EXAM 3 Flashcards

1
Q

System in which only isolated bands of
soil is tilled.
a. Strip tillage
b. Mulch tillage
c. Ridge tillage
d. Conservation tillage

A

a. Strip tillage

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2
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Tillage which forms a ridge and furrow
soil configuration.
a. Bedding
b. Ridging
c. Listing
d. Aota

A

d. Aota

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2
Q

Filling up the pump with water to
displace or evacuate the entrapped air
through a vent and create a liquid seal
inside the casing.
a. Mixed flow pump
b. Axial flow pump
c. Priming
d. Self-priming

A

c. Priming

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2
Q

Operation which mix or disperse foreign
materials, such as pesticides, fertilizers
or plant residues into the soil.
a. Harrowing
b. Middlebreaking
c. Incorporating
d. Off barring

A

c. Incorporating

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2
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Theoretical power required for pumping.
a. Water power
b. Water horsepower
c. Water pump
d. Water efficiency

A

a. Water power

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3
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Valve used to stop the flow of fluid.
a. Automatic switch valve
b. Cut-off valve
c. Solenoid valve
d. Pressure relief valve

A

b. Cut-off valve

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4
Q

Type of mist blower that is carried by
an operator on his back for mobility.
a. Wand
b. Mist blower
c. Backpack mist blower
d. Wand

A

c. Backpack mist blower

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4
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Boring part of the soil auger.
a. Motor-powered
b. Soil boring auger
c. Soil auger
d. Auger head/drill bit

A

d. Auger head/drill bit

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5
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Type of sugarcane planter that is not
capable of chopping sugarcane but instead,
requires pre-cut billets for planting.
a. Manual sugarcane planter
b. Mechanical sugarcane planter
c. Semi-automatic sugarcane planter
d. Sugarcane planter

A

a. Manual sugarcane planter

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6
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Type of knapsack granule applicator
which makes use of an engine or an electric
motor attached to a fan blower to
facilitate its operation.
a. Powered walk-behind type
b. Powered knapsack
c. Mechanical walk-behind type
d. Gravity knapsack

A

b. Powered knapsack

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7
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Type of walk-behind granule applicator
that makes use of ground wheels to actuate
the screw or spinner plate for application
of granules.
a. Powered walk-behind type
b. Mounted granule applicator
c. Three-point hitch type granule
applicator
d. Mechanical walk-behind type

A

d. Mechanical walk-behind type

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8
Q

Type of field cultivator wherein main
frame is mounted far behind the tractor.
a. Three-point hitch mounted
b. Field cultivator
c. Shank
d. Drawn type cultivator

A

d. Drawn type cultivator

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9
Q

Pump assembly attached to the stand
which contains the handle outlet assembly.
a. Hand pump
b. Pump head
c. Pump stand/pedestal
d. Pump rod/plunger rod

A

b. Pump head

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10
Q

Type of engine driven rice transplanter
which makes use of engine to actuate its
movement in the puddled field.
a. Walk-behind type transplanter
b. Engine driven or self-propelled rice
transplanter
c. Riding type
d. Mechanical transplanter

A

b. Engine driven or self-propelled rice
transplanter

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11
Q

Type of pump which develop most of the
suction and discharge head by propelling or
lifting action of the impeller vanes on the
water.
a. Mixed flow pump
b. Axial flow pump
c. Priming
d. Self-priming

A

b. Axial flow pump

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11
Q

Based on PAES Walking-type Agricultural
Tractor (rotary tilling-type), what is the
minimum peak transmission efficiency of the
axle-driven rotary tiller?
a. 95%
b. 85%
c. 90%
d. 80%

A

d. 80%

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12
Q

Subsoiling under the plant row prior to
planting usually intended for subsurface
drainage.
a. Precision tillage
b. Secondary tillage
c. Minimum tillage
d. Conventional tillage

A

a. Precision tillage

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13
Q

PAES 157:2011 Power Sprayer for Mango:
What is the minimum discharge rate of the
power sprayer.
a. 15 Lps
b. 15 Lpm
c. 15 Lph
d. NOTA

A

b. 15 Lpm

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13
Q

Plow bottom which is used in sticky
soils and soils that does not scour on
solid moldboard.
a. Slatted moldboard
b. Moldboard plow
c. Plow bottom
d. Sod moldboard

A

a. Slatted moldboard

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14
Q

System in which a large number of
depressions or small reservoirs are formed
to hold rain or sprinkler applied water.
a. Secondary tillage
b. Minimum tillage
c. Conventional tillage
d. Reservoir tillage

