Ag. Power, Machinery, and Allied Subject - Part 5

AGRICULTURAL POWER,
MACHINERY, AND
ALLIED SUBJECTS
Prepared by:
Engr. Alexis T. Belonio
Professional Agricultural Engineer
Department of Agricultural Engineering and Environmental
Management
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
atbelonio@yahoo.com
The maximum friction in the
moldboard plow is
a. At the point of share
b. Between the share
and the moldboard
c. At the moldboard
d. None of the above
Answer: At the point of

share
A secondary tillage implement consisting of
one or two in-line gang rollers used for
crushing soil clods and compacting the soil.
a. Roller tiller
b. Packer
c. Roller harrow
Answer: Packer
A primary or secondary tillage implement
used for broadcast or for strip tillage and
also used as chemical incorporators prior
to planting.
a. Roller tiller
b. Roller harrow
c. Packer
Answer: Roller tiller

It is a plow consisting of a strongly
constructed frame and a vertical leg drawn to
a subsoil and the bullet-shape attachments
creates a tube like cavity acting as a drainage
channel.
a. Subsoiler
b. Bullet plow
c. Mole plow
d. All of the above
Answer: Mole plow

In designing a rice thresher, the
most important factors affecting
threshing efficiency is
a. rpm of the cylinder
b. Peripheral speed of
the cylinder
c. Diameter of the
cylinder
Answer: Peripheral
speed of the cylinder
A kind of chemical used for spraying
which form finely divided solid
particles when mixed with water.
a. Emulsion
b. Suspension
c. Solution
d. All of the above
Answer - Suspension
An insecticide that kills insects
when insects suck on plant
tissues.
a. Contact
b. Stomach
c. Systemic
d. All of the above
Answer - Systemic
A hitch system for a tractor suitable
for large, heavy implement for trailer.
a. Three-point hitch system
b. Drawbar hitch system
c. Semi-mounted system
d. All of the above
Answer - Drawbar hitch

system
A tractor drive wheel under load rotates at 1200
revolution in passing a newly cultivated field. At no
load, the tractor drive wheel is able to rotate at 1125
revolution. What is the percent slippage of the
tractor drive wheel?
a. 5.6 %
b. 6.2 %
c. 8.1 %
Answer 6.2 %
Growing of more than one crop
on the same land in one year
a. Mixed crop
b. Multiple cropping
c. Inter-cropping
Answer - Multiple cropping

Growing of two or more crops
simultaneously and intermingled
with no row arrangement.
a. Mixed cropping
b. Inter-cropping
c. Multiple cropping
Answer - Mixed cropping

Growing of two or more crops in
alternate rows.
a. Inter-planting
b. Inter-cropping
c. Inter-culture
d. All of the above
Answer - Inter-cropping
It is a practice of planting short-
term annual crop with long-term
annual or biennial crops.
a. Inter-planting
b. Inter-cropping
c. Inter-culture
d. All of the above
Answer - Inter-planting
It is the cultivation of one crop
underneath a perennial crop.
a. Inter-planting
b. Inter-cropping
c. Inter-culture
d. All of the above
Answer - Inter-culture
Application of chemical to a
small restricted area, usually to
control the spread of pest.
a. Spot treatment
b. Space application
c. Direct application
d. All of the above
Answer - Spot treatment

Dispersion of liquid or dry particles in
air in such a manner that target pest is
exposed to chemical.
a. Spot treatment
b. Space treatment
c. Direct application
d. All of the above
Answer - Space treatment

Application of chemical to the
steam, fruit, leaves, needles, or
blades of the plant.
a. Direct application
b. Foliar application
c. Space application
d. All of the above
Answer - Foliar application

Application of chemical to a
specific area such as row, bed, or
base of the plant.
a. Direct application
b. Spot treatment
c. Space application
Answer - Direct application

Application of chemical over
entire area to be treated.
a. Basal application
b. Band application
c. Broadcast application
Answer – Broadcast application

Application of chemical to the
base of a tree around the trunk
or by injection into slasher or
cuts.
b. Broadcast application
c. Band application
Answer - Basal application

Application of chemical in
parallel strips leaving the area
between strips free of chemicals.
b. Broadcast application
c. Band application
Answer - Band application

