Power Point - Agricultural Machinery and Allied Subjects

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
An engine that burns fuel inside the
cylinder.
a. External combustion
engine
b. Internal combustion
engine
c. Sterling engine
d. None of the above
Answer – internal
combustion engine
Part of engine that which slides up and
down the cylinder and transmits power
to the crankshaft.
a. Connecting rod
b. Cylinder block
c. Piston
d. Spark plug
Answer - Piston
Amount of power that the
manufacturer specified for an
engine.
a. Indicated horsepower
b. Brake horsepower
c. Rated horsepower
d. Belt horsepower
Answer – Rated Horsepower

Distance of movement piston from
the top dead to the bottom dead
center.
a. Stroke
b. Bore
c. Valve clearance
d. None of the Above
Answer - Stroke
Reduction of engine speed or flow
of fuel.
a. Throttling
b. Clutching
c. Atomization
Answer - Throttling
A device which uses fluid power to
produce mechanical force and
motion.
a. Governor
b. Accumulator
c. Actuator
Answer - Actuator
A mechanical breaking up of fuel
into spray droplets by high velocity
of air passing through a jet.
a. Atomization
b. Carburetion
c. Turbo charging
Answer - Atomization
A device that is used to actuate the
throttle of an engine to increase its
speed.
a. Governor
b. Accelerator
c. Actuator
Answer - Accelerator
Usable power delivered by the
engine
a. Indicated horsepower
b. Brake horsepower
c. Rated horsepower
Answer – Brake horsepower

A device that meter the fuel air and
mixes them into harmonious
mixture before the mixture enters
the combustion chamber of an
engine.
a. Governor
b. Air injector
c. Carburetor
d. All of the above
Answer- Carburetor
A device that permits the flow of
fuel and of burned gases in one
direction only.
a. Check valve
b. Relief valve
c. Spark plug
Answer – Check valve

An internal combustion engine that
produces power in one revolution of
the crankshaft.
a. Four stroke cycle engine
b. Two stroke cycle engine
c. Rotary engine
Answer – Two stroke cycle

A device that provides ignition to a
gasoline engine.
a. Flywheel
b. Fuel injector
c. Carburetor
d. Spark plug
e. None of the above
Answer – Spark plug

During the power stroke, which of
the following valve is open?
a. Intake
b. Exhaust
c. Intake and exhaust
Answer – None of the above

Number of spark plugs for 6
cylinder diesel engine
a. 6
b. 12
c. 4

The volume displaced by a piston
in making upward and downward
stroke.
a. Piston displacement volume
b. Clearance volume
c. Total volume
Answer – Piston displacement volume

At the downward stroke of two-stroke
cycle, which of the events are taking
place.
a. Power & intake
b. Compression & exhaust
c. Power and exhaust

The ratio of the clearance volume
from the total volume.
a. Compression ratio
b. Air fuel ratio
c. Bore stroke ratio
Answer – Compression Ratio

Power transmitted to the pistons by
the gas in the cylinder
a. Brake horsepower
b. Indicated horsepower
c. Drawbar horsepower
d. Flywheel horsepower
Answer – Indicated horsepower

Suppose a 4-cylinder engine has a
bore of 3.5 in. and a stroke of 4.0
in., what is the engine
displacement.
a. 154 in3
b. 175 in3
c. 225 in3
Answer – 154 in3

An engine has piston displacement
of 38.4 in3. If the clearance volume
of the cylinder is 2.5 in3, what is the
compression ratio?
a. 1:12
b. 1:16
c. 1:8
Answer – 1:16
Number of explosion of piston on a
single cylinder, four stroke cycle
engine in 100 revolution of the
crankshaft.
a. 100
b. 50
c. 25
Answer – 50 explosions
A device that connects and
disconnects power input to the
power output.
a. Clutch
b. Gear
c. Pulley
Answer – Clutch
The space when the piston is at the
top dead center
a. Piston displacement volume
b. Clearance volume
c. Total volume
Answer – Clearance volume

How many piston strokes are there
in one revolution of a crankshaft.
a. One
b. Two
c. Four
Answer - Two
Engine having fuel injected into the
combustion chamber near the end
of the combustion stroke and is
ignited by heat of compression
only.
a. Gasoline engine
b. Diesel engine
c. Steam engine
Answer - Diesel
Number of times the exhaust valve
opens in 2-stroke cycle engine
running at 2000 rpm.
a. 1000
b. 2000
c. 1500

What is the indicated horsepower, of a
four-stroke, six-cylinder engine having
a 4” bore and 4” stroke. The engine
speed is 1500 rpm and the mean
effective pressure is 80 psi.
a. 35 hp
b. 45 hp
c. 52 hp
Answer – 45 hp
The sequence by which the
cylinder delivers the power stroke.
a. Ignition
b. Firing order
c. Flash point
Answer – Firing order

Engine that burns fuel outside the
cylinder.
a. Spark ignition engine
b. External combustion engine
c. Compression ignition engine
Answer – External combustion engine

At the intake stroke of a diesel
engine, what come in?
a. Fuel and air
b. Fuel
c. Air
Answer - Air
A device that creates ignition of fuel
in a diesel engine.
a. Spark plug
b. Piston
c. Carburetor
Answer - Piston
Two pistons running at the same
time in the same direction but
performing different strokes.
a. Running mate
b. Firing order
c. Valve timing
Answer – Running mate

How many times the intake valve
opens in 4 stroke-cycle engine
running at 2000 rpm.
a. 1000
b. 2000
c. 500
Answer – 1000 times

Two-stroke six-cylinder-internal-combustion
engine has a cylinder bore of 4 inches and a
stroke of 4 inches. If the engine is running
at a speed of 1500 rpm, what is the
indicated horsepower of the engine? The
mean effective stroke is 80 psi.
a. 85 hp
b. 92 hp
c. 102 hp
Answer – 92 hp
Firing order of 4-cylinder engine.
a. 1-2-3-4
b. 1-3-4-2
c. 1-2-4-3
Answer – 1-3-4-2
A device which connects or
disconnects engine crankshaft to
the transmission box or driven
machine.
a. Differential gear
b. Clutch
c. Actuator
Answer: Clutch
Firing order for 6-cylinder engine
straight and V-piston.
a. 1-5-3-6-2-4
b. 1-4-2-6-3-5
c. 1-2-3-4-5-6
Answer -
Firing order for 8-cylinder V piston
a. 1-6-8-4-3-2-7-5
b. 1-8-7-3-6-5-4-2
c. All of the above
Answer – All of the above

Engine mechanical efficiency.
a. Brake hp over indicated hp
b. Rated hp over indicated hp
c. Friction hp over flywheel hp
Answer – Brake horsepower over indicated

horsepower
Number of times the intake valve
opens in a single-cylinder four-
stroke cycle after completing 200
revolutions.
a. 200
b. 100
c. 50
Answer – 100 times

What is the mechanical efficiency
of an engine having a brake
horsepower of 8 hp and an
indicated horsepower of 10 hp?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%
Answer – 80%
Part of an engine that converts
reciprocating motion into rotary
motion.
a. Crankshaft
b. Piston
c. Camshaft
Answer - Crankshaft
Engine system that reduces the
temperature of the cylinder.
a. Ignition System
b. Carburetor System
c. Cooling System
Answer – Cooling System

System of number indicating the
ignition quality of diesel fuel.
a. Octane rating
b. Cetane rating
c. Fuel index
Answer – Cetane rating

Twenty-hp engine is equal to.
a. 1524.44 kg-m/sec
b. 1254.2 kg-m/sec
c. 1425.44 kg-m/sec
Answer – 1524.44 kg-m/sec

Ten-hp engine is equivalent to
a. 7.46 kw
b. 76.4 watt
c. 0.746 kw
Answer – 7.46 kW
A substance that decreases the
effect of friction and which is
commonly obtained from petroleum
products.
a. Lubricant
b. Gear oil
c. Grease
d. All of the above

Gear oil is used for
a. Engine
b. Transmission box
c. Hydraulic system
d. All of the above
Answer – Transmission Box

Mean effective pressure for turbo-
charge engine.
a. 300 psi
b. 200 psi
c. 400 psi
Answer – 300 psi

Engine valve that allows the
entrance of fuel.
a. Exhaust valve
b. Intake valve
c. Check valve
Answer – Intake valve

If the compression ratio is 1:17, the
piston displacement volume for 10
cm3 piston clearance volume is
a. 160 cc
b. 170 cc
c. 200 cc
Answer – 160 cm3

Standard throttling adjustment of an
engine.
a. 1/3
b. ½
c. ¾
Answer – 3/4
Mean effective pressure of an
engine.
a. 120 psi
b. 200 psi
c. 50 psi
Answer – 120 psi

Number of pistons for 6 cylinder
four stroke gasoline engine.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
Answer – 6 pistons
Fuel for compression ignition
engine.
a. Gasoline
b. Kerosene
c. LPG

A term used to describe the
resistance of oil to flow.
a. Viscosity
b. Cetane Number
c. Volume weight
Answer - Viscosity
The speed of the engine is
automatically regulated by.
a. Hand lever
b. Governor
c. Flywheel
Answer - Governor
Ignition timing for gasoline engine.
a. 1-5 deg
b. 5-10 deg
c. 10-15 deg
Answer – 5 to 10
Ignition timing for diesel engine.
a. 5-12 deg
b. 17-19 deg
c. 20-26 deg
Answer – 17-19 deg

A type of engine that completes
power stroke in two revolution of
the crankshaft.
a. Four-stroke cycle engine
b. Two-stroke cycle engine
c. All of the above
Answer – four strokes cycle engine

A type of engine that completes
power stroke in one revolution of
the crankshaft.
a. Four-stroke cycle
b. Two-stroke cycle
c. All of the above
Answer – two stroke cycle engine

An engine that produce more
power per unit weight.
b. Two-stroke cycle
c. All of the above
Answer – two-stroke
An engine which uses oil entirely as
lubricant.
b. Two-stroke cycle
c. All of the above
Answer – fours storke

One horsepower can generate heat
energy equal to
a. 2455 BTU/hr
b. 2545 BTU/hr
c. 2445 BTU/hr
Answer – 2545 BTU/hr

An engine basically has
a. Larger cylinder diameter than piston diameter
b. Equal piston diameter than cylinder diameter
c. Larger piston diameter than cylinder diameter
Answer: Larger cylinder diameter than piston

diameter
A part of an engine which reduces
vibration and stores energy.
a. Spark plug
b. Flywheel
c. Piston
Answer - Flywheel
If a 4-cylinder, 2-stroke-cycle
internal-combustion engine has 600
explosion per minute, what is the
engine rpm.
a. 125 rpm
b. 150 rpm
c. 200 rpm
Answer – 150 rpm

Considering that the engine in item
above has a piston diameter of 4” and
piston stroke of 5”, what is the indicated
horsepower of the engine assuming a
mean effective pressure of 102 psi.
a. 9.7 hp
b. 53.3 hp
c. 28.5 hp
Answer – 9.7 hp
What is the brake horsepower of
the engine in item above if the
mechanical efficiency is 80 percent.
a. 8 hp
b. 31 hp
c. 35 hp
Answer – 8 hp
The indicated power of an engine is
69 horsepower. The brake
horsepower is 54. What is the
mechanical of engine efficiency?
a. 69 %
b. 78 %
c. 59 %
Answer – 78%
What is the thermal efficiency of an
engine which uses 0.6-lb of fuel per
horsepower-hr. The fuel contain
20,000 BTU/lb.
a. 21.2 %
b. 34.5 %
c. 46.8 %
Answer – 21.2%
The brake constant is
a. 2 π R/c
b. 2 π RN
c. 2 π RFn/c
Answer – 2piR/c
What is the brake constant value of
dynamometer whose length of arm
is equal to 1m?
a. 0.082 sec/kg
b. 0.82 sec/kg
c. 2.8 sec/kg
Answer – 0.082 sec/kg

