Review Questions 2

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
d. None 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
d. None of the
above
Answer : Thresher
A machine used in separating
the kernels from the cob.
a. Grader
b. Sheller
c. Thresher
d. None of the
above
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.
d. None of the
above
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
Answer: 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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
Answer : 0.30 ha/hr

It is the ratio between the mass of fuel
consumed per unit of time of an engine
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
d. None of the
above
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: Furrow wall

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
d. None of the
above
Answer : Dead
furrow
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

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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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 above
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
Answer: 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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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. Barring-off
c. Sweeping
d. None of the
above
Answer: Barring-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 %
d. None of the
above
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 – Broadcast application

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

device
A device at a header of a
combine for severing the plant
stalk.
a. Cutting mechanism
b. Star wheel
c. Pickup
Answer - Cutting
mechanism
A device for gathering crops on
a window of a combine.
a. Header
b. Pickup
c. Star wheel
Answer - Pickup
A transport machine used in agriculture
suitably designed for coupling to an
agricultural tractor or self-propelled
combine.
a. Agricultural wagon
b. Agricultural loader
c. Agricultural trailer
Answer - Agricultural
trailer
A harvest residue discharged from
cleaning devices of a combine.
a. Foreign matters
b. Cut straw
c. Chaffs
Answer - Chaffs
What is the application rate of a granular
broadcast spreader required to apply 1
ton of manure at a distance of 1000
meters. The machine swath is 2 meters.
a. 500 kg/ha
b. 5000 kg/ha
c. 50,000 kg/ha
Answer - 5000 kg/ha

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is part of moldboard plow that
is used to cut the soil.
a. Moldboard
b. Share
c. Shin
d. None of the
above
Answer - Share
The center of resistance of
moldboard plow is located
a. At the center of
moldboard
b. At the center of share
c. At the intersection of
moldboard and share
Answer - At the intersection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

material is deformed
A type of bearing used to restrain
endwise motion of a turning shaft or
withstand axial load.
a. Ball bearing
b. Thrust bearing
c. Roller bearing
Answer - Thrust
bearing
A drive suitable for counter
clockwise direction of shafts.
a. Open drive belt
b. Chain and sprocket
c. Gears
d. All of the above
Answer - Gears
A belt transmission suitable for
cross-drive system.
a. V-belt
b. Timing v-belt
c. Flat belt
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
Answer: 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
d. None of the
above
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
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: _______
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
d. None of the
above
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
Answer: 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
Answer: 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 metals or more
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
d. None of the
above
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.
d. None of the
above
Answer: 20 ft.
The higher schedule specification
of pipe, the lower is its
a. Length
b. Nominal diameter
c. Thickness
Answer: None of the

above
The higher is the gauge number of
metal sheet, the lower is the
a. Thickness
b. Width
c. Length
d. None of the
above
Answer: Thickness
A welding process commonly used
for thin sheets of metal.
a. Brazing
b. Soldering
c. Spot welding
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
Answer: Lathe
It is a process of cutting hole to a
material by means of shearing process.
a. Drilling
b. Punching
c. Boring
Answer: Punching
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
Answer: None of the

above
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 is
the steel
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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: Stainless
steel
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
Answer: None of the

above
A coating material to protect metal
from rusting.
a. Primer epoxy
b. Red oxide
c. Red lead
d. All of the above
Answer: 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
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 sources.
a. Clutch
b. Chain
c. Springs
d. None of the
above
Answer: Clutch
A machine elements that transmits
torque and power.
a. Pulley
b. Bearing
c. Shaft
d. None of the
above
Answer: Shaft
It is used to fasten shafts, pulleys,
and hubs of gears together.
a. Bolt
b. Springs
c. Keys
d. None of the
above
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 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 cm
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 cassava mill 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
milling machine 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.
d. None of the
above
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: ______.
What is the recommended shaft
diameter for the drive in the item
above?
a. ½ in.
b. ¾ in.
c. 1 in.
d. None of the
above
Answer: ¾ in.
The length of chain usually
expressed in
a. Inches
b. Meters
c. Pitches
d. None of the
above
Answer: pitches
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
e. None of the
above
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
e. None of the above
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 trials 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
d. None of the
above
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
e. None of the above
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
Answer: 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
Answer: Cold rolled 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
Answer: Self priming 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 through the shaft axis
c. The outlet of the cylinder cover
Answer - The tip of the threshing

element passing through the
shaft axis
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
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
Answer: None of the

above
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
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
Premature explosion in the cylinder
of a gasoline engine during the
exhaust stroke.
a. Backlash
b. Backfire
c. Back pressure
d. None of the
above
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
d. None of the
above
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
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
d. None of the
above
Answer: Detonation
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
c. 0.003 in. for every inch
Answer: 0.001 in. for every inch

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

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effective size and distributes them uniformly over

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Answer: Knapsack sprayer

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a. Through put rate

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a. Belt drive shaft

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