Part I

AE Board Exam 2011

1. Warranty for the construction and durability of mechanical rice thresher according to PAES shall
be within ______ after the purchased of the machine.

a. 6 months c. 12 months
b. 18 months d. 24 months

2. It is part of the moldboard plow that receives the furrow slice from the share and turns to break,
crush, and pulverize the soil.

a. Share c. moldboard
b. Shin d. all of the above

3. The part of the moldboard plow which is used to cut the soil.

a. Share c. moldboard
b. Shin d. all of the above

4. It is part of the plow bottom which helps to counteract the side pressure exerted by the furrow
slice.

a. Shin c. Share
b. Landside d. all of the above

5. A tillage operation traditionally performed in preparing a seedbed for a given crop and grown in
a given geographical area.

a. Conventional tillage c. Strip tillage

b. Conservation tillage d. Minimum tillage

6. A machine that cut rice stalks and places them on a windrow when they are gathered and bound
into sheaves and carried to a thresher.

a. Scythe c. Reaper
b. Stripper harvester d. Combines

7. Throw-in type of thresher which allows the cut plants to move in a helical manner around the
threshing cylinder with a net effect of moving the material axially between the feeding and
discharge outlets.
 a. Axial flow thresher c. Hold on thresher
b. Through flow thresher d. Mixed flow thresher

8. Type of mechanical rice thresher wherein the panicles of the cut plants are fed into the
threshing chamber while the stalks are mechanically or manually held during the threshing
operation.

a. Axial flow thresher c. Hold on thresher

b. Through flow thresher d. Throw-in thresher

9. Type of mechanical rice thresher which detaches and separates the grains from the panicles by
feeding the cut plants into the machine.

a. Axial flow thresher c. Hold on thresher

b. Through flow thresher d. Throw-in thresher

10. Throw-in type of thresher wherein cut plants are fed between the rotating cylinder and
stationary concave and the threshed materials/straws are discharged out of the threshing
chamber tangentially.

a. Axial flow thresher c. Hold on thresher

b. Through flow thresher d. Mixed flow thresher

11. A soil tool reaction in which the soil slides over the surface of the tillage tool without significant
adhesion.

a. Sliding c. Scouring
b. Soil cutting d. Nota

12. Warranty of parts and services for heated-air mechanical grain dryer based on PAE Standard is
within _________ after the acceptance of the machine.

a. 6 months b. 12 months
b. 18 months d. 24 months

13. In testing agricultural machines as prescribed in the PAES standard of test, it should be operated
by ________.

a. Farmers c. Manufacturer(s) representative

b. Traders/Cooperative d. Accredited Testing Organization
14. Heating value of coconut shell.
- 9965 Btu/lb

15. The act of analyzing, testing, and measuring the engine to remedy the cause and trouble.

a. Servicing c. Trouble shooting

b. Tune-up d. All of the above

16. The standard length of stroke of hydraulic remote control cylinder for trailing type agricultural
implement is ________.

a. 6 to 12 inches c. 8 to 16 inches
b. 10 to 20 inches d. Nota

17. Minimum area required for testing power operated seeder.

a. Not less than 100 m2 c. Not less than 500 m2

b. Not less than 1000 m2 d. Nota

18. System of number indicating the ignition quality of diesel fuel.

a. Octane rating c. Fuel index

b. Cetane rating d. Flash point

19. It is the ratio of the weight of the weight of cleaned threshed grain to the grain input.

a. Threshing efficiency c. Threshing recovery

b. Threshing output d. All of the above

20. The center-to-center distance between overlapping broadcast application.

a. Effective width c. Broadcasting width

b. Swath d. All of the above

21. When soils are thrown away from the plants during cultivation, the operation is

a. Hilling-up c. Sweeping
b. Barring-off d. Listing

22. A device used to facilitate shifting without stalling the engine.

a. Gears c. Bearing
 b. Synchronizing gears d. universal joints

23. Heating value of premium gasoline?- in 20,500 Btu/lb

24. Heating value of regular gasoline?- in 20,750 Btu/lb
25. Part of a planter that is always present in all planters regardless of type and cropping system:

a. furrow opener c. seed tube

b. metering device d. furrow closer

26. In a feasibility study Benefit Cost Ratio should be:

a. Less than 1 c. Greater than 1

b. Equal to zero d. Nota

27. Select two consecutive farm operations which when done mechanically can increase cropping
intensity:

a. planting – spraying c. irrigation – weeding

c. harvesting – plowing d. harvesting – threshing

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

a. nozzle discharge c. effective working width

b. walking speed d. application rate

29. In the Philippines, what product can be imported?

a. Electric motor c. Peanut sheller

b. Rice mill d. Nota

30. In the Philippines, agricultural machinery manufacturing like AMMDA is of what type of
proprietorship?

a. Sole proprietorship c. Corporation

b. Cooperative d. Nota

31. What is the capitalized cost if a structure costs P1,500,000 and requires an annual maintenance
of P150,000 and the interest rate is 15%?

a. P2,500,000 c. P1,150,000
b. P2,150,000 d. P1,750,000
32. Addressed to all Provincial Governors, City/Municipal Mayors, Sanggunians and DILG Regional
Directors for the ---“ INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSION IN
THE LGUS SUPPLEMENTING DILG MC NO. 2001-25 RE: IMPLEMENTATION OF RA. NO. 8559.”
- DILG Memo Circular No. 2008-167

33. Series Problem (engineering economy-annuity)

34. Series Problem (Field capacity of tractor, effective field capacity, efficiency, # of hours to plow)
35. Series Problem (drawbar horsepower, fuel consumption)
36. AE laws
37. Agricultural marketing (situational)