1. GPEP stands for ___. 5.

The typical width of farm-to-market

road for a two-lane roadway.
a. Grain Productivity Enhancement
Project a. 2m
b. Grain Productivity enhancement b. 4m
Program c. 6m
c. Grain Production Enhancement d. None of the above
Program
d. All of the above 6. Common spaces of roof trusses.

2. Areas of concern of the Philippine a. 1 to 24 ft

Postharvest Industry: b. 25 to 50 ft
c. 51 to 74 ft
a. Research and development d. 75 to 100 ft
b. Training, extension, and e. None of the above
commercialization
c. Postharvest facility assistance 7. The weight of a steel roof truss W
d. Government support to the in pounds per square foot of the
private sector horizontal surface as a function of
e. All of the above span L in feet can be determined by an
f. None of the above empirical equation ___.

3. The minimum fees for registered a. W = 0.5 + 0.075 L

agricultural engineers for review, b. W = 0.4 + 0.040 L
signing, and sealing of feasibility c. W = 0.3 + 0.021 L
studies. d. None of the above

a. P150/1M cost 8. The recommended overlapping of

b. P100/1M cost corrugated GI-sheet roof between
c. P2000 or 500 per page sides.
d. None of the above
a. ½ to 1 corrugation
4. The minimum fees for registered b. 1½ to 2½ corrugations
agricultural engineers for review, c. 3½ to 4½ corrugations
signing, and sealing of project d. None of the above
proposals.
9. The volume of cement contained
a. P150/1M cost in a 4-in. x 8-in. x 16-in. concrete
b. P100/1M cost hallow block.
c. P2000 or 500 per page
d. None of the above a. 0.001 m3
b. 0.003 m3
c. 0.004 m3
d. None of the above
10. The daily water requirement of 14. The rate of electrical power used
boar and of sow at normal ambient or consumed.
temperature.
a. Ohms
a. 1-5 liters per day-animal b. Volt
b. 5-10 liters per day-animal c. Watt
c. 10-30 liters per day-animal d. All of the above
d. None of the above
15. A friction or an opposition to the
11. The artificial light requirement of flow of current in the wire.
chicks during the first 48 hours at 2.4
m above the floor. a. Resistance
b. Impedance
a. 15 watts per m2 c. All of the above
b. 25 watts per m2 d. None of the above
c. 35 watts per m2
d. All of the above 16. A wire installation that supplies
current to lights and convenience
12. What is the total board foot of 5 outlets.
pieces of 2-in. x 6-in. x 14-feet wood?
a. Service drop wire
a. 50 bd ft b. Feeder lines
b. 60 bd ft c. Circuit
c. 70 bd ft d. All of the above
d. None of the above e. None of the above

13. When there is too much flow of 17. Determine the monthly electrical
electricity in a wire, the ___. consumption of a farm residence
having the following loads: one 1200-
a. current is released in the air to watts electric iron with 2 hours usage;
keep the wire to continuously carry one 1000-watt water heater with 3
the electricity hours usage; and one 1300-watt
b. heat is produced which may toaster with 30 minutes usage.
eventually blow off the fuse of a
circuit a. 4.05 kw-hour
c. electromotive force will increase b. 5.05 kw-hour
to produce more power available at c. 6.05 kw-hour
the circuit d. None of the above
d. None of the above
18. The measure of the power output 23. The percentage of grains that are
of a fan in relation to its power input. free from foreign matter.

a. Fan thermal efficiency a. Percentage foreign matter

b. Fan performance index b. Percentage Cleanliness
c. Fan efficiency c. Purity
d. All of the above d. None of the above

19. An air-moving device that 24. A type of screen cleaners that

produces high airflow but low head. uses air blast to assist in the cleaning.

a. Fan a. Screen separator

b. Blower b. Fanning mill
c. Compressor c. Blower
d. All of the above d. None of the above

20. An air-moving device suitable for 25. The recommended size of scalper
grain cleaning. for paddy is ___.

a. Axial fan a. 0.2-0.25sq.m. per ton

b. Propeller fan b. 0.3-0.35sq.m. per ton
c. Cross flow fan c. 0.4-0.45sq.m. per ton
d. All of the above d. None of the above

21. If the diameter of the blower is 26. The amount of foreign materials in
increased, the pressure will ___. a sample of grains.

a. increase a. Impurities
b. decrease b. Chalky grain
c. be the same c. Dockage
d. None of the above d. None of the above

