Part 1 - ISU Reviewer Flashcards
Engineering Laws (RA 10601): (Memorize Sec. 17 IRR RA 10601) All agricultural and fisheries
machinery assemblers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers, distributors and dealers are required
to provide after-sales service and warranty to their respective clients which:
I. shall be monitored by the agriculture offices of the LGUs
II. shall be monitored by the Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering (BAFE)
III. in accordance with the PAES or with the warranty policy of the manufacturer, whichever
is more advantageous to the client
IV. shall be accompanied by a warranty card which shall specify the after-sales service policy.
I, II, III, IV
Agricultural Machinery: What does API stands for?
American Petroleum Institute
PAES 203:2000 (Moisture Content Determination): Clean, heavy glass with ground-on cover with knob, and should contain standard desiccant
Desicator
Engineering Economy: Remains constant whatever the quantity of goods and services produced.
Fixed Cost
Crop Processing: How many minutes to cook 2 kg of rice?
11.75 min
Agricultural Machinery: Machine commonly manufactured in the Philippines.
Thresher
Engineering Laws: In what law does National Building Code enacted?
RA 6541
LPG contains
Propane and butane
What causes black exhaust gas?
Clogging oil filter
What causes white exhaust gas?
Too much oil
What causes overheating?
insufficient water in the radiator
What causes fast discharge of battery?
Alternator is not working
PAES 161:2001 (Soil Auger): Boring part of the soil auger.
Drill Bit
PAES 161:2001 (Soil Auger): 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.
Soil Auger
Engineering Economy: These refers to the ongoing costs to operate a business excluding direct cost.
Overhead Cost
How many times greater is the power of a carabao over
man?
10
Engineering Materials: All materials and parts are imported except:
a. engine
b. stainless steel - answer
c. bearing
d. chains
Agricultural Machinery: Most mechanized crop in the country
Rice
What machinery gives the greatest ROI?
a. Grain dryer
b. Combine harvester
c. Power tiller
d. Tractor - answer
Engineering Economy: An agricultural machine is purchased for P100,000 and has a useful life of
12 years. At the end of 12 years, the salvage value is P13,000. By straight line depreciation, what
is the accumulated depreciation at the end of 8 years?
Php 58,000
Engineering Economy: Large number of independent seller independent from each other.
Pure competition
Engineering Economy: The act of distributing resources into something to generate income or
profits
Investment
Engineering Economy: The amount or monetary value of good, service or resource before
purchase.
Price
Occupational Health and Safety: Who are the members that composed HACCP team?
Composed of multidisciplinary and draw upon expertise from food production operation,
quality assurance, technical, and engineering discipline.
Occupational Health and Safety: Implemented by FAO to impose regulations and standards that
covers traded goods
TBT – Technical Barriers to Trades (traded goods, implemented by FAO)
Engineering Economy: Cost of shipment of products to deliver from one point to another.
Cost in Freight
Agricultural Machinery: Primary tillage equipment that cuts the soil to a depth of 6 to 18 inches
Moldboard Plow
Agricultural Equipment: All are used for well protection, except:
a. Groove - answer
b. Gravel Pack
c. Perforated Screen
d. Well-Screen
Engineering Economy: Form of business ownership where two or more people act as co-owners.
Partnership
Agricultural Machinery: Untilled area, it is where the machine turns.
Headland
Agricultural Machinery: What implement is commonly attached in a seeder?
Metering Device – also called groundwheel
Agricultural Machinery: A symbol or sign placed at the back of combine harvester
Slow-moving vehicle (SVM) Emblem
Agricultural Machinery: Chamber maintained under pressure for uniform distribution of the
heated air through the grain mass.
Plenum
Agricultural Machinery: Which thresher has the highest capacity?
Through flow type
PAES 202:2015 – Methods of Test: The minimum number of trials required in testing heated-air
mechanical grain dryer
Three
Engineering Instrumentation: Instrument use in measuring wind speed
Anemometer
Engineering Instrumentation: Instrument use in measuring wind speed
Anemometer
Agricultural Machinery: Determine the required number of tractor needed to plow 50 hectares
of land that must be finished in 10 days (8 hrs/day), with a speed of travel of 5 kph, effective width
of 4 meters, and an efficiency of 80%.
1
Engineering Economy: Supposed that you will need Php 50,000 in a span 5 years, with an interest
rate of 5% compounded quarterly. How much will be the initial investment?
Php 39,000
Crop Science: The terminal component of the rice tiller is an inflorescence called?
