PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PREBOARD EXAM 

XAVIER UNIVERSITY-ATENEO DE CAGAYAN

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SUBJECT 2 : SOIL & WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION,
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
MATHEMATICS, AGRI STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

1. Pump for sprinkler and trickle irrigation.

a. Axial Pump c. Submersible Pump b. Centrifugal Pump d. Mixed Flow Pump

2. An Agricultural Engineer bought 24 boxes of screws for P2,200.00. There were three types of
screws, A, B and C. Screw A costs P300 per box, Screw B costs P150 per box and Screw C costs P50 per
box. How many boxes of each screw did he buy?
a. 2,5, 17 b. 3,6,9 c. 3,6,12 d. 2,6,9

3. A man bought 20 chickens for P20.00. The cocks cost P3.00 each, the hens P1.50 each and the chicks at
P0.50 each. How many cocks, hens and chicks did he buy?
a. 5,10,5 b. 2,5,13 c. 11, 3, 5 d. 3, 4, 14

4. A list of instructions befining the sequential activities or operations to be performed by a

computer to solve a problem.
a. Program b. Programmming c. Processor d. Memory

5. Giving instructions to a computer before it begins to work.

a. Program b. Programmming c. Processor d. Memory

6. A type of Memory in which any location can be assessed directly without having to follow a
sequence of storage locations.
a. RAM (Random Access Memory) b. ROM (Read Only Memory) c. Program Memory d. Programming
Memory

7. A type of memory chip that can be read but cannot be written on or altered.
a. RAM (Random Access Memory) b. ROM (Read Only Memory) c. Program Memory d. Programming
Memory

8. A die is rolled, find the probability than an odd number is obtained.

a. 0.17 b. 0.2 c.0.3 d. 0.5

9. Two coins are tossed, find the probability that two heads are obtained.
a. 0.5 c. 0.75 b. 0.25 d. 0.65

10. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Find the probabilty of getting the Jack of Spade.
a. 1/52 b. 13/52 c. 4/52 d. 26/52

11. Instrument used for the measurement of global solar radiation.

a. Pyranometer b. Pyrgeometer c. Net Radiomater d. Pyrheliometer

12. For the measurement of solar radiation and reflection.

a. Pyrheliometer b. Pyrgeometer c. Albedometer d. Odometer
13. For the measurement of infra red radiation
a. Pyranometer b. Pyrgeometer c. Net Radiomater d. Pyrheliometer
14. For the measurement of radiation balance.
a. Pyranometer b. Pyrgeometer c. Net Radiomater d. Pyrheliometer
15.For the measurement of direct solar radiation.
a. Pyranometer b. Pyrgeometer c. Net Radiomater d. Pyrheliometer

16. Operations Research as a discipline involves a mathematical programming that involves the
following except.
a. Feasibilty b. Optimality c. Logicality d. none

17. A floating cylinder 8 cm in diameter and weighing 950 grams is placed in a cylindrical container that is 20
cm in diameter and partially full of water. The increase in the depth of water when the float is placed in it is
a. 1 cm b. 2 cm c. 3 cm d. 4 cm
18. A sharp-edge orifice will be required to produce a discharge of 35 liters/sec of water under
a head of 3m. The required diameter is nearest to, when C=0.595.
a. 50 mm b. 100 mm c. 150 mm d. 200 mm

19. If the specific volume of a fluid is 0.72 cubic meter per kg, what is its specific weight?
a. 12.414 Newton/cubic meter c. 14.21 Newton/cubic mete b. 13.61 Newton/cubic meter
d. 9.123 Newton/cubic meter

20. With a normal barometric pressure at sea level, the atmospheric pressure at an elevation
of 4000 ft is nearest to:
a. 26 in Hg b. 27 in Hg c. 28 in Hg d. 29 in Hg

21. What class of concrete mix should be used in open channel construction?
a. Class A b. Class AA c. Class B d. Class C

22. What is the standard spacing between vertical bars in open channel construction?
a. 25 cm b. 20 cm c. 15 cm d. 30 cm

23. What is the standard concrete wall thickness of lateral trapezoidal open channel in open
channel design?
a. 20 cm b. 10 cm c. 15 cm d. 25 cm

