Practice Test in Crop Science (Clsu)
Practice Test in Crop Science (Clsu)
Practice Test in Crop Science (Clsu)
2. The Philippine Seed Board was replaced with the national Seed Industry Council beginning March
27, 1992 by what law?
A. R.A. 7308
B. R.A. 2000
C. R.A. 7001
D. AFMA
7. The technique of moving genes from one organism to another or putting them back in different
combinations to produce an improved organism is known as
A. Genetic engineering
B. Biotechnology
C. Recombinant DNA
D. All of the Above.
8. This is the implantation of a meristem from another plant to a plantlet or sterile plant in vitro.
A. grafting
B. micrografting
C. budding
D. microlayering
9. It is the process of preparing the soil for planting, thereby providing good physical, chemical and
biological condition that would permit optimum plant growth.
A. Land preparation
B. Primary tillage
C. Secondary tillage
D. Tillage
10. Planting the seeds by distributing them individually in the row is called:
A. Hill planting
B. Drill planting
C. Ridge planting
D. List planting
11. The judicious removal of plant parts to control the growth of a plant physically.
A. trimming
B. pruning
C. training
D. topping
12. Post harvest processing activities that do not change the structure of the commodity.
A. Primary processing
B. Secondary processing
C. Tertiary processing
D. All of the above
13. Decision on the quality of output/produce in farming system are largely influenced by:
A. technical factor
B. exogenous factor
C. endogenous factor
D. all of the above
15. The world Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), which was formed by the United
Nations in 1983, is better known as the Brundland Commission. In April 1987, it issued its report
entitled
A. Sustainable Development
B. Development and the Environment
C. Our Common Future
D. Conserving the Earth
16. Where water is scare or expensive. The soil is porous, and the area is windy, irrigation is best done
by
A. furrow irrigation
B. drip irrigation
C. overhead irrigation
D. all of the above
18. Properly dried seed can be stored for a longer duration with high germination using the container.
A. paper bag
B. sealed tin can
C. jute sack
D. plastic sack
19. A method of asexual propagation in which missing organs are allowed to regenerate on detached
vegetative parts of the plant.
A. Marcotting
B. Cuttage
C. Budding
D. Grafting
20. This is the capacity of a cell cultured in vitro to regenerate into plant.
A. potency
B. totipotency
C. micropropagation
D. culturability
23. This refers to the increased genetic variability brought by tissue culture.
A. mutation
B. genetic variation
C. somaclonal variation
D. none of the above
24. This is a group of cell, tissue or plant derived from a single mother cell,. Tissue or plant through
asexual means and is expected to be genetically identical
A. Clone
B. meristrem
C. bud
D. scion
25. The mechanical manipulation of the soil from a known condition to a different desired condition.
A. Primary tillage
B. Soil tilth
C. Tillage
D. Secondary tillage
26. A method of planting the seed at specified depth on the top of the furrows and with the expectation
of abundant rain.
A. Surface or flat-bed planting
B. Ridge planting
C. List planting
D. Hill planting
27. The general term for techniques that control the growth of plants in term of shape, size, and spatial
direction.
A. Training
B. pinching
C. pruning
D. trimming
28. End of the development stage of a fruit or fruit vegetable when it has developed the ability to ripen
normally after harvest.
A. Commercial maturity
B. Physiological maturity
C. Horticultural maturity
D. Botanical maturity
29. A system of cropping in which as many crops are grown as possible on the same land within a year.
A. monocropping
B. multiple cropping
C. integrated cropping
D. sustainable cropping
30. Assuming dry air and a sea-level air temperature of 30C, the temperature on top of a 1000-meter-
high mountain is
A. 10C
B. 20C
C. 30C
D. 40C
31. Equity between the interests and rights of present and future generation is known as
A. intragenerational equity
B. intergenerational equity
C. both a and b
D. none of the above
32. Because irrigation water is applied in a small amounts onto the soil without disturbing the surface,
soil erosion and surface crustation are usually eliminated when using
A. flood irrigation
B. furrow irrigation
C. drip irrigation
D. sprinkler irrigation
35. Combining a root stock and a scion until they unite permanently is
A. Marcoting
B. Layering
C. Grafting
D. Cutting
36. The leafy shoot origination from auxiliary buds borne at the base of the pineapple fruit is called.
A. Sucker
B. Runner
C. Slip
D. Crown
37. The light reactions of photosynthesis involve photosystem I and Photosystem II, each of which is
characterized by a specific reactive molecule. The reactive molecule of Photosystem II is
A. P730
B. P700
C. P680
D. P660
39. This method of genetic conservation conserves the plant outside the natural habitat
A. Ex situ conservation
B. In situ conservation
C. Cryopreservation
D. none of the above
40. This a standard procedure of testing whether plant or plant tissue carried known diseases or not.
A. quarantine
B. diagnostic
C. disease tracing
D. disease indexing
41. The tillage operation that does the initial cutting or breaking of the soil at its state where either a
crop has been grown and harvested or simply a barren soil.
