Introduction to Agriculture (XXXXX)
College of Technology (COLTECH)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 200
Year: 2015
Introduction to Agriculture 1
Continuous Assessment
Instructions: answer all questions on the answer sheet provided. Pick the best answer for each
question. Return the question sheets with your answer sheets.
Time allowed: 1.5 hours.
Q1: Agronomy is
a. The science of field crops.
b. Field crop production.
c. Horticultural crop production.
d. All of the above.
Q2: Non-conventional animal production is
not
a. Dealing with the production of snails.
b. Cricetoma production.
c. Concerned with rabbit production.
d. None of the above.
Q3: Which of these is not part of animal
production?
a. Animal reproductive physiology.
b. Animal breeding and genetics.
c. Non-conventional reptile production.
d. Dog husbandry.
Q4: Crop production depends on the
following factors:
a. Nature.
b. Input.
c. Disease.
d. All of the above.
Q5: Agriculture can be defined as
a. The science of producing animals.
b. The science of producing crops.
c. The science concerned with food
production.
d. None of the above.
Q6: Climate change has an impact on the
distribution of crops worldwide because
a. Crops grow when there is a sea-level
rise.
b. Extreme events increase agricultural
production.
c. Changes in temperature and
precipitation are related to climate
change.
d. All of the above.
Q7: Remnants produce gases that contribute
to global warming. One of such is
a. Ozone.
b. Oxygen.
c. CH
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.
d. All of the above.
Q8: Such gases
a. Directly increase the flow of heat.
b. Deplete the ozone layer.
c. Are burning gases and so are
increasing the sun’s heat.
d. None of the above.
Q9: Labour efficiency in agriculture is related
to
a. Dealing with using resources
efficiently.
b. Reducing the use of fossil fuels.
c. The use of machines to increase and
speed up production.
d. All of the above.
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Q10: Broilers are meat-producing birds that
are normally grown for
a. 08 weeks.
b. 20 weeks.
c. 11-22 weeks.
d. None of the above.
Q11: Layer breeders are parent stock for
producing eggs for
a. Broiler chickens
b. Broiler breeders.
c. Roosters.
d. None of the above.
Q12: The laying process takes
a. 1 day.
b. 72 hours.
c. 36 hours.
d. None of the above.
Q13: Camellia sinensis is
a. A major coffee crop in the Littoral
region.
b. A crop from the family Theaceae.
c. An oil seed crop.
d. None of the above.
Q14: Bamenda kola is
a. Cola nitida.
b. Cola acuminate.
c. Cola sinensis.
d. None of the above.
Q15: Sweet orange is
a. Citrus reticulate.
b. Citrus regularis.
c. Citrus sinesis.
d. None of the above.
Q16: Second generation agriculture is the
equivalent of
a. Resources efficient.
b. Agriculture mechanization.
c. Art of production second generation
crops.
d. All of the above.
Q17: Which of these elements is an essential
plant nutrient?
a. Chlorine.
b. Zinc.
c. Sodium.
d. Iron.
Q18: Iron-oxides are very present in
a. Volcanic soils.
b. Alluvial soil.
c. Latosols.
d. Andosols.
Q19: Which of the following banana clones is
diploid?
a. Gros Michel.
b. Robusta.
c. Cucrier.
d. Dwarf Cavendish.
Q20: Napier grass is a member of the family
a. Convolvulaceae.
b. Piperaceae.
c. Bombaceae.
d. Graminea.
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