PAES 401 TO PAES 420 Flashcards
AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for Swine
Production: What is the minimum height of
pen partition for sow?
a. 0.80meters
b. 0.90meters
c. 1.00meters
d. 1.20meters
c. 1.00meters
Swine / Height of pen partition
Under 25 kg - 0.70
25 kg – 100 kg - 0.90
Sow - 1.00
Boar - 1.20
Swine raise for meat production usually
starts at 15 kg.
a. Finisher
b. Grower
c. Fattener
d. Litter
c. Fattener
fattener - starts at 15 kg
grower - 40 to 65 kg
finisher - 66 kg and up
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for Layer
Production: What is the recommended space
requirement for waterers?
a. 20 mm/bird
b. 40 mm/bird
c. 60 mm/bird
d. 80 mm/bird
a. 20 mm/bird
Female swine that has not farrowed.
a. Finisher
b. Grower
c. Buck
d. Gilt
d. Gilt
Based on PAES 420:2002 what is the
recommended lighting level for machine
shed?
a. 20 lux (Lumen/m2)
b. 50 lux (Lumen/m2)
c. 75 lux (Lumen/m2)
d. 100 lux (Lumen/m2)
b. 50 lux (Lumen/m2)
General - 200
Bench - 500
Outside the shop and Active storage area -100
Machine shed - 50
Material used as bedding for animals.
a. Litter
b. Slot-litter type
c. Slotted type
d. Litter type
a. Litter
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for Swine
Production: What is the minimum recommended
height for sidewalls of the building?
a. 1.0m
b. 2.0m
c. 2.5m
d. 1.5m
a. 1.0m
The floor shall be elevated at least
____ from the ground and the posts should
have a diameter of at least ____.
a. 900mm;200mm
b. 800mm;250mm
c. 1000mm;100mm
d. 950mm;200mm
a. 900mm;200mm
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the Optimum recommended
stack height in meters for rice?
a. 4.57
b. 5.27
c. 4.27
d. 5.57
c. 4.27
yr. 2000
Stack height in layers / Stack height in meters
Wheat, barley and Maize = 18 / 4.57
Paddy = 16 / 4.27
Rice = 16 / 4.27
Material used as bedding for animals.
a. Litter
b. Slot-litter type
c. Slotted type
d. Litter type
a. Litter
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
recommended space requirement for boar
pens?
a. 1.5 m2/animal
b. 2.5 m2/animal
c. 8.15 m2/animal
d. 7.50 m2/animal
d. 7.50 m2/animal
Large nesting boxes for 3 - 6 layers.
a. Litter nest
b. Slot-litter nest
c. Slotted nest
d. Community nest
d. Community nest
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
recommended space requirement for lactating
sows and litters: individual pens?
a. 2.5 m2/animal
b. 3.5 m2/animal
c. 6.15 m2/animal
d. 7.4 m2/animal
d. 7.4 m2/animal
Gilts up to mating -1.00
Adult pigs in groups - 2.50
Gestating sows - 1.20
Boar pens is - 7.50
dry sows - 1.80
lactating sows and litters - 7.40
multi-suckling groups lactating sows
and litters is - 5.60
Leading the cattle from the crowding
pen to the holding chute/squeeze.
a. Loading chute
b. Working chute
c. Holding area
d. Holding pen
b. Working chute
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the floor space
requirement for broiler 4 weeks and below?
a. 6.25 m2/100 birds
b. 8.25 m2/100 birds
c. 10.25 m2/100 birds
d. 12.25 m2/100 birds
a. 6.25 m2/100 birds
< 4 weeks - 6.25 m2/100 birds
> 4 weeks old - 12.50 m2/100 birds
Used to load cattle from working chute
or crowding pen to a vehicle.
a. Loading chute
b. Working chute
c. Holding area
d. Holding pen
a. Loading chute
Animals are free to move between
resting, feeding and watering areas.
a. Enclosed housing
b. Housing for broiler production
c. Loose housing
d. Open-sided housing
c. Loose housing
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the recommended
brooding temperature for beyond 21 days age
of chicks?
a. 32C – 35C
b. 29C – 32C
c. 27C – 29C
d. provide heat only when necessary
d. provide heat only when necessary
Days / Temperature
1 – 7 days = 32 - 35
8 – 14 days = 29 – 32
14 – 21days = 27 – 29
Beyond 21 days = Provide heat only when necessary
Cattle act of giving birth.
a. Parturition
b. Faoling
c. Kidding
d. Farrowing
a. Parturition
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
height of pen partition under 25 kg?
