Midterm ASCI 112 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
The dominant species in terms of numbers of animals used in research is: - ANSWER-Guinea Pig
T/F: layers chickens make up 91% of total farm animals in the U.S. in 2015. - ANSWER-False. Boiler chickens do.
Assign each category of animals a...
Midterm ASCI 112 Exam Questions &
Answers 2023/2024
The dominant species in terms of numbers of animals used in research is: - ANSWER-Guinea Pig
T/F: layers chickens make up 91% of total farm animals in the U.S. in 2015. - ANSWER-False. Boiler
chickens do.
Assign each category of animals a rank (1-4) with 1 representing the largest number of animals and 4
representing the smallest number.
a. Laboratory animals
b. Farm animals
c. Exotic animals
d. Companion animals - ANSWER-a. Laboratory animals (3)
b. Farm animals (1)
c. Exotic animals (4)
d. Companion animals (2)
There was a rise of animal domestication in the Neolithic era. What animal is not part of that era? -
ANSWER-Dog.
What was the first animal domesticated? About what year was it domesticated? - ANSWER-Dog; 15,000
years ago.
Put these animals from the oldest domesticated animal to the most present domesticated animal: dog,
rabbit, sheep, llama - ANSWER-Dog, sheep, llama, rabbit
Adaption Theory - ANSWER-the act of natural selection in which animals pick to change
Adoption Theory - ANSWER-the act of artificial selection in which animals must adapt due to humans.
, Domestication: - ANSWER-physical and genetic changes
Tameness: - ANSWER-gradual habituation to humans, characterized by reduced fearfulness of humans
What was the name of the Russian biologist who led the famous fox experiments? - ANSWER-Dimitry
Belayaev
T/F: the fox experiments helped discover a biochemical link between hormone adrenaline and coat color.
- ANSWER-True.
What countries are the most food insecure and how does this relate to farms? - ANSWER-Africa. Many
farmers are family based and are made to feed just themselves and not large masses of people.
Piebald - ANSWER-having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Neoteny - ANSWER-retention of juvenile characteristics into adulthood
FDA - ANSWER-Food and Drug Administration.
Protect and promote health
FAO - ANSWER-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation.
Food security
USDA - ANSWER-United States Department of Agriculture
governmental policy on agriculture
There are six categories of behavioral traits discussed that facilitate domestication. What are they? -
ANSWER-a. Response to humans
b. Social behavior
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