TLE 7

AGRICULTURAL CROP PRODUCTION

1st Quarter Examination

Name: _________________________ Grade & Section: _______________ Date: __________

DIRECTIONS: Read the questions carefully. Choose the correct answer and write only the letter on
the space provided before each number.

____ 1. . Which hand tool is used for digging big holes and tree stumps?
a. pick mattock b. crowbar c. grub hoe d. bolo
____ 2. . What far implement that is mounted to a tractor and is used to pulverize the newly plowed soil?
a. trailer b. native plow c. disc plow d. disc harrow
____ 3. Farm tools make a worker’s work lighter and easier. They are also used to transport the things in the agricultural
crop production. Which of these tools are described by these statements?
a. shovel b. spade c. hand tractor d. wheel barrow
____ 4. What tool is designed wherein one end of its blade is flattened and the other is pointed out at a right angle to its
handle?
a. pick mattock b. pruning shears c. shovel d. crowbar
____ 5. Which tool resembles the appearance of spoon & is used for removing trash and for transferring soil from one
place to another?
a. spade b. shovel c. spading fork d. grub hoe
____ 6. What tool is used for traditional rice farmers to spend less in harvesting their palay and is considered a handy farm
tool and curve in shape?
a. spade b. knife c. sickle d. plow
____ 7. Which tool has an open container with a single wheel at the front and two handles at the back which is used to
transport things?
a. hand tractor b. two- wheeled tool c. water pail d. wheel barrow
____ 8. What farm implement that is pulled by a working animal and is used to till the land?
a. harrow b. native plow c. disc harrow d. rotavator
____ 9. Which of these tools is used for digging canals and big holes?
a. bolo b. pruning shears c. crow bar d. grub hoe
____ 10. Hand tools are categorized as cultivating and loosening tools. Which hand tool does NOT belong to this category?
a. knife b. spading fork c. hand towel d. light hoe
____ 11. Which of these is a hand tool?
a. hand cultivator b. rotavator c. hand tractor d. disc harrow
____ 12.Which machinery is needed to pull the disc harrow to till and pulverize the soil?
a. four-wheel tractor b. disc plow c. rotavator d. native plow
____ 13. What hand tool will you use if you need to loosen the soil around the growing crops and put a small amount of
fertilizer in it? a. spading fork b. light how c. hand trowel d. hand cultivator
____ 14. Farm Tool Safety Formula: SAFETY = GOOD WORKNG TOOLS + ABLE AND AWARE WORKERS
Which statement best explains this formula?
a. to ensure the safety of using the farm tools, there must be in good working condition and farm workers must
have the ability and awareness to use these tools properly.
b. to keep the farm tools safe, farm workers must be in good working condition and they must know how to handle
tools with care.
c. to be safe, defective farm tools must be set aside and farm workers must fix everything before using these tools.
d. to be good workers, farm tools must be secured first so that they will be able to function well.

____ 15. What is the formula in solving a land area that is rectangle or square?
a. base x height b. length x width c. 0.5 x base x height d. base x top x height
____ 16. What unit is used for the surface area?
a. cubic centimeter b. square meter c. hectometer d. kilometer
____ 17. Which operations are needed to compute the flow rate?
a. add the volume and time b. multiply the volume and time
c. divide the volume by time d. subtract the volume by time
____ 18. In some cases, a farmer whose capital is insufficient needs to borrow money to meet his capital to operate his
farm. When he pays it, a corresponding value will be added to the principal as payment for using the money
of the lender.

What term is referred by the underlined statement?

a. net income b. interest c. gross income d. principal

____ 19. To show the significant relationship of the information such as time and plant growth, this can be represented in a

