AGRICULTURAL POWER,

MACHINERY, AND
ALLIED SUBJECTS
Prepared by:
Engr. Alexis T. Belonio
Professional Agricultural Engineer
Department of Agricultural Engineering and Environmental
Management
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
[email protected]
If the rotor of the windmill originally
at 2 meters is to be reduced to 1
meter, the power output of the
machine will be reduced by
a. Two times
b. Three times
c. Four times
d. None of the above

Answer – Four times

Wind flows on a 2-m diameter rotor at a
rate of 2 m/s. Suddenly, the wind flows
at 4 m/s, what would be the power
output of the windmill?
a. 4 times
b. 6 times
c. 8 times
d. None of the above

Answer – 8 times
Small gasoline engine basically has a
compression ratio of
a. 6:1
b. 10:1
c. 3:1
d. None of the above

Answer – 6:1
A gasoline without ethylene bromide
of having an octane rating of 87
which sometimes caused knocking
on the engine.
a. Premium
b. Leaded
c. Unleaded
d. All of the above

Answer - unleaded
It is a device used to generate high
voltage current needed for spark
plug in small engine.
a. Distributor
b. Contact point
c. Magneto
d. All of the above

Answer – Contact
point
A knocking sound produced due to
incomplete combustion of fuel inside the
combustion chamber of an engine.

a. Detonation
b. Ignition
c. Carburetion
d. None of the
above

Answer – Detonation
Part of a tractor that retards or
stops one wheel during operation to
be able to make short turn.
a. Differential brake
b. Hand brake
c. Brake pedal
d. All of the above

Answer – Differential
brake
Part of the tractor engine where
pistons slide back and fort and are
replaced or rebored when damaged.
a. Cylinder block
b. Cylinder liner
c. Cylinder head
d. All of the above

Answer – Cylinder
liner
A turbine and an air blower mounted ahead
of the intake manifold of an engine to force
more air into the cylinder thereby increasing
power output of the engine by 10-15%.

a. Auxiliary reducer
b. Turbocharger
c. Power inducer
d. All of the above

Answer – Turbo charger

A device that converts energy of
animal to useful work.
a. Head yoke
b. Breast strap
c. Harness
d. None of the above

Answer - Harness
If two animals having 0.75 hp each
are harnessed together, the pulling
output of the two animals is
a. Greater than 1.5 hp
b. Equal to 1.5 hp
c. Less than 1.5 hp
d. None of the above

Answer - Less than 1.5

hp
It is the utilization of hand tools, implements for
draft animals, and mechanically-powered machines
for agricultural land development, production,
harvesting and non-farm processing.
a. Agricultural development
b. Agricultural mechanization
c. Agricultural machinery and
equipment
d. All of the above

Answer - Agricultural
mechanization
One pferde starke (ps) is equal to
a. 0.986 hp
b. 0.735 kw
c. 75 kgf-m/sec
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the

above
What is the approximate pull of a
carabao whose weight is 1000
kilogram?
a. 100 kg
b. 150 kg
c. 200 kg
d. None of the
above

Answer - 100 kg
A rice husk stove boils 2 liters of water and
subsequently evaporated 0.5 liter. The initial
temperature of water is 27C. The amount of fuel
consumed in boiling and evaporating water is 1.5 kg.
What is the thermal efficiency of the stove?

a. 5.2 %
b. 9.2 %
c. 12.5 %
d. None of the above

Answer - 9.2 %
A hand operated tractor which is suitable for
both primary and secondary tillage used
when field has been soaked for at least half a
day to soften the soil.
a. Power tiller
b. Puddling-type floating tiller
c. Reaper
d. None of the above

Answer - Puddling-type floating

tiller
Optimum axle speed for puddling-
type floating tiller.
a. 100 rpm
b. 250 rpm
c. 340 rpm
d. None of the above

Answer – 250 rpm

It is the ratio of the drawbar power
and the wheel axle power.
a. Lugging efficiency
b. Traction efficiency
c. Mechanical
efficiency
d. None of the above

Answer - Traction
efficiency
The sum of all resistance acting on
the tractor.
a. Coefficient traction
b. Running resistance
c. Rolling resistance
d. None of the above

