Irrigation and Allied Subjects Exam 2

PHILIPPINE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING PREBOARD EXAM
PREPARED BY: ENGR. ROLAND J. MACANA
XAVIER UNIVERSITY-ATENEO DE CAGAYAN

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SUBJECT 2 : SOIL & WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT &
CONSERVATION,
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES &
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
MATHEMATICS, AGRI STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS
RESEARCH
1. Pump for sprinkler and trickle irrigation.
a. Axial Pump
c. Submersible Pump
b. Centrifugal Pump
d. Mixed Flow Pump
2. An Agricultural Engineer bought 24 boxes of screws for
P2,200.00. There were three types of
screws, A, B and C. Screw A costs P300 per box, Screw B
costs P150 per box and Screw C costs P50
per box. How many boxes of each screw did he buy?
a. 2,5, 17
b. 3,6,9
c. 3,6,12
d. 2,6,9
3. A man bought 20 chickens for P20.00. The cocks cost
P3.00 each, the hens P1.50 each and the chicks
at P0.50 each. How many cocks, hens and chicks did he
buy?
a. 5,10,5
b. 2,5,13
c. 11, 3, 5
d. 3, 4, 14
4. A list of instructions befining the sequential activities
or operations to be performed by a
computer to solve a problem.
a. Program
b. Programmming
c. Processor
d. Memory
5. Giving instructions to a computer before it begins to
work.
a. Program
b. Programmming
c. Processor
d. Memory
6. A type of Memory in which any location can be
assessed directly without having to follow a
sequence of storage locations.
a. RAM (Random Access Memory)
b. ROM (Read Only Memory)
c. Program Memory
d. Programming Memory
7. A type of memory chip that can be read but cannot be
written on or altered.
a. RAM (Random Access Memory)
b. ROM (Read Only Memory)
c. Program Memory
d. Programming Memory
8. A die is rolled, find the probability than an odd number
is obtained.
a. 0.17
b. 0.2
c.0.3
d. 0.5
9. Two coins are tossed, find the probability that two
heads are obtained.
a. 0.5
c. 0.75
b. 0.25
d. 0.65
10. A card is drawn at random from a deck of cards. Find
the probabilty of getting the Jack of Spade.
a. 1/52
b. 13/52
c. 4/52
d. 26/52
11. Instrument used for the measurement of global solar
radiation.
a. Pyranometer
b. Pyrgeometer
c. Net Radiomater
d. Pyrheliometer
12. For the measurement of solar radiation and
reflection.
a. Pyrheliometer
b. Pyrgeometer
c. Albedometer
d. Odometer
13. For the measurement of infra red radiation
a. Pyranometer
b. Pyrgeometer
c. Net Radiomater
d. Pyrheliometer
14. For the measurement of radiation balance.
a. Pyranometer
b. Pyrgeometer
c. Net Radiomater
d. Pyrheliometer
15.For the measurement of direct solar radiation.
a. Pyranometer
b. Pyrgeometer
c. Net Radiomater
d. Pyrheliometer
16. Operations Research as a discipline involves a
mathematical programming that involves the
following except.
a. Feasibilty
b. Optimality
c. Logicality
d. none
17. A floating cylinder 8 cm in diameter and weighing 950
grams is placed in a cylindrical container
that is 20 cm in diameter and partially full of water. The
increase in the depth of water when the
float is placed in it is
a. 1 cm
b. 2 cm
c. 3 cm
d. 4 cm
18. A sharp-edge orifice will be required to produce a
discharge of 35 liters/sec of water under
a head of 3m. The required diameter is nearest to, when
C=0.595.
a. 50 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 150 mm
d. 200 mm
19. If the specific volume of a fluid is 0.72 cubic meter
per kg, what is its specific weight?
a. 12.414 Newton/cubic meter
c. 14.21 Newton/cubic meter
b. 13.61 Newton/cubic meter
d. 9.123 Newton/cubic meter
20. With a normal barometric pressure at sea level, the
atmospheric pressure at an elevation
of 4000 ft is nearest to:
a. 26 in Hg
b. 27 in Hg
c. 28 in Hg
d. 29 in Hg
21. What class of concrete mix should be used in open
channel construction?
