1) Which of the following is equivalent to 12% compounded bi-monthly?

a. 12.62% per year

b. 12.36% per year
c. 12.49% per year
d. 12.55% per year
2) A cement kiln with production capacity of 150 tons per day (24 hours) of clinker has at its burning zone about 45
tons of magnesite chrome bricks being replaced periodically, depending on some operational factors and the lie of
the bricks. If locally produced bricks costs P20,000 per ton and have a life of 4 months, while certain imported
bricks costing P30,000 per ton and have a life of 6 months, determine the more economical bricks and by how
much?
a. Both bricks costs Php 225,000 per month.
b. Imported bricks are more economical by P56,250 per month
c. Imported bricks are more economical by P50,000 per month
d. Local bricks are more economical by P56,250 per month

3) A manufacturing plant is producing spare part for an agricultural machinery. Every year the plant has fixed cost of
Php3.5M. Each piece has a variable cost of Php3900 which includes direct labor and material cost. If part is sold
at Php8500 per piece, determine the Break-even point.
a. 761 units
b. 671 units
c. 176 units
d. 352 units
4) An agricultural equipment was purchased at PhP1.4M has a resale value of PhP750,000 whenever it is sold. The
use of the equipment would generate annual profit of Php145,000. If money cost 8% per year, determine the
payback period. 
a. 12.29 years
b. 8.45 years
c. 4.48 years
d. 15.25 years
5) Economic goals deal with the amount off choices people have in where they work and live, the type of career they
have, what they do with their income and what they buy or sell. It is restricted in some cases to protect the rights
of others.
a. Economic Freedom
b. Economic Equity
c. Economic Stability
d. Economic Justice
6) It refers to the process of transformation of economic resources into actual goods and services.
a. Production
b. Employment
c. Income
d. Consumption
7) Which of the following is done to avoid recession?
a. Increasing money supply
b. Increasing interest rate
c. Decreasing money supply
d. Decreasing demand for commodities
8) It measures the value of a currency in terms of the quantity and quality of goods or services that one unit of
money will purchase.
a. buying power
b. deflation
c. inflation
d. time value of money
9) The point where the transaction occurs between the buyer & the seller.
a. point of consumption
b. point of production
c. point of marketing
d. point of view
10) Type of utility when goods are transferred or are placed under the control of the persons who desire to use them.
a. Possession
b. Place
c. Time
d. Form
11) An inter-organizational system made up of a set of interdependent activities aimed at expanding agricultural
production.
a. Agricultural Marketing Machinery
b. Agricultural Management System
c. Agricultural Production System
d. Agricultural Production Machinery
12) Market structure characterized as having hundreds of buyers & sellers with products that are differentiated.
a. Monopolistic Competition
b. Pure competition
c. Pure Monopoly
d. Oligopoly
13) Delegation of manpower is under what function of management?
a. Directing
b. Controlling
c. Planning
d. Organizing
14) If the marginal value of product (MVP) is greater than the marginal input cost (MIC), the decision should be to
a. increase input level
b. decrease input level
c. increase output level
d. do nothing, profit maximization point is already attained
15) Family labor is classified as
a. implicit cost
b. explicit cost
c. fixed costs
d. variable cost
16) An annual, noncash expense to recognize the amount by which an asset loses value due to use, age, and
obsolescence.
a. Depreciation
b. Equity
c. Asset
d. Liability
17) Find the capitalized cost of a present cost of Php300,000, annual costs of Php35,000, and periodic costs every 5
years of Php75,000. Use an interest rate of 12% per year.
a. Php 690,047.75
b. Php 1,216,666.67
c. Php 444,292.25
d. Php 402,581.08
18) An asset has an unadjusted basis of Php200,000, a salvage value of Php10,000, and a recovery period of 7 years.
