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1. James Reid, who is currently the Ambassador of 7. In Davao, this pesticide which is chemically
Agriculture in the Philippines wishes to apply known as Dibromochloropropane (DCBP) was
Cypermethrin 5 EC in his one-hectare farm at used in 1970 extensively on banana plantations.
the rate of 0.0125 kg i./ha, how many liters of the However, at the end of 1980, high cases of
chemical formulation are required to treat the sterility and other health concerns were recorded
given area? in the are the said pesticide was used to kill what
a. 0.25 L certain plant pathogenic agent?
b. 0.50 L a. Phytoplasma
c. 0.75 L b. Viruses
d. 1.0 L c. Fungi
d. Nematodes
Solution :
8. Which of the following statement is false?
rate of application a. Mosaic symptoms refers to
Amount of Pesticide = % a.i.
0.0125kg a.i./ha variegated pattern of green and
= = 0.25 L yellow shades with sharply defined
0.05
borders.
2. It refers to one of the cultural managements that b. Hyperplasia refers to
can effectively control the growth of weeds overdevelopment in any of the plant
because it prevents oxygen to enter the soil and organ from an increase in the size of
also cause accumulation of carbon dioxide and the cells while hypertrophy refers to
other gaseous products of anaerobic respiration the increase in cell production.
thereby killing the embryo of weed seeds. c. Yellowing of normally green tissues
a. Mulching caused by inadequate light is called
b. Burning etiolation while yellowing caused by
c. Flooding other factors like mineral deficiency
d. None of the above is called chlorosis.
d. None of the above
3. Which of the following disease is caused by
viroid? 9. Mang Kulas expands his business by planting
a. Potato spindle tuber corn. Mang Kulas decided to apply Furadan 3G
b. Bunchy top of abaca at the rate of 0.5 kg i./h How many kg of the
c. Rice grassy stunt product is needed for 2 hectares of corn to
d. Rice tungro control corn borer infestation in the field of Mang
*viruses Kulas?
a. 16.66 kg
4. Charcoal rot of soybean is caused by what b. 30.33 kg
pathogen? c. 33.33 kg
a. Bacteria d. 66.64 kg
b. Nematode
0.5 kg a.i./ha
c. Spiroplasma Solution: = = 16.67kg/ha (2ha)
0.03
d. Fungi
= 33.33kg
5. Which of the following statement is true?
10. Which of the following does not belong to the
a. Rice tungro is caused by the
group?
combination of two viruses, RTBV
a. Atherigona oryzae - Corn seedling
and RTV.
maggot
b. The term pathogenesis refers to the
b. Sesamia inferens - Pink stem borer
capacity of the pathogen to cause a
c. Chilo suppresalis - Striped stem borer
disease.
d. Scirpophaga incertulas - Yellow stem
c. Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) is
borer
localized in the vascular bundle.
d. Nephotettix virscens can transmit
11. It was reported that Cecid fly which is locally
RTSV alone.
known as “kurikong” affects mango growers in
Bulacan and other neighboring provinces in
6. Scotinophara coarctata* belongs to what order?
Central Luzon due to its high infestation. The
a. Hemiptera
Cecid fly is ________ insect that lays its eggs on
b. Coleoptera
the fruit surface and young mango leaves, where
c. Orthoptera
its larvae bore into the fruit and feed on it.
d. Dermaptera
a. Fly-like
b. Ant-like
* Malayan black bug
c. Termite-like
d. Mosquito-like
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12. It was reported that the golden apple snail (GAS) What principle of plant disease control exhibited
was introduced in the Philippines between 1982 by the said situation?
and 1984 to supplement sources of food protein a. Eradication
of low-income Filipino farmers. However, in b. Resistance
1986, it began to heavily damage rice farms in c. Exclusion
northwestern Luzon. Its rapid multiplication and d. Protection
wide distribution threaten rice production and
food security in the country. This highly invasive 18. Given the application rate of 200 g sevin 50 WP
pest that cause damage to rice crops was per 100-liter water, what is the recommended
originally from what continent? rate of application in tablespoon per 16-liters of
a. Africa water? (1tbsp = 10grams)
b. South America a. 2.0 tbsp
c. Asia b. 3.2 tbsp
d. North America c. 6.25 tbsp
d. 12.5 tbsp
13. Which of the following is not a holoparasite?
a. Balanophoraceae Solution:
b. Orobanchaceae 200g = 20 tbsp
c. Lauraceae
d. Hydnoraceae 𝑋 20 𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝
16𝐿
= 100𝐿

14. On June 5, 2015, the Department of Agriculture- 20𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝

𝑥= (16𝐿)
Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) has issued a 1100𝐿
Special Quarantine Order Declaring Cassava
𝑥 = 3.2𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝
Witches Broom as a dangerous disease of
cassava, providing for its control and placing 19. Fall army worm (FAW) is a lepidopteran pest that
under quarantine the province of ______ where feeds in large numbers on the leaves, stems and
the disease exist. In line with this, the bureau reproductive parts of more than 350 plant
created a technical working group focusing on species, causing major damage to economically
the control and management of the disease. important cultivated grasses such as maize, rice,
a. Bukidnon sorghum, sugarcane and wheat but also affects
b. Davao other vegetable crops and cotton. In the
c. Cebu Philippines, the first incidence of suspected FAW
d. South Cotabato was reported on June 20, 2019 at _______.