a. Class A
b. Class AA
c. Class B
d. Class C
22. What is the standard spacing between vertical bars in
open channel construction?
a. 25 cm
b. 20 cm
c. 15 cm
d. 30 cm
23. What is the standard concrete wall thickness of
lateral trapezoidal open channel in open
channel design?
a. 20 cm
b. 10 cm
c. 15 cm
d. 25 cm
24. The appropriate gage number of galvanized iron (GI)
tie wire for open channel construction.
a. 16
b. 14
c. 12
d. 10
25. When using class A, B or C concrete mix, how many
cubic meters of sand should be mixed
to produce one cubic meter concrete?
a. 0.25
b. 0.5
c. 0.75
d. 1.0
26. A 2-meter thick trapezoidal section of a concrete dam
has resisting moment about the dam
toe of 350,000 tonne-meters. The water exerts 4,050
tonnes horizontally at 30 meters above
the dam toe. What is the factor of safety against
overturning?
a. 1.8
b. 2.88
c. 3.88
d. 4.88
27. A horizontal stream of water with cross-sectional
area of 0.1 square ft and a velocity of 40 ft/sec
has a kinetic energy in lbf/sec nearest to
a. 6200
b. 6300
c. 6400
d. 6500
28. The total energy of a compressible or incompressible
fluid flowing across any section in a
pipeline is a function of
a. Pressure and velocity
b. Pressure, density and velocity
c. Pressure, density, velocity and its height above the
datum
d. flow energy, kinetic energy, height above the datum
and internal energy
29. A 1X1X1 m tank is 50 % filled with oil (sp. Gr= 0.82)
and the remaining is water. When it is
translated vertically upward at 5.10 m/ square second,
the pressure at the bottom is
a. 11.57 kpa
b. 12.57 kpa
c. 13.57 kpa
d. 14.57 kpa
30. Which one is the flattest canal side slope
a. 2:1
b. 6:1
c. 1:2
d. 1:6
31. What is the total top width of the most efficient
concrete open channel if design depth is
5 meters? Design discharge is 100 m3/s and velocity is 2
m/s. Use 15% freeboard.
a. 13.8 m
b. 10.8 m
c. 12. 8 m
d. 14.8 m
32. If the most efficient of all trapezoidal cross-sections
can be used, what design depth of
open channel would you recommend to carry 100
cumecs with a velocity of 5 mps?
a. 1.4 m
b. 2.4 m
c. 3.4 m
d. 5.4 m
33. Determine the side slope angle of an unlined canal
with slope ratio z of 2:1 (run: rise)?
a. 63.4º
b. 46.6º
c. 16.6º
d. 26.6º
34. It is the ratio of the volume of voids to the total
volume of soil.
a. Soil Space
c. Void
b. Porosity
d. Pore Space
35. How much water should be applied to a 6 ha farm
where the rooting depth is 800 mm if it
is in its permanent wilting point. Volumetric moisture
contents are 0.15 and 0.32 for permanent
wilting point and field capacity, respectively.
a. 8160 cubic meter
b. 8610 cubic meter
c. 8016 cubic meter
d. 8061 cubic meter
36. What is the depth of water in a trapezoidal channel
with a sideslope of 2 m and carrying
a 2.5 cubic meter per second water flow. The channel's
bottom width is 1.5 meters and the flowing
water has a velocity of 2.624 ft/s
a. 3.50 ft
b. 3.05 ft
c. 5.03 ft
d. 5.30 ft
37. A trapezoidal canal with side slope of 2H and 1V has a
base width of 4 m, what is the hydraulic
radius when the depth of flow is 1.5 m?
a. 0.2 m
b. 0.46 m
c. 0.98 m
d. 1.67 m
38. What is the theoretical velocity of the flow through
an orifice located 3.2 m below the water
surface?
