Poultry Production Terminology – 50 MCQs

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 📘 Poultry Production Terminology – 50 MCQs

1. “Broiler” refers to birds raised for:

A) Eggs
B) Meat
C) Breeding
D) Feathers
Answer: B

2. “Layer” means a bird used for:

A) Meat production
B) Egg production
C) Hatchery
D) Exhibition
Answer: B

3. “Chick” refers to:

A) Young bird below 1 week
B) Newly hatched bird
C) 10-week bird
D) Layer bird
Answer: B

4. “Cockerel” means:

A) Adult male
B) Young male
C) Adult female
D) Young female
Answer: B

5. “Pullet” refers to:

A) Young hen
B) Old hen
C) Male chick
D) Broiler
Answer: A

6. “Hen” refers to:

A) Adult female chicken
B) Adult male chicken
C) Young chick
D) Quail
Answer: A

7. “Rooster” is:

A) Young male
B) Adult male
C) Layer bird
D) Vaccinated chick
Answer: B

8. “Debeaking” is:

A) Trimming of beak
B) Trimming of nails
C) Cutting of feathers
D) Removal of toes
Answer: A

9. “Brooding” means:

A) Feeding chicks
B) Artificial warming of chicks
C) Vaccination
D) Egg grading
Answer: B

10. “Candling” refers to:

A) Heating eggs
B) Checking fertility of eggs
C) Washing eggs
D) Packing eggs
Answer: B

11. “Hatchability” is:

A) % of total eggs
B) % of fertile eggs hatched
C) % of set eggs
D) % of market eggs
Answer: B

12. “Fertility” of eggs means:

A) Presence of yolk
B) Ability to develop embryo
C) Shape of egg
D) Shell thickness
Answer: B

13. “Biosecurity” refers to:

A) Vaccine quality
B) Disease prevention measures
C) Housing design
D) Hatchery speed
Answer: B

14. “Vaccination” means:

A) Giving antibiotics
B) Giving medicines
C) Giving vaccines for immunity
D) Giving feed supplements
Answer: C

15. “Molting” is:

A) Feather shedding
B) Egg formation
C) Feed conversion
D) Water intake
Answer: A

16. “Litter” refers to:

A) Feed waste
B) Bedding material
C) Birds droppings
D) Young ones
Answer: B

17. “Deep litter system” means:

A) Cage rearing
B) Ground rearing on bedding
C) Free range
D) Hatchery system
Answer: B

18. “Cage system” is:

A) Birds kept on floor
B) Birds kept in cages
C) Birds kept in open
D) Birds kept in heater
Answer: B

19. “Starter feed” is for:

A) Layers
B) Growers
C) Chicks
D) Breeders
Answer: C

20. “Grower feed” is fed during:

A) 0–6 weeks
B) 8–20 weeks
C) Laying period
D) Slaughtering
Answer: B

21. “Finisher feed” is mainly for:

A) Layers
B) Chicks
C) Broilers
D) Hatchery
Answer: C

22. “FCR” stands for:

A) Feed Conversion Ratio
B) Feed Chemical Reaction
C) Feed Calorie Rate
D) Feed Curing Ratio
Answer: A

23. “Premix” refers to:

A) Vitamin-mineral mixture
B) Layer feed
C) Antibiotic
D) Litter material
Answer: A

24. “Culling” means:

A) Egg collection
B) Removing unproductive birds
C) Vaccinating chicks
D) Feeding chicks
Answer: B

25. “Pedigree” refers to:

A) Temperature chart
B) Genetic record
C) Feed formulation
D) Market value
Answer: B

26. “Incubation” means:

A) Feed storage
B) Development of embryo
C) Water supply
D) Litter drying
Answer: B

27. “Brooder” is:

A) Vaccination cage
B) Heat source for chicks
C) Egg collector
D) Nest box
Answer: B

28. “Crop” in poultry means:

A) Part of digestive tract for storage
B) Feathers
C) Egg shell
D) Claw
Answer: A

29. “Grit” is:

A) Calcium source
B) Water
C) Small stones for digestion
D) Protein feed
Answer: C

30. “Pecking” behavior means:

A) Eating
B) Drinking
C) Hitting with beak
D) Running
Answer: C

31. “Vent” refers to:

A) Nose opening
B) Cloacal opening
C) Crop
D) Feather root
Answer: B

32. “Comb” is located on:

A) Feet
B) Beak
C) Head
D) Back
Answer: C

33. “Wattle” refers to:

A) Skin flap under beak
B) Wing tip
C) Tail part
D) Crop
Answer: A

34. “Shank” is:

A) Upper thigh
B) Lower leg
C) Neck area
D) Wing bone
Answer: B

35. “Cloaca” is used for:

A) Digestion
B) Reproduction and excretion
C) Respiration
D) Feather growth
Answer: B

36. “Hen-day egg production” is based on:

A) Total birds
B) Number of hens present
C) Total eggs set
D) Fertile eggs only
Answer: B

37. “Biohazard” means:

A) Feed wastage
B) Disease-causing agent
C) Egg breaking
D) Litter decay
Answer: B

38. “Sanitation” means:

A) Feeding birds
B) Cleaning and disinfection
C) Mixing feed
D) Egg grading
Answer: B

39. “Ventilation” refers to:

A) Water supply
B) Air circulation
C) Heat production
D) Light exposure
Answer: B

40. “Layer house” is used for:

A) Broilers
B) Chicks
C) Egg production
D) Quails
Answer: C

41. “Broiler house” is meant for:

A) Breeding
B) Meat production
C) Egg laying
D) Quarantine
Answer: B

42. “Quarantine” means:

A) Feed mixing
B) Isolating new birds
C) Culling
D) Debeaking
Answer: B

43. “Strain” means:

A) Breed improvement line
B) Feed type
C) Housing style
D) Vaccination type
Answer: A

44. “Hybrid” means:

A) Pure breed
B) Cross of two breeds
C) Mutated bird
D) Wild bird
Answer: B

45. “Broodiness” is the tendency to:

A) Forage
B) Sit on eggs
C) Fight
D) Peck
Answer: B

46. “Laying cycle” means:

A) Entire life span
B) Period of egg laying
C) Cleaning cycle
D) Brooding time
Answer: B

47. “Egg grading” refers to:

A) Sorting eggs by weight and quality
B) Incubation
C) Marketing
D) Vaccination
Answer: A

48. “Shell membrane” refers to:

A) Yolk cover
B) Protein layer
C) Inner layer of eggshell
D) Water layer
Answer: C

49. “Albumen” is:

A) Egg yolk
B) Egg white
C) Egg shell
D) Fertility spot
Answer: B

50. “Yolk” contains:

A) Pure water
B) Fat and protein
C) Only calcium
D) Only shell pigment
Answer: B



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