Solid blocks or masses that are
cut, sheared or broken loose by
tillage tool.
a. Furrow slice
b. Clod
c. Loose soil
Answer - Clod
It is a change in the value of a
machine.
a. Cost reduction
b. Depreciation
c. Lost of value
Answer - Depreciation
Actual rate performance of machine
on land or crop processed in a given
time based upon total field time.
a. Theoretical field capacity
b. Effective field capacity
c. Field efficiency
d. All of the above
Answer - Effective field

capacity
The rate of performance obtained if a
machine performs its function 100 % of the
time of a given operating speed using 100 %
of its theoretical width.
a. Theoretical field capacity
b. Effective field capacity
c. Field capacity
Answer - Theoretical field

capacity
The amount paid for hiring
equipment and operating services to
perform a certain task.
a. Custom cost
b. Operating cost
c. Variable cost
Answer - Custom cost

The ratio of engine power used in
performing an operation to
engine power available.
a. Field load factor
b. Engine efficiency
c. Engine performance ratio
d. All of the above
Answer - Field load factor

The amount of any material applied
per unit treated by a sprayer.
a. Through put rate

b. Application capacity
c. Application rate
d. All of the above
Answer - Application rate

A sprayer designed to charge the spray
droplet so that there is a powerful
attraction between the plants and the
charged droplet.
a. Electromagnetic sprayer
b. Electrolytic sprayer
c. Electrostatic sprayer
d. All of the above
Answer - Electrostatic sprayer

It is used to protect tractor operator
from dust, noise, rain and heat.
a. Operator’s shield
b. Chasis
c. Cab
Answer - Cab
A device that transfer seed from the
seedbox to the coulter tube at a fixed
rate
a. Seed feeder
b. Seed distributor
c. Seed metering device
d. All of the above
Answer - Seed metering

device
A device at a header of a combine
for severing the plant stalk.
a. Cutting mechanism
b. Star wheel
c. Pickup
Answer - Cutting
mechanism
A device for gathering crops on a
window of a combine.
a. Header
b. Pickup
c. Star wheel
Answer - Pickup
A transport machine used in agriculture
suitably designed for coupling to an
agricultural tractor or self-propelled
combine.
a. Agricultural wagon
b. Agricultural loader
c. Agricultural trailer
Answer - Agricultural trailer

A harvest residue discharged from
cleaning devices of a combine.
a. Foreign matters
b. Cut straw
c. Chaffs
Answer - Chaffs
What is the application rate of a granular
broadcast spreader required to apply 1 ton
of manure at a distance of 1000 meters.
The machine swath is 2 meters.
a. 500 kg/ha
b. 5000 kg/ha
c. 50,000 kg/ha
Answer - 5000 kg/ha

An external shaft on an agricultural tractor
other than the PTO which provides
rotational power to implements that are
usually front and side mounted.
a. Belt drive shaft

b. Secondary PTO
c. Auxiliary PTO
Answer - Auxiliary PTO

A rotating device located inside the hopper of
gravity flow applicator and broadcast
spreaders to enhance delivery of granules to
the adjustable orifice of the machine.
a. Mixer
b. Stirrer
c. Agitator
Answer - Agitator
In ASAE, safety code for
laboratory equipment and
typical application, the safety
yellow color stands for
a. Danger stop
b. Warning
c. Caution
Answer - Caution
A safety gray color at the ASAE
safety code is code for
a. Floor or work area around
machines and Equipment
b. Areas with radiation hazard
c. Traffic and housekeeping
areas
d. All of the above
Answer - Floor or work area

around machines and
Equipment
When pipeline is painted with green and
white color, the safety code means that
the pipe contains
a. Liquid of inherently low
hazard
b. Flammable or explosion
materials
c. Fire extinguishing materials
d. All of the above
Answer - Liquid of inherently low