a. 5. 92 m/s
b. 6.92 m/s
c. 7.92 m/s
d. 8.92 m/s
39. A drainage canal in the shape of a trapezoid has a
bottom of the width of 2.5 m and the side
slope of 1 horizontal to 1.732 vertical. Compute the
discharge when the depth of flow is 3 m. Use the
Manning's formula with n=0.015 s=0.0004.
a. 17.36 cubic meter/ sec
c. 17.63 cubic meter/ sec
b. 16.73 cubic meter/ sec
d. 16.37 cubic meter/ sec
40. A trapezoidal flume with a side slope of 1:1 carries
225 cubic ft per second, the canal is laid on
the slope of 0.0002 with n= 0.015. Determine the normal
depth of the canal in feet.
a. 5.22
b. 6.22
c. 7.22
d. 8.22
41. Four kiloNewtons of water per second pass through a
250 mm pipe. Determine the flow rate in
liter per second
a. 468
b. 438
c. 408
d. 418
42. Common freeboard in practice for small canals
a. minimum of 20 cm
c. minimum of 40 cm
b. minimum of 30 cm
d. minimum of 50 cm
43. Total of time to peak and recession time.
a. peak time
c. recession time
b. base time
d. base flow time
44. It is graphical representation of the instantaneous
runoff rate against time.
a. basic hydrograph
c. unit hydrograph
b. triangular hydrograph
d. hydrograph
45. Air is lifted through horizontal convergence of the
inflow into a low pressure area.
a. orographic
c. frontal
b. convective
d. non-frontal
46. This involves the averaging arithmetically all the
rainfall depths measured by the rain gages
within the area.
a. Isohyetal
c. Arithmetic mean
b. Thiessen Polygon
d. Arithmetic range
47. Made of stones carefully and properly piled-up and
arranged on steep embankments to protect
from gully erosion or landslide.
a. riprap
c. gabions
b. stonewall
d. weir
48. Flow rate is greater than 1.
a. critical flow
c. subcritical flow
b. supercritical flow
d. Varied flow
49. a closed conduit usually circular, square or
rectangular in cross section, used for conveying
water across and under an elevated roadway,
embankments or dike.
a. spillway
b. flume
c. culvert
d. waterway
50. It is an imaginary line of constant elevation on the
surface of the ground.
a. slope line
c. contour height
b. contour line
d. contour elevation
51. A hydraulic jump is a classic example of this type of
flow.
a. unsteady flow
c. gradually varied flow
b. critical flow
d. rapidly varied flow
52. The total rainfall for the month of October was 400 as
measured by a standard raingauge.
Determine the average daily rainfall for the month.
a. 12.9 mm
c. 14.9 mm
b. 13.9 mm
d. 15.9 mm
53. Type of sediment load along the stream characterized
as sediments that are sometimes
stationary and sometimes carried by the water along the
stream.
a. Bed load
c. Suspended load
b. Temporary load
d. Saltating load
54. Runoff is produced when this property of the soil
surface is exceeded.
a. permeability
c. erodibility
b. percolation rate
d. infiltration rate
55. A well driller charges P100 for the first 50 feet and 10
less for every 50 feet there after. How
much would a 350 ft deep well cost?
a. P140.00
b. P150.00
c. P160.00
d. P130.00
56. An electrical machine that converts mechanical
energy to electrical energy.
a. Engine
b. turbine
c. generator
d. hydropower
57. Structure that facilitates the entry of water to the
penstock. This serves as temporary reservoir
during the start of the operation.
a. Tailrace
b. Headrace
c. Forebay
d. Weir
58. Using a bucket method, the following flow rate data
were obtained from a waterfall with a gross
head of 60.98 meter.
volume of container use to measure
50 liters
TIME TO FILL
Trial
Time
1
2 sec
2
2 sec
3
1.5 sec
4
1.5 sec
5
1.5 sec
6
2 sec
7
2.5 sec
8
2.5 sec
9
2 sec
10
2.5 sec
What is the theoretical power that can be generated
from the fall?
a. 14.9 KW
b. 15.9 KW
c. 16.9 KW
d. 17.9 KW
59. Using weir method in assessing the flow rate of a
stream, the following data were obtained:
weir shaped is triangular, depth of flow above the notch
is 30 cm. What is the power potential
of that water resource if there is an available drop of
196.8 feet.
a. 40.0 KW
b. 50.0 KW
c. 60.0 KW
d. 70.0 KW
60. What is the water flow rate used in a micro-
hydropower plant that generated 22.26 KW of power.
