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Name: ……………………………………………Index No:…………..Adm.No….

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Class………………Candidate’s Signature:……………………Date: ……………
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AGRICULTURE
TIME: 2 HOURS

KAMDARA JET - 2018

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
 Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
 Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided
 This paper consists of three section A,B and C
 Answer all the questions in section A and B
 Answer any two questions in section C
 All the questions should answered in the spaces provided
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
SECTION QUESTIONS MAX SCORE CANDIDATES SCORE

A 1 -18 30

B 19 – 22 20
C 23 -25 40

TOTAL 90

This paper consists of 12 printed pages candidates should check the question paper to ascertain
all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION A (30 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided after each question.

1. Name an exotic beef breed of cattle with the following characteristics


-Black in colour
- polled
-Has a long cylindrical compact and deep body. ( 1mk)
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2. Give five reasons for identification of cattle in cattle management. (2 ½ mks)
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3. State four qualities of eggs preferred by consumers in the market (2 mks)
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4. (a) List four predisposing factors of livestock diseases. (2 mks)
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(b) Distinguish between isolation and quarantine in livestock health. (2 mks)
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( c ) Name the intermediate and final host of the tapeworm.
Intermediate……………………………… (1/2mk)
Final…………………………………….. (1/2mk)

5. State one role of the damp proof course in the foundation of a farm building. ( ½mk)
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6. List three signs of farrowing in a sow. (1 ½ mks)
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7 State two reasons for raddling in sheep management. (2marks)
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8 Name the livestock diseases that may be controlled by use of artificial insemination.(1 mk)
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9. Name four uses of dromedary camel. (2 mks)
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10 A part from transmission of disease, give three harmful effects of ticks on cattle. (1½ mks)
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11 State any four factors considered when siting farm structures (2mks)
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12. State four major categories of farm tools and equipment ( 2mks)
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13 State two reasons for proper care and maintenance of farm tools and equipment (1mks)
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14 Outline any four causes of cannibalism in poultry production. (2mks)
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15 Give the functional difference between a rip saw and a tenon saw. (1mk)
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16 Name two cattle diseases controlled by vaccines. (1mk)
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17. Differentiate between a broiler and a capon (1mk)
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18. State two advantages of using embryo transplant. (1mks)


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SECTION B (20 MARKS)
Answer all questions from this section in the spaces provided after each question.

19 (a ) If the maize meal contains 6% Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) and Fish meal contains
64% DCP, calculate the amount of each feed stuff in kilogrammes, required to
prepare 200kg of chickmash containing 18% DCP (Show your working) (4mks)
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( b ) Name two other feed ingredients which should be added to the chick mash to make
it a balanced feed. (1mk)
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20. Below are illustrations of farm tools and equipments.


(a) Identify the tool/equipment labelled A and B.
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(b) State two appropriate uses of the tool labelled C. (1 mk)
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(c) Explain two maintenance practices of the tool labelled D. (2 mks)
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21. The diagram below shows the reproductive system of a bull. Study the diagram carefully
and then answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the parts labelled A,B and C. (1 ½ mks)


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(b) State one function of each of the parts labeled B, D and F. (1 ½ mks)
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(c) Explain two suitable conditions for the proper function of part E. (2 mks)
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22. Below are illustrations showing the behavior of chicks in various brooders. Study the
diagrams and answer the questions that follow.

( i ) State the environmental problem in each brooder as illustrated by the behavior of the
chicks (3marks)
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( ii ) State two ways of overcoming the problem in B (2marks)

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SECTION C (40 MARKS)


Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided after question 25

23.(a) Describe conditions under which bees abscond the hive (5mks)
(b) Describe the causes of stress in poultry management (10mks)
(c) Describe the uses of fences on the farm (5mks)

24 (a) State five advantages of farm mechanization (5mks)


(b) Give five maintenance practices of a water cooling system of a tractor. (5mks)
(c) Describe Rinderpest disease under the following sub-headings.
(i) Animals attacked (2mks)
(ii) Causal agent. (1mk)
(iii) Symptoms of the disease. (4mks)
(iv) Control measures. (3mks)

25. (a) Explain four factors that affect digestibility of food in livestock. (8mks)
b) Explain the essentials of clean milk production (7mks)
(c) State five disadvantages of natural method of mating. (5mks)

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