PRE-BOARD: AREA I.

AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, POWER,

MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND ALLIED SUBJECTS 6. Time value of money and interest rate utilized together generate
this concept which means that different sums of money at different
times can be equal in economic value.*
1. A 1.2-m wide floating tiller is used for rotary tilling/puddling a 24-m
X 42-m wetland paddy field. The average speed of travel is 3 kph A. Equivalence
and turning at the headlands takes 10 seconds. What is the field B. Equestrian
efficiency if the field is worked along its length?* C. Equilibrium
A. 84% D. Equalization
B. 71%
C. 94% 7. A 4-ha field was prepared using a 1.2-m floating power tiller. It took
D. 74% 20 hrs to complete the operation at a speed of 2.5 kph. Determine
the field efficiency*
2. A technical drawing that defines fully and clearly the requirements A. 67%
for engineered items* B. 80%
A. Technical Specifications C. 70%
B. Detailed Specifications D. 76%
C. Published Specifications
D. Engineering Drawing 8. This includes any goods employed in production other than land,
labor, buildings and fences*
3. The following are considered discounted measures of project wort* A. currency
A. net present value B. infrastructures
B. benefit-cost ratio C. capital
C. payback period D. property
D. internal rate of return

4. In the equation for horsepower, Hp = (Q x H)/(3960 x Eff) , Eff is:* 9. If the annual cost of living now for a farmer’s household consisting
A. efficiency of prime mover of 5 members is P180,000 per year, how much will it cost ten years
B. efficiency of pump from now if inflation rate is 4.5%?*
C. efficiency of the system A. P239,480
D. efficiency of transmission B. P261,000
C. P197,990
5. Investment A costs P10,000 today and pays back P11,500 two years D. P279,530
from now. Investment B costs P8,000 today and pays back P4,500
each year for two years. If an interest rate of 5% is used, what 10. An act mandating and strengthening the continuing professional
investment decision will you make and why?* development program for all regulated professions, creating the
continuing professional development council, and appropriating
A. Choose investment A because it provides a net present value that is funds therefor, and for other related purposes, also known as
P128 more than B. “Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016”*
B. Choose investment B because it provides a net present value that is A. RA 19012
P128 more than A. B. RA 19201
C. Choose investment A because it provides a net present value that is P64 C. RA 12901
more than B. D. RA 10912
D. Choose investment B because it provides a net present value that is P64
more than A. 11. Select a farm operation that can only be done with the use of a
machine*
A. Threshing
B. Spraying
 C. Harvesting walking speed = 20 m/min. Determine the total volume of water
D. Plowing applied per hectare:*
A. 200 liters
12. A transaction by your company this year involving the repayment in B. 500 liters
cash of a portion of the long term loan of the company in the C. 300 liters
amount of P 70,000.00 would have the following effect* D. 400 liters
A. decrease in assets = decrease in liabilities
B. increase in assets = increase in ownership 18. Which of the following statements is incorrect: The higher the
C. increase in one asset= decrease in another asset pressure, ____.*
D. increase in assets = increase in liabilities A. the larger the droplet size
B. the higher flow rate
13. The time required for savings or sales to offset first costs, without C. the wider the spray angle
regard for the time value of money is called* D. all of the above
A. return on investment period
B. capital recovery period 19. The power unit for driving centrifugal pumps for household use is
C. simple payback period usually*
D. discounted payback period A. electric motor
B. kerosene engine
14. Determine the tractor power required to work the soil using four 14- C. gasoline engine
inch moldboard plow bottoms at a depth of 10 inches and 6 kph. D. diesel engine
Field efficiency = 75%. Soil specific draft = 8 lbs/inch2. Increase in
draft due to speed = 138%.* 20. A field measuring 45 m X 90 m is to be prepared using a 1-m
A. 70 hp upland power tiller at a speed of 3 kph. Assume a 10% overlap
B. 80 hp between passings and 9 seconds turnaround time at the end of
C. 60 hp each pass. Determine the field efficiency in going the shorter field
D. 50 hp direction.*
A. 86%
15. Tractor A can cover a 1-Ha field in 2 hrs, tractor B in 3 hrs, and B. 83%
tractor C in 6 hrs. How long will it take to cover a 1-Ha field if the C. 80%
three tractors worked together?* D. 77%
A. 0.5 hr
B. 1.0hr 21. Planters designed to plant seeds continuously in rows with row
C. 2.0hr spacing greater than 36 cm is called ____*
D. 1.5 hr A. solid drill planter
B. broadcaster
16. A 4-m combine traveling at 5 kph can empty its 1.5-ton grain tank C. row-crop drill planter
in 2 minutes. When unloading on-the-go, it has an 86% field D. hill-drop planter
efficiency. Field yield is 3.5 tons/ha. What would be the field
efficiency if the combine stopped to load?* 22. Secondary tillage involves pulverizing the soil to a depth of ____*
A. 85% A. 6 to 36 inches
B. 80% B. 6 to 18 inches
C. 70% C. up to 3 inches
D. 75% D. 3 to 6 inches