Determine the annual depreciation charge at the end of year 6 using straight-line method.
a. Php 27,142.86
b. Php 37,142.86
c. Php 162,857.14
d. Php 28,571.43
19) The ability of the business to pay its long-term obligations.
a. Solvency
b. Adequacy
c. Net Capital Ratio
d. Debt Structure Ratio
20) Type of price fluctuation due to unexpected & unpredictable price shift caused by unanticipated forces.
a. Irregular
b. Seasonal
c. Trend
d. Cyclical
21) It is concerned with issues such as the government's ability to control inflation, the effectiveness of government
policies and the size of the government deficit or surplus.
a. Macroeconomics
b. Microeconomics
c. Fiscal Policy
d. Monetary Policy
22) In the circular flow diagram, these will be reflected as payments from the households and firms to the
government.
a. taxes
 b. government spending
c. investment
d. savings
23) Which is not a non-bank financial institution?
a. Microfinance Institution
b. Philippine Stock Exchange
c. Social Security System
d. Government Service Insurance System
24) A visual model of the economy that shows how dollars flow through markets among households and firms.
a. Circular-flow diagram
b. Cash-flow diagram
c. Resource-use choice model
d. Market-flow model
25) It is the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer.
a. Comparative advantage
b. Opportunity Cost
c. Cost externality
d. Trade-off
26) If the demand for a good falls when income falls, the good is called a
a. normal good
b. common good
c. substitute good
d. complimentary good
27) Agricultural equipment used to keep the product safe from deterioration or spoilage for prolong period of storage.
a. Storage Equipment
b. Drying Equipment
c. Milling Equipment
d. Crop Maintenance Equipment
28) Republic Act 10601 took effect on
a. June 28, 2013
b. June 14, 2013
c. June 5, 2013
d. June 27, 2013
29) Which of the following is not a function of BAFE?
a. Coordinate, plan, and execute agriculture and fishery mechanization and postharvest RDE programs and
DA projects
b. Coordinate, oversee, and monitor the national planning and implementation of agri-fishery (AF)
engineering, etc.
c. Implement accreditation and registration of manufacturers
d. Promulgate and implement accreditation guidelines for testing centers
30) Practice of growing two or more crops simultaneously and intermingled with no row arrangement
a. Mixed Cropping
b. Multiple cropping
c. Inter-cropping
d. Interplanting
31) Which of the following is a ferrous metal?
a. Alloy steel
b. Aluminum
c. Brass
d. Bronze
32) Long sheet of metal that is less than 12in. wide.
a. strip
b. sheet
c. bar
d. plate
33) A device that produces intermittent motion or a specific motion to a member called follower.
a. Cam
b. Crank
c. Shaft
d. Sprocket
34) This are machine elements used to provide a removable shoulder to accurately locate, retain, or lock components
on shaft or in bores and housing.
a. Retaining Rings
 b. Pins
c. Keys
d. Couplings
35) It is the joining technique of metal using oxyacetylene welding equipment by melting a non-ferrous filler rod at a
temperature above 427°C but below the melting point of metal being joined.
a. Brazing
b. Soldering
c. Oxyacetylene Welding
d. Tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding
36) Manufacturer capable to operate and produce agricultural machine by batch and do mass production of small
machines if ever needed.
a. Medium-Size Manufacturer
b. Small Manufacturer
c. Large-Size Manufacturer
d. Manufacturer-Dealer
37) A phase of general design development where actual field testing and evaluation of the machine to the target user
is done for further checking.
a. Conduct Pilot Test
b. Conduct Functional and Performance Testing of the Machine
c. Conceptual Design Preparation
d. Build Final Model for Commercialization
38) Classification of agricultural machine design that begins with an existing design, but the final result may quietly
differ from the initial product.
a. Development Design
b. Adaptive Design
c. Original Design
d. Machine Design
39) Gasoline produced by the distillation of crude oil.
a. Straight-run gasoline
b. Natural gas gasoline
c. Cracked Gasoline
d. Blended Gasoline
40) Index to resist detonation during combustion.