A. Secondary tillage
B. Primary tillage
C. Zero tillage
D. Maximum tillage
42. Method of raising rice seeding where pre-germinated seeds are sown on cement or pulled soil
covered with banana leaves or polythylene plastic sheet. The raided seedlings are ready for
transplanting in 10-14 days.
A. Wet bed method
B. Dapog method
C. Dry bed method
D. Seedbed method
43. The process by which seed with inhibitory substances are subjected to cold temperature treatment
prior to germination to trigger the process of the flowering later is called
A. hardening
B. vernalization
C. acclimatization
D. scarification
44. Series of steps which include all those practices done after harvest to prepare the commodity for the
market or long term storage.
A. packaging operation
B. secondary processing operation
C. packinghouse operation
D. handling operation
47. The temperature at which a biological process will take place at the faster rate is the
A. cardinal temperature
B. maximum temperature
C. minimum temperature
D. optimum temperature
48. The attitude that regards the value of nature merely as a pool of exploitable resources to be used for
the satisfaction of human wants is the
A. Profi t attitude
B. biocentric-holistic attitude
C. anthropocentric attitude
D. none of the above
54. Many plants with tropical origin fix carbon using the
A. C4 pathway
B. C3 pathway
C. CAM pathway
D. Calvin cycle
56. Two of the most widely antibiotics in plant genetic engineering are
A. ampicillin and kanamycin
B. ampicillin and penicillin
C. penicillin and kanamycin
D. streptomycin and penicillin
57. The sterile plant with a functional roots and shoots developed in vitro is known as
A. seeding
B. embryo
C. plantlet
D. radicle
58. Land preparation is performed at relatively low moisture content, well below the saturation
moisture level.
A. Wetland or lowland preparation
B. Secondary tillage preparation
C. Dryland or upland preparation
D. Conventional land preparation
59. A process of transferring the seedlings t\from one seed box to another seed box or container before
they are brought to the filed.
A. Pricking
B. Hardening
C. Blocking
D. None of the above
60. It refers to the visual impact of the total mass of an object such as a plant or group of plants.
A. color
B. line
C. form
D. texture
61. Rapid closing of the neck of bulb crops under favorable condition
A. Tightening
B. Drying
C. Curing
D. Healing
62. The intercropping of cabbages and tomatoes is commonly adopted in vegetable growing areas
because of:
A. allelopahty
B. reduce incidence of diamond-back moth
C. reduce incidence of diseases
D. reduce cost of fertilizer
66. This is a crop that can be classified both as an agronomic crop and as a horticultural crop based on
its uses in the Philippines.
A. rice
B. mungbean
C. sorghum
D. peanut
67. The best seed storage temperature for orthodox seeds with 4% to 14% seed moisture content is
A. below 0C
B. 15C
C. 20C
D. 25C
70. The required compound for CO2 fixation, NADPH and ATP, are produce via
A. cyclic photophosphosrylation
B. non-cyclic photophosphosrylation
C. dark reactions
D. light reactions
71. Characters governed by several genes with small effects are known as
A. qualitative characters
B. quantitative characters
C. dominant characters
D. recessive character
72. The first genetically modified food crop was produced in developed countries to delay ripening. This
crop is
A. Tomato
B. eggplant
C. watermelon
D. soybean
75. Flowering plants can be jewels of the landscapes if they are planted in
A. group
B. random
C. both A and B
D. none of the above
76. Drying of surface moisture after washing or waxing or when commodities are harvested wet.
A. wiping
B. airing
C. blowing
D. water elimination
77. In hilly land farming the most commonly used hedgerow crow is:
A. mahogany
B. eucalyptus
C. ipil-ipil
D. falcate
82. Who is not a member of the National Seed Industry council (the former Philippine Seed board?)
A. Secretary of Agriculture
B. Directory of the Bureau of Plant Industry
C. Crop Research directory, PCARRD
D. Director of the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension
85. The destruction of the chlorophyll molecules due to strong light intensity is called
A. photolysis
B. photo-oxidation
C. etiolation
D. decoloration
86. It refers to the traditional system, which begins with a primary tillage operation followed by several
secondary tillage operatons.