a. 0.60 meters
b. 0.70 meters
c. 0.80 meters
d. 0.90 meters
b. 0.70 meters
Swine / Height of pen partition
Under 25 kg - 0.70
25 kg – 100 kg - 0.90
Sow - 1.00
Boar - 1.20
Philippine water buffalo or swamp
buffalo.
a. Bull
b. Carabao
c. Stallion
d. Colt
b. Carabao
Based on PAES 410:2000 Lairage for
Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is the
space requirement of the swine if the
weight is less than 100 kg?
a. 0.6 m2 per animal
b. 0.7 m2 per animal
c. 0.8 m2 per animal
d. 0.9 m2 per animal
a. 0.6 m2 per animal
0.7 m2 per animal (if the weight is >100 kg)
0.6 m2 per animal (if the weight is < 100kg).
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the recommended
lighting intensity for inspection areas?
a. 50 lux (lumen/m2)
b. 100 lux (lumen/m2)
c. 150 lux (lumen/m2)
d. 200 lux (lumen/m2)
d. 200 lux (lumen/m2)
Breeding, gestation and farrowing - 150
Nurseries - 100
Growing and finishing - 50
Inspection areas - 200
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the waterer
length requirement for 4 weeks and below
age of chicks?
a. 4 linear m/100 birds
b. 7.5 linear m/100 birds
c. 2.5 linear m/100 birds
d. NOTA
c. 2.5 linear m/100 birds
Waterer Linear/Round
4 weeks and below - 2.5 / 1
Above 4 weeks old - 4 / 1
Based on PAES 418:2002 Primary
Processing Plant for Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable: The storage area of a processing
plant shall have a capacity for temporary
storage of raw materials for how many days?
a. 5-10 processing days
b. 8-10 processing days
c. 9-10 processing days
d. 2-5 processing days
d. 2-5 processing days
PAES 409:2002 agricultural structures.
a. Primary processing plant for fresh
fruit and vegetable
b. Milking parlor
c. Plant tissue culture laboratory
d. Greenhouses
b. Milking parlor
Pugnacious animals are tied within the
pen while waiting to be slaughtered.
a. Loose pen
b. Loose type
c. Tie-up pen
d. Tie-up type
d. Tie-up type
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
height of pen partition for 25 kg – 100 kg?
a. 0.60 meters
b. 0.70 meters
c. 0.80 meters
d. 0.90 meters
d. 0.90 meters
Swine / Height of pen partition
Under 25 kg - 0.70
25 kg – 100 kg - 0.90
Sow - 1.00
Boar - 1.20
For swine, the space requirement should
be ____per animal (if the weight is more
than 100 kg) and ____per animal (if the
weight is less than 100kg).
a. 0.7 m2; 0.6 m2
b. 0.6 m2; 0.5 m2
c. 0.5 m2; 0.4 m2
d. 0.4 m2; 0.3 m2
a. 0.7 m2; 0.6 m2
PAES 411:2000 agricultural structures.
a. Biogas plant
b. Slaughterhouse for swine, small and
large animals
c. Lairage for swine, small and large
animals
d. Carabao feedlot
b. Slaughterhouse for swine, small and
large animals
Based on PAES 405:2001 Cattle Feedlot:
What is the minimum roof slope for roofing
made of indigenous materials?
a. 58%
b. 25%
c. 30%
d. 45%
a. 58%
Severance of the major blood vessels in
the neck or immediately anterior to the
heart by means of a knife and “stuck” shall
be construed accordingly.
a. Bleeding
b. Pithing
c. Splitting
d. Sticking
d. Sticking
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the slatted floor
elevation from the ground?
a. 1.0meter
b. 2.0meter
c. 1.2.0meter
d. 1.5meter
a. 1.0meter
Remove as much blood from the carcass
as possible before further handling.
a. Dressing
b. Bleeding
c. Pithing
d. Singeing
b. Bleeding
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the required lighting
intensity for the feeding area?
a. 150 lux
b. 300 lux
c. 400 lux
d. 200 lux
d. 200 lux
Lowering of animal into steam to
prepare skin for dehairing.
a. Scalding
b. Dehairing
c. Sticking
d. Stunning
a. Scalding
Removal of the hair of the carcass.
a. Dressing
b. Dehairing
c. Pithing
d. Singeing
b. Dehairing
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the Optimum recommended
stack height for Rice?
