Part 4 Flashcards
Headland is:
The strip of the land at the ends of the field used for turning by field machinery
A piece of land owned and tilled by the head of family
Land at the top of the hill
None of the above
Answer: The strip of the land at the ends of the field used for turning by field machinery
An equipment used to place seed in a furrow.
Planter
Seeder
Broadcaster
All of the above
Answer: Seeder
An equipment used to place plant parts to a prepared furrow.
Planter
Seeder
Broadcaster
All of the above
Answer: Planter
A machine that prepares the soil, meters the seed, and positions the seed in one operation.
Broadcaster
Drum seeder
Jab planter
None of the above
Answer: None of the above (Drill)
A machine, which is cylindrical in shape, designed for planting pre-germinated rice seed in rows.
Broadcaster
Drum seeder
Jab planter
None of the above
Answer: Drum seeder
A scattering of seeds on the surface of prepared soil.
Drill seeding
Hill dropping
Broadcasting
None of the above
Answer: Broadcasting
It is a planting method wherein seeds are deposited, either singly or in group, in a water soluble tape under controlled condition.
Precision planting
Seed-tape planting
Hill dropping
None of the above
Answer: Seed-tape planting
It is a machine that places rice seedlings at a proper spacing on a well-prepared paddy soil.
Rice seeder
Rice transplanter
All of the above
None of the above
Answer: Rice transplanter
When Agricultural Engineer calibrates a sprayer, he:
Measures the diameter
Measures and adjust its application rate
Cleans the nozzles
None of the above
Answer: Measures and adjust its application rate
In the Philippines, rice is usually transplanted
For weed control reasons as the seedling have a head start over the weeds
To give employment to landless farm workers
To prevent rats and birds from eating the seeds
None of the above
Answer: For weed control reasons as the seedling have a head start over the weeds
A mechanically-operated machine that removes weeds or grasses from the crops.
Seeder
Weeder
Cultivator
None of the above
Answer: Weeder
It is the ratio between the number of weeds removed by the weeder to the number of weeds present per unit area.
Weeding index
Weeding rate
Weeding capacity
None of the above
Answer: Weeding index
A machine that breaks the liquid droplets of effective size and distributes them uniformly over the surface or space to be protected, and regulates the amount of chemical solution to avoid excessive application that might prove harmful or wasteful
Duster
Sparayer
All of the above
None of the above
Answer: Sprayer
Primary factor that affects the performance of the sprayer.
Spray-particle size
Spraying time
Spray materials
None of the above
Answer: Spray-particle size
It is a sprayer apparatus consisting of pressure source and controls and specifically employing an over-the-crop boom with atomizer arranged to provide uniform coverage of the treated surfaces.
Boom sprayer
Knapsack sprayer
Compressed-air sprayer
None of the above
Answer: Boom sprayer
A field sprayer that is being carried at the back by means of a shoulder straps.
Compressed-air sprayer
Knapsack sprayer
Power sprayer
None of the above
Answer: Knapsack sprayer
A mechanical or thermal device that produces a liquid dispersion having a volume median diameter of less than 50 um.
Knapsack sprayer
Aerosol generator
Compressed-air spray
None of the above
Answer: Aerosol generator
An apparatus, which consists of a hopper, a metering unit, and a distribution device, that uses either gravity, centrifugal force, or pendulum action to spread granules to the surface of the entire area to be treated.
Broadcast spreader
Granular applicator
Power sprayer
None of the above
Answer: Broadcast spreader
A machine that cuts rice stalks and places them on a windrow where they are gathered and bound into sheaves and carried to a thresher.
Scythe
Stripper harvester
Reaper
Combines
Answer: Reaper
A machine that detaches the grain from a panicle.
Reaper
Thresher
Sheller
None of the above
Answer : Thresher
A machine used in separating the kernels from the cob.
Grader
Sheller
Thresher
None of the above
Answer: Sheller
The part of a rice thresher which encloses the threshing cylinder and allows the separation of the grains from the panicle.
Threshing cylinder
Oscillating screens
Concave
None of the above
Answer: Concave
A type of mechanical thresher in which rice stalks are fed into the threshing chamber while the stalks are either mechanically-or manually-held during threshing operation.
Hold-on thresher
Throw-in thresher
Axial-flow thresher
None of the above
Answer : Hold-on thresher
A type of mechanical rice thresher which detaches and separates the grains from the panicles by feeding the rice-in-stalks into the machine.
Axial-flow thresher
Throw-in thresher
Hold-on thresher
None of the above
Answer: Throw-in thresher
A type of throw-in thresher wherein rice-in stalks are fed in between the cylinder and the concave and go directly out of the threshing chamber.
Axial-flow thresher
Through-flow thresher
Hold-on thresher
All of the above
Answer: Through-flow thresher
A type of throw-in thresher which moves the materials being threshed in a helical manner around the threshing cylinder.