A. Zero tillage
B. Minimum tillage
C. Maximum or conventional tillage
D. Secondary tillage
87. What is the germination percentage of corn, if only 180 normal seedlings have germinated out of
the 200 seeds sown?
A. 80%
B. 85%
C. 90%
D. 95%
88. Straight lines give a feeling of rigidity and formality while curved lines radiate a feeling of
A. Gracefulness
B. Softness
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
91. Plants will need more water when the relative humidity is
A. 60%
B. 70%
C. 80%
D. 90%
92. Some examples of external cost that are avoided in sustainable agriculture are
A. soil erosion, pollution, lower food quality
B. loss of biodiversity, species/varieties/breeds, and indigenous knowledge
C. erosion of human health and social relationships
D. all of the above
94. A plant, like sineguelas, that loses its leaves during a certain time of the year is a
A. seasonal plant
B. evergreen plant
C. deciduous plant
D. none of the above
97. Kangkong, ampalaya, and camote tops are easily chews because of the absences of supporting and
strengthening tissue called
A. parenchyma
B. collencyma
C. scelerencyma
D. chlorencyma
98. The anaerobic phase of respiration is lined to the aerobic phase by means of
A. succinyl Co-A
B. acetyl Co-A
C. glutaryl Co-A
D. gluconyl Co-A
99. It is process by which, the soil colds are broken or the soil is puddle by means of a spike toothed
harrow or comb harrow. Usually the operation is done by alternate direction with two lengthwise
and one crosswise.
A. Plowing
B. Harrowing
C. Rotavating
D. Furrowing
100. The recommended seedling rate of peanut is 90 kilograms per hectare. How many kilogram
seed is needed if the germination percentage is only 70 percent.
A. 100.0
B. 112.5
C. 125.0
D. 128.6
101. In landscaping, the fine texture of small leaves gives an illusion of distance while the coarse
texture of broadleaves gives an illusion of
A. softness
B. neatness
C. closeness
D. gracefulness
102. Type of fruits that exhibits a rise in respiration when it starts to ripen
A. Non-climatic fruit
B. Climacteric fruit
C. Tropical fruits
D. Temperate fruits
103. The most critical determinant of the cropping pattern rice followed by rice is:
A. water availability
B. soil texture and topography
C. market accessibility
D. technology
104. A farmer can spray his crop if the clouds in the sky are
A. cumulonimbus clouds
B. nimbus clouds
C. cirrus clouds
D. nimbostratus clouds
105. The deadly disease of infants caused by high nitrate levels in drinking water is
A. Methemoglobinemia
B. cancer
C. diarrhea
D. nitrate toxicity
107. Bitter gourd is know to help control diabetes. What is its specific name?
A. Momordica charantia
B. Luffa acuatangula
C. Citrullus lunatud
D. Luffa cylindrical
110. An indication that corms and rhizomes are stems although they are generally found below the
ground is the presence of
A. nodes and internodes
B. nodes and buds
C. node and leaf sheath
D. node and roots
113. Corn is planted at a spacing of 75cm between rows and 50cm between hills with 2 plant per hill.
What is the plant population per hectare?
A. 50,333
B. 51,333
C. 52,333
D. 53,333
114. Processor classifying produce into groups according to a set of recognized criteria of quality and
size, with each group bearing an accepted name and size grouping.
A. Sorting
B. Sizing
C. Grading
D. Selection
115. When a cropping pattern is written, sequential cropping is denoted by what symbol between
two crops?
A. hypen(-)
B. plus(+)
C. slash(/)
D. multiply(x)
116. Mango requires a climate distinct dry season of at least four months. That best climate for
mango is
A. Type 1
B. Type 2
C. Type 3
D. Type 4
118. Breaking hardpans in the soil and improving soil structure improves
A. drainage
B. surface drainage
C. internal drainage
D. all of the above
120. The agency involved in approving the release of recommended varities in the Philippines is
A. Philippine Seed Board (PSB)
B. National Seed Industry Council (NSIC)
C. Department of Agriculture (DA)
D. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
121. An aggregate fruit is derived from one flower with several ovaries. An example of an aggregate
fruit is
A. Atis
B. jackfruit
C. orange
D. lanzones
122. These are seeds that can not kept viable for a long time. They cannot withstand drying and
should not be permitted to dry out before planting.