24. The appropriate gage number of galvanized iron (GI) tie wire for open channel construction.
a. 16 b. 14 c. 12 d. 10
25. When using class A, B or C concrete mix, how many cubic meters of sand should be mixed
to produce one cubic meter concrete?
a. 0.25 b. 0.5 c. 0.75 d. 1.0

26. A 2-meter thick trapezoidal section of a concrete dam has resisting moment about the dam
toe of 350,000 tonne-meters. The water exerts 4,050 tonnes horizontally at 30 meters above
the dam toe. What is the factor of safety against overturning?
a. 1.8 b. 2.88 c. 3.88 d. 4.88

27. A horizontal stream of water with cross-sectional area of 0.1 square ft and a velocity of 40 ft/sec has a
kinetic energy in lbf/sec nearest to
a. 6200 b. 6300 c. 6400 d. 6500

28. The total energy of a compressible or incompressible fluid flowing across any section in a
pipeline is a function of
a. Pressure and velocity b. Pressure, density and velocity c. Pressure, density, velocity and its height
above the datum d. flow energy, kinetic energy, height above the datum and internal energy

29. A 1X1X1 m tank is 50 % filled with oil (sp. Gr= 0.82) and the remaining is water. When it is
translated vertically upward at 5.10 m/ square second, the pressure at the bottom is
a. 11.57 kpa b. 12.57 kpa c. 13.57 kpa d. 14.57 kpa

30. Which one is the flattest canal side slope

a. 2:1 b. 6:1 c. 1:2 d. 1:6

31. What is the total top width of the most efficient concrete open channel if design depth is
5 meters? Design discharge is 100 m3/s and velocity is 2 m/s. Use 15% freeboard.
a. 13.8 m b. 10.8 m c. 12. 8 m d. 14.8 m

32. If the most efficient of all trapezoidal cross-sections can be used, what design depth of
open channel would you recommend to carry 100 cumecs with a velocity of 5 mps?
a. 1.4 m b. 2.4 m c. 3.4 m d. 5.4 m

33. Determine the side slope angle of an unlined canal with slope ratio z of 2:1 (run: rise)?
a. 63.4º b. 46.6º c. 16.6º d. 26.6º

34. It is the ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of soil.
a. Soil Space c. Void b. Porosity d. Pore Space

35. How much water should be applied to a 6 ha farm where the rooting depth is 800 mm if it
is in its permanent wilting point. Volumetric moisture contents are 0.15 and 0.32 for permanent
wilting point and field capacity, respectively.
a. 8160 cubic meter b. 8610 cubic meter c. 8016 cubic meter d. 8061 cubic meter

36. What is the depth of water in a trapezoidal channel with a side slope of 2 m and carrying
a 2.5 cubic meter per second water flow. The channel's bottom width is 1.5 meters and the flowing water has
a velocity of 2.624 ft/s
a. 3.50 ft b. 3.05 ft c. 5.03 ft d. 5.30 ft

37. A trapezoidal canal with side slope of 2H and 1V has a base width of 4 m, what is the hydraulic radius
when the depth of flow is 1.5 m?
a. 0.2 m b. 0.46 m c. 0.98 m d. 1.67 m

38. What is the theoretical velocity of the flow through an orifice located 3.2 m below the water
surface?
a. 5. 92 m/s b. 6.92 m/s c. 7.92 m/s d. 8.92 m/s

39. A drainage canal in the shape of a trapezoid has a bottom of the width of 2.5 m and the side
slope of 1 horizontal to 1.732 vertical. Compute the discharge when the depth of flow is 3 m. Use the
Manning's formula with n=0.015 s=0.0004.
a. 17.36 cubic meter/ sec c. 17.63 cubic meter/ sec b. 16.73 cubic meter/ sec d. 16.37 cubic meter/ sec