22. An air-moving device commonly 27. A kind of a cleaner that uses air in
used for drying which produces high separating lesser-density materials
pressure but low airflow. from corn kernel/corn grits such as
floured corn, germ, and bran.
a. Blower
b. Fan a. Aspirator
c. Compressor b. Oscillating screen
d. None of the above c. Cleaner
d. Cyclone separator
e. All of the above
28. The minimum drying efficiency 32. What is the percentage moisture
requirement based on the standard content of the paddy in Item 31 when
performance criteria of a mechanical expressed in dry basis?
dryer.
a. 22%
a. 90% b. 30%
b. 75% c. 12%
c. 50% d. None of the above
d. None of the above
33. Cyclone efficiency increases for
29. The minimum heating efficiency ___.
requirement of a direct-fired biomass-
fueled grain dryer. a. small particles
b. medium particles
a. 75% c. large particles
b. 65% d. None of the above
c. 50%
d. None of the above 34. Cyclone efficiency decreases with a
___.
30. The minimum heat utilization
efficiency requirement based on the a. decrease in the amount of dust
standard performance criteria of a b. reduction in length of cyclone body
direct-fired petroleum-based fuel c. decrease in the number of gas
mechanical dryer. rotation inside the cyclone
d. all of the above
a. 90%
b. 80% 35. The breaking down of organic
c. 70% matters in a water solution or in a
d. None of the above suspension into simpler and more
biologically-stable compounds.
31. If 20 kg of water is removed from
a 110-kg paddy, what is the a. Digestion
percentage moisture content of the b. Ammonification
paddy in wet basis? c. Adsorption
a. 12% d. None of the above
b. 18%
c. 22% 36. The wastewater, either treated or
d. None of the above untreated, discharged from a reservoir,
basin, or treatment plant.

a. Effluent
b. Influent
c. Turbid water
d. None of the above
37. The biological decomposition of 42. The minimum by-product recovery
nitrogenous organic matter producing a requirement based on the
foul-smelling product associated with performance criteria for corn mills.
the anaerobic degradation of proteins.
a. 21 %
a. Anaerobic digestion b. 31%
b. Putrefaction c. 41%
c. Liquefaction d. None of the above
d. None of the above
43. A drying technology that has the
38. The ratio of the weight of corn grits ability to maintain the original
to the total weight of corn kernel input appearance of the product with no
expressed in percent. shrinkage, retain shape and structure.

a. % input capacity a. Heated air drying

b. % main product recovery b. Conduction drying
c. % milling recovery c. Freeze drying
d. All of the above d. All of the above

39. The major component of a corn 44. An indicator of food quality which
mill that reduces corn kernels into grits. determines its acceptability to the
consumers.
a. Burr mill
b. Hammer mill a. Taste
c. Steel roller mill b. Flavor
d. All of the above c. Palatability
d. None of the above
40. The minimum main product
recovery requirement based on the 45. The pre-drying temperature
performance criteria for corn mill. requirement for mushroom.

a. 44% a. 80-90F
b. 54% b. 120-125F
c. 64 % c. 250-300F
d. None of the above d. None of the above
e. All of the above
41. The ratio of the weight of corn
kernel input to the total operating time. 46. The recommended temperature
for drying vegetables.
a. Input capacity
b. Output capacity a. 125F
c. Milling capacity b. 150F
d. All of the above c. 175F
d. 200F
e. All of the above
47. The drying time requirement for 52. When heat is transmitted through
solid yellow or slightly brown-flecked molecular waves, it is transmitted by
bananas in a dehydrator. ___.

a. 4 - 8 hours a. Convection
b. 8 - 10 hours b. Conduction
c. 10 - 16 hours c. Radiation
d. All of the above d. None of the above

48. The most favorable cold storage 53. A thick-walled stainless-steel tube
temperature for eggs. (k = 19 w/m-°C, with 2 cm ID and 4 cm
OD) is covered with a 3-cm layer of
a. 29 – 30C asbestos insulation (k = 0.2 w/m-°C).
b. 29 – 30F If the inside wall temperature of the
c. 28F pipe is maintained at 600°C and the
d. None of the above temperature outside of the insulation
is at 100°C, what would be the heat
49. The freezing temperature for eggs. loss per foot length of the tube?

a. 29 – 30C a. 600 w/m

b. 29 – 30F b. 680 w/m
c. 28F c. 720 w/m
d. None of the above d. None of the above

