Pre-Test
- In order to be a judge you must
- Be a member in good standing
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Be an AFGO committee member
- Be certified with another registry
- Code of Ethics
- First and foremost the Judge should become familiar with the Fainting Goat Breed.
- Judges should not judge goats that they currently own
- Judges should not judge goats that they have sold within the last 90 days
- All of the above
- AFGO’s goal is to:
- Improve the breed
- Maintain the breed as a historically correct breed
- Offering bigger better meat goats
- None of the above
- The purpose of the breed standard is to give a clear picture of what is considered ideal, what is acceptable, and those things that are not acceptable.
- True
- False
- One of the most important and key components of the Fainting Goat breed is
- Their head
- Their size
- Their Muscling
- Their legs
- The ideal facial profile will be
- Dished
- Straight
- Roman
- All the above are acceptable
- The ideal ear should be rigid and open and held with the level of the eyes or slightly above and may also have a noted ripple
- True
- False
- The front assembly includes
- The neck and chest
- The neck, chest and front legs
- The chest and front legs
- The neck, chest, front legs, and the barrel
- A steep rump makes the leg too straight in the stifle with little or no angulation at the hock describes a goat with
- Sickle hocked
- Weak pasterns
- Post legged
- ideal legs
- What colors are acceptable in the Fainting Goat breed
- All colors
- Black & white
- All colors except moon spots
- Black & white and Tri color
- A Hippie goat is a goat with
- an extreme coat
- skirting
- A longer hair coat
- All the above
- A miniature buck must be
- 22” and under
- 23” and under
- 23.75” and under
- 25” and under
- A miniature doe must be
- 22” and under
- 21” and under
- 23” and under
- 22.5” and under
- When you measure your goat you should
- Be on flat ground
- Have the head level and not too high or too low
- Place the measuring stick just behind the front leg
- All of the above
- Your oral reasons should introduce the class, place each pair with 2 reasons selected from each of 2 different areas of the scorecard, then proceed to the next pair.
- True
- False
- Correct terminology is important in judging. Which terms are not acceptable when judging the Fainting Goats
- Pendulous
- Cannon
- Myotonic
- Blended
- Suggested terminology for reasons include
- Broader in the muzzle
- Greater spring of rib
- Stronger in the topline
- All of the above
- What is the Escutcheion?
- Arch between the hind legs, below the tail and vulva in does, and above the scrotum in bucks.
- The section of flesh on each side of the body between the last rib and the rear leg
- Pertaining to the groin
- Extremely thin
- A doe or a buck will be disqualified with an extra teat or teat scur
- True
- False
- A goat with a horn scur will be disqualified
- True
- False
- Wattles are acceptable
- True
- False
- AFGO give 30 Points on the head
- True
- False
- The Hippie goat is scored at 70% conformation and 30% on hair
- True
- False
- All goats should be productive
- True
- False
- What does” well sprung ribs” mean?
- Ribs are tight with little or no spacing between them
- The Abdomen area has lots of room
- The Ribs are not tight, have lots of spacing, and are without excess fleshing
- This doesn’t apply in the Fainting Goat breed, only the Dairy breed
- The head should be
- Short to Medium
- Broad
- Have ears that ideally have a ripple
- All of the above
- Judges should not visit with the exhibitors prior to the show.
- True
- False
- Judges are allowed to judge their own goats as long as someone else is showing them?
- True
- False
- Judges should always be professional and remember that they represent AFGO?
- True
- False
- The goats eyes should be
- Ideally buggy
- set widely apart
- Can be any color
- All the above
- Moon Spots are not allowed
- True
- False
- Which does Have to be freshened to show?
- All Does
- Only Mini doe
- Hippie Does over 3 years of age
- Standard Does over 3 years of age
- Wethers are judged differently than Does and Bucks. Wethers are
- Not judged on the mammary system
- Should be easy to handle
- Judged on their breed type
- All of the above
- Anterior
- Behind
- In front of
- Middle
- Jointed
- The Barrel is the total length, width, and depth of the body cavity
- True
- False
35.A freshened doe is a doe
- That’s under 1 year of age
- That’s under 2 year of age
- That has Kidded
- That has never kidded
- Tracking is
- The ability to find food
- The placement of each hind foot behind corresponding front foot as the goat moves forward
- noted as the goat stiffens
- Can’t be judges with a fainting goat
- Medial means midline or center
- True
- False
- Pendulous ears
- Hang down
- Are too erect
- The ideal ear
- Too forward
- An overshot jaw
- where the upper jaw is projecting beyond the lower jaw
- Where the lower jaw is projecting beyond the upper jaw
- Will not affect the goat
- Will be out grown with age
38.The stifle is the rear leg joint near the lower line of the flank.
- True
- False
- The thurl is palpable, bony protuberance located on the anterior end of the femur.
- True
- False
- The handler is
- The person that owns the goat
- The person that is showing the goat
- The person that is buying the goat
- None of the above
- Genetic traits are
- Produced by bad breeding
- Created by the environment
- Produced by heredity
- Are passed on to the offspring 100% of the time.
Matching
- A Fainting Goat ____
- A Standard _____
- A fault_____
- A breeder_____
- A Hippie goat_____
- A Mini goat____
- Cow-Hooked____
- Poll___
- Asymmetrical___
- Blending____
- Flowing of one portion of the body into the next
- A breed
- An undesired trait
- The top of the head
- A guide to what the goat should like or not look like
- The owner of the Doe at the time of conception
- A goat in a smaller package with all the same characteristics
- Not the same on both sides
- The hide legs are bowed in toward each other at the hocks
- A goat with some type of longer hair
- The best goats to have are
- Fainting Goats
- Boer Goats
- Myotonic Goats
- All goats are great
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