Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Form 3 Agriculture Paper 2 End Term 3 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This assessment delivers comprehensive coverage of livestock management, animal breeding, livestock health, farm structures, and apiculture. It is ideal for end-of-year school-based national assessment preparation towards the end of the term, and can also be effectively administered as a mid-term assessment for schools that have completed the syllabus early at the beginning of the term.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 90 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 25 Questions (1 – 25)
  • Structure: Section A (Questions 1 – 18, 30 Marks), Section B (Questions 19 – 22, 20 Marks), and Section C (Questions 23 – 25, 40 Marks; answer any two questions)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Roles of worker bees in a colony and hive management in Kenya Top Bar Hives
    • Identification, routine maintenance, and pairing of farm tools and equipment
    • Pathogen entry routes in livestock and signs of heat in rabbits
    • Malpresentation during parturition and reasons for hoof trimming
    • Identification of pig breeds and reasons for castration in pig production
    • Management practices: crutching versus ringing in sheep, and cropping versus harvesting in fish farming
    • Selection methods for breeding stock and cultural uses of livestock
    • Timber treatment methods and intermediate hosts of liver flukes and tapeworms
    • Life cycle stages of ticks and dehorning tools in cattle
  • Section B:
    • Feed formulation calculations using Pearson's Square method for digestible crude protein (DCP)
    • Artificial insemination equipment (artificial vagina) and cattle breeding methods
    • Livestock handling structures (cattle crush) and routine management operations
    • One-host tick life cycle stages and developmental analysis on a bovine host
  • Section C:
    • Apiary siting factors and management of bees
    • Importance of steaming up in dairy cattle and farm hedge management
    • Selection criteria for livestock breeding and disadvantages of natural mating
    • Signs of heat in pigs and timing of service
    • Factors to consider when siting farm structures and requirements of an ideal calf pen
    • Materials and construction procedures for barbed-wire fences
• File Size:

  989.45 KB
• Length:

  7 pages
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Form 3
• Subject:

  Agriculture
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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