hazard
The standard length of stroke of
hydraulic remote control cylinders for
trailing-type agricultural implement is
a. 6 to 12 inches
b. 8 to 16 inches
c. 10 to 20 inches
d. None of the
above
Answer - 8 to 16
inches
Minimum thrust per drawbar
horsepower of hydraulic remote control
cylinder for trailing type agricultural
implement.
a. 68 kg
b. 78 kg
c. 88 kg
Answer - 68 kg
Assume that you are the Agricultural Engineer of 500-
hectare corn farm with soil type that gives 10 psi draft
when plowing at a speed of 4 km/hr. Compute the
drawbar horsepower required to pull a three-disk plow
with effective width of cut of 12 inches per disk at a
plowing depth of 6 inches.
a. 14.3 hp
b. 23.4 hp
c. 34.5 hp
Answer - 14.3 hp
How many hectares in item above does a
tractor pulling a three disk plow would be able
to plow in one day (16 hours operation)
assuming a total time loss of 30 %?
a. 2 ha/day
b. 4 ha/day
c. 6 ha/day
Answer - 4 ha/day
How many days in item above are required to
plow the 500-hectare farm using ten units of
the same kind of tractor and plow?
a. 8.3 days
b. 12.5 days
c. 15.4 days
Answer - 12.5 days

What is the amount of fuel consumed in liters per 16
hours day in item above, of one tractor unit if the
specific fuel consumption is 1 lb/dhp-hr and the
specific gravity of the fuel is 0.8?
a. 69.7 liters
b. 130.0 liters
c. 95.1 liters
Answer - 130.0 liters

The perpendicular distance between
the upper hitch point and the
common axis of the lower hitch point
of a tractor.
a. Mast height
b. Hitch vertical height
c. Stud height
Answer - Mast height

The distance between lower hitch point
measured at the base of the lower hitch stud, or
the distance between the inner most restraining
means provided on the implement.
a. Lower hitch-point spread
b. Lower hitch point distance
c. Lower hitch point
clearance
Answer - Lower hitch-point

spread
ASAE classification for slow moving
vehicle such as animal-drawn or
motorize conveyance, including
implements in tow should not be
exceeded a travel speed of
a. 30 kph
b. 40 kph
c. 50 kph
Answer - 40 kph
For safety purposes, slow-moving vehicle
such as agricultural machines must be
provided with
a. Rear bumper to protect the
machine from impact
b. Identification emblem to guide
motorist that the machine is slow-
moving
c. Signal light when traveling
Answer - Identification emblem to

guide motorist that the machine is
slow-moving
What is the cutting width of the single disk
harrow set at 18 degree working angle
containing 20 disks spaced at 30 cm? Disk
diameter is 40 cm.
a. 553.5 cm
b. 453.7 cm
c. 540.6 cm
Answer - 553.5 cm
If the harrow in item above is a
tandem disk harrow, what is the
cutting width of the machine?
a. 589.5 cm
b. 567.4 cm
c. 530.6 cm
d. None of the
above
Answer - 589.5 cm
A 30-disk double-offset-disk harrow is
travelling at a speed of 10 kph. If the disk
diameter is 40 cm spaced at 30 cm, what is the
cutting width of the harrow?
a. 860.5 cm
b. 875.4 cm
c. 850.3 cm
Answer - 860.5 cm
What is the theoretical field capacity of
the harrow in item above?
a. 8.6 ha/hr
b. 8.7 ha/hr
c. 8.5 ha/hr
Answer - 8.6 ha/hr

The identification of the given tire with
its maximum recommended load when
used in specific type service.
a. Tire rating
b. Tire lug rating
c. Ply rating
d. All of the above
Answer - Ply rating

A machine that is used with small plow
and harrow designed for rice farming
operation.
a. Puddling-type floating
tiller
b. Power tiller
c. Hydro tiller
d. All of the above
Answer - Power tiller

It is part of moldboard plow that
is used to cut the soil.
a. Moldboard
b. Share
c. Shin
Answer - Share
The center of resistance of
moldboard plow is located
a. At the center of
moldboard
b. At the center of share
c. At the intersection of
moldboard and share
Answer - At the intersection

of moldboard and share
ASAE stands for
a. American Society of
Automotive Engineers
b. American Society of Air-
conditioning Engineers
c. American Society of
Agricultural Engineers
d. All of the above
Answer - American Society of

Agricultural Engineers
The optimum puddler speed for
puddling-type floating tiller is
a. 100-150 rpm
b. 200-250 rpm
c. 300-350 rpm
Answer - 200-250 rpm

Part of soil profile exploited by
the roots of the plant.
a. Root bed
b. Root zone
c. Tillage zone
Answer - Root zone

The soil profile modified by
tillage or amendments for use by
plant roots.
a. Root bed
b. Root zone
c. Tillage zone
Answer - Root zone

