AQUACULTURE

1. The scientific name of Nile tilapia is:

a) Tilapia niloticus
b) Oreochromis niloticus
c) Oreochromis nilotica
d) Tilapia niloticus b) Oreochromis niloticus

2. The scientific name of milkfish is:

a) Ephinephelus coioides
b) Oreochromis niloticus
c) Chanos chanos
d) Cyprinus carpio c) Chanos chanos

3. The scientific name of the giant tiger prawn is:

a) Penaeus vannamei
b) Macrobrachium rosenbergii
c) Penaeus indicus
d) Penaeus monodon d) Penaeus monodon
4. A seaweed that is mainly produced in the country is:
a) Kappaphycus
b) Kelp
c) Nori
d) Aristichthys a) Kappaphycus

5. The most dominant species cultured in brackishwater in

the country are:
a) Oyster and mussels
b) Milkfish and shrimp
c) Mudcrab and grouper
d) Tilapia and milkfish b) Milkfish and shrimp

6. Which of the following is not a major aquaculture

species in the Philippines?
a) Carp c) Seaweeds
b) Salmon d) Tiger prawn b) Salmon
7. This shrimp or prawn undergoes 11 larval stages to
metamorphose to post larvae:
a) Giant tiger prawn
b) Whiteleg shrimp
c) Giant freshwater prawn
d) Indian shrimp c) Giant freshwater prawn
8. Penaeid shrimps undergo these larval stages in sequence
before they become post larvae:
a) Nauplius, megalopa, instar
b) Nauplius, zoea, mysis
c) Nauplius, mysis, zoea,
d) Zoea, megalopa, instar b) Nauplius, zoea, mysis

9. The Philippines ranks as the world’s second largest

producer of:
a) Shrimp c) Sea cucumber
b) Milkfish d) Seaweeds d) Seaweeds
10. Water like in estuarine areas with intermediate salinity
due to the mixing of fresh and sea water is referred
to as:
a) Freshwater c) Brackishwater
b) Seawater d) Marine water c) Brackishwater

11. Breeding and growout production of commercially

important marine species are grown in zonified marine
cages which the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
refers to as:
a) Industrial cage parks
b) Seawater cage farms
c) Ocean cage parks
d) Mariculture parks d) Mariculture parks

12. Eye ablation is a way of inducing females to spawn in:

a) Milkfish c) Oysters
b) Mussels d) Shrimp d) Shrimp
13. This form of nitrogen in water is considered toxic to
fish:
a) Nitrogen gas
b) Ionized ammonia
c) Nitrate
d) Unionized ammonia d) Unionized ammonia
14. Waste excretion rates vary with fish size or weight but
remain fairly constant per:
a) kg fish c) m3 of water
b) kg feed d) number of fish b) kg feed
15. The term that refers to facilities or procedures
involved in producing fish or shrimp fry is:
a) Broodstock conditioning
b) Hatchery
c) Nursery
d) Growout b) Hatchery
16. According to the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Act of 1998,
this involves the design, construction, installation, operation,
maintenance and management of machinery, equipment and facilities for
fishery and aquaculture production, processing, transporting and
marketing:
a) Aquaculture
b) Aquaculture engineering
c) Fishery and aquaculture resource engineering
d) Fishery engineering
c) Fishery and aquaculture resource engineering

17. Hill ponds that rely on rainfall and runoff as water

source are also called:
a) Excavated ponds
b) Watershed ponds
c) Levee ponds
d) Embankment ponds b) Watershed ponds
18. For the same pond area, the levee requirement is
shortest for:
a) Square ponds c) Octagonal ponds
b) Rectangular ponds d) Circular ponds d) Circular ponds

19. The height of the levee from the water surface to the
top of the levee is called:
a) Dike height c) Side slope
b) Freeboard
b) Freeboard d) Fetch
20. A pond bottom slope of 2000:1 is equivalent to:
a) 0.05 % slope c) 1.0 % slope
b) 0.5 % slope d) 5 % slope a) 0.05 %
21. This is provided in a pipe drain to prevent seepage:
a) Core trench c) Collar
b) Freeboard d) Frame c) Collar

22. These two culture systems in open water are considered

as enclosure culture systems:
a) Raceways and ponds c) Ponds and cages
b) Pens and cages d) Raceways and pens b) Pens and cages

23. This type of aerator may be excellent in emergencies

because it quickly raises the oxygen level in a small
area, but is not good in dispersing oxygen throughout the
pond:
a) Diffused bubble aerator
b) Paddle-wheel aerator
c) Vertical pump aerator
d) Aspirating aerator c) Vertical pump aerator
24. These aerators are excellent choices for medium and
large ponds where movement of oxygenated water
away from the aerator is important:
a) Diffused bubble and aspirating aerators
b) Paddle-wheel and aspirating aerators
c) Vertical pump and bubble aerators
d) None of the above
b) Paddle-wheel and aspirating aerators

25. Without additional aeration, a continuous supply of 70

gpm good quality water can at the most support
approximately:
a) 265 kg fish
b) 365 kg fish
c) 300 kg fish
d) 400 kg fish a) 265 kg fish
26. In recirculating systems, the conversion of toxic
ammonia and intermediate form nitrite to relatively
harmless nitrate is called:
a) Fractionation
b) Ozonation
c) Nitrification
d) Denitrification c) Nitrification

27. Normal acclimation of biofilters would take about:

a) 1 week
b) 2 weeks
c) 3 weeks
d) 4 weeks d) 4 weeks