | Peanut | d. | Alfalfa | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10. | The__________is fast, two-beat, diagonal gait, where the opposite front feet and hind feet leave and strike the ground at the same time. | a. | Pace | b. | Trot | c. | Rack | d. | Amble | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 11. | The _________is a fast, two beat, lateral gait, where the front and hind feet on the same side, leave and strike the ground at the same time. | a. | Trot | b. | Pace | c. | Rack | d. | Amble | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12. | The foal must nurse shortly after birth to obtain the ___________milk. | a. | Meconium | b. | Colostrum | c. | Selenium | d. | Dehydrated | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 13. | A___________is a person who works on horses’ feet. | a. | Jockey | b. | Hazier | c. | Farrier | d. | Healer | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14. | _________is a nutritional disorder that causes swelling of the sensitive laminae in one or more feet. | a. | Founder | c. | Azoturia | | b. | Encephalomyelitis | d. | Vesicular Stomatitis | | | | | | |
| | 15. | A cantle is _____________. | a. | a slow 3 beat gait | | b. | called a lope in western riding | | c. | part of the saddle behind the rider | | d. | a slow 3 beat gait AND called a lope in western riding | | | | |
| | 16. | In studying parts of the horse, the chestnuts are found ____________. | a. | Only on male horses | c. | On the head | | b. | On the leg | d. | On the sole of the foot | | | | | | |
| | 17. | In describing the color of horses_________is a black and white color combination. | a. | Piebald | b. | Skewbald | c. | Blue Roan | d. | Dun | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 18. | Bacterial disease in the frog of the foot that is caused by filth, and may result in lameness is________. | a. | Bog spavin | b. | Thrush | c. | Curb | d. | Sweeney | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19. | A one-ton batch of 12 percent grain mix is requested. You have available cracked corn at 8 percent protein and soybean meal at 40 percent protein. How many pounds of corn and soybean meal will make up the batch? | a. | 125lbs. SBM, 875lbs.corn | c. | 775lbs. SBM, 1225lbs. corn | | b. | 250lbs. SBM, 1750lbs. corn | d. | 1225lbs. SBM, 775lbs. corn | | | | | | |
| | 20. | In studying the parts of the horse, the stifle is found________. | a. | On the rear leg below the hook | c. | On the front leg below the knee | | b. | On the rear leg above the gaskin | d. | On the neck near the throat | | | | | | |