A diesel engine four-stroke cycle with three
cylinder has a cylinder bore of 89 mm and a
stroke of 130 mm. The compression ratio is
16:1 and running at a speed of 2000 rpm.
What is the piston displacement of the
engine per cylinder?
a. 809 cc
b. 1320 cc
c. 650 cc
Answer – 809 cc
What is the total power stroke per
minute of the piston in item above?
a. 2000
b. 3000
c. 500
Answer: 3000 power stroke per min

In item above, what is the total
displacement volume of the engine
per min?
a. 9708 l/min
b. 8534 l/min
c. 9578 l/min
Answer – 9780 m/min

In item above, what is the piston
speed of the engine?
a. 520 m/min
b. 660 m/min
c. 743 m/min
Answer – 520 m/min

In item above, what is the stroke-to-
bore ratio of the engine?
a. 1.00
b. 1.32
c. 1.46
Answer – 1.46
A four-cylinder gasoline engine has a
cylinder diameter of 20 cm and a stroke of
40 cm. The cylinders run at a speed of 150
rpm. The engine is a four-stroke cycle with
a mean effective pressure of 8 kg/cm2.
What is the area of the piston?
a. 314 cm2
b. 284 cm2
c. 167 cm2
Answer – 314 cm2

What is the length of stroke of the
engine piston in meter in item
above?
a. 0.40
b. 0.20
c. 0.8
Answer – 0.40 m
What is the power stroke of the
engine per cylinder in item above?
a. 50
b. 75 power stroke per min-cylinder
c. 100
Answer – 75 power stroke per min-cylinder

What is the total power stroke of
the engine in item above?
a. 150
b. 300
c. 75
Answer - 300
What is the indicated horsepower
of the engine?
a. 46 hp
b. 66 hp
c. 56 hp
Answer – 66 hp
If the engine mechanical efficiency,
in item above, is 80 %, what is the
brake horsepower of the engine?
a. 53 hp
b. 35 hp
c. 65 hp
Answer – 53 hp
What is the stroke-to-bore ratio of
the engine in item above?
a. 2.0
b. 1.6
c. 2.4
Answer – 2.0
If a two-stroke 4-cylinder engine is
running at 2000 rpm, the power
stroke per minute of the engine is
a. 4000
b. 8000
c. 2000
Answer – 2000 strokes per min

Power available on human for
useful work.
a. 0.1 hp
b. 0.5 hp
c. 0.3 hp
Answer – 0.1 hp
Domesticated animals used as
power for agriculture.
a. Dairy animals
b. Draft animals
c. Game animals
Answer – Draft animals

A person is doing a work for 4
hours, what is the power developed
by the person?
a. 0.09 hp
b. 0.13 hp
c. 0.15 hp
Answer – 0.13 hp
Conversion of solid into
combustible carbon monoxide
through thermo-chemical reaction.
a. Digestion
b. Carbonization
c. Gasification
d. Pyrolysis
Answer - Gasification
Power generated from moving air.
a. Wind power
b. Hydropower
c. Photovoltaic cell
Answer - Windpower
A gas produces putrefactive bacteria
that breaks down organic material
under airless condition consisting
mainly of methane and carbon dioxide.
a. Biofuel
b. Biogas
c. Gasifier
d. LPG
Answer - biogas
Wind is moving at 4 meters per
second. If the rotor area is 2
square meters, what is the wind
power?
a. 80 watts
b. 125 watts
c. 95 watts
Answer – 80 watts
Average power density of solar
heat striking the earth surface.
a. 1 kw/m2
b. 0.89 kw/m2
c. 0.58 kw/m2
Answer – 0.89 kW/m2

One hundred liters per second of water
is falling at a head of 10 meters. The
turbine efficiency is 80%. What is the
hydraulic power of the hydro system?
a. 8.7 kw
b. 87 kw
c. 7.8 kw
Answer – 7.8 kW
A device that converts kinetic
energy of the wind to mechanical
power.
a. Rotor
b. Generator
c. Motor
Answer - Rotor
A device that converts electricity to
mechanical power.
a. Rotor
b. Generator
c. Motor
Answer - Motor
A device that converts electricity
from sunlight.
a. Windpump
b. Photovoltaic
c. Generator
Answer - Photovoltaic
Wind machine that is used for lifting
water.
a. Aerogenerator
b. Wind turbine
c. WIndpump
Answer - windpump
Power generated from a falling
water.
a. Hydro power
b. Biomass power
c. Wind power
Answer – hydro power

Vehicle designed to pull, propel,
and supply power to operate
machinery used in agricultural
operation.
a. Agricultural Tractor
b. Automobile
c. Payloader
Answer – Agricultural Tractor

The stirring wheel of the tractor can
be found at
a. In front
b. At the rear
c. At the operator’s seat
Answer – at the operator,s seat

A substance that is added to the
tractor for the purpose of changing
traction and stability.
a. Ballast
b. Cage wheel
c. Plow
d. Hydraulic lift
Answer - ballast
Power drive that can be found at
the rear of the tractor to propel
power implements and stationary
machines.
a. Power take off drive
b. Hydraulic system
c. Differential gear
Answer – Power takeoff

Standard rpm of a tractor PTO
drive.
a. 600 rpm
b. 200 rpm
c. 540 rpm
Answer – 540 rpm

Standard number of splines on a
PTO drive.
a. 10
b. 21
c. 15
Answer - 21
A two-wheeled and hand-operated
tractor used primarily as a
substitute for draft animals.
a. Power tiller
b. Reaper
c. Seeder
Answer Power tiller

Attachment to a tractor rear wheel
to increase traction.
a. Ballast
b. Cagewheel
c. Stirring wheel
Answer - cagewheel
Tractor part that controls the
direction of the travel of the
machine.
a. Rear wheel
b. Front wheel
c. Stirring wheel
Answer - Stirring wheel

A tractor device which
automatically raises or lowers the
implement in operation to maintain
a given draft
a. Automatic draft control
b. Automatic position control
c. 3-point linkage
Answer – Automatic draft control

The inherent characteristics of
tractors to maintain or to produce
increased drawbar pull even if the
speed is reduced.
a. Lugging ability
b. Mechanical efficiency
c. Coefficient traction
Answer – Lugging ability

The lower PTO speed of standard
four-wheel tractor is.
a. 540 rpm
b. 450 rpm
c. 640 rpm
Answer – 540 rpm

It is the special arrangement of gears to
permit driving member to rotate slower
or faster than the other and permit
operation of driving wheels at different
speed for easy turn.
a. Spur gear
b. Planetary gear
c. Differential
Answer - Differential
It is a gear reduction of the tractor
located in the power train between the
differential and the driving wheel and
transmits power of low speed and large
tongue to the rear axles and wheels.
a. Differential
b. Universal joint
c. Final drive
Answer - Final drive

Standard power-take-off speed of a
tractor.
a. 100 rpm
b. 540 rpm
c. 1200 rpm
Answer - 540 rpm

Standard number of spline for PTO
shaft.
a. 6 spline
b. 21 spline
c. 20 spline
d. All of the above

Standard shaft diameter of PTO
shaft.
a. 35 mm
b. 45 mm
c. 50 mm
d. Two of the above
Answer – Two of the above

If farm tractor is rated at 80
horsepower, its metric equivalent is
a. 75 kw
b. 60 kw
c. 80 kw
Answer – 60 kW
The heat energy content of coconut
shell charcoal is 14223 BTU/lb.
How many kilo calories are there in
10 kilos of coconut shell charcoal?
a. 78, 852.3 Kcal
b. 68, 852.3 Kcal
c. 87, 852.3 Kcal
Answer – 78,852.3 kCal

The burning efficiency of rice hull
furnaces is between
a. 70-80 %
b. 80-90 %
c. 90 and less than
100 %
d. All of the above
Answer – 90 to 99%
The thermal efficiency of rice hull
furnaces is between
a. 40-70 %
b. 70-90 %
c. 10-40 %
d. All of the above
A corncob has a stoichiometric air
requirement of 5.7 kg air/kg fuel. If 3
kg of corn cob is required to be burned
per hour, how much air in m3/hr is
required for the system?
a. 3.68 m3/hr
b. 31.68 m3/hr
c. 13.68 m3/hr
Answer – 13.68 m3/hr

It is an indicator of the amount of
fuel in a furnace that is converted
into ash.
a. Burning efficiency
b. Thermal efficiency
c. Heat utilization efficiency
Answer : Burning efficiency

It indicates the ratio of the amount
of heat given off by the furnace to
the system and the heat used from
the fuel.
a. Burning efficiency
b. Thermal efficiency
c. Heat utilization energy
Answer - Thermal efficiency

Which of the following is true in
operating gasifier for internal
combustion engine?
a. Only 50 to 70 % of the diesel oil can be
replaced by gas producer.
b. Gasoline and diesel can be fueled with gas
producer.
c. The power output of gasoline engine at
arbitrary rpm will decrease by 30 to 50 % when
fueled with producer gas.
d. All of the above
Answer - All of the above

A rice hull gasifier reactor that
produces less tar during operation.
a. Updraft
b. Cross draft
c. Down draft
d. All of the above
Answer – Cross draft

The primary gas produced during
gasification.
a. Methane
b. Carbon Dioxide
c. Carbon Monoxide
d. All of the above
Answer Carbon monoxide

When a biogas contains 40 %
methane and 60 % carbon dioxide,
a. The biogas can be used for cooking
b. The biogas can run gas refrigerator
c. The biogas can be used for lighting

A biogas is generated inside the
a. Gas holder
b. Mixing tank
c. Digester
Answer -Digester
The feed material to water ratio for
biogas generation is
a. 1:0.5 to 1:1
b. 1:1 to 1:2
c. 1:2 to 1:3
Answer – 1:1 to 1:2

A digester for biogas is to be designed to
accommodate 30 liters of dung per day. If
the feed-material-to-water ratio is 1:1 and
the designed retention time is 80 days, what
is the capacity of the digester?
a. 4800 liters
b. 5200 liters
c. 6100 liters
Answer – 4800 liters

A solid biomass fuel burning device
used for domestic cooking water
heating, smoking, roasting and
simmering.
a. Furnace
b. Cookstove
c. Biomass oven
Answer - Cookstove
The percentage primary air
requirement based on the total air
for the combustion of fuel in a
cookstove.
a. 80 %
b. 60 %
c. 40 %
Answer – 80%
Elements necessary for
combustion.
a. Fire
b. Air
c. Fuel
d. All of the above

Air required for complete
combustion of combustible gasses.
a. Stoichiometric air
b. Primary air
c. Secondary air
d. All of the above
Answer – Secondary air

The amount of heat required to
raise the temperature of one pound
water by one degree farenheight.
a. Kcal
b. BTU
c. Joule
Answer - BTU
The excessive amount of tars
produced in the combustion of
agricultural waste is primary due to:
a. Insufficiency of fuel
b. Less air is used
c. Too much air used
Answer – Less air is used

Open-fire stove has a thermal
efficiency of:
a. 3-11 %
b. 11-20 %
c. 20-30%
d. All of the above
Answer – 3-11%
A chamber where combustion of
fuel takes place.
a. Damper
b. Chimney
c. Fire box
Answer – Fire box

The thermal efficiency of a
cookstove can be increased by:
a. Increasing the amount of fuel
b. Using more air for the fuel
c. Insulating the stove
d. All of the above
Answer – Insulating the stove

The power output of an agriwaste-
fired multiple-burner stove can be
increased by:
a. Providing large connecting tunnel for the pot
holes
b. Increasing the height of the chimney
c. Providing damper to control the flow of
passage of air
d. All of the above

The recommended angle for the
inclined metal grates on the step-
grate-type stove.
a. 45-60 deg
b. 30-40 deg
c. 60-80 deg
Answer – 45 to 60 deg
A gas produced from agricultural
waste which is odorless, tasteless,
colorless and flammable.
a. Biogas
b. CO
c. CH4
Answer – Carbon monoxide

anaerobic digestion of agricultural
wastes.
a. CH4 & H2S
b. CH4 & CO2
c. CH4 & CO
d. All of the above
Answer – CH4 & CO2

