Exam for Unit of Competence Developing production plans for field

crops
Instructor Debebe Degu
Name _____________________ ID NO ________ Section ____ Sign----------

INSTRUCTIONS: Time allotted

 Read each instruction carefully.
 Any cheating activity may loss all your marks.

PART I: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES

1. One of the following is the aims of crop production
A. Maintain food self-sufficiency for local populations in productive work
B. source of raw materials for the development of industry
C. Produce export crops in order to earn foreign currency
D. All

2. One of the following is wrong about Careful planning of the crop production
A. To produce the right quantities of product, at the right time.
B. To make efficient use of resources
C. To reduce risk and make sustainable development.
D. To schedule production activities
E. None

3. Which of the following is the Importance of tillage

A. loosens the soil

B. Control of weeds and insect pests

C. incorporates organic matter and crop residue into the soil

D. all

5. One of the following is disadvantage of intercropping

A. better use of growth resources including light, nutrients and water

B. Production of more crops from a limited area of land
C. suppression of weeds
D. More profit/yield per unit area and time
E. E/ Difficulty of rational fertilizer application
PART II. Matching
Match Column A with column B
COLUMN A COLUMN A

1----------. The organism affecting normal growth and development of plants A. intercropping
2. ----------- Second crop is sown shortly before harvesting of the first B. Legume crop
3. ---------- Production plan of crop production and management C. Pathogen/parasite
4. -------- crop which is grown to fix nitrogen to soil D. Relay crop
5. ------- Growing of two crops simultaneously E. scheduling

Part III Give short answer

1. What is classification of field crop?
2. Write the reason for low crop yield in farmer field
3. List method of seed establishment or sowing