Agricultural Engineering Board Examination

August 23-24, 2010

Recalled Questions

1. If X + Y = 1, X2 + Y2 = 2, X4 + Y4 = _______?

2. cos 2X – sin2X/cos X = _______?

3. Production per year = 15,000 kg

Cost of production = P 6.00/kg
a. What is the marginal cost?
b. What is the net income?
c. What is the payback period?
d. What is the breakeven price?

4. Corn planted between coconuts. Tractor must be equipped with

ROPS.
a. What type of tractor are you going to recommend?
a. 4-wheel drive
b. 2-wheel drive
c. PTO-driven

d. What size of tractor is the most suitable in order not to

destroy the roots of the coconut?
a. 18-25 hp
b. 25-35 hp
c. 35-55 hp
d. 55-70 hp
e. What does ROPS mean on the above situation?
a. Roll-Over Protective Structure
b. A safety tractor requirement
c. A structure used as a shed
5. F. A tractor must have a minimum forward pull velocity of:
a. 8 kph
b. 7 kph
c. 6 kph
d. 5 kph

6. Given: Q = 3 m3/s, V = 1.5 m/s, R = 0.24, d = 0.63 m, SS =

4:1, b = ___? (multiple and similar-its either b or d is
unknown)
 In FMR, It shall consist of the removal and disposal of
deposits of saturated or unsaturated mixtures of soils and
organic matter not suitable for foundation material regardless
of the moisture content.
a. Unclassified Excavation
b. Rock Excavation
c. Common Excavation
d. Muck Excavation

7. In FMR, the minimum hours before removal of forms is

a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 36 hours
d. 48 hours

8. In PAES, what is the light intensity needed in the slaughter

house inspection area?

9. What is the minimum wind design speed or wind gusts in

constructing green houses? PAES 415-7.3.1.2
a. 120 kph
b. 160 kph
c. 220 kph
d. 250 kph

10. What should be the height of the green house at the walk
way or aisle? PAES 415-6.2.2
a. 2 m
b. 2.5 m
c. 3.0 m
d. 1.5 m

11. For an earth dam of 15 meters maximum height, what should

be the width of the crown?
3 m
12. Given: Q = 5 m3/s, V = 1 m/s, R = 0.8, b = 3 m, d = 0.5 m,
what should be the channel side slope?(multiple and similar)

13. An instrument used to measure temperature and water in the

atmosphere or surrounding is?

14. In the acronym “BIGSHOW”, what does S stands for?

a. Sun
b. Solar
c. Solar-irradiance
d. Systematic
15. Difference between the earliest time to finish and latest
time to finish(something like that).

16. Given: ET = 5 mm/day, P = 5 mm/day, 7-day requirement,

irrigation period = 24 hours, Area = 500 hectares, Q = 100
L/hour. Determine the Irrigation Efficiency.

17. Given: Area = 600 ha, wheel slip = 15%, wheel radius at
hopper half-full = 38 cm, 10-row planter, spacing between row
= 25 cm. At 60 rpm, 13.4 kg of seeds were collected per seed
tube when 600 wheel rotation for 10 minutes.
a. How many kilograms of seeds for the 600 rev of the GW?
b. What is the seeding rate of the seed planter?
c. How many kilograms of seeds needed in planting the 600
hectare?

18. Given: A farmer bought 2-16 L knapsack sprayer. He hired 2

laborers. Discharge per sprayer is 0.16 L/sec. Spray width is
1.5 meters.

19. What instrument needed in measuring wind speed?

a. Velocimeter
b. Anemometer
c. Tachometer
d. Wind vane

20. Type of Precipitation where a there is a lifting of warm

air converging into a low pressure are.
a. Cyclonic precipitation
b. Orographic precipitation
c. Artificial precipitation
d. Convective precipitation

21. Irrigation frequency is determined by:

a. Climate, soil and crop
b. Crop only
c. Climate and crop
d. Climate and soil

22. In FMR, earth road is 0.25 m thick. The breakdown of this

thickness consists of:
a. 0.20 cm Subbase course and 0.5 cm Base Course
b. 0.20 cm Base Course and 0.5 cm Subbase course
c. 0.10 cm Base Course and 0.15 Subbase course
d. 0.15 cm Subbase course and 0.10 Base Course
23. In the formula A = RKLSCP, where R = 0.21, K = 2, L = 0.5,
S = 0.7, C = 0.63, P = 0.10. Compute for the amount of
sediment transported.