Morphological examination of the lone sample
15. The National Crop Protection Center stands as a matched with the distinctive characters of FAW.
primary institution for Research and a. St Ana, Cagayan
Development and Extension as part of the b. Cauayan, Isabela
University of the Philippines Los Baños’ serious c. Lal-Lo, Cagayan
efforts in promoting the country’s food security d. Piat, Cagayan
and agricultural sustainability through an
effective pest management program. NCPC was 20. Which of the following does not exhibits
established on May 19, 1976 by virtue of what holometabolous metamorphosis?
Presidential Decree? a. Coleoptera
a. P. No. 935 b. Neuroptera
b. P. No. 936 c. Diptera
c. P. No. 937 d. Dermaptera - Paurometabolous
d. None of the above
21. The house or tree sparrow is also considered a
16. Which of the following is not a broad leaf? storage pest in warehouses and a major pest of
a. Mutha rice. It is scientifically known as
b. Morning Glory a. Padda oryzivora
c. Burat-aso b. Passer montanus
d. Purselane c. Aves oryzivora
d. Lonchuria atricapilla jagori
17. Analyze the sentence carefully. “Due to its
destructiveness, South American leaf blight 22. Different fungal species have various
(SALB) (caused by Microcyclus ulei) is a feared mechanisms for variation. One of this is ___in
disease in the major rubber producing region of which a mycelium contains different nuclei.
Indonesia, and contingency plans have been a. Cytoplasmic variation
proposed to chemically defoliate rubber trees by b. Heterokaryosis
aerial application of herbicides if the pathogen is c. Induced mutation
detecte It is hoped that this would prevent d. Parasexual process
establishment of the pathogen in the region.”
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23. Which of the following is incorrect? 29. Which of the following statement does not
a. Radopholus sp. – burrowing exhibits eradication principle?
nematode a. Elimination of the pathogen after it is
b. Paratylenchus sp. – pin nematode introduced into an area but before it
c. Belonolaimus sp. – lance nematode has become well established or
(Hoplolaimus galeatus) widely spread
d. Pratylenchus sp. – lesion nematode b. Removing infested soil, fumigating
soil in infested fields and eventually
24. It is part of the spray system that develops the abandoning infested potato fields for
pressure which forces the liquid materials out of housing developments and other
the tank. uses.
a. Pressure gauge c. Removal of apple or pear branches
b. Pressure regulator infected by the fire blight bacterium
c. Nozzle (Erwinia amylovora) or pruning to
d. Pump remove blister rust cankers (caused
by Cronartium ribicola) on white pine
25. EIL* tells the maximum number of pests the crop branches.
could tolerate but it does not tell when to do d. The use of disease-resistant plants
something about the problem eliminates the need for additional
a. False efforts to reduce disease losses
b. Probably False unless other diseases are
c. True additionally present.
d. Probably True
*Economic Injury Level 30. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) are soft
bodied, non-segmented roundworms that are
26. Which of the following is mismatched? obligate or sometimes facultative parasites of
a. Sitophilus oryzae – Rice weevil insects. Nowadays, EPN has been used
b. Citrus aphids – Diaphorina citri extensively as control to various insect pests.
(Toxoptera citricida) What particular life stages of fall army worm
c. Aphis craccivora – black bean aphid (FAW) that farmers should look into when
d. None of the above applying EPN?
a. Larvae
27. The desire to control weeds intensively started b. Pupa
when the herbicidal potential of 2, 4-D was c. Adult
discovered in 1944 in the U.S. of Americ “D” in 2, d. Imago
4-D stands for?
a. Diazinon 31. Post-emergence application is the only herbicide
b. Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid application strategy that is not strongly
c. Dichlorophenyl isothiocyanate influenced by the soil environment.
d. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane a. Probably False
b. True
28. Cadang-cadang disease which is caused by c. Probably True
Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) d. False
becomes widely distributed in the central
Philippines. Because of this, strict enforcement 32. Which of the following does not belong to the
of quarantine regulations by concerned group?
government agencies on the safe movement of a. Coxa
coconut germplasm from infected areas is b. Tibia
heightened to prevent its further spread to c. Tarsus
disease-free areas. The name Cadang-cadang is d. Scape - antenna
derived from the Bicol term ‘gadan-gadan’ which *legs
means _______________.
