REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF 1ST Quarter Assessment
EDUCATION
Region XII Name: __________________ Grade/Section: ______ Date:
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ___________ Score: ________
COTABATO MULTIPLE CHOICES: Write the letter of your answer on the space
MLANG NATIONAL provided for each item.
HIGH SCHOOL ____1. Which tool is used for cutting grasses?
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Mattock D. Shovel
____2. Which of the following is an example of a digging tool?
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Grub hoe D. Pruning shear
____3. Which tool resembles the appearance of spoon and use for transferring soil?
A. Grub hoe B. Spade C. Spading fork D. Shovel
____4. Why farm tools are very important in agricultural crop production?
A. Make work easier B. Make work faster C. Save time and effort D. All of the above
____5. Which among the tools is classified as digging tool?
A. Crowbar B. Mattock C. Pruning shear D. Shovel
____6. Which among the tools can effectively execute breaking of hard top soil in the garden?
A. bolo B. crowbar C. mattock D. spade
____7. You are satisfied with the performance of the farm implement mounted to a tractor that is used
to pulverize the newly ploughed soil. Which among the farm implement did the job efficiently?
A. disc harrow B. disc plow C. native D. trailer
____8.How will you distinguish between a wheel borrow and a tractor?
A. Single wheeled at the front with two handles at the back and use to transport things while the
other is four wheeled machinery and used to till the farm
B. Single wheeled at the front, two handles at the back and use to transport while the other is
used to transport agricultural products
C. Single wheeled at the front with two handles at the back while other is used to transport
agricultural inputs
D. An open container and single wheeled while the other is four wheeled and used as passenger
vehicle
____9. How effective is putting of oil to your tools and equipment?
A. To prevent rusting of tools and equipment
B. To make it sharp
C. To make it shiny
D. To make it dull
___10. What do you think is the importance of storing your tools and equipment?
A. Improves appearance of working areas
B. Improves the community
C. It improves one self
D. Improve your tools
___11. What is the small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat and usually with
some stored food?
A. Fertilizer B. Plow C. Seed D. Weeds
___12. What is a chemical substance supplied to the crops to increase their productivity?
A. Fertilizer B. Insecticides C. Seed D. Water

___13. Which of the following is the process of loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed?
or planting?
 A. plowing B. transplanting C. threshing D. weeding
___14. Classifying the different stages involve in the production of a certain crop is very helpful.
Which of the following best describes the given statement?
A. farming cycle B. threshing C. water cycle D. weeding
___15. The surface of a certain object or farm occupies will help farmers solve the correct amount
of agricultural inputs to use in the farm. Which of the following best describes the given
statement?
A. area B. canal C. field D. plot
___16. What is the surface area of a farm with the given data, 600 m x 20 m= ______ m 2
A. 120 m2 B. 1200 m2 C. 120000 m2 D. 12,000 m2
___17.Which is the best recommendation in the pre-farming process of determining the cost of
production of the crop?
A. clearing B. estimating C. plowing D. threshing
___18.Which unit of measurement is used to determine a measure of length?
A. kilogram B. liter C. meter D. second
___19.What is the best operation to be used in calculating the total of two or more amounts?
A. addition B. division C. multiplication D. subtraction
For items 20 to28 interpret the drawing Legend: O – plant

___20. What is the area of the vegetable garden?

A. 36 m2 B. 42 m2 C. 49 m2 D. 56 m2
___21. How many rows are there in the area?
A. 5 plants B. 6 plants C. 7plants D.8 plants
___22. How many plants are there in the area?
A. 36 plants B. 35 plants C. 33 plants D. 30 plants

___23. How many plants are there in each row?

A. 8 plants B. 6 plants C. 5 plants D. 3 plants
___24. What is the width of the area?
A. 8 m B. 7 m C. 6 m D. 5 m
___25. What is the distance between plants per row?
A. 1 m B. 2 m C. 3 m D. 4 m
___26. What is the distance of plants between hills?
A. 6 m B. 4 m C. 2 m D. 1 m
___27. What system of planting is used in four corners of a square with the same distance between
rows and from plant to plant in the same line?
A. contour system B. hexagonal system C. rectangular system D. square system
___28. What is the difference between square system and rectangular system?
A. Operations like plowing and harrowing.
B. Less number of trees can be planted in both systems.
C. Both need better supervision of the orchard is needed.
D. The distance between rows in square system is the same while the distance in rectangular
system will be more than the distance between the plants.
___29. Why is irrigation important?
A. It supplies crops with nutrients.
B. It supplies crops with fertilizer.
C. It supplies crops with sunlight.
D. It supplies crops with water in their amounts and is required at the time.

30-31. Interpret the drawing below.

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___30. What system of planting is used in this layout?
A. hexagonal system B. quincunx system C. rectangular system D. square planting system
___31. How many plants can be planted in a row?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 12
___32. As shown in the figure below these are farm work tasks. Which figure shows land preparation
using a tractor?

A B C D

___33. Which is most laborious activity performed during crop farming?

A. harvesting B. land preparation C. planting D. none of these
___34. Which tool is used to tilt the land?
A. Garden hoe B. Harrow C. Plow D. Shovel
___35. Which of the following farm tasks are being performed in preparing orchard planting?
A. Digging holes using hole digger
B. Clearing the land using grab hoe
C. Harrowing using hand tractor
D. Land preparation using tractor
___36.Which of the following hazards do Bacteria, viruses, mold and mildew belong? `
A. Biological B. Chemical Hazard C. Ergonomic D. Physical hazard
___37. In the area of concern for farm safety, hazards common to most farms need to be seriously
considered. Which of the hazards affect the transmission of certain infectious diseases?
A B C D

A. A and B B. B and C C. B and C D. C and D

___38. In the farm emergency procedure regarding safety measures, earthquake is among the potential
emergencies. What will you do during this emergency situation?
A. Execute duck, cover and hold and after the quake slowly go out from the building and
proceed to the evacuation area
B. Immediately go out from the building and proceed to the evacuation area
C. Move out immediately from the building and run to the evacuation area
D. Stay in the present location and wait until quake stop to move out

___39. Which of the following safety signs and labels does not belong to the group?

A B C D

___40. Which among the practices in reducing waste in 3Rs is not part of the group?
A. Instead of buying plastic bags you can use cloth shopping bag.
B. The wood in the farm could be created as woodcraft.
C. Buying products with less packaging
D. Donate clothes

Good Luck and

God Bless!
jma