PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PREBOARD EXAM

PREPARED BY: ENGR. ROLAND J. MACANA

XAVIER UNIVERSITY-ATENEO DE CAGAYAN

DIRECTIONS: SHADE THE CORRECT LETTER OF YOUR ANSWER ON THE PROVIDED ANSWER SHEET.

STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. BRING ACCEPTABLE CALCULATOR/S AND MONGOL 2 PENCIL/S.

ANSWER THIS EXAM WITHIN 4 HOURS.

SUBJECT 2 : SOIL & WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT & CONSERVATION,

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MATHEMATICS,

AGRI STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

1. It is an arrow represents an activity with zero time duration. It is represented by a dotted line and

is introduced in a network to clarify activity pattern under the following situations:

i. It is created to make activities with common starting and finishing events

distinguishable

ii. To identify and maintain the proper precedence relationship between activities

those are not connected by events.

a. operation research arrow

c. gummy arrow

b. dummy arrow

d. county arrow

2. An open chamber rests on the ocean floor in 160 feet of sea water (SG=1.03). The air pressure in

psig that must be maintained inside to exclude water in nearest to

a. 45.2

b. 60.9

c. 71.4

d. 93.2

3. The horsepower required in the absence of losses to pump water at 100 gallons per minute from a

large reservoir to another large reservoir 400 feet higher is nearest to

a. 6

b. 10

c. 18

d. 35
4. A trapezoidal channel having a base width of 12 m and a depth of 4 m has a sideslope of 2

horizontal to 1 vertical. Find the hydraulic radius.

a. 2.68

b. 1.86

c. 2.34

d.3.86

5. The main source of ground water is

a. precipitation

b. evaporation

c. spring water

d. underground water

6. It is the ratio of the particle density of the soil with the density of water.

a. Bulk Density

c. Apparent Specific Gravity

b. Particle Density

d. Real Specific Gravity

7. It is the ratio of the dry weight of the soil to the volume of the soil particles.

a. Bulk Density

c. Apparent Specific Gravity

b. Particle Density

d. Real Specific Gravity

8. The time rate at which water will percolate into the soil.

a. percolation rate

c. infiltration rate

b. precipitation rate

d. seepage

9. Boolean algebra is essentially based on

a. numbers

c. truth

b. logic

d. symbols

10. One byte of memory will contain ____ bits.

a. 4

b. 8

c. 16

d. 32

11. A group of electronic, magnetic or mechanical devices that store data is called

a. program

b. address

c. register

d. software

12-17. A sharp edged cylinder 7.5 cm in diameter is carefully driven into the soil so that negligible

compaction occurs. A 12-cm column of soil is obtained. The fresh and dry masses of the soil sample

are 910.6 grams and 736.3 grams respectively. Assume that the particle density of the soil is 2.60

g/cm3.

12. Determine the Total Volume.

a. 534.104 cubic centimeter

c. 534.410 cubic centimeter

b. 531.044 cubic centimeter

d. 530.144 cubic centimeter

13. Determine the percent porosity.

a. 45.68%

b. 48.56%

c. 45.86%

d. 46.58%

14. Determine Depth of Water present in the soil column.

a. 3.849 cm

b. 3.498 cm

c. 4.938 cm

d. 3.948 cm

15. Determine the Soil moisture content by volume.

a. 32.90%

b. 32.09%

c. 30.92%
d. 30.29%

16. Determine the Soil moisture content by dry weight.

a. 26.37%

b. 23.67%

c. 23.76%

d. 26.73%

17. Determine the Apparent Specific Gravity.

a. 1.93

b. 1.92

c. 1.39

d. 1.38

18. Which of the following is true about Field Capacity?

a. The amount of water a soil profile will hold against drainage by gravity at a specified

time ( usually from 24 hours to 48 hours) after a thorough wetting.

b. It is also the moisture content of the soil when gravitational water has been removed

( after irrigation by flooding).

c. The soil moisture tension at this point is normally between 1/10 to 1/3 atmosphere.

