AgEd Today Sample Weekly Quiz

1. Which country buys about 45 percent of all U.S. pork exports?
A. Canada
B. Japan
C. Mexico
D. South Korea

2. In which country did two industrial poultry farms sell live poultry after trying to hide bird flu cases?
A. Bulgaria
B. Ukraine
C. Indonesia
D. Romania

3. What was one possible positive outcome from a wind farm project in Lempster, New Hampshire?

4. What was one possible negative outcome from a wind farm project in Lempster, New Hampshire?

5. What do scientists at an international conference on bird flu think should be done about wild birds in relation to the bird flu?
A. They should be killed because they are a disease reservoir.
B. They should be monitored to find out what role they play.

6. Based on past experience, how has bird flu most often spread?
A. Due to human actions like poor hygiene and bad trade surveillance
B. Due to wild birds

7. Which method had the highest crop yields?
A. A conservation-friendly "strip tilling" technique that mixes nutrients with soil at a depth where crops take root.
B. Traditional fertilizing

8. What was Bob Kirk asked to donate rather than milk powder to hungry World War II refuges in Europe 60 years ago?

9. Explain one way in which center-pivot and lateral-move irrigation machines can damage cropland.

10. ProExporter Network research firm predicts there will not be a shortage of corn because a surplus from last year will cover the production shortfall. TRUE or FALSE?

11. Which behaviors are shown to yield better animal behavior, performance and quality?
A. Positive behaviors that are slow and calming
B. Negative behaviors that teach the animal who is in charge

12. Which city will host the Windpower 2006 conference to be held in June 2006.
A. Los Angeles, California
B. Des Moines, Iowa
C. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
D. Las Vegas, Nevada

13. Which livestock-related career will not have enough workers by 2016 according to a study conducted by Kansas State University?

14. What can miscanthus grass be used for?

15. What health concern makes it important to pick up cat and dog feces?

16. Which one or more of the following methods can destroy roundworm eggs?
A. Flame
B. Steam
C. Chemicals

1. Which country buys about 45 percent of all U.S. pork exports?
A. Canada
B. Japan
C. Mexico
D. South Korea

Correct answer: B. Japan

2. In which country did two industrial poultry farms sell live poultry after trying to hide bird flu cases?
A. Bulgaria
B. Ukraine
C. Indonesia
D. Romania

Correct answer: D. Romania

3. What was one possible positive outcome from a wind farm project in Lempster, New Hampshire?

Correct answers could include providing energy for 10,000 homes, tax dollars to the town, no added pollution, retirement income for the landowners, preserving the land from development and an energy source that will not contribute to global warming and climate disruption.

4. What was one possible negative outcome from a wind farm project in Lempster, New Hampshire?

Correct answers could include noise from the turbines, environmental problems, whether a small town has the resources to manage a $40 million utility project, possible harm to wildlife and how the site might look (aesthetics).

5. What do scientists at an international conference on bird flu think should be done about wild birds in relation to the bird flu?
A. They should be killed because they are a disease reservoir.
B. They should be monitored to find out what role they play.

Correct answer: B. They should be monitored to find out what role they play.

6. Based on past experience, how has bird flu most often spread?
A. Due to human actions like poor hygiene and bad trade surveillance
B. Due to wild birds

Correct answer: A. Due to human actions like poor hygiene and bad trade surveillance

7. Which method had the highest crop yields?
A. A conservation-friendly "strip tilling" technique that mixes nutrients with soil at a depth where crops take root.
B. Traditional fertilizing

Correct answer: A. A conservation-friendly "strip tilling" technique that mixes nutrients with soil at a depth where crops take root.

8. What was Bob Kirk asked to donate rather than milk powder to hungry World War II refuges in Europe 60 years ago?

A heifer calf through The Heifer Project

9. Explain one way in which center-pivot and lateral-move irrigation machines can damage cropland.

The news story listed several things, including the weight of tires leading to soil damage and erosion. The equipment can bog down and be unable to move and water the crops.

10. ProExporter Network research firm predicts there will not be a shortage of corn because a surplus from last year will cover the production shortfall. TRUE or FALSE?

TRUE.

11. Which behaviors are shown to yield better animal behavior, performance and quality?
A. Positive behaviors that are slow and calming
B. Negative behaviors that teach the animal who is in charge

Correct answer: A. Positive behaviors that are calming

12. Which city will host the Windpower 2006 conference to be held in June 2006.
A. Los Angeles, California
B. Des Moines, Iowa
C. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
D. Las Vegas, Nevada

Correct answer: C. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

13. Which livestock-related career will not have enough workers by 2016 according to a study conducted by Kansas State University?

Large-animal veterinarians

14. What can miscanthus grass be used for?

It can be used to create energy as a biofuel.

15. What health concern makes it important to pick up cat and dog feces?

They often contain parasitic worms such as roundworms and hookworms that can infect other animals and humans.

16. Which one or more of the following methods can destroy roundworm eggs?
A. Flame
B. Steam
C. Chemicals

Correct answers: A. Flame and B. Steam are effective.

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