a. octane number
b. cetane number
c. volatility
d. gravity
41) The lowest temperature at which the fuel ceases to flow
a. pour point
b. fire point
c. flash point
d. viscosity index
42) Which statement describes detergents as fuel additives?
a. Certain compounds that prevent the building up of carbons and gummy or carbonaceous deposits on the
piston and under the rings or on other engine parts.
b. Organic compounds that increase the resistance of an oil to oxidation and thereby reduce the formation of
certain acidic products that may cause corrosion of certain types of bearing
c. Certain chemicals that improve their pour point characteristics, even though the lubricant has not been
fully dewaxed in the refining process.
d. Certain chemicals that cause any finely divided insoluble particles of carbon to remain in suspension in
the oil rather than to separate out in the form of sludge deposits.
43) Engines that produce power in two revolution of the crankshaft.
a. Four-stroke engines
b. Two-stroke engines
c. Six-stroke engines
d. Eight-stroke engines
44) It is the energy storage device of the engine to keep it at uniform speed when the crankshaft is not receiving
power to the piston.
a. Flywheel
b. Clutch
c. Battery
d. Crankshaft
45) Which is not part of an engine performance curve?
 a. efficiency
b. fuel consumption
c. torque
d. operating speed
46) Motor with low starting load
a. Split-Phase Motor
b. Capacitor-Start Induction Motor
c. Repulsion Start Induction Motor
d. Squirrel Cage Induction Motor
47) The implement is mounted at the rear of the tractor 3- point hitch system where it is lifted or set for operation by
the hydraulic system of the tractor.
a. Integral mounted
b. Trailing
c. Semi-mounted
d. Self-propelled
48) A rotary tiller has a 6.56ft operating width. If the tractor runs at 1.24mph speed, what is the theoretical field
capacity of the machine if field efficiency is 80%??
a. 0.4ha/hr
b. 0.32ha/hr
c. 0.81ha/hr
d. 0.65ha/hr
49) Determine the drawbar horsepower required to pull a single-moldboard plow on a clay loam soil having 30cm
width-of-cut and 15cm depth-of-cut travelling at a speed of 5kph? Soil draft is 8psi.
a. 4.6hp
b. 1.8hp
c. 3.4hp
d. 2.5hp
50) A 30-disk double-offset disk harrow is travelling at 10kph speed. If the disk diameter is 50 cm spaced at 35 cm,
what is the cutting width of the harrow?
a. 10m
b. 9m
c. 8m
d. 7m
51) What size of a heavy-duty offset-disk harrow should be selected if the tractor to be used to till a 200-ha filled for
within 30 days will be operated at 6kph speed? Assume a 75% field efficiency and an 8-hour working day.
a. 1.85m
b. 2.00m
c. 2.15m
d. 2.50m
52) Three 5x8in-bottom moldboard plows will be used to plow a 500-ha field. The average cutting depth is 15cm and
the average speed is 12kph. If the field efficiency is 85%, how many days will t take to finish the entire field?
Assume a 6-hour/day operation.
a. 26.80
b. 21.78
c. 6.8
d. 30.12
53) Planting methods described by placing of group of seeds at about equal interval in rows.
a. hill dropping
b. seed drilling
c. precision planting
d. seed tape planting
54) Machine that meters the materials onto a revolving flange wheel that has the highest work capacity but is hardest
to calibrate because of uneven distribution from the flange wheel, unequal seed weight and shape, and difficulty
to work with the wind to obtain uniform distribution of seeds, and uneven soil surface.
a. Broadcaster
b. Drills
c. field distributors
d. Drum Seeder
55) A power tiller draws a 2x30cm seeder at an average speed of 5kph with a field efficiency of 85%. The seeder has
an 8-pocket metering device and is driven by a 40cm ground wheel. What is the recommended sprocket ratio for
the drive if desired hill spacing is 25cm?
a. 1.59
b. 1.44
 c. 2.90
d. 2.43
56) A power tiller draws a 2x30cm seeder at an average speed of 5kph with a field efficiency of 85%. The seeder has
an 8-pocket metering device and is driven by a 40cm ground wheel designed to drop seeds at 25cm hill spacing.