Gross head is 164 feet. Assume typical efficiency.
a. 20 gal/sec
b. 30 gal/ sec
c. 40 gal/sec
d. 50 gal/sec
61. Determine the irrigation interval for a farm with soil
root zone having a field capacity of 300 mm
and a wilting point of 185 mm. Assume the consumptive
use for August is 6 mm/day with no
rainful and the allowable moisture depletion is 75%
a. 14 days
b. 15 days
c. 16 days
d. 17 days
62. Find the horsepower, if it desired to have a discharge
of 15 lps and a head of 10 m.
a. 1.47 KW
b.2.47 KW
c. 3.47 KW
d. 4.47 KW
63. Find the discharge, if it desired to have a power of
0.52 KW and a head of 6 m.
a. 142. 86 GPM
c. 342. 86 GPM
b. 242. 86 GPM
d. 442. 86 GPM
64. The scientific name of Coconut is
a. Coco nucifera
d. Cocos nucifera
b. Coco Nucifera
d. Cocos Nucifera
65. The slight checking of the growth of plants before
transplanting to improve their ability to
resume growth quickly in the new location is referred to
as:
a. priming
c. mulching
b. pruning
d. hardening
66. A failure to secrete milk following parturition.
a. Allergen
c. albinism
b . Anorexia
d. agalactia
67. Period of heat and greatest receptivity to male,
rapture ovarian follicles in most farm animals.
a. diestrus
c. estrus
b. metestrus
d. proestrus
68. It is the mating of individuals from different breed.
a. pure breeding
c. In- breeding
b. cross breeding
d. Line breeding
69. Scientific name of Goat
a. Capra hircus
c. Carpa hircus
b. Carpa hercos
d. Capra hircos
70. The term applied for the meat of a young sheep.
a. pork
c. lamb
b. mutton
d. beef
71. A hydraulic motor that converts the energy of water
to mecahnical energy.
a. generator
c. engine
b. dumper
d. turbine
72-74. In a 5 ha area, it was determined that the soil
volumetric field capacity and permanent
wilting point are 25% and 15% respectively. Crop
consumptive use is 5 mm/day, application
efficiency is 80% and irrigation application rate is 32
cubic meter/hour. The allowable soil moisture
depletion is 60%, apparent specific gravity is 1.2 and the
depth of rootzone is 0.8 meter.
72. Compute the irrigation period in hours.
a. 94
b. 49
c. 96
d. 69
73. The irrigation interval in days
a. 11
b. 13
c. 9
d. 7
74. Determine the gross depth of irrigation water to be
applied.
a. 40 mm
b. 50 mm
c. 60 mm
d. 70 mm
75. Determine the net depth of irrigation water to be
applied.
a. 12 mm
b. 24 mm
c. 36 mm
d. 48 mm
76. Find the head, if it desired to have a discharge of 9 lps
and a power of 0.52 KW.
a. 6 meter
b. 8 meter
c. 9 meter
d. 4 meter
77. Determine the canal capacity when the cross
sectional area of water is 23 square meter and the
and the velocity is 5 m/s.
a. 115
b. 151
c. 511
d. 11.5
78. Common freeboard in practice for big canals
a. maximum of 1 meter
b. minimum of 1 meter
c. 1 meter
d. greater than 1 meter
79. Cropping system s where strips of some grass or
legume crop are laid out between contour strips
of crops in the regular rotations; they may be even or
irregular in width; they may be placed on
critical slope areas of the field
a. contour strip
c. random strip
b. buffer strip
d. field strip
80. The specific volume of water which will not drain by
gravity.