a. 18 layers
b. 16 layers
c. 20 layers
d. 14 layers
b. 16 layers
yr. 2000
Stack height in layers / Stack height in meters
Wheat, barley and Maize = 18 / 4.57
Paddy = 16 / 4.27
Rice = 16 / 4.27
Renders an animal insensible before it
is killed.
a. Singeing
b. Dehairing
c. Sticking
d. Stunning
d. Stunning
Based on PAES 408:2001 Carabao Feedlot:
What is the required lighting intensity for
the housing?
a. 150 lux
b. 300 lux
c. 400 lux
d. 200 lux
d. 200 lux
Preparation of carcass after
evisceration, ready for storage or sale.
a. Dressing
b. Bleeding
c. Pithing
d. Stunning
a. Dressing
Based on PAES 420:2002 what is the
general recommended lighting for farm
workshop?
a. 100 lux (Lumen/m2)
b. 200 lux (Lumen/m2)
c. 300 lux (Lumen/m2)
d. 500 lux (Lumen/m2)
b. 200 lux (Lumen/m2)
Dividing carcass into parts.
a. Splitting
b. Evisceration
c. Dehairing
d. Stunning
a. Splitting
Black or green offal.
a. Offal
b. Black offal
c. Green offal
d. Gut and tripe
d. Gut and tripe
Based on PAES 411:2000 Slaughterhouse
for Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is
the illumination required in all storage
rooms?
a. 220 lux
b. 540 lux
c. 740 lux
d. 110 lux
d. 110 lux
Required facilities and operational
procedures to serve local markets in the
community.
a. “A” slaughterhouse
b. “AA” slaughterhouse
c. “AAA” slaughterhouse
d. “AAAA” slaughterhouse
a. “A” slaughterhouse
Required facilities and operational
procedures to serve local markets within
the country.
a. “A” slaughterhouse
b. “AA” slaughterhouse
c. “AAA” slaughterhouse
d. “AAAA” slaughterhouse
b. “AA” slaughterhouse
All parts including viscera of
slaughtered cattle, sheep, goats or swine
that may be used for human consumption.
a. Meat
b. Offal
c. Carcass
d. Green offal
c. Carcass
PAES 412:2002 agricultural structures.
a. Cattle feedlot
b. Warehouse for bagged storage of
c. Poultry dressing plant
d. Milking parlor
c. Poultry dressing plant
Process composed of bleeding,
defeathering, eviscerating, and from which
the head, shanks, crop, oil gland and other
inedible parts are removed.
a. Dressing
b. Bleeding
c. Pithing
d. Singeing
a. Dressing
Based on PAES 420:2002 Farm workshop
and Machinery Shed: What is the recommended
minimum distance of the building from other
buildings to reduce fire hazard, to allow
for future expansion, and maneuvering and
parking of machinery?
a. 45 meters
b. 65 meters
c. 25 meters
d. 35 meters
a. 45 meters
Process of removing the internal organs
in the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
a. Splitting
b. Evisceration
c. Dehairing
d. Stunning
b. Evisceration
Process of restraining birds prior to
slitting.
a. Slitting
b. Shackling
c. Pithing
d. Stunning
b. Shackling
Based on PAES 413:2001 Biogas Plant:
What is the C/N ratio content for Pugo
dung?
a. 27.4
b. 6.74
c. 56.6
d. 51
b. 6.74
Animal dung
Hog - 13.7
Carabao - 23.1
Cow - 19.9
Chicken -9.65
Duck - 27.4
Pugo - 6.74
Various processes that take place among
the methanogens, non-methanogens and
substrates fed into the digester as inputs.
a. Methanization/digestion
b. Methanogens
c. Secondary treatment
d. Influent
a. Methanization/digestion
Temperature range of 20C – 40C where
mesophilic bacteria operates.
a. Primary treatment
b. Effluent
c. Mesophilic temperature rage
d. Influent
c. Mesophilic temperature rage
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the feeder
length requirement for 4 weeks and below
age of chicks?
a. 4 linear m/100 birds
b. 7.5 linear m/100 birds
c. 2.5 linear m/100 birds
d. NOTA
a. 4 linear m/100 birds
Mixture of manure and water.
a. Litter
b. Substrate
c. Sludge
d. Slurry
d. Slurry
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
recommended space requirement for gestating
sows?
a. 8.5 m2/animal
b. 2.0 m2/animal
c. 2.1 m2/animal
d. 1.20 m2/animal
d. 1.20 m2/animal
Difference in height between the
digester wall and the filling line.