A. Recalcitrant seed
B. Registered seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Orthodox seed
123. If photosynthesis is limited to the reaction that take place inside the choloroplast, the product of
photosynthesis is
A. glucose
B. phosphoglyceraldehyde
C. sucrose
D. phosphoglyceric acid
124. Plowing a hectare with an animal-drawn moldboard plow requires how many kilometers of
walking?
A. 90 km
B. 100 km
C. 120 km
D. 130 km
125. In the wet method of raising rice seedling, how many squares meters of seedbed is needed to
sow a bag of palay seed plant one hectare?
A. 200 sq m
B. 300 sq m
C. 400 sq m
D. 500 sq m
126. It is strongest of the training system but allows he least light in the canopy.
A. central leader
B. modifier leader
C. open center or vase
D. none of the above
127. Technology or process that adequate protection and safe delivery of a produce from the
producer to the consumer?
A. trucking
B. nundling
C. packaging
D. handling
128. The multiple cropping technology is quite difficult for farmers to adopt because of:
A. the need to grow new and unfamiliar crop
B. the need for timely implementation of required particles
C. the need for additional resources
D. all of the above
129. Aurora province is on the eastern part of Luzon, between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madre
mountains. West of the Sierra Madre is the town of gabaldon Nueva Ecija. When the northeast
monsoon prevail
A. more rain fall on aurora that on gabaldon
B. more rain fall on gabaldon receive equal amounts of rain
C. All of the happen at different months
135. This type of cutting consist of the leaf blade, petiole and a short piece of the stem with auxiliary
bud.
A. Stem cutting
B. Leaf cutting
C. Leaf-bud cutting
D. Root cutting
136. The phenomenon of a single major gene affecting more than one character is known as.
A. Pleiotropy
B. penetranx
C. expressivity
D. isogenic
138. A design principle that focuses the attention of the eye on some dominant feature of the design
and helps make the garden personal and interesting.
A. Emphasis
B. balance
C. unity
D. contrast
142. The constancy of production under a given set on environmental, economic, and management
conditions is known as
A. stability
B. sustainability
C. flexibility
D. resiliency
146. These are small suckers just emerging from an underground stem.
A. Maiden sucker
B. Water sprouts
C. Peeper
D. Swords
147. Analyze the following statement: “A juvenile plant will initiate the flower when it receives the
proper day length.”
A. The statement is always true
B. The statement is sometimes true and sometimes false
C. The statement is always false
D. None of the above
148. Modification in the expression of a dominant gene by another non-allelic dominant gene is
known as
A. gene interaction
B. gene action
C. gene flow
D. none of the above
152. Which of the following cropping patter will exhibit allelopathic effect:
A. mungbean-mungbean
B. mungbean-rice
C. mungbean-corn
D. mungbean-sweet potato
153. Which among of irrigation that has the least contribution to salinization is
A. flooding
B. furrow irrigation
C. overhead irrigation
D. drip irrigation
154. If benefits from the farm, resources, and power are distributed evenly so that the basic needs of
all members of society are met, agriculture is
A. humane
B. cultural appropriate and sensitives
C. sustainable
D. socially just and equitable
155. Which of the crops listed below requires more frequent irrigation?
A. Onion
B. watermelon
C. tomato
D. mungbean
156. Plant with vegetative shoot that continue to grow until the plant senesce are
A. determine plants
B. indetermine plants
C. perennials
D. none of the above
157. The most effective desiccant for seed storage, and therefore requires the smallest amount is
A. Lime
B. Charcoal
C. Silica gel
D. Wood ash
158. When the wedge is made on the stock and the split on the scion, the grafting method is
A. Whip and tongue grafting
B. Bark grafting
C. Saddle grafting
D. Cleft grafting
159. When plants are grown at very narrow spacing, stem elongation is
A. restricted
B. promoted
C. not affected
D. any of the above depending on variety
160. Bt corn is a variety of corn where the Bt gene has been inserted and makes corn resistant to
A. Asiatic corn borer
B. Corn downy mildew
C. Ear worm
D. Tobacco budworm
167. The most suitable material for germination test of very small seeds is
A. Rolled filter paper
B. Petri dish line with filter paper
C. Rag doll method
D. Sand
168. These type of grafting allows a bigger area of cambial contact between the rootstock and the
scion hence, it heals quickly and makes a very strong union.
