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1. Which does not belong to the group?

a. Phenylalanine
b. Leucine
c. Valine
d. Serine

2. L-type drainage -
a. stand pipe
b. bottom drain
c. overflow
d. siphon

3. Size 17 tilapia fingerlings ranged from -

a. 0.02 - 0.2 g
b. 0.21 - 0.42g
c. 0.56 - 1.5g
d. 1.6 - 3.2g

4. Size 24 carp fingerlings ranged from -

a. 2 - 5g
b. less than 0.5g
c. 1 - 1.9g
d. 0.5 - 0.9g

5. Net mesh sizes for CC net -

a. 0.5 - 1cm
b. 1 - 1.5cm
c. 1.5 - 2cm
d. less than 0.5cm

6. Leucaena leucocephala can be toxic due to -

a. gossypol
b. saponin
c. memosine
d. cyanogens

7. Crossing will result to all male tilapia -

a. O. urolepis hornorum x O. mossambicus
b. O. niloticus x O. mossambicus
c. O. aureus x mossambicus
d. O. mossambicus x O. niloticus

8. If your pond harvest is low, what is the main cause, except -

a. water quality is optimum
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b. feeding frequency appear inadequate

c. disease outbreak was experienced
d. feed quality is suspect

9. Protein content of ipil-ipil leaves ranged from 14.9 to 37.7% with higher
concentration on -
a. young leaves
b. mature leaves
c. combined young and mature leaves
d. ground leaves

10. Suggested substitute for P. monodon culture is -

a. L. vannamei
b. M. ensis
c. P. japonicus
d. Acetes japonicus

11. Toxin from soybean -

a. saponin
b. cyanogens
c. memosine
d. aflatoxin

12. In peanuts, aflatoxin is produced by the mold -

a. Aspergillus paraliticus
b. Fusarium
c. Aspergillus flavus
d. Trichoderma

13. Bottom feeder carp -

a. Silver carp
b. Grasss carp
c. Bighead carp
d. Common carp

14. Herbivorous species -

a. Silver carp
b. Common carp
c. Mrigal
d. Grass carp

15. A parasite that lives on the surface of a host organism -

a. Endoparasite
b. ectoparasite
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c. specific
d. non-specific

16. It is sometimes called the common fish louse -

a. Argulus
b. Caligus
c. leech
d. nematode

17. Feed of milkfish during larval rearing -

a. chlorella
b. scenedesmus
c. artemia
d. brachiunus

18. Porphyra is a __________ seaweed.

a. green
b. brown
c. red
d. yellow-green

19. Feed component causes aflatoxin -

a. soybean
b. corn
c. ipil-ipil leaves
d. peanut

20. Myxobolus cerebralis causes -

a. whirling disease
b. white spot syndrome
c. VHS
d. Ich

21. Which region has no municipal fishery production?

a. Region I
n. Region IV-a
c. Region VII
d. CAR

22. "Maliputo" belongs to what family?

a. Anguillidae
b. Serranidae
c. Carangidae
d. Mugillidae
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23. Method of pond culture utilizing a formation pond -

a. modular
b. intensive
c. closed
d. semi-closed

24. Best time to market your cultured fish -

a. appropriate fish size
b. good price
c. good weather condition
d. all of these

25. Tide having two high and two low tides -

a. diurnal
b. semi-diurnal
c. spring
d. slack

26. Which fish is not applicable in rice-fish culture?

a. mudfish
b. catfish
c. lungfish
d. grass carp

27. Oldest method of induced spawning of fish -

a. broodfish is injected with hypophysis
b. Application of HCG
c. use of LRH luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
d. use of LRH analogue

28. Fish mark-recapture method is used to . ..

a. determine population mortality
b. calculate fish production
c. estimate population size
d. compute immigration rate

29. What progeny will be produced if O. urolepis hornorum and O. mossambicus are
crossed?
a. all female
b. 50-50 male-female
c. all-male progeny
d. none of these

30. Scientific name of tawes?

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a. Clarias batrachus
b. Seriola quinqueradiata
c. Arius sp.
d. Puntius javanicus

