ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS 13.
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Term 2 - 2024
FORM FOUR
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AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
Sign and write the date in the spaces provided above
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.
Answers should be written in the spaces provided in this booklet.
For Examiner’s Use Only:
SECTION QUESTIONS MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATES SCORE
A 30
B 20
C 20
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TOTAL 90
This paper consists of 8 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all papers are printed
as indicated and that no questions are missing.
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SECTION A (30 Marks)
Answer all the questions from this section in the spaces provided.
1. State two factors that determine the daily feed requirements of an animal. (1mk)
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2. State three major categories of tick control measures. (1 ½ mks)
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3. Differentiate between skim milk and powdered milk. (1mk)
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4. (a) Name a tool used for removal of gases which cause bloat in ruminant animals. (1mk)
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(b) State the use of a ring spanner. (1mk)
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5. What is the importance of dry cow therapy? (1mk)
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6. What is epistasis in livestock breeding? (1mk)
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7. (i) Define the term notifiable disease in cattle. (1mk)
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(ii) Name any two notifiable diseases in cattle. (1 ½ mks)
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8. Give three functions of a clutch in a tractor. (1 ½ mks)
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9. Give three conditions that reduce the quality of eggs for hatching. (1 ½ mks)
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10. State the importance of grit in the digestion of food in poultry. (1mk)
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11. State two precautions taken into account when seasoning timber by air to be used for construction.
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12. Name four practices that can be carried out in a crush on the farm. (2mks)
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13. (i) State the reasons for culling breeding sow. (1mk)
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(ii) Differentiate between ringing and crutching in sheep production. (1mk)
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14. Name the causative agents of Gumboro disease in poultry. ( ½ mk)
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15. State two reasons which necessitate handling of livestock on the farm. (2mks)
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16. State two predisposing factors to foot-rot disease. (1mk)
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17. Give two harmful effects of fleas in poultry. (2mks)
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18. Identify the following breeds:
(a) A goat breed, brown in colour with two white stripes from the eyes to the nose. (1mk)
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(b) A dairy breed, light yellowish brown (fawn) to a shade of black, protruding black eyes, tail
switch and muzzle are black. (1mk)
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19. Differentiate between a four stroke engine and a two stroke engine. (2mks)
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20. Name the two species that exist in camel. (1mk)
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SECTION B (2MKS)
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21. The diagram below shows a reproductive system of a bull. Study it and answer the questions that
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(a) Identify the parts labeled M, N, O, P
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(b) State the function of the part labeled L. (1mk)
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22. Study the farm tools illustrated below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Identify the names of the tools labeled X and Y. (1mk)
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(b) State the category under which the above two farm tools belong. (1mk)
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(c) List two maintenance practice that can be carried out on tool Y. (2mks)
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23. Study the diagram of the farm structure below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Identify the part labeled M. (1mk)
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(b) State the function played by the part labeled M in the above structure. (1mk)
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(c) List three maintenance practices that can be carried out on the above structure. (3mks)
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24. Describe the life cycle of the two host tick. (6mks)
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SECTION C (40 MKS)
Answer any two questions in this section at the end of question 27.
25. Describe ten general methods of disease control giving an example of the disease in each case.
(20mks)
26. (a) Describe care and maintenance of water cooled engine. (5mks)
(b) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the animal drawn implements compared to
tractor drawn implements. (10mks)
(c) Give five advantages of a four stroke engine. (5mks)
27. (a) Describe the management practices carried out on dairy calves from birth to weaning. (10mks)
(b) State five causes of cannibalism in a flock of layers. (5mks)
(c) Explain the rules observed during milking. (5mks)
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