a. Outlet pipe
b. Filling line
c. Freeboard
d. Inlet pipe
c. Freeboard
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the minimum roof
slope for roofing made of indigenous
materials?
a. 25%
b. 30%
c. 58%
d. 45%
c. 58%
Settled portion or precipitate of the
slurry; a mud-like, semi-solid mass.
a. Litter
b. Substrate
c. Sludge
d. Slurry
c. Sludge
Space inside or outside the digester
for the collection and storage of biogas.
a. Collecting tank/holding
b. Digester/biodigester/bio-
reactor/anaerobic
c. Gas production rate
d. Gas chamber
d. Gas chamber
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum floor
space requirement for milking and dry cows?
a. 5 m2/animal
b. 7 m2/animal
c. 10 m2/animal
d. 6 m2/animal
d. 6 m2/animal
Calves (up to 3 months) - 1
Calves (3 - 6 months) - 2
Calves (7 months – one year) - 3
Yearlings (1 – 2 years) - 4
Heifer/Steer (2 – 3 years) - 5
Milking and dry cows - 6
Cows in maternity stall - 10
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the recommended
space requirement for the feeder?
a. 55 mm/bird
b. 65 mm/bird
c. 75 mm/bird
d. 85 mm/bird
b. 65 mm/bird
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: The floor shall be skid-
resistant towards a gutter or drainage
canal with a slope of…
a. 2% - 4 %
b. 4% - 6 %
c. 6% - 8 %
d. 8% - 10 %
a. 2% - 4 %
Cantilever beam that holds the
gasholder/movable cover in position at the
desired biogas pressure.
a. Collecting tank/holding
b. Digester/biodigester/bio-
reactor/anaerobic
c. Gasholder retainer
d. Gas chamber
c. Gasholder retainer
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the recommended
brooding temperature for 14 – 21 days age
of chicks?
a. 32C – 35C
b. 29C – 32C
c. 27C – 29C
d. provide heat only when necessary
c. 27C – 29C
Serves as conveyor where the effluent
or the slurry is forced out.
a. Outlet pipe
b. Filling line
c. Freeboard
d. Inlet pipe
a. Outlet pipe
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the minimum
dimension for entrance door?
a. 1000 mm wide by 2 m high
b. 1200 mm wide by 2 m high
c. 800 mm wide by 2 m high
d. 900 mm wide by 2 m high
d. 900 mm wide by 2 m high
Biogas: the minimum diameter of the
inlet pipe shall be.
a. 0.2 m.
b. 0.4 m.
c. 0.6 m.
d. 0.8 m.
a. 0.2 m.
Based on PAES 414-1:2002 Waste
Management Structures Part 1: Agricultural
Liquid Waste, what is the recommended
Sludge accumulation ratio (SAR) for Swine?
a. 0.0295
b. 0.0485
c. 0.0129
d. 0.0529
b. 0.0485
Poultry 0.0295
Swine 0.0485
Cattle 0.0729
Amount of biogas produced per day per
cubic meter of slurry.
a. Collecting tank/holding
b. Digester/biodigester/bio-
reactor/anaerobic
c. Gas production rate
d. Gas chamber
c. Gas production rate
Based on PAES 420:2002 Farm workshop
and Machinery Shed: What is the minimum
dimension of a doorway?
a. 3 m high and 3.7 m wide
b. 4 m high and 3.7 m wide
c. 5 m high and 3.7 m wide
d. 6 m high and 3.7 m wide
a. 3 m high and 3.7 m wide
Mixture of gas (composed of 50 to 70
percent methane and 30 to 40 percent carbon
dioxide) produced by methanogenic bacteria.
a. Biogas
b. Methanogens
c. Primary treatment
d. Effluent
a. Biogas
Amount of slurry fed per unit volume of
digester capacity per day.
a. Loading rate
b. Gas production rate
c. Retention time
d. Collecting time
a. Loading rate
Biogas: The gas chamber shall be
capable of withstanding an internal
pressure of ____.
a. 0.10 bar
b. 0.15 bar
c. 0.20 bar
d. 0.25 bar
b. 0.15 bar
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the recommended
brooding temperature for 1 – 7 days age of
chicks?
a. 32C – 35C
b. 29C – 32C
c. 27C – 29C
d. provide heat only when necessary
a. 32C – 35C
PAES 414-1:2002 agricultural structures
a. Waste management structures part 1:
agricultural liquid waste
b. Waste management structures part 2 –
agricultural solid waste composting
c. Primary processing plant for fresh
fruit and vegetable
d. Biogas plant
a. Waste management structures part 1:
agricultural liquid waste
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the recommended
lighting intensity for breeding, gestation
and farrowing?