Axial-flow-thresher
Through-flow thresher
Hold-on thresher
All of the above
Answer: Axial-flow-thresher
Factors affecting the power requirement of a rice thresher.
Feeding rate
Moisture content
Length of straw
All of the above
Answer: All of the above
It is the ratio of the weight of clean threshed grain to the grain input.
Threshing efficiency
Threshing recovery
Threshing output
All of the above
Answer: Threshing recovery
The ratio of knife velocity to forward velocity of rice reaper.
1.35
2.55
0.55
None of the above
Answer: 1.35
It is the ratio between the mass of fuel consumed per unit of time of an engine and the corresponding measured power.
Specific fuel consumption
Fuel to mass ratio
Fuel consumption rate
None of the above
Answer: Specific fuel consumption
A tillage or soil preparation in which plant residues are specifically left on or near the surface.
Strip tillage
Mulch tillage
Optimum tillage
None of the above
Answer: Mulch tillage
A tillage and land-forming operation using a tool which splits the soil and turns furrows laterally in opposite directions, thereby providing ridge-and-furrow soil configuration.
Middle braking
Listing
Bedding
None of the above
Answer: Listing
The center to center distance between overlapping broadcast applications.
Effective width
Swath
Broadcasting width
All of the above
Answer: Swath
The portion of a combine comprising the mechanism for gathering crops.
Crop gatherer
Star wheel
Header
All of the above
Answer: Header
The horizontal distance, perpendicular to the direction of travel, an implement performs its intended function in one pass.
Implement width
Operating width
Side draft
None of the above
Answer: Operating width
A gas, a liquid, or a solid used to propel or transport chemical.
Spray material
Spray nozzle
Carrier
All of the above
Answer: Carrier
The portion of an implement designed to connect the implement to the power source.
Connector
Clutch
Hitch
All the above
Answer: Hitch
The draft of implement in terms of force per unit area of tilled cross-section.
Implement draft
Specific draft
Line draft
All of the above
Answer: Specific draft
Factor of Safety in engineering science refers to:
The excess amount of materials designed into a machine to ensure that it does not break down
The ratio of the ultimate strength of a material or component to the working stress it is expected to be subjected
The safety of workers in the factory
None of the above
Answer: The ratio of the ultimate strength of a material or component to the working stress it is expected to be subjected
In trade circles, CIF stands for
Cash-In-Fist
Cost, Insurance, and Freight
Cost-In-Freight
None of the above
Answer: Cost, Insurance, and Freight
A clutch that is used to drive a machine element in only one direction is
Slip clutch
Overrunning clutch
Friction clutch
None of the above
Answer: Overrunning clutch
A clutch that limits the amount of torque or power that is transmitted through the shaft to the driven member.
Slip clutch
Overrunning clutch
Friction clutch
None of the above
Answer: Slip clutch
The broken side of furrow is called
Dead furrow
Furrow wall
Back furrow
None of the above
Answer: Furrow wall
Raise ridge formed when plowing starts in the middle of strip.
Back furrow
Dead furrow
Furrow wall
None of the above
Answer: Back furrow
Open trench left during plowing when the strips are finished.
Dead furrow
Back furrow
Furrow wall
None of the above
Answer : Dead furrow
It is distinguishing symbol affixed to products by a manufacturer in order to identify them as his goods.
Trade name
Trade mark
Brand name
All of the above
Answer: Trade mark
A name given by a manufacturer to its product to distinguish them from ones produced by other manufacturers.
Trade mark
Manufacturer’s name
Brand name
None of the above
Answer: Brand name
Trade mark
Manufacturer’s name
Brand name
None of the above
Answer: Brand name
Operating width of the implement minus the overlap is
Implement width
Effective width
Operating width
All of the above
Answer: Effective width
A soil-handling implement which turn uniform ridges of soil to predetermined shape.
Furrower
Bed shaper
Middle breaker
None of the above
Answer: Bed shaper
When middle breaking will be carried out on the field
A lister is needed to form a furrow between rows of plant
Hard soil is broken at the middle to reduce its size
A ridge and furrow soil is made prior to planting
None of the above
Answer: A ridge and furrow soil is made prior to planting
When a material is to be inserted into the soil, the tillage to be used is
Jointer
Coulter
Injector
All of the above
Answer: Injector
It is a tillage operation where plant residues are left on or near the soil surface.
Strip tillage
Mulch tillage
Optimum tillage
None of the above
Answer: Mulch tillage
A tillage system which consist of fewer or less energy intensive optimum compared with conventional tillage.
Minimum tillage
No-till tillage
Reduce tillage
All of the above
Answer: Reduce tillage
When 30 % or less of the soil surface is tilled, the tillage operation employed is
Minimum tillage
Strip tillage
Ridge tillage
All of the above
Answer: Strip tillage
A soil-tool reaction in which soil surface of the tillage tool without significant adhesion
Sliding
Scouring
Soil cutting
None of the above
Answer: Scouring
Agricultural tractors, self-propelled machines, implement designed for field operation are examples of
Farmstead equipment
Agricultural field equipment
Agricultural implement
None of the above
Answer: Agricultural field equipment
A self-propelled implement
Requires a tractor in order to do its function
Does not require a tractor to operate
Requires a stationary engine in order to do its function
None of the above
Answer: Does not require a tractor to operate
A booklet provided by manufacturers in which the step-by-step procedure for repair or disassembly of parts are given.