d. all of the choices

19. The static level of water in wells penetrating the zone of saturation is

a. water table

c. aquifer level

b. hydrostatic level

d. artesian level

20. A circular channel has a radius of 1.5 m and has a depth of flow of 1.8 m. Determine the hydraulic

radius.

a. 0.786

b. 0.875

c. 0.833

d. 0.958

21. Any breeding female pig that has farrowed.

a.gilt

b. sow
c. litter

d. weaner

22. A mature male goat.

a. Doe

b. lamb

c. buck

d. ram

23. One thousand two hundred and fifty cubic meters of water was delivered to a 10 ha farm for

the month of June in which the consumptive use is estimated at 8 mm/day. The effective rainful for

the period was 150 mm. What is the irrigation efficiency?

a. 72%

b. 73%

c. 74%

d. 71%

24. Determine the irrigation interval for a farm with soil root zone having a field capacity of 200 mm

and a wilting point of 105 mm. Assume the consumptive use for August is 7.5 mm/day with no
rainful and the allowable moisture depletion is 75%

a. 9 days

b. 10 days

c. 11 days

d. 12 days

25. The total rainful for the month of May was 600 mm as measured by a USWB standard rainguage

(8 inches in diameter). Determine the average daily rainful for the month.

a. 19.4 mm

b. 14.9 mm

c. 90.4 mm

d. 49.0 mm

26. What three consecutive even numbers have their sum equal to 378?

a. 126,128,130

b. 124, 126, 128

c. 122, 124, 126

d. 120, 122, 124

27. Scientific name for Rice

a. Oryza sativa

b. Oryza Sativa

c. Zea mays

d. Zea Mays

28. Leucaena leucocephala refers to

a. Mahogany

b. Narra

c. Ipil-Ipil

d. Tropical Kudzu

29. It refers to impregnation or fertilization.

a. Gestation

b. Fecundation

c. Lactation

d. Mastication

30. It is a natural or synthetic hydrograph for one unit of direct runoff from the catchment in a
specified unit of time.

a. basic hydrograph

b. design hydrograph

c. runoff hydrograph

d. unit hydrograph

31. The rate of vertical water movement through the soil at saturated condition is

a. infiltration rate

c. depletion rate

b. percolation rate

d. soil permeability

32. What is the base of the most efficient trapezoidal concrete open channel if discharge is 100

cubic meter per second and velocity is 2 m/s.

a. 6.41 meter

b. 6.14 meter

c. 4.16 meter

d. 4.61 meter
33. What is the bottom width for best hydraulic cross-section of unlined open channel for

minimum seepage if design depth is 5 meters and side slope is 45º?

a. 8.02 meter

b. 8.20 meter

c. 2.80 meter

d. 2.08 meter

34. Type of precipitation associated with the movement of air masses from high pressure regions to

low pressure regions.

a. cyclonic precipitation

c. convective precipitation

b. orographic precipitation

d. artificial precipitation

35. A coin is flipped five times and comes up head each time. What is the probability that it will

come up head on the six flip?

a. 0.5

b. 0.2
c. 0.3

d. 0.4

36. You have a bag of marbles. There are 3 red matbles, 2 green marbles, 7 yellow marbles and

3 blue marbles. What is the probabilty of drawing a blue marble?

a. 0.2

B. 0.3

C. 0.4

D. 0.5

37. It is the ratio between the water stored in the soil root zone during irrigation and the water

delivered to the farm expressed in percent.

a. Water Conveyance Efficiency

c. Water - use Efficiency

b. Water Application Efficiency

d. Water Storage Efficiency

38. It is the ratio between the water delivered to the farm and the water diverted from a river or

reservoir expressed in percent.

a. Water Conveyance Efficiency

c. Water - use Efficiency

b. Water Application Efficiency

d. Water Storage Efficiency

39. It is the ratio of water stored in the root zone during the irrigation to the water needed in the

root zone prior to irrigation, expressed in percent.

a. Water Conveyance Efficiency

c. Water - use Efficiency

b. Water Application Efficiency

d. Water Storage Efficiency

40. It is the ratio of water beneficially used on the project, farm or field to the amount of water

delivered to the farm expressed in percent.

