Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Pre-Board Crop Science 2012 - With Answers-1
Pre-Board Crop Science 2012 - With Answers-1
3. This law changed the Philippine Seed Board to the National Seed Industry Council as per RA No.:
a. RA 7308 since March 27, 1992 b. RA 2000 since March 27, 1998
c. RA 7001 since March 27, 1994 d. RA 2009 since April 12, 1999
11. Both staminate and pistillate flowers are borne separately on the same plant.
a. monoecious b. dioecious c. imperfect flower d. complete flower
12. Green leafhoppers are known to transmit “tungro” virus of rice. Which species is the most efficient?
a. Nephotettix virescens b. Nephotettix nigropictus c. Recilia dorsalis d.
Nilaparvata lugens
13. Rice plant is not affected by most of the available herbicide used against weeds. What enzyme
within the rice plant responsible of degrading these herbicides?
a. chitinase b. cholinesterase c. papase d. hydrogenase e. all of the
above
14. Seedlings of rice on wet bed method are ready for transplanting in how many days?
a. 10-14 b. 18-20 c. 24-28 d. 30-32
15. Trichogramma sp., Telenomus sp. and Tetrasticus sp. are known to be ________ parasitoids.
a. larval b. pupal c. egg d. larval-pupal
17. The banana aphid is responsible for transmitting the virus that cause bunchy top. Which is
not an alternate host of the aphid?
a. ginger b. taro or gabi c. bandera española d. cassava
1
18. One method of control against nematode is to plant nematode antagonists. Which is not a good
antagonist?
a. mustard b. sesame c. asparagus d. cabbage
19. Leucinodes orbonalis is considered as the most destructive insect pests of guinea squash. It usually
damage
the ______. a. shoots b. fruits c. fruits & shoots d. fruits, shoots & leaves
20. Among rodents, 5 species are considered pests, of these only two are significantly causing damage to
agricultural crops.
a. Rattus norvegicus and R. exulans
b. Rattus argentiventer and R. tanezumi
c. Rattus exulans and Rattus rattus sp.
d. none of the above
21. If rodent population is high, acute poison is recommended to at least reduce population by 70%. This
should be followed by: a. clearing of surroundings and canals
b. prebaiting + sustained baiting of chronic poison
c. establishment of TBS and torpedo baiting
d. sustained baiting of chronic poison in baiting stations
27. The increased genetic variability brought about by tissue culture is:
a. mutation b. genetic variation c. somaclonal variation d. none of the above
28. Any organic substance which at low concentrations, promotes, inhibits or modifies growth.
a. fertilizer b. enhancer c. hormone d. modifier
29. According to studies, the first 25-30% of most vegetables must be free from weed competition; this
is called?
a. critical growth period b. critical period of weed competition c. proper timing of weed
control d. crop-weed competition
30. The most damaging stage of rice plant to rice black bug:
a. seedling stage b.vegetative stage c. reproductive stage d. all of the above.
31. Among the types of vegetable production under Philippine conditions, which is the most common
for commercial purposes?
a. home gardening b. truck farming c. vegetable forcing d. market gardening
42. The sudden stem lengthening in plants is caused by gibberellins, this is also called:
a. stretching b. elongating c. bolting d. senescing
43. Seedlings of rice on dapog method are ready for transplanting in how many days?
a.7-9 b. 9-14 c. 15-20 d. 20-25
45. The ______ make up the male reproductive part of the flower.
a. stamen b. pistil c. petals d. sepals
48. The only approved Phil. rice variety recommended for flood prone areas:
a. NSIC Rc 92(Sahod Ulan 1) b. NSIC Rc182(SALINAS 1)
c. NSIC Rc 194(Submarino 1) d. PSB Rc 80(Pasig)
49. Fleshy fruits are soft and are pulpy when mature. Mango belongs to the ______ kind of fleshy fruit:
a. drupe b. berry c. pome d. pepo
50. Dry fruits may be dehiscent or indehiscent. The kind of dehiscent fruit that develop from a simple
pistil; when mature, it splits along both upper and lower seams.
a. legume or pod b. follicle c. capsule d. silique
51. A kind of indehiscent fruit with only one seed, thick & hard pericarp, develop from a compound
ovary.
