PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

REGION IV
AE BOARD REVIEW CLASS 2007

BOARD OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Pre-Board Exam

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
8 – 12 nn and 1 – 5 pm

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION, MATHEMATICS AND

STATISTICS, ANIMAL SCIENCE AND AGRONOMY, AGRICULTURAL MARKETING

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by drawing a line
as indicated on the answer sheet corresponding to the letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. It refers to the composite parts of the irrigation system that divert water from natural bodies of water
such as rivers, streams, and lakes
a. main canal c. headworks
b. diversion canal d. hydraulic structures

2. A mathematical expression for the macroscopic flow of water through a porous system.
a. Steady state groundwater flow equation
b. Darcy’s Law
c. Laplace Equation
d. Scobey’s Equation

3. Geologic formations arranged in decreasing economic attractiveness of pumping

a. aquifer, aquifuge, aquitard, aquiclude
b. aquifer, aquiclude, aquitard, aquifuge
c. aquifer, aquitard, aquifuge, aquiclude
d. aquifer, aquitard, aquiclude, aquifuge

4. What is the expected annual rice production for an 8-ha farm with 130% cropping intensity and 2
croppings per year if the average yield is 4 tons per hectare?
a. 83.2 tons c. 24.6 tons
b. 28.6 tons d. 41.6 tons

5. The minimum distance from the center of the lone pumped well wherein no drawdown will be
observed is the __________________.
a. well radius c. radius of interference
b. radius of influence d. drawdown curve

6. The infiltration equation based on the exhaustion process

a. Lewis-Kostiakov’s c. Philip’s
b. Horton’s d. Darcy’s

7. A 27 mm/day water requirement is equivalent to

a. 29.75 gpm/ha c. 3.125 lps/ha
 b. 1..125 lps/ha d. 17.875 gpm/ha

8. Compute the unidirectional flow in two parallel drains; 1200 m apart if the soil hydraulic
conductivity is 10m/day and the water level at the drains are 7 and 9 meters.
a. 0.00035 m2/hr c. 0.0083 m2/hr
2
b. 0.0007 m /hr d. 0.0056 m2/hr

9. It is the ratio of the dry mass of the soil to the mass of water with volume equal to the soil particle
volume.
a. Particle density c. Real specific gravity
b. Bulk density d. Apparent specific gravity

10. Distribution control structures placed across an irrigation ditch to block the flow temporarily and to
raise the upstream water level.
a. turnouts c. culverts
b. checks d. weirs

11. Compute the land soaking requirement for a soil ( depth of rootzone = 35cm) with residual moisture
content of 15% by mass, bulk density of 1,280 kg/m 3 and porosity of 45%. Standing water for
planting is 25 mm.
a. 115.3 mm c. 90.3 mm
b. 134.4 mm d. 159.4 mm

12. It accounts for the losses incurred after the water has been delivered into the field ditches.
a. Application efficiency.
b. Conveyance efficiency
c. System efficiency
d. Water delivery efficiency

13. This results from overlapping radii of influence of neighboring wells.

a. drawdown c. well interference
b. groundwater decline d. drawdown curve

14. A 25-ft thick confined aquifer with hydraulic conductivity of 500ft/day was tapped by a 4” shallow
tubewell. With a radius of influence of 2000 ft, determine the maximum discharge of the STW in
liters per second. Assume an allowable drawdown of 10 ft.
a. 29.61 c. 41.15
b. 27.43 d. 44.42

15. The International Soil Science Society describes sand as a soil particle with a diameter of
a. 0.02 to 2 mm c. 0.002 to 0.02 mm
b. 0.2 to 2mm d. 0.002 to 0.2 mm

16. Irrigation method used for row crops wherein only a part of the surface is wetted.
a. basin flooding c. border irrigation
b. furrow irrigation d. border-strip flooding

17. Drain layout for fields with relatively flat portions in the middle.
a. herringbone c. double main
b. gridiron d. natural
18. For an 8m x 8m sprinkler spacing, what is the design sprinkler throw for a 40% overlap?
a. 3.2 m c. 6.4 m
b. 5.6 m d. 10 m

