CROP SCIENCE b) To maximize photosynthetic

activity
Multiple Choice c) To optimize translocation during
the day
1. C3 plants have d) To balance their temperature
with the surrounding air
a) Only one CO2 fixation pathway
b) Two CO2 fixation pathways
separated in space 7. Both photosynthesis and respiration are
c) Two CO2 fixation pathways influenced by
separated in time
d) Three CO2 fixation pathway a) Relative humidity and CO2
concentration
2. This phytohormone is also called b) Oxygen concentration
ripening hormone c) Temperature and CO2
concentration
a) IAA c ) Gibberelin d) Temperature and Relative
b) Cytokinin d ) Ethylene Humidity

3. This light reaction phase of 8. Solutes move into and out of the
photosynthesis takes place in vacuole resulting in

a) Chloroplasts a) Loss of cell turgor

b) Stroma b) Change un cell volume
c) Thylakoid lamellae c) Cell growth
d) Chlorophyll molecules d) Regulation of osmotic potential of
the cystosol
4. Rice is classified as C3 species because
its first stable product of photosynthesis 9. Nutrient availability in the soil is largely
is a 3-carbon compound known as dependent on

a) Pyruvic acid a) pH and moisture content

b) 3- phosphoglyceric acid b) Structure and bulk density
c) Oxaloacetic acid c) Water holding capacity
d) 3- phosphoglyceraldehyde d) Color and temperature

5. Transpiration is a very useful process in 10. Pineapple

plants because it is
a) Fixes atmospheric CO2 during the
a) Involved in heat exchange day
between the leaves and the air b) Fixes atmospheric CO2 during the
b) Essential in the distribution of night through the C3 pathway
essential elements in plants c) Decarboxylates malate in its
c) Important in water and nutrient cytosol during the night
utilization d) Produces malate during the night
d) Needed in solubilizing compounds through the C4 pathway

6. Certain plant organs move when 11. Adjustments of modern crop production
exposed to water stress system to achieve sustainability should
be
a) To maintain high leaf water
potential a) Holistic in approach
b) Fragmentary to be effective
 c) Fast and problem specific c) Non-renewable resources are well
d) Precise and profit oriented managed
d) Management of the
12. The features of a sustainable crop agroecosystem remains the same
production are over time

a) Ecologically safe, highly 17. Sustainability of crop production is

productive and profitable highly-specific due to
b) Economically viable moderate
crop productivity, and a) Crop genetic potential instability
environmentally safe b) Crop diversity and management
c) Ecologically safe, economically capability
viable, an socially acceptable c) Agroclimatic and socioeconomic
d) Environmentally sound, variability
economically viable and low input d) Geographic and demographic
requirement factors

13. A crucial component of sustainable crop 18. Based on the frameworks of sustainable
production system which can be crop production, the indicators of the
achieved through crop polyculture performance of an agroecosystem are

a) Crop-animal integration a) Sustainability, productivity and

b) Crop intensification level of external inputs
c) Plant diversity b) Productivity, stability and
d) Genetic contamination sustainability
c) Social acceptability, ecological
14. Planting of multiple varieties of different soundness and cost of production
crops in a farm is called d) Economic viability, conservation
of resources and scale of
a) Intercropping adaptation
b) Intraspecific diversity
c) Interspecific diversity 19. An example of an economically feasible
d) Biodiversity water-conserving irrigation method that
could substantially reduce the water
15. Monocultures of a crop variety in large requirement of lowland rice is
scale over an interrupted period
promotes a) Drip irrigation
b) Intermittent flooding
a) Crop yield stability c) Overhead irrigation
b) Build up of insect pests and d) Gravity irrigation
diseases
c) Genetic purity and stability 20. The type of crop to be grown and
d) Soil fertility and productivity appropriate tillage practices is largely
determine by this land attributes
16. A crop production system is considered
sustainable when a) Topography c ) Type
b) Structure d ) Depth
a) Renewable resources are
conserved and crop productivity 21. A climatic element that determines crop
is stable growth and yield be affecting various
b) External inputs are absolutely enzymes involved in dry matter
required to maintain crop yield production is
 a) Solar radiation c ) Wind speed
b) Precipitation d ) Temperature a) Annual rainfall data
b) Monthly rainfall data
22. The adverse effect of global warming on c) Weekly rainfall data
crop productivity is expected to be d) Semi-annual rainfall data
worse in the
28. Rice yield is often low when air
a) Temperate climate areas temperature is abnormally high during
b) Sub-tropics areas
c) Tropics a) Tillering stage
d) High elevation areas b) Anthesis
c) Heading stage
23. The physiological response of crops to d) Hard dough stage
drought is usually similar to their
response to 29. Large-scale deforestation would
eventually lead to global warming due to
a) Low solar radiation c ) Soil
salinity a) Reduction of vegetative cover of
b) Low temperature d ) Acidity the earth
b) Reduction of sink for carbon
24. Given favorable environment, superior dioxide
crop potential and adequate production c) Direct exposure of forest soil to
inputs, crop yield would largely depend solar radiation
on d) Rapid drying of the soil