Answer - Running
resistance
Running resistance of a tractor
includes
a. Rolling resistance
b. Air and acceleration
resistance
c. Slope resistance
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the above

Weight transfer means
a. To move paddy from field to
the granary
b. To transfer torrens title from
the landlord to the tenant
c. To shift implements weight to
the tractor’s drive wheel in
order to improve traction
d. None of the above

Answer - To shift implements

weight to the tractor’s drive
wheel in order to improve
traction
A tractor pulls a 1.0 meter wide heavy
duty offset disk harrow at an operating
speed of 6 kph. What is the theoretical
field capacity of the machine?

a. 0.6 ha/hr
b. 0.06 ha/hr
c. 6 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Answer - 0.6 ha/hr

Automatic Draft Control in a modern
farm tractor:
a. Automatically controls the amount of air
passing through the radiator to regulate the
operating temperature of the engine
b. Positions the implement at a constant
height or depth relative to the tractor
c. Is the hydraulic implement hitch system
which automatically raises or lowers a soil
engaging implement to maintain its draft at
a pre-selected value
d. None of the above

Answer - Is the hydraulic implement hitch system

which automatically raises or lowers a soil
engaging implement to maintain its draft at
a pre-selected value
An international testing center for
tractor.
a. International Rice Research
Institute
b. International Farm
Machinery Institute
c. NEBRASKA
d. None of the above

Answer - NEBRASKA
When a machine is driven directly
from the shaft of a power source, the
power is transmitted using:
a. Gear drive
b. Sprocket and chain
drive
c. Direct drive
d. None of the above

Answer - Direct drive

Belt size designation for agricultural
V-belt is:
a. A, B, C, D, E
b. HA, HB, HC, HD, HE
c. AA-BB-CC-DD-EE
d. None of the above

Answer - HA, HB, HC, HD,

HE
It is a gripping device between
power source.
a. Clutch
b. Chain
c. Springs
d. None of the above

Answer -Clutch
Machine element that transmit
torque and power.
a. Pulley
b. Bearing
c. Shaft
d. None of the above

Answer - Shaft
It is used to fasten shaft pulleys and
hubs of gears together.
a. Bolt
b. Springs
c. Keys
d. None of the above

Answer - Keys
A universal joint is:
a. A connector which can be used on all
brands of tractor
b. Used to transmit power between two
intersecting shafts usually when the
angle between them is variable
c. A prohibited drug used universally
d. None of the above

Answer - Used to transmit power between

two intersecting shafts usually when
the angle between them is variable
A diesel engine that operates at 2500 rpm will
used to drive an irrigation pump which
should turn at 1000 rpm. The pulley diameter
for the pump is 4 inches. What is the
recommended pulley for the engine?
a. 2 in.
b. 4 in.
c. 10 in.
d. None of the above

Answer - 2 in.
 An irrigation pump shall be driven by a single
cylinder engine. The set-up has the following
data: Engine rpm=2200, pump rpm=1800,
Diameter of Engine Pulley = 25 cm, what should
the diameter of the second pulley be?

a. 35.05 cm
b. 30.55 cm
c. 53.05 cm
d. None of the above

Answer - 30.55 cm
The length of the flat-belt pulley drive with
the following data is: Diameter of first
pulley=300 mm, diameter of the second
pulley=400 mm, center distance of the
pulley shaft=10 meters.
a. 20.15 m
b. 21.09 m
c. 25.01 m
d. None of the above

Answer – 21.09 m
A corn sheller cylinder will be driven by 10 hp
diesel engine thru a V-belt drive. The engine has a
speed of 1800 rpm while the required speed of the
corn sheller is 650 rpm. The effective diameter of
the driver pulley is 12 inches. What should be the
diameter of the driven pulley?

a. 25 in.
b. 33 in.
c. 42 in.
d. None of the above

Answer - 33 in.
In the given problem in item above, what is
the required length of V-belt if the center
distance between pulleys is 60 in.
a. 169 in.
b. 192.5 in.
c. 210 in.
d. None of the above

Answer - 192.5 in.

