PRETEST # 1

1. Which of the following is a

digging tool?
a. Bolo
b. Crowbar
c. Grab Hoe
d. Pruning Shear
2. Which tool is used for cutting
grass?
a. Shovel
b. Bolo
c. Crowbar
d. Mattock
3. What tool does NOT
belong to the group?
a. Crowbar
b. Mattock
c. Shovel
d. Pruning Shear
4. Farm tools are very important in
pre-horticultural operations
because they ____.
a. Make work easier
b. Make work faster
c. Save time and effort
d. All of the above
5. A tool with one end of its blade
flattened and the other pointed at
right angles to its handle is a
______.
a. Mattock
b. Crowbar
c. Bolo
d. Spade
6. Which tool resembles the
appearance of a spoon and is
used for transferring soil?
a. Spade
b. Shovel
c. Spading fork
d. Grub hoe
7. What implement is being
pulled by a working animal to
till the land?
a. Harrow
b. Native Plow
c. Disc Plow
d. Disc Harrow
8. An implement attached to a
tractor that is used to pulverize
the newly plowed soil is a
______.
a. Trailer
b. Disc Harrow
c. Native Plow
d. Disc Plow
9. An open container with a single
wheel at the front and two handles
at the back used to transport things
is a ____.
a. Hand Tractor
b. Tractor
c. Basket
d. Wheel Barrow
10. Which of the following tools
is used to harvest crops?
a. Knife
b. Plow
c. Spade
d. Basket
HORTICULTURE
The art or
practice of
garden
cultivation and
management.
 FARM TOOLS
IN
HORTICULTURAL
OPERATION
Hand Tools
Areusually light and are
used without the help of
animals or machines.
Tools:
Bolo
Crowbar
Pickmattock
Grab hoe
Spade
Shovel
Rake
Bolo
Is used for cutting tall
grasses and weeds and
chopping branches of trees.
Crowbar
Is used for digging big
holes and for digging out
big stones and stumps.
Pick mattock
Is used for digging canals,
breaking hard topsoil and
for digging up stones and
tree stumps.
Grab hoe
Is used for breaking hard
topsoil and pulverizing soil.
Spade
Is used in removing trash or
soil, digging canals or
ditches, and mixing soil
media.
Shovel
Is used in removing trash,
digging loose soil, moving
soil from one place to
another and mixing soil
media.
Rake
Is used for cleaning the
ground and leveling the
topsoil.
Tools:
Bolo
Crowbar
Pickmattock
Grab hoe
Spade
Shovel
Rake