C-N ratio suitable for anaerobic
digestion of agriwaste.
a. 10:1 to 20:1
b. 20:1 to 30:1
c. 30:1 to 40:1
Answer – 30 to 40
The power output of diesel engine,
when powered with gas producer at
an arbitrary speed will be reduced
by
a. 10-20 %
b. 30-50 %
c. 50-70 %
The percentage amount of diesel
fuel can be replaced by gas
producer
a. 20-40 %
b. 50-70%
c. 90-100%
Type of engine that can be fueled
with producer gas.
a. Gas engine
b. Diesel engine
c. Gasoline engine
d. All of the above

The bulk density of rice husk.
a. 50-80 kg/m3
b. 100-120 kg/m3
c. 140-160 kg/m3
Answer – 100 to 120 kg/m3

To minimize channel formation inside the
gasifier reactor, the superficial gas velocity
on the bed of the char should not exceed.
a. 8-9 cm/sec
b. 15-20 cm/sec
c. 20-23 cm/sec
Answer – 8 to 9 cm/sec
The air requirement for gasification
of agricultural waste ranged from
a. 10-20 % of stoichiometric air (SA)
b. 20-30 % of SA
c. 30-40 % of SA
Answer – 30 to 40% SA
A cleaning units for rice husk gasifier to
remove gaseous pollutant and solid particles
while cooling the gas at the same time.
a. Cyclone separator
b. Fabric filter
c. Scrubber
d. All of the above
Answer - Scrubber
A type of gas producer which has
the ability to gasify wet fuel.
a. Updraft
b. Down draft
c. Cross draft
d. Fluidized bed
Answer - Updraft
A cleaning system is needed for
gasifier when the unit is to be used
for
a. Direct heating
b. Power generation
c. Gas production
Answer – Power generation

The gasifcation rate of rice hull
ranged from
a. 90-105 kg/m2-hr
b. 110-210 kg/m2-hr
c. 210-240 kg/m2-hr
Answer – 110 to 210 kg/m2-hr

Rice hull gasifier efficiency normally
ranged from
a. 50-70 %
b. 70-80 %
c. 80-90 %
The caloric value of fuel is
a. The amount of heat contained by the fuel
per unit weight
b. The heat needed to burn a certain weight
of fuel
c. The weight of fuel to be heated
Answer – The amount of heat contained by

the fuel per unit weight
A type of rice husk furnace that
burn the fuel while it is being
spread in a circular pattern inside
the combustion chamber.
a. Step grate furnace
b. Suspended air furnace
c. Cyclone furnace
d. All of the above
Answer – Cyclone furnace

The thermal efficiency of the
furnace is the ratio of
a. The amount of fuel used to the amount of heat
generated during combustion
b. The amount of heat generated during
combustion to the amount of fuel used
c. The amount of heat delivered to the amount of
heat available in the fuel used
Answer - The amount of heat delivered to the

amount of heat available in the fuel used
The burning temperature of most
agricultural waste
a. 100-200C
b. 300-400 C
c. 500-600 C
Answer – 300 to 400 C

A high-cetane fueled engine uses
a. Diesel as fuel and is difficult to start engine at
lower temperature
b. Diesel as fuel and is easy to start at lower
temperature
c. Gasoline fuel and is easy to start at lower
temperature
Answer - Diesel as fuel and is easy to start at

lower temperature
High viscosity engine oil is
desirable to use because
a. Its viscosity changes easily with a change in
temperature
b. Its viscosity does not change easily with a
change in temperature
c. Its viscosity changes even without a change in
temperature
Answer - Diesel as fuel and is easy to start at

lower temperature
Engine oil having high flash and fire
point indicates.
a. High boiling point
b. High evaporation rate
c. High heating value
d. All of the above
Answer - High boiling point

In order to increase the resistance of
engine oil, the formation of certain
acidic product that may cause
corrosion of certain type of bearing the
recommended additive to use is.
a. Anticorrosive
b. Antioxidants
c. Dispersants
d. All of the above
Answer - antioxcidant
An additive purposely to provide a
protective film on bearing surfaces
thus preventing any acid to corrode
metal parts.
a. Anticorrosive
b. Antioxidants
c. Dispersants
d. All of the above
Answer - Anticorrosive
Additives to cause carbon particles
in the engine to remain in
suspension in oil.
a. Anticorrosive
b. Antioxidants
c. Dispersants
d. All of the above
Answer - Dispersant
The burning of portion of fuel in the
combustion chamber of an engine
at a rate faster than the desired.
a. Knocking
b. Detonation
c. Misfiring
d. All of the above
Answer - DEtonation
A device used to measure the
quantity of oil in a crankcase.
a. Dipstick
b. Oil gauge
c. Oil stick
Answer - Dipstick
A device that provides a rich
mixture of fuel during high load and
lean mixture during under load.
a. Carburetor
b. Economizer
c. Fuel regulator
d. All of the above
Answer - Economizer
The lubrication system of an engine
is basically
a. To reduce wear and tear of an engine
b. To act as complement of the cooling
system
c. To act seal between the piston and
cylinder wall
d. All of the above

When a diesel engine knocks, the
trouble is
a. The diesel fuel ignition timing is late
b. Incorrect type of spark plug
c. Incorrect engine lubrication and wrong
grade oil
d. All of the above
Answer - The diesel fuel ignition timing is

late
When a gasoline engine knocks,
the problem is
a. The spark timing is too far advance
b. Incorrect type of spark plug
c. Incorrect type of fuel
d. All of the above
Answer - The spark timing is too far advance

If the engine timing is advance
a. The spark plug ignites earlier than the fuel while piston
is completing the compression stroke
b. The spark plug ignites earlier than the fuel while the
piston is at the intake stroke
c. The spark ignites earlier than the fuel while moving
downward immediately after the power stroke
d. All of the above
Answer - The spark plug ignites earlier than the fuel while
piston is completing the compression stroke
It is the act of checking, testing,
measuring, repairing and adjusting
the engine in order to bring it to the
peak efficiency.
a. Trouble shooting
b. Tune-up
c. Timing adjustment
d. All of the above
Answer – tune up
The coefficient of traction for wheel-
type tractor is highest for
a. Concrete road
b. Fine sand
c. Sandy loam soil
d. All of the above
Answer – Concrete road

The rapid explosion of mixture of
fuel and air within the cylinder when
ignited by spark plug is.
a. Constant volume combustion
b. Constant temperature combustion
c. Constant pressure combustion
d. All of the above
Answer - Constant volume

The relatively slow burning as the
fuel is injected into a highly
compressed heated air is.
a. Constant volume combustion
b. Constant temperature combustion
c. Constant pressure combustion
d. All of the above
Answer - Constant pressure combustion

The gross heating value of diesel is
a. Higher than gasoline
b. Higher than kerosene
c. Higher than ethanol
d. All of the above
Answer - Higher than ethanol

Which of the following is true in the
operating gasifier for internal
combustion engine?
a. Only 50 to 70 % of the diesel oil can be
replaced by gas producer.
b. Gasoline and diesel can be fueled with gas
producer.
c. The power output of gasoline engine at
arbitrary rpm will increase by 30 to 50 % when
fueled with producer gas.
d. All of the above

An injection system used in small
stationary diesel engine consisting
essentially of a high pressure pump
and an injection nozzle.
a. Air injection system
b. Solid injection system
c. Automized injection system
Answer - Solid injection system

Thermal efficiency of internal
combustion engine.
a. 0 to 10 %
b. 10 to 20 %
c. 20 to 30 %
Answer -
An engine running at a speed of
2000 rpm is classified as
a. Low speed engine
b. Medium speed engine
c. High speed engine
Answer – High speed

It is used to seal engine
components which are bolted to the
sub-frame, the cylinder block, and
the crankcase.
a. Oil
b. Grease
c. Gasket
Answer – Gasket
An air cooled engine is basically
equipped with
a. Pump
b. Fan
c. Fan and pump
Answer - Fan
A rice hull gasifier reactor that
produces less tar during operation.
a. Updraft
b. Crossdraft
c. Downdraft
d. All of the above
Answer – Down draft

gasification.
a. Methane
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Carbon monoxide
d. All of the above
Answer – Carbon monoxide

When an engine is diesel operated,
a. The moisture of air and fuel is taken in the
cylinder
b. The fuel is compressed into the combustion
engine
c. Air fuel ratio is not constant as the quantity of
air drawn into the cylinder is not always the
same
d. All of the above
Answer - Air fuel ratio is not constant as the

quantity of air drawn into the cylinder is not
always the same
When operating light equipment, it
is recommended to use.
a. Four stroke gasoline engine
b. Two stroke gasoline engine
c. Four stroke diesel engine
d. All of the above
Answer - Two stroke gasoline engine

A four-stroke-cycle engine is
advantageous to use than two-
stroke-cycle engine for the reason
that
a. It is easier to start the engine
b. Has regular intake and exhaust valves
c. Easy to lubricate
d. All of the above

A turbine used for hydro system
wherein pressurized water is
converted into a high speed jet by
passing it through a nozzle.
a. Impulse turbine
b. Reaction turbine
c. Water wheel
Answer – impulse turbine

A turbine for hydro system which
runs completely filled with water.
a. Impulse turbine
b. Reaction turbine
c. Water wheel
Answer – Reaction Turbine

A component part of solar electric
system that converts sunlight to
electricity
a. PV panel
b. Solar cell
c. Solar module
d. All of the above

Solar battery is rated in terms of
a. Dimension of the battery
b. Wattage
c. Ampere – hour
Answer – Amp-hour
The capacity require for 12-volt solar
panel system is 73.6 watt-hour. What
is the ampere-hour capacity of the
battery needed for the system?
a. 6.13 ampere-hour
b. 4.05 ampere-hour
c. 7.23 ampere-hour
Answer - 6.13 ampere-hour

The act of analyzing, testing, and
measuring the engine to remedy
the cause and trouble.
a. Servicing
b. Tune-up
c. Trouble shooting
d. All of the above
Answer - Trouble shooting

When strength is provided beyond
what is needed as an extra margin
of insurance against parts failure.
a. Factor of ignorance
b. Factor of safety
c. Reliability
Answer – Factor of safety

An engine running without load is
in.
a. Optimum running condition
b. Low running condition
c. Idle condition
Answer – idle condition

Two engines are rated 1 hp and the
other is 1 ps. Which of the
following statement is true.
a. 1 hp engine is stronger than 1 ps engine
b. Two engines are the same in strength
c. 1 ps engine is stronger than 1 hp engine
d. None of the above statement is true
Answer - 1 ps engine is stronger than 1 hp

engine
Japanese engines are usually rated
in terms of
a. Horsepower
b. Pferde starke
c. Watts
d. All of the above
Answer Pferde starke

If the rotor of the windmill originally
at 2 meters is to be reduced to 1
meter, the power output of the
machine will be reduced by
a. Two times
b. Three times
c. Four times
Answer – Four times

Wind flows on a 2-m diameter rotor
at a rate of 2 m/s. Suddenly, the
wind flows at 4 m/s, what would be
the power output of the windmill?
a. 4 times
b. 6 times
c. 8 times
Answer – 8 times
Small gasoline engine basically has
a compression ratio of
a. 6:1
b. 10:1
c. 3:1
Answer – 6:1
A gasoline without ethylene
bromide of having an octane rating
of 87 which sometimes caused
knocking on the engine.
a. Premium
b. Leaded
c. Unleaded
d. All of the above
Answer - unleaded
It is a device used to generate high
voltage current needed for spark
plug in small engine.
a. Distributor
b. Contact point
c. Magneto
d. All of the above
Answer – Contact point

A knocking sound produced due to
incomplete combustion of fuel
inside the combustion chamber of
an engine.
a. Detonation
b. Ignition
c. Carburetion
Answer – Detonation
Part of a tractor that retards or
stops one wheel during operation to
be able to make short turn.
a. Differential brake
b. Hand brake
c. Brake pedal
d. All of the above
Answer – Differential brake

Part of the tractor engine where
pistons slide back and fort and are
replaced or rebored when
damaged.
a. Cylinder block
b. Cylinder liner
c. Cylinder head
d. All of the above
Answer – Cylinder liner