31. What is the correct order of the stages of crab development?

a. egg-zoea-megalopa-crab instar-mature crab
b. egg-megalopa-zoea-crab instar-mature crab
c. egg-zoea-crab instar-megalopa-mature crab
d. egg-mature crab

32. Which of the following indicates a good FCR value?

a. 1.25
b. 1.5
c. 1.75
d. 2.0

33. Which of the following culture system relies only on natural food for nutrition?
a. extensive culture
b. semi-intensive
c. intensive
d. super intensive

34. Freshwater species that can be cultured in sea cages?

a. freshwater catfish
b. freshwater prawn
c. freshwater carp
d. none of the above

35. This disease is characterized by white necrotic areas in the abdominal muscles and
in severe cases, muscle decay occurs, causing reddening. This disease is caused by
IMNV.
a. white spot disease
b. infectious myo-necrosis
c. necrotizing hepatopancreas
d. all of the above

36. Which of the following culture system relies on protein-rich feeds with supplemental
natural food?
a. extensive
b. semi-intensive
c. intensive
d. super-intensive
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37. Which of the following device measures water turbidity?

a. monochrome plate
b. Secchi disk
c. turbidometer
d. none of the above

38. A pond was stocked with 2,500 pieces fingerlings weighing 2 grams each. By the
end of the rearing period, the stock consumed 600 kilos of feed. The average body
weight of the stock is 200 grams. Compute for the feed conversion ratio.
a. 1.8
b. 1.5
c. 1.2
d. 1.0

39. Which of the following is used to increase pond alkalinity?

a. lime
b. fertilizer
c. pesticide
d. all of the above

40. What is the main cause of feed rancidity?

a. lipid oxidation
b. protien denaturation
c. moisture loss
d. none of the above

41. How many hours does it take to hatch Pangasius eggs?

a. 12-18
b. 34-38
c. 27-32
d. 8-12

42. This is a method of promoting growth of natural food using cow/chicken manure
placed in sack with holes and are placed in the water inside the pond/cage.
a. hanging method
b. teabag method
c. manure dispersion
d. none of the above

43. Which of the following culture schemes stocks two or more species of fish in one
pond during the same culture period?
a. polyculture method
b. integrated fish farming
c. competitive culture
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d. none of the above

44. A pond is stocked with 2,500 pieces fingerlings. The average body weight of the
stock is 50 grams and needs 4% feed requirement. Mortality is 10%. Compute for the
amount of feed to be given in one day.
a. 4.0 kgs
b. 0.5. kg
c. 4.5 kgs
d. 5.5 kgs

45. Which of the following is not considered as live feed for nursery culture?
a. moina
b. artemia
c. infusoria
d. none of the above

46. A 1Ha pond was excavated and is to be filled with water to a depth of 0.6m. How
much water must be stocked to achieve the said water level?
a. 60,000sq.m.
b. 6,000sq.m.
c. 60,000cu.m.
d. 6,000cu.m.

47. Refers to one of the gross signs of grass carp hemorrhagic disease where a fish
suffers from the protrusion of the eyeball.
a. exovisua
b. popping eyes
c. exopthalmia
d. ichthyothalmia

48. What is the top producing region for seaweed in 2012?

a. ARMM
b. Region IV-B
c. Region VI
d. NCR

49. What are the three important elements in fertilizers necessary for natural food
growth?
a. O-C-H
b. N-P-K
c. Au-FI-Xe
d. all of the above

50. Sea ear are marine gastropods belonging to the genus:

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a. Haliotis
b. Crassostrea
c. Mammalia
d. none of the above

51. Which of the following culture species has the highest value?
a. Milkfish
b. Tilapia
c. Grouper
d. All of the above

52. FAO 205 is:

a. Pricelist of tilapia fingerlings and breeders and carp fingerlings for sale by the Bureau
of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
b. Guidelines in the implementation of HACCP system
c. Insurance for aquaculture crops/stocks
d. none of the above

