Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer Licensure Examination

Recalled Questions 2017

AREA 2
Soil and Water Resources Development and Conservation, Irrigation, Drainage and Allied Subjects
August 24, 2017
8 am – 1 pm

1. If it is desired to have a maximum flow of water at any depth, the best canal cross-section to be used is the:

a. triangular
b. trapezoidal
c. circular
d. rectangular

2. Laminar flow has a Reynold’s Number of:

a. equal to 1
b. less than 1
c. equal to 1.5
d. equal to 2

3. Which of the following has the highest approximate residence time.

a. glacier
b. oceans
c. groundwater (shallow)
d. groundwater (deep)

4. Type of precipitation which results from mechanical lifting of the air mass over mountain barriers.

a. orographic precipitation
b. cyclonic precipitation
c. convective precipitation
d. frontal precipitation

5. Type of erosion in which a thin film of soil layer detached and transported by water flowing on the land surface.

a. splash erosion
b. sheet erosion
c. gully erosion
d. stream bank erosion
6. Critical Flow is:

a. fr = <1
b. fr = >1
c. fr = 1
d. fr = 0

7. The soil property which describes the ability of the soil to transmit water.

a. hydraulic conductivity
b. matric potential
c. percolation rate
d. infiltration rate

8. When the water level in the pipe drops below the upper edge of the pipe or culvert and its conduit controls, the
flow becomes:

a. weir flow
b. orifice flow
c. open channel flow
d. pipe flow
9. It the vertical distance from the centerline of the pump to the discharge water level.

a. total dynamic head

b. static discharge head
c. free suction head
d. dynamic head

10. A system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic animals supplies nutrients
for plants grown hydroponically, which in turn purify the water.

a. mariculture
b. hydrophonics
c. aquaponics
d. pen culture

11. It is also called the vadose zone.

a. water table
b. saturated zone
c. unsaturated zone
d. aquifer

12. An artesian well is an example of:

a. unconfined aquifer
b. confined aquifer
c. aquiclude
d. aquitard

13. What color in PAG-ASA’s color coded rainfall advisory system which indicates that a possibility of storm surge
of 0.5 m up to 1 m high might likely to occur?

a. yellow
b. red
c. blue
d. orange

14. What color in PAG-ASA’s color coded rainfall advisory system which indicates that a torrential rainfall more
than 30 mm within one hour might likely to occur?

a. green
b. red
c. yellow
e. orange

15. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word INFINITY?

a. 40320
b. 3360
c. 6720
d. 1680

16. What is the probability can be computed in an ordinary deck of cards selecting a card of heart?

a. ¼
b. 1/52
c. 1/26
d. 1/13

17. The infiltration equation based on the exhaustion process is the.

a. laplace
b. horton
c. darcy
d. philip
18. The most common irrigation method used for low land farming.

a. basin
b. border
c. strip border
d. leeves and dikes

19. What is the maximum suction head of a tubewell?

a. 30 ft
b. 50 ft
c. 40 ft
d. 60 ft

20. It is the science of the movement of groundwater.

a. hydropedology
b. hydrogeology
c. hydrometeorology
d. hydrology

21. A type of sprinkler irrigation known for its high initial cost but low labor cost.

a. self propelled center pivot

b. boom type sprinkler
c. lateral move sprinkler
d. overhead sprinkler

22. An instrument that measures the intensity of sunshine radiation received at ye earth surface.

a. pyrheliometer.
b. pytometer
c. piezometer
d. pyrometer

23. Convert ___ to octal number

24. What is the sum of __ and __ in octal number.

25. In surveying, what do you measure when using a coordinate method?

a. area
b. slope
c. elevation
d. distance

26. Sag Tension Computation (Di ko knows to. Haha)

27. Definition of Skewness and Variance.

28. A submain is laid in a depression and the laterals join the submain from each side alternately. The land along the
submain is double drained, but since it is in a depression, it is probably requires more drainage.

a. herringbone
b. gridiron
c. natural
d. double main

29. A type of cropping system where in different crops are planted in an area one after the other each season.

a. strip cropping
b. cropping pattern
c. mixed cropping
d. relay cropping
30. A division in the biogas digester that prevents slurry from premature exit into sludge/outlet tank.

a. digester
b. freeboard
c. baffle board
d. filling line

31. Computation using sprinkler irrigation (Nasa PAES Irrigation ang formula)

32. The ratio of water beneficially used on the project, farm of field to the amount of water delivered to the farm
expressed in percent.

a. water use efficiency.

b. conveyance efficiency
c. application efficiency
d. water storage efficiency.

