SUMMER AGRI LEARNING SITE

Mayon, Castilla, Sorsogon

INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT
Perform nursery operations

DIRECTION: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. These are objects that are usually light and are used without the
help of animals or machines.
a. Farm implements
b. Equipment
c. Hand tools
d. Hand trowel

2. What tool is used for removing trash or soil, digging canals or

ditches and mixing soil media?
a. Spade
b. Shovel
c. Spading fork
d. Hand fork

3. Which of the following tool is used for digging canals, breaking

hard topsoil and for digging up stones and tree stumps?
a. Pick-mattock
b. Crowbar
c. Spade
d. Grab-hoe

4. What tool is used for loosening the soil around the growing plants
and putting small amount of manure in the soil?
a. Pick-mattock
b. Crowbar
c. Hand trowel
d. Spade
5. Which tool is used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil.
a. Pick-mattock
b. Rake
c. Spade
d. Hand trowel

6. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

a. Sprinkler
b. Rake
c. Water pump
d. Spade
7. Which of the following is to restore something broken or damaged
to good condition?
a. Repair
b. Storing
c. Cleaning
d. Preventive maintenance

8. It is an activity or operation done to prevent malfunction of tools

and equipment and it is done to prolong the useful life of tools
and equipment.
a. Repair
b. Cleaning
c. Storing
d. Preventive maintenance

9. This type of nursery is developed only to fulfill the requirement of the

season or a targeted project.
a. Temporary nursery
b. Permanent nursery
c. Semi-permanent nursery
d. Fruit nursery

10. A type of nursery where asters, marigolds, salvias are propagated

a. Fruit Nursery
b. Vegetable Nursery
c. Ornamental Nursery
d. Forest Nursery

11. A type of nursery where mango, guava, pomegranate, sapota, oranges

are propagated
a. Fruit Nursery
b. Vegetable Nursery
c. Ornamental Nursery
d. Forest Nursery

12. A type of nursery where drumstick, bottlegourd, squash are

propagated.
a. Fruit Nursery
b. Vegetable Nursery
c. Ornamental Nursery
d. Forest Nursery

13. This type of the nursery is placed permanently so as to produce plants

continuously.
a. Permanent nursery
b. Semi-permanent nursery
c. Fruit nursery
d. Temporary nursery
14. Which is NOT a good characteristic of a seed?
a. Viable
b. Free from weeds
c. Mature
d. Damage

15. What is the tag color of certified seeds?

a. Red
b. Blue
c. Green
d. White

16. It is the outer coat of the seed that protects the embryonic plant.
a. Testa
b. Hilum
c. Radicle
d. Epicotyle

17. A classification of seed that is 100% pure.

a. Registered seed
b. Breeder seed
c. Foundation seed
d. All of the above

16. There are five classes of seed.

a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. None of the above

17. It is a process of breaking, scratching, mechanically altering or

softening the seed covering to make it permeable to water and gases.
a. Scarification
b. Stratification
c. Both A & B
d. None of the above

18. Which of the following is NOT a type of in scarification treatments?

a. mechanical
b. chemical
c. physical
d. none of the above

19. The following are benefits of softening seed coat and other seed
coverings EXCEPT:
a. better absorption of water and gases
b. better germination of the seeds
c. high viability
d. none of the above
20. Chipping of hard seed coat by rubbing with sand paper is an example
of ________ scarification.
a. mechanical
b. physical
c. chemical
d. none of the above

21. The use of Sulphuric acid (H2SO4) is an example of ________

scarification.
a. mechanical
b. physical
c. chemical
d. none of the above

22. The easiest method of artificial propagation.

a. Marcotting
b. Layering
c. Inarching
d. Cutting

23. The implantation of a meristem from another plant to a plantlet is

called:
a. Grafting
b. Budding
c. Micrografting
d. Layering

24. Which grafting method is used to bypass a damaged area of tree

trunk?
a. Approach grafting
b. Bark grafting
c. Inarching grafting
d. Side veener grafting
A farmer wanted to increase the number of mango trees in his farm.
He wants to have 20 trees with the genetic qualities of the parent
plant and another 20 trees with the parent qualities as the root stock
while using another variety as the scion. He also wanted to have 5
trees using 3 different varieties as scion.
25. Which type of plant propagation is reflected in the paragraph above?
a. Sexual propagation
b. Asexual propagation
c. Veneer grafting
d. Tongue grafting
Answer key.
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. A
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. A
25. B