What is the effective field capacity of the implement?
a. 0.255ha/hr
b. 0.128ha/hr
c. 0.340ha/hr
d. 0.213ha/hr
57) A power tiller draws a 2x30cm seeder at an average speed of 5kph with a field efficiency of 85%. The seeder has
an 8-pocket metering device in each row and is driven by a 40cm ground wheel designed to drop seeds at 25cm
hill spacing. If the average seeds a pocket can hold is 0.4g, determine the seeding rate.
a. 59.26kg
b. 29.63kg
c. 592.6kg
d. 296.3kg
58) Type of sprayer nozzle in which pressurized liquid passes through the nozzle orifice which is relatively large and
strikes the angle face.
a. Impact-Type nozzle
b. Fan-Type nozzle
c. Cone-Type nozzle
d. Aerosol-Type nozzle
59) Method of chemical application wherein the application of chemical to a small restricted area usually to control
the spread of pest.
a. Spot Treatment
b. Foliar Application
c. Banded Application
d. Directed Application
60) A sprayer pump having 5cm diameter and 20cm stroke displaces 350mL of water in every stroke. What is the
volumetric efficiency of a sprayer pump?
a. 89.13%
b. 22.28%
c. 91.67%
d. 22.92%
61) Machine that cuts the panicle and bind them together for ease of hauling into threshing place.
a. Reaper-binder
b. Reaper
c. Stripper
d. Combine
62) This refers to grains lost over the straw rack in the form of unthreshed heads.
a. Cylinder Loss
b. Shatter Loss
c. Cutter Bar Loss
d. Separating Loss
63) Corn picker that snaps the ears from the stalk and does not remove the husks.
a. Snapper
b. Snapper-Picker
c. Snapper-Sheller
d. Combine
64) Which statement is not true about using forage harvester?
a. Provides ensilage at greater cost.
b. Provides more tons of feed per silo.
c. Permits filling the silo when the crop is at the right stage.
d. Make ensilage with greater feeding value.
65) A 1.2m rice reaper was utilized to harvest a field at an average speed of 4kph. The actual width utilized during
harvesting is 1.0m. Time losses were 15min/ha for dike crossing and repair, another 15min/ha for removing
obstructions and clogging while 10% of the total operating time was lost due to turning and other idle time.
Determine the theoretical field capacity.
a. 0.48ha/hr
b. 0.4ha/hr
c. 0.23ha/hr
d. 0.67ha/hr
66) A 1.2m rice reaper was utilized to harvest a field at an average speed of 4kph. The actual width utilized during
harvesting is 1.0m. Time losses were 15min/ha for dike crossing and repair, another 15min/ha for removing
obstructions and clogging while 10% of the total operating time was lost due to turning and other idle time.
Determine the total operating time to harvest a one-hectare field.
a. 4.26hr
b. 3.59hr
c. 3.64hr
d. 3.27hr
67) Threshing machine whereby harvested products are threshed while the cut plants are wholly fed into the machine
through an opening perpendicular to the cylinder and directed to an outlet which is also perpendicular to it.
a. Through Flow Thresher
b. Axial Flow Thresher
c. Hold-on Thresher
d. Throw-in Thresher
68) Pump that uses gears, vanes, lobe, or screw to trap and convey fluid from inlet to the outlet.
a. Rotary
b. Centrifugal
c. Reciprocating
d. None of the choices
69) Centrifugal pump that develops a vacuum sufficiently enough for atmospheric pressure to force the liquid to flow
through the suction pipe into the pump casing without priming the pump.