19. What is the discharge in each sprinkler nozzle to irrigate a rectangular piece of land 150m x 210m if
the laterals are set parallel to the longer side of the field? Sprinkler spacing is 7.5m x 7.5m,
irrigation water requirement is 160mm and irrigation period is 8 hours.
a. 1.125 lps c. 0.500 lps
b. 0.375 lps d. 0.3125 lps

20. Determine the design freeboard for a canal with a 100% safety factor for discharge. The canal
bottom width is 1.2 meters and the inverse side slope is 1.75. The design discharge is 10. 4427 m 3/s;
roughness coefficient is .015 and the water surface slope is 5x10-3.
a. 0.40 m c. 1.98 m
b. 1.40 m d. 0.58 m

21.24. An unconfined aquifer is situated above a horizontal impervious base and is composed of sand with
a hydraulic conductivity of 12m/day. In this aquifer, two fully penetrating ditches from a strip of
land with a constant width of 1250m. The water level in the left and right ditches rises to 8 and 12m
above the impervious base, respectively. The recharge by rainfall is 7.5 mm/day. Evaporation losses
amount to 2.5 mm/day.

21. Determine the location of the stagnation point of the groundwater flow.
a. 701.8 m from the left drain
b. 548.2 m from the left drain
c. 573.8 m from the right drain
d. 676.2 m from the right drain

22. Compute the flow into the right drain.

a. 3.509 m2 / day c. 2.741 m2 / day
b. 5.0715 m2 / day d. 4.3035 m2 / day

23. Compute the flow into the left drain.

a. 3.509 m2 / day c. 2.741 m2 / day
b. 5.0715 m2 / day d. 4.3035 m2 / day

24. Compute the maximum elevation of water table inside the strip of land.
a. 18.53 m c. 16.41 m
b. 16.11 m d. 18.70 m

25. The 60 cm deep rootzone of a soil has volumetric field capacity and wilting point of 0.345 and 0.236
respectively. Crop consumptive use is 7.2 mm/day. Compute for the irrigation interval assuming
there is 1.7 mm daily rainfall and 80% allowable moisture depletion.
a. 8 days c. 10 days
b. 9 days d. 11 days

26. A piece of wire 120 meters long is bent to form a right triangle with a hypotenuse 50 meters
long. Find the length of the other two sides of the triangle.
 a. 30 m and 40 m b. 35 meters c. 50 m and 20 m d. 45m and 25m

27. After 2 hours of driving, Noel and Chester are 260 meters apart. Find their average speed if
their difference in speed is 30 km per hour (kph).
a. 100 and 130 kph b. 50 and 80 kph c. 80 and 110 kph d. 30 and 60 kph

28. Kim can do the job in 6 days but if Andre will help they can finish it in 2 days. How long
will it take Andre to do the job alone?
a. 5 days b. 4 days c. 3 days d. 2 days

29. Determine the radius of the circle whose equation is x 2  y 2  12 x  20 y  15  0

a. 121 b. 100 c. 10 d. 11

30. The center of the conic 9 x 2  4 y 2  72 x  8 y  176  0 is at the point

a. (-1,4) b. (1,4) c. ( -4, -1) d. (4, 1)

31. A farmer has 2,400 feet of fencing and wants to fence off a rectangular field that borders a
straight river. He needs no fence along the river. What are the dimensions of the field that has
the largest area?
a. 60 by 120 b 600 by 1,200 c. 24 by 100 d. 10 by 240

32. A triangular plot of land is to be used as a vegetable garden. The measures of the plot are
AB = 8 meters, BC = 12 meters and AC = 18 meters. Find the measure of angle B.
a. 127.20 b. 20.70 c. 900 d. 70.20

33. The selling price P of an item is 100 – 0.02x pesos, where x is the number of items produced
per day. If the cost C of producing and selling x items is 40x + 15,000, pesos per day, how
many items should be produced and sold everyday in order to maximize the profit?
a. 1,000 b. 1,250 c. 1, 500 d. 2,000