Panicle
A 4 hectare field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch
tractor-mounted moldboard plow. It took 11 hrs. to complete the operation at a tractor speed of 5 kph. Find the actual field capacity
0.36 ha/hr
A 4 hectare field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch
tractor-mounted moldboard plow. It took 11 hrs. to complete the operation at a tractor speed of 5 kph Find the theoretical field capacity
0.46 ha/hr
; A 4 hectare field was plowed using a three-bottom 12-inch
tractor-mounted moldboard plow. It took 11 hrs. to complete the operation at a tractor speed of 5 kph Find the field efficiency
80%
Engineering Laws: On what year Agricultural Engineering was introduced?
1907 – AE was recognized as a discipline, ASAE was formed
Agricultural Machinery: The groundwheel of a planter is normally related to the operation of
Metering Device
Agricultural Machinery: In what part of the machine does gear oil used?
Transmission box
Agricultural Machinery: Mechanical manipulation of soil for any purpose.
Tillage
Engineering Economy: The removal or reduction of restrictions or barriers on free exchange of
goods between nations. (Related to RA 11203)
Trade Liberalization
Engineering Laws (RA 11203): Lifting of all existing quantitative restrictions such as import quotas
or prohibitions, imposed on agricultural products, and replacing these restrictions with tariffs.
Tariffication
Feasibility Study: Part that was a formally written declaration of the project and its idea and
context to explain the goals and objectives to be reached
Project Desciption
Feasibility Study: Part of Project Planning that involves determining and documenting a list of
project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs, and deadlines.
Project Scope
A 4stroke-cycle diesel engine, with three cylinder has 89mm cylinder bore and 130mm stroke. The compression ratio is 16:1 and it is running at 2000 rpm speed? What is the area of the piston?
808.7 cc
A 4stroke-cycle diesel engine, with three cylinder has 89mm cylinder bore and 130mm stroke. The compression ratio is 16:1 and it is running at 2000 rpm speed. What is the total piston displacement?
2426.2 cc
A 4stroke-cycle diesel engine, with three cylinder has 89mm cylinder bore and 130mm stroke. The compression ratio is 16:1 and it is running at 2000 rpm speed. What is the total power stroke per minute of the piston?
520 m per min
A 4stroke-cycle diesel engine, with three cylinder has 89mm cylinder bore and 130mm stroke. The compression ratio is 16:1 and it is running at 2000 rpm speed. What is the stroke to bore ratio?
1.46
Agricultural Machinery: Type of implement which is directly attached to the tractor and its power
lift is dependent upon the tractor engine for its general operation.
Integral-Mounted Type
Recommended fertilizer rate is 100-100-100 using complete fertilizer 14-14-14 to
an area of 100m x 100m. How many bags of complete fertilizer should be applied?
15 bags
Agricultural Machinery: Determine the size of the diesel engine to be used for a 4 X 4 centrifugal
pump. Pump discharge is 200gpm. Total head is 24 ft. Pump efficiency is 55%. V-belt efficiency is
95%. And air-cooled diesel engine delivery rating is 70%.
3.3 hp
Agricultural Machinery: The reason why gears are difficult to engage and disengage?
worn out clutch disc
PAES 153:2010 (Hand Pump): Base that attaches the hand pump to the ground and connects to
the draw pipe
Pedestal
. PAES 153:2010 (Hand Pump): Type of hand pump intended for use in lifting water from low-head
cisterns and wells, the depth of which is not beyond the head furnished by atmospheric pressure.
Lift type
PAES 153:2010 (Hand Pump): 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
Force type
PAES 153:2010 (Hand Pump): Type of force type hand pump that discharges water only on the
forward stroke of the piston and draw in water into the cylinder during the back stroke
Single acting type
PAES 153:2010 (Hand Pump): Type of force type hand pump that discharges water on both
forward and back strokes.
Double acting type
Agricultural Machinery: In one hectare area, how much is the amount of furrow slice given that
the thickness is 1 inch?
Agricultural Machinery: Best hitch for tractor trailer.
3-point hitch
Agricultural Machinery: Smallest type of combine harvester used in the Philippines
35hp
Agricultural Machinery: As an agricultural and biosystems engineer, while calibrating and testing
a Lever-operated Knapsack Sprayer, which of the following should not be done?
Measuring the application rate
Agricultural Machinery: The regular serving and checking of the machine to keep the machine
running efficiently.
Maintenance
Agricultural Machinery: What is the volume in the cylinder if the piston is at the top dead center?
Clearance Volume
Agricultural Machinery: A 5-m self-propelled combine makes an average stop of 4 min every time
its 2-ton grain tank is to be unloaded. Gross yield of the 20-ha field is 42 tons. The operating speed
is 4.8 kph. The time for turning on the headland at the ends of the 500-m field is 15 seconds. Find
the field efficiency.
83%