A turbine and an air blower mounted
ahead of the intake manifold of an
engine to force more air into the
cylinder thereby increasing power
output of the engine by 10-15%.
a. Auxiliary reducer
b. Turbocharger
c. Power inducer
d. All of the above
Answer – Turbo charger

A device that converts energy of
animal to useful work.
a. Head yoke
b. Breast strap
c. Harness
Answer - Harness
If two animals having 0.75 hp each
are harnessed together, the pulling
output of the two animals is
a. Greater than 1.5 hp
b. Equal to 1.5 hp
c. Less than 1.5 hp
Answer - Less than 1.5 hp

It is the utilization of hand tools, implements
for draft animals, and mechanically-powered
machines for agricultural land development,
production, harvesting and non-farm
processing.
a. Agricultural development
b. Agricultural mechanization
c. Agricultural machinery and equipment
d. All of the above
Answer - Agricultural mechanization

One pferde starke (ps) is equal to
a. 0.986 hp
b. 0.735 kw
c. 75 kgf-m/sec
d. All of the above

What is the approximate pull of a
carabao whose weight is 1000
kilogram?
a. 100 kg
b. 150 kg
c. 200 kg
Answer - 100 kg
A rice husk stove boils 2 liters of water and
subsequently evaporated 0.5 liter. The
initial temperature of water is 27C. The
amount of fuel consumed in boiling and
evaporating water is 1.5 kg. What is the
thermal efficiency of the stove?
a. 5.2 %
b. 9.2 %
c. 12.5 %
Answer - 9.2 %
A hand operated tractor which is
suitable for both primary and secondary
tillage used when field has been
soaked for at least half a day to soften
the soil.
a. Power tiller
b. Puddling-type floating tiller
c. Reaper
Answer - Puddling-type floating tiller

Optimum axle speed for puddling-
type floating tiller.
a. 100 rpm
b. 250 rpm
c. 340 rpm
Answer – 250 rpm

It is the ratio of the drawbar power
and the wheel axle power.
a. Lugging efficiency
b. Traction efficiency
c. Mechanical efficiency
Answer - Traction efficiency

The sum of all resistance acting on
the tractor.
a. Coefficient traction
b. Running resistance
c. Rolling resistance
Answer - Running resistance

Running resistance of a tractor
includes
a. Rolling resistance
b. Air and acceleration resistance
c. Slope resistance
d. All of the above

Weight transfer means
a. To move paddy from field to the granary
b. To transfer torrens title from the landlord to the
tenant
c. To shift implements weight to the tractor’s
drive wheel in order to improve traction
Answer - To shift implements weight to the

tractor’s drive wheel in order to improve
traction
A tractor pulls a 1.0 meter wide heavy
duty offset disk harrow at an operating
speed of 6 kph. What is the theoretical
field capacity of the machine?
a. 0.6 ha/hr
b. 0.06 ha/hr
c. 6 ha/hr
Answer - 0.6 ha/hr

Automatic Draft Control in a modern
farm tractor:
a. Automatically controls the amount of air passing through
the radiator to regulate the operating temperature of the
engine
b. Positions the implement at a constant height or depth
relative to the tractor
c. Is the hydraulic implement hitch system which
automatically raises or lowers a soil engaging implement
to maintain its draft at a pre-selected value
Answer - Is the hydraulic implement hitch system which

automatically raises or lowers a soil engaging implement
to maintain its draft at a pre-selected value
An international testing center for
tractor.
a. International Rice Research Institute
b. International Farm Machinery Institute
c. NEBRASKA
Answer - NEBRASKA
When a machine is driven directly
from the shaft of a power source,
the power is transmitted using:
a. Gear drive
b. Sprocket and chain drive
c. Direct drive
Answer - Direct drive

Belt size designation for agricultural
V-belt is:
a. A, B, C, D, E
b. HA, HB, HC, HD, HE
c. AA-BB-CC-DD-EE
Answer - HA, HB, HC, HD, HE

It is a gripping device between
power source.
a. Clutch
b. Chain
c. Springs
Answer -Clutch
Machine element that transmit
torque and power.
a. Pulley
b. Bearing
c. Shaft
Answer - Shaft
It is used to fasten shaft pulleys
and hubs of gears together.
a. Bolt
b. Springs
c. Keys
Answer - Keys
A universal joint is:
a. A connector which can be used on all brands
of tractor
b. Used to transmit power between two
intersecting shafts usually when the angle
between them is variable
c. A prohibited drug used universally
Answer - Used to transmit power between two

intersecting shafts usually when the angle
between them is variable
A diesel engine that operates at 2500 rpm
will used to drive an irrigation pump which
should turn at 1000 rpm. The pulley
diameter for the pump is 4 inches. What is
the recommended pulley for the engine?
a. 2 in.
b. 4 in.
c. 10 in.
Answer - 2 in.
An irrigation pump shall be driven by a
single cylinder engine. The set-up has
the following data: Engine rpm=2200,
pump rpm=1800, Diameter of Engine
Pulley = 25 cm, what should the diameter
of the second pulley be?
a. 35.05 cm
b. 30.55 cm
c. 53.05 cm
Answer - 30.55 cm
The length of the flat-belt pulley drive with
the following data is: Diameter of first
pulley=300 mm, diameter of the second
pulley=400 mm, center distance of the
pulley shaft=10 meters.
a. 20.15 m
b. 21.09 m
c. 25.01 m
Answer – 21.09 m
A corn sheller cylinder will be driven by 10
hp diesel engine thru a V-belt drive. The
engine has a speed of 1800 rpm while the
required speed of the corn sheller is 650
rpm. The effective diameter of the driver
pulley is 12 inches. What should be the
diameter of the driven pulley?
a. 25 in.
b. 33 in.
c. 42 in.
Answer - 33 in.
In the given problem in item above,
what is the required length of V-belt
if the center distance between
pulleys is 60 in.
a. 169 in.
b. 192.5 in.
c. 210 in.
Answer - 192.5 in.

If the belt has a capacity rating of
4.5 hp per belt, how many belts are
recommended for the drive?
a. 1 belt
b. 2 belts
c. 4 belts
Answer - 2 belts
What is the recommended shaft
diameter for the driven machine
in item above?
a. 1/2 in.
b. 3/4 in.
c. 1 in.
Answer – 3/4 in.

A type of plow that is widely
adapted in breaking different
types of soil for turning and
covering crop residues.
a. Rotary plow
b. Moldboard plow
c. Disk plow
d. All of the above
Answer - Moldboard plow

The power required in pulling an
implement.
a. Wheel power
b. Brake power
c. Drawbar power
Answer - Drawbar power

A tillage equipment which displaces and
shatters soil, used to reduce soil strength
and to bury or mix plant materials and
fertilizers in the tilled layer.
a. Primary tillage equipment

b. Seeding and planting equipment
c. Secondary tillage equipment
Answer - Primary tillage equipment

A tillage implement consisting of
two or four gangs of concave disks.
a. Disk plow
b. Disk harrow
c. Cultivator
Answer - Disk harrow

A tillage implement which shatters
or loosen the soil without complete
burial or mixing of surface
materials.
a. Chisel plow
b. Lister plow
c. Disk plow
Answer - Chisel plow

Mechanical manipulation of soil
for any purpose.
a. Land grading
b. Tillage
c. Earth moving
Answer - Tillage
A procedure in which planting is
made directly into an essentially
unprepared seedbed.
a. Zero tillage
b. No-tillage planting
c. Reduced tillage
Answer - Zero tillage

The pushing or rolling of soil by
a steeply inclined blade.
a. Bulldozing
b. Chiselling
c. Subsoiling
Answer - Bulldozing
A secondary tillage operation which
pulverizes, smoothens, and packs
the soil during seeded preparation
and also controls weeds.
a. Harrowing
b. Listing
c. Chiselling
Answer -Harrowing
A tillage and land forming operation
using a tool which splits the soil and
turns two furrows laterally in opposite
directions, thereby providing a ridge-
and-furrow soil configuration.
a. Listing
b. Harrowing
c. Chiselling
Answer - Listing
Minimum soil manipulation
necessary for crop production or for
meeting tillage requirements under
existing soil condition.
a. No-tillage planting
b. Much tillage
c. Minimum tillage
Answer - Minimum tillage

A tool which cuts plants
materials and soil ahead of
another tool.
a. Coulter
b. Jointer
c. Injector
d. Two of the above
Answer - Two of the above

The force to propel an
implement in the direction of
travel.
a. Draft
b. Drawbar horsepower
c. Side draft
Answer - Draft
The angle, in a vertical plane
perpendicular to the direction of
travel, between a centralized tool
or reference axis and the soil
surface.
a. Tilt angle
b. Lift angle
c. Side angle
Answer - Tilt angle

It is deep chiselling below 16 in.
For the purpose of loosening soil
for root growth and/or water
movement.
a. Ridging
b. Chiselling
c. Subsoiling
Answer - Ridging
It is the part of the moldboard plow
that receives the furrow slice from
the share and turns to break, crush,
and pulverize the soil.
a. Share
b. Shin
c. Moldboard
d. All of the above
Answer - Moldboard
The part of the moldboard plow
which is used to cut the soil.
a. Share
b. Shin
c. Moldboard
d. All of the above
Answer - Share
It is a part of the plow bottom
which helps to counteract the
side pressure exerted by the
furrow slice.
a. Shin
b. Landside
c. Share
Answer -Landside
A type of implement which is
directly attached to the tractor
and its power lift is dependent
upon the tractor engine for its
general operation.
a. Semi-integral
b. Integral-mounted
c. Trailing or pull
Answer - Integral-mounted
A type of implement which is
supported by two or three wheels
and is hitched to the drawbar of the
tractor where it is being pulled.
a. Integral-mounted
b. Trailing
c. Semi-integral
Answer - Trailing
A type of plow which is
equipped with plow bodies
which turns the furrow slice to
one side only.
a. One-way plow
b. Two-way plow
c. Two of the above
Answer - One-way plow

A type of plow which has two sets of
bodies mounted symmetrically on a
share frame which can be rotated
over 180 degrees along the
longitudinal axis.
a. Reversible plow
b. One-way plow
c. Lister plow
Answer - Reversible plow

The draft of a plow is dependent
on the:
a. Size of plow
b. Plowing depth
c. Type of soil
d. All of the above

The factors that affect the draft
of the plow:
a. Soil condition
b. Hitch to the tractor
c. Topography
d. All of the above

Percentage work done in pulling
an average plow.
a. 50 %
b. 18 %
c. 30 %
Answer - 18 %
Percentage work of plow used
in cutting furrow slice.
a. 43 %
b. 58 %
c. 24 %
Answer - 43 %
Percentage of work of plow
used in turning slice of soil.
a. 34 %
b. 25 %
c. 60 %
Answer - 34 %
A point in which all the
horizontal and vertical forces in
the plow meets.
a. Side draft
b. Center of resistance
c. Center of gravity
Answer - Center of resistance

Drawbar horsepower is a factor
of:
a. Force exerted by plow
b. Speed of plow
c. All of the above

What is the force required to pull a
single moldboard plow on a clay
loam soil having a width and depth of
cut of 30 cm and 15 cm, respectively.
Soil draft is 8 psi.
a. 314 kg
b. 253 kg
c. 157 kg
Answer - 253 kg
If the plow above has an
average speed of 5 km/hr, what
is the drawbar horsepower of
the plow.
a. 4.6 hp
b. 3.4 hp
c. 5.1 hp
Answer - 4.6 hp
A type of plow designed to
reduce friction by making a
rolling bottom instead of slides
along the furrow.
a. Moldboard
b. Rotary plow
c. Disk plow
Answer - Disk plow

A primary-tillage plow used for
small rice farm.
a. Moldboard
b. Rotary
c. Spiral
d. All of the above

A primary-tillage plow for rice
farming that is attached in
replacement to the cage
wheel of a power tiller.
a. Rotary
b. Spiral
c. Disk
d. All of the above
Answer - Spiral
An angle of the disk plow in
reference to the vertical plane.
a. Tilt angle
b. Disk angle
c. All of the above
Answer - Tilt angle

An angle of the plow in reference to
the direction of travel of the plow.
a. Tilt angle
b. Disk angle
c. All of the above
Answer - Disk angle