33. The locus of the elevation to which water will rise in a piezometric tube.

a. hydraulic conductivity
b. hydraulic gradient
c. infiltration rate
d. seepage

34. It is accomplished by running water through small channels or furrows while it moves down or across the slope
of the field

a. furrow irrigation
b. border irrigation
c. border strip irrigation
d. sub surface irrigation

35. Allowable percentage depletion of most crops.

a. 50%
b. 20%
c. 25%
d. 30%

36. May lumabas na tanong sa surveying about sa errors. Nakalimutan ko na kung alin dito ang tinutukoy.

A. Discrepancy error – about sa difference

B. Systematic error- something sa instrument
C. Analytic error- computation
D. Human error – personal matters

37. Determine the side slope angle of an unlined canal with slope ratio z of 2:1 (run: rise)?

a. 16.6 deg
b. 26.6 deg
c. 45 deg
d. nota

38. A trapezoidal channel discharges water Q =___; at a velocity of ____m/s. The channel's bottom width (b) is =
____m, side slope ratio (z) =___, and hydraulic radius (R) of ____. What is its depth? (almost 10 items yung ganito,
either missing si b, d or z)
(I suggest ireview niyo yung reviewer ni Sir Tambong. Hehe)

39. A sharp edged cylinder 7.5 cm in diameter is carefully driven into the soil so that negligible compaction occurs.
A 12-cm column of soil is obtained. The fresh and dry masses of the soil sample are 910.6 and 736.3 grams
respectively. Assume that the particle density of the soil is 2.60 g/cm3. Determine the moisture content by dry
weight.

40. Computation of moisture content using these formulas:

mc = FC – % AM used x (FC-PWP) or mc = PWP + % AM retained x (FC-PWP)
41. Computations of Water Horsepower and Brake Horsepower

42. May lumabas sa statistics about sa confidence level something like that. Read nyo UP Reviewer. Meron din
standard deviation, calculator technique lang, chat nyo lang ako kung gusto nyo paturo. Haha

43. Plant stem blast is commonly caused by:

a. virus
b. nutrient imbalance
c. bacteria
d. fungi

44. A 6 mm/hr rainfall was observed over a 100 ha watershed. The watershed has a c value equal to 0.60. What is the
runoff over the watershed?

45. Which of the following has the highest bearing capacity?

a. rock
b. clay
c. sandy loam
d. loam

46. Meat from goat

a. mutton
b. chevon
c. lapan
d. veal
47. The discharge of the pump is 300 L/s at 4 meters head of water. If the efficiency of the pump and primemover is
60% and 75%, respectively, what should be the size of the primemover to maintain the said discharge? (Madaming
ganito iba lang values)

48. Type of terrace that is used for 9-24% slope.

a. zing or conservation
b. bench
c. broad based
d. nota

49. Type of flow which is the same at every section of the prismatic channel.

a. uniform flow
b. steady flow
c. gradually varied flow
d. rapidly varied flow

50. Read types of surveying, sa natatandaan ko lumabas yung Topographic surveying at Plane surveying na sagot.

51. Definition of profiling and surveying.

52. May lumabas na Land surveying, basta something about sa property na ipapasurvey eklabu. Haha

53. Evapotranspiration in an 8 ha farm is 7 mm/day and percolation losses is 2 mm/day. What is the design discharge
of a canal to be able to deliver a 5-day requirement of the farm in 24 hours if irrigation efficiency is 75%?

54. Compute for the brake horsepower of a pump needed to pump-out a fluid (ρ = 1.3 g/cc) at a rate of 300 gpm with
a total head of 6 meters. Assume pump efficiency of 60%.

55. Given a shallow tubewell with maximum discharge of 15 lps and a total dynamic head of 7 meters. Determine
the power rating of the primemover for the pump if pump and primemover efficiencies are 60% and 55%,
respectively.
56. It is a geologic formation which transmits water at a rate insufficient to be economically developed for pumping.

a. aquiclude
b. aquifer
c. aquifuge
d. aquitard

57. A rectangular piece of land 180m x 240m is laid out with one-sided sprinkler irrigation system. Laterals are set
parallel to the longer side of the field. Sprinkler spacing is 6m x 6m, irrigation water requirement is 150 mm and
irrigation period is 6 hours. Laterals are set on only one side of the mainline. The sprinkler discharge is?

59. Definitions ng Effluent Streams, Influent Streams and Perennial Streams.