a. Self-priming
b. Non-self-priming
c. Volute pump
d. Diffuser pump
70) A pump is used to lift 500gpm of water at an elevation of 150m. What is the required horsepower to drive the
pump, considering a 70% pump efficiency and 20% friction losses and static head?
a. 32.4hp
b. 64.8hp
c. 53.8hp
d. 40.7hp
71) Name by which an article is called, or the name given by a manufacturer to an article to distinguish it as one
produced by the company.
a. Tradename
b. Trademark
c. Model
d. Series Number
72) Which of the following statement is true about agricultural machine safety?
a. Always keep shields and guards over power shafts, chains and gears.
b. Keep doors of building close when running gasoline equipment inside.
c. Make sure to have extra riders in moving tractors and vehicles.
d. Put on or take off belts from power running pulleys.
73) The safety emblem is triangular in shape. The central portion is fluorescent orange while the ____ border is
reflective dark red.
a. 4-in
b. 3-in
c. 2-in
d. 5-in
74) If Diesel engine fails to develop full power, it could be due to:
a. Overheated engine
b. Carburetor too much or too lean
c. Incorrect spark timing
d. Fuel with low octane number
75)  Suppose a 4-cylinder engine has a bore of 3.5 in. and a stroke of 4.0 in, what is the piston displacement of the
engine?
a. 2522cc
b. 135.9cc
c. 153.9cc
d. 2227cc
76) When the engine overheats, immediately 
a. allow the engine to cool down before adding water or coolant
b. Add water/coolant into the radiator tank
c. Spray/splash water on the engine.
 d. Remove the radiator tank for servicing
77) If two shafts are perpendicular with each other, what type of drive system would you recommend?
a. Flat belt
b. V-belt
c. Sprocket and chain
d. Any of the choices
78) Determine the power transmitted by a shaft that delivers 100lbs at 800 rpm if the crank radius is 10cm.
a. 5hp
b. 4hp
c. 3hp
d. 2hp
79) A biomass shredder is powered by 10-hp engine. Determine the shaft diameter of the biomass shredder if the shaft
runs at a speed of 1800 rpm? Consider a design stress for the shaft of 42.37MPa
a. ¾"
b. ½"
c. 1"
d. 1 ½"
80) If a bearing has a designated specification of P206, what size of shaft is suitable for the bearing.
a. 1 in.
b. 1 ¼ in.
c. 1 ½ in.
d. 2 in.
81) If 6200 single-row deep-groove ball bearing will be used to drive the pulley of a machine, what would be the
rating fatigue life of the bearing? The pulley has a diameter of 20.32cm and transmit 7.46kW power at 1800 rpm.
a. 37.22 x 106 rev
b. 40.57 x 106 rev
c. 42.65 x 106 rev
d. 35.72 x 106 rev
82) Type of key applicable for an assembly in which the hub is fastened to the shaft or an assembly in which the key
is driven between the shaft and the hub.
a. Parallel key
b. Woodruff key
c. Taper key
d. Any of the choices
83) An engine is to be used to drive a hammer mill to run at 3,000rpm speed. How would you couple the hammer mill
to the engine?
a. By directly connecting the engine to the mill and increase the throttle rpm of the engine.
b. By connecting the engine to the mill using belt and pulley drive to reduce its speed while running the mill
at 3000 rpm.
c. By running the mill at the engine optimum speed.
d. Incomplete information
84) A rice thresher is to be driven by a 10hp gasoline engine using a V-belt drive. The engine speed is 1800 rpm while
the thresher cylinder speed is 650 rpm. The diameter of the engine pulley is 4 inches. What will be the
recommended diameter for the thresher’s pulley?
a. 11in
b. 10in
c. 9in
d. 8in
85) If roller chain number 60 is to be replaced with no. 40, the strength of the chain will
a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain except the size
d. incomplete information
86) A chain and sprocket drive is designed to drive a horizontal mixer at a speed of 100 rpm. The power source from
a smaller sprocket has a speed of 400 rpm. The large sprocket has a teeth of 45T. What is the length of chain of
the drive if the center distance between shaft is 4ft? Use Roller chain No.40.