17. The application rate of a certain chemical is recommended at 4 23. A 4-ha field was plowed using a 3X12-inch tractor-mounted
kg/ha. The calibration test of a 16-liter knapsack sprayer is as moldboard plow. It took 11 hours to complete the operation at a
follows: Nozzle discharge = 1.2 liters/min, swath = 1.5 m and tractor speed of 5 kph. Find the field efficiency.*
A. 85%
 B. 90% 30. Determine the no. of days (8hrs/day) to plow a 10-ha field using a
C. 80% 3-bottom moldboard plow drawn by a 4-wheel tractor at a speed of
D. 75% 5 kph and filed efficiency of 76%. Width of cut of one bottom is 33
cm.*
24. Which of the following is not a part of a typical lift pump?* A. 3.6 days
A. inlet valve B. 3.3 days
B. piston C. 3.0 days
C. bucket valve D. 2.75 days
D. plunger 31. Determine the theoretical field capacity when a tractor operating at
6.4 kph is pulling four-36 cm moldboard plow bottoms at a depth of
25. The gasoline engine is characterized as ____* 20 cm.*
A. low first cost – high operating cost A. 1.8 ha/day
B. high first cost – low operating cost B. 0.18 ha/hr
C. low first cost – low operating cost C. 0.72 ha/hr
D. high first cost – high operating cost D. 7.2 ha/day
32. Using the specifications of the transmission system of the metering
26. If the speed ratio of seedplate over groundwheel of the two-row devise (horizontal seed plate) of the two-row corn planter,
corn planter is 0.20, determine the expected plant population/ha. determine the expected hill spacing. Row spacing = 75 cm,
Row spacing is 75 cm. Groundwheel diameter is 60 cm. Average no. groundwheel diameter = 60 cm, no. of cells of seedplate = 20, T1 =
of seeds per hill is 2. Number of cells of seedplate is 20. Average 6t, T2 = 18t, T3 = 10t and T4 = 25t.*
emergence of seeds is 85%.* A. 0.92 m
A. 66,000 plts/ha B. 0.81 m
B. 60,000 plts/ha C. 0.71 m
C. 48,000 plts/ha D. 0.62 m
D. 54,000 plts/ha
33. The cutting mechanism most commonly employed by reapers and
27. Which of the following operation is not done by a stripper?* combines is ____*
A. conveying of grains to the tank A. slicing & tearing
B. cutting of standing crop B. high velocity, single-element, impact action
C. cleaning of grains C. two-element, scissor-type action
D. stripping D. all of the above

28. An agricultural machine is purchased for P100,000 and has a useful 34. General-purpose tillage involves cutting and pulverizing the soil to a
life of 12 years. At the end of12 years, the salvage value is P13,000. depth of ____.*
By straight line depreciation, what is the accumulated depreciation A. up to 18 inches
at the end of 8 years?* B. up to 3 inches
A. P36,000 C. up to 6 inches
B. P42,000 D. up to 12 inches
C. P58,000
D. P64,000 35. An act promoting agricultural and fisheries mechanization
development in the country, also known as the “Agricultural and
29. Select two consecutive farm operations which when done Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law*
mechanically can increase cropping intensity* A. RA 10061
A. planting – spraying B. RA 10661
B. harvesting – plowing C. RA 16001
C. harvesting – threshing D. RA 10601
D. irrigation – weeding
36. The cutting mechanism most commonly employed by reapers and internationally recognized practice of Agricultural and Biosystems
combines is* Engineer, and for other purposes*
A. slicing & tearing A. RA 8559
B. high velocity, single-element, impact action B. RA 19105
C. two-element, scissor-type action C. RA 10915
D. all of the above D. RA 8995