When plowing requires for the soil to be
incorporated or mixed with grasses and
weeds, as an Agricultural Engineer you will
recommend
a. Disc plow
b. Rotary plow
c. Moldboard plow
d. All of the above
Answer - Rotary plow

Manual transplanting of rice is
advantageous over mechanical rice
transplanter in terms of
a. Intelligence
b. Dexterity
c. Cost
Answer - Dexterity
If soil clods are needed to be inverted
during plowing, the agricultural
engineer will recommend a
a. Disc plow
b. Moldboard plow
c. All of the above
Answer – Moldboard plow

An agricultural engineer will
recommend a _______ in order to loosen
the soil during plowing
a. Subsoiler
b. Field cultivator
c. Chisel plow
Answer - Chisel plow

It is a factor which consider the physical
condition, heart-beat ratio, and body weight of
a person when operating a machine.
a. Humanistic factor
b. Mechanical operation factor
c. Ergonomic factor
d. All of the above
Answer - Ergonomic factor

Ten-hectares of rice farm is to be harvested manually
in 2 days using sickle (8hr/day). If the field efficiency
is 80% and the man-hour/hectare for harvesting is 60,
how many persons will be needed to harvest the rice?
a. 27 persons
b. 37 persons
c. 47 persons
Answer - 47 persons
Compute the power developed by 600 kg
horse pulling 80-kg load at a speed of 0.9
m/sec.
a. 0.94 hp
b. 0.87 hp
c. 0.99 hp
Answer - 0.94 hp
It is a part of seeder that eventually
distributes seed in rows.
a. Metering device
b. Drive wheel
c. Seed hopper
Answer - Metering device

It is a machine which has one or
more elements that rotates about a
vertical axis and cut grass by impact.
a. Rotary mower
b. Grass cutter
c. Power scythe
d. All of the above
Answer - Rotary mower

The pivotal point of connection of
hitch to the tractor or a center of the
articulated connection between link
and the implement
a. Link point
b. Hitch pin
c. Hitch point
d. All of the above
Answer - Hitch point

A part of mechanism that they may be added
to a functional power unit, not utilizing its
mechanical power for the purpose of
enhancing the performance of that unit.
a. Auxiliary unit
b. Spare parts
c. Accessory
Answer - Accessory
Power take-off of lawn mower and
garden ride-on tractors.
a. 1000 rpm
b. 540 rpm
c. 2000 rpm
Answer - 2000 rpm

A frame for protection of operators of
compact utility tractors to minimize the
possibility of serious crushing injury to the
operator resulting from accidental upset.
a. Roll bar
b. Tractor shield frame
c. Roll-over protection structure
Answer - Roll-over protection

structure
Maximum tire inflation pressure for
agricultural implement.
a. 40 psi
b. 60 psi
c. 100 psi
Answer - 60 psi
A sprayer containing 100 liters of mixture operates
at a nozzle discharge of 0.2 liters per minute per
nozzle. If the sprayer boom consist of 6 nozzles,
what time does the sprayer mixture be changed?
a. 1.39 hours
b. 4.20 hours
c. 6.80 hours
Answer - 1.39 hours

It is a structural member of an
implement where tillage tool is to the
beam attached.
a. Boom
b. Shank
c. Gang
Answer - Shank
When a disk plow is set on a vertical
position, the plow will
a. Penetrate
b. Will not penetrate
c. Remain in position
Answer - Penetrate
It is a metallic or synthetic lining for a
hole which reduces or prevents abrasion
between components of a machine.
a. Bearing
b. Bushing
c. Gasket
d. All of the above
Answer - Bushing
A steel containing 0.035 – 0.4%
carbon and is widely used for
production of steel plate, structural
steel, bars, etc.
a. Mild steel
b. Hard steel
c. Soft centered
steel
d. All of the above
Answer - Mild steel

A heat treatment method to increase the
hardness of steel by rapid cooling.
a. Tempering
b. Quenching
c. Annealing
Answer - Quenching
A gas-metallic arc welding which uses inert
gas shielding to produce a cleaner and
sounder weld compare with conventional
welding.
a. Gas welding
b. MIG welding
c. TIG welding
d. All of the above
Answer - MIG welding

A widely used method of welding
aluminum, copper, stainless steel,
and other difficult-to-weld metals.
a. TIG welding
b. MIG welding
c. Gas welding
d. All of the above
Answer - TIG welding