If the belt has a capacity rating of 4.5 hp
per belt, how many belts are
recommended for the drive?
a. 1 belt
b. 2 belts
c. 4 belts
d. None of the above

Answer - 2 belts
What is the recommended shaft
diameter for the driven machine
in item above?
a. 1/2 in.
b. 3/4 in.
c. 1 in.
d. None of the
above

Answer – 3/4 in.

A type of plow that is widely
adapted in breaking different
types of soil for turning and
covering crop residues.
a. Rotary plow
b. Moldboard plow
c. Disk plow
d. All of the above

Answer - Moldboard plow

The power required in pulling an
implement.
a. Wheel power
b. Brake power
c. Drawbar power
d. None of the
above

Answer - Drawbar
power
 A tillage equipment which displaces and
shatters soil, used to reduce soil strength
and to bury or mix plant materials and
fertilizers in the tilled layer.
a. Primary tillage equipment
b. Seeding and planting equipment
c. Secondary tillage equipment
d. None of the above

Answer - Primary tillage equipment

A tillage implement consisting of two
or four gangs of concave disks.

a. Disk plow
b. Disk harrow
c. Cultivator
d. None of the
above

Answer - Disk
harrow
A tillage implement which shatters or
loosen the soil without complete burial or
mixing of surface materials.
a. Chisel plow
b. Lister plow
c. Disk plow
d. None of the above

Answer - Chisel plow

Mechanical manipulation of soil
for any purpose.
a. Land grading
b. Tillage
c. Earth moving
d. None of the
above

Answer - Tillage
A procedure in which planting is
made directly into an essentially
unprepared seedbed.
a. Zero tillage
b. No-tillage
planting
c. Reduced tillage
d. None of the
above

Answer - Zero tillage

The pushing or rolling of soil by
a steeply inclined blade.
a. Bulldozing
b. Chiselling
c. Subsoiling
d. None of the above

Answer - Bulldozing
A secondary tillage operation which
pulverizes, smoothens, and packs the
soil during seeded preparation and
also controls weeds.
a. Harrowing
b. Listing
c. Chiselling
d. None of the
above

Answer -Harrowing
 A tillage and land forming operation using
a tool which splits the soil and turns two
furrows laterally in opposite directions,
thereby providing a ridge-and-furrow soil
configuration.
a. Listing
b. Harrowing
c. Chiselling
d. None of the above

Answer - Listing
Minimum soil manipulation necessary
for crop production or for meeting
tillage requirements under existing soil
condition.
a. No-tillage planting
b. Much tillage
c. Minimum tillage
d. None of the above

Answer - Minimum
tillage
A tool which cuts plants
materials and soil ahead of
another tool.
a. Coulter
b. Jointer
c. Injector
d. Two of the above

Answer - Two of the

above
The force to propel an implement
in the direction of travel.

a. Draft
b. Drawbar horsepower
c. Side draft
d. None of the above

Answer - Draft
The angle, in a vertical plane
perpendicular to the direction of travel,
between a centralized tool or reference
axis and the soil surface.
a. Tilt angle
b. Lift angle
c. Side angle
d. None of the above

Answer - Tilt angle

It is deep chiselling below 16 in. For
the purpose of loosening soil for root
growth and/or water movement.

a. Ridging
b. Chiselling
c. Subsoiling
d. None of the above

Answer - Subsoiling
It is the part of the moldboard plow
that receives the furrow slice from
the share and turns to break, crush,
and pulverize the soil.
a. Share
b. Shin
c. Moldboard
d. All of the above

Answer - Moldboard
The part of the moldboard plow
which is used to cut the soil.
a. Share
b. Shin
c. Moldboard
d. All of the above

Answer - Share
 It is a part of the plow bottom
which helps to counteract the side
pressure exerted by the furrow
slice.
a. Shin
b. Landside
c. Share
d. None of the above

Answer -Landside
A type of implement which is directly
attached to the tractor and its power lift is
dependent upon the tractor engine for its
general operation.
a. Semi-integral
b. Integral-mounted
c. Trailing or pull
d. None of the above

Answer - Integral-mounted
A type of implement which is supported
by two or three wheels and is hitched to
the drawbar of the tractor where it is
being pulled.
a. Integral-mounted
b. Trailing
c. Semi-integral
d. None of the above