a. 50 lux (lumen/m2)
b. 100 lux (lumen/m2)
c. 150 lux (lumen/m2)
d. 200 lux (lumen/m2)
c. 150 lux (lumen/m2)
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the maximum
width of the pen?
a. 8 m - 10 m
b. 10 m - 12 m
c. 15 m - 20 m
d. 12 m - 15 m
b. 10 m - 12 m
Presence of free oxygen is not
required.
a. Aerobic
b. Anaerobic
c. Dissolved solids
d. Fixed solids
b. Anaerobic
Not contaminated with manure such as
runoff from roofs, grassed areas, drives
and other areas which are not animal
alleys.
a. Clean runoff
b. Disinfection
c. Dissolved solids
d. Fixed solids
a. Clean runoff
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the recommended
brooding temperature for 8 – 14 days age of
chicks?
a. 32C – 35C
b. 29C – 32C
c. 27C – 29C
d. provide heat only when necessary
b. 29C – 32C
Process of killing all pathogenic
microorganisms.
a. Clean runoff
b. Disinfection
c. Primary treatment
d. Secondary treatment
b. Disinfection
Liquid waste, partially or completely
treated, flowing out of a reservoir, basin,
or wastewater treatment plant.
a. Primary treatment
b. Effluent
c. Mesophilic temperature rage
d. Influent
b. Effluent
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum floor
space requirement for cows in maternity
stall?
a. 7 m2/animal
b. 10 m2/animal
c. 5 m2/animal
d. 6 m2/animal
b. 10 m2/animal
Calves (up to 3 months) - 1
Calves (3 - 6 months) - 2
Calves (7 months – one year) - 3
Yearlings (1 – 2 years) - 4
Heifer/Steer (2 – 3 years) - 5
Milking and dry cows - 6
Cows in maternity stall - 10
Rainfall containing animal manure.
a. Lot runoff
b. Effluent
c. Influent
d. Lot manure
a. Lot runoff
PAES 414-2:2002 Waste Management
Structures Part 2: Agricultural solid waste
– Composting: What is the recommended ph in
the compost mixture?
a. 5.5 – 8.0
b. 6.5 – 8.0
c. 7.5 – 8.0
d. 8.5 – 5.5
a. 5.5 – 8.0
Accumulated moist animal excrement that
does not undergo decomposition or drying;
it includes feces and urine which may be
mixed with bedding material, spilled feed
or soil.
a. Lot runoff
b. Effluent
c. Influent
d. Manure
d. Manure
Capable of causing diseases.
a. Substrate
b. Pathogenic microorganism
c. Slurry
d. Influent
b. Pathogenic microorganism
That causes substances in liquid waste
to readily settle or float.
a. Secondary treatment
b. Primary treatment
c. Effluent
d. Influent
b. Primary treatment
Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the minimum floor
elevation from the ground? And the posts
should have a diameter of at least 200 mm.
a. 1200 mm
b. 500 mm
c. 900 mm
d. 1500 mm
c. 900 mm
Based on PAES 410:2000 Lairage for
Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is the
space requirement for loose type large
animals?
a. 2.23 m2 per animal
b. 2.30 m2 per animal
c. 3.30 m2 per animal
d. 3.23 m2 per animal
a. 2.23 m2 per animal
Used to convert dissolved or suspended
materials into a form more readily
separated from the liquid waste being
treated.
a. Secondary treatment
b. Primary treatment
c. Effluent
d. Influent
a. Secondary treatment
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
recommended primary walkway?
a. 1.5 m
b. 2.5 m
c. 1.0 m
d. 1.2 m
c. 1.0 m
Pit in the ground where liquid waste is
stored to produce a higher quality
effluent.
a. Lagoon
b. Disposal site
c. Holding pond
d. Facultative lagoons
a. Lagoon
Based on PAES 417:2002 Fruit and
Vegetable Storage: What is the maximum
depth of pile for pumpkins and squash?
a. 0.6 - 1 meters
b. 0.6 - 2 meters
c. 0.6 - 3 meters
d. 0.6 - 4 meters
a. 0.6 - 1 meters
Density / Maximum pile depth (m) Potatoes - 670 / 4.2 - 6 Pumpkins & squash - 600 / 0.6 - 1 Onions - 650 / 3 - 3.6
Requires free oxygen.