A plow that combines the
primary and secondary tillage
at the same time. It is used to
cut and to pulverize the soil.
a. Disk plow
b. Rotary plow
c. Chisel plow
d. All of the above
Answer - Rotary plow

The power requirement of a
rotary tiller for primary tillage.
a. 50 kW/m
b. 30 kW/m
c. 70 kW/m
d. All of the above
Answer -
A plow primarily for loosening
the soil.
a. Lister plow
b. Disk plow
c. Chisel plow
d. All of the above

A plow that is used to break up
plow sole.
a. Chisel plow
b. Lister plow
c. Subsoiler
Answer - Subsoiler
A secondary-tillage implement
which stirs the soil using
multiple number of disk blade
arranged on a gang.
a. Spike tooth harrow
b. Disk harrow
c. Two of the above
Answer - Disk harrow

A gang arrangement on a disk
harrow consisting of two gangs of
disk placed end to end which
throws the soil in opposite direction.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
Answer - Single-action
A gang arrangement often
called as “tandem harrow”.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
Answer - Double-action
A gang arrangement in which the
harrow is not centrally located with
respect to the tractor position.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
Answer - Offset
Factors that influence the depth
of penetration of disk harrow.
a. Angle disk
b. Angle of hitch
c. Size of disk
d. All of the above

A trailing harrow that is hitched
too high to the drawbar will . . .
a. Have too deep penetration
b. Have right penetration
c. Have too shallow penetration
Answer - None of the above

The actual coverage rate by an
implement based on the total
field time.
a. Field efficiency
b. Effective field capacity
c. Theoretical field capacity
Answer - Effective field capacity

A moldboard plow has:
a. Lower draft than disk plow
b. Higher draft than disk plow
c. Equal draft than disk plow
d. All of the above
Answer - Higher draft than disk plow

By increasing the disk angle,
the penetration of a disk plow,
a. Will be improved
b. Will be the same
c. Will become poor
Answer - Will be improved

The disk angle that will give the
minimum draft for a disk plow
for a given width of cut is:
a. 30-35 deg.
b. 40-45 deg.
c. 45-50 deg.
Answer -40-45 deg.

Seeding directly into previously
undisturbed soil.
a. Much tillage
b. No-till
c. Minimum tillage
Answer - No-till
A tillage operation traditionally
performed in preparing a seedbed for
a given crop grown in a given
geographical area.
a. Conventional tillage
b. Conservation tillage
c. Strip tillage
Answer - Conventional tillage

A primary tillage operation
which manipulates the soil to a
greater depth than 300 mm.
a. Reservoir tillage
b. Deep tillage
c. Ridge tillage
Answer - Deep tillage

An implement with integral power
unit designed to provide both
mobility and power for performing
agricultural operation.
a. Mounted implement
b. Self-propelled machine
c. Trailed-mounted implement
Answer - Self-propelled machine

A rotary tiller has 2 m
operating width. If the tractor
runs at a speed of 2 km/hr, the
theoretical field capacity of the
machine is:
a. 4.0 ha/hr
b. 0.4 ha/hr
c. 0.04 ha/hr
Answer - 0.4 ha/hr
The field capacity of the rotary tiller
was measured at 0.23 ha/hr. If the
operating width and speed of the
machines are 1.5 m and 2 kph,
respectively, the field efficiency of the
tiller is:
a. 64 %
b. 77 %
c. 85 %
Answer - 77 %
The effective field capacity of
the rotary tiller tilling
theoretically at 0.4 ha/hr for an
efficiency of 85% is:
a. 0.34 ha/hr
b. 0.24 ha/hr
c. 0.43 ha/hr
Answer – 0.34 ha/hr

The effective field capacity of 2
moldboard plows having 25 cm
width each plowing at a speed of
7km/hr for a field efficiency of
80% is:
a. 0.20 ha/hr
b. 0.28 ha/hr
c. 0.32 ha/hr
Answer - 0.28 ha/hr

A single-bottom moldboard plows on
a clay loam soil (8 psi draft) having
an effective width of cut of 0.3 m and
a depth of cut of 15 cm. What is the
force exerted by a plow?
a. 230 kg
b. 253 kg
c. 310 kg
Answer - 253 kg
What is the drawbar
horsepower of the plow in item
above if the plowing speed is 5
kph?
a. 4.6 hp
b. 3.4 hp
c. 7.4 hp
Answer - 4.6 hp
A 3-bottom plow is plowing at a
speed of 8 kph. The effective
width per plow bottom is 25 cm. If
the plowing efficiency is 80%, what
is the theoretical field capacity?
a. 0.4 ha/hr
b. 0.6 ha/hr
c. 0.7 ha/hr
Answer - 0.6 ha/hr

The effective field capacity of
the plow in item above is:
a. 0.48 ha/hr
b. 0.53 ha/hr
c. 0.72 ha/hr
Answer - 0.48 ha/hr

What is the required drawbar
pull for a 5-meter tractor
drawn spike tooth harrow with
a specific draft of 89 kg/m?
a. 345 kg
b. 445 kg
c. 500 kg
Answer - 445 kg
What is the drawbar-
horsepower of the implement in
item above if it is running at a
speed of 6 kph?
a. 8 hp
b. 10 hp
c. 2 hp
Answer - 10 hp
Headland is:
a. The strip of the land at the ends of the field
used for turning by field machinery
b. A piece of land owned and tilled by the head of
family
c. Land at the top of the hill
Answer - The strip of the land at the ends of the

field used for turning by field machinery
In a 200-hectare corn project, the field
has to be tilled in 30 days. What size
of heavy-duty offset-disk harrow should
be selected if the tractor to be used
operates at 5 kph. Assume a 75% field
efficiency and 8-hour working day.
a. 1.5 m
b. 2.2 m
c. 2.0 m
Answer - 2.2 m
An equipment used to place
seed in a furrow.
a. Planter
b. Seeder
c. Broadcaster
d. All of the above
Answer - Seeder
An equipment used to place
plant parts to a prepared furrow.
a. Planter
b. Seeder
c. Broadcaster
d. All of the above
Answer - Planter
A machine that prepares the
soil, meters the seed, and
positions the seed in one
operation.
a. Broadcaster
b. Drum seeder
c. Jab planter

A machine, which is cylindrical in
shape, designed for planting pre-
germinated rice seed in rows.
a. Broadcaster
b. Drum seeder
c. Jab planter
Answer -Drum seeder

Determine the number of plants
for a 2-hectare farm planted with
corn with a spacing of 25 cm x
45 cm.
a. 150,000 plants
b. 177,777 plants
c. 185,877 plants
Answer - 177,777 plants

A scattering of seeds on the
surface of prepared soil.
a. Drill seeding
b. Hill dropping
c. Broadcasting
Answer - Broadcasting
It is a planting method wherein
seeds are deposited, either singly
or in group, in a water soluble
tape under controlled condition.
a. Precision planting
b. Seed-tape planting
c. Hill dropping
Answer - Seed-tape planting

It is a machine that places rice
seedlings at a proper spacing
on a well-prepared paddy soil.
a. Rice seeder
b. Rice transplanter
c. All of the above
Answer - Rice transplanter

When Agricultural Engineer
calibrates a sprayer, he:
a. Measures the diameter
b. Measures and adjust its application rate
c. Cleans the nozzles
Answer - Measures and adjust its

application rate
In the Philippines, rice is
usually transplanted
a. For weed control reasons as the seedling have
a head start over the weeds
b. To give employment to landless farm workers
c. To prevent rats and birds from eating the seeds
Answer - For weed control reasons as the seedling
have a head start over the weeds
A mechanically-operated
machine that removes weeds or
grasses from the crops.
a. Seeder
b. Weeder
c. Cultivator
Answer - Weeder
It is the ratio between the
number of weeds removed by
the weeder to the number of
weeds present per unit area.
a. Weeding index
b. Weeding rate
c. Weeding capacity
Answer - Weeding index

A machine that breaks the liquid droplets of
effective size and distributes them uniformly
over the surface or space to be protected,
and regulates the amount of chemical
solution to avoid excessive application that
might prove harmful or wasteful
a. Duster
b. Sprayer
c. All of the above
Answer - Sprayer
Primary factor that affects the
performance of the sprayer.
a. Spray-particle size
b. Spraying time
c. Spray materials
Answer - Spray-particle size

It is a sprayer apparatus consisting of
pressure source and controls and
specifically employing an over-the-
crop boom with atomizer arranged to
provide uniform coverage of the
treated surfaces.
a. Boom sprayer
b. Knapsack sprayer
c. Compressed-air sprayer
Answer -Boom sprayer

A field sprayer that is being
carried at the back by means of
a shoulder straps.
a. Compressed-air sprayer
b. Knapsack sprayer
c. Power sprayer
Answer Knapsack sprayer

A mechanical or thermal device
that produces a liquid dispersion
having a volume median diameter
of less than 50 um.
a. Knapsack sprayer
b. Aerosol generator
c. Compressed-air spray
Answer - Aerosol generator

An apparatus, which consists of a hopper,
a metering unit, and a distribution device,
that uses either gravity, centrifugal force,
or pendulum action to spread granules to
the surface of the entire area to be
treated.
a. Broadcast spreader
b. Granular applicator
c. Power sprayer
Answer - Broadcast spreader

A machine that cuts rice stalks and
places them on a windrow where
they are gathered and bound into
sheaves and carried to a thresher.
a. Scythe
b. Stripper harvester
c. Reaper
d. Combines
Answer - Reaper
A machine that detaches the
grain from a panicle.
a. Reaper
b. Thresher
c. Sheller
Answer - Thresher
A machine used in separating
the kernels from the cob.
a. Grader
b. Sheller
c. Thresher
Answer - Sheller
The part of a rice thresher which
encloses the threshing cylinder
and allows the separation of the
grains from the panicle.
a. Threshing cylinder
b. Oscillating screens
c. Concave
Answer - Concave
A type of mechanical thresher in
which rice stalks are fed into the
threshing chamber while the stalks
are either mechanically-or manually-
held during threshing operation.
a. Hold-on thresher
b. Throw-in thresher
c. Axial-flow thresher
Answer - Hold-on thresher

A diesel engine that operates at 2500 rpm
will be used to drive an irrigation pump
which should turn at 1000 rpm. The pulley
diameter for the pump is 4 inches. What is
the recommended pulley for the engine.
a. 2 in.
b. 4 in.
c. 10 in.
Answer -
A type of mechanical rice thresher
which detaches and separates the
grains from the panicles by feeding
the rice-in-stalks into the machine.
a. Axial-flow thresher
b. Throw-in thresher
c. Hold-on thresher
Answer - Throw-in thresher

A type of throw-in thresher wherein
rice-in stalks are fed in between the
cylinder and the concave and go
directly out of the threshing
chamber.
a. Axial-flow thresher
b. Through-flow thresher
c. Hold-on thresher
d. All of the above
Answer - Through-flow thresher

A type of throw-in thresher which
moves the materials being threshed
in a helical manner around the
threshing cylinder.
a. Axial-flow-thresher
b. Through-flow thresher
c. Hold-on thresher
d. All of the above
Answer - Axial-flow-thresher
Factors affecting the power
requirement of a rice thresher.
a. Feeding rate
b. Moisture content
c. Length of straw
d. All of the above

It is the ratio of the weight of clean
threshed grain to the grain input.
a. Threshing efficiency
b. Threshing recovery
c. Threshing output
d. All of the above
Answer - Threshing recovery

The ratio of knife velocity to forward
velocity of rice reaper.
a. 1.35
b. 2.55
c. 0.55
Answer - 1.35
In a field demonstration of a rice reaper with 1.2-m
cutter bar performance showed that the average
travel speed of the machine is 3 kph. The average
width of cutter bar actually utilized is 1.0 m. Time
lost in crossing the dike is 5 min/ha and 10 min/ha
for repair. Turning and other idle time is 10 % of
the effective operating time removing field
obstruction and clogging is 15 min/ha. What is the
field capacity of the machine?
a. 0.36 ha/hr
b. 0.25 ha/hr
c. 0.18 ha/hr
Answer - 0.36 ha/hr