a) The management capability of 30. Crops that are likely to show significant
the farmers reduction of biomass when exposed to
b) Market demand heat stress are
c) Competition among farmers
d) Availability of postharvest a) Subtropical species
facilities b) Tropical species
c) Temperate species
25. The relatively high frequency of rainfall d) Desert species
on the windward side of a mountain
range is attributed to 31. Plants that grow relatively well under
drought condition usually have
a) Orographic effects
b) Warm temperature a) Long diagravitropic roots
c) Variable wind speed b) Short orthogravitropic roots
d) Constant relative humidity c) Long orthogravitropic roots
d) Short diagravitropic roots
26. The yield of various filed crops exposed
to unreliable water supply usually drops 32. Gene recombination occur as a result of
significantly when droughts occur during
a) Vegetative propagation
a) Early vegetative stage b) Clonal propagation
b) Mid-reproductive stage c) Self-pollination of a pureline
c) Flowering stage d) Sexual reproduction
d) Mid- vegetative stage
33. In rice, the best time of the day to
27. Rainfall data that are most meaningful in conduct emasculation is
formulating appropriate cropping
calendars are
 a) In the morning c ) At noon a) Seeds are germinated under dark
time conditions
b) In the afternoon d) Anytime of b) Seeds germinate in paper boxes
the day c) Seeds are pre-germinated in
water and then sown in the field
34. Seeds which can be dried to a low d) Seeds are germinated in moist
moisture level but cannot tolerate low paper towels in the cabinet
temperature like coffee and papaya are
considered 40. Grafting is done to

a) Recalcitrant c ) Intermeddiate a) Accelerate crop improvement

b) Orthodox d ) Heterotic work by grafting seedling onto
shoots of full grown trees
35. Which of the following is optional b) Reproduction of true to type
requirement for favorable seed clones
germination? c) Produce diseased free plants by
budding indexed tissues onto test
a) Favorable temperature tube grown seedlings
b) 20% oxygen concentration
c) Light 41. Techniques of layering differ and maybe
d) Proper amount of water applied depending on the tree species.
What technique is used when the base
36. Certified seed is produced from of stem attached to the trunk is slowly
covered with soil
a) Breeder seed
b) Registered seed a) Trench layering
c) Foundation seed b) Mound layering
d) Good seed c) Serpentine layering
d) Air layering
37. Seeds of fruit trees such as durian,
mango, and coconut are examples of 42. One application of grafting is in top
working which is done to
a) Orthodox seeds
b) Recalcitrant seeds a) Rejuvenate the plants
c) Intermediate seeds b) Repair damage tissues in plants
d) Dormant seeds c) Control diseases
d) Change existing variety of plants
38. Farmers are not advised to save seeds
from hybrid cultivars for planting the 43. Tissue culture is based on totipotency.
following season because of This phenomenon refers to :

a) Seeds will not germinate a) Ability of the cells to differentiate

b) Seeds will be susceptible to to produce a plant
pests b) Ability of the cells to produce
c) Yield reduction due to hormones
segregation c) Ability of the cell to divide
d) Weight of seeds reduced d) Ability of the cell to be cultured