34. A ladder 10 feet long rests against a vertical wall. If the bottom of the ladder slides away
from the wall at a rate 1 ft/sec, how fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall when the
bottom of the ladder is 6 feet from the wall?
a. 0.75 ft/sec b. -0.75 ft/sec c. 0.5 ft/sec d. –0.5 ft/sec

35. A water tank has the shape of an inverted circular cone with the base radius 2 meters and height 4
meters. If water is being pumped into the tank at a rate of 2 m 3/minute, find the rate at which the water
level is rising when the water is 3 meters deep.
a. –0.28/min b. 0.28 m/min c. 0.4m/min d. –0.4 m/min

36. Find the area of the region bounded by y  x 2 and y  2 x  x 2

a. ⅔ sq unit b. ⅜ sq unit c. ⅓ sq unit d. ⅝ sq unit

37. Find the area enclosed by the line y  x  1 and the parabola y 2  2 x  6 .
a. 15 sq units b. 16 sq units c. 17 sq units d. 18 sq units

38. Find the third term of ( a  2b )9 .

a. 144a 7b 2 b.  144a 7b 2 c. 144a 2b 7 d.  144a 2b 7
39. Which of the following statements about marketing is true?
a. Marketing means satisfaction of needs and wants at a profit
 b. Marketing is a social processes by which consumers get what they need and want through mutually
beneficial exchange.
c. Marketing is not simply selling.
d. Marketing has often been described as selling of products.
e. All of the statements are true.

40. The act of obtaining a desired product from someone by offering something in return by two parties
who have the capability to communicate and deliver is known as:
a. customer satisfaction b. exchange c. marketing d. selling e. transaction

41. If a marketer seeks to retain a customer’s long-term preference and business through a win-win business
style, the marketer is engaged in _______ marketing.
a. transactional b. reciprocal c. relationship d. consumer e. business

42. Which of the following is NOT one of the four C’s of marketing?
a. communication b. convenience c. customer satisfaction d. Consumer e. cost

43. Which of the following is NOT one of the four P’s of marketing?
a. product b. place c. positioning d. price e. promotion

44. The farmers are more likely to adopt the __________orientation over the _________ orientation.
a. marketing, selling b. selling, marketing
c. production, marketing d. selling, production
e. marketing, production

45. ____________ is more important to a marketer than customer __________ and ___________.
a. demand, needs, wants b. wants, needs, demands
c. demand, value, satisfaction d. value satisfaction, delight
e. needs, value, demand

46. Dressing the product means:

a. packaging b. labeling
c. branding d. labeling and packaging
e. packaging, branding, labeling

47. A market could be segmented by using the following variables except for:
a. psychological b. demographic c. psychographic d. Behavioral e. geographic

48. The market structure for fresh agricultural products is :

a. monopoly b. oligopoly
c. monopolistic competition d. perfect/ pure competition
e. differentiated oligopoly

49. Of the four P’s, the most flexible is the ________.

a. product b. price c. place d. promotion e. all of the above

50.________ means setting the price which is higher than competition.

a. penetration pricing b. price skimming (skim price)
c. mark-up pricing d. perceived value pricing
e. price bundling
51. The most popular pricing method used for agricultural products is:
a. mark-up pricing b. skim pricing
 c. penetration pricing d. going-rate pricing
e. perceived value pricing

52. Which of the following explain (s) why small farmers cannot sell directly to supermarkets?
a. Small volume of production
b. Lack/absence of financial transaction documents
c. Lack/absence of transportation/storage infrastructure
d. High working capital requirements
e. All of the above.

53. The following are components of promotion mix EXCEPT for:

a. sales force marketing b. advertising c. sales promotion d. personal selling e. publicity

54. In which of the following is the word STATISTICS used in the singular sense?
I. The statistics on teen-age pregnancy bring concerns to parents of UPLB students.
II. The different statistics courses offered by the INSTAT are useful to most students who are
going to conduct research in the future.
a. I only b. II only c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor II

55. Which of the following is (are) TRUE about variables?

a. Variables are characteristics of the sample.
b. A variable must be observable in every unit of the universe.
c. A variable which takes on numerical values is called a qualitative variable.
d. The set of all possible values of the variable is called the universe.