What is the time lost in turning and
other idle time per hectare of the
reaper in item above?
a. 10 min
b. 17 min
c. 20 min
Answer - 20 min
What is the effective field capacity
of the machine in item above?
a. 0.25 ha/hr
b. 0.30 ha/hr
c. 0.35 ha/hr
Answer - 0.30 ha/hr

It is the ratio between the mass of
fuel consumed per unit of time and
the corresponding measured
power.
a. Specific fuel consumption
b. Fuel to mass ratio
c. Fuel consumption rate
Answer - Specific fuel consumption

A tillage or soil preparation in which
plant residues are specifically left
on or near the surface.
a. Strip tillage
b. Mulch tillage
c. Optimum tillage
Answer - Mulch tillage

A tillage and land-forming operation
using a tool which splits the soil and
turns furrows laterally in opposite
directions, thereby providing ridge-and-
furrow soil configuration.
a. Middle braking
b. Listing
c. Bedding
Answer - Listing
The center to center distance
between overlapping broadcast
applications.
a. Effective width
b. Swath
c. Broadcasting width
d. All of the above
Answer - Swath
The portion of a combine
comprising the mechanism for
gathering crops.
a. Crop gatherer
b. Star wheel
c. Header
d. All of the above
Answer - Header
The horizontal distance,
perpendicular to the direction of
travel, an implement performs its
intended function in one pass.
a. Implement width
b. Operating width
c. Side draft
Answer - Operating width

A gas, a liquid, or a solid used to
propel or transport chemical.
a. Spray material
b. Spray nozzle
c. Carrier
d. All of the above
Answer - Carrier
The portion of an implement
designed to connect the implement
to the power source.
a. Connector
b. Clutch
c. Hitch
d. All the above
Answer - Hitch
The draft of implement in terms of
force per unit area of tilled cross-
section.
a. Implement draft
b. Specific draft
c. Line draft
d. All of the above
Answer - Specific draft

Factor of Safety in engineering
science refers to:
a. The excess amount of materials designed into a
machine to ensure that it does not break down
b. The ratio of the ultimate strength of a material or
component to the working stress it is expected to be
subjected
c. The safety of workers in the factory
Answer - The ratio of the ultimate strength of a material or

component to the working stress it is expected to be
subjected
In trade circles, CIF stands for
a. Cash-In-Fist
b. Cost, Insurance, and Freight
c. Cost-In-Freight
Answer - Cost, Insurance, and Freight

A clutch that is used to drive a
machine element in only one
direction is
a. Slip clutch
b. Overrunning clutch
c. Friction clutch
Answer - Overrunning clutch

A clutch that limits the amount of
torque or power that is transmitted
through the shaft to the driven
member.
a. Slip clutch
b. Overrunning clutch
c. Friction clutch
Answer - Slip clutch

The broken side of furrow is called
a. Dead furrow
b. Furrow wall
c. Back furrow
Answer -
It is distinguishing symbol affixed to
products by a manufacturer in order
to identify them as his goods.
a. Trade name
b. Trade mark
c. Brand name
d. All of the above
Answer - Trade mark

A name given by a manufacturer to
its product to distinguish them from
ones produced by other
manufacturers.
a. Trade mark
b. Manufacturer’s name
c. Brand name
Answer - Brand name

Raise ridge formed when plowing
starts in the middle of strip.
a. Back furrow
b. Dead furrow
c. Furrow wall
Answer - Back furrow

Open trench left during plowing
when the strips are finished.
a. Dead furrow
b. Back furrow
c. Furrow wall
Answer - Dead furrow

One-thousand gallons per minute (1000 gpm) of
water is to be pumped from a river to a farm 150-ft
above the river. What is the required horsepower
to drive the pump considering a pumps efficiency
of 70 % and the friction and other losses of 20 %
of the static head.
a. 64.8 hp
b. 68.4 hp
c. 46.8 hp
Answer – 64.8 hp
What is the total head loss in
meters of the pump system in item
above?
a. 54.8 m
b. 48.5 m
c. 84.5 m
Answer – 54.8 m
If a diesel engine will be used to
drive the pump in item above, what
is the recommended horsepower
for the engine?
a. 80.9 hp
b. 85.5 hp
c. 60.8 hp
Answer - 80.9 hp
If a gasoline engine will be used to
drive the pump in item above, what
is the power requirement?
a. 92.7 hp
b. 102.6 hp
c. 125.7 hp
Answer - 92.7 hp
A farmer wishes to spray his cotton
plantation at a rate of 300 galloons per
hectare. Sixteen nozzles, 18 inches apart
will be used. The forward speed of the
tractor will be 5 kph. Compute the field
capacity of the sprayer in hectare per hour.
a. 5.6 ha/hr
b. 3.6 ha/hr
c. 4.7 ha/hr
Answer - 3.6 ha/hr

What is the required pump capacity
for the sprayer above?
a. 23.5 gpm
b. 18.3 gpm
c. 20.6 gpm
Answer - 18.3 gpm

A tractor operating at 3.5 mph
develops a drawbar pull of 3000
pounds. Estimate the required
drawbar horsepower for the tractor.
a. 27.8 hp
b. 20.9 hp
c. 19.8 hp
Answer - 27.8 hp
The specific fuel consumption of a
tractor is 0.3 lbs per BHP-hour. If the
heating value of the fuel is 19500
BTU/lb, what is the brake thermal
efficiency?
a. 35.4 %
b. 54.3 %
c. 43.5 %
Answer - 43.5 %
A corn plantation requires a population
of 37,000 plants per hectare. The
average emergence 90 % and the row
spacing is to be 1.2 meters. If the seed
are to be drilled, what should be the
seed spacing?
a. 0.4 m
b. 0.3 m
c. 0.2 m
Answer - 0.2 m
What is the theoretical field
capacity of a tandem disk harrow
pulled by 1.5 m wide tractor running
at a speed of 10 kph?
a. 1.5 ha/hr
b. 2.5 ha/hr
c. 5.1 ha/hr
Answer None of the above

Operating width of the implement
minus the overlap is
a. Implement width
b. Effective width
c. Operating width
d. All of the above
Answer - Effective width

A soil-handling implement which
turn uniform ridges of soil to
predetermined shape.
a. Furrower
b. Bed shaper
c. Middle breaker
Answer - Bed shaper

When middle breaking will be
carried out on the field
a. A lister is needed to form a furrow between
rows of plant
b. Hard soil is broken at the middle to reduce its
size
c. A ridge and furrow soil is made prior to
planting
Answer - A ridge and furrow soil is made prior to

planting
When a material is to be inserted
into the soil, the tillage to be used
is
a. Jointer
b. Coulter
c. Injector
d. All of the above
Answer - Injector
It is a tillage operation where plant
residues are left on or near the soil
surface.
a. Strip tillage
b. Mulch tillage
c. Optimum tillage
Answer - Mulch tillage

A tillage system which consist of
fewer or less energy intensive
optimum compared with
conventional tillage.
a. Minimum tillage
b. No-till tillage
c. Reduce tillage
d. All of the above
Answer - Reduce tillage

When 30 % or less of the soil
surface is tilled, the tillage
operation employed is
a. Minimum tillage
b. Strip tillage
c. Ridge tillage
d. All of the above
Answer - Strip tillage

A soil-tool reaction in which soil
surface of the tillage tool without
significant adhesion.
a. Sliding
b. Scouring
c. Soil cutting
Answer - Scouring
Agricultural tractors, self-propelled
machines, implement designed for
field operation are examples of
a. Farmstead equipment
b. Agricultural field equipment
c. Agricultural implement
Answer - Agricultural field equipment

A self-propelled implement
a. Requires a tractor in order to do its
function
b. Does not require a tractor to operate
c. Requires a stationary engine in order to
do its function
Answer - Does not require a tractor to

operate
A booklet provided by
manufacturers in which the step-by-
step procedure for repair or
disassembly of parts are given.
a. Operator’s manual
b. Technical manual
c. Product catalog
d. All of the above
Answer - Technical manual

A booklet form provided by
manufacturers in which adjustment,
care and maintenance procedure, and
safety of the machine are indicated.
a. Operator’s manual
b. Technical manual
c. Product catalog
Answer - Operator’s manual

If hitch of a plow is placed below
the vertical line of pull,
a. There will be lifting action at front of the plow
and its bottom will tend to run shallow
particularly to hard ground
b. The plow share will tend to worn out easily
c. The plow bottom will penetrate deeply
Answer - There will be lifting action at front of the

plow and its bottom will tend to run shallow
particularly to hard ground
It is the line of pull that is straight line
from the center of resistance or load to
the point where plow drawbar is
attached to the tractor drawbar.
a. Horizontal line draft
b. Vertical line draft
c. Side draft
Answer - Vertical line draft

It is the line draft that is straight line
from the center of resistance or
load to the point where plow
drawbar is attached to the tractor
drawbar.
a. Horizontal line draft
b. Vertical line draft
c. Side draft
Answer - Horizontal line draft

When the center-of-load of a plow
is not on the same line of the center
of power
a. There will be a side draft
b. Tractor will partly pulled sideways
c. Forces on the tractor will be carried by
the rear of the tractor wheel
d. All of the above

The rate of planting, or pounds of
seeds planted per acre that gives a
desired quality of plants without
thinning is
a. Seeding rate
b. Planting to stand
c. Planting capacity
Answer - Planting to stand

A type of power sprayer where the
spray pressure is built up by the
direct action of the pump on the
liquid spray material.
a. Hydraulic sprayer
b. Blower sprayer
c. Hydro-pneumatic sprayer
d. All of the above
Answer - Hydraulic sprayer

The size of moldboard plow is
determined
a. From the distance measured at the wing of the
share to the land side
b. From the width of the plow measured at the
intersection of the share and the moldboard
c. From the width of the moldboard
Answer - From the distance measured at the wing

of the share to the land side
Tractor tire used to propel as well
as to provide good floatation is,
a. Implement tire
b. Traction tire
c. Steering tire
d. All of the above
Answer - Steering tire

Bearings used for disk plow bottom
is
a. Tapered roller bearing
b. Spherical roller bearing
c. Ball bearing
Answer - Tapered roller bearing

A type of implement that is used to
attached to the three-point hitch
and hydraulic lift system of a
tractor.
a. Trailing implement
b. Semi-mounted implement
c. Mounted implement
d. All of the above
Answer - Mounted implement

A compartment provided for the
harrow to aid in penetration.
a. Weight boxes
b. Ballast
c. Ballast compartment
d. All of the above
Answer - Weight boxes

If a sprocket is used for a chain, a
sheave is used for …
a. Flat belt
b. Gear
c. V-belt
d. All of the above
Answer - V-belt
Substance added to spray as
stickers, stabilizers and
conditioning agent.
a. Water
b. Petroleum gas
c. Gelatin
d. All of the above
Answer - Petroleum gas

Pump recommended for a sprayer
that is used for abrasive spray
materials.
a. Centrifugal pump
b. Diaphragm pump
c. Gear pump
d. All of the above
Answer - Diaphragm pump

Approximate pressure used in
spraying weedicide.
a. 10-25 psi
b. 25-40 psi
c. 40-60 psi
Answer - 25-40 psi

To reduce the size of spray particle,
a. Increase the operating pressure of the
sprayer
b. Adjust the opening of the spray nozzle
c. Adjust the control valve opening of the
sprayer
Answer - Adjust the opening of the spray

nozzle
A machine used to kill weed
seeds by microwave heating
during weeding operation
a. Zapper
b. Microwave oven
c. Flame thrower
d. All of the above
Answer - Zapper
A device used to hold spray
nozzle close to the soil so those
chemicals can be sprayed on
young grass in the plant row.
a. Spray shield
b. Spray boom
c. Spray holder
Answer - Spray shield

It is used between the
cultivator sweep and the plant
row to prevent soil from
covering small young plants.
a. Shield
b. Fender
c. Spread bar
Answer - Fender
When soil is thrown to the plant
during cultivation, the operation
is
a. Hilling-up
b. Baming-off
c. Listing
d. All of the above
Answer - Hilling-up
When soils are thrown away
from the plants during
cultivation, the operation is
a. Hilling-up
b. Baming-off
c. Sweeping
Answer - Baming-off
It is the true point of hitch or
center-of-pull of an implement
a. Center of power
b. Center of resistance
c. Center of load
d. All of the above
Answer - Center of power