a. Water Conveyance Efficiency

c. Water - use Efficiency

b. Water Application Efficiency

d. Water Storage Efficiency

41. It is the ratio of the normal consumptive use of water to the net amount of water depleted from

the root zone soil.

a. Consumptive Use Efficiency

c. Water - use Efficiency

b. Water Application Efficiency

d. Water Storage Efficiency

42. A field is divided into a series of strips by borders or ridges running down the predominant

slope or on the contour.

a. Ordinary flooding

c. Level border

b. Border-strip flooding

d. Contour ditch Irrigation

43. One term of Layout of a Tile -Drain System or Closed Drains that is used if the entire area is to be

drained and is usually more economic. Laterals enter the submain from one side only to minimize

the double drainage that occurs near the submain.

a. Natural System
b. Gridiron Layout

c. Herringbone Pattern

d. Double-main System

44. A fully penetrating well installed in a confined aquifer with a transmissivity of 197 m2/day is

pumped at a constant rate. If the drawdowns in two observation wells 8 m and 22 m from the

pumped well were observed to be 1.42 m and 0.44 m, respectively, the steady state pump discharge

is

a. 220 gpm

b. 225 gpm

c. 230 gpm

d. 235 gpm

45. The velocities at 0.2 and 0.8 of the depth of flow in a parabolic open channel are 1.0 m/s and 0. 2

m/s, respectively. If the flow depth is 0.5 m and the top width is 1.5 m, the discharge is

a. 300 lps

b. 305 lps

c. 310 lps
d. 315 lps

46. Given the following direct runoff hydrograph in m3/s taken at 1-hr interval in the mainstream of

a 50 sq. km watershed: 0, 2.8, 13.8, 44.8, 77.8, 37.8, 12.8, 4.5, 1.8, 1.3, 0.9, 0.6, 0.2. The equivalent

depth of direct runoff is

a. 14.3 mm

b. 15.3 mm

c. 16.3 mm

d. 17.3 mm

47. The critical depth in a rectangular channel with a bottom width of 4.0 m for a discharge of 5 m3/s

is

a. 0.504 m

b. 0.540 m

c. 5.40 m

d. 0.5004

48. 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. 6.4 hp

b. 5.4 hp

c. 2.40 hp

1.4 hp

49. The soil has a field capacity of 22% and a permanent wilting point of 12 %, both on a dry mass

basis. The apparent specific gravity is 1.4. If the rootzone depth is 1.0 m and the management

allowable deficit is 50%, the net application depth is

a. 40 mm

b. 50 mm

c. 60 mm

d. 70 mm

50. 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. 4.65 m

b. 3.65 m

c. 2.65 m

d. 1.65 m

51. It is an advanced stage of rill erosion.

a. stream bank erosion

b. gully erosion

c. sheet erosion

d. Splash erosion

52. It is one of the vegetative measures that states the process of covering the land surface with

plant residues, plastic or other materials appropriate to arrest loss of moisture through

evaporation.

a. cropping systems

c. mulching

b. contour cultivation

d. strip cropping
53. It is a type of terrace that is used for 25-30% slopes.

a. Bench Terrace

c. Broad-based terrace

b. Zingg or Conservation bench terrace

d. ridge type terrace

54. It is a type of terrace that is used for 9-12% slope.

a. Zingg or Conservation bench terrace

c. ridge type terrace

b. Bench Terrace

d. Broad-based terrace

55. It is a type of flow that the fluid moves in parallel layers with no cross-currents; Re<= 2000

a. laminar flow

c. steady flow

b. turbulent flow

d. uniform flow

56. The depth of flow is the same at every section of the prismatic channel.
a. laminar flow

c. steady flow

b. turbulent flow

d. uniform flow

57. It is a stuctured device designed to hold a pool of water to cushion the impact and retard the

flow of falling water as from an overflow weir, chute or drop.

