Q1 MCQ Drill: 2018 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2018 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

Agricultural Sciences Past Paper Question 1 Drill Level 1: Knowledge & Recall

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8 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2018 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination Agricultural Sciences Paper 1, auto-marked against the official marking guideline. Questions that rely on diagrams or graphs are excluded - see the full paper for those.

Question 1 of 8 2 Marks

A feeding approach where farm animals have unlimited access to rations, roughage and licks:

A. Vitamin provision

B. Ad lib

C. Natural grazing

D. Supplementation

Question 2 of 8 2 Marks

The end products of carbohydrate digestion by micro-organisms in the rumen:

A. Amino acids

B. Volatile fatty acids

C. Ammonia

D. Peptides

Question 3 of 8 2 Marks

The term which describes the quantity of feed that is absorbed for maintenance and growth:

A. Dry matter

B. Nutritive ration

C. Feed digestibility

D. Feed palatability

Question 4 of 8 2 Marks

The energy value of a feed that is calculated by subtracting energy lost through faeces, urine and gases from gross energy:

A. Net energy

B. Digestible energy

C. Metabolic energy

D. Kinetic energy

Question 5 of 8 2 Marks

Choose ONE description about the flight zone of an animal which is CORRECT:

A. A point where a handler will initiate movement

B. An area that an animal is not able to see without turning its head

C. The space around the animal where it feels safe

D. An area where the animal feels threatened

Question 6 of 8 2 Marks

Pigs show the following behaviour when they are under stress:

A. Eating hurriedly

B. Lying calmly

C. Wallow in water

D. Biting their tails

Question 7 of 8 2 Marks

Tail docking in sheep is done to …

A. make animals ready for agricultural shows.

B. improve wool and meat quality directly.

C. improve their feed conversion rate.

D. prevent blowfly infection.

Question 8 of 8 2 Marks

During the process of spermatogenesis, the following occur: (i) Spermatogonia divide during mitosis to form primary spermatocytes. (ii) Secondary spermatocytes divide during meiosis 1 to form spermatozoa. (iii) Primary spermatocytes divide through meiosis 1 to form two secondary spermatocytes. (iv) Spermatids undergo morphological changes to form spermatozoa. Choose the CORRECT combination:

A. (i), (iii) and (iv)

B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i), (ii) and (iii)

D. (i), (ii) and (iv)

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2018 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2018 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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