1. The act regulating the practice of 5.

The substance that is added to the

agricultural engineering in the tractor for the purpose of changing
Philippines. traction and stability.

a. Republic Act No. 8559 a. Ballast

b. Republic Act No. 9513 b. Cage wheel
c. Republic Act No. 8749 c. Plow
d. None of the above d. Hydraulic lift

2. The Renewable Act of 2008. 6. The center of gravity of a standard

two-wheel-drive tractor is located ___.
a. Republic Act No. 8559
b. Republic Act No. 9513 a. at the mid center of the tractor
c. Republic Act No. 8749 b. 1/3 of the wheel base ahead of the
d. None of the above rear wheel axle of the tractor
c. near the front axle wheel of the
3. Which of the following statements is tractor
true in accordance with the Republic d. None of the above
Act 8749 (Air Pollution Control Policy)?
7. A tractor pulls a 1.0-meter-wide
a. It is allowed to import, manufacture, heavy-duty-offset disk harrow at an
sell, etc. leaded gasoline in the operating speed of 6 kph. What is the
Philippines. theoretical field capacity of the
b. It is allowed to import, sell, use, machine?
etc. engine or its components that uses
leaded gasoline. a. 0.6 ha/hr
c. It is not allowed to manufacture, sell, b. 0.06 ha/hr
import, etc. leaded gasoline or engine c. 6 ha/hr
and its components in the Philippines. d. None of the above
d. None of the above
a. All of the above 8. A tractor operating at 3.5 mph
develops a drawbar pull of 3000
4. PAES 101:2000 refers to: pounds. Estimate the required
drawbar horsepower for the tractor.
a. General safety in agricultural
machinery a. 28.0 hp
b. Operator’s manual content and b. 20.9 hp
presentation c. 19.8 hp
c. Method of sampling d. None of the above
d. All of the above
9. It is a large domesticated four- 14. The heat energy content of
footed animal that is used for power in coconut shell charcoal is 14223
agriculture? BTU/lb. How many kilo calories are
there in 10 kilos of coconut shell
a. Poultry and Livestock animal charcoal.
b. Draft animal
c. Dairy animal a. 78, 852.3 Kcal
d. None of the above b. 68, 852.3 Kcal
c. 87, 852.3 Kcal
10. What is the approximate pull of a d. None of the above
carabao whose weight is 1000
kilogram? 15. Open-fire stove has a thermal
efficiency of ___.
a. 100 kg
b. 150 kg a. 3-11%
c. 200 kg b. 11-20%
d. None of the above c. 20-30%
d. All of the above
11. Compute the power developed by
a 600-kg horse pulling an 80-kg load at 16. The recommended angle for the
a speed of 0.9 m/sec. inclined metal grates on the step-
grate-type stove.
a. 0.94 hp
b. 0.87 hp a. 45-60 deg
c. 0.99 hp b. 30-40 deg
d. None of the above c. 60-80 deg
d. None of the above
12. A 600-kg water buffalo is pulling a
plow at a speed of 0.7 m/s, what is the 17. Using biogas as fuel for engine can
draft power of the animal? replace ___ of diesel fuel.

a. 0.55 hp a. 60%
b. 0.76 hp b. 80%
c. 1.12 hp c. 100%
d. None of the above d. None of the above

