Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
443/2
AGRICULTURE - Paper 2
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
- This paper consists of THREE Sections A, B and C.
- Answer ALL questions in Section A and B.
- Answer ANY Two questions in Section C in the spaces provided.
SECTION A (20MKS)
Answer all the questions.
- State four causes of egg eating in a flock of layers (1mark)
- Name two practices that are carried out when preparing ewes for mating (1mark)
- State three advantages of fold system in poultry rearing (1½marks)
- Outline two disadvantages of artificial Insemination in livestock production (1mark)
- Outline four characteristics of a good layer (2marks)
- Give the appropriate term that refers to the following:
- Castrated chicken…………………………………… (1/2 mark)
- Mature male goat… .(1/2mark)
- Young one of a rabbit… (1/2 mark)
- List any four significance of steaming- up in sows (2marks)
- State three reasons for candling eggs in poultry production (1½ marks)
- State four reasons why a calf should be feed on colostrum (2marks)
- State the functional differences between the following :
- Cross-cut saw and Rip saw (1mark)
- Dosing gun and Bolus gun (1mark)
- State three reasons why honey harvesting should not be done at night (1½ marks)
- Distinguish between cross breeding and up-grading (1mark)
- Highlight three qualities of eggs for incubation (1 ½ marks)
- List four breeds of rabbit commonly reared in Kenya (2marks)
- State the role of each of the following parts of a poultry digestive system (1½ marks)
- Gizzard
- Caecum
- Crop
- Outline the four categories of farm Tools and Equipment (2marks)
- State four symptoms that will show that a cow is suffering from milk fever (2marks)
- Define Hybrid Vigor. (1mark)
SECTION B (20MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section
- Study the diagram of a cow shown below and answer the questions that follow
- Identify the livestock equipment marked E (1mark)
- State the use of the equipment you have identified (1mark)
- Name any two identification marks applied on the animal shown (1mark)
- Give one disadvantage of each of the identification mark you have given in (C) above (2marks)
- Study the illustration of a tractor drawn implement shown below and then answer the questions that follow
- Identify the implement (1mark)
- Name the parts labelled E,F,G and H (2marks)
- State two main uses of the implement (1mark)
- State any four maintenance practices carried out on the implement (2marks)
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- State two characteristics of concentrates (1mark)
- Using a person’s square method, compute a 200kg ration with 20% DCP from Oats which contain 10% DCP and Simsim seed cake containing 60% DCP (4marks)
- Study the diagram shown below and answer the questions that follow
- Identify the structure (1mark)
- State the function of the part labelled A (1mark)
- State two other factors not observed in the diagram that have to be provided (2marks)
SECTION C (40 MARKS)
Answer any Two questions from this section
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- Describe the management of one day old chicks in a brooder until they are eight weeks old (10marks)
- Explain the process of egg formation in the reproductive system of poultry (10marks)
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- Describe East Coast Fever under the following sub-headings
- Causal organism (1mark)
- Predisposing factors (1mark)
- Symptoms (5marks)
- Control and Treatment (3marks)
- Describe the control of stress in poultry production (8marks)
- Differentiate between stress and vice in chicken (2marks)
- Describe East Coast Fever under the following sub-headings
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- Describe the procedure for establishing a fish pond (10marks)
- Describe the extraction of honey from combs using heat method (7marks)
- State three factors that affect the quality of honey (3marks)
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