Year : 
2002
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 56 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Farm animals are identified by the following methods except

A. tattooing

B. tagging

C. shearing

D. notching

C

42.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of pigs?

A. high feed conversion rate

B. fast growth rate

C. highly prolific

D. unlimited ability to digest fibre

D

43.

Dried cassava should not exceed 50% of the total ration of pigs because

A. too much cassava in diets will lead to excessive fat deposit

B. a higher percentage of inculsion will supply more protein than necessary

C. it induces vitamin deficiency

D. higher quantities induce scouring

A

44.

The sugar is most commonly found in the blood of animals is

A. glucose

B. galactose

C. lactose

D. sucrose

A

45.

Foot and mouth disease is caused by a

A. nematode

B. virus

C. bacterium

D. fungus

B

46.

Which of the following symptoms indicate anthrax disease?

A. persistent coughing

B. sudden death without any visible sign of sickness

C. abortion in the seventh month of gestation

D. prolonged diarrhoea

B

47.

Which of the following practices may cause fish diseases in a pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. desilting

C. poor management

D. harvesting

C

48.

Selection and hybridization are all methods of animal

A. insemination

B. grading

C. quarantine

D. improvement

D

49.

The system of breeding that is practiced when N'dama cows are mated by muturu bulls is

A. inbreeding

B. out crossing

C. cross breeding

D. line breeding

C

50.

In a crop production enterprise, a fixed factor of production could be the

A. size of the land

B. amount of labour required

C. amount of capital employed

D. entreprenurial skill of the farmer

A

41.

Farm animals are identified by the following methods except

A. tattooing

B. tagging

C. shearing

D. notching

C

42.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of pigs?

A. high feed conversion rate

B. fast growth rate

C. highly prolific

D. unlimited ability to digest fibre

D

43.

Dried cassava should not exceed 50% of the total ration of pigs because

A. too much cassava in diets will lead to excessive fat deposit

B. a higher percentage of inculsion will supply more protein than necessary

C. it induces vitamin deficiency

D. higher quantities induce scouring

A

44.

The sugar is most commonly found in the blood of animals is

A. glucose

B. galactose

C. lactose

D. sucrose

A

45.

Foot and mouth disease is caused by a

A. nematode

B. virus

C. bacterium

D. fungus

B

46.

Which of the following symptoms indicate anthrax disease?

A. persistent coughing

B. sudden death without any visible sign of sickness

C. abortion in the seventh month of gestation

D. prolonged diarrhoea

B

47.

Which of the following practices may cause fish diseases in a pond?

A. mixed stocking

B. desilting

C. poor management

D. harvesting

C

48.

Selection and hybridization are all methods of animal

A. insemination

B. grading

C. quarantine

D. improvement

D

49.

The system of breeding that is practiced when N'dama cows are mated by muturu bulls is

A. inbreeding

B. out crossing

C. cross breeding

D. line breeding

C

50.

In a crop production enterprise, a fixed factor of production could be the

A. size of the land

B. amount of labour required

C. amount of capital employed

D. entreprenurial skill of the farmer

A