A device suitable for cutting stainless
steel plate.
a. Shear cutter
b. Plasma cutter
c. Acetylene gas cutter
d. All of the above
Answer - Plasma cutter

Ductility which is one of the
properties of metals refers to:
a. Its resistance to
penetration
b. How much the material
absorb impact before it
breaks
c. How much the material
is deformed
d. All of the above
Answer - How much the

material is deformed
A type of bearing used to restrain
endwise motion of a turning shaft or
withstand axial load.
a. Ball bearing
b. Thrust bearing
c. Roller bearing
Answer - Thrust
bearing
A drive suitable for counter
clockwise direction of shafts.
a. Open drive belt
b. Chain and sprocket
c. Gears
d. All of the above
Answer - Gears
A belt transmission suitable for
cross-drive system.
a. V-belt
b. Timing v-belt
c. Flat belt
Answer - Flat belt

If the pulley to be driven requires to
be turned in counterclockwise
direction, what drive system would
you recommend?
a. Open drive
b. Quarter-turn drive
c. Cross-drive
d. All of the above
Answer - Cross-drive
When one pulley is to be driven horizontally
and the other pulley is to be driven vertically,
what drive system would you recommend?
a. Open drive
b. Quarter-turn drive
c. Cross drive
d. All of the above
Answer - Quarter-turn
drive
A thresher has a capacity of 30 cavans per hour. Three men
are required to operate the thresher. The other data are as
follows:
Purchase price =P40,000 including engine
Utilization =1,500 hours per year, 8 hours/day
Estimated life = 7 years
What is the depreciation cost using straight line method?
a. 6,568.35/year
b. 784.56/year
c. 5,142.86/year
Answer - 5,142.86/year
What is the total fixed cost in the item above
if the cost of money is 21% per annum?
a. 10, 542.86/year
b. 13, 542.86/year
c. 12, 542.86/year
Answer - 13, 542.86/year

What is the total variable cost in the item above using the
following additional data?
Size of engine = 10 hp
Specific fuel consumption = 0.85 lb/BHP-hr
Cost of fuel = P13.60/liter
Fuel specific gravity = 0.76
Salary of Laborers = P100.00/day-person
a. 159,882.00/year
b. 234,765.00/year
c. 456,854.00/year
Answer - 159,882.00/year
What is the threshing cost for the thresher
above?
a. P3.85/cavan
b. P2.87/cavan
c. P2.78/cavan
Answer - P3.85/cavan
It is a power transmission device used
to deliver misaligned shaft.
a. Gears
b. Sprocket and chain
c. Universal joint
d. All of the above
Answer - Universal joint

It is a kind of steel used in
making disk plow bottom.
a. Tool steel
b. Soft-centered steel
c. Molybdenum steel
Answer - Soft-centered
steel

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Answer: At the point of

Answer: Roller tiller

Answer: Mole plow

Answer - Drawbar hitch

Answer - Multiple cropping

Answer - Mixed cropping

Answer - Spot treatment

Answer - Space treatment

Answer - Foliar application

Answer - Direct application

Answer – Broadcast application

Answer - Basal application

Answer - Band application

Answer - Effective field

Answer - Theoretical field

Answer - Custom cost

Answer - Field load factor

a. Through put rate

Answer - Application rate

Answer - Electrostatic sprayer

Answer - Seed metering

Answer - Agricultural trailer

Answer - 5000 kg/ha

a. Belt drive shaft

Answer - Auxiliary PTO

Answer - Floor or work area

Answer - Liquid of inherently low

Answer - 12.5 days

Answer - 130.0 liters

Answer - Mast height

Answer - Lower hitch-point

Answer - Identification emblem to

Answer - 8.6 ha/hr

Answer - Ply rating

Answer - Power tiller

Answer - At the intersection

Answer - American Society of

Answer - 200-250 rpm

Answer - Root zone

Answer - Root zone

Answer - Rotary plow

Answer – Moldboard plow

Answer - Chisel plow

Answer - Ergonomic factor

Answer - Metering device

Answer - Rotary mower

Answer - Hitch point

Answer - 2000 rpm

Answer - Roll-over protection

Answer - 1.39 hours

Answer - Mild steel

Answer - MIG welding

Answer - TIG welding

Answer - Plasma cutter

Answer - How much the

Answer - Flat belt

Answer - 13, 542.86/year

Answer - Universal joint

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