56. Which of the following is (are) TRUE?

a. Nominal variables can be ranked or ordered.
b. Interval scaled variables possess the characteristics of variables measured in ratio scale.
a. I only b. II only c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor II

57. Elliane wants to study what people think about leisure motivation and identify relationships between
motivation and satisfaction. In collecting the data for her study, she adopted the questionnaire designed
by another researcher who conducted a similar study. The method of data collection she used is
________.
a. objective method b. use of existing records
c. subjective method d. inductive method

58. Which of the following is (are) TRUE?

a. Bar graphs or pie charts are appropriate graphs to use if the frequency of occurrence expressed in
counts or percentages is to be presented.
b. The graphical presentation is the most appropriate method of data presentation to use if the
researcher wants to show trends across time.
a. I only b. II only c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor II

59. Consider the frequency distribution table below of the number of text messages Anne received per day
last September.

CLASSES FREQ <RCF(%) >RCF(%)

0-5 1 3.33 100.00
6-11 5 20.00 96.67
12-17 4 33.33 80.00
 18-23 11 70.00 66.67
24-29 8 96.67 30.00
30-35 1 100.00 33.33
Which of the following is (are) true?
a. About 96.67% of the number of text messages Anne received per day last September is greater than
six and less than 29.
b. About 33.33% of the number of text messages Anne received per day last is September greater than
12.
c. Twenty percent of the number of text messages Anne received per day last September ranges from 0
to 11.
d. Thirty percent of the number of text messages Anne received per day last September ranges from 24
to 29.

For numbers 60 to 61:

After typhoon Milenyo, the mayor of a certain city asked each of the 86 barangay captains in the city about
the number of houses totally damaged by the typhoon. The data are summarized below:
Number of houses 3 4 6 8 10 40
Number of barangays 30 15 18 10 12 1
60. The mean number of houses totally damaged by the typhoon per barangay is ___.
a. 5.79 b. 11.83 c. 14.33 d. 18.00

61. The median number of houses totally damaged by the typhoon per barangay is ___.
a. 4 b. 7 c. 18 d. 43

62. Which of the following is (are) TRUE?

a. The distribution of the number of houses totally damaged by the typhoon is unimodal.
b. The first quartile of the number of houses totally damaged by the typhoon is 3.
a. I only b. II only c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor II

63. In how many ways can 6 teachers of a psychology course be assigned to teach 4 sections if no teacher is
to teach more than one section and one section is to be taught by only one teacher?
a. (6)(4) b.6C4 c. 6P4 d. 6!4!

For numbers 64 and 65:

Karen owes Mayan a treat for helping her out in her science project. For treat, she gives Mayan a choice
of 4 different chocolate bars, 3 new novels and 3 audio compact discs (CDs)

64. How many choices does Mayan have if she wants a chocolate bar, a new novel and a CD.
a. (4)(3)(3) b. 4+3+3 c.(4P2)(3P2)(3P2) d. (4C2)(3C2)(3C2)

65. If Mayan only wants one audio CD and one novel, she can choose in ____ number of ways from what
Karen offers her.
a. 3+3 b. 6C2 c. (3P1) + (3P1) d. (3C1)(3C1)

For numbers 66 to 68:

Suppose E 1, E2 and E3 are events in an equally-likely sample space S. Let S = {1,2,3,4,5,6},
E1={2,4,5,6}, E2={1,3} and E3 = {1,4,6}

66. The probability that E1 or E2 will occur is ______.

a. 1/3 b. ½ c. 2/3 d. 5/6
67. The probability that E2 and E3 will occur is _____.
a. 1/6 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. 5/6

68. Which of the following is (are) TRUE?

i. E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive events.
ii. E2 and E3 are independent events.
a. I only b. II only c. Both I and II d. Neither I nor II