a. 209
b. 200
c. 118
d. 181
87) Bevel-type gear with speed ratio of 1 used only to change the direction of power transmission
a. Screw gear
b. Spiral bevel gear
c. Miter gear
d. Worm gear
88) A single-bottom moldboard plow is to be designed to be drawn by a 16hp power tiller at 6 kph. If the soil is a clay
loam type with specific draft of 8 psi, what is the force required to pull the plow? Assume a 50% drawbar load of
the rated engine hp of the power tiller.
 a. 365.76 kg
b. 536.67 kg
c. 653.67 kg
d. 753.63 kg
89) During the test of agricultural machines, shaft speed is measured using ____.
a. speedometer
b. velocity meter
c. tachometer
d. dynamometer
90) In testing agricultural machines, as prescribed in the PAES standard of test, it should be operated by ____
a. farmers
b. manufacturer(s) representative
c. accredited testing organization
d. test engineers
91) It is a type of material failure where the stresses in the material exceeds the material’s ultimate strength causing it
to fracture into two or more parts but has undergone plastic deformation.
 a. Brittle fracture
b. Ductile fracture
c. Yielding
d. Buckling
92) All are fundamental canons stated in the code of ethics of engineers except:
a. Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.
b. Perform services only in areas of their competence.
c. Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.
d. Acknowledge their errors and shall not distort or alter the facts.
e. Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.
93) A sugarcane 4-row sugarcane planter is used to plant sugarcane at 7.5kph. The recommended row
spacing is 120cm and the hill spacing is 60 cm. If the planting efficiency is 80%, how many
planters are needed to plant a 150-ha field in 10 days if the planting efficiency is 80%?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
94) What is the power rating of Type B V-belt?
a. 0.186 to 1.347 kW
b. 11.186 to 74.570 kW
c. 0.764 to 18.642 kW
d. 37.285 to 186.425
95) In operating a corn picker, this should be done
a. Keep the power-takeoff shaft open
b. Do not clean, grease, or adjust the machine while the power is connected
c. Do not wear snug-fitting clothing
d. Use a stick to push stalks through the rolls.
96) What is the Specific fuel consumption of an engine that uses has brake thermal efficiency of
21.20%. The fuel contains 20,000 BTU/lb.
a. 0.5 lb/hp-hr
b. 0.55 lb/hp-hr
c. 0.6 lb/hp-hr
d. 0.65 lb/hp/hr
97) A four-stroke-cycle diesel engine, with three cylinders, has 89-mm cylinder bore. Its compression
ratio is 16:1 and it is running at 2000 rpm speed. If the piston displacement in each cylinder id
808.75 cc, what is the length of the each stroke?
a. 115 mm
b. 120 mm
c. 125 mm
d. 130 mm
98) Stoichiometric air requirement of rice husks.
a. 4.7 kg air per kg fuel
b. 5.7 kg air per kg fuel
c. 6.2 kg air per kg fuel
d. 7.3 kg air per kg fuel
99) A four-stroke, six-cylinder biomass gas producer engine has 8-inches cylinder bore and 12-inches
stroke. If the engine is running at 500 rpm speed with an indicated horsepower of 30.5 hp. The
mean effective pressure is
a. 60 psi
b. 70 psi
c. 80 psi
 d. 90 psi
100) This will be a business enterprise under the AFMech Law aimed to provide farmers after-
sales service and warranty, provide custom farm mechanization services, and services on repair
and trouble shooting, as well as training on maintenance and proper use of agricultural machinery
and equipment.
a. Farmer ’s Machines Service Centers
b. Agri-fisheries Machinery and Equipment Service Centers
c. Farm Machines Service Center
d. All of the choices