39. Seeds germination indicated the quality 44. Cropping system must be appropriately
of seeds. Germination percentage is designed to achieved the following
reduced when one of the following
conditions occurs a) Enrich the soil with organic
matter
 b) Improve nutritional status of d) All of the above
plants
c) Improved soil structure 50. Water utilization at lower depths can be
d) Improve soil irrigation and achieved under the following conditions
drainage
a) Plants has more lateral roots
45. Multiple cropping is the planting of more b) Plants has deeper roots
crops per unit area. What advantages c) Growing environment is suitable
can be achieved through multiple to the plants
cropping d) The soil is terraced to conserve
soil moisture
a) Increase yield per unit area
b) Enhance biodiversity 51. To induce flowering of citrus by
c) Increases use of efficiency for irrigation, the plant should be
nutrients and water
d) Less incidence of pests and a) Irrigated continuously
diseases b) Subject to water stress and not
irrigated
46. What do you expect when you increase c) Subject to water stress and
organic matter of the soil? irrigate
d) Do not subject to water stress
a) Decrease the amount of nitrogen
to apply 52. Gravimetric method is the determination
b) Increase the nitrogen to apply of water by
c) Maintain the nitrogen to apply
d) You don’t apply nitrogen a) Allowing water to flow to a
gravimetric meter
47. In leaves of many plants b) Getting fresh weight of water
c) Measuring the amount of water
a) N is higher than P than K leached from the soil
b) K is higher than P than N d) Getting the dry weight and fresh
c) K is higher than N than P weight of soil and getting
d) N is higher than K than P percentage water therefrom

48. Mulching is the practice of placing 53. Surface irrigation is typified by furrow
biodegradable or non-biodegradable irrigation. For water to be uniformly
materials on soil surface to achieved the distributed in the field, the furrow should
following but one purpose be

a) Conserve soil moisture a) Wide and long

b) Maintain soil temperature b) Narrow and long
c) Control weeds c) Narrow and short
d) Improve soil depth d) Wide and short

49. Transpiration in plants increases the loss 54. Drainage can be achieved by
of water from the soil to the plant to the
atmosphere. Transpiration increases a) Raising the beds up to 30 cm
when b) Cultivation
c) Subsoiling
a) Atmospheric temperature is high
b) Atmospheric relative humidity is 55. Poorly drained soil result in
low
c) Wind velocity is high
 a) Increase ethylene content in the d) Poor site in poor location
leaf resulting to yellowing and
defoliation 61. When you go away from the equator
b) Increase incidence of root
diseases a) Difference between day and night
c) Increase rooting intensity period increases
d) All of the above b) Temperature is not affected
c) Day length is not affected
56. At higher temperature , the tendency of d) Temperature and daylenght
the plant is to produce poor size fruits variation increases
because of the
62. All agricultural crops in the Philippines
a) Fruit cannot get nutrients from belongs to
the soil
b) Fruit is scanscald a) Angiospermae
c) Fruit matures even before it b) Gymnospermae
reaches full size c) Spermatophytes
d) Fruit is affected by insect pests d) Thallophytes
which occurs at higher
temperature 63. In lowland rice production, land
preparation requires puddling the soil in
57. At low light intensity order to

a) Leaf tends to become thick a) Increase water percolation

b) Leaf tends to become thin b) Destroy soil structure
c) Leaf tends to become more green c) Modify soil texture
d) Leaf tends to bend d) Promote aeration

58. Coronas climatic classification is based 64. Both moldboard plow and disc plow are
on used in the preparation of

a) Amount of rainfall a) Lowland

b) Distribution of rainfall b) Upland
c) Length of rainy days c) Both lowland and upland
d) Light intensity and rainfall d) Wetland

59. When climate is evenly distributed, one 65. A kind of triangle that is formed in the
of the following may not be achieved triangular system of planting

a) Flowering of seasonal fruit will a) Isosceles c ) Right

become erratic b) Equilateral
b) Flowering of non-seasonal fruits
will continue 66. Quincunx is a system of planting which
c) Fruit quality will increase is also called
particularly of fleshy fruits
d) Fruit gap along the stem of a) Diagonal c ) Rectangular
papaya wil be avoided b) Hexagonal d ) Triangular

60. Exacting crops should be established in 67. Wider plant spacing is adapted when

a) Poor site in good location a) Soil fertility is low

b) Good site in poor location b) Plants have erect growth habit
c) Good site in good location
 c) Plants have spreading growth
habit a) Ginger c ) Banana
d) Plants are small b) Pineapple d ) Sweet potato