symbolic way.
What representation is referred to in the statement?
a. area b. volume c. graph d. labor
____ 20. In the irrigation system, the volume of water that is discharged from the source during a given period of time
can be computed. What does this underlined group of words refer to?
a. flow-rate b. volume c. percentage d. speed
____ 21. In farming, the word “percentage” can always be associated in calculation like the total area that is planted with
crops and the area which is not planted.
Which statement below defines percentage?
a. literally, percentage means “per hundred”
b. literally, percentage is the total part of the whole.
c. percentage is the average age of the farmers who work in every one hundred sq. meter.
d. percentage is total age of the farmers whose farms are one hundred hectares.
____ 22. What term refers to the work performed by hired farm workers in exchange for salary?
a. slavery b. labor c. care – taker d. tenancy
____ 23. Harvest time is the happy moment for the farm owners and the hired worker who sell their products and have their
income. Which term that means the equivalent value of the product sold?
a. net income b. principal c. interest d. gross-income
____ 24. What term refers to the value remains after all the expenses have been deducted from the sales?
a. net income b. principal c. interest d. gross-income
____ 25. What is the final operation needed to get the total area of the surface that has irregular shape?
a. multiply all the computed areas c. subtract the area of the smallest part of the surface
b.add all the computed areas d. divide the whole area by 4 equal parts.
____ 26. What is the area of Mr. Lim’s farm if it is parallelogram in shape which has a base of 8 cm and a height of 10 cm?
a. 80 cm b. 40 cm c. 120 cm d.50 cm
____ 27. What is the volume of the box if it has length of 20 cm, width 5 cm and a height of 6 cm?
a. 600 cm3 b.300 cm3 c. 500 cm3 d. 106 cm3
____ 28. How many centimeters are there in 300 meters?
a. 3,000 cm b. 300,000 cm c. 30,000 cm d. 3,000,000 cm
____ 29. My uncle owns a 28 hectares’ agricultural land. A portion of it is planted with fruit trees.
How many hectares of his land if only 15% are planted with fruit trees?
a.420 ha b. 4.2 ha c. 3.5 ha d. 5 ha
____ 30. Flow-rate is computed by dividing the volume of water discharged from a source by the duration or time it
discharges. What is the flow of water if it discharges 200 m3 of water in 5 seconds?
a. 40 m3/secs. b. 20 m3/secs. c. 30 m3/secs. d. 25 m3/secs.
____ 31. Raul was asked to solve this problem:
Mr. Roxas planted 300 seeds of corn. Out of the 300 seeds, 80% are germinated? How many seeds
are not germinated?
Then Raul answered 60.
Did Raul get the correct answer? Why?
a. yes, because he multiplied first 300 by 80%, and the result was multiplied by 20%.
b. yes, because he multiplied first 300 by 80%, and the result was subtracted by 20%.
c. yes, because 240 is the equivalent of 80% for germinated seeds and 60% is for the non-germinated seeds.
d. yes, because 80% is equal to 240 germinated seeds and the remaining 20% is equal to 60 non-germinated
seeds.
____ 32. Johnny is given a problem in computing the surface area of a triangle. He computes it by multiplying the base and
the height only.
Does Johnny compute it correctly?
a. no, because he needs to multiply the base and height, then divide it by two.
b. yes, because that is the correct way of computing it.
c. yes, because he uses the correct formula.
d. no, because he uses the calculator which doesn’t give the right answer.
____ 33. In the three designs of the irrigation system, the drip of trickle system has many advantages. Which is NOT an
advantage of this design?
a. the system is preserved c. weeds are not controlled
b. water is conserved d. slow rate of water application
____ 34.Irrigation is applied when there is insufficient distribution of water in the area. Here, water supply is done artificially
and it needs careful planning. Which is NOT part of the irrigation plan?
a. power supply b. water source c. design data d. topographic data
____ 35. Which irrigation system conveys water through pipes and applies it with a minimum amount of losses?
a. surface irrigation b. drip or trickle irrigation c. sprinkle irrigation d. basin irrigation system
____ 36. What method is it when one can still plant other crops between the main crop?
a. mono-cropping b. lay outing c. staking d. intercropping
____ 37. What essential feature of the irrigation plan that pertains to the field shape which must be accurately drawn
showing pertinent obstructions, features and elevation details?
a. topographic data b. water source supply c. design data d. design parameters
____ 38. Crops in the garden are planted and arranged systematically. One of the systems in planting crops is when the
crops are arranged in blocks or strips of 2 or more rows. What planting arrangement is this?
a. single row planting b. multiple row planting c. mono-cropping d. sole cropping

_ ___ 39.. What is the local term for scatter planting?

 a. “sabogtanim” b. “bagongtanim” c. “kalat-tanim” d. di-birongtanim”
____ 40. Danny plans to plant beans, okra and mongo in his garden. What method will Danny use with these 3 different
kinds of seeds?
a. transplanting method b. drill method c. hill method d. direct seeding method
____ 41. Which of the following crops uses direct seeding method?
a. pechay b. beans c. tomatoes d. pepper
____ 42. The sprinkle irrigation system is ideal in areas where water is scarce. What makes this best in such area?
a. it minimizes the amount of water losses because it conveys water through pipes n which the water is applied in a
form of sprays.
b. it stimulates natural rainfall which cannot be controlled in duration and intensity.
c. it maximizes the chance of erosion to the sloping land.
d. it supplies greater volume of water to the larger farm areas.
____ 43. Mr. Perez plans to make an irrigation system in their locality but the only source of water is the deep well. He
thinks of making surface irrigation.
Does Mr. Perez have the right decision?
a. yes, because surface irrigation can be made regardless of the water source.
b. no, because surface irrigation needs an abundant supply of water.
c. yes, because surface irrigation is easy to make.
d. no, because surface irrigation is more expensive than the other irrigation systems.
____ 44. Health problems and injuries may have various causes. Some are caused by exposure to chemicals and some
also are caused by the lack of risk management in a workplace. Which statement defines risk?
a. It is similar to hazard that causes injury or ill health to anyone at a workplace.
b. It is acquired when a person is in direct contact with the chemicals at the workplace.
c. It is the effect of obtaining injury at the workplace.
d. It is the factor that makes the farmer or worker healthy.
____ 45. Which potential emergency is NOT a natural phenomenon?
a. flood b. typhoon c. snake bite d. electrical shock
____ 46. There are many types of hazard which are present in the farm or in other workplace. What type of hazard includes
floor?
a. physical b. mechanical c. chemical d. biological
____ 47. Several activities that workers perform in the farm expose themselves to a lot of hazard and risk. What does
hazard mean?
a. hazard is when a person is in contact with risk.
b. hazard is anything that alarms the person to do specific safety procedure.
c. hazard is when a person meets an accident.
d. hazard is anything that may cause injury or ill health to anyone.
____ 48. Many chemicals are needed in the farm to control pest insects and weeds. In spraying chemical, you need to use
a protective equipment to protect yourself. Which protective equipment will you use?
a. gas masks b. ear muffs c. hard hat d. goggles
____ 49. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is an equipment which is very important that a worker must wear or use
while he is working. Primarily, this protects the worker at work. Which is NOT a benefit from wearing the PPE?
a. it reduces the number and severity of farm work-related injuries and illness.
b. it helps the workers free from any hazard or injury.
c. it improves productivity and profits.
d. it increases the risk among farm workers.
____ 50. Pedro is working at a welding shop. In order to protect himself, he wears personal protective equipment while
working. He uses ear muffs, goggles and boots. Does Pedro use the appropriate PPE?
a. Yes, because he uses all the necessary PPE to protect himself.
b. No, because not all the PPE he uses are needed in a welding shop.
c. No, because he does not use a helmet to protect his head.
d. Yes, because ear muffs, goggles and boots comprise the complete set of equipment to be used at the welding
shop.