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Review Questions for
LEA
181. Self-sufficiency (annual) in rice in the
Philippines:
A. Had never been attained;
B. Had been achieved before
C. Is impossible because of high population
D. Is possible because IRRI is in the Philippines
182. Corn production in the Philippines is:
A. Mainly used for animal feed manufacturing
B. Mostly consumed as peoples’ staple food
C. Only supplied by our Mindanao farmers
D. Consumed only in Cebu and Bohol
183. Forest denudation results into this
possibility:
A. Decreased agricultural production area
B. Severe erosion of topsoil leading to less fertile
uplands
C. Movement of urban settlers to rural communities
D. Reduction of pest in agriculture
184. High population growth rate could
possibly mean:
A. Less work/labor forces for agricultural production
B. More people in urban area and greater demand for
agricultural produce
C. Bad prospects for agriculture because of lower prices
of farm products.
D. Prosperity for all
185. Greater population with low
productivity could lead to:
A. General poverty among the people.
B. Higher taxes
C. Migration of work forces to rural areas
D. Professional agriculturist
E. None of the above
186. Urbanization and industrialization
always result into:
A. Decrease in agricultural production area.
B. Migration of rural population to urban areas.
C. Increase in labor availability for farming.
D. Liberalization of trading.
187. Coconut industry should not be a dying industry. It
should be maintained and improved, because:
A. It earns substantial dollar returns as an export crop
B. It gives less income to the coconut farmers
C. It’s a disorganized sector of farmers who should benefit
the most
D. It is a colonial crop
188. Genetically Modified Organisms could lead
to the following problem:
A. Reduced production in the crop concerned
B. Monopoly in the supply and distribution of seeds
C. Reduced damage due to the target pests.
D. Indigenous practices will dominate the seed industry.
189. Site characterization and selection of crop production
in the Philippines require knowledge of:
A. Geographical characteristics of the area
B. Botanical characteristics of major tropical crops
C. Indicators of land, climate, crops, ecology, culture, and market
dynamics
D. Geography, soil and climate characteristics only
190. The comprehensive land reform program
is for cropland of:
A. Rice and corn only
B. Sugarcane and coconut
C. Lowland
D. All agricultural lands regardless of crops
191. Modern crop agriculture would
require:
A. Indigenous knowledge
B. Knowledge from research only
C. Knowledge synthesized from internet information
D. Knowledge of all kinds and from all sources
192. The factors affecting food and fiber production in the Philippines and elsewhere
are: population dynamics; environment factor of production like light, water and
temperature; land and soil resources; and production technology (variety, culture,
postharvest, etc.). To attain food and fiber self-sufficiency within the context of our
culture the best thing to do is:
A. Manage population to shower growth rate
B. Invest in infrastructure that will control environment factors
C. Increase land under crop cultivation
D. Transform production technology into practices that will
increase farm productivity.
193. Soil erosion control is important in
Philippine agriculture because:
A. We have to conserve water in terraces
B. Growing upland crops like corn and vegetables require
fertile soils
C. There is too much rainfall during some months and large
cultivated areas are sloping
D. Population is increasing and more people have to eat
194. In modern Philippine agriculture the selection for
planting materials for both annuals and perennials is
guided by:
A. Demand of foreign markets
B. Yield and quality of processed products
C. Adaptability of the planting material
D. Recommendation of seed dealers
195. Seeds or seedling are better planting materials than
asexual or vegetative propagular when:
A. There is benefit of hybrid vigor
B. Crops could be direct seeded
C. Crops can be propagated by seeds
D. Crops can be grafted or rooted as cuttings
196. Classification of seeds are based on
these concepts:
A. Orthodox seeds can be kept for long periods in storage
when moisture content is low
B. Recalcitrant seeds are more associated with perennial
horticultural crops
C. Seeds of corn, rice, eggplant and squash are recalcitrant
seeds
D. Seeds of rambutan, mango and avocado are orthodox seeds
197. Kaingin system is primarily subsistence
farming. The form of planting crops is generally.
A. Direct seeding of food crops like rice, corn, beans by dibble
method
B. Growing perennial crops by hedge row across slope with food
crops between rows
C. Mixed cropping or perennials for export market
D. Regular distance of crops either by squared, rectangular or
triangular layout
198. In farming, the method that would
minimize soil erosion:
A. Plowing up and down the space
B. Providing hedgerow of Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena
leucocephala across the slope and planting crops between
the hedgerow
C. Providing drainage canal in any manner
D. Pasture grazing along slopes
199. The best type of planting materials for crops like
cereals and field legumes are:
A. Seeds
B. Stem cuttings
C. Root cutting
D. Tissue cultured plants
200. Sexual propagation is preferred over
asexual propagation because
A. Planting materials are easy to produce, inexpensive and have
hybrid vigor
B. Offsprings are True-to-type and early bearers
C. Offsprings produced are smaller in height
D. Offsprings are late bearers and there is no incompatibility
201. Surface irrigation should be used in:
A. Flooding rice fields during dry season only
B. Furrow irrigation of corn and basin irrigation of fruit-trees
during the rainy season
C. Gravity irrigation of rice terraces
D. Flooding, furrow, or basin irrigation of most crops when soil
is dry and there is plenty of water
202. In determining when to irrigate:
a. Leaves of crops wilt in the afternoon but not in the morning
b. Using sand-cum-soil miniplot technique, when the plant crop
in the miniplot shows wilting
c. When based on calculation, the amount of evapotranspiration
is less than the amount of natural precipitation
d. Every 2 weeks regardless of kind of crops grown
203. The loss of water during the stage of the crop
that irrigation is needed is by:
A. Seepage and precipitation of irrigation by drip method
B. Evaporation of water from the leaves and transpiration
from the soil surface
C. Evaporation of water by the overhead irrigation method
D. Transpiration of water from flooded rice fields
204. Pump irrigation is most feasible:
A. For rice when depth of water source is shallow
B. For high value crop like flowers and vegetable when
method is by drip irrigation
C. For coconut grown in Pinatubo lahar
D. For early induction of flowering of fruit trees
205. The proper application of fertilizer is:
A. Broadcasting urea only when rice is at booting stage
B. Liquid application of micronutrients by soil injection
C. Side dressing of complete and compost fertilizer at the early
vegetative growth stage
D. Basal application at planting time and side dressing at the
vegetative stage up to reproductive stage for most crops
206. When integrated pest management is to be applied, the first
order in the decision process of having control is
A. Identifying the pest
B. Planting varieties of crops known to be resistant to
problem pest
C. Killing the pest by chemical spray
D. Biological control of the pest
207. Proper weed management involves:
A. Allowing weeds to grow inf competition with the crop is
minimal
B. Complete elimination of weeds by chemicals in steep
slopes
C. Biological control by covercropping in annual crops
D. Mulching in grain and legume crops
208. Diseases of perennial crops may be found in the roots,
leaves, flowers and fruits. Fungicides are resorted to when:
A. The pathogen is soil borne
B. Systemic fungicides are available to control anthracnose
of flowers and fruits of mango
C. When environmental factor is characterized by sunny and
cool weather
D. Controlling the fruit rot of jackfruit due to fruit fly
209. Vertebrate and insect pests are better
controlled when:
A. The population is at its height such as 10-12 hoppers per mango
inflorescence
B. The rats are few and starving because the period is after harvest
C. The predators and parasites are in ecological balance with the
population ration with the pest
D. Pest are attacking the flowers
210. In arid places the most economical means
of irrigation method is:
A. Flooding
B. Overhead
C. Furrow
D. Drip