Operator’s manual
Technical manual
Product catalog
All of the above
Answer: Technical manual
A booklet form provided by manufacturers in which adjustment, care and maintenance procedure, and safety of the machine are indicated.
Operator’s manual
Technical manual
Product catalog
None of the above
Answer: Operator’s manual
If hitch of a plow is placed above the vertical line of pull,
There will be lifting action at front of the plow and its bottom will tend to run shallow particularly to hard ground
The plow share will tend to worn out easily
The plow bottom will penetrate deeply
None of the above
Answer: There will be lifting action at front of the plow and its bottom will tend to run shallow particularly to hard ground
It is the line of pull that is straight line from the center of resistance or load to the point where plow drawbar is attached to the tractor drawbar.
Horizontal line draft
Vertical line draft
Side draft
None of the above
Answer: Vertical line draft
It is the line draft that is straight line from the center of resistance or load to the point where plow drawbar is attached to the tractor drawbar.
Horizontal line draft
Vertical line draft
Side draft
None of the above
Answer: Horizontal line draft
When the center-of-load of a plow is not on the same line of the center of power
There will be a side draft
Tractor will partly pulled sideways
Forces on the tractor will be carried by the rear of the tractor wheel
All of the above
Answer: All of the above
The rate of planting, or pounds of seeds planted per acre that gives a desired quality of plants without thinning is
Seeding rate
Planting to stand
Planting capacity
None of the above
Answer: Planting to stand
A type of power sprayer where the spray pressure is built up by the direct action of the pump on the liquid spray material.
Hydraulic sprayer
Blower sprayer
Hydro-pneumatic sprayer
All of the above
Answer: Hydraulic sprayer
The size of moldboard plow is determined
From the distance measured at the wing of the share to the land side
From the width of the plow measured at the intersection of the share and the moldboard
From the width of the moldboard
None of the above
Answer: From the distance measured at the wing of the share to the land side
Tractor tire used to propel as well as to provide good floatation is,
Implement tire
Traction tire
Steering tire
All of the above
Answer: Steering tire
Bearings used for disk plow bottom is
Tapered roller bearing
Spherical roller bearing
Ball bearing
None of the above
Answer: Tapered roller bearing
A type of implement that is used to attached to the three-point hitch and hydraulic lift system of a tractor.
Trailing implement
Semi-mounted implement
Mounted implement
All of the above
Answer: Mounted implement
A compartment provided for the harrow to aid in penetration.
Weight boxes
Ballast
Ballast compartment
All of the above
Answer: Weight boxes
If a sprocket is used for a chain, a sheave is used for …
Flat belt
Gear
V-belt
All of the above
Answer: V-belt
Substance added to spray as stickers, stabilizers and conditioning agent.
Water
Petroleum gas
Gelatin
All of the above
Answer: Petroleum gas
Pump recommended for a sprayer that is used for abrasive spray materials.
Centrifugal pump
Diaphragm pump
Gear pump
All of the above
Answer: Diaphragm pump
Approximate pressure used in spraying weedicide.
10-25 psi
25-40 psi
40-60 psi
None of the above
Answer: 25-40 psi
To reduce the size of spray particle,
Increase the operating pressure of the sprayer
Adjust the opening of the spray nozzle
Adjust the control valve opening of the sprayer
None of the above
Answer: Adjust the opening of the spray nozzle
A machine used to kill weed seeds by microwave heating during weeding operation
Zapper
Microwave oven
Flame thrower
All of the above
Answer: Zapper
A device used to hold spray nozzle close to the soil so those chemicals can be sprayed on young grass in the plant row.
Spray shield
Spray boom
Spray holder
None of the above
Answer: Spray shield
It is used between the cultivator sweep and the plant row to prevent soil from covering small young plants.
Shield
Fender
Spread bar
None of the above
Answer: Fender
When soil is thrown to the plant during cultivation, the operation is
Hilling-up
Baming-off
Listing
All of the above
Answer: Hilling-up
When soils are thrown away from the plants during cultivation, the operation is
Hilling-up
Barring-off
Sweeping
None of the above
Answer: Barring-off
It is the true point of hitch or center-of-pull of an implement
Center of power
Center of resistance
Center of load
All of the above
Answer: Center of power
The effective drawbar pull of the tractor is reduced for every percent of grade by
0.1 %
1 %
10 %
None of the above
Answer: 1 %
An instrument used to measure the draft of a plow
Dynamometer
Spring scale
Pressure gauge
All of the above
Answer: Dynamometer