37. A field measuring 45 m X 90 m is to be prepared using a 1-m 43. A 4-ha field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch tractor-
upland power tiller at a speed of 3 kph. Assume a 10% overlap mounted moldboard plow. It took 11 hrs. to complete the operation
between passings and 9 seconds turnaround time at the end of at a tractor speed of 5 kph. Find the actual field capacity*
each pass. Determine actual field capacity when tilling is done A. 0.36 ha/hr
along the longer field direction.* B. 0.09 ha/hr
A. 0.25 ha/hr C. 1.5 ha/hr
B. 0.29 ha/hr D. 0.5 ha/hr
C. 0.23 ha/hr
44. The seal of an Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer shall be
circular in shape with _______ diameter*
A. 46 mm
B. 48 mm
38. Draft of plows is primarily determined by ___* C. 42 mm
A. sharpness of cutting edge D. 44 mm
B. overall adjustment of plow 45. Operation with the highest manual labor requirement for lowland
C. speed of plowing rice:*
D. type of soil A. manual harvesting
B. weeding with push-type weeder
39. The national building code of the Philippines* C. plowing with carabao
A. PD 9610 D. hand transplanting
B. RA 4156
C. PD 1096 46. Determine the size of the diesel engine to be used for a 4 X 4
D. RA 6541 centrifugal pump. Pump discharge is 200gpm. Total head is 24 ft.
Pump efficiency is 55%. V-belt efficiency is 95%. And air-cooled
40. Which of the following does not belong to the group of positive diesel engine delivery rating is 70%.*
displacement pumps?* A. 3.3 hp
A. lift pump B. 1.6 hp
B. rotary pump C. 4.7 hp
C. force pump D. 2.4 hp
D. propeller pump
47. It is a complete list of all physical assets at a specific point in time.
41. They are rules of conduct of any organized society, however simple This list indicates the value of each item of property and the
or small, that are enforced by threat of punishment if they are amount of farm liabilities.*
violated* A. farm potential
A. Law B. farm capital
B. Ethics C. farm inventory
C. Specifications D. market list
D. Contracts
48. The Japanese combine is characterized as____.
42. This act has been promulgated to strengthen, modernize and align A. high power & hold-on feeding
the practice of Agricultural Engineer in the country into the B. low power & throw-in feeding
 C. high power & throw-in feeding C. solid drill planter
D. low power & hold-on feeding D. transplanter