40. A trapezoidal flume with a side slope of 1:1 carries 225 cubic ft per second, the canal is laid on the slope
of 0.0002 with n= 0.015. Determine the normal depth of the canal in feet.
a. 5.22 b. 6.22 c. 7.22 d. 8.22

41. Four kiloNewtons of water per second pass through a 250 mm pipe. Determine the flow rate in liter per
second
a. 468 b. 438 c. 408 d. 418

42. Common freeboard in practice for small canals

a. minimum of 20 cm c. minimum of 40 cm b. minimum of 30 cm d. minimum of 50 cm

43. Total of time to peak and recession time.

a. peak time c. recession time b. base time d. base flow time

44. It is graphical representation of the instantaneous runoff rate against time.

a. basic hydrograph c. unit hydrograph b. triangular hydrograph d. hydrograph

45. Air is lifted through horizontal convergence of the inflow into a low pressure area.
a. orographic c. frontal b. convective d. non-frontal

46. This involves the averaging arithmetically all the rainfall depths measured by the rain gages
within the area.
a. Isohyetal c. Arithmetic mean b. Thiessen Polygon d. Arithmetic range

47. Made of stones carefully and properly piled-up and arranged on steep embankments to protect from
gully erosion or landslide.
a. riprap c. gabions b. stonewall d. weir

48. Flow rate is greater than 1.

a. critical flow c. subcritical flow b. supercritical flow d. Varied flow

49. a closed conduit usually circular, square or rectangular in cross section, used for conveying
water across and under an elevated roadway, embankments or dike.
a. spillway b. flume c. culvert d. waterway

50. It is an imaginary line of constant elevation on the surface of the ground.

a. slope line c. contour height b. contour line d. contour elevation
51. A hydraulic jump is a classic example of this type of flow.
a. unsteady flow b. critical flow c. gradually varied flow d. rapidly varied flow

52. The total rainfall for the month of October was 400 as measured by a standard rain gauge.
Determine the average daily rainfall for the month.
a. 12.9 mm b. 13.9 mm c. 14.9 mm d. 15.9 mm

53. Type of sediment load along the stream characterized as sediments that are sometimes
stationary and sometimes carried by the water along the stream.
a. Bed load b. Temporary load c. Suspended load d. Saltating load
54. Runoff is produced when this property of the soil surface is exceeded.
a. permeability b. percolation rate c. erodibility d. infiltration rate

55. A well driller charges P100 for the first 50 feet and 10 less for every 50 feet there after. How
much would a 350 ft deep well cost?
a. P140.00 b. P150.00 c. P160.00 d. P130.00

56. An electrical machine that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy.

a. Engine b. turbine c. generator d. hydropower

57. Structure that facilitates the entry of water to the penstock. This serves as temporary reservoir
during the start of the operation.
a. Tailrace b. Headrace c. Forebay d. Weir
58. Using a bucket method, the following flow rate data were obtained from a waterfall with a gross head of
60.98 meter. volume of container use to measure 50 liters

Trial Time TIME TO FILL

1 2 sec
2 2 sec
3 1.5 sec
4 1.5 sec
5 1.5 sec
6 2 sec
7 2.5 sec
8 2.5 sec
9 2 sec
10 2.5 sec
What is the theoretical power that can be generated from the fall?
a. 14.9 KW b. 15.9 KW c. 16.9 KW d. 17.9 KW

59. Using weir method in assessing the flow rate of a stream, the following data were obtained:
weir shaped is triangular, depth of flow above the notch is 30 cm. What is the power potential
of that water resource if there is an available drop of 196.8 feet.
a. 40.0 KW b. 50.0 KW c. 60.0 KW d. 70.0 KW

60. What is the water flow rate used in a micro-hydropower plant that generated 22.26 KW of power. Gross
head is 164 feet. Assume typical efficiency.
a. 20 gal/sec b. 30 gal/ sec c. 40 gal/sec d. 50 gal/sec