69. Soil productivity is the ability of the soil

a. to produced the desired amount of plant yield
b. supply nutrients in sufficient and balanced amounts
c. store and resist leaching nutrients
d. all of the above
e. none of the above

70. The percent N, P2O5 and K2O in a fertilizer

a. fertilizer ratio b. fertilizer grade
c. fertilizer recommendation d. none of the above

71. Which is not a single-element or straight fertilizer?

a. Urea b. Ammonium sulfate
c. Muriate of Potash d. Ammonium phosphate
e. none of the above

72. Coarse-textured soils generally have

a. lower water holding capacity b. higher water holding capacity
c. minimal water holding capacity d. none of the above

73. The amount of pure N in a 50-kg bag of urea (46-0-0)

a. 32 kg b. 23 kg c. 15 kg d. 10 kg e. 20 kg

74. Agronomics crops consist of:

a. cereal crops e.g rice, corn b. fiber crops e.g. maguey, sisal
c. turf grasses e.g. Bermuda d. all of the above
e. a and b only

75. A management system wherein nutrients in the soil are being enhanced and/or maintain to support plant
growth is:
a. fertilization b. soil management
c. water management d. cropping management.
e. none of the above

76. Fruit cracking occurs when fluctuation of water supply occurs on this/these plants:
a. tomato b. eggplant
c. sweet pepper d. all of the above
e. a and b only

77. Example/s of biofertilizers is/are:

a. Nitro plus which contains Rhizobium bacteria
b. Bio-N containing Azosprillum
c. Mycovam containing mycorrhizae
d. all of the above
 78. Chinese cabbage is the common name for _________________.
a. Brassica napus b. Brassica juncea
c. Brassica oleracea d. Brassica pakinensis
e. Brassica sativa

79. The gestation period of mare ranges for how many days?
a. 262-359 b. 140-159 c. 316-363 d. 102-128 e. 270-400

80. The kind of meat obtained from slaughtering a 10-month old Bos indicus.
a. beef b. cara-beef c. pork d. veal e. venison

. 81. The lateral movement of infiltrated water when it encounters impervious layer is called
a. percolation b. baseflow c. interflow d. surface runoff

82. The diameter of the measuring tube of an 8-inch standard raingauge is

a. 0.8 inch b. 1.53 inches c. 2.53 inches d. 3.53 inches

83. Method of calculating average areal precipitation involving the construction of lines of equal
precipitation is called
a. arithmetic method b. Thiessen method c. isohyetal method d. kriging method.

84. Method of calculating average areal precipitation based on the assumption that rainfall at any point in
the area is equal to the rainfall observed in a station closest to it is called
a. arithmetic method b. Thiessen method c. isohyetal method d. kriging method.

85. If the probability that an annual rainfall of 3,000 mm will be equaled or exceeded is 4%, the return
period is
a. 10 years b. 15 years c. 20 years d. 25 years

86. The peak runoff in a watershed has a mean of 540 m3/s and a standard deviation of 125 m3/s. If the
sample data is normally distributed, the magnitude of runoff corresponding to a probability of
exceedence of 16 % is
a. 415 m3/s b. 540 m3/s c. 665 m3/s d. 86 .4 m3/s

87. Streamflow in a river was measured at various stages using a current meter. The results are given
below:
Discharge (m3/s) Stage h (m)
27.2 3.7
21.7 2.8
78.4 5.4
9.7 1.9
166.7 7.9
128.1 6.3
159.6 7.1
129.5 7.0
78.7 4.8
32.7 3.6

The stage-discharge relation of the form q = ahb is to be developed. Based on the observed data, the
value of the exponent b is
a. 0.9 b. 1.9 c. 2.1 d. 2.9
88. The following discharge hydrograph was recorded in a gaging station of a river with a catchment area of
40 sq. km.