a. Aerobic
b. Anaerobic
c. Dissolved solids
d. Fixed solids
a. Aerobic
Based on PAES 405:2001 Cattle Feedlot:
What is the required dimension of the pen?
a. 1.0 m – 3.5 m high
b. 1.2 m – 1.5 m high
c. 1.5 m – 1.5 m high
d. 2.0 m – 2.5 m high
b. 1.2 m – 1.5 m high
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for Swine
Production: What is the minimum recommended
space requirement for adult pigs in groups?
a. 1.5 m2/animal
b. 2.7m2/animal
c. 3.5 m2/animal
d. 2.50 m2/animal
d. 2.50 m2/animal
Groups of growing swine
Up to 10 kg - 0.11
11 - 20 kg - 0.20
21 - 40 kg - 0.35
41 - 60 kg - 0.50
61 - 80 kg - 0.70
81 - 100 kg - 0.85
Gilts up to mating -1.00
Adult pigs in groups - 2.50
Consists of liquid waste and slurry
resulting from the production of livestock
and poultry; and processing of crops,
livestock and poultry.
a. Agricultural solid waste
b. Toxic materials
c. Hazardous waste
d. Agricultural liquid waste
d. Agricultural liquid waste
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the optimum recommended
stack height for Wheat, barley and Maize?
a. 18 layers
b. 16 layers
c. 20 layers
d. 14 layers
a. 18 layers
yr. 2000
Stack height in layers / Stack height in meters
Wheat, barley and Maize = 18 / 4.57
Paddy = 16 / 4.27
Rice = 16 / 4.27
PAES 414-2:2002 agricultural structures
a. Waste management structures part 1:
agricultural liquid waste
b. Waste management structures part 2 –
agricultural solid waste composting
c. Primary processing plant for fresh
fruit and vegetable
d. Biogas plant
b. Waste management structures part 2 –
agricultural solid waste composting
Wastes resulting from the production and
processing of crops and animals or
agricultural products, including manures
with at least 20% solids, pruning and crop
residues wherever produced.
a. Agricultural solid waste
b. Toxic materials
c. Hazardous waste
d. Agricultural liquid waste
a. Agricultural solid waste
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the size of the entrance
for normal temperature warehouse?
a. 6 meters wide and 4 meters high
b. 5 meters wide and 4 meters high
c. 4 meters wide and 4 meters high
d. 8 meters wide and 4 meters high
a. 6 meters wide and 4 meters high
Any item used to improve the compost
structure and to increase porosity to allow
internal air movement.
a. Methanogens
b. Agent
c. Compost mix
d. Bulking agent
d. Bulking agent
Weight ratio of carbon to nitrogen
a. N:c ratio
b. C:N ratio
c. Co:N ratio
d. C:No ratio
b. C:N ratio
Based on PAES 417:2002 Fruit and
Vegetable Storage: What is the average bulk
density for pumpkins and squash?
a. 600 kg/m3
b. 700 kg/m3
c. 500 kg/m3
d. 400 kg/m3
a. 600 kg/m3
Density / Maximum pile depth (m) Potatoes - 670 / 4.2 - 6 Pumpkins & squash - 600 / 0.6 - 1 Onions - 650 / 3 - 3.6
Controlled decomposition of organic
matter by micro-organisms, mainly bacteria
and fungi, into a humus-like product.
a. Composting amendment
b. Grit
c. Windrow composting
d. Composting
d. Composting
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the minimum
floor elevation from the ground? And the
posts should have a diameter of at least
200 mm.
a. 900 mm
b. 1200 mm
c. 500 mm
d. 1500 mm
a. 900 mm
Any item added to the compost mixture
that alters the moisture content, C:N
ratio, or ph.
a. Composting amendment
b. Grit
c. Windrow composting
d. Composting
a. Composting amendment
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the Optimum recommended
stack height in meters for paddy.
a. 4.27
b. 5.57
c. 4.57
d. 3.27
a. 4.27
yr. 2000
Stack height in layers / Stack height in meters
Wheat, barley and Maize = 18 / 4.57
Paddy = 16 / 4.27
Rice = 16 / 4.27
Process where fungi digest the carbons
not degraded during composting and further
stabilizes the nutrients.
a. Curing
b. Asepsis
c. Culture medium
d. Sterilization
a. Curing
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum roof
slope for adequate ventilation?
a. 25%
b. 30%
c. 58%
d. 45%
a. 25%
Site where solid waste is finally
discharged and deposited.
a. Lagoon
b. Disposal site
c. Holding pond
d. Facultative lagoons
b. Disposal site
Based on PAES 402:2001 Housing for
Broiler Production: What is the floor space
requirement for broiler above 4 weeks old?