24. The discharge of the pump is 300 L/s at 4 meters head of

water. If the efficiency of the pump and primemover is 60% and
75%, respectively, what should be the size of the primemover
to maintain the said discharge?

25. From the equation, Ns = Nq1/2/A0.833 where N = 1700 rpm, q =

32 L/s and an area of 10,000 ha, what is the speed primemover?

26. A 6 mm/hr rainfall was observed over a 100 ha watershed.

The watershed has a c value equal to 0.60. What is the runoff
over the watershed?

27. What is the throw of a sprinkler spaced 10m by 10m if there

is a 50% overlap?

28. The following are locally fabricated in the Philippines

except:
a. Thresher
b. Small engine
c. Hand tractor
d. Float-assist Tiller

29. What is the brake power of a 117 hp engine if it has an

efficiency of 80%?

30. A 60 lbs was observed on the scale and the brake arm length
is 40 cm and engine speed is 2400 rpm. How much power was
developed by the engine?

31. Free water surface in the well to the free water surface on
the suction pipe is:
a. Static head
b. Dynamic head
c. Velocity head
d. Friction head

32. Free water surface from the pump to the discharge pipe is:
a. Static head
b. Dynamic head
c. Velocity head
d. Friction head
33. A motor has 8 poles arranged in simplex. How many parallel
__ if simplex constant/factor is m = 1?

34. A 10, 20 and 30 ohm resistor was connected in parallel.

Determine the total resistance.

35. What do you call the phenomena where plants flowers and
speeds up in seed development under low temperature or when
chilled?
a. Vernalization
b. Chilling effect
c. _
d. _

36. What is the maximum concrete or concrete mix during summer?

a. 32 0C
b. 31 0C
c. 33 0C
d. 34 0C

37. How many pieces of umbrella nails are there if there are 10
kgs of umbrella nails?
a. 10,000 pcs
b. 11,000 pcs
c. 11,500 pcs
d. 12,500 pcs

38. A beam needs 4 pcs of 20 mm RSB. If there is no available

20 mm RSB, how many 16 mm RSB can substitute for 20 mm?
a. 4 pcs
b. 5 pcs
c. 6 pcs
d. 7 pcs

39. A structure the supports only axial loadings is:

a. Beam
b. Column
c. Purlins
d. Girder

40. If it is desired to have a maximum flow of water at any

depth, the best canal cross-section to be used is the:
a. Triangular
b. Trapezoidal
c. Circular
d. Rectangular
41. What is the depth of water flowing on a 900 V-notch weir if
the water X-sectional area is 0.5 m2?

42. A law about water movement on a porous medium or soil is:

a. Steffan-Boltzman law
b. Darcy Law
c. Newton Law
d. Steady State Flow law

43. Equation where its roots are its elements(something like

that).

44. Laminar flow has a Reynold’s Number of:

a. Equal to 1
b. Less than 1
c. Equal to 1.5
d. Equal to 2

45. How many outlets for a 15 A overcurrent device?

a. 10 – 12 outlets
b. 8 – 10 outlets
c. 14 – 15 outlets
d. 6 – 8 outlets

46. What type of motor if the field current is in parallel with

the motor?
a. Shunt-wound motor
b. Long shunt wound motor
c. Capacitor start motor
d. Motor

47. How much power is delivered by a three phase connection if

the current is 10A and the voltage is 220V assuming a power
factor equal to unity?

48. In AutoCAD, what is the command in creating or making a

smooth edges or corners?
a. Chamfer
b. Fillet
c. Extrude
d. Spline

As recalled by:

SAMUEL D. BARUT, JR.

Summer 2010