A

d. Reservoir tillage

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15
Q

Plow bottom that has short, broader and
curved more abruptly along the top edge and
is suited to work in soil which has been
cultivated from year to year.
a. Slatted moldboard
b. Moldboard plow
c. Stubble moldboard
d. Sod moldboard

A

c. Stubble moldboard

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16
Q

Part of the plow that penetrates the
soil and cuts the furrow slice
horizontally.
a. Share
b. Moldboard plow
c. Plow bottom
d. Sod moldboard

A

a. Share

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17
Q

Type of plow that has the front end
directly connected to the tractor’s threepoint linkage and its rear end is supported
by furrow and land wheels.
a. Semi-mounted reversible disc plow
b. Trailing moldboard plow
c. Semi-mounted moldboard plow
d. One-way disc plow

A

c. Semi-mounted moldboard plow

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18
Q

Primary tillage operation which
manipulates soil to a greater depth than
300 mm.
a. Deep tillage
b. Broadcast tillage
c. Rotary tillage
d. Oriented tillage

A

a. Deep tillage

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19
Q

Two-wheel tractor speed limit on paved
road in kph.
a. 8 to10
b. 1 to 5
c. 4 to 6
d. 8 to 15

A

a. 8 to10

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20
Q

Tillage operation which move soil to
create desired soil configurations.
a. Earthmoving
b. Land grading
c. Land forming
d. Land planning

A

c. Land forming

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21
Q

Based on PAES 159:2011 Agricultural
Machinery – Sugarcane Planter: What is the
minimum field efficiency?
a. 90%
b. 60%
c. 80%
d. 70%

A

c. 80%

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22
Q

Structural assembly which is used to
drill holes for the purpose of water-well
construction.
a. Drilling rig
b. Drilling pipe
c. Drill bit
d. AOTA

A

a. Drilling rig

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23
Q

Tillage operation that cuts and moves
small layers of soil to provide smooth,
refined surface condition
a. Land grading
b. Land forming
c. Land planning
d. Soil cultivation

A

a. Land grading

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24
Q

Tillage operation employing power-driven rotary action to cut, breaks up, and
mix soil.
a. Deep tillage
b. Broadcast tillage
c. Rotary tillage
d. Oriented tillage

A

c. Rotary tillage

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24
Q

Bit attached to the end of the drilling
pipe which is directly in contact with the
soil formation and serves as cutting device
during drilling operation.
a. Drilling rig
b. Drilling pipe
c. Drill bit
d. AOTA

A

c. Drill bit

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25
Q

Based on PAES walking-type agricultural
tractor (pull-type), what is the minimum
peak transmission efficiency of the
tractor?
a. 55%
b. 85%
c. 75%
d. 95%

A

b. 85%

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25
Q

Generic term used for a small particle
having a diameter ranging from 2 to 4 mm.
a. Hopper
b. Agitator
c. Granule
d. Granule applicator

A

c. Granule

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26
Q

Type of granule applicator that makes
use of the ground wheels to facilitate
movement of the unit during operation.
a. Trailing granule applicator
b. Walk-behind granule applicator
c. Mounted granule applicator
d. Three-point hitch type granule
applicator

A

b. Walk-behind granule applicator

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26
Q

Type of shovel which is wing-shaped.
a. Pike
b. Shank
c. Shovel
d. Sweep

A

d. Sweep

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27
Q

Type of walk-behind granule applicator
that uses engine to actuate the agitator
and screw or spinner plate for application
of granules.
a. Powered walk-behind type
b. Mounted granule applicator
c. Three-point hitch type granule
applicator
d. Mechanical walk-behind type

A

a. Powered walk-behind type

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28
Q

Tool used for displacing soil at
various depths for soil research and
analysis or for digging post holes by means
of a rotating helical flighting.
a. Motor-powered
b. Soil boring auger
c. Soil auger
d. Hand-operated type

A

c. Soil auger

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29
Q

Vertical distance from suction water
level to discharge water level, the sum of
the static suction and discharge heads.
a. Static suction head (h1)
b. Head
c. Total static head (hg)
d. Static discharge head (h2)

A

c. Total static head (hg)

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30
Q

Type of field cultivator wherein main
frame is mounted to the rear of the tractor
using the three-point hitch linkages.
a. Three-point hitch mounted
b. Field cultivator
c. Shank
d. Drawn type cultivator

A

a. Three-point hitch mounted

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31
Q

Implement used to pulverize the soil to
attain a better soil tilth for the seed
germination and growth.
a. Roller-harrow
b. Disc harrow
c. Spring-tooth harrow
d. Single-action disc harrow