a. staff gage

c. stilling Basin

b. river gage

d. drop stopper

58. The soil property which describes the ability of the soil to transmit water.

a. percolation rate

c. hydraulic conductivity

b. infiltration rate

d. seepage

59. It is the time required for water to flow from the most remote point of the watershed
to the outlet.

a. time to peak

c. lag time

b. time of concentration

d. recession time

60. What do you mean by wifi?

a. wire fidelity internet

c. wireless fidelity internet

b. wireless fidelity

d. with internet for inside

61. What do you mean by http?

a. hypertext transfer process

c. high text transfer process

b. high text transfer protocol

d. hypertext transfer protocol

62. 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. checkgate

c. headgate

b. turnout

d. sipon

63. How do you classify a 260 kw hydro power plant?

a. microhydro

c. minihydro

b. small hydro

d. hydro

64. Using Philippine classification, specify the maximum power rating for microhydro?

a. 100 kw

b. 70 kw

c. 150 kw

d. 50 kw

65. What is the standard diameter of both vertical and horizontal reinforcing bars in open channel
construction?

a. 14 mm

b. 12 mm

c. 10 mm

d. 8 mm

66. How many 40-kg bags of cement are needed per cubic meter concrete in standard (Class A)

open channel construction?

a. 14

b. 11

c. 9

d. 7

67. Irrigation before final seedbed preparation and planting; a method to insure adequate moisture

for the germination of crop seeds.

a. Seed Irrigation

c. Pre-irrigation

b. Germigation
d. Seedbed Irrigation

68. Process by which water is lost from leaves of plants.

a. Perspiration

c. Transpiration

b. Germination

d. Evapotranspiration

69. Term used in soil that indicates the proportion of different sizes of soil particles.

a. soil mixture

c. soil texture

b. soil structure

d. soil proportion

70. Specific property of soil which is a measure of the readiness with which the soil transmit water.

a. conductivity

c. permeability

b. resistivity

d. emissibity
71. The ratio of area wetted to perimeter.

a. Hydraulic Mean Radius

c. Hydraulic Gradient

b. Mean Radius

d. Hydraulic Conductivity

72. A device used to conduct water across a road.

a. turnout

c. drainage

b. canal

d. culvert

73. Structure that raises the water level in a canal or river.

a. flume

c. spillway

b. vision works

d. check/dam

74. A device placed across a stream or canal whose opening is used to measure discharge of the
canal.

a. weir/flume

c. chute

b. spillway

d. stilling basin

75. Determine the quantity of the filler needed to make up a metric ton of 10-10-15 fertilizer

mixture using urea (45%N), and Ammonium Chloride (26%) in equal quantities, calcined phosphate

(30%P2O5) and sulphate of potash (50%K2O)

a. 46 kg

b. 64 kg

c. 60.4 kg

40. 6 kg

76-81. Given an eggplant plantation on a sandy loam soil:

ASSUMPTIONS:

Root zone depth of eggplant

9 cm
Average evapotranspiration of Eggplant

4.7 mm/day

Field Capacity of Sandy Loam Soil

14%

Permanent Wilting Point of Sandy Soil

6%

Readily Available Moisture

60%

Apparent Specific Gravity

1.5

76. Determine the total available moisture.

a. 5%

b. 6%

c. 7%

d. 8%

77. Determine the range.

a. 3.8%

b. 4.8%

c. 5.8%

d. 6.8%

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

a. 8. %

b. 9.2%

c. 10.2%

d. 11.2 %

79. What does the permanent wilting point imply?

a. It is the lowest level of moisture in the soil which the plant can tolerate.

b. Below this level could result to plant stress.

c. both a and b

d. none

80. Determine the Readily Available Moisture in depth.

a. 5.04 mm
b. 6.04 mm

c. 7.04 mm

d. 8.04 mm

81. Determine the number of days to which the plant will be stressed.

a. 1.23 days

b. 1.25 days

c. 1.26 days

d. 1.28 days

82. For continuos running test of LOKS, the sprayer shall be run continuosly for

a. 100 hours

b. 200 hours

c. 300 hours

d. 400 hours

83. A type of pump with impellers rotating inside a closed casing which draws water into the pump

through a central inlet opening and forces water out through a discharge outlet at the periphery of

the housing by means of centrifugal force.

a. Impeller pump

c. Axial flow pump

b. centrifugal pump

d. Submersible pump

84. Determine the maximum total head at which a 3.73 kw centrifugal pump can extract water at a

rate of 25 lps if pump efficiency is 65%.