a. specific gravity
c. specific yield
b. specific retention
d. specific volume
81. weight of balut
a. 65-70 gram
c. 55-60 gram
b. 75-80 gram
d. 45-50 gram
82. The moisture content at which wilting is complete
a. maximum wilting
c. critical wilting
b. ultimate wilting
d. threshold wilting
83. Organic Agriculture Act of 2010
a. RA 6938
b.RA 6541
c. RA 9003
d. RA 10068
84-88. Given a certain vegetable plantation on a sandy
loam soil:
ASSUMPTIONS:
Root zone depth of vegetable
80 mm
Average evapotranspiration of vegetable
5.6 mm/day
Field Capacity of Sandy Loam Soil
15%
Permanent Wilting Point of Sandy Soil
5%
Readily Available Moisture
65%
Apparent Specific Gravity
1.5
84. Determine the total available moisture.
a. 8%
b. 10%
c. 12%
d. 14%
85. Determine the range
a. 4.5%
b. 6.5%
c. 8.%
d. 10.5%
86. Permanent wilting point of a soil or the moisture
content.
a. 6.5%
b. 7.5 %
c. 8.5 %
d. 9.5%
87. Determine the Readily Available Moisture in depth.
a. 5.8 mm
b. 6.8 mm
c. 7.8 mm
d. 8.8 mm
88. Determine the number of days to which the plant will
be stressed.
a. 0.39 day
b. 1.39 days
c. 1.59 days
d. 1.6 days
89. A sample of soil taken from a borrow pit has a wet
mass of 1.56 kg completely dried, the soil dry
mass is 11.78 kg. Determine the water content of the
soil.
a. 20.6%
b. 21.6 %
c. 22.6 %
d. 23.6%
90. An undisturbed sample of clay is found to have a wet
weight of 63 lb, a dry weight of 51 lb and a
total volume of 0.5 cubic ft. If the specific gravity of the
soil solids is 2.65, determine the moisture
content of the soil, void ratio and the degree of
saturation.
90. Moisture content
a. 20.5%
b. 23.5%
c. 25.5%
d. 27.5%
91. Void ratio
a. 0.92
b. 0.72
c. 0.62
d. 0.52
92. Degree of saturation
a. 100%
b. 95%
c. 90%
d. 85%
93. A farmer requires 1.5 cubic meter per second for its
water supply. Determine the diameter of the
pipe if the velocity of the flow is 2.5 m/s.
a. 0.87
b. 1.87
c. 2.87
d. 3.87
94. Determine the head on a suppressed rectangular
weir if Q= 4 cubic meter / sec L=3 meter
and Cw= 0.62
a. 1.67
b. 2.67
c. 3.67
d. 4.67
95. A trapezoidal canal has a discharge of 14.6 cubic
meter per second and its side are inclined
60 degrees with horizontal. It can carry water up to a
depth of 3 meter S=0.0008 and n=0.03.
Find the bottom width in meter when flowing full. Use
the Manning's equation.
a. 1.5
b. 2.5
c. 3.5
d. 4.5
96. The hydraulic radius in meters of a trapezoidal canal
is 0.847 when the water flows 1.25 meter
deep and the side slopes are 2H to 1V. Determine the
bottom width.
a. 2 m
b. 3 m
c. 4 m
d. 5 m
97-99. A lift pump was used to collect water at 60 strokes
per minute and 50 liters was collected.
The lift pump has a bore of 10 cm and stroke of 15 cm.
Given : B = 10 cm pumping rate = 60 strokes/min
L = 15 cm water collected = 50 liters/min
97. What is the pump displacement?
a. 1278 cc/stroke
c. 1478 cc/stroke
b. 1378 cc/stroke
d. 1178 cc/stroke
98. Theoretical discharge
a. 71.68 liter/minute
c. 70.68 liter/minute
b. 72.68 liter/minute
d. 73.68 liter/minute
99. Volumetric Efficiency
a. 70.74%
c. 73.74%
b. 71.74%
d. 72.74%
100. Most commonly used type for domestic and
irrigation purposes.
a. centrifugal pump
c. lift pump
b. propeller pump
d. axial pump