13. If the animal in Item 12 is pulling a 18. The type of steam boiler
10-cm wide plow, how long the animal commonly used in food industry.
will travel in order to finish 1 hectare?
a. Fire-tube boiler
a. 75 km b. Water-tube boiler
b. 100 km c. Power boiler
c. 125 km d. None of the above
d. None of the above
19. A rice husk stove boils 2 liters of 23. The amount of heat required to
water and subsequently evaporated raise the temperature of one pound
0.5 liter. The initial temperature of water by one degree Fahrenheight.
water is 27C. The amount of fuel
consumed in boiling and evaporating a. kCal
water is 1.5 kg. What is the thermal b. BTU
efficiency of the stove? Assume a heat c. Joule
of vaporization of water equal to 540 d. None of the above
kCal/kg and a heating value of fuel
equal to 3,000 kCal per kg. 24. The air requirement for gasification
of agricultural wastes ranged from ___.
a. 5.2 %
b. 9.2 % a. 10-20 % of stoichiometric air (SA)
c. 12.5 % b. 20-30 % of SA
d. None of the above c. 30-40 % of SA
d. None of the above
20. The thermal efficiency of a 1.2 kW
biomass stove is 15%. If wood with 25. The burning temperature of most
heating value of 4,000 kcal per kg is agricultural wastes.
used as fuel, what is the wood
consumption per hour? a. 100-200C
b. 300-400C
a. 1.6 kg per hour c. 500-600C
b. 2.0 kg per hour d. None of the above
c. 2.4 kg per hour
d. None of the above 26. The specific gravity of gasoline is at
the range of ___.
21. What is the required airflow to
gasify rice husk in a gasifier that a. 0.67 to 0.76
consumes 40 kg per hour of fuel? b. 0.79 to 0.85
Consider an equivalence ratio of 0.3. c. 0.85 to 0.91
d. All of the above
a. 56 kg of air per hr
b. 70 kg of air per hr 27. At the downward stroke of the two-
c. 86 kg of air per hour stroke cycle engine, which of the events
d. None of the above are taking place?

22. The air required for complete a. Power & intake, exhaust
combustion of combustible gases. b. Compression
c. Power & exhaust
a. Stoichiometric air d. None of the above
b. Primary air
c. Secondary air
d. All of the above
28. The amount of power available in 33. One hundred liters per second of
human for useful work. water is falling at a head of 10 meters.
The turbine efficiency is 80 %. What is
a. 0.5 hp the hydraulic power of the hydro
b. 0.25 hp system?
c. 0.1 hp
d. None of the above a. 8.7 kw
b. 87 kw
29. The minimum energy requirement c. 7.8 kw
of human. d. None of the above

a. 1,250 cal/day 34. A turbine used for hydro system

b. 1,500 cal/day wherein pressurized water is
c. 1,750 cal/day converted to a high-speed jet by
d. 2,000 cal/day letting the water pass through a
e. None of the above nozzle.

30. A ten-hectare farm is to be planted a. Impulse turbine

with rice by broadcasting. If planting is b. Reaction turbine
required to be finished within one day, c. Water wheel
how many people are required to do d. None of the above
the job?
35. The power of an engine specified
a. 3.5 persons by the manufacturer.
b. 4.1 persons
c. 6 persons a. Indicated horsepower
d. None of the above b. Brake horsepower
c. Rated horsepower
31. A person is doing a work for 4 d. All of the above
hours, what is the power developed by
that person? 36. A two-stroke gasoline engine is
running at a speed of 3,000 rpm. The
a. 0.09 hp piston diameter is 4 inches while the
b. 0.13 hp stroke is 4.5 inches. What is the speed
c. 0.15 hp of the piston?
d. None of the above
a. 489 m/min
32. The power generated from falling b. 537 m/min
water. c. 685 m/min
d. None of the above
a. Hydro power
b. Biomass power
c. Wind power
d. None of the above
37. A 1.5-kW split-phase motor 42. The capacity required for a 12-volt
running at 1740 rpm is to be used to solar panel system is 73.6 watt-hour.
drive a bucket elevator. The elevator What is the ampere-hour capacity of
should run at a speed of the battery needed for the system?
approximately 60 rpm. If the service
factor for the bucket elevator is 1.3, a. 6.13 ampere-hour
what is the design power for the b. 4.05 ampere-hour
drive? c. 7.23 ampere-hour
d. None of the above
a. 1.50 kW
b. 1.95 kW 43. Wind is moving at 4 meters per
c. 2.01 kW second. If the rotor area is 2 square
d. None of the above meters, what is the wind power?