The effective drawbar pull of the
tractor is reduced for every
percent of grade by
a. 0.1 %
b. 1 %
c. 10 %
Answer - 1 %
An instrument used to measure
the draft of a plow
a. Dynamometer
b. Spring scale
c. Pressure gauge
d. All of the above
Answer - Dynamometer
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
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 - Direct 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
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
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
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
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 - Dexterity
An agricultural engineer will
recommend in order to loosen the
soil during plowing, a
a. Subsoiler
b. Field cultivator
c. 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
It is a metallic or synthetic lining for
a hole which reduces or prevents
abrasion between components of
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

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

When welding deposit is applied to
strengthen peg-tooth of a rice thresher,
this method of treating metal is used.
a. Heat treatment
b. Welding
c. Hard facing
Answer - Hard facing

Mixing of two or more
substances wherein one of
which is metal
a. Casting
b. Forging
c. Alloying
Answer -Alloying
If some belts on multiple v-belt
drive are worn out, it is
recommended that
a. Worn-out belts should be immediately replaced
b. All belts should be replaced
c. Wait until all belts are worn-out before
replacing the belts
Answer - All belts should be replaced

Which of the following v-belt is larger
and stronger?
a. Type A
b. Type B
c. Type C
d. All of the above
Answer - Type C
Commonly used V-belt for agricultural
operation in the Philippines
a. Type A
b. Type B
c. Type C
d. All of the above
Answer - Type B
A service offered by manufacturers in
repairing and replacing unintentionally
damaged part of a machine to its customers
for a specific period.
a. Manufacturing service
b. Customer’s Service
c. After-sales service
d. All of the above
Answer After-sales service

Cost of machine including
shipment.
a. Free-on board
b. Freight-on-board
c. Cost-in-freight
Answer - Cost-in-freight
The strength, durability, and service of
a farm machine depends largely on
a. Cost of material
b. Weight of material
c. Quality of material
d. All of the above
Answer - Quality of material

A substance commonly used as
coating to protect iron against
corrosion.
a. Tin
b. Zinc
c. Aluminum
d. All of the above
Answer - Zinc
When buying flat belt, the
common parameters used are
a. Width and thickness

b. Width and ply no.
c. Width and weight
Answer - Width and ply no.

A v-belt whose specification is
B-32 means
a. Type B with circumferential length of 32 inches
b. Type B with circumferential length of 32 cm
c. Standard type v-belt whose strength is 32
times stronger than type B
Answer - Type B with circumferential length of 32

inches
In a variable-pitch sheaves, the
recommended belts used are
a. Double v-belt
b. Timing v-belt
c. Adjustable speed belt
Answer - Adjustable speed belt

A device that gives mechanical
advantage.
a. Fulcrum
b. Pulley
c. Wheel and axle
d. All of the above

The smallest gears that are
meshing together.
a. Spur
b. Bevel
c. Pinion
d. All of the above
Answer - Pinion
A type of gear used for power-
take off drive.
a. Worm gear
b. Spur gear
c. Spline shaft gear
Answer - Spline shaft gear

If roller chain number 40 is to be replaced by
no. 60, the strength of chain is
a. Decreased
b. Increased
c. Remain except the size
Answer - Increased
The ASAE designation for
adjustable speed v-belt is
a. HA to HD
b. HAA to HCC
c. HI to HO
d. All of the above
Answer - HI to HO
What is the length of arc of a v-belt
on a 66 inches sheaves whose
angle subtended by the arc of belts
is equal to 90 degree.
a. 4.69 in
b. 3.49 in
c. 6.94 in
Answer - 4.69 in
A component part of machine
that transmits torque and speed
is
a. Bearing
b. Shaft
c. Chain
Answer Shaft
If the shaft of an engine rotates at
the same speed with the shaft of the
driven machine on the same axis,
the transmission system is
a. Belt and pulley
b. Sprocket and chain
c. Direct couple drive
Answer - Direct couple drive

A pulley that is used to tighten
belt in a drive system.
a. Flat pulley
b. Idler pulley
c. V-pulley
Answer - Idler pulley

A grove that is placed on a shaft
to prevent pulley from slippage.
a. Keyway
b. Keyhole
c. Key
Answer - Keyway
The recommended drive to
transmit power to a shaft
located about 6 meters is
a. Chain drive
b. Gear drive
c. V-belt drive
Answer - Keyway
If the desired rotation for two
parallel shafts is counterclockwise,
what flat-bed drive would you
recommend?
a. Open drive
b. Quarter turn drive
c. Cross drive
d. All of the above
Answer - Cross drive

If large target factor of safety is
used in the design, product
would tend to
a. Reliable
b. Expensive
c. Efficient
Answer - Expensive
Standards are used in the
design basically to
a. Reduce cost of product
b. Minimize potential liability in designing a
product
c. Provide easy mechanism for
interchanging machinery parts.
d. All of the above

A metal sheet with gauge
number equal to 14 means
a. 14 mm thick
b. 14 pieces of metals sheet in a stock
c. 14 pieces in one inch thickness
Answer - 14 pieces in one inch thickness

A 4 feet wide x 8 feet long with
1/8-in. thick is
a. Metal sheet
b. Metal plate
c. Metal strip
Answer - Metal plate

A material commonly used as
axle of agricultural machines
a. Cold rolled steel shaft
b. Malleable steel round bar
c. Round cast iron
Answer - Cold rolled steel shaft

The factor that affects the
horsepower requirement of a
shaft.
a. Torque
b. rpm shaft
c. Peripheral velocity of shaft
d. All of the above

Flat pulleys are provided with
crown to
a. Keep the required tension of belt
b. Prevent belt slippage
c. Make the pulley durable
Answer - Prevent belt slippage

If the driver pulley diameter is increased, the
speed of the driven pulley will
a. Decrease
b. Increase
c. Rotate at the same speed
Answer - Increase
If the two shafts are perpendicular with each
other, what type of driven system would you
recommend?
a. Flat belt
b. V-belt
c. Sprocket and chain
d. All of the above
Answer - Flat belt

The transmission ratio of power
tiller ranged from
a. 1:2 to 1:4
b. 1:7 to 1:10
c. 1:12 to 1:16
d. All of the above
Answer - 1:7 to 1:10

A gauge 20 metal sheet in a 2-inch
pile of sheet has
a. 20 sheets
b. 40 sheets
c. 60 sheets
Answer - 40 sheets
An alloy basically consists of
a. One metal
b. Two metal or more metals
c. One metal and one non-metal
Answer - Two metal or more metals

Steel bars which are commonly used in the
construction of agricultural machines.
a. Spring steel
b. Mild steel
c. Cold rolled steel
Answer - Mild steel

A steel bars used as machine axle
is
a. Hot rolled steel
b. Cold rolled steel
c. Mild steel
Answer - Cold rolled steel

It is a welding process that uses an
electrode.
a. Gas welding
b. Resistance welding
c. Arc welding
Answer - Arc welding

The standard length of bars
available at the hardware is
a. 10 ft
b. 20 ft
c. 30 ft
Answer - 20 ft
The higher schedule specification
of pipe, the lower is its
a. Length
b. Nominal diameter
c. Thickness

The higher is the gauge number of
metal sheet, the lower is the
a. Thickness
b. Width
c. Length
Answer - Thickness
A welding process commonly used
for thin sheets of metal.
a. Brazing
b. Soldering
c. Spot welding
Answer - Soldering
It is the process of making metal
product by pouring melted metal
into a mold and then allowed to
cool.
a. Hot working process
b. Casting
c. Powder metallurgy
Answer - Casting
A machine tool used to reduce the
diameter of a metal.
a. Router
b. Power drill
c. Lathe
Answer - Lathe
It is a process of cutting hole to a
material by means of shearing process.
a. Drilling
b. Punching
c. Boring
Answer - Lathe
A sand paper with number of C-300
is finer than
a. C-120
b. C-400
c. C-600
Answer - C-120
A screw used to fix metal parts
together.
a. Self-tapping screw
b. Cap screw
c. Lag screw
Answer - Self-tapping screw

A screw with shield to fix material
property together.
a. Cap screw
b. Tex screw
c. Self-tapping screw

If a metal has a thickness of less
than 1/8 inch it is called as
a. Strips
b. Sheet
c. Plate
d. All of the above
Answer - Sheet
When buying angle bars, the right
specification is
a. Thickness and width
b. Thickness and length
c. Width and length
d. All of the above
Answer - Thickness and width

Which of the following metals is
stronger?
a. Tool steel
b. Spring steel
c. Stainless steel
d. All of the above
Answer - Tool steel

The higher the carbon content of
steel, the
a. Weaker is the steel
b. Stronger is the steel
c. Smaller is the steel
d. Bigger is the steel
Answer - Stronger
A tool that cut metal bar faster.
a. Shear cutter
b. Band saw
c. Grinding wheel
Answer - Grinding wheel

Filing is classified as
a. Cold working
b. Hot working
c. Casting
Answer - Cold working

Ability of material to resist
indention.
a. Brittleness
b. Toughness
c. Hardness
d. All of the above
Answer - Hardness
Property of metal to join together
with other metal at liquid state.
a. Ductility
b. Workability
c. Fusibility
Answer - Fusibility
A machine element used to tighten
bolt.
a. Washer
b. Rivet
c. Nut
d. All of the above
Answer - Nut
A welding process wherein current is
allowed to pass through the prongs of
the welding machine which joined two
metal sheets together.
a. Resistance welding
b. Oxyacetylene welding
c. Arc welding
Answer - Resistance welding

A material that is resistant to salt
corrosion.
a. Mild steel
b. Cast iron
c. Stainless steel
d. All of the above
Answer - Resistance welding

Which of the metal sheets is thicker
than from gauge 20?
a. Gauge 18
b. Gauge 22
c. Gauge 24
d. Two of the above
Answer - Gauge 18
Materials suitable to resist rusting.
a. GI sheet
b. BI sheet
c. All of the above
Answer - GI sheet
Paint that is most suitable for
metals.
a. Latex paint
b. Enamel paint
c. Acrylic paint
Answer - Acrylic paint

Which is the following is used for
acrylic paint?
a. Paint thinner
b. Lacquer thinner
c. Primer epoxy

A coating material to protect metal
from rusting.
a. Primer epoxy
b. Red oxide
c. Red lead
d. All of the above

When a machine is driven directly
from the shaft of a power, the
power source is transmitted using
a. Gear drive
b. Sprocket and chain drive
c. Direct drive

Belt size designation for agricultural
V-belt is
a. A, B, C, D, E
b. HA, HB, HC, HD, HE
c. AA, BB, CC, DD, EE

It is a gripping device between
power sources.
a. Clutch
b. Chain
c. Springs

A machine elements that transmits
torque and power.
a. Pulley
b. Bearing
c. Shaft
Answer -
It is used to fasten shafts, pulleys,
and hubs of gears together.
a. Bolt
b. Springs
c. Keys
Answer - Keys
A universal joint is
a. A connector which can be used on all
brands of tractor
b. Used to transmit power between two
intersecting shafts usually when the
angle between them is variable
c. A prohibited drug used universally
Asnwer - Keys
A diesel engine that operates at 2500
rpm will be used to drive an irrigation
pump which should turn at 1000 rpm.
The pulley diameter for the pump is 4
inches. What is the recommended
pulley for the engine?
a. 2 in.
b. 4 in.
c. 10 in.
Answer - 2 in.
An irrigation pump shall be driven by a
single cylinder engine. The set up has
the following data: Engine rpm=2200,
Pump rpm=1800, Diameter of Engine
Pulley=25 cm, what should the
diameter of the pump pulley be?
a. 35.05 cm
b. 30.55 cm
c. 53.05 cm
Answer - 30.55
The length of a flat-belt pulley with the
following data is: Diameter of the first
pulley=1800 mm, Diameter of the
second pulley=400 mm, Center
distance of the pulley shaft=10 meters
a. 20.35 m
b. 23.50 m
c. 25.31 m
Answer - 23.50 m
A corn sheller cylinder will be driven by 10-
hp diesel engine thru a V-belt drive. The
engine has a speed of 1800 rpm while the
required speed of the corn sheller is 650
rpm. The effective diameter of the driver
pulley is 12 inches. What is the diameter of
the driven pulley?
a. 25 in.
b. 33 in.
c. 42 in.
Answer - 33 in.
In the given problem in the item
above, what is the required length
of V-belt if the center distance
between pulleys is 60 in.?
a. 169 in.
b. 192.5 in.
c. 210 in.
Answer - 192.5 in.

