TLE Horticulture Examination
TLE Horticulture Examination
TLE Horticulture Examination
Department of Education
Region 02
Schools Division of Santiago City
TEST I: MULTIPLE CHOICE- Carefully read and analyse the following items and choose the letter of the
BEST answer.
________1. This are usually light and are used without the help of animals or machines.
a. Farm Implements c. Hand Tools
b. Farm Tools d. Hand Implements
________2. These are accessories that are being pulled by working animals or mounted to machineries,
which are usually used in the preparation of land.
a. Farm Implements c. Hand Tools
b. Farm Tools d. Hand Implements
________3. A ___________ is used for cutting tall grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees.
a. Bolo c. Grab-hoe
b. Crowbar d. Pick-mattock
________4. This tool is used for digging big holes and for digging out big stones and stumps.
a. Bolo c. Grab-hoe
b. Crowbar d. Pick-mattock
________5. What is the best tool used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil and for digging up stones
and tree stumps?
a. Bolo c. Grab-hoe
b. Crowbar d. Pick-mattock
________6. What is the best tool used for breaking hard topsoil and for pulverizing soil?
a. Bolo c. Grab-hoe
b. Crowbar d. Pick-mattock
________7. This is used for removing trash or soil, digging canals or ditches, and mixing soil media.
a. Axe c. Spade
b. Hand Trowel d. Rake
________8. A _____________ is used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil.
a. Axe c. Spade
b. Hand Trowel d. Rake
________9. What is the best tool used for loosening the soil around the growing plants, and putting small
amount of manure fertilizer in the soil.
a. Axe c. Spade
b. Hand Trowel d. Rake
________10.What is the best tool used for cutting a bigger size post.
a. Axe c. Spade
b. Hand Trowel d. Rake
________11.This are used for watering seedlings and young plants.
a. Sprayers c. Plows
b. Sprinklers d. Water Pails
________12.The ___________ are used for hauling water, manure and fertilizers.
a. Sprayers c. Plows
b. Sprinklers d. Water Pails
________13.What is the best tool used to spray insecticides, foliar fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides
a. Sprayers c. Plows
b. Sprinklers d. Water Pails
________14.These are farm implements used in horticultural operations either pulled by a working animal
or a tractor.
a. Sprayers c. Plows
b. Sprinklers d. Water Pails
________15.The ______________ is made of wood with metal teeth and pulled by a carabao.
a. Native Wooden Harrow c. Four Wheel Tractor
b. Hand Tractor d. Rotavator
________16.The ___________ is an implement attached to a tractor used for tilling and pulverizing the soil.
a. Native Wooden Harrow c. Four Wheel Tractor
b. Hand Tractor d. Rotavator
________17.This is used to pull a plow and harrow in preparing a large area of land.
a. Native Wooden Harrow c. Four Wheel Tractor
b. Hand Tractor d. Rotavator
________18.A __________ is used to pull disc plow and disc harrow in preparing much bigger area of land.
a. Native Wooden Harrow c. Four Wheel Tractor
b. Hand Tractor d. Rotavator
________19.Water pumps are used to draw irrigation water from a source.
a. Irrigation c. Water Pumps
b. Water Source d. Water Truck
________20.Farm tools are very important in pre-horticultural operations because they __________
a. Make work easier
b. Make work faster
c. Save time and effort
d. All of the above
TEST II: TRUE OR FALSE- Read and analyse each statement below. Write MILDRED if the statement is
correct; SUPING if the statement is incorrect on the space provided before the number.
________1. The best way to use the stone is to find a way to stabilize the tool that you want to work on.
________2. Tools that are worn out should be separated and fixed immediately to avoid accident.
________3. When sharpening, try to maintain the original factory bevel or angle.
________4. Always push the file across the blade in a motion away from your body
________5. Clean accumulated rust and dirt off all metal surfaces with a wire brush
________6. Move the file diagonally, so that its cutting teeth are biting into the metal on the tool.
________7. Use medium-grit sandpaper to remove rust on larger tools such as shovels, spades, and hoes.
________8. When sharpening with a file, do not use oil; metal filings will accumulate and clog the file's
serrations.
________9. Oil helps tool to work as intended, and will prevent the formation of rust.
________10. For pruners, use a whetstone because it produces a very sharp cutting edge.
TEST III: OBJECTIVE TEST- Read and analyse each statement below. Write BASIC if the statement pertain
to the guideline for tool safety; and ANEAN if the statement doesn’t pertain to the guideline for tool safety.
________1. Read and comply with the operator's safety manual for each piece of farm tool.
________2. Prepare for safety by wearing appropriate clothing, having enough rest, not drinking alcohol,
and ensuring that all workers have been trained and are capable of safely using the farm tool.
________3. Keep all guards, shields, and access doors in place when the tool is in used
________4. Be aware of what you are doing and where you are going.
________5. Adjust tool to fit working conditions.
________6. Keep children and other people away from the working area.
________7. Take breaks from work, as necessary.
TEST IV: METHODICAL- Arrange the following items from the beginning to the end point of the
procedures.
Procedures in performing shovel operation. (1-5)
______A. Keep feet wide apart. Place front foot close to the shovel.
______B. Turn feet in the direction of throw.
______C. Put your weight on front foot. Use your two hands to push shovel.
______D. Perform housekeeping.
______E. Shift weight to the rear foot. Keep load close to your body.
Digging Procedures (1-3)
______A. Slide load close to body. Ensure load is loose from ground before lifting
______B. Push spade down using leg muscle
______C. Perform housekeeping.
TEST V: MACHING TYPE- Match the following examples of hand tools and farm implements to its
corresponding ideas. Choose the letter of the BEST answer.
a. Rotavator f. Sickle k. Grab hoe
b. Plows g. Native wooden harrow l. Spade
c. Wheel barrow h. Sprinkler m. Disk Plow
d. Bolo i. Harrow n. Pick Mattock
e. Hand Tractor j. Hand Trowel o. Hand Cultivator
TEST VI: COMPUTATION- Compute the following problems in the space provided.
GIVEN PROBLEM 1 PROBLEM 2 PROBLEM 3 PROBLEM 4
Price of water ₱250 ₱400 ₱500 ₱750
Volume 90L 125L 135L 300L
Number of volume 3L 5L 8L 15L
Day 1 2 1 3
Total # of days 20 35 31 40
Irrigation Expenses ? ? ? ?
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