POST TEST CAPTURE FISHERIES

1. What navigational instrument transmitted signals in 70 to 130 kHz portion

of the low frequency band, and transmitting stations are arranged in
chains consisting of a master and two or three slave stations?
a. Decca c. Loran C
b. Omni d. Radar

2. What long range electronic navigational system transmits continuous-

wave (CW) signals in the 190 to 195 kHz range and its transmitting
stations are grouped close together so that the lines of position appear as
straight lines on the chart over the usable position of the area of
reception?
a. Loran A c. Decca
b. Consolan d. Omega

3. What navigation instrument aids in determining the depth of the water

under the keel by returning sound signal from the bottom?
a. Radar c. Echo sounder
b. Sextant d. GPS

4. It is use in the fishing industry, in which the pulse is transmitted in a more

nearly horizontal direction, and the receiver gives a readout not only of the
range to the target but also the direction of the target.
a. Sonar c. fish finder
b. Radar d. satellite

5. What instrument is used to locate school of fish and direct s the vessel to
the area for effective use of the fishing gear?
a. Fish- finding sonar c. GPS
b. Radar d. Sextant

6. What tool holds the twine necessary for work on netting and may be made
of wood, bone, plastic or metal and comes in various shapes?
a. Meshstick c. Trestle
b. Twine d. Needle

7. What type of braiding uses two lengths of twines to be joined are placed
side by side and then half- knots are made with each other of the ends
catching the other thread?
a. Single sheet bend c. overhand knot
b. Single fisherman’ s knot d. double sheet bend

8. What term used for the capture of aquatic animals; that is, not only of fish
but also crustaceans, mollusks, coelenterates, birds, mammals and even
water serpents?
a. Capture fisheries c. Fisheries
b. Fishing d. hunting
9. What fish species is used in catching large fish like pelagic sharks, tuna,
sea turtles and swordfish by attaching themselves through suction?
a. Echeneis sp. C. Synanceia sp.
b. Gymnothorax sp. D. Psettodes sp.

10. What is the total area of Philippine coastal zone?

a. 278, 000 km2 c. 200, 000 km2
b. 143, 000 km2 d. 875, 000 km2

11. What are the four government agencies that have mandates in managing
coastal and/ or marine areas?
a. LGU, AFP, PAMB, NIPAS c. DENR, DA- BFAR, DILG- PNP,
DOTC/ PCG
b. SUC, DOT, DTI, DA- BFAR d. LGU, DENR, DPWH, FARMC

12. What is the importance of coastal and municipal water zoning?

a. Exercise administrative authority over specific activities.
b. Provides integrated planning framework to harmonize the different
current uses and potential future development activities in the coastal
and marine resources.
c. Support the protection and management of the protected area.
d. Address local concerns or gaps not covered by the national law or to
supplement national laws and fit the enforcement procedure to local
realities and needs.

13. Does the LGU have the power to collect user fees from port and maritime
transport operations?
a. Yes c. Maybe
b. No d. Depends on ordinance issued by the
LGU

14. Does registration of municipal fisherfolk and of municipal gears constitute

a permit to fish?
a. Yes c. Maybe
c. No d. Depends on ordinance issued by the
LGU

15. What agency maintains the registry of municipal fisherfolk?

a. FARMC c. BFAR
b. Municipal government d. DENR

16. How many metric tons of catch do the poachers like Taiwanese,
Malaysian, Hongkong fishing boats and other vessels of foreign registry
deprived from the country?
a. ≈ 100, 000 MT c. ≈50, 000 MT
b. ≈ 800, 000 MT d. ≈600, 000 MT
 17. What do you call the cable or rope attached to the fishing gear and used
to retrieve it?
a. foot- rope b. bridle
c. warp d. brailer

18. How many hours does the catch rate of the static gear such as gillnet and
trammel net decreases rapidly after deployment depending upon the catch
and prevailing environment condition?
a. 6- 12 hours b. 12-24 hours
c. 24-36 hours d. 36- 48 hours

19. What stock assessment models are used to search for the largest fishing
mortality rates that can be offset by increased population growth, normally
measured as changes in population biomass per unit time?
a. surplus production model c. yiel-per- recruit models
c. statistical catch-at- age models d. delay- difference models

20. What is the basic management unit in fisheries?

a. cohort c. recruits
c. stock d. school

21. What methods are best used for estimating abundance of non- cryptic,
diurnally active species that do not avoid divers and live in shallow and clean
water?
a. visual census methods c. acoustic method
b. trawl survey d. depletion and mark- recapture
methods

22. What methods are most useful for estimating abundance for fished species in
confined habitats such as reefs and estuaries?
a. visual census methods c. acoustic method
b. trawl survey d. depletion and mark- recapture
methods

23. What term used for the composition of the sum of discarded catch and the
incidental catch?
a. trash fish c. total catch
b. by- catch d. target species

24. What term used for the age of a cohort when it becomes part of the fishery?
a. recruitment age c. age at first capture
b. growth age d. mature

25. What do you call the batch of fish all of approximately the same age and
belonging to the same stock?
a. species c. cohort
b. school d. recruits
26. Which of the following is not a corresponding units for CPUE?
a. catch per trip c. catch per hour
b. catch per vessel d. catch per area

27. What is the largest catches that can be taken over a long- term without
causing the population to collapse?
a. total allowable catch c. maximum sustainable yield
b. catch ceiling d. total production

28. What method used to split a composite distribution into series of normal
distribution representing cohorts? Example: when several age groups of fish are
contained in the same sample.
a. Bhattacharya’ s method c. Least square method
b. von Bertallanfy growth equation d. Glland and Holt method

29. What is the purpose of a long shank?

a. to spread out in the throat of the fish once swallowed
b. to prevent the fish after swallowing the total hook from biting the line
c. to hold the fish or other animal once it has accepted the bait
d. to prevent the breaking of the line when under strain

30. Which of the following are the characteristics of trawl net?

a. long wings, no or small bag, catching area is limited by the length of
the wings and of the hauling lines
b. no or small wings, with great bag for catch, catching area is
unlimited so long as dragging is possible
c. ground rope is shorter than headline, no rings, mesh size in the main
part is of different sizes
d. ground rope with equal length or longer, mesh size in the main part
are of the same size, rings for purse line of different types

31. What is sapyaw?

a. a dustpan- like encircling net c. a small lateral otter board
b. a heap of stones covered with straw d. a falling gear with an
opening at the top

32. What is the term used for the annual catch limits allowed to be taken,
gathered or harvested from any fishing area in consideration of the need to
prevent overfishing and harmful depletion of the breeding stock of aquatic
organisms?
a. closed season c. catch ceiling
b. total allowable catch d. maximum sustainable yield

33. What is the local version of muro- ami which uses bamboo or trunk trees as
scaring device aside from coconut or other leaves or material to drive fish out of
the coral reefs at the same time pounding the corals?
a. kayakas c. payao
b. sapyaw d. serosca
34. What is the term used for the people directly or personally and physically
engaged in taking and/ or culture and processing fishery and/ or aquatic
resources?
a. fish worker c. poacher
b. fisherfolk d. laborer

35. What fishing gear consists of a net set at coral/ shoal reef areas whereby fish
are driven towards the net by means of air bubbles produced by compressors?
a. kayakas c. pa- aling
b. gillnet d. beach seine

36. Can the municipality/ city regulate the construction of fish pens and fish
cages and other culture activities in the coastal are and municipal waters?
a. Yes c. Maybe
b. No d. depends on the ordinance
issued

37. Who issues quarry permits in the coastal area?

a. municipal mayor c. provincial governor
b. barangay captain d. president