a. 6.50 m2/100 birds
b. 8.50 m2/100 birds
c. 10.50 m2/100 birds
d. 12.50 m2/100 birds
d. 12.50 m2/100 birds
< 4 weeks - 6.25 m2/100 birds
> 4 weeks old - 12.50 m2/100 birds
Prevents excess solar radiation in the
greenhouse.
a. Cooling
b. Heating
c. Shading
d. Ventilation
c. Shading
Based on PAES 417:2002 Fruit and
Vegetable Storage: What is the average bulk
density for onions?
a. 600 kg/m3
b. 650 kg/m3
c. 750 kg/m3
d. 950 kg/m3
b. 650 kg/m3
Density / Maximum pile depth (m) Potatoes - 670 / 4.2 - 6 Pumpkins & squash - 600 / 0.6 - 1 Onions - 650 / 3 - 3.6
Process of exchanging air inside the
greenhouse with outside air to control
temperature, humidity, oxygen or carbon
dioxide levels.
a. Cooling
b. Heating
c. Shading
d. Ventilation
d. Ventilation
Based on PAES 411:2000 Slaughterhouse
for Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is
the minimum distance away from the bank if
located near a river, stream, or lake?
a. 10 meters
b. 200 meters
c. 100 meters
d. 20 meters
a. 10 meters
Greenhouse using fans.
a. Heating
b. Shading
c. Natural ventilation
d. Mechanical ventilation
d. Mechanical ventilation
Based on PAES 415:2001 Greenhouses: If
the walkway will be used only as a place to
stand while servicing the benches, a
minimum of how many meter aisles shall be
used for indeterminate crops?
a. 0.30
b. 0.50
c. 0.80
d. 1.0
c. 0.80
Walkways
min. 0.30 m aisle - determinate crops
min. 0.80 m aisle - indeterminate crops.
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
height of pen partition for boar?
a. 0.80 meters
b. 0.90 meters
c. 1.00 meters
d. 1.20 meters
d. 1.20 meters
Swine / Height of pen partition
Under 25 kg - 0.70
25 kg – 100 kg - 0.90
Sow - 1.00
Boar - 1.20
If the walkway will be used only as a
place to stand while servicing the benches,
a minimum of ____aisle shall be used for
determinate crops and a minimum of
____aisle for indeterminate crops.
a. 0.10 m; 0.80 m
b. 0.20 m; 0.80 m
c. 0.30 m; 0.80 m
d. 0.40 m; 0.80 m
c. 0.30 m; 0.80 m
Larger greenhouses often have
____secondary aisle and ____primary aisle.
a. 0.60 m - 0.90 m; 1.0 m - 1.8 m
b. 0.60 m - 0.90 m; 1.2 m - 1.8 m
c. 0.80 m - 0.90 m; 1.2 m - 1.8 m
d. 1.0m - 0.90 m; 1.2 m - 1.8 m
b. 0.60 m - 0.90 m; 1.2 m - 1.8 m
PAES 416:2002 Agricultural Structures
a. Cattle Feedlot
b. Plant tissue culture laboratory
c. Greenhouses
d. Fruit and Vegetable Storage
b. Plant tissue culture laboratory
Condition that describes the freedom of
plant materials, culture medium, confines
of the culture vessel from contaminating
microorganisms.
a. Incubation
b. Asepsis
c. Greenhouse
d. Tissue culture
b. Asepsis
Based on PAES 419:2000 Agricultural
Structures – Warehouse for Bagged Storage
of Grains: What is the Optimum recommended
stack height in meters for Wheat, barley
and maize?
a. 4.27
b. 5.57
c. 4.57
d. 3.27
c. 4.57
yr. 2000
Stack height in layers / Stack height in meters
Wheat, barley and Maize = 18 / 4.57
Paddy = 16 / 4.27
Rice = 16 / 4.27
Growth of protoplasts, cells, tissues,
shoot tips, roots, anthers, embryos,
flowers and meristems in a laboratory
medium.
a. Incubation
b. Asepsis
c. Greenhouse
d. Tissue culture
d. Tissue culture
Any nutrient material prepared for the
growth and cultivation plant tissue.
a. Incubation
b. Asepsis
c. Culture medium
d. Sterilization
c. Culture medium
Based on PAES 411:2000 Slaughterhouse
for Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is
the required illumination for stunning
area?
