Year : 
2005
Title : 
Agricultural Science
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

41 - 50 of 58 Questions

# Question Ans
41.

Which of the following feedstuffs does not contain phosphorous?

A. blood meal

B. limestone

C. fish meal

D. oyster shell

B

42.

When an animal eats wood and licks iron railing instead of the diet given to it, it is likely that the

A. animal is on heat

B. amnient temperature is too high

C. diet is deficient in essential elements

D. animal has a pathological disease problem

C

43.

An indication that chicks are comfortable in a brooder is that they

A. move away from the source of heat

B. pant and sit with their mouths open

C. spread themselves uniformly under the hover

D. huddle together

C

44.

Mastitis is a disease which affects the

A. scrotum

B. udder

C. dewlap

D. hump

B

45.

The following are signs of ill-health in farm animals except

A. watery faeces

B. bright eyes

C. loss of appetite

D. nasal discharge

B

46.

A protozoon organism causes

A. coccidiosis

B. anthrax

C. rinderpest

D. apergillosis

A

47.

An animal infected by trypanosomiasis usually develops

A. bloat and diarhoea

B. sore legs and running nose

C. anaemia and swollen lymph gland

D. swollen legs and constipation

C

48.

The purpose of vaccination is to

A. treat parasites infestation

B. prevent disease infection

C. control parasites

D. treat diseases

B

49.

Which of the following livestock endoparasites is a hermaphrodite?

A. liverfluke

B. trypanosome

C. tapeworm

D. roundworm

C

50.

The most effective method of controlling ectoparasites in farm animals is by regular

A. exposure of animals to sunlight

B. dipping of animals in a solution of pesticides

C. hand-picking of ectoparasites

D. isolation of infested animals

B

41.

Which of the following feedstuffs does not contain phosphorous?

A. blood meal

B. limestone

C. fish meal

D. oyster shell

B

42.

When an animal eats wood and licks iron railing instead of the diet given to it, it is likely that the

A. animal is on heat

B. amnient temperature is too high

C. diet is deficient in essential elements

D. animal has a pathological disease problem

C

43.

An indication that chicks are comfortable in a brooder is that they

A. move away from the source of heat

B. pant and sit with their mouths open

C. spread themselves uniformly under the hover

D. huddle together

C

44.

Mastitis is a disease which affects the

A. scrotum

B. udder

C. dewlap

D. hump

B

45.

The following are signs of ill-health in farm animals except

A. watery faeces

B. bright eyes

C. loss of appetite

D. nasal discharge

B

46.

A protozoon organism causes

A. coccidiosis

B. anthrax

C. rinderpest

D. apergillosis

A

47.

An animal infected by trypanosomiasis usually develops

A. bloat and diarhoea

B. sore legs and running nose

C. anaemia and swollen lymph gland

D. swollen legs and constipation

C

48.

The purpose of vaccination is to

A. treat parasites infestation

B. prevent disease infection

C. control parasites

D. treat diseases

B

49.

Which of the following livestock endoparasites is a hermaphrodite?

A. liverfluke

B. trypanosome

C. tapeworm

D. roundworm

C

50.

The most effective method of controlling ectoparasites in farm animals is by regular

A. exposure of animals to sunlight

B. dipping of animals in a solution of pesticides

C. hand-picking of ectoparasites

D. isolation of infested animals

B