A

b. Disc harrow

31
Q

Based on PAES 165:2011 Granule
Applicator: What is the recommended noise
emitted by the tractor measured 50 mm away
from the operator’s ear level?
a. Shall be more than 92 db (A)
b. Shall be lesser than 92 db (A)
c. Shall be exactly 92 db (A)
d. Shall not be more than 92 db (A)

A

d. Shall not be more than 92 db (A)

31
Q

System that maintains a minimum of 30%
residue cover on the soil surface after
planting or maintains at least 1,100 kg/ha
of flat small grain residue equivalent on
the soil surface during the critical
erosion period.
a. Secondary tillage
b. Mulch tillage
c. Ridge tillage
d. Conservation tillage

A

d. Conservation tillage

32
Q

Idealized system which permits a
maximized net return for a given crop under
given conditions.
a. Optimum tillage
b. Primary tillage
c. Ridge tillage
d. Conservation tillage

A

a. Optimum tillage

33
Q

Implement with individually mounted
concave disc blades which cut, partially or
completely invert a layer of soil to bury
surface material, and pulverize the soil.
a. Spiral plow
b. Rotary plow
c. Disc plow
d. Two-way plow

A

c. Disc plow

34
Q

Implement for seedbed preparation, weed
eradication, or fallow cultivation
subsequent to some form of primary tillage.
a. Row crop cultivator
b. Roller-harrow
c. Packer
d. Field cultivator

A

d. Field cultivator

35
Q

Implement for crushing soil clods and
compacting the soil.
a. Row crop cultivator
b. Roller-harrow
c. Packer
d. Rotary hoe

A

c. Packer

36
Q

Soil-tool reaction in which soil slides
over the surface of the tillage tool
without significant adhesion.
a. Mechanical tillage implement
b. Scouring
c. Shank
d. Shovel

A

b. Scouring

36
Q

Sticking of soil to objects such as
tillage tools or wheels.
a. Multi-powered tillage tools
b. Soil abrasion
c. Soil adhesion
d. Mechanical impedance

A

c. Soil adhesion

36
Q

Based on PAES 165:2011 Granule
Applicator: what is the maximum net weight?
a. 15 kg
b. Ten kg
c. Twenty kg
d. 30 kg

A

a. 15 kg

37
Q

Combined tillage implements which are
composed of a lister and a planting
attachment to permit a single listingseeding operation with the planter normally
being operated in the furrow.
a. Mechanical tillage implement
b. Scouring
c. Lister-planter
d. Shovel.

A

c. Lister-planter

37
Q

Based on PAES 161:2011 Agricultural
Machinery – Soil Auger: What is the minimum
field efficiency?
a. Ninety percent
b. 80%
c. Seventy percent
d. 60%

A

b. 80%

38
Q

Implement for dislodging small weeds
and grasses and for breaking soil crust and
is used for fast, shallow cultivation
before or soon after crop plants emerge.
a. Row crop cultivator
b. Roller-harrow
c. Packer
d. Rotary hoe

A

d. Rotary hoe

39
Q

Tillage tools powered by more than one
form of power, such as draft and rotating
power, or draft and electrical power.
a. Multi-powered tillage tools
b. Soil abrasion
c. Soil adhesion
d. Mechanical impedance

A

a. Multi-powered tillage tools

40
Q

Open trench (about twice the width of
one plow bottom) left in between the adjacent strips of land after finishing of
plowing.
a. Back furrow
b. Furrow slice
c. Furrow
d. Dead furrow

A

d. Dead furrow

41
Q

Spade-shaped, v-pointed soil working
tool, which is used for various plowstocks,
cultivators, grain drills, and soil
scarifiers.
a. Mechanical tillage implement
b. Scouring
c. Shank
d. Shovel

A

d. Shovel

42
Q

Machine used to mechanically
incorporate or mix material into the soil.
a. Soil-additive applicator
b. Soil-additive incorporator
c. Soil roller
d. Soil-working surface

A

b. Soil-additive incorporator

43
Q

Operation which breaks the clods,
levels and makes the soil ready for
planting.
a. Trailing spring-tooth harrow
b. Harrowing
c. Tooth/tine
d. Auger head/drill bit

A

b. Harrowing

43
Q

PAES 164:2011 Agricultural Machinery
a. Power Sprayer for Mango – Methods of
Test
b. Sugarcane Planter – Methods of Test
c. Spring-tooth Harrow – Methods of
Test
d. Mechanical Rice Transplanter –
Methods of Test

A

c. Spring-tooth Harrow – Methods of
Test

44
Q

Part of the granule applicator that
puts the granule in motion through
continuous stirring or rotation.
a. Hopper
b. Agitator
c. Granule
d. Granule applicator