68. Which of the following is not among the 75. Aerial plantlets formed on the axis of the
objectives of pruning leaves or flower stalk of Agave are called

a) To dwarfen the plants a) Bulbils c ) Offsetts

b) To maintain desired canopy b) Bulblets d ) Tuber
shape
c) To increase the volume of the 76. Which type of cutting is used for cassava
canopy and siniguelas
d) To rejuvenate an old tree
a) Soft-wood c ) Semi-
69. A method of harvesting in which only hardwood
matured or ripe fruits or pods are b) Hard-wood d ) Herbaceous
harvested is called
77. One requirement for a successful union
a) Stripping c ) Tuxying in grafting
b) Taping d ) Priming
a) Cambium layer scarped off from
70. The process of separating cotton lint the wood
from the cotton seeds is called b) Cambium layers are both stock
and scion exposed and fitted
a) Ginning c ) Retting together
b) Degumming d) c) Rootstock and scion of same
Stripping diameter
d) Bark of rootstock and scion of the
71. Oleocellosis occurs when citrus fruits are same thickness
harvested
78. In a traditional system of land
a) Early morning preparation, what is the most common
b) Late morning draft animal used?
c) Early afternoon
d) Anytime of the day a) Water buffalo c ) Cow
b) Horse d ) Oxen
72. For longer shelf life, perishables should
not be stored under 79. What is the population density of corn in
a hectare if the distance of planting is
a) Low oxygen 75 cm x 33 cm with 2 plants per hill?
b) Low temperature
c) Low relative humidity a) 53,333 c ) 66,666
d) High CO2 b) 80,808 d ) 75,048

73. Trees propagated by sexual method are 80. Premature and overmature harvesting of
sugarcane will result to
a) True-to-type
b) Early bearing a) Increase in tonnage and increase
c) Tall and big in sucrose yield
d) Uniform b) Increase in tonnage and decrease
sucrose yield
74. Which of the following does not have c) Decrease in tonnage and
modified stem decrease in sucrose yield
 d) Decrease in tonnage and increase
sucrose yield 89. The respiration rate is highest in

81. Parts of the plant cell not found in a) Rambutan c ) Young cob corn
animal cells b) Banana d ) Rice

a) Mitochondria and chloroplasts 90. A 10% loss in weight of vegetables may

b) Cell wall and chloroplast result to
c) Mitochondria and cell wall
d) Nucleus and chloroplasts a) 50% commercial loss
b) 75 % commercial loss
82. The leading agricultural export crops in c) 25 % commercial loss
the Philippines is d) 100 % commercial loss

a) Banana c ) Abaca 91. The flow of latex in mango is fastest in

b) Sugarcane d ) Coconut
a) 9: 00 AM c ) 12: 00 NN
83. After a green manure crop has been cut b) 5: 00 AM d ) 3: 00 PM
and incorporated into the soil through
plowing, planting can proceed after : 92. The two gases found in smoke which
cause flowering of mangoes
a) 5-6 weeks c ) 2-3 weeks
b) 3-7 days d ) 2 months a) Ethylene and acetylene
b) Carbon dioxide and oxygen
84. Coffee and Siniguelas are examples of c) Oxygen and hydrogen
plants which are considered as d) Bioethylene and oxygen

a) Berry c ) Hesperidium 93. Modified atmosphere storage results to

b) Drupe d ) Pepo lower

85. Which of the following is an apomictic a) CO2 c )N2

fruit b) O2 d ) H2

a) Eggplant c ) Mangosteen 94. Leafy vegetables are very brittle and rot
b) Banana d ) Coconut faster when harvested

86. The postharvest losses are highest in a) Very early morning

b) Mid morning
a) Vegetables c ) Grain crops c) Noon time
b) Fruits d ) Plantation crops d) Early afternoon

