AFA 1

Pre Test

Plow 1. In the 4th millennium B.C., the invention that marked the beginning of agricultural civilization
was a device drawn by oxen. Name this device. ________

B 2. What fuel can be produced by fermenting sugar cane, sawdust, corn, or wood chips?

A. peat B. alcohol C. uranium D. kerosene E. hydrogen

C 3. Whose work paved the way for improving crops through genetics?

A. Louis Leakey

B. Edwin Hubble

C. Gregor Mendel

D. Francis Beaufort

E. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Beets 4. Sugar can be commercially extracted from two different plants. One is sugar cane. The other is
the sugar - __________________.

E 5.The African farmer produces most of what his family needs. This kind of farming is called ...

A. communal B. marginal C. corporate D. cooperative E. subsistence

C 6.If they were all planted at the same time, which garden product would be first to ripen?

A. corn B. chilies C. radishes D. pumpkins E. tomatoes

Fertilizing 7. What is the modern name for the practice suggested in this passage from the first century
A.D.?

The earth neither grows old nor wears out if it be dunged.

Grain 8. What is the collective name for the fruit of such cereal grasses as sorghum, millet, rye, barley,
oats, wheat, and rice? ______________

C 9. Which is not a forage crop?

A. corn B. clover C. potato D. alfalfa E. bluegrass

C 10. Plants grown for consumption are referred to as _____________, while plants used indoors for
decorative purposes are ______________.

a. crops; houseplants b. produce; greenery

c. vegetation; potted plants d. agriculture; botany

A 11. A mixture of sand and clay that also contains humus is called ...
 A. loam B. caliche C. parent matter

D. residual soil E. transported soil

Contour plowing 12. What is the name for the soil conservation technique by which farmers plow
sideways across hillsides instead of up and down the slopes? ____________________

NPK 13. What three letters are the chemical symbols of the primary nutritional elements in a complete
fertilizer? (nitrogen,phosphorus,potassium)

Boll weevil 14. The insect that devastated cotton crops in the South in the late 1890s was the ...

A. caddis fly B. boll weevil C. sphinx moth

D. Japanese beetle E. Mediterranean fruit fly

A 15. The growth of crop plants in a liquid medium is called ...

A. hydroponics B. hydrostatics C. hydroscopics

D. hydrophobics E. hydrotherapeutics

Insecticide 16. A chemical used to kill troublesome insects or other pests is a pesticide. A chemical
used to destroy weeds is an - _________________

A 17. All of these are examples of good soil conservation measures except ...

A. contour plowing

B. cultivation of soil

C. cover crops

D. crop rotation

E. adding compost

B 18. Which agricultural crop was domesticated in southwestern Asia by 7000 B.C.?

A. maize B. wheat C. grapes D. turnips E. cantaloupe

D 19. Discovered in the ruins of a prehistoric village near Jericho, what is thought to be the earliest
cultivated fruit crop?

A. strawberries B. banana C. oranges D. figs

B 20. The term “perennial” implies that a plant can live and produce on its own for more than two
growing seasons. Which of these is NOT a perennial plant?

A. Radicchio B. beans C. Artichoke D. Rhubarb

B 21. Occurring between 1950 and 1960, the 3rd Agricultural Revolution lead to immense
technological growth. What’s another name for this historic period?

A. The Great Crop Revolution

 B. The Green Revolution

C. The Farmlife Revolution

D. The Gold Revolution

C 22. Which of these agricultural terms is related to the practice and science f growing fruit?

B 23. Tillage is defined as the agricultural preparation of soil for growing crops. Which of these is NOT
one of the three types of soil tillage?

A. Conventional B. IndustrialC. No-Till D. Conservation

C 24. Which of these is required to compose a complete fertilizer?

A. Iron B. calcium C. minerals D. Potassium

___ 25. Who is the Father of Agronomy? Pietro de’crescenzi