TAMU POSC 201 EXAM 1| WITH
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS| 2025 NEW UPDATE.
Q1: What are poultry?
A1: Domestic birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, feathers, or hide.
Q2: What are evolutionary birds?
A2: Warm-blooded, feathered, flying reptiles.
Q3: When did Archaeopteryx live?
A3: Approximately 180 million years ago.
Q4: Which domestic bird is the most numerous?
A4: Chicken – 30 billion.
Q5: What is the biology of a domestic chicken?
A5: It belongs to the genus Gallus and family Phasianidae. Its wild ancestors are from Southeast
Asia.
Q6: What is the scientific name of the red jungle fowl?
A6: Gallus gallus.
Q7: What is the scientific name of the Ceylonese jungle fowl?
A7: Gallus lafayetti.
, Q8: What is the scientific name of the gray jungle fowl?
A8: Gallus sonnerati.
Q9: What is the scientific name of the black or green jungle fowl?
A9: Gallus varius.
Q10: What was the weight and age of an early market broiler?
A10: 16 weeks old, weighing 3-4 pounds.
Q11: What is the weight and age of a modern market broiler?
A11: 45 days old, weighing 6+ pounds.
Q12: What are the standard breeds of chickens?
A12: American, Asiatic, English, Mediterranean.
Q13: What is the scientific name for turkey?
A13: Meleagridis gallopavo.
Q14: How was the modern domestic turkey developed?
A14: Early U.S. settlers crossed the European turkey with the North American turkey.
Q15: What is the scientific name for Guinea Fowl-Pea Fowl?
A15: Meleagris gallopavo.
Q16: What caused the population decline of turkeys?
A16: Turkeys vanished from 18 states by 1900, with the lowest population in the U.S. being
350,000 in 1920.
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS| 2025 NEW UPDATE.
Q1: What are poultry?
A1: Domestic birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat, feathers, or hide.
Q2: What are evolutionary birds?
A2: Warm-blooded, feathered, flying reptiles.
Q3: When did Archaeopteryx live?
A3: Approximately 180 million years ago.
Q4: Which domestic bird is the most numerous?
A4: Chicken – 30 billion.
Q5: What is the biology of a domestic chicken?
A5: It belongs to the genus Gallus and family Phasianidae. Its wild ancestors are from Southeast
Asia.
Q6: What is the scientific name of the red jungle fowl?
A6: Gallus gallus.
Q7: What is the scientific name of the Ceylonese jungle fowl?
A7: Gallus lafayetti.
, Q8: What is the scientific name of the gray jungle fowl?
A8: Gallus sonnerati.
Q9: What is the scientific name of the black or green jungle fowl?
A9: Gallus varius.
Q10: What was the weight and age of an early market broiler?
A10: 16 weeks old, weighing 3-4 pounds.
Q11: What is the weight and age of a modern market broiler?
A11: 45 days old, weighing 6+ pounds.
Q12: What are the standard breeds of chickens?
A12: American, Asiatic, English, Mediterranean.
Q13: What is the scientific name for turkey?
A13: Meleagridis gallopavo.
Q14: How was the modern domestic turkey developed?
A14: Early U.S. settlers crossed the European turkey with the North American turkey.
Q15: What is the scientific name for Guinea Fowl-Pea Fowl?
A15: Meleagris gallopavo.
Q16: What caused the population decline of turkeys?
A16: Turkeys vanished from 18 states by 1900, with the lowest population in the U.S. being
350,000 in 1920.