38. What is the speed ratio for the a. 80 watts

drive in the item above if the motor b. 125 watts
pulley is 4 inches? c. 95 watts
d. None of the above
a. 1: 20
b. 1: 29 44. Wind pumps are suitable for high
c. 1: 38 ___ operation.
d. None of the above
a. torque
39. Which of the following is suitable b. speed
for the drive in the item above? c. power
d. None of the above
a. Type A
b. Type B 45. The wind flows on a 2m-diameter
c. Type C rotor at a rate of 2 m/s. It suddenly
d. None of the above flows at 4 m/s, what would be the
power output of the windmill?
40. The average power density of
solar heat striking the earth surface. a. 4 times
b. 6 times
a. 1 kw/m² c. 8 times
b. 0.89 kw/m² d. None of the above
c. 0.58 kw/m²
d. None of the above 46. The greater the number of blades
of the wind machine, ___ the torque.
41. Solar battery is rated in terms of
___. a. the higher
b. the lower
a. dimension of the battery c. the same
b. wattage d. None of the above
c. ampere – hour
d. None of the above
47. The size of the bottom of a 51. The method of applying chemicals
furrower is measured from ___. over the entire area to be treated.

a. the distance between the plow a. Basal application

bottoms b. Band application
b. the left and to the right wing of c. Broadcast application
the share of the plow bottom d. None of the above
c. the height of the share tip to the
highest tip of the moldboard 52. What is the application rate of a
d. None of the above granular-broadcast spreader required
to apply 1 ton of manure at a distance
48. An implement used for seedbed of 1000 meters? The machine swath
preparation, weed eradication, or is 2 meters.
fallow cultivation subsequent to some
form of primary tillage, equipped with a. 500 kg/ha
steel spring shanks. b. 5000 kg/ha
c. 50,000 kg/ha
a. Chisel plow d. None of the above
b. Field cultivator
c. Spring tooth harrow 53. During the field demonstration of
d. All of the above a rice reaper with 1.2-m cutter bar,
e. None of the above performance showed that the
machine travels at an average speed of
49. The ratio of the heat released by 3 kph. The average width of the cutter
the fuel of a heated-air mechanical bar actually utilized is 1.0 m. Time lost
dryer to the theoretical heat available for crossing the dike is 5 min/ha and
from the fuel. for repair is 10 min/ha. Turning and
other idle time is 10% of the effective
a. Burner efficiency operating time while removing field
b. Furnace efficiency obstruction and clogging is 15 min/ha.
c. Combustion efficiency What is the theoretical field capacity
d. None of the above of the machine?

50. The axial fan of a flat-bed dryer is a. 0.36 ha/hr

driven by a 10-hp diesel engine. If b. 0.25 ha/hr
gasoline engine will be used to drive c. 0.18 ha/hr
the fan instead of diesel engine, what d. None of the above
would be the size of the gasoline
engine? 54. What is the effective field capacity
of the machine in Item 53?
a. 9.5 hp
b. 10 .2 hp a. 0.25 ha/hr
c. 11.1 hp b. 0.30 ha/hr
d. None of the above c. 0.35 ha/hr
d. None of the above
 55. What is the time lost in turning 59. The method in which planting is
and other idle time per hectare of the done directly onto an essentially
reaper in Item 53? unprepared seedbed.

a. 10 min a. Zero tillage

b. 17 min b. No-tillage planting
c. 20 min c. Reduced tillage
d. None of the above d. None of the above

56. A type of pump that develops 60. Determine the number of hills in a
most of the suction and discharge 2-hectare farm planted with corn with
head by propelling or lifting action of 25-cm x 45-cm spacing.
the impeller vanes in the water.
a. 150,000 hills
a. Axial-flow pump b. 177,777 hills
b. Centrifugal pump c. 185, 877 hills
c. Mixed-flow pump d. None of the above
d. None of the above
61. A corn plantation requires a
57. One-thousand gallons per minute population of 3,700 plants per
(1000 gpm) of water is to be pumped hectare. The average emergence is
from a river to a farm 150-ft above the 90% and the row spacing is 1.2
river. What is the required meters. If the seeds are to be drilled,
horsepower to drive the pump, what should be the seed spacing?
considering a pump efficiency of 70%
and the friction and other losses of a. 0.4 m
20% of the static head? b. 0.3 m
c. 0.2 m
a. 64.8 hp d. None of the above
b. 68.4 hp
c. 48.6 hp 62. A five-row seeder will be used to
d. None of the above place 5 seeds per hill to a 100-hectare
farm. The row spacing of the seeder is
58. What is the total head loss, in 30 cm while the hill spacing is 25 cm.
meters, of the pump system in Item Compute the number of hills to be
57? planted for the entire area?