50. The shape factor for heat by 54. Heat basically transfers from ___.
conduction is expressed as ___.
a. lower temperature to high
a. A/dx temperature
b. K A/dx b. high temperature to lower
c. dt/dx temperature
d. None of the above c. lower pressure to high pressure
d. None of the above
51. The amount of heat transferred
per unit temperature per unit length. 55. If more heat is to be transmitted
from one side of a solid body to the
a. Emissivity other side, which of the following
b. Thermal conductivity would you recommend as an
c. Heat transfer coefficient Engineer?
d. None of the above
a. Increase the thickness of material.
b. Decrease the thickness of material.
c. Maintain the thickness of material.
d. None of the above
56. The part of a belt conveyor used to 60. When a bucket elevator is to be
discharge materials over the end of the fed at the downside section, instead of
belt with the use of a diagonal scraper. the upside section of the elevator
booth, its power requirement will ___.
a. Scraper
b. Tripper a. decrease
c. Head pulley b. increase
d. None of the above c. the same
d. none of the above
57. What is the theoretical rpm of a
bucket elevator whose head pulley 61. The recommended clearance for a
diameter is 0.2 m and the bucket disk huller in order to achieve high
projection is 0.1 m? (N=29.9/ R). brown rice recovery with less
breakage.
a. 77 rpm
b. 120 rpm a. ¼ of the length of paddy grain
c. 160 rpm b. ½ of the thickness of paddy grain
d. None of the above c. ¾ of the length of paddy grain
d. None of the above
58. If the operational efficiency of the
bucket elevator in Item 2 is 85% of the 62. The maximum percentage of
theoretical speed, what is the operation milling recovery from rice mills.
speed of the elevator?
a. 69%
a. 65 rpm b. 75%
b. 102 rpm c. 80%
c. 136 rpm d. None of the above
d. None of the above
63. The speed of the fixed rubber roll
59. What is the theoretical horsepower in a rubber roll huller is slower by ____
requirement of a bucket elevator with compared to that of the adjustable
545 kg/min capacity and has 10.7 m lift. roller.
The elevator is loaded down side.
a. 20 %
a. 2.19 hp b. 25 %
b. 1.92 hp c. 30 %
c. 2.91 hp d. None of the above
d. None of the above
64. A multi-pass rice mill is 68. The blending of ingredients or
characterized by ___. materials in agricultural processing
operation.
a. having two or three separate
hullers in the system a. Sorting
b. having a series of two or three b. Molding
whitening machines c. Mixing
c. having the paddy loaded in the rice d. All of the above
mill several times
d. None of the above 69. The auger that is centrally located
in a vertical feed mixer usually rotates
65. The maximum speed requirement at a speed of ___.
for a vertical abrasive whitening cone
machine. a. 100-250 rpm
b. 250-400 rpm
a. 13 m/s c. 400-650 rpm
b. 14 m/s d. None of the above
c. 15 m/s
d. All of the above 70. Horizontal feed mixer is not
advantageous for feed mixing as
66. If a rice huller has 0.90 hulling compared with vertical feed mixer for
coefficient and 0.80 wholeness the reason that:
coefficient, what is the output per
hour of the rice huller in Item 53 in kg a. Horizontal feed mixer has lower
of brown rice? capacity
b. Horizontal feed mixer has high
a. 6.52 tons per hour power requirement
b. 4.50 tons per hour c. Horizontal feed mixer has lesser
c. 4.00 tons per hour life span
d. None of the above d. None of the above

67. The assembling and measuring of 71. If mixing is needed during

the needed amount of every solid raw conveying, the suitable conveyor to
feed material in the formulation of the use is ___ type.
desired composition of a mixture.
a. bucket
a. Mixing b. screw
b. Blending c. belt
c. Pelleting d. all of the above
d. All of the above
72. The amount of moisture in the 76. The process which results in the
grain expressed as a percentage of the diffusion of substances from the
total weight of the samples. region of high concentration to the
region of low concentration.
a. Moisture content dry basis
b. Moisture content wet basis a. Energy transfer
c. Moisture content b. Mass transfer
d. All of the above c. Heat transfer
d. None of the above
73. If a product has a percentage
moisture content of 12% wet basis, 77. Ten BTU is equivalent to ___.
the equivalent percentage moisture
content in dry basis is: ___. a. 2520 calories
b. 2250 calories
a. 13.6% c. 2045 calories
b. 16.3% d. None of the above
c. 13.4%
d. None of the above 78. One-hundred calories is
equivalent to ____.
74. A product has a percentage
moisture content of 25% expressed in a. 418.7 Joules
dry basis. What is the percentage b. 481.7 Joules
moisture content of the product in c. 471.8 Joules
wet basis? d. None of the above