53. Which of the following culture method is used in seaweed culture?

a. lantay method
b. floating monocline
c. raft method
d. all of the above

54. Family of tilapia which is generally carnivorous -

a. Mugilidae
b. Cichlids
c. Serranidae
d. Angullidae

55. Successful technology in catffish (C. batrachus)

a. Philippines
b. Indonesia
c. Vietnam
d. Thailand

56. Successful technology and production in M. vannamei -

a. Thailand
b. Philippines
c. Sri Lanka
d. Vietnam

57. Species of sea cucumber cultured in the Philippines

a. Holothuria nobilis
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b. Holothuria fuscogilva
c. Thelenota ananas
d. Holothuria scabra

58. Component of PNAP project is a lying-in set-up for what species?

a. Penaeus monodon
b. Mugil cephalus
c. Scylla serrata
d. Portunus pelagicus

59. Integrated culture of fish and oyster is called -

a. Talaba't Isda Project
b. Palaisdaan
c. Isda-Talaba polyculture
d. Tala-isdaan

60. It is caused by the refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light through ice particles
suspended within thin, wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. As light passes
through these hexagon-shaped ice crystals, it is bent at a 22 degree angle, creating a
halo 22 degrees in radius (or 44 degrees in diameter).
a. moon ring
b. lunar halo
c. moon albedo
d. lunar circle

61. Local name of pond loach -

a. tamasak
b. bayawak
c. dojo
d. all of these

62. The African night crawler (ANC), known scientifically as__________ , is considered
as the most efficient epigeic or composting earthworm in the tropics. Introduced by Dr.
Guerrero III in 1982, it was used for vermicomposting in the tropics, widely used in
mesophilic production of compost.
a. Eisenia fetida
b. Dendrobaena veneta
c. Lumbricus rubellus
d. Eudrilus eugeniae

63. Also known as gulfweed and sea holly because of its highly branched thallus with
hollow, berrylike floats (pneumatocysts) and many leaflike sawtooth-edged blades. It is
used as fertilizer.
a. Caulerpa
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b. Laminaria
c. Macrocystis
d. Sargassum

64. The lab measurements based on the classic Winkler titration method developed by
Lajos Winkler in 1888 is used to measure -
a. phosphate
b. oxygen
c. ammonia
d. salinity

65. A live microbial feed supplement which beneficially affects the host animal by
improving its intestinal balance.
a. antibiotics
b. enzyme
c. Probiotics
d. immunostimulants

66. Lactobacillus is often referred to as a -

a. antibiotics
b. Probiotics
c. antigen
d. antimicrobials

67. Common species of brackishwater pond snail in the Philippines -

a. trochus snail
b. Pila luzonica
c. Cerithidia cingulata
d. Pomacea spp.

68. Commonly used lime -

a. quicklime
b. dolomite
c. agricultural lime
d. hydrated lime

69. Naturally occurring soils, sediments or organic substrates that are formed under
waterlogged conditions. These soils contain iron sulfide minerals (predominantly as the
mineral pyrite) or their oxidation products. However if the soils are drained, excavated
or exposed to air by a lowering of the water table, the sulfides react with oxygen to
form sulfuric acid.
a. sandy
b. acid sulfate
c. loamy
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d. acid phosphate

70. Back azimuth of 135 degrees -

a. 315
b. 513
c. 531
d. 351

71. Highly sensitive and rapid method that can be used for rapid detection of shrimp
pathogens such as whitespot syndrome virus (WSSV) and Vibrio spp.
a. staining
b. microscopy
c. polymerase chain reaction
d. x-ray
e. spectrophotometry

72. Philippine Native catfish

a. Clarias gariepinus
b. Clarias batrachus
c. Clarias macrocephalus
d. Channel catfish

73. Also called "king crab"

a. Scylla olivaceae
b. Scylla serrata
c. Carcinus maenas
d. Scylla paramosain

74. Nutrient values in inorganic fertilizers expressed as total percentage of weight of

each fertilizer as packaged. If you don-t potassium, what fertilizer combination will you
use?
a. 14-14-14
b. 16-20-0
c. urea
d. ammonium sulfate

75. Highest fishpond and rice-fish culture fish production -

a. Region III
b. Region II
c. Region Vii
d. Region IX

76. Uniform-size fish are stocked in progressively larger ponds -

a. polyculture
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b. monoculture
c. multi-stage stocking
d. multi-species stocking