87. The organic acids found in apples 95. The first genetically modified food crop
produced
a) Malic acid c ) Benzoic acid
b) Citric Acid d ) Ascorbic acid a) Tomato c ) Corn
b) Eggplant d ) Soybeans
88. A high rate of respiration in plants is
associated with 96. What moisture content of the seeds
inhibit insect activity or little insect
a) Long storage life activity
b) Short storage life
c) High photosynthetic rate a) 45-60% c ) 18-20 %
d) High transpiration rate b) 14-45 % d ) Below 8-9 %
 a) Encourage preservation of
97. Seedling of rice on wet bed method are tomatoes
ready for transplanting in b) Plant during rainy season
c) Use substitute to tomatoes
a) 10-15 days c ) 25-30 days d) Avoid using tomatoes
b) 15-20 days d ) 30-35 days
104. The Department of Agriculture
98. Land preparation for one hectare using noted that only 1/3 of the palay
draft animal requires produced are used to advantage. What
measures was adopted to save observed
a) 15 man days harvested wastage?
b) 20 man days
c) 25 man days a) Palay drying and storage
d) 30 man days b) Rice milling process
c) Rice transplanting method
99. What is the probability of getting BB d) Palay exchange and marketing
offspring from BB x bb cross ?
105. Cooperatives established by
a) ½ c)1 farmers failed to thrive well because
b) 1/4 d)0
a) Cooperative activities are poorly
100. The recommend seeding rate of managed and implemented
peanut is 90 kilogram per hectare. How b) Members distrusts their
many kilogram seed is needed if the cooperative officials
germination test is only 80 percent c) Seed money for cooperatives
shared by senators and
a) 120 congressman are poorly
b) 112.5 administered
c) 125.0 d) Farmers were used to dole outs
d) 128.5
106. There are two big pineapple
101. The International Rice Research factories in the Philippines. Which is
Institute in UP Los Banos has introduced located in Cotabato?
varieties for all season. Name the most
popular one that was exported in the a) Dole
70’s b) Del Monte Fresh Produce
c) Lapanday Diversified
d) Stanphilco
 Dinorado c ) Sampaguita
 C-5 Variety d ) C-4 Variety 107. New techniques in food
production are learned through ______
102. The most important crop in the
world in terms of hectarage of
production a) Television modules
b) Radio comments
 Rice c ) Potato c) Editorials and cartoons
 Maize d ) Wheat d) Barangay Forum

103. Tomatoes come in abundance at 108. The macapuno mutant coconut

certain times of the year. How can the was discovered by
supply be assured?
a) Queena N. Lee-Chua
b) Lilian Patena
 c) Emerita de Guzman c. Colombia
d) Gregory Tangonan d. Nigeria

109. Agriculture centers have found 115. The CIAT ( Centro Internationale
lately varieties of coconut propagation. Agricule Tropicale ) is located in
How did their varieties get discovered
and distributed? a. Philippines
b. Mexico
a) Putting up nurseries c. Colombia
b) Laboratory tissue culture d. Nigeria
c) Fielding scholars
d) Seed selection process 116. The IITA (International Institute
of Tropical Agriculture ) is located in
110. The best direction for treating
bamboo shoots is a) Philippines
b) Mexico
a) Dry and brush with chemicals c) Colombia
b) Dry by mulching d) Nigeria
c) Expose to windy heights
d) Expose all to direct sunlight 117. The International Potato Center
(CIP) is located in
111. Created the Magna Carta of Small
Farmers a. Peru
b. India
c. Kenya
a) RA 7670 c ) RA 7760 d. Ethiopia
b) RA 6077 d ) RA 7607
118. The ICRISAT ( International
112. The government approach to Crops Research Institute for the Semi-
avoid low prices for products during Arid Tropics ) is located in
harvest is through____
a. Peru
a) Putting up bonded warehouse b. India
b) Organizing cooperatives among c. Kenya
farmers d. Ethiopia
c) Giving business capital to farmers
d) Exchange of products 119. The ILRAD ( International
Laboratory for Research on Animal
113. Very lately, Philippines mangoes Diseases ) is located in
were exported to Australia, but a new
country has produced more quality a. Peru
mangoes and mango products. This is b. India
in_________ c. Kenya
d. Ethiopia
a) Korea c ) Vietnam
b) Thailand d ) Indonesia

