AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING

1. This refers to a type of rice milling output consisting of milled rice with small sizes that is not
usually eaten by human but commonly used as feed for animals.
a. Whole rice
b. Brown rice
c. Broken rice
d. Brewer’s rice
2. It is the process by which the high moisture content of grains is reduced rapidly by heated air to
a moisture content only suitable for temporary storage; the attained moisture content, however
is not recommended for long storage periods.
a. Mechanical drying
b. Flash drying
c. Air drying
d. Heated air drying
3. What do you call the heat supplied that raises the temperature of agricultural products being
dried?
a. Sensible heat
b. Latent heat
c. Ambient heat
d. Heat transfer
4. The process by which the size of grains that are used as animal feeds are reduced to facilitate
better assimilation of feed nutrients.
a. Grinding
b. Milling
c. Drying
d. Winnowing
5. To prevent rapid respiration and other natural processes occurring in harvested onions that may
cause deterioration of the product, what agricultural processing method will you recommend?
a. Drying
b. Dehydration
c. Refrigeration
d. Dehumidification
6. The weight of newly dried paddy rice is 1,299.6 kg. If the moisture content is 14% dry basis,
what is the amount of dry matter in kg?
a. 1,140 kg
b. 1,200 kg
c. 159.6 kg
d. 200.4 kg
7. What is the remaining moisture, in kg, in item #6?
a. 1,140 kg
b. 159.6 kg
 c. 200.4 kg
d. 140 kg
8. What is the moisture loss in the paddy rice in item #6 if the initial weight (weight before drying)
was 1,500 kg?
a. 1,140 kg
b. 159.6 kg
c. 200.4 kg
d. 140 kg

9. What was the moisture content wet basis of the paddy rice in item#6 if the initial weight was
1,500 kg?
a. 14%
b. 18%
c. 22%
d. 24%
10. What is the equivalent dry basis moisture content in item #9?
a. 36.2%
b. 31.6%
c. 28.3%
d. 22.4%
11. An aspirator of crop processing machinery which sucks light materials but retains heavier ones
operates on what principle?
a. Differences in size
b. Differences in viscosity
c. Differences in color
d. Differences in density
12. This refers to the removal of the bran layer in brown rice
a. Whitening
b. Polishing
c. Hulling
d. Dehusking
13. What can be wrong if too many cracked peanut kernels can be seen in the output of a peanut
sheller?
a. Very far clearance between the oscillating sheller plates
b. Very close clearance between the oscilating sheller plates
c. Very high power input
d. Too hard materials used in the construction of the oscillating sheller plates
14. It is the sum of the quantities of head rice and broken rice divided by the weight of the input
rough rice.
a. By product recovery
b. Hulling coefficient
c. Milling recovery
 d. Milling capacity
15. The corn bran is a __________ in corn feed milling.
a. Main product
b. By product
c. Waste
d. Input
16. What can be the result when a very high temperature was obtained during the mechanical
drying of rough rice?
a. The dried rice when milled will be ready to be eaten
b. The dried rice when milled will produce plenty of broken rice because of too many cracks in
the grain
c. The head rice recovery will be higher than when the rice was sun dried
d. None of the above
17. The corn kernel input in a hammer mill is 1,600 kg and the operating time is 4 hours. Corn grits
recovered includes:
Grit # 12 = 500 kg
Grit # 14 = 400 kg
Grit # 16 = 335 kg
Grit # 18 = 300 kg
Grit # 20 = 25 kg
Grit # 24 = 20 kg
Corn Bran = 15 kg
Loss = 5 kg
What is the milling capacity in kg/hr?
a. 400
b. 384
c. 309
d. 300
18. What is the output capacity, in kg/hr, in item # 17?
a. 400
b. 384
c. 309
d. 300
19. What is the main product recovery in item # 17?
a. 77%
b. 90%
c. 96%
d. 99.7%
20. What is the by-product recovery in item #17?
a. 2.8%
b. 3.75%
c. 5%
 d. 22.5%
21. This is a food processing method where vegetables are blanched then poured with vinegar syrup
solution spiked with spices. The processed product will have a tangy sweet-sour taste.
a. Salting
b. Dehydration
c. Distillation
d. Pickling
22. It is the hulling mechanism of modern rice mills to minimize the quantity of broken rice and
improve the milling recovery.
a. Steel huller
b. Stone burr mill
c. Rubber coated roller
d. None of the above
23. This refers to a tomato processing product consisting of a solution with thick consistency that it
can hardly assume the shape of its container.
a. Tomato juice
b. Tomato puree
c. Tomato paste
d. Dried tomato
24. It is the process of preserving fish by cooking in oil or tomato sauce with spices and placing the
fish in sealed tin containers.
a. Pickling
b. Drying
c. Canning
d. None of the above
25. Drying when done in an enclosed container such that the pressure inside the container is below
the atmospheric pressure is called __________.
a. Mechanical drying
b. Vacuum drying
c. Air drying
d. None of the above
26. It is a dryer in which the material being dried moves through the drying chamber in a
substantially continuous stream and is discharged without being recirculated.
a. Batch dryer
b. Flat bed dryer
c. Recirculating dryer
d. Continuous flow dryer
27. It is an air moving device that is used to force heated air through the mass of grains at
the desired air flow rate and pressure.
a. Blower
b. Aspirator
 c. Fan
d. Pressure gage
28. This refers to the rewetting of dried corn kernels to about 18% to 22% moisture content
and tempering it to make the pericarp and the germ more pliable and easier to remove
during milling.
a. Conditioning
b. Moistening
c. Milling
d. Bricketing
29. It is a size reduction machine that grounds grains through the use of twisting pressure. It consist
of two hard surfaced circular plates rotating with relative motion
a. Attrition or burr mill
b. Roller mill
c. Hammer mill
d. Feed mill
30. This refers to the temperature recorded by an ordinary thermometer.
a. Dew point temperature
b. Wet bulb temperature
c. Dry bulb temperature
d. Freezing temperature
31. The operation test of a corn sheller yielded the following data:
Weight of ear corn = 500 kg
Weight of corn kernels still clinging to the cobs found at the cob discharge area = 8 kg
Shelled corn found at the cob discharge area = 12 kg
Shelled corn found at the light material discharge (blower discharge) = 10 kg
Weight of clean kernels from the output discharge = 325 kg