a. 20% 79. The latent heat of fusion of water

b. 22% is ___.
c. 26%
d. None of the above a. 336 kJ/kg
b. 144 BTU/lb
75. The coefficient of friction of rice c. All of the above
to steel material is 0.41. What would d. None of the above
be the minimum angle of the hopper
required for the system? 80. When a product is termed as
frozen, it is ___.
a. 22 deg.
b. 30 deg. a. chilled and stored above freezing
c. 50 deg. point
d. None of the above b. stored between –10F to 10F
c. stored at 10F to 50F
d. All of the above
81. The freezing point of milk. 86. The water requirement for large-
animals slaughter houses.
a. -0.545°C
b. -0.545°F a. 227 liters per day per animal
c. 0. 545°C b. 114 liters per day per animal
d. None of the above c. 57 liters per day per animal
d. None of the above
82. The popular refrigerant for low-
temperature refrigeration systems. 87. The water requirement for small-
animals slaughter houses.
a. R-12 (Dichlordifluoromethane)
b. R-22 a. 227 liters per day per animal
(Monochlorodiflouromethane) b. 114 liters per day per animal
c. R-502 (mixture of R-22 and R115) c. 57 liters per day per animal
d. All of the above d. None of the above

83. The indicator of the uniformity of 88. Site for slaughter houses should be
ground materials in the resultant elevated ___ above the adjacent
product. ground.

a. Uniformity sex a. 400 mm

b. Particle size b. 500 mm
c. Fineness modulus c. 600 mm
d. All of the above d. None of the above

84. The process of reducing the size 89. The recommended dimension for a
of materials by cutting and crushing slaughter house for large animals with
actions. throughput rate of 30 animals per day.
a. Milling
b. Grinding a. 6 m x 5.8 m
c. Shearing b. 2.5 m x 6.4 m
d. None of the above c. 23.3 m x 15 m
d. None of the above
85. A grain milling machine suitable
for grinding grains with moisture 90. The recommended minimum width
content of up to 30%. for doorways of slaughter houses.

a. Hammer mill a. 1.0 meter wide

b. Attrition mill b. 1.2 meters wide
c. Roller mill c. 1.5 meters wide
d. All of the above d. None of the above
91. The maximum allowable safe 95. The optimum relative humidity for
height of sack pile in bag storage. storing fruits and vegetables is ___.

a. 12-16 sacks a. 60-70%

b. 18-25 sacks b. 80-90%
c. 28-30 sacks c. 90-100%
d. None of the above d. All of the above

92. If a pile of rice is 8-m long, 6-m 96. The recommended overall height
wide, and 3.6-m high, how many bags by ASAE for an agricultural pallet bin .
of rice are safe to be piled?
a. 72 or 133 cm
a. 2592 bags b. 62 or 122 cm
b. 2952 bags c. 52 or 112 cm
c. 2295 bags d. None of the above
d. None of the above
97. The recommended dimension for
93. If 5000 bags of palay are to be maximum piling of stacks to conform
piled 20-bags high, how many square with the fumigating sheets in
meters of floor space is required? situations where warehouses cannot
(0.23 m/bag) be made airtight.

a. 111 sqm a. 7.3 m x 21.9 m x 4.5 m

b. 121 sqm b. 6.3 m x 20.9 m x 4.5 m
c. 211 sqm c. 5.3 m x 19.8 m x 4.5 m
d. None of the above d. None of the above

94. What is the peak storage capacity 98. A rice thresher that is fed with
of a 5-m diameter grain storage bin panicles at one end and discharges
with an average height and a threshed product at the other end is
minimum angle of fill of 6 m and 28 called ___.
deg., respectively?
V=(D²/4) (EH) + (D²/4) (D/2 a. radial type thresher
tanØ/3) b. hold-on type thresher
c. axial-flow thresher
a. 126.5m³ d. None of the above
b. 162.5m³
c. 156.2m³
d. None of the above
99. The commonly used threshing
units for throw-in type thresher.

a. Peg tooth
b. Wire loop
c. Rasp bar
d. None of the above

100. The recommended rpm of rice

thresher cylinder.

a. 400-600 rpm
b. 800-1200 rpm
c. 2000-3000 rpm
d. None of the above
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1. c 26. c 51. b 76. b

2. e 27. a 52. c 77. a
3. a 28. b 53. b 78. a
4. b 29. b 54. b 79. c
5. c 30. a 55. b 80. b
6. b 31. b 56. b 81. a
7. b 32. a 57. a 82. c
8. b 33. c 58. a 83. c
9. a 34. d 59. b 84. c
10. c 35. a 60. b 85. b
11. c 36. a 61. b 86. a
12. c 37. b 62. a 87. b
13. b 38. b 63. b 88. c
14. c 39. c 64. b 89. b
15. c 40. c 65. a 90. c
16. c 41. c 66. a 91. b
17. c 42. b 67. b 92. a
18. c 43. c 68. c 93. a
19. a 44. c 69. b 94. a
20. c 45. a 70. b 95. b
21. a 46. a 71. b 96. a
22. a 47. b 72. b 97. a
23. c 48. b 73. a 98. c
24. b 49. c 74. a 99. a
25. a 50. a 75. a 100. b