a. 120 lux
b. 220 lux
c. 200 lux
d. 250 lux
b. 220 lux
Process of making any material entirely
free from living microorganism.
a. Sterilization
b. Disinfection
c. Incubation
d. Asepsis
a. Sterilization
- Based on PAES 403:2001 Housing for
Layer Production: What is the minimum roof
slope for adequate ventilation?
a. 25%
b. 30%
c. 58%
d. 45%
a. 25%
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum floor
space requirement for calves (7 months –
one year)?
a. 3 m2/animal
b. 4 m2/animal
c. 1 m2/animal
d. 2 m2/animal
a. 3 m2/animal
Calves (up to 3 months) - 1
Calves (3 - 6 months) - 2
Calves (7 months – one year) - 3
Yearlings (1 – 2 years) - 4
Heifer/Steer (2 – 3 years) - 5
Milking and dry cows - 6
Cows in maternity stall - 10
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum roof
slope for roofing made of indigenous
materials?
a. 30%
b. 45%
c. 58%
d. 25%
c. 58%
Air currents in which air currents do
not intermingle.
a. Cooling
b. Heating
c. Laminar flow
d. Ventilation
c. Laminar flow
Based on PAES 411:2000 Slaughterhouse
for Swine, Small and Large Animals: What is
the illumination required in the cutting
and boning area?
a. 220 lux
b. 540 lux
c. 740 lux
d. 110 lux
a. 220 lux
stunning area - 220 lux
gut room - 220 lux
Cutting and boning area - 220 lux
storage rooms - 110 lux
Personnel room - 110 lux
inspection area - 540 lux
Individual divisions in a carton formed
by fiberboard dividers, each cell to
contain one fruit.
a. Pallet bin storage
b. Air cooled
c. Drip cooler
d. Cell pack
d. Cell pack
Based on PAES 401:2001 Housing for
Swine Production: What is the minimum
recommended space requirement for gilts up
to mating?
a. 1.0 m2/animal
b. 2.5 m2/animal
c. 3.5 m2/animal
d. 4.5 m2/animal
a. 1.0 m2/animal
Groups of growing swine
Up to 10 kg - 0.11
11 - 20 kg - 0.20
21 - 40 kg - 0.35
41 - 60 kg - 0.50
61 - 80 kg - 0.70
81 - 100 kg - 0.85
Gilts up to mating -1.00
Adult pigs in groups - 2.50
Cartons in which the cover is separate
and fits snugly over the bottom part.
a. Fumigation
b. Burlap
c. Aeration
d. Telescopic cartons
d. Telescopic cartons
Product handling which include steps to
make a harvested commodity more suitable
for manufacturers or consumers
a. Sorting
b. Sizing
c. Primary processing
d. Grading
c. Primary processing
Based on PAES 417:2002 Fruit and
Vegetable Storage: What is the maximum
depth of pile for potatoes?
a. 4.2 - 6 meters
b. 3.2 - 5 meters
c. 2.2 - 4 meters
d. 1.2 - 3 meters
a. 4.2 - 6 meters
Density / Maximum pile depth (m) Potatoes - 670 / 4.2 - 6 Pumpkins & squash - 600 / 0.6 - 1 Onions - 650 / 3 - 3.6
Process of classifying into groups
according to a set of recognized criteria
of quality and size, each group bearing an
accepted name and size grouping.
a. Sorting
b. Sizing
c. Primary processing
d. Grading
d. Grading
Based on PAES 407:2001 Housing for
Dairy Cattle: What is the minimum floor
space requirement for heifer/steer (2 – 3
years)?
a. 6 m2/animal
b. 7 m2/animal
c. 5 m2/animal
d. 10 m2/animal
c. 5 m2/animal
Calves (up to 3 months) - 1
Calves (3 - 6 months) - 2
Calves (7 months – one year) - 3
Yearlings (1 – 2 years) - 4
Heifer/Steer (2 – 3 years) - 5
Milking and dry cows - 6
Cows in maternity stall - 10
Process of classifying into sizes
according to criteria that may or may not
be recognized or accepted by the industry.
a. Sorting
b. Sizing
c. Primary processing
d. Grading
b. Sizing
Based on PAES 412:2002 Poultry Dressing
Plant: What is the minimum lighting
intensity for General Operating area?
a. 100 lux (Lumen/m2)
b. 300 lux (Lumen/m2)
c. 200 lux (Lumen/m2)
d. 500 lux (Lumen/m2)
c. 200 lux (Lumen/m2)
holding area - 100 lux
general operating area - 200 lux
general working table - 500 lux