a. grain b. nut c. achene d. schizocarp
3
52. Depulping is one of the primary processing operations for:
a. abaca b. cacao c. coffee d. coconut
54. A cultivar of mango usually eaten when green-mature, also known as Indian mango:
a. Carabao b. Pico c. Katchamita d. Queen
55. Insectivorous vertebrate animals have been introduced to the Phils. for biological control:
a. giant toads & bats b. Matinez bird & giant toads c. bats & ducks d. none of the above
56. Maguindanao, Tangongon, Bongolanon are native varieties grown in Minadanao. They are cultivars
of:
a. Abaca b. Cacao c. Coconut d. Rambutan
58. Root crops like ube and gabi are propagated commercially by:
a. suckers b. division c. root cuttings d. runners
59. Lemon grass, marigold and neem planted along borders of the field serve as:
a. decoy crops b. trap crops c. repellent crops d. companion crops
60. Abaca in Bicol is afflicted by bunchy top virus disease. The virus may also thrive or infect:
a. banana b. yellow ginger c. gabi or Palawan d. all of the above
62. Blast, blight and tungro are examples of diseases in what crop?
a. rice b. corn c. tomato d. eggplant
63. One lesion produces 2,000 – 6,000 conidia per day for 14 days under favorable conditions.
a. rice blast b. sheath blight c. bacterial leaf blight d. rice tungro virus
64. There are _____ species of leafhoppers that could transmit rice tungro virus.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1
68. When IPM is to be applied, the first order in controlling a certain insect pest:
a. identifying the pest b. killing the pest by chemical spray
c. planting varieties known to be resistant to problem pest d. biological control of pest
d69. One method of control against nematode is to plant nematode antagonists. Which plant is
a good antagonist?
a. mustard b. sesame c. asparagus d. all of the above.
70. Eggplant shoot/fruit borer is considered to be the most destructive pest of eggplant
damaging leaves, shoots and fruits. It is also known as;
a. Helicoverpa armigera b. Leucinodes orbonalis c. Xylosandrus compactus d. Tetranychus sp.
4
71. Cell turgidity in plants is maintained through:
a. plasmolysis b. translocation c. respiration d. transpiration
73. One of the following does not belong to the family Leguminosae:
a. Capsicum annuum b. Vigna unguiculata c. Phaseolus vulgaris d. Glycine max
74. Growth response of plants that is best exemplified by the closing of Mimusa leaves:
a. thigmotropism b. thigmomorphogenesis c. seismonasty d. thermotropism
75. Corn planted at a spacing of 60 cm by 25 cm and maintained at 1 plant per hill. What is the plant
population per hectare? a. 56,667 b. 66,333 c. 66,667 d.66,800
77. The following crops are naturally transplanted in the field, except:
a. tomato b. radish c. eggplant d. sweet pepper
78. Eggplant when planted at a distance of 75 cm between hills and rows will need about 100 grams of
seeds for one hectare field. How many plants there will be in a hectare?
a. 17,778 b. 18,889 c. 17,667 d. 35,555
79. The following are the advantages in using plastic mulch in vegetables, except:
a. controls weed growth b. controls insect pests and diseases
c. controls moisture loss and erosion d. all of the above
80. Rice and corn belong to Cereal crops, which crop does not belong to this classification:
a. barley b. oats c. wheat d. none of the above
81. Which of the following cultivar of banana has the highest Ascorbic acid content?
a. lacatan b. latundan c. bungulan d. saba
82. There are a lot of cultivated tropical fruits in the Philippines, these include:
a. banana b. mango c. pineapple d. all of the above
83. Mangosteen and marang are exotic fruits grown in Mindanao. They are generally propagated by
seeds. After eating the fruit, seeds are germinated right away within a week because they don’t store
well.
a. Seeds of mangosteen are apomictic b. Seeds would germinate only in the dark
c. Seeds of mangosteen and marang are orthodox seeds
d. Seeds of mangosteen and marang are recalcitrant seeds
86. An area or location is under partial drought when _____ consecutive days without rainfall of at least
0.25mm.
a. 15 b. 20 c. 29 d. 42
87. The El nino – La nina pendulum-like swings from one extreme to the other is called:
a. Corriente del Nino b. El Nino Southern Oscillation c. El Viejo/La Nina d. none of the
above
5
88. It refers to the direct or indirect detrimental effect of one plant on the germination, growth, or
development of other plants. a. antagonistic effect b. allelopathy c. synergistic effect
d. all of the above
89. Type of germination when the cotyledon comes above the ground:
a. hypogeal b. exodermus c. epigeal d. hypo-epigeal
90. This is perceived as a main technology for developing countries for the production of disease-free
high quality planting materials. a. transgenic crops b. tissue culture c. embryo cultured.
somatic cloning
93. End of developmental stage of fruit when it has developed the ability to ripen normally at harvest.
a. physiological maturity b. horticultural maturityc. commercial maturity d. all of the
above
96. Corn seeds subjected to tetrazolium revealed 30% were stained blue. It means……
a. 70% will not germinate if planted in the field b. 30% of the seeds is viable
c. 70% of the seeds is viable d. only 30% will germinate
97. The path of water from root surface to xylem tissue, where water moves from one cell layer to
another through the plasmodesmata:
a. apoplastic path b. transcellular path c. symplastic path d. intercellular path
98. Separation and division are types of asexual propagation usually done in modified organs like:
a. corm b. rhizome c. runner d. all of the above
Answer Key