Hour Discharge
(lps)
July 26 0600 275
0800 259
1000 359
1200 1055
1400 1594
1600 1165
1800 616
2000 415
2200 349
July 27 0000 338
0200 290

Based on rainfall records at a nearby weather station, the duration of excess rainfall that caused the
hydrograph was 1 hr. Assuming a constant baseflow of 200 lps, the equivalent depth of direct runoff is
a. 0.60 mm b. 0.74 mm c. 0.82 mm d. 0.98 mm e. 1.1 mm

89. The peak runoff in a 10 ha-watershed corresponding to a rainfall intensity of 50 mm/hr and a runoff
coefficient of 0.8 is
a. 1.1 m3/s b. 2.1 m3/s c. 3.1 m3/s d. 4.1 m3/s

90. A fully penetrating well screened in a confined aquifer is pumped at a rate of 220 gal/min. Water level
monitoring in two observation wells 8 m and 22 m from the pumped well showed that the drawdowns
stabilized after 1 day of pumping. If the drawdowns in the nearer and farther observation wells are 1.42
m and 0.44 m, respectively, the aquifer transmissivity is
a. 85 m2/day b. 156 m2/day c. 197 m2/day d. 243 m2/day

91. The following infiltration capacity equation has been derived based on experimental data:
f = 8.1 + 4.1e-12.9t , where f is in mm/hr and t is in hr. The cumulative infiltration in mm after 30 minutes
is ___.
a. 4.0 mm b. 4.4 mm c. 4.6 mm d. 5.0 mm

92. Three tanks are installed side by side in a field to measure the evapotranspiration of rice. Tank A is
bottomless and is cropped. Tank B is bottomless but is uncropped. Tank C has a bottom and is
uncropped. If the water losses after 2 rainless days are as follows:
Tank A - 14.0 mm
Tank B - 10.0 mm
Tank C - 5.0 mm
The actual crop evapotranspiration is:
a. 4.0 mm/day b. 4.5 mm/day c. 5.0 mm/day d. 9.0 mm/day

93. Groundwater is to be pumped from a shallow aquifer for irrigation purposes. The required discharge is
300 gpm. The suction head is 8 ft and the maximum drawdown is 10 ft. The friction and minor losses
are 0.45 ft and 0.3 ft, respectively. If the pump efficiency is 60%, the theoretical input power required is
a. 2.0 hp b. 2.2 hp c. 2.4 hp d. 3.0 hp e. 3.2 hp
 94. The velocities at 0.2 and 0.8 of the depth of flow in a 1.0-m wide rectangular open channel are 1.2 m/
and 0. 3 m/s, respectively. If the flow depth is 0.8 m, the discharge is
a. 0.4 m3/s b. 0.5 m3/s c. 0.6 m3/s d. 0.7 m3/s

95. A 30-inch diameter 1-meter long culvert has been designed to carry a maximum discharge of 1.7 m3/s
when flowing half-full. Its roughness coefficient n is 0.014. If the inlet and the outlet are both
unsubmerged, the difference in elevation between the inlet and the outlet should be
a. 5 cm b. 7.5 cm c. 10 cm d. 12.5 cm e. 15 cm

96. A concrete-lined trapezoidal canal is to carry a maximum discharge of 2.0 m3/s. The required head loss
over a horizontal distance of 1 km is 2.0 m. The side slope is to be set at 1:1 and the permissible b/d ratio
is 3. If the Manning’s roughness coefficient is 0.015, the normal depth required is
a. 0.42 m b. 0.56 m c. 0.64 m d. 0.78 m e. 1.1 m

97. The most hydraulically efficient trapezoidal channel section to carry a discharge of 5 m3/s on a bed
material with a roughness n of 0.02 and a bottom slope of 1 in 800 should have a bottom width of
a. 0.75 m b. 1.35 m c. 1.65 m d. 2.25 m e. 2.85 m

98. The best trapezoidal section is half of a

a. pentagon b. hexagon c. octagon d. decagon

99. The hydraulic radius of the most hydraulically efficient rectangular and trapezoidal channel section is
a. y/4 b. y/3 c. y/2 d. y e. 2y

100.A hydraulic structure that serves as an outlet of water in irrigation canals whereby water passes through
and discharges into the main farm ditch of service area is called
a. headgate b. checkgate c. turnout d. offtake e. inverted siphon

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