1.

The following sectors are under the department of agriculture except:

a. BPRE b. BAR c. AMMDA d. RAEG

2. Republic Act 7394 of 1992 is,

a. Comprehensive Professional Development Law

b. Consumer Act of the Philippines

c. Supplier Act of the Philippines

d. Investment Law

3. It presses against the furrow wall to resist the side pressure exerted by the soil

against the plow.

a. Moldboard b. Disc c. Shin d. Rear Thrust Wheel

4. The fertility of a field is such that maximum corn yields are obtained with a

population of 54,000 plants per hectare. The rows are 0.75 m apart and an

average emergence of 85 percent is expected. How many seeds per hectare?

a.34,425 seeds/ha b. 61,200 seeds/ha c. 45,900 seeds/ha d. 63,529 seed/ha

5. Taxes will reduce

a. consumption b. savings c. both a & b d. revenues

6. The meaning of the word economics is most closely associated with the word

a. free b. scarce c. unlimited d. Restricted

7. Assume that you are the Agricultural Engineer of a 500-hectare corn farm with soil

type that gives 10 psi draft when plowing at a speed of 4 km/hr. Compute the drawbar

horsepower required to pull a three-disk plow with effective cut of 12 inches per disk at a

plowing depth of 6 inches.

 a. 1.46 hp b. 14.31 hp c. 3.23 hp d. 16.38 hp

8. What is the cutting width of the single-disk harrow set at 18-degree working angle

containing 20 disks spaced at 30 cm? Disk diameter is 40 cm.

a. 2.4 m b. 3.6 m c. 5.8 m d. 6.0 m

9. Compute the number of plants required for a 2-hectare corn farm with the

following seed spacing: Plant spacing, 0.25 m and row spacing, 0.45 m.

a. 177,777.8 b. 184,456.5 c. 240,567.8 d. 360,000

10. Determine the ordinary simple interest on P700 for 8 months and 15 days if the rate

of interest is 15%.

a. 74.38 b. 85.45 c. 65.34 d. 83.57

11. According to the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), water requirement for rice

production is:

a. 5 mm/day b. 10 mm/day c. 15 mm/day d. 20

mm/day

12. Which of the following is not measured in calibrating a sprayer?

a. effective working width

b. application rate

c. nozzle discharge
 d. walking speed

13. A 4-ha field was plowed using a three-bottom 12- inch tractor-mounted moldboard

plow. It took 11 hours to complete the operation at a tractor speed of 5 kph. Find the

actual field capacity?

a. 0.5 ha/hr b. 0.09 ha/hr c. 0.4 ha/hr d. 1.5 ha/hr

14. The gasoline engine is characterized as:

a. high first cost-high operating cost

b. low first cost- high operating cost

c. high first cost- low operating cost

d. low first cost- low operating cost

15. Determine the ordinary simple interests on P5,000 for the period from January 15 to

June 20, 1993, if the rate of simple interest is 14%.

a. 303.33 b. 299.18 c. 305.45 d. 243.23

16. What is the indicated horsepower, of a four-stroke, six-cylinder engine having a 4

bore and 4 stroke. The engine speed is 1500 rpm and the mean effective pressure is

80 psi.

a. 35 hp

b. 45 hp

c. 52 hp

d. None of the above

17. Flash point temperature of gasoline:

a. -34 0F b. 34 0F c. -450F d. 45 0F
18. An electrical control device that has a deflecting mechanism that moves when

reacting to pressure.

a. bimetallic sensor

b. Actuator

c. bellow

d. Diaphragm

19. A corncob has a stoichiometric air requirement of 5.7 kg air/kg fuel. If 3 kg of corn

cob is required to be burned per hour, how much air in m 3/hr is required for the system?

a. 3.68 m3/hr

b. 31.68 m3/hr

c. 13.68 m3/hr

d. None of the above

20. A point of connection of electrical power to the motor windings

a. terminal box

b. conduit box

c. both a and b

d. none of the above