61. Determine the irrigation interval for a farm with soil root zone having a field capacity of 300 mm and a
wilting point of 185 mm. Assume the consumptive use for August is 6 mm/day with no
rainful and the allowable moisture depletion is 75%
a. 14 days b. 15 days c. 16 days d. 17 days
62. Find the horsepower, if it desired to have a discharge of 15 lps and a head of 10 m.
a. 1.47 KW b.2.47 KW c. 3.47 KW d. 4.47 KW

63. Find the discharge, if it desired to have a power of 0.52 KW and a head of 6 m.
a. 142. 86 GPM b. 242. 86 GPM c. 342. 86 GPM d. 442. 86 GPM

64. The scientific name of Coconut is

a. Coco nucifera b. Coco Nucifera c. Cocos nucifera d. Cocos Nucifera

65. The slight checking of the growth of plants before transplanting to improve their ability to
resume growth quickly in the new location is referred to as:
a. priming b. pruning c. mulching d. hardening

66. A failure to secrete milk following parturition.

a. Allergen b . Anorexia c. albinism d. agalactia

67. Period of heat and greatest receptivity to male, rapture ovarian follicles in most farm animals.
a. diestrus b. metestrus c. estrus d. proestrus

68. It is the mating of individuals from different breed.

a. pure breeding b. cross breeding c. In- breeding d. Line breeding

69. Scientific name of Goat

a. Capra hircus b. Carpa hercos c. Carpa hircus d. Capra hircos

70. The term applied for the meat of a young sheep.

a. pork b. mutton c. lamb d. beef

71. A hydraulic motor that converts the energy of water to mecahnical energy.
a. generator b. dumper c. engine d. turbine

72-74. In a 5 ha area, it was determined that the soil volumetric field capacity and permanent
wilting point are 25% and 15% respectively. Crop consumptive use is 5 mm/day, application
efficiency is 80% and irrigation application rate is 32 cubic meter/hour. The allowable soil moisture depletion
is 60%, apparent specific gravity is 1.2 and the depth of rootzone is 0.8 meter.

72. Compute the irrigation period in hours.

a. 94 b. 49 c. 96 d. 69

73. The irrigation interval in days

a. 11 b. 13 c. 9 d. 7

74. Determine the gross depth of irrigation water to be applied.

a. 40 mm b. 50 mm c. 60 mm d. 70 mm
75. Determine the net depth of irrigation water to be applied.
a. 12 mm b. 24 mm c. 36 mm d. 48 mm

76. Find the head, if it desired to have a discharge of 9 lps and a power of 0.52 KW.
a. 6 meter b. 8 meter c. 9 meter d. 4 meter

77. Determine the canal capacity when the cross sectional area of water is 23 square meter and the and the
velocity is 5 m/s.
a. 115 b. 151 c. 511 d. 11.5

78. Common freeboard in practice for big canals

a. maximum of 1 meter b. minimum of 1 meter c. 1 meter d. greater than 1 meter

79. Cropping system s where strips of some grass or legume crop are laid out between contour strips of
crops in the regular rotations; they may be even or irregular in width; they may be placed on critical slope
areas of the field
a. contour strip b. buffer strip c. random strip d. field strip

80. The specific volume of water which will not drain by gravity.
a. specific gravity b. specific retention c. specific yield d. specific volume

81. weight of balut

a. 65-70 gram c. 55-60 gram b. 75-80 gram d. 45-50 gram
82. The moisture content at which wilting is complete
a. maximum wilting b. ultimate wilting c. critical wilting d. threshold wilting

83. Organic Agriculture Act of 2010

a. RA 6938 b.RA 6541 c. RA 9003 d. RA 10068

84-88. Given a certain vegetable plantation on a sandy loam soil:

ASSUMPTIONS:
Root zone depth of vegetable- 80 mm
Average evapotranspiration of vegetable- 5.6 mm/day
Field Capacity of Sandy Loam Soil- 15%
Permanent Wilting Point of Sandy Soil- 5%
Readily Available Moisture - 65%
Apparent Specific Gravity- 1.5