49. It is the power developed by the engine of a tractor which is 56. What is the theoretical field capacity of a 3-m combine traveling at
available for pulling, dragging or similar tractive effort.* 100 meters in 52 seconds?*
A. belt horsepower A. 2.08 ha/hr
B. brake horsepower B. 1.45 ha/hr
C. drawbar horsepower C. 0.03 ha/hr
D. indicated horsepower D. 0.57 ha/hr
E. none of the above
57. Type of soil working parts utilized by push-type weeders for wetland
50. A savings loan offers a 5.25% rate per annum compounded daily. operation*
What is the effective annual rate* A. blade type
A. 5.31% B. tine type
B. 5.65% C. rotary type
C. 5.54% D. all of the above
D. 5.39%
58. The application rate of a certain chemical is recommended at 4
51. Twelve man-days is equivalent to the output of:* kg/ha. The calibration test of a 16-liter knapsack sprayer is as
A. 3 men X 4 days follows: Nozzle discharge = 1.2 liters/min, swath = 1.5 m and
B. 6 men X 2 days walking speed = 20 m/min. Determine the number of sprayer
C. 12 men X 1 day loadings per hectare*
D. all of the above A. 30
52. Soil working part utilized by push-type weeders for dryland B. 15
operation is ____.* C. 20
A. blade type D. 25
B. tine type
C. rotary type 59. Determine the time in hours to plow a 3-ha field using a 15-cm
D. all of the above animal-drawn plow at a speed of 4 kph and efficiency of 75%*
A. 56 hrs
53. Which of the following is not a typical example of a small single- B. 66 hrs
cylinder engine?* C. 86 hrs
A. air-cooled gasoline engine D. 76 hrs
B. water-cooled diesel engine
C. air-cooled diesel engine 60. Which is a requirement for taking the board examination?*
D. water-cooled gasoline engine A. Must be at least 21-years old
B. Must be a graduate of any college degree course
54. Costs which are difficult to attribute or allocate to a specific output C. Must have a work experience
or work activity* D. Must be a Filipino citizen
A. Overhead Cost
B. Indirect cost 61. A 5-m self-propelled combine makes an average stop of 4 min every
C. Burden cost time its 2-ton grain tank is to be unloaded. Gross yield of the 20-ha
D. all of the above field is 42 tons. The operating speed is 4.8 kph. The time for
turning on the headland at the ends of the 500-m field is 15
55. Planter designed to place seedlings in rows and in hills is called seconds. Find the field efficiency.*
____.* A. 90%
A. row-crop drill planter B. 78%
B. hill-drop planter C. 87%
 D. 83% C. 10
D. 1.0
62. An act providing for the modernization, standardization and
regulation of the procurement activities of the government and for 69. If the speed ratio of the groundwheel over seedplate of a two-row
other purposes, also known as “Government Procurement Reform corn planter is 5.0, determine the plant population per hectare. Row
Act”* spacing is 75 cm. Groundwheel diameter is 60 cm. Ave. no. of seeds
A. RA 9814 per hill is 2. No. of cells of seedplate is 25. Ave. emergence of seeds
B. RA 9418 is 85%.*
C. RA 9841 A. 155,223 plts/ha
D. RA 9184 B. 60,071 plts/ha
C. 45,445 plts/ha
63. The three-phase electric motor is characterized as ____* D. 35,335 plts/ha
A. low first cost – low operating cost
B. high first cost – high operating cost 70. If there are 2.7M animals in the farms, 70 – 74 % of them are used
C. low first cost – high operating cost for draft work and 12M ha of agricultural lands, the contribution of
D. high first cost – low operating cost animal power in the farm is …
A. 0.23 hp/ha
B. 0.12 hp/ha
64. The direct type of power transmission system has:* C. 0.16 hp/ha
A. 98% Eff D. 0.21 hp/ha
B. 95% Eff
C. 100% Eff 71. Primary tillage equipment that cuts the soil to a depth of 6 to 18
D. 90% Eff inches is called ____*
65. If you invest P50,000 today at 9% interest, how much time is A. chisel plow
required for the investment to be worth P125,000?* B. subsoiler
A. 10 years C. spiral plow
B. 9 years D. moldboard plow
C. 12 years
D. 11 years
66. A 4-ha field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch tractor-
mounted moldboard plow. It took 11 hrs. to complete the operation 72. The ratio of the heat released by the fuel of a heated-air mechanical
at a tractor speed of 5 kph.Find the theoretical field capacit* dryer to the theoretical heat available from the fuel.*
A. 0.46 ha/hr A. Burner efficiency
B. 1.8 ha/hr B. Furnace efficiency
C. 1.45 ha/hr C. Combustion efficiency
D. 1.13 ha/hr D. None of the above