A

b. Agitator

45
Q

Agricultural tool used to apply
granular fertilizers or pesticides to the
field.
a. Powered knapsack
b. Granule applicator
c. Mounted granule applicator
d. Three-point hitch type granule
applicator

A

b. Granule applicator

46
Q

Opening in the hopper or tank through
which the granules pass through.
a. Orifice
b. Agitator
c. Granule
d. Granule applicator

A

a. Orifice

47
Q

Auxiliary component of the field
cultivator that helps maintain uniform
depth of cultivation and eliminate the need
to set the tension with the three-point
hitch every time you set a cultivator down.
a. Gauge wheel
b. Wheel slippage
c. Clearance volume
d. Ground clearance

A

a. Gauge wheel

48
Q

PAES 147:2010 Agricultural Machinery
a. Soil Auger – Specifications
b. Granule Applicator– Specifications
c. Field Cultivator – Specifications
d. Subsoiler– Specifications

A

c. Field Cultivator – Specifications

49
Q

Part of the field cultivator that holds
the transverse toolbars and gauge wheels
together.
a. Flywheel
b. Main frame
c. Implement
d. Drawbar clearance

A

b. Main frame

50
Q

Structural member primarily used for
attaching a tillage tool to a beam.
a. Three-point hitch mounted
b. Field cultivator
c. Shank
d. Drawn type cultivator

A

c. Shank

51
Q

Tillage which constitutes the initial
major soil-working operation, normally
designed to reduce soil strength, cover
plant materials, and rearrange aggregates.
a. Secondary tillage
b. Mechanical tillage
c. Primary tillage
d. Tillage

A

c. Primary tillage

52
Q

Soil mass cut, lifted, pulverized,
inverted and thrown to one side of the plow
bottom.
a. Back furrow
b. Furrow slice
c. Furrow
d. Dead furrow

A

b. Furrow slice

53
Q

Four-wheel tractor speed limit onbare
dirt road in kph
a. 8 to10
b. 9 to 12
c. 4 to 6
d. 8 to 15

A

a. 8 to10

54
Q

PAES 157:2011 Power Sprayer for Mango:
What is maximum required noise produce by
the power sprayer measured one meter away
from the source of the noise.
a. 96 db
b. 90 db
c. 92 db
d. 94 db

A

c. 92 db

55
Q

Type of shovel used in hard soil
conditions and for deeper penetration.
a. Pike
b. Shank
c. Shovel
d. Sweep

A

a. Pike

56
Q

Part of the spring-tooth harrow that
engages with the soil during operation.
a. Trailing spring-tooth harrow
b. Harrowing
c. Tooth/tine
d. Auger head/drill bit

A

c. Tooth/tine

56
Q

Equipment powered by an electric motor
or by an engine used to spray fertilizer or
pesticide to a certain height.
a. Wheel frame power sprayer
b. Wheel-mounted power sprayer
c. Power sprayer
d. Frame mounted power sprayer

A

c. Power sprayer

57
Q

Part of the mechanical transplanter
that actuates picking and transplanting
seedlings into a puddled field.
a. Transplanting arm
b. Pike
c. Grasping fork
d. Ripper point

A

a. Transplanting arm

58
Q

Type of self-propelled rice
transplanter that allows operator to ride
on the machine during operation.
a. Walk-behind type
b. Root-washed seedling type
c. Riding type
d. Soil-bearing seedling type or mat
type

A

c. Riding type

59
Q

Type of hand pump that performs the
work of a lift pump and in addition forces
the water from the outlet at a pressure to
suit any domestic application.
a. Single acting
b. Force type
c. Double acting
d. Lift type

A

b. Force type

60
Q

Equipment that sprays liquid in the
form of mist.
a. Mounted mist blower
b. Mist blower
c. Backpack mist blower
d. Mounted mist blower

A

b. Mist blower

60
Q

Deep tillage with at least 350 mm depth
for the purpose of loosening soil for root
growth and/or water movement.
a. Soil abrasion
b. Subsoiling
c. Deep tillage
d. Subsoiler

A

b. Subsoiling

61
Q

Vertical distance from the base plane
of the pump to the discharge water level.
a. Static suction head (h1)
b. Head
c. Total static head (hg)
d. Static discharge head (h2)

A

d. Static discharge head (h2)

62
Q

Type of granule applicator mounted on a
tractor or vehicle.
a. Powered knapsack
b. Mounted granule applicator
c. Three-point hitch type granule
applicator
d. Mechanical walk-behind type