a. 32.48 ft

b. 33.48 ft

c. 34.48 ft

d. 35.48 ft

85. Find the horsepower, if it desired to have a discharge of 9 lps and a head of 6 m.

a. 1.4 kw

b. 2.3 kw

c. 3.3 kw

d. 0.52 kw

86. Find the power input to a pump that requires a 25N-m torque at 2000 rpm.
a. 2.5 hp

b. 3.5 hp

c. 4.5 hp

d. 5.5 hp

87. A pump with an input power of 6Kw delivers 523.81 GPM at a head of 15 meter. What is the

efficiency of the pump?

a. 80%

b. 79%

c. 81%

d. 82%

88. If the angle of elevation of the sun is 42°, what is the length of the shadow on the level ground

of a man who is 6.1 ft tall?

a. 6.66 ft

7.77 ft

c. 8.88 ft

d. 9.99 ft
89. In frequency analysis, most hydrologic processes, more or less, follow this process. This process

is governed by chance and time dependent.

a. Probabilistic Process

c. Deterministic Process

b. Hydrolistic Process

d. Stochastic Process

90. According to International Soil Science Society (ISS), the diameter of silt is

a. 0.2-2 mm

b. 0.002-0.02

c. below O.002

d. none

91. According to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the diameter of silt is

a. below 0.002

b. 0.002-0.05

c. 0.10-0.25

d. 0.25-0.5
92. Determined by placing an air dry soil in a nearly saturated atmosphere at 25°C until it absorbs no

more water. This tension is equal to a force of 31 atm. Water at this tension is not available to

plants.

a. Wilting Percentage

c. Readily Available Moisture

b. Field Capacity

d. Hygroscopic coefficient

93. Station locations and amounts of rainfall are plotted on a suitable map, and contours of equal

precipitation (isohyets) are then drawn.

a. Arithmetic mean

c. Isohyetal

b. Thiessen Polygon

d. none

94. That part of surface runoff that flows over the surface towards the stream channel.

a. Overland flow

c. Subsurface runoff
b. Direct runoff

d. Baseflow

95. Time for surface and interflow to recede; duration of flooding.

a. Peak flow

c. Base time

b. Time to peak

d. Recession Time

96. What do you call the mountain, with reference to the wind direction, in which the air mass

passing through it is cold and dry.

a. Eastwest wind

c. Windward

b. Northsouth wind

d. Leeward

97. A type of cropping system wherein different crops are planted in an area one after the other

each season.

a. strip cropping
c. cropping pattern

b. mixed cropping

d. relay cropping

98.The rate of decrease of temperature with the increase in elevation is called.

a. lapse rate

c. Convection rate

b. updraft

d. Deflection rate

99. He is the current Secretary of Department of Agriculture.

a. Proceso C. Macana

c. Proceso J. Alcala

b. Proceso R. Alcala

d. Proceso J. Macana

100. Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

a. RA9729

b. RA9275
c. RA9367

d. RA9513

Irrigation and Allied Subjects Answer key

1. b 21. b 41. a 61. d 81. d

2. c 22. c 42. b 62. b 82. b

3. b 23. a 43. b 63. c 83. b

4. a 24 a 44. a 64. a 84. a

5. a 25. a 45. a 65. c 85. d

6. d 26. b 46. a 66. c 86. d

7. b 27. a 47. b 67. c 87. a

8. c 28. c 48. c 68. c 88. a

9. b 29. b 49. d 69. c 89. d

10. b 30. d 50. d 70. c 90. b

11. c 31. b 51. b 71. a 91. b

12. d 32. b 52. c 72. d 92. d

13. d 33. b 53. a 73. d 93. c

14. d 34. a 54. a 74. a 94. a

15. a 35. a 55. a 75. b 95. d

16. b 36. a 56. d 76. d 96. d

17. c 37. b 57. c 77. b 97. d

18. d 38. a 58. c 78. b 98. a

19. a 39. d 59. b 79. c 99. c

20. c 40. c 60. b 80. b 100.b