PAES 201 TO PAES 259 & PAES 301 TO PAES 320 Flashcards
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY & ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Pressure build-up in the plenum chamber
to maintain uniform distribution of air
flow through the grain mass, expressed in
pascal.
a. Plenum
b. Static pressure
c. Heat utilization
d. Airflow rate
b. Static pressure
Based on PAES 252:2011 Coffee Pulper:
What is the maximum speed for the shaft of
the mechanized coffee pulper?
a. 120 rpm
b. 140 rpm
c. 160 rpm
d. 180 rpm
a. 120 rpm
Throw-in type of thresher wherein cut
plants are fed between the rotating
cylinder and stationary concave and the
threshed materials/straws are discharged
out of the threshing chamber tangentially
a. Through flow thresher
b. Throw-in thresher
c. Axial flow thresher
d. Hold-on thresher
a. Through flow thresher
Based on PAES 222: 2005 Chipping Machine
(Circulated): What is the maximum noise
level?
a. 94 dB
b. 98 dB
c. 92 dB
d. 99 dB
c. 92 dB
Component of a rice mill that removes
the hulls (palea and lemma) from the
grains.
a. Rubber roll type
b. Huller/dehuller
c. Abrasive type
d. Friction type
b. Huller/dehuller
Based on PAES 252:2011 Coffee Pulper:
What is the minimum pulping recovery?
a. 91.5%
b. 93.5%
c. 95.5%
d. 97.5%
b. 93.5%
Type of centrifugal fan that have blades
which are curved forward to the direction
of the rotation and have larger flow rate
when compared to other centrifugal fans of
the same size and speed.
a. Centrifugal Fans with Airfoil Blades
b. Centrifugal Fans with Radial Tip
Blades
c. Centrifugal Fans with Forward-Curved
Blades
d. Centrifugal Fans with Radial blades
c. Centrifugal Fans with Forward-Curved
Blades
Grains that have fallen to the ground
due to the machine’s cutting operation.
a. Chipping loss
b. Cutting disc loss
c. Header loss
d. Reel loss
c. Header loss
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum header
loss?
a. 1.5%
b. 0.5%
c. 0.75%
d. 0.95%
b. 0.5%
Type of micromill with input capacity
of 100-250 kg/h.
a. Bran household model
b. Fiber decorticator
c. Village model
d. Micromill
c. Village model
Based on PAES 220: 2004 Peanut Sheller:
What is the minimum purity with sieve and
blower?
a. 88.0%
b. 98.0%
c. 90.0%
d. 95.0%
b. 98.0%
Biomass furnace with combustion chamber
that have stair-liked arrangement of grate.
a. Wet type biomass furnace indirect-
fired
b. Cyclonic direct-fired biomass
furnace
c. Step-grate direct-fired biomass
furnace
d. Indirect-fired biomass furnace
c. Step-grate direct-fired biomass
furnace
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the minimum purity
with sifter and fan?
a. 97.0%
b. 95.0%
c. 99.0%
d. 93.0%
a. 97.0%
Paddy which are light green and chalky
with soft texture.
a. Broken grains
b. Immature grain
c. Cracked grain
d. Damaged grain
b. Immature grain
Based on PAES 220: 2004 Peanut Sheller:
What is the maximum mechanically damaged
kernel?
a. 1.5%
b. 0.7%
c. 3.5%
d. 0.9%
c. 3.5%
Device used for milling which consists
of rotating hammer(s) and a heavy
perforated screen at the bottom.
a. Aspirator
b. Degerminator
c. Roller mill
d. Hammer mill
d. Hammer mill
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the minimum field
efficiency?
a. 75.0%
b. 85.0%
c. 95.0%
d. 93.0%
a. 75.0%
Type of driving mechanism that uses
hydraulic or magnetic couplings between
fan/blower wheel shaft and motor shaft
which allows control of fan/blower wheel
speed independent of the motor speed.
a. Variable Drive Fan/Blower
b. Axial-Flow Fans/Blowers
c. Belt-Drive Fan/Blower
d. Direct-Drive Fan/Blower
a. Variable Drive Fan/Blower
Based on PAES 246:2010 Dehusked Corn
Dryer: What is the minimum heating system
efficiency for petroleum based fuel
(indirect-fired)?