Answer - Trailing
 A type of plow which is equipped with
plow bodies which turns the furrow slice
to one side only.
a. One-way plow
b. Two-way plow
c. Two of the above
d. None of the above

Answer - One-way
plow
A type of plow which has two sets of bodies
mounted symmetrically on a share frame
which can be rotated over 180 degrees
along the longitudinal axis.
a. Reversible plow
b. One-way plow
c. Lister plow
d. None of the above

Answer - Reversible plow

The draft of a plow is dependent
on the:
a. Size of plow
b. Plowing depth
c. Type of soil
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the

above
The factors that affect the draft
of the plow:
a. Soil condition
b. Hitch to the tractor
c. Topography
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the

above
Percentage work done in pulling
an average plow.
a. 50 %
b. 18 %
c. 30 %
d. None of the
above

Answer - 18 %
Percentage work of plow used in
cutting furrow slice.
a. 43 %
b. 58 %
c. 24 %
d. None of the above

Answer - 43 %
Percentage of work of plow used
in turning slice of soil.
a. 34 %
b. 25 %
c. 60 %
d. None of the above

Answer - 34 %
A point in which all the
horizontal and vertical forces in
the plow meets.
a. Side draft
b. Center of resistance
c. Center of gravity
d. None of the above

Answer - Center of
resistance
Drawbar horsepower is a factor
of:
a. Force exerted by
plow
b. Speed of plow
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Answer - All of the

above
What is the force required to pull a single
moldboard plow on a clay loam soil having
a width and depth of cut of 30 cm and 15
cm, respectively. Soil draft is 8 psi.
a. 314 kg
b. 253 kg
c. 157 kg
d. None of the above

Answer - 253 kg
If the plow above has an average
speed of 5 km/hr, what is the
drawbar horsepower of the plow.
a. 4.6 hp
b. 3.4 hp
c. 5.1 hp
d. None of the above

Answer - 4.6 hp
 A type of plow designed to reduce
friction by making a rolling
bottom instead of slides along the
furrow.
a. Moldboard
b. Rotary plow
c. Disk plow
d. None of the
above

Answer - Disk plow

A primary-tillage plow used for
small rice farm.
a. Moldboard
b. Rotary
c. Spiral
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the

above
A primary-tillage plow for rice
farming that is attached in
replacement to the cage wheel of a
power tiller.
a. Rotary
b. Spiral
c. Disk
d. All of the above

Answer - Spiral
An angle of the disk plow in
reference to the vertical plane.
a. Tilt angle
b. Disk angle
c. All of the above
d. None of the
above

Answer - Tilt angle

An angle of the plow in reference to
the direction of travel of the plow.
a. Tilt angle
b. Disk angle
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Answer - Disk angle

A plow that combines the primary and
secondary tillage at the same time. It
is used to cut and to pulverize the soil.
a. Disk plow
b. Rotary plow
c. Chisel plow
d. All of the above

Answer - Rotary plow

The power requirement of a rotary
tiller for primary tillage.
a. 50 kW/m
b. 30 kW/m
c. 70 kW/m
d. All of the
above

Answer -
A plow primarily for loosening
the soil.
a. Lister plow
b. Disk plow
c. Chisel plow
d. All of the above

Answer - Chisel
plow
A plow that is used to break up
plow sole.
a. Chisel plow
b. Lister plow
c. Subsoiler
d. None of the
above

Answer - Subsoiler
A secondary-tillage implement which
stirs the soil using multiple number of
disk blade arranged on a gang.
a. Spike tooth harrow
b. Disk harrow
c. Two of the above
d. None of the above

Answer - Disk harrow

A gang arrangement on a disk harrow
consisting of two gangs of disk placed end to
end which throws the soil in opposite
direction.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
d. None of the above

Answer - Single-action
A gang arrangement often called as
“tandem harrow”.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
d. None of the above

Answer - Double-
action
A gang arrangement in which the
harrow is not centrally located with
respect to the tractor position.
a. Double-action
b. Single-action
c. Offset
d. None of the above

Answer - Offset
Factors that influence the depth
of penetration of disk harrow.
a. Angle disk
b. Angle of hitch
c. Size of disk
d. All of the above