84. Determine the total available moisture.

a. 8% b. 10% c. 12% d. 14%

85. Determine the range

a. 4.5% b. 6.5% c. 8.% d. 10.5%

86. Permanent wilting point of a soil or the moisture content.

a. 6.5% b. 7.5 % c. 8.5 % d. 9.5%

87. Determine the Readily Available Moisture in depth.

a. 5.8 mm b. 6.8 mm c. 7.8 mm d. 8.8 mm

88. Determine the number of days to which the plant will be stressed.
a. 0.39 day b. 1.39 days c. 1.59 days d. 1.6 days

89. A sample of soil taken from a borrow pit has a wet mass of 1.56 kg completely dried, the soil dry
mass is 11.78 kg. Determine the water content of the soil.
a. 20.6% b. 21.6 % c. 22.6 % d. 23.6%

90. An undisturbed sample of clay is found to have a wet weight of 63 lb, a dry weight of 51 lb and a
total volume of 0.5 cubic ft. If the specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.65, determine the moisture
content of the soil, void ratio and the degree of saturation.

90. Moisture content

a. 20.5% b. 23.5% c. 25.5% d. 27.5%

91. Void ratio

a. 0.92 b. 0.72 c. 0.62 d. 0.52

92. Degree of saturation

a. 100% b. 95% c. 90% d. 85%
93. A farmer requires 1.5 cubic meter per second for its water supply. Determine the diameter of the
pipe if the velocity of the flow is 2.5 m/s.
a. 0.87 b. 1.87 c. 2.87 d. 3.87

94. Determine the head on a suppressed rectangular weir if Q= 4 cubic meter / sec L=3 meter
and Cw= 0.62
a. 1.67 b. 2.67 c. 3.67 d. 4.67

95. A trapezoidal canal has a discharge of 14.6 cubic meter per second and its side are inclined
60 degrees with horizontal. It can carry water up to a depth of 3 meter S=0.0008 and n=0.03.
Find the bottom width in meter when flowing full. Use the Manning's equation.
a. 1.5 b. 2.5 c. 3.5 d. 4.5

96. The hydraulic radius in meters of a trapezoidal canal is 0.847 when the water flows 1.25 meter
deep and the side slopes are 2H to 1V. Determine the bottom width.
a. 2 m b. 3 m c. 4 m d. 5 m

97-99. A lift pump was used to collect water at 60 strokes per minute and 50 liters was collected.
The lift pump has a bore of 10 cm and stroke of 15 cm.
Given : B = 10 cm pumping rate = 60 strokes/min L = 15 cm water collected = 50 liters/min

97. What is the pump displacement?

a. 1278 cc/stroke c. 1478 cc/stroke b. 1378 cc/stroke d. 1178 cc/stroke
98. Theoretical discharge
a. 71.68 liter/minute b. 72.68 liter/minute c. 70.68 liter/minute d. 73.68 liter/minute

99. Volumetric Efficiency

a. 70.74% b. 71.74% c. 73.74% d. 72.74%

100. Most commonly used type for domestic and irrigation purposes.
a. centrifugal pump b. propeller pump c. lift pump d. axial pump

Irrigation and Allied Subjects Exam 2 Answer

key
1. b 21. a 41. c 61. a 81. a
2. a 22. b 42. b 62. a 82. b
3. b 23. c 43. b 63. a 83. d
4. a 24 a 44. d 64. c 84. b
5. b 25. b 45. d 65. d 85. b
6. a 26. b 46. c 66. d 86. c
7. b 27. a 47. b 67. c 87. c
8. d 28. d 48. b 68. b 88. b
9. b 29. c 49. c 69. a 89. d
10. a 30. b 50. b 70. c 90. b
11. a 31. a 51. d 71. d 91. c
12. c 32. c 52. a 72. a 92. a
13. b 33. d 53. d 73. c 93. a
14. c 34. b 54. d 74. c 94. a
15. d 35. a 55. a 75. d 95. b
16. c 36. b 56. c 76. a 96. c
17. c 37. c 57. c 77. a 97. d
18. b 38. c 58. a 78. a 98. c
19. b 39. a 59. a 79. b 99. a
20. a 40. a 60. a 80. b 100.a
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