a. 90%
b. 75%
c. 80%
d. 70%
b. 75%
Petroleum based fuel (direct-fired) 90%
Petroleum based fuel (indirect-fired) 75%
Biomass fuel (direct-fired) 65%
Biomass fuel (indirect-fired) 50%
Forage chopper which uses a feeding
mechanism consisting of two feed rolls, or
other means such as an auger, to advance
the crop to the cutting mechanism.
a. Forage chopper
b. Semi-precision-cut forage chopper
c. Random-cut forage chopper
d. Precision-cut forage chopper
b. Semi-precision-cut forage chopper
Based on PAES 246:2010 Dehusked Corn
Dryer: What is the minimum moisture content
reduction rate?
a. 0.15% per hour
b. 0.25% per hour
c. 0.35% per hour
d. 0.45% per hour
b. 0.25% per hour
Fan that neutralizes air spin for it to
be used as blower in outlet duct and
exhaust in inlet duct.
a. Propeller Fan
b. Centrifugal Fans
c. Vane-Axial Fan
d. Tube-Axial Fan
c. Vane-Axial Fan
Based on PAES 243: 2010 Biomass Furnace
– Methods of Test: What is the maximum
moisture content for corn cobs to meet the
efficient burning?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 14%
d. 12%
a. 10%
Dried coconut meat from which oil is
extracted.
a. Streaks
b. Fiber
c. Copra
d. NOTA
c. Copra
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum blower
loss?
a. 1.2%
b. 1.75%
c. 1.5%
d. 1.95%
a. 1.2%
Device for moving air which utilizes a
power driven rotating impeller.
a. Fan/blower
b. Static air power
c. Throttling device
d. Pitot tube
a. Fan/blower
Part of the energy per unit time that
is imparted by the fan/blower to the air in
overcoming static pressure from the inlet
to the outlet.
a. Fan/blower
b. Static air power
c. Throttling device
d. Pitot tube
b. Static air power
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum
separation loss?
a. 1.3%
b. 0.75%
c. 0.85%
d. 0.95%
a. 1.3%
Thread like component of rotating
cylinder of the pulping chamber.
a. Mucilage
b. Flute
c. Parchment
d. Pulp
b. Flute
Organic materials used as renewable
source of energy like wood chips, corncobs
and rice hulls, etc.
a. Biomass
b. Grate
c. Hearth
d. Workload
a. Biomass
Based on PAES 210:2000 Agricultural
Machinery – Corn Mill:
a. 98 dB
b. 92 dB
c. 100 dB
d. 99 dB
c. 100 dB
Are used when the shafts are virtually
collinear and when they remain in a fixed
angular relation with respect to each other
(except for angular deflection).
a. Clamp shaft coupling
b. Flange face coupling
c. Flexible couplings
d. Rigid couplings
d. Rigid couplings
A cylinder which surrounds the shaft
and is filled with some form of fluid
lubricant.
a. Bolt
b. Journal bearing
c. Journal
d. Lubricant
b. Journal bearing
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the minimum purity
without sifter and fan?
a. 97.0%
b. 95.0%
c. 99.0%
d. 93.0%
b. 95.0%
Type of plywood intended for outdoor or
marine uses, also known as type I.
a. Exterior plywood
b. Face
c. Face-plywood
d. Fiberboard
a. Exterior plywood
Based on PAES 220: 2004 Peanut Sheller:
What is the maximum noise level?
a. 100 dB
b. 99 dB
c. 98 dB
d. 92 dB
d. 92 dB
The distance (in millimeters), measured
parallel to the thread axis, between
corresponding points on adjacent thread
forms in the same axial plane on the same
side of the axis.
a. Nut
b. Fastener
c. Screw
d. Pitch
d. Pitch
Based on PAES 212: 2004 Rice Reaper:
What is the maximum header loss?
a. 1.5%
b. 0.95%
c. 0.75%
d. 0.5%
d. 0.5%
Side board made up of well machined
lumber strips properly dried and glued
together.
a. Lumber core
b. Panel
c. Fiber-cement flat sheets
d. Particle board
a. Lumber core
Batch type dryer equipped to circulate
and/or mixed fixed volume of grain during
the drying operation.
a. Flatbed type
b. Recirculating type
c. Columnar type
d. Recirculating type
b & d. Recirculating type
High density fiberboard with a smooth
surface on one side and a screen impression
on the other side.