Answer - All of the

above
A trailing harrow that is hitched
too high to the drawbar will . . .
a. Have too deep penetration
b. Have right penetration
c. Have too shallow
penetration
d. None of the above

Answer - None of the above

The actual coverage rate by an
implement based on the total field time.

a. Field efficiency
b. Effective field capacity
c. Theoretical field
capacity
d. None of the above

Answer - Effective field

capacity
A moldboard plow has:
a. Lower draft than disk plow
b. Higher draft than disk plow
c. Equal draft than disk plow
d. All of the above

Answer - Higher draft than disk

plow
By increasing the disk angle, the
penetration of a disk plow,
a. Will be improved
b. Will be the same
c. Will become poor
d. None of the above

Answer - Will be
improved
The disk angle that will give the
minimum draft for a disk plow for a
given width of cut is:
a. 30-35 deg.
b. 40-45 deg.
c. 45-50 deg.
d. None of the above

Answer -40-45 deg.

Seeding directly into previously
undisturbed soil.
a. Much tillage
b. No-till
c. Minimum tillage
d. None of the
above

Answer - No-till
A tillage operation traditionally performed
in preparing a seedbed for a given crop
grown in a given geographical area.

a. Conventional tillage
b. Conservation tillage
c. Strip tillage
d. None of the above

Answer - Conventional
tillage
A primary tillage operation which
manipulates the soil to a greater
depth than 300 mm.
a. Reservoir tillage
b. Deep tillage
c. Ridge tillage
d. None of the above

Answer - Deep tillage

An implement with integral power unit
designed to provide both mobility and power
for performing agricultural operation.

a. Mounted implement
b. Self-propelled machine
c. Trailed-mounted implement
d. None of the above

Answer - Self-propelled machine

A rotary tiller has 2 m operating
width. If the tractor runs at a speed of
2 km/hr, the theoretical field capacity
of the machine is:
a. 4.0 ha/hr
b. 0.4 ha/hr

c. 0.04 ha/hr

d. None of the above

Answer - 0.4 ha/hr

The field capacity of the rotary tiller was
measured at 0.23 ha/hr. If the operating width
and speed of the machines are 1.5 m and 2 kph,
respectively, the field efficiency of the tiller is:

a. 64 %
b. 77 %
c. 85 %
d. None of the above

Answer - 77 %
 The effective field capacity of the
rotary tiller tilling theoretically at 0.4
ha/hr for an efficiency of 85% is:
a. 0.34 ha/hr
b. 0.24 ha/hr
c. 0.43 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Answer – 0.34 ha/hr

The effective field capacity of 2 moldboard
plows having 25 cm width each plowing at
a speed of 7km/hr for a field efficiency of
80% is:
a. 0.20 ha/hr
b. 0.28 ha/hr
c. 0.32 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Answer - 0.28 ha/hr

A single-bottom moldboard plows on a clay
loam soil (8 psi draft) having an effective
width of cut of 0.3 m and a depth of cut of
15 cm. What is the force exerted by a
plow?
a. 230 kg
b. 253 kg
c. 310 kg
d. None of the above

Answer - 253 kg
What is the drawbar horsepower of
the plow in item above if the plowing
speed is 5 kph?
a. 4.6 hp
b. 3.4 hp
c. 7.4 hp
d. None of the
above

Answer - 4.6 hp
A 3-bottom plow is plowing at a speed of 8
kph. The effective width per plow bottom is
25 cm. If the plowing efficiency is 80%, what
is the theoretical field capacity?
a. 0.4 ha/hr
b. 0.6 ha/hr
c. 0.7 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Answer - 0.6 ha/hr

The effective field capacity of the
plow in item above is:
a. 0.48 ha/hr
b. 0.53 ha/hr
c. 0.72 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Answer - 0.48 ha/hr

What is the required drawbar pull for
a 5-meter tractor drawn spike tooth
harrow with a specific draft of 89
kg/m?
a. 345 kg
b. 445 kg
c. 500 kg
d. None of the above

Answer - 445 kg
What is the drawbar-horsepower of
the implement in item above if it is
running at a speed of 6 kph?

a. 8 hp
b. 10 hp
c. 2 hp
d. None of the above

Answer - 10 hp