KALA JOINT PRE- MOCK EXAMINATION-2024
Kenya Certificate of Secondary education
44312 AGRICULTURE Paper 2
MAY2024 2hrs
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Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consist of three sections A,B and C.
(d) Answer all the questions in section A and B.
(e) Answer any two questions in section C.
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SECTION A (30MKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided
I .Name three poultry diseases that are controlled by vaccination. (1 Yimks)
2.Name four stages ticks go through in their life-cycle (2mks)
3 . Outline four functions of proteins in the body of an animal. (2mks)
4.Name four materials a farmer requires in order to construct a barbed wire fence .
(2marks)
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5.Name four components or milk (2marks)
6.State the colour difference between the califomia and black earlops rabbits breeds.
(lmarks)
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7.Name one goat breed that is reared for:-
i)meat (1h marks)
ii)mohair (1 /z marks)
8. List two sources of farm power which are environmentally friendly (lmk)
9. what do we mean by the term notifiable diseases as used in livestock health lmk)
1O.Give the mineral whose deficiency causes the following disorders in livestock.
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11.Name four components of power transmission system of a tractor(2mks)
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12.Distinguish between raddling and sire sine harness . (lmk)
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1 3 .State four advantages of treating building materials (2mks)
14. If records show that a gilt was served on 27th September 2020.Which date did it give
birth. (Yimk)
15. Name the part of the digestive system of poultry where insoluble grit is found.
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16. state four importanceof creep feeding(2mks)
17.State four construction features necessary in a fish pond (2mk)
1 8-.Give three ways of stimulating milk let-down in a dairy cow. (1Yimks)
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1 9. State three field conditions under which a disc plough should be used instead of a
mouldboard plough. (1 Yimks).
20. give four reasons why farmers castrate bulls. (2mk:s)
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21. Distinguish between selection and breeding as used in livestock
production (l mark)
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SECTION B (20mks)
Answer all the questions in the section in the spaces provided
22.0bserve the tools A, Band C illustrated below then answer the questions that follow.
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a) Name tool (3 mks)
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b) state the correct use of each tool. (3mks)
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c)State two maintenance practices that should be carried out to ensure that tool C is in·a good
working condition. (2mks)
23. The picture below shows a poultry rearing system.
a)Identify the rearing system .(lmk)
b )From the picture , state two ways in which the system can lead to low eggs production.
(2marks)
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c)State two ways i11 which the rearing system can lead to lose of birds . (2marks)
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24.0bserve the machinery illustrated below then answer the questions that follow.
a) Name the machinery (1 mk)
b) state the function of the machinery (lmk)
c) Give two maintenance practices that should be carried out to the machinery you have
identified above (2mks)
25.A ration containing 20% DCP for growing chicks is to be obtained by mixing ground
maize containing 10% DCP and fishmeal containing 50% DCP. Calculate the amount of each
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feedstuff in kilograms required to prepare 200kg of the feed. (3 mks)
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SECTION C ( 40mks)
This section only consists of three questions . answer any two questions from this section
26. a) Describe African swine fever disease under the following headlines
i) Animals affected (lmk)
ii) Causal organism (lmk)
iii) Symptoms (4mks)
iv) Control measures (4mks)
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.b) State and explain four ways through which power transmitted from the engine is
made available for use. (8mks)
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28. a) describe five essentials of clean milk production. (1Omks)
b) explain five advantages of embryo transplant(l Omks)
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