a. Particle board
b. Smooth-one-side (s1s)
c. Plywood
d. Smooth-two-sides (s2s)
b. Smooth-one-side (s1s)
Based on PAES 250:2011 Coconut Coir
Decorticator: What is the maximum noise to
be emitted by the coconut coir
decorticator?
a. 86 dB
b. 96 dB
c. 90 dB
d. 99 dB
b. 96 dB
Mechanical grain dryer wherein grain is
passed intermittently in cycles or stages
through a drying chamber either by
mechanical means or by gravity with
subsequent cooling and tempering until the
grain reaches the desired moisture content.
a. Grain dryer
b. Indirect-fired dryer
c. Heated-air mechanical grain dryer
d. Multi-pass dryer
d. Multi-pass dryer
Longitudinal bran layers remaining in
the dorsal grooves after milling.
a. Streaks
b. Fiber
c. Copra
d. NOTA
a. Streaks
Based on PAES 242:2010 Biomass Furnace:
What is the minimum heating system
efficiency of the furnace for indirect-
fired?
a. 80%
b. 75%
c. 70%
d. 50%
d. 50%
Type of centrifugal fan that has
single-thickness steel fan blade and can
handle contaminated air streams.
a. Centrifugal Fans with Radial Tip Blades
b. Centrifugal Fans with Forward-Curved Blades
c. Centrifugal Fans with Radial blades
d. Backward-Curved Blades
d. Backward-Curved Blades
Type of centrifugal fan that are rugged
and self-cleaning and have non-tangential
flow at the leading edge.
a. Centrifugal Fans with Forward-Curved Blades
b. Centrifugal Fans with Radial blades
c. Backward-Curved Blades
d. Backward-Inclined Blades
b. Centrifugal Fans with Radial blades
This type of fan is also known as
tubular centrifugal fan, in-line
centrifugal fan or mixed flow fan.
a. Propeller Fan
b. Axial-Centrifugal Fans
c. Vane-Axial Fan
d. Tube-Axial Fan
b. Axial-Centrifugal Fans
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum total
machine loss?
a. 2.5%
b. 1.75%
c. 3.5%
d. 2.95%
c. 3.5%
In this type of fan, the air stream has
to make two 45 degrees turns before exiting
the fan housing.
a. Fan Wheel with Flat Back Plate
b. Fan with Conical Back Plate
c. Fan Wheel with Conical Back Plate
d. Fan with Flat Back Plate
c. Fan Wheel with Conical Back Plate
These types of fan have up blast, down
flow and radial discharge of air. This is
mainly use for exhausting and supplying air
from and into the building.
a. Fan with Conical Blowers
b. Cross-Flow Blowers
c. Vortex or Regenerative Blowers
d. Roof Ventilators
d. Roof Ventilators
Rice grain from which the hull, the
germ, the outer bran layer, and the greater
part of the inner bran layer have been
removed, but part of the lengthwise streaks
of the bran layer may still be present on
less than 15% of the sample grains.
a. Regular milled rice
b. Overmilled rice
c. Undermilled rice
d. Well-milled rice
d. Well-milled rice
Based on PAES 220: 2004 Peanut Sheller:
What is the minimum purity with blower?
a. 88.0%
b. 95.0%
c. 98.0%
d. 90.0%
b. 95.0%
Part of the ear corn where the kernels
are attached.
a. Corn cob
b. Kernel
c. Corn ear
d. Whole kernels
a. Corn cob
Based on PAES 242:2010 Biomass Furnace:
What is the minimum furnace efficiency?
a. 80%
b. 75%
c. 65%
d. 50%
c. 65%
Machine used to remove the husk of corn
ear, detach, separate and clean the corn
kernels from the cobs in one operation.
a. Disc-type
b. Corn sheller
c. Hopper-fed type
d. Corn husker-sheller
d. Corn husker-sheller
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum
mechanically damaged grain?
a. 2.0%
b. 0.75%
c. 2.5%
d. 2.95%
a. 2.0%
Type of shelling unit consisting of a
vertical disc with spiked surface.
a. Disc-type
b. Corn sheller
c. Hopper-fed type
d. Corn husker-sheller
a. Disc-type
Type of corn sheller wherein the ear
corn is fed into shelling chamber by
gravity.