a. 54.8 m a. 12,888,666 hills

b. 48.5 m b. 13,333,333 hills
c. 84.5 m c. 14,121,122 hills
d. None of the above d. None of the above
63. If the seeder in Item 62 travels at 67. The primary factor that affects the
15 kph, what is its theoretical field performance of the sprayer.
capacity?
a. Spray-particle size
a. 2.25 ha/hr b. Spraying time
b. 2.15 ha/hr c. Spray materials
c. 2.01 ha/hr d. None of the above
d. None of the above
68. A farmer wishes to spray his
64. What is the effective field capacity cotton plantation at a rate of 300
of the seeder above if it has 90% field gallons per hectare. Sixteen nozzles,
efficiency? 18 inches apart will be used. The
forward speed of the tractor is 5 kph.
a. 2.025 ha/hr Compute the field capacity of the
b. 1.983 ha/hr sprayer in hectare per hour.
c. 1.869 ha/hr
d. None of the above a. 5.6 ha/hr
b. 3.6 ha/hr
65. How long does the machine finish c. 4.7 ha/hr
the job if it will be operated at 8 hrs. d. None of the above
per day and 20 days per month?
69. What is the required pump
a. 2 days capacity for the sprayer above?
b. 4 days
c. 6 days a. 23.5 gpm
d. None of the above b. 18.3 gpm
c. 20.6 gpm
66. A machine that breaks the liquid d. None of the above
droplets of effective size and
distributes them uniformly over the 70. A type of mechanical rice thresher
surface or space to be protected, and that detaches and separates the grains
regulates the amount of chemical from the panicles by feeding the rice-
solution to avoid excessive application in-stalks into the machine.
that might prove harmful or wasteful.
a. Axial-flow thresher
a. Duster b. Throw-in thresher
b. Sprayer c. Hold-on thresher
c. All of the above d. None of the above
d. None of the above
71. Factors affecting the power 76. A secondary tillage operation
requirement of a rice thresher. which pulverizes, smoothens, and
packs the soil during seedbed
a. Feeding rate preparation and also controls weeds.
b. Moisture content
c. Length of straw a. Harrowing
d. All of the above b. Listing
c. Chiselling
72. Threshing efficiency basically is d. None of the above
determined from weight of grain
obtained at the ___ to the grain input 77. The draft of a plow is dependent
fed at the feeding trays. on the ___.

a. straw outlet a. size of the plow

b. oscillating screen outlet b. plowing depth
c. blower outlet c. type of soil
d. All of the above d. All of the above

73. Grain-straw ratio requirement for 78. The factors that affect the draft of
testing a rice thresher ranges from the plow:
___.
a. Soil condition
a. 0.35 to 0.50 b. Hitch to the tractor
b. 0.50 to 0.65 c. Topography
c. 0.65 to 0.80 d. All of the above
d. All of the above
79. What is the force required to pull
74. The mechanical manipulation of a single-moldboard plow on a clay-
soil for any purpose. loam soil having a width and depth of
cut of 30 cm and 15 cm, respectively.
a. Land grading Soil draft is 8 psi.
b. Tillage
c. Earth moving a. 314 kg
d. None of the above b. 253 kg
c. 157 kg
75. The pushing or rolling of soil by a d. None of the above
steeply inclined blade.
80. If the plow above has an average
a. Bulldozing speed of 5 km/hr, what is its drawbar
b. Chiselling horsepower?
c. Subsoiling
d. None of the above a. 4.6 hp
b. 3.4 hp
c. 5.1 hp
d. None of the above
81. The effective field capacity of the 86. When a machine is driven directly
rotary tiller tilling theoretically at 0.4 from the shaft of a power source, the
ha/hr for an efficiency of 85% is ___. power is transmitted using ___.