114. The CIMMYT ( International 120. The IBPGR( International Board

Center for the Improvement of Maize for Plant Genetic Resources ) is located
and Wheat) is located in in

a. Philippines a. Ethiopia c. Liberia

b. Mexico b. Italy d. Lebanon
 a. To dwarfen the plant
121. The ICARDA ( International b. To maintain desired canopy shade
Center for Agricultural Research in Dry c. To increase the volume of canopy
Areas is located in d. To rejuvenate an old tree

a. Ethiopia c. Liberia 128. Crops that are considered

b. Italy d. Lebanon durables include

122. The process of digging large a. Grain crops

seedling with a ball of soil intact and b. Fruits
with minimum root disturbance is called c. Vegetables
d. Recalcitrant seeds
a. Balling c. Blocking
b. Hardening d. Sub-soiling 129. A method of harvesting in which
only matured or ripe fruits or pods are
123. The practice of gradually harvested is called
exposing the seedlings to sunlight before
field planting in order to minimize a. Stripping
transplanting shock is b. Tapping
c. Tuxying
a) Balling c. Blocking d. Priming
b) Hardening d. Sub-soiling
130. The process of extracting latex
124. A well prepared upland soil from a tree or fruit is called
should have
a. Tuxying
a. Granular and friable structure b. Tapping
b. Zero-tillage c. Stripping
c. High OM d. Priming
d. Flat surface
131. The process of separating cotton
125. The practice of providing support lint from the cotton seeds is called
to viny plants to keep stem, leaves and
fruits away from the soil and to allow a. Ginning
better exposure to sunlight b. Degumming
c. Retting
a. Supporting d. Stripping
b. Trellising
c. Staking 132. Which of the following does not
d. Proping require threshing

126. This refers to the judicious a. Rice c. Mungbean

removal of plant parts to attain specific b. Corn d. Soybean
purpose
133. Which of the following does not
a. Thinning require shelling
b. Pruning
c. Training a. Rice c. Mungbean
d. Rejuvenating b. Corn d. Soybean

127. Which of the following is not 134. The method of extracting fiber
among the objectives of pruning from abaca is done manually by
 a. Decortication d. All of the above
b. Retting e. A and B
c. Tuxying
d. Hagutan method 141. What is the average economic life
of Jatropha?
135. Which among the following is not
a steps in the primary processing of a. 10 years c. 35 years
coffee b. 25 years d. 75 years

a. Depulping 142. Jatropha starts producing seeds

b. Drying within _____from planting but reaches
c. Dehulling its maximum productivity level after 4 to
d. Roasting 5 years.

136. Which of the following require a. 3 months c. 14 months

fermentation during primary processing b. 7 months d. 21 months

a. Cotton c. Coconut
b. Cacao d. Abaca

137. Totipotency is a state of cell 143. The Jatropha seed matures when
development in which a nonembryonic the capsules changes from green to
cell differentiate into an embryonic cell yellow about _________ after flowering.
and develops into a complete new plant
if the environment is suitable a. 2-3 months c. 9-12 months
b. 5-8 months d. 11-15 months
a. True c. Maybe
b. False d. Cannot tell 144. Jatropha can be tissue cultured

138. Vernalization is process of a. True c. Not yet tested

exposing plant/ planting materials to low b. False d. Maybe
temperature for a few days or weeks
which result in flower formation, usually 145. Three hybrid rice varieties have
after plants are returned to normal been developed, namely: PSB Rc26H
temperature (Magat), PSB Rc72H (Mestizo), and PSB
Rc76H (Panay). Identify the rice variety
a. True c. Maybe that is currently available and
b. False d. Cannot tell recommended for nationwide planting

139. Mucilage on cacao seeds can be a. Magat and Panay

removed efficiently by b. Mestizo and Panay
c. Mestizo only
a. Rubbing with sand d. All of the three varieties
b. Fermenting for a day followed by
washing 146. The Main location of the Bureau
c. All of the above of Postharvest Research and Extension
d. None of the above is located in

140. Water deficiency can lead to a. Nueva Ecija

b. Davao
a. Poor crop yield c. Laguna
b. Yield reduction d. Bicol
c. Leaching of nutrients
147. What is the first Science City in
the Philippines and 2nd in Asia

a. Los Banos Laguna

b. Diliman, Quezon City
c. Maligaya, Munoz, Nueva Ecija
d. Subic Bay

148. Where is the largest Jatropha

plantation in the Philippines located

a. General Santos
b. Camarines Sur
c. Nueva Ecija
d. Negros Occidental

149. Dams are important in

Agriculture. What is the largest dam in
the Philippines

a. Magat
b. Ambuklao
c. San Roque
d. Pulangi

150. The center of Origin of Rice is

a. China
b. India and Indo-Malayan Center
c. Central Asia
d. Near East