a. Disc-type
b. Corn sheller
c. Hopper-fed type
d. Corn husker-sheller
c. Hopper-fed type
Based on PAES 212: 2004 Rice Reaper:
What is the minimum field efficiency?
a. 55%
b. 65%
c. 75%
d. 85%
b. 65%
Unbroken kernels after shelling
a. Corn ear
b. Kernel
c. Degerminated corn kernels
d. Whole kernels
d. Whole kernels
Wire mesh or perforated sheet metal
used to separate large and/or small
particles.
a. Aspirator
b. Degerminator
c. Oscillating screen
d. Laboratory sieve shaker
c. Oscillating screen
Refers to corn grit # 10, #12, #14,
#16, and # 18
a. Grit # 18
b. Grit # 20
c. Grit # 24
d. Main product
d. Main product
Dryer in which the material being dried
moves through the drying chamber in a
substantially continuous stream and is
discharged without being recirculated.
a. Concurrent flow type
b. Continuous flow dryer
c. Mixing type
d. Counter-flow type
b. Continuous flow dryer
Based on PAES 212: 2004 Rice Reaper:
The reaper shall be operated at what speed?
a. 3 kph to 5 kph
b. 5 kph to 6 kph
c. 3 kph to 4 kph
d. 2 kph to 3 kph
a. 3 kph to 5 kph
Continuous flow dryer wherein the flow
of air is transverse to the direction of
flow of the grain being dried.
a. Concurrent flow type
b. Continuous flow dryer
c. Cross-flow type
d. Non-mixing type
c. Cross-flow type
Dryer in which the products of
combustion come into direct contact with
the product being dried.
a. Indirect-fired dryer
b. Direct-fired dryer
c. Heated-air mechanical grain dryer
d. Multi-pass dryer
b. Direct-fired dryer
Dryer in which the products of
combustion do not come in contact with the
products being dried.
a. Grain dryer
b. Indirect-fired dryer
c. Direct-fired dryer
d. Heated-air mechanical grain dryer
b. Indirect-fired dryer
Device for removing excess moisture
from the grain, generally by forced or
natural convection with or without addition
of heat.
a. Grain dryer
b. Indirect-fired dryer
c. Heated-air mechanical grain dryer
d. Multi-pass dryer
a. Grain dryer
Based on PAES 250:2011 Coconut Coir
Decorticator: What is the peripheral speed
of the blades?
a. 5 m/s
b. 15 m/s
c. 35 m/s
d. 25 m/s
d. 25 m/s
Type of thresher wherein the panicles
of the cut plants are fed into the
threshing chamber while the stalks are
mechanically or manually held during the
threshing operation.
a. Mechanical rice thresher
b. Throw-in thresher
c. Axial flow thresher
d. Hold-on thresher
d. Hold-on thresher
Based on PAES 220: 2004 Peanut Sheller:
What is the minimum purity with sieve?
a. 90.0%
b. 88.0%
c. 85.0%
d. 98.0%
c. 85.0%
Grains that was broken and/or dehulled
(partially or fully) as a result of
threshing operation.
a. Broken grains
b. Immature grain
c. Cracked grain
d. Mechanically damaged grain
d. Mechanically damaged grain
Ripened fruits of coffee shrubs.
a. Coffee cherry
b. Flute
c. Parchment
d. Pulp
a. Coffee cherry
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum net
cracked grain?
a. 5.5%
b. 4.75%
c. 5.0%
d. 4.95%
c. 5.0%
Endocarp of the coffee cherry, lies
between the fleshy part (or pulp) of the
cherry and coffee bean.
a. Mucilage
b. Flute
c. Parchment
d. Pulp
c. Parchment
Long and slender natural filament of
abaca plant.
a. Mucilage
b. Abaca fiber
c. Abaca stalk
d. Pulp
b. Abaca fiber
Method that uses bolo to partially cut
(leaving the upper layer 1 mm to 2 mm thick
uncut) crosswise the middle of the inner
portion of the leaf sheath to be able to
extract the tuxie.
a. Bacnis method
b. Locnit method
c. AOTA
d. NOTA
a. Bacnis method
Based on PAES 224: 2005 Rice Combine
(Circulated): What is the maximum noise
level?
a. 95 dB
b. 98 dB
c. 91 dB
d. 90 dB
a. 95 dB