Determine the shelling loss, in %.

a. 2.25%
b. 3.38%
c. 2.82%
d. 71%

32. Determine the separating loss, in %, in item #31.

a. 2.25%
b. 3.38%
c. 2.82%
d. 71%

33. Determine the blower loss, in %, in item #31.

a. 2.25%
 b. 3.38%
c. 2.82%
d. 71%
34. Determine the shelling efficiency, in %, in item #31.
a. 71%
b. 91.55%
c. 96.2%
d. 98.0%
35. Determine the kernel-ear corn ratio in item #31.
a. 71%
b. 91.55%
c. 96.2%
d. 98.0%
36. In testing a corn sheller, what is the minimum number of trials and the duration for each trial?
a. At least two trials with a duration of at least 15 minutes per trial
b. At least one trial with a duration of 45 minutes
c. At least three trials with a duration of at least 10 minutes each
d. At least five trials with a duration of at least 5 minutes per trial
37. It is the ratio of the weight of corn kernels blown by the sheller fan, to the weight of the total
corn kernel input of the sheller, expressed in percent
a. Blower loss
b. Winnowing loss
c. Shelling loss
d. Separating loss
38. It is an auxiliary device in a rice mill that is used to remove foreign matter/impurities from the
paddy before milling.
a. Destoner
b. Aspirator
c. Pre-cleaner
d. Screen
39. It is a rice mill that employs a series of two or more whitening processes
a. Kiskisan
b. Multi-pass rice mill
c. Single pass rice mill
d. Rubber roll mill
40. It is a type of threshing cylinder wherein threshing is done between bar-like protrusions in
parallel orientation laid on the periphery of the cylinder and stationary bars built into or
attached to the concave grate
a. Spike tooth cylinder
b. Rasp-bar cylinder
c. Roller cylinder
d. Multiple cylinder
Answer Key:
1. D
2. B
3. A
4. A or B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. B
17. A
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. C
24. C
25. B
26. D
27. A
28. A
29. A
30. C
31. A
32. B
33. C
34. B
35. A
36. A
37. A
38. C
39. B
40. B