67. A 3-ha field was plowed using a 15-cm wide animal-drawn plow at 4 73. An agriculturist considers an asset which will cost P90,000 at the
kph and field efficiency of 75%. The draft required to pull the plow time of purchase. It has a ten-year life and a salvage value of
is 60 kg. Find the time required to plow the field.* P2,000. What is the book value of the asset after 3 years using
A. 44.44 hrs straight line depreciation?*
B. 22.22 hrs A. P63,600
C. 66.66 hrs B. P8,800
D. 11.11 hrs C. P81,200
D. P26,400
68. How many times greater is the power of a carabao over man?*
A. 0.1 74. With an interest rate of 8% compounded semi-annually, the value of
B. 100 P75,000 investment after 5 years is most nearly*
 A. 96,780 80. The groundwheel of a planter is normally related to the operation of
B. P111,010 the _____*
C. P88,620 A. double-disc closer
D. P79,430 B. furrow opener
C. metering device
75. The annual cost of owning the machine in no. 18, at 15% interest D. seed tube
rate, inclusive of its capital recovery and the yearly maintenance
cost is nearest* 81. The projection of cash inflow and outflow of a farm to estimate the
A. P45, 680 incremental net benefit of the life of the project is known as ____.*
B. P33,250 A. Farm plan
C. P37,460 B. Farm inventory
D. P41,340 C. Farm budget
D. Farm contract
76. The fertility of a particular field is such that maximum corn yield is
obtained with a population of 54,000 plants per hectare. A 82. Part of the moldboard plow bottom that receives the furrowlice ,
checkrow corn planter is used which discharges 2 seeds/hill. lifts, inverts and throws it to one side is called ____*
Average emergence is 85%. Row spacing = hill spacing. Find the A. frog
spacing.* B. Share
A. 0.65 m C. Moldboard
B. 1.0 D. Landside
C. 0.75 m
D. 0.56 m 83. Parameter not required in determining the field capacity of a
planter ____.*
77. Which of the following is not measured in calibrating a sprayer?* A. forward speed of planter
A. walking speed B. width of planter
B. application rate C. efficiency of planter
C. effective working width D. No. of seeds per hill
D. nozzle discharge
84. The fertility of a particular field is such that maximum corn yield is
obtained with a population of 54,000 plants per hectare. A
checkrow corn planter is used which discharges 2 seeds/hill.
Average emergence is 85%. Row spacing = hill spacing. Find the
spacing:*
78. The use of machinery does not only imply ownership, the following A. 0.65m
are also considered viable options* B. 1.0 m
A. custom hire service C. 0.75 m
B. joint ownership D. 0.56 m
C. Renting 85. The perpendicular distance between the wing and point of the share
D. borrowing determines the ____*
A. longitudinal dimension of plow
79. If the specific yield of a particular well is 3 gpm/ft drawdown and B. transverse dimension of plow
the discharge rate of the pump is 30gpm, the total drawdown is ___* C. maximum dimension of plow
A. 10 ft D. diagonal dimension of plow
B. 1 ft
C. 30 ft 86. In a water pumping system, the source of water is usually at a ____*
D. 3 ft A. lower elevation than point of delivery
B. equal elevation than point of delivery
C. higher elevation than point of delivery
 D. a and c 93. Determine the number of 13-cm animal drawn plows needed to
complete plowing a 3-ha field in one day (8 hrs/day). Field efficiency
87. Type of soil working parts utilized by push-type weeders for wetland is 78% and speed of travel is 3 kph.*
operation* A. 15 plows
A. blade type B. 5 plows
B. tine type C. 9 plows
C. rotary type D. 13 plows
D. all of the above
94. Calculate the drawbar hp required to pull a plow with 3X14-in
88. A new agricultural engineer gets a loan of P10,000 today at an bottoms at the rate of 3.25 mph if the specific draft is 8 psi and
interest rate of 15% and the first payment of P3,000 is made four depth of cut is 7 inches.*
years later. The amount that is still due on the loan after the first A. 27.2 hp
payment is most nearly* B. 13.6 hp
A. P14,500 C. 20 hp
B. P11,380 D. 6.8 hp
C. P9,450
D. P17,420 95. Which of the following is not a part of a typical lever-operated
knapsack sprayer?*
89. Which of the following does not belong to the group of positive A. pressure gage
displacement pumps?* B. Pump
A. lift pump C. Tank
B. rotary pump D. nozzle
C. propeller pump
D. force pump
90. Bend downward of the point of the share to make the plow
penetrate the soil to the proper depth is ____.*
A. disc angle 96. Principle used in creating hydraulic energy in a lever-operated
B. vertical clearance knapsack sprayer is ___*
C. tilt angle A. adding liquid to a container with an existing volume of liquid
D. horizontal suction B. adding air to a container with fixed volume of liquid
91. An act providing for an ecological solid waste management C. adding liquid to a container with a fixed volume of air
program, creating the necessary institutional mechanisms and D. adding air to a container with an existing volume of air
incentives, declaring certain acts prohibited and providing
penalties, appropriating funds therefore, and for other purposes, 97. Determine the number of 13-cm animal drawn plows needed to
also known as “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000”: complete plowing a 3-ha field in one day (8 hrs/day). Field efficiency
A. RA 3009 is 78% and speed of travel is 3 kph.*
B. RA 9300 A. 15 plows
C. RA 9003 B. 13 plows
D. RA 9030 C. 5 plows
92. In the equation for horsepower, Hp = (Q x H)/(3960 x Eff), H is total D. 9 plows
head in:*
A. ft.
B. meters/min
C. meters
D. ft/min 98. The wind flows on a 2m-diameter rotor at a rate of 2 m/s. It
suddenly flows at 4 m/s, what would be the power output of the
windmill?*
A. 4 times
 B. 6 times
C. 8 times
D. None of the above

99. Planter designed to plant seeds in rows and in hills is called ____.*
A. hill-drop planter
B. broadcaster
C. solid drill planter
D. row-crop drill planter

100.General-purpose tillage equipment are used in ____.*

A. 2-wheel tractor for wetland operation
B. 4-wheel tractor for dryland operation
C. 4-wheel tractor for wetland operation
D. all of the above