77. The second biggest lake in the Philippines -

a. Lanao
b. Buhi
c. Paoay
d. Naujan

78. Combined fresh and seawater -

a. distilled
b. marine
c. eutrophic
d. brackish

79. The scientific name of mudfish -

a. Trichogaster pectoralis
b. Channa striata
c. Tawes
d. Catla catla

80. Milkfish harvesting method in which the rheotactic behavior of the species is taken
into advantage by the aquaculturist -
a. gill netting
b. total draining
c. partial draining
d. pasubang

81. Total amount of energy in a diet can be measured through -

a. microscopy
b. carbon 14 method
c. spectrophotometry
d. bomb calorimetry

82. The carbohydrate storage molecules found in plants is -

a. cellulose
b. stomata
c. glycogen
d. cell wall

83. Insulin is important in fish for -

a. amino acid metabolism
b. fat metabolism
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c. protein synthesis
d. sugar absorption

84. Tilapia and rice combined culture in rice paddies -

a. multi-culture
b. combined culture
c. rice-fish culture
d. polyculture

85. GMT resulted from -

a. XX-male technology
b. YY-male Technology
c. sex inversion
d. sex-reversal

86. A graphical description of feeding relationships among species in an ecological

community, that is, of who eats whom.
a. food chain
b. feeding cycle
c. food web
d. food diagram

87. Organism that has been genetically engineered to contain one or more novel genes,
taken from one or more different species and inserted into its genome -
a. hybrid
b. genome
c. mutant
d. transgenic

88. Describes a diploid organism that carries two different alleles at one or more
genetic loci -
a. hybrid
b. heterozygous
c. twins
d. mutant

89. Considered as the governor in any selection program -

a. environment
b. genetic differences
c. additive variance
d. heritability

90. Variance transmitted in predictable and reliable means -

a. phenotype
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b. additive variance
c. genetic admixture
d. genetic sequencing

91. Component due to gene additive effects -

a. genetic diversity
b. phenotype
c. genome
d. additive variance

92. Variance that is due to interaction of alleles between two or more loci -
a. epistatic variance
b. additive variance
c. admixture
d. hybridization

93. It is a breeding program in which individuals or families are chosen in an effort to

change the population mean in the next generation -
a. selection
b. mating
c. sex reversal
d. hybridization

94. The main storage carbohydrate of animals is -

a. glycogen
b. cellulose
c. pancreas
d. fats

95. Which of the following is a polysaccharide?

a. cellulose
b. glucose
c. fructose
d. galactose

96. Not a monosaccharide -

a. galactose
b. sucrose
c. fructose
d. glucose

97. Major nitrogen containing compounds in plants and animals -

a. proteins
b. ammonia
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c. nucleic acid
d. organic acids

98. One calorie is equal to -

a. 4.841 joules
b. 4.913 joules
c. 4.931 joules
d. 4.184 joules

99. Fat-soluble vitamin -

a. inositol
b. panthonic acid
c. tocoperol
d. Vitamin B Complex

100. Factor that can lead to disease -

a. stress
b. sound
c. birds
d. germs
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Answer Key

1. d 26. d 51. c 76. c

2. a 27. a 52. a 77. a
3. c 28. c 53. d 78. d
4. b 29. c 54. b 79. b
5. b 30. d 55. d 80. d
6. c 31. a 56. d 81. d
7. a 32. a 57. d 82. a
8. a 33. a 58. d 83. a
9. a 34. d 59. d 84. c
10. a 35. b 60. b 85. b
11. a 36. b 61. c 86. c
12. c 37. b 62. d 87. d
13. d 38. c 63. d 88. b
14. b 39. a 64. b 89. d
15. b 40. a 65. c 90. b
16. a 41. a 66. b 91. d
17. d 42. b 67. c 92. a
18. c 43. a 68. c 93. a
19. d 44. b 69. b 94. a
20. a 45. d 70. a 95. a
21. d 46. b 71. c 96. b
22. c 47. c 72. c 97. a
23. a 48. a 73. b 98. d
24. d 49. b 74. b 99. c
25. b 50. a 75. a 100. a