HIGHPRIO.5 Flashcards
If a soil sample is compacted:
a. its moisture content decreases
b. its porosity remains the same
c. its nutrient content diminishes
d. its bulk density increases
d. its bulk density increases
The moisture content of the soil when the tension is 1/3 atmosphere:
a. field capacity
b. saturation point
c. wilting point
d. wilting coefficient
a. field capacity
This is a group of actual and potential buyers with similar needs and wants interacting with sellers offering various products or services to satisfy those needs and wants.
a. market
b. prospects
c. consumers
d. retailers
a. market
It is the measure of the difference in ground level between two places in a field is referred to as percentage. It is the number of meter difference in elevation for each 100 m of horizontal distance.
a. velocity
b. discharge
c. land slope
d. side slope
c. land slope
Applying small quantities of water through a network of tubing is
otherwise known as:
a. drip irrigation
b. trickle irrigation
c. emitter irrigation
d. any of the above
d. any of the above
The most dominant species cultured in brackishwater in the country are:
a. Oyster and mussels
b. Mudcrab and grouper
c. Milkfish and shrimp
d. Tilapia and milkfish
c. Milkfish and shrimp
It is a gate placed across a stream from which it is desired to divert
water:
a. check gate
b. head gate
c. culvert
d. spillway
a. check gate
Which of the following is not a major aquaculture species in the
Philippines?
a. Carp
b. Seaweeds
c. Salmon
d. Tiger prawn
c. Salmon
the part of the dam that releases surplus of flush flood water which
cannot be contained in the active storage of the reservoir.
a. freeborad
b. spillway
c. gates
d. weir
b. spillway
This shrimp or prawn undergoes 11 larval stages to metamorphose to post larvae:
a. Giant tiger prawn
b. Giant freshwater prawn
c. Whiteleg shrimp
d. Indian shrimp
b. Giant freshwater prawn
The frequent slow application of water to the specific rootzone area of the plant is called:
a. sprinkler irrigation
b. trickle irrigation
c. flooding
d. furrow irrigation
b. trickle irrigation
What is the line defined by the water level in a group of artesian wells?
a. water table
b. piezometric surface
c. specific yield
d. notaff
a. water table
Penaeid shrimps undergo these larval stages in sequence before they become post larvae:
a. Nauplius, megalopa, instar
b. Nauplius, mysis, zoea,
c. Nauplius, zoea, mysis
d. Zoea, megalopa, instar
c. Nauplius, zoea, mysis
The sum total of head above the vapor pressure of the liquid being pumped at a given pumping temperature.
a. Required net positive suction head
b. Total dynamic head
c. Pump static head
d. Total static head
b. Total dynamic head
In the identification of potential dam sites, which one is not part of
the guidelines?
a. high density population to supply the needed labor
b. availability of potential service area for irrigation, power,
domestic water supply, and flood control
c. availability of a narrow gorge for minimum earthwork for dam
embankment
d. topographic condition providing a wide and deep reservoir upstream
of the dam sites
a. high density population to supply the needed labor
The recommended pressure head variation in the lateral between the first and the last sprinkler.
a.20% b. 50% c. 70% d. 100%
a.20%
The Philippines ranks as the world’s third largest producer of:
a. Shrimp
b. Sea cucumber
c. Milkfish
d. Seaweeds
d. Seaweeds
If the suction lift is 6 m, the suited type of pump is
a. Axial flow
b. Centrifugal
c. Submersible
d. Mixed flow
b. Centrifugal
The moisture content of the soil when the tension is 1.5 atmosphere.
a. Wilting point
b. Wilting coefficient
c. Field capacity
d. Saturation point
d. Saturation point
The rate at which water percolates through the soil surface.
a. Irrigation
b. Drainage coefficient
c. Soil permeability
d. Infiltration rate
d. Infiltration rate
Water like in estuarine areas with intermediate salinity due to the
mixing of fresh and sea water is referred to as:
a. Freshwater
b. Brackishwater
c. Seawater
d. Marine water
b. Brackishwater
Difference in moisture content of soil between field capacity and
permanent wilting point.
a. Available moisture
b. Reality available moisture
c. Irrigation water requirement
d. Saturation capacity
a. Available moisture
The most simple form of open-channel flow computation is
a. unsteady uniform flow
b. Steady uniform flow
c. Steady non-uniform flow
d. Unsteady non-uniform flow
b. Steady uniform flow
Breeding and growout production of commercially important marine species are grown in zonified marine cages which the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources refers to as:
a. Industrial cage parks
b. Ocean cage parks
c. Seawater cage farms
d. Mariculture parks
d. Mariculture parks
The sum total of water lost in a given area thru transpiration from
plants, evaporation from soil and water surface and for building tissues of
plants.
a. Consumptive use
b. Deep percolation
c. Runoff
d. Seepage
a. Consumptive use
Eye ablation is a way of inducing females to spawn in:
a. Milkfish
b. Oysters
c. Mussels
d. Shrimp
d. Shrimp
Small water impounding management (SWIM) projects, in general, are those small scale water impounding dams which have structural heights of not more
than.
a. 45 m
b. 50 m
c. 30 m
d. 100 m
c. 30 m
The common name for Camelus dromedaries:
a. camel
b. buffalo
c. rabbit
d. guinea pig
a. camel
What is the term for capillary water in the smaller pore space of the
soil?
a. Interception
b. Depression storage
c. Basin recharge
d. Soil moisture
d. Soil moisture
What is the term for water that penetrates into the soil and flows
laterally in the surface soil to a stream channel?
a. Runoff
b. interflow
c. Percolation
d. All of the above
b. interflow
That which travels over the ground surface and through the channels to reach the basin outlet
a. Surface runoff
b. Subsurface runoff
c. Groundwater runoff
d. Runoff volume
a. Surface runoff
The amount of moisture content that is left from the soil 2-3 days after heavy application of rain or irrigation water
a. Field Capacity
b. Wilting point
c. Excess water
d. Available water
a. Field Capacity