a. 0.34 ha/hr a. gear drive

b. 0.24 ha/hr b. sprocket and chain drive
c. 0.43 ha/hr c. direct drive
d. None of the above d. None of the above

82. The effective field capacity of 2 87. If 10-Hp engine drive has a belt
moldboard plows having 25-cm width capacity rating of 4.5 hp per belt, how
each plowing at a speed of 7 km/hr for many pieces of belts are needed for
a field efficiency of 80% is ___. the drive?

a. 0.20 ha/hr a. 1 to 2 belts

b. 0.28 ha/hr b. 2 to 3 belts
c. 0.32 ha/hr c. 4 to 6 belts
d. None of the above
83. A mechanically-operated machine
that removes weeds or grasses from 88. A rice thresher is to be driven by
the crops. a 10-hp gasoline engine using V-belt
drive. The engine speed is 1800 rpm
a. Seeder while the thresher cylinder speed is
b. Weeder 650 rpm. The diameter of the engine
c. Cultivator pulley is 4 inches. What will be the
d. None of the above recommended diameter of the
thresher’s pulley?
84. The ratio between the number of
weeds removed by the weeder to the a. 6 in.
number of weeds present per unit b. 11 in.
area. c. 14 in.
d. None of the above
a. Weeding index
b. Weeding rate 89. What is the recommended belt
c. Weeding capacity size for the B-type V-belt needed for
d. None of the above the drive above, if its center distance
is 60 in.?
85. The power take-off rpm of a lawn
mower and garden ride-on tractors. a. B169
b. B144
a. 1000 rpm c. B196
b. 540 rpm d. None of the above
c. 2000 rpm
d. None of the above
90. The recommend size of the shaft 94. Assume that you are the
for the thresher above is ___. Agricultural Engineer in-charge of a
500-hectare corn farm with soil type
a. ½ in. that gives 10 psi draft when plowing at
b. ¾ in a speed of 4 km/hr. Compute the
c. 1 in drawbar horsepower required to pull a
d. None of the above three-disk plow with 12 inches
effective cut per disk at 6 inches
91. A diesel engine that operates at plowing depth.
2500 rpm will be used to drive an
irrigation pump, which should turn at a. 14.3 hp
1000 rpm. The pulley diameter for the b. 23.4 hp
pump is 4 inches. What is the c. 34.5 hp
recommended pulley diameter for the d. None of the above
engine?
95. How many hectares of the farm
a. 2 in. above a tractor can plow in one day
b. 4 in. (16 hours operation) if it is pulling a
c. 10 in. three-disk plow? Assume a total time
d. None of the above loss of 30%.

92. An irrigation pump is to be driven a. 2 ha/day

by a single-cylinder engine. The set-up b. 4 ha/day
has the following data: Engine c. 6 ha/day
rpm=2200; Pump rpm=1800; and d. None of the above
Diameter of Engine Pulley=25 cm.
What should the diameter of the 96. How many days would be required
second pulley be? to plow the entire 500-hectare farm
above if ten units of the same kind of
a. 35.05 cm. tractor and plow will be used?
b. 30.55 cm
c. 53.05 cm a. 8.3 days
d. None of the above b. 12.5 days
c. 15.4 days
93. The ratio between the mass of d. None of the above
fuel consumed per unit time and the
corresponding power measured. 97. Referring to the items above, how
much fuel a tractor consumes in liters
a. Specific fuel consumption per 16-hours day if the specific fuel
b. Fuel to mass ratio consumption is 1 lb/dhp-hr and the
c. Fuel consumption rate specific gravity of the fuel is 0.8?
d. None of the above
a. 1546 liters
b. 130.0 liters/hr
c. 95.1 liters/hr
d. None of the above
98. 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
d. None of the above

99. The required water temperature

in testing pump.

a. 10C and below

b. 10C – 40C
c. 40C - 60C
d. None of the above

100. The criteria used in evaluating

the performance of a machine.

a. Machine performance
b. Operator performance
c. Reliability of machine
d. Environment and safety
e. Cost of operation
f. All of the above
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