A

b. Mounted granule applicator

63
Q

Unplowed soil.
a. Land
b. Seedbed
c. Root bed
d. Head land

A

a. Land

64
Q

Type of weeder with curved or straight
spikes or puddles radially attached to a
common axle, which rotate to uproot and
bury weeds.
a. Blade type
b. Hand-held weeder
c. Tine type
d. Rotary type

A

d. Rotary type

65
Q

Piston requires two movements to
complete one cycle.
a. Four-stroke cycle
b. Three-stroke cycle
c. Two-stroke cycle
d. Single-stroke cycle

A

c. Two-stroke cycle

66
Q

Power indicated in the specification
sheet or plate at a given rated speed
submitted by the manufacturer.
a. Continuous brake power
b. Rated power
c. Rated brake power
d. Net power

A

c. Rated brake power

67
Q

As the compressed air inside the
cylinder reaches a high temperature,
atomized fuel is injected in the combustion
chamber, it ignites on contact with high
temperature air to generate power.
a. Spark ignition engine
b. Compression ignition engine
c. Internal combustion engine
d. AOTA

A

b. Compression ignition engine

68
Q

Power available at the drawbar
sustainable over a distance of at least 20
meters.
a. Rated power
b. Continuous brake power
c. Drawbar power
d. Net power

A

c. Drawbar power

69
Q

Consists of two gangs of discs, placed
end-to-end at an angle, which throw the
soil in opposite directions.
a. Disc harrow
b. Offset disc harrow
c. Tandem disc harrow
d. Single-action disc harrow

A

d. Single-action disc harrow

70
Q

PAES 150:2010 Agricultural Machinery
a. Subsoiler – Methods of Test
b. Hand Pump – Methods of Test
c. Granule Applicator – Methods of Test
d. Mist Blower – Methods of Test

A

a. Subsoiler – Methods of Test

71
Q

Part of the subsoiler that holds the
transverse toolbars together.
a. Flywheel
b. Main frame
c. Implement
d. Drawbar clearance

A

b. Main frame

72
Q

Points in the field where a seedling is
transplanted.
a. Root-washed seedlings
b. Transplanting
c. Hills
d. Soil-bearing seedlings

A

c. Hills

73
Q

Ratio of the total number of hills
without seedlings to the total number of
hills expressed in percentage.
a. Percent missing hill
b. Percent damaged hill
c. Percent damaged efficiency
d. Planting efficiency

A

a. Percent missing hill

74
Q

Type of soil auger designed for
drilling holes in the soil.
a. Motor-powered
b. Soil boring auger
c. Fluid-powered
d. Hand-operated type

A

b. Soil boring auger

75
Q

Type of soil auger that is powered by
an electric motor or an engine to drill the
soil.
a. Motor-powered
b. Soil boring auger
c. Fluid-powered
d. Hand-operated type

A

a. Motor-powered

76
Q

Part of the granule applicator that
spreads the granules.
a. Orifice
b. Handheld granule applicator
c. Spinner plate
d. Granule applicator

A

c. Spinner plate

77
Q

Type of granule applicator designed to
be carried on back during application.
a. Powered walk-behind type
b. Knapsack granule applicator
c. Powered knapsack
d. Gravity knapsack

A

b. Knapsack granule applicator

78
Q

Consists of two gangs wherein one gang
is located behind the other at an angle and
the harrow is operated in an offset
position in relation to the tractor
centerline.
a. Disc harrow
b. Offset disc harrow
c. Tandem disc harrow
d. Single-action disc harrow

A

b. Offset disc harrow

79
Q

Implement performing functions
simultaneously that of initial cutting,
breaking and pulverizing the soil.
a. Plow-harrow
b. Subsoiling
c. General-purpose tillage implement
d. Vertical mulching

A

c. General-purpose tillage implement

80
Q

Based on PAES 164:2011 spring-tooth
harrow – methods of test: what is the
maximum operating depth of the spring-tooth
harrow?
a. 152 mm or 6”
b. 12”
c. 170 mm
d. 180 mm

A

a. 152 mm or 6”

81
Q

This is a type of seeder with metering
mechanisms driven by the ground wheels or
by powertake- off from a tractor.
a. Tractor power-driven seeder and
planter
b. Row-crop planter
c. Hill-drop planter
d. Checkrow planter

A

a. Tractor power-driven seeder and
planter

81
Q
  1. This is a type of row-crop planter
    which is designed to deposit a single seed
    at equal row intervals.
    a. Row-crop planter
    b. Hill-drop planter
    c. Checkrow planter
    d. Precision planter
A

d. Precision planter