If the belt has a capacity rating of
4.5 hp per belt, how many belts are
recommended for the drive?
a. 1 belt
b. 2 belts
c. 4 belts
Answer - 192.5 in.

What is the recommended shaft
diameter for the drive in the item
above?
a. ½ in.
b. ¾ in.
c. 1 in.
Answer - ¾ in.
The length of chain usually
expressed in
a. Inches
b. Meters
c. Pitches
Answer - ¾ in.
A device usually used to connect to
shafts on a direct drive system.
a. Clutch
b. Coupler
c. Pulley
Answer - Coupler
Warranty of parts and services for
heated-air mechanical grain dryer
based on PAE Standards is within___
after the acceptance of the machine.
a. 6 months
b. 12 months
c. 18 months
d. 24 months
Answer 12 months
It is the ratio of the heat released
by the fuel heated air mechanically
dryer to the theoretical heat
available from the fuel.
a. Burner efficiency
b. Furnace efficiency
c. Combustion efficiency
Answer - Combustion efficiency

In testing agricultural machines as
prescribed in the PAES standard of
the, it should be operated by_____.
a. Farmers
b. Traders/cooperatives
c. Manufacturer(s) representatives
d. Accredited testing organization
Answer - Manufacturer(s) representatives

Holding capacity of the mechanical
dryer testing as prescribed by PAES
should be based on the ___ and other
accompanying information such as
moisture content and purity.
a. Volume
b. Weight
c. Density
Answer - Weight
Milling test of samples during the test of
mechanical grain dryer based on PAES
standard test should be conducted at
least ___after drying test.
a. 24 hours
b. 48 hours
c. 36 hours
Answer - 48 hours
Thermometer sensors during
testing of agricultural machines
should be partially shielded to
minimize ___.
a. Mechanical damage of thermometer sensor
b. Error from heat of radiation effect
c. Error from conduction of heat from wall of
the machine
Answer - Error from heat of radiation effect

The minimum number of trial(s)
required in testing heated air
mechanical grain dryer as specified
in PAES.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
Answer - Two
Time interval of measurement of
test parameters in heated air
mechanical dryer as specified in
the PAES Test Method .
a. 15 minutes
b. 30 minutes
c. 45 minutes
d. 60 minutes
Answer -
30 minutes
Commonly used threshing cylinder
for axial flow rice thresher.
a. Peg tooth
b. Rasp bar
c. Wire loop
Answer - Peg tooth

The shaft rpm of the rice thresher
will need to be ___ if the diameter
of the threshing cylinder is reduced.
a. Increased
b. Reduced
c. Remain the same
Answer - Increased
Warranty of the construction and
durability of the mechanical rice
thresher according to PAES standard
shall be within ___after the purchase of
the machine.
a. 6 months
b. 12 months
c. 18 months
d. 24 months
Answer - 6 months
All rotating parts of the agricultural
machines as provided in the PAES
should be
a. Rigid
b. Dynamically balanced
c. Uniform in speed
Answer - Dynamically balanced

Which of the following parts are treated to
be dangerous as stated in PAES for
ensuring safety in agricultural machinery?
a. Pulleys
b. Clutches
c. Coupling
d. All of the above

Recommended material in the
manufacture of pin sleeve and hitch
pin for walking type power tiller.
a. Mild steel
b. Cold rolled steel
c. Spring steel

A centrifugal pump that develop a vacuum
sufficient enough for atmospheric pressure
to force the liquid through the suction
pipes into the pump casing without initially
feeding the pump to create suction.
a. Pressure pump
b. Self priming pump
c. Mixed flow pump

A type of pump which develops
most of the suction and discharge
head by propelling or lifting action
of the impeller vanes on the water.
a. Axial-flow pump
b. Centrifugal pump
c. Mixed flow pump
Answer - Axial-flow pump

It is the formation of the void spaces
filled with water vapor due to local
pressure drop and collapse as soon as
the vapor bubbles reach regions of high
pressures.
a. Water hammer
b. Cavitations
c. Bubbling
Answer - Cavitations
A type of pump with vanes or impellers
rotating inside a close housing which draws
water in to the pump through a central inlet
opening and forces the water out through a
discharge outlet at the periphery of the
housing.
a. Axial-flow pump
b. Centrifugal pump
c. Mixed flow pump
Answer - Centrifugal pump

A type of pump which combines some
of the feature of both the centrifugal
and axial-flow pump and in which head
is developed partly by the centrifugal
force and partially by the lift of the
vanes on the water.
a. Self priming pump
b. Diffuser type centrifugal pump
c. Mixed flow pump
Answer - Mixed flow pump

This represents the
interrelationship between capacity,
head power, NPSH, and the
efficiency of the pump.
a. Pump characteristics
b. Performance curve
c. Pump laws
Answer - Performance curve

It is the filling up of water in the
pump to evacuate the entrapped air
through a vent and create a liquid
seal inside the casing.
a. Feeding
b. Recharging
c. Priming
Answer - Priming
The cylinder diameter of
mechanical rice thresher is
measured distance from _____?
a. The base of the threshing element passing
through the shaft axis
b. The tip of the threshing element passing
c. The outlet of the cylinder cover
Answer - The tip of the threshing element passing

The maximum moisture content of
the grain to be used for testing
mechanical thresher should be
more than ____.
a. 18 %
b. 24 %
c. 28 %
Answer 24 %
The grain straw ratio for samples to be
used for testing rice thresher should not
at a ranged of _____.
a. 0.35 to 5.0
b. 0.50 to 0.65
c. 0.65 to 0.85
Answer - 0.50 to 0.65

The minimum number of hours
required in testing the rice thresher
based on PAES is
a. 0.5 hour
b. 1 hour
c. 2 hours
Answer - 2 hours
When do you want to diagnose
ignition and other electrical
problems of an engine, a typical
instrument to be used is
a. Compression tester
b. Oscilloscope
c. Dynamometer
Answer - Oscilloscope
Engine power performance is
measured using
a. Compression tester
b. Oscilloscope
c. Dynamometer
Answer - Dynamometer
It is the device used to measure the
state of battery charge of an engine.
a. Tachometer
b. Hydrometer
c. Ohmmeter
Answer - Hydrometer
Gasoline engine power output can
be increased by
a. Increasing the compression ratio
b. Increasing the fuel feeding
c. Reducing the load of the engine
Answer - Increasing the compression ratio

A small mechanical blower installed in an
engine to increase power output by forcing
fuel charge under pressure in the cylinder.
a. Super charger
b. Soot blower
c. High pressure blower
Answer - Super charger

It is a measure of the area in cubic inches
above the piston when it is at a top of its
stroke, compared to the area above the
piston when it is at a bottom stroke.
a. Piston displacement
b. Compression ratio
c. Clearance volume
Answer - Compression ratio

The compression ratio of an engine can
be increased by
a. Installing connecting rod of greater
length
b. Installing high dome piston
c. Installing crankshaft which has a crank
pin throw of greater length
Answer: None of the above

Air-fuel ratio for combustion for
gasoline engine.
a. 10 to 1
b. 15 to 1
c. 20 to 1

Premature explosion in the cylinder
of a gasoline engine during the
exhaust stroke.
a. Backlash
b. Backfire
c. Back pressure
Answer - Backfire
A switching device of high voltage
current in multiple cylinder engine
which breaks primarily and
secondary circuits.
a. Distributor
b. Contact point
c. Relay
Answer - Distributor
It refers to any ring or washer
providing a packing or seal
between metal surface of an
engine.
a. Oil ring
b. Grease
c. Gasket
Answer - Gasket
It is the setting to give high voltage
current to the spark plug in relation
to the movement and position of
the piston.
a. Idling
b. Ignition timing
c. Engine timing
Answer - Ignition timing

Ignition of combustion of fuel not at
the proper time.
a. Backfiring
b. Misfiring
c. Detonation
Answer - Misfiring
A condition whereby the engine on its
operation has abnormally increased its
temperature due to faulty cooling,
lubricating and other mechanical
trouble.
a. Backfiring
b. Overheating
c. Misfiring
Answer - Overheating
Air-fuel ratio of an engine under
idling condition.
a. 11 – 12.5 to 1
b. 12.5 – 13.5 to 1
c. 13.5 – 17.5 to 1
Answer - 11 – 12.5 to 1
Abnormal rapid combustion occurring
simultaneously with abnormal
combustion manifested by loss of
power, over heating, rough operation,
and sharp ringing sound called engine
knock.
a. Backfiring
b. Misfiring
c. Detonation
Answer - Detonation
Air-fuel ratio of engine at full load
a. 11 – 12.5 to 1
b. 12.5 – 13.5 to 1
c. 13.5 – 17.5 to 1
Answer - 12.5 – 13.5 to 1

Recommended engine spark plug
gap clearance.
a. 0.02 in. and below
b. 0.02 to 0.04 in.
c. 0.04 to 0.06 in.
Answer - 0.02 in. and below

General rule for piston to cylinder
wall clearance.
a. 0.001 in. for every inch diameter of the piston
b. 0.002 in. for every inch diameter of the piston
c. 0.003 in. for every inch diameter of the piston
Answer 0.001 in. for every inch diameter of the

piston
Recommended gap or clearance of
the contact point of engine.
a. 0.01 to 0.02 in.
b. 0.02 to 0.035 in.
c. 0.035 to 0.045 in.
Answer - 0.01 to 0.02 in.

Resurfacing or replacing of cylinder
head is done when ___ of its full
length is warped.
a. 0.01 to 0.015 in.
b. 0.015 to 0.02 in.
c. 0.02 in. and above
Answer - 0.02 in. and above

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AGRICULTURAL POWER,

MACHINERY, AND ALLIED

Answer – Rated Horsepower

Answer – Brake horsepower

Answer – Check valve

Answer – Two stroke cycle

Answer – Spark plug

Answer – None of the above

Answer – None of the above

Answer – Piston displacement volume

Answer – None of the above

Answer – Compression Ratio

Answer – Indicated horsepower

Answer – 154 in3

Answer – Clearance volume

Answer – None of the above

Answer – Firing order

Answer – External combustion engine

Answer – Running mate

Answer – 1000 times

Answer – All of the above

Answer – Brake horsepower over indicated

Answer – 100 times

Answer – Cooling System

Answer – Cetane rating

Answer – 1524.44 kg-m/sec

Answer – All of the above

Answer – Transmission Box

Answer – 300 psi

Answer – Intake valve

Answer – 160 cm3

Answer – 120 psi

Answer – None of the above

Answer – 17-19 deg

Answer – four strokes cycle engine

Answer – two stroke cycle engine

Answer – fours storke

Answer – 2545 BTU/hr

Answer: Larger cylinder diameter than piston

Answer – 150 rpm

Answer – 0.082 sec/kg

Answer: 3000 power stroke per min

Answer – 9780 m/min

Answer – 520 m/min

Answer – 314 cm2

Answer – 75 power stroke per min-cylinder

Answer – 2000 strokes per min

Answer – Draft animals

Answer – 0.89 kW/m2

Answer – hydro power

Answer – Agricultural Tractor

Answer – at the operator,s seat

Answer – Power takeoff

Answer – 540 rpm

Answer Power tiller

Answer - Stirring wheel

Answer – Automatic draft control

Answer – Lugging ability

Answer – 540 rpm

Answer - Final drive

Answer - 540 rpm

Answer – All of the above

Answer – Two of the above

Answer – 78,852.3 kCal