A. Cleft grafting
B. Saddle grafting
C. Whip and tongue grafting
D. Bark grafting
169. There are short-day plants that flower even when the proper night length is not supplied but the
flower are few. They are known as
A. Qualitative short-day plants
B. Quantitative short-day plants
C. Quantitative long-night plants
D. Qualitative long –night plants
170. These are cells containing nuclei of one species but cytoplasm from both the parental species
A. Cybrids
B. Hybrid
C. Transgenic
D. Symmetric hybrids
171. This is the tillage system in which soil disturbance is reduced and some crop residues remains on
the soil surface after the operation
A. Conventional tillage
B. Conservation tillage
C. Minimum tillage
D. Secondary tillage
173. Although many farmers are using improved technologies, few framers are following the
recommendation made by researchers and extension workers in their entirely because:
A. farmers are stubborn or hard-headed
B. extension is ineffective
C. credit is inadequate
D. recommended technologies are not appropriate to their conditions
175. Resources that are exhausted with use because they are not replenished or cycled thought
natural processes
A. Recycled resources
B. Renewable resources
C. Non-renewable resources
D. None of the above
176. A sugarcane field in tarlac has a loamy sand soil. What irrigation method should be used?
A. furrow irrigation
B. drip irrigation
C. sprinkle irrigation
D. any of the above
177. Abaca in Bicol is afflicted by virus diseases. There are techniques to mass produce disease-free
planting materials like
A. Division of corms coming from existing farms
B. Tissue culture
C. Using desuckering tools
D. Grafting abaca with resistant
180. The DNA segment or the gene to be transferred in genetic engineering may be introduced into
plants cell though
A. T1 Plasmid
B. Gemini virus vectors
C. Direct DNA uptake by cells
D. All of the above
182. To increase distance in a small garden, the following pointers must be taken into consideration
A. Plants with larger leaves and brighter colors should be planted in the foreground
B. Plants with smaller leaves and dull colors should be planted in the background
C. Both a and b
D. None of these
184. The thinning of the ozone layer can result to harmful effect caused by
A. UV-A
B. UV-B
C. UV-C
D. All of the above
185. A major strategy is sustainable agriculture is to restore agricultural diversity in time and space
though
A. crop rotation and intercropping, especially those that include legumes
B. polycultures and cover crops
C. crop/livestock mixtures
D. all of the above
188. The following statements refers to what law? “the increase in yield per increase in growth
factors is proportional to the difference between the maximum yield and the actual yield.”
A. Leibig’s law of the minimum
B. Blackman’s law of limiting factors
C. Leibsher’s optimum law
D. Mitscherlich’s law of diminishing returns
189. This consist of actively dividing non-organized tissues of undifferentiated and differentiated cells
often developing from injury (wounding) or in tissue cultures.
A. cellulose
B. callus
C. protocorm
D. cell suspension
190. A design principle which refers to the pleasing relationship of object making each component a
part of a unified whole.
A. balance
B. harmony
C. rhythm
D. emphasis
191. In the SALT technology, a simple device which is used in determining the contour is known as.
A. Z-frame
B. A-frame
C. X-frame
D. C-frame
193. This is a holistic system of agriculture started by Rudolf Steiner that aims to connect nature and
cosmic forces (“formative life energies”) to farming. Its followers believes that heavenly bodies
(stars, etc.) influence the growth and development of plants
A. Natural farming
B. Sustainable agriculture
C. Bio-dynamic farming
D. Permaculture
194. For rapid rate of multiplication, the method of propagation generally practiced is
A. micropropagation
B. asexual propagation
C. sexual propagation
D. none of the above
198. A plant is tall and spindly with few branches and you want it to be short, compact and with more
branches. The pruning technique that you should use is
A. heading back
B. thinning out
C. shearing
D. none of the above
199. Rice, corn, mungbean, watermelon and most crops that grow in the Philippines are
A. sciophytes
B. halophytes
C. Heliophytes - Bright sunlight ito ang gusto ng Water melon, mung bean, rice and corn
D. xerophytes
200. Any plant used to provide a backround against which shape and color of flowers are being
displayed.
A. edging
B. screen
C. ground cover
D. sequence