Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2022 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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

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9 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2022 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 9 2 Marks

… is the movement of food from the blood into the tissues.

A. Absorption

B. Digestion

C. Assimilation

D. Ingestion

Question 2 of 9 2 Marks

An example of water-soluble vitamins:

A. Vitamin A

B. Vitamin E

C. Vitamin K

D. Vitamin B1

Question 3 of 9 2 Marks

The end products of cellulose digestion in the rumen:

A. Butyric acid and amino acid

B. Fatty acids and glycerol

C. Acetic acid and propionic acid

D. Propionic acid and glucose

Question 4 of 9 2 Marks

The intake of feed in ruminant farm animals involves the following: (i) Animals use their snouts to gather feed. (ii) Feed is partially chewed and mixed with saliva to form a bolus. (iii) The tongue pushes the bolus backward down the oesophagus into the rumen. (iv) Feed is later brought back for re-chewing. Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 5 of 9 2 Marks

Narrow stalls used in intensive farming to keep pregnant sows throughout the period of 16 weeks:

A. Pigsty

B. Gestation crates

C. Farrowing pens

D. Deep litter

Question 6 of 9 2 Marks

Equipment used to restrain a large ruminant animal so that it can be given medication:

A. Crush

B. Kraal

C. Holding pens

D. Grazing camp

Question 7 of 9 2 Marks

ONE of the following is NOT a sign of poor health in farm animals:

A. Animals are alert and lively

B. Animals have dull and rough coats

C. Pale and dull membranes of the eyes

D. Difficult breathing and coughing

Question 8 of 9 2 Marks

The following descriptions refer to external parasites: (i) Live on the skin of the host (ii) May be transmitted to human beings through ingestion of infected meat (iii) May secrete toxins (iv) May damage the skin of farm animals Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 9 of 9 2 Marks

Which ONE is the CORRECT sequence of the reproductive stages?

A. Conception, gestation, parturition and lactation

B. Parturition, conception, gestation and lactation

C. Lactation, conception, gestation and parturition

D. Gestation, lactation, conception and parturition

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P1 (2022 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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