a. Wilting 33. Banded leaf and sheath blight of corn is caused
b. Drying by what genus of fungi?
c. Dying a. Helminthosporium
d. Chlorotic b. Peronosclerospora
c. Fusarium
d. Drechslera
e. Rhizoctonia
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34. The ___ is usually the largest and strongest 39. The predominance of weed species in the field is
segment of the insect leg. Its size is related to due to all of the following reasons except:
the mass of the tibial extensor muscles within it, a. their ability to induce dormancy when
varying from a small, thick segment in larval exposed to unfavorable conditions
insects to the enormous segment in the hind leg thereby escaping weed control
of jumping Orthopter It is often equipped with measure
spines and other cuticular modifications, b. they survive better than cultivated
especially in predatory insects. plants due to built – in mechanism for
a. Coxa adaptation
b. Tibia c. high capacity for reproduction and
c. Femur efficient mechanism for adaptation
d. Tarsus d. None of the above

35. Which of the following rice varieties are used as 40. “Itim na atangya” attacks almost all the stages of
stop gap against rice tungro? the rice crop, particularly from maximum tillering
a. Masipag to ripening. Which of the following statement is
b. Pag-asa false about “itim na atangya”?
c. NSIC Lines a. Inhabits both rainfed and irrigated
d. Matatag wetland environments and is not
common in upland rice ecosystems.
36. The evenness of the nozzle delivery is an b. It is attracted to high-intensity light
important consideration especially when using and produces an offensive odor
two or more nozzles. Which type of nozzle that when disturbe
will give flat spray pattern? c. Its flight activity is affected by the
a. Cone type lunar cycle.
b. Fan type d. Its flight activity increases when there
c. Straight type is food
d. All of the above
41. Among the country’s hyacinth-infested
37. Reports indicated that the province of Palawan is waterways are the following except:
one of the major producers of mango in the a. Liguasan Marsh in Central Mindanao
Philippines. However, production has shown a b. Pasig River in Metro Manila
decline over the years linked to the mango c. Laguna de Bay
quarantine action that was implemented when d. None of the above
Mango pulp weevil (MPW) was detected in the
province. To protect the nation’s mango industry, 42. This part is missing in phytoplasm
the Palawan Island group was placed under a. Peptidoglycan layer
quarantine through the _______. b. Chromatin fibers
a. BPI Special Quarantine c. Cell Wall
Administrative Order No. 20 Series of d. Ribosomes
1987
b. BPI Special Quarantine 43. Bakanae of rice is said to be a seedborne fungal
Administrative Order No. 02 Series of disease. Infected plants are abnormally tall with
1978 pale, thin leaves, produce fewer tillers, and
c. BPI Special Quarantine produce only partially filled or empty grains. The
Administrative Order No. 01 Series of rapid elongation of infected plants is caused by
1987 the pathogen's production of the plant hormone.
d. BPI Special Quarantine a. Cytokinins
Administrative Order No. 10 Series of b. IAA
1978 c. Gibberellins
d. Salicylic Acid (SA)
38. Two resistant Cavendish banana variants
resistant to Fusarium wilt/Panama wilt caused by 44. Which of the following is the best way to practice
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical race roguing in a virus-infected field?
4. a. Roguing is effective if the disease
a. GCTCV 119 and GCTCV 219 spread is occuring rapidly relative to
b. Grand Nain and Williams the lifetime of the crop.
c. Latundan and Cardaba b. It is effective if the disease spread is
d. All of the above occuring slowly relative to the lifetime
of the crop.
c. It is effective if the disease is
occuring simultaneously on several
hosts.
d. None of the above.
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45. A persistently transmitted virus _________. 52. The furrow orientation is the best practice to
a. Induces foliar symptoms such as manage banded leaf and sheath blight of corn in
mosaic, stunting or dwarfing a field.
b. is lost by the vector immediately after a. South-west
a few seconds to minutes of vector b. South-east
probing c. North-east
c. Usually has no latent period d. East-west
d. Has a long latent period
53. It is also known as major gene resistance.
46. It refers to the ventral sclerite. a. Vertical
a. Pleuron b. Horizontal
b. Scutum c. Polygenic
c. Notum d. Non-specific
d. Sternum
54. A fungal disease of corn which devastated
47. The Asian rice gall midge is found in irrigated or thousands of hectares of cornfield in Alamada,
rainfed wetland environments during the tillering North Cotabato.
stage of the rice crop. It is also common in a. Downey mildew
upland and deep-water rice. The adults are b. Southern Leaf Blight
nocturnal and can easily be collected using light c. Corn rust
traps. This belongs to what order? d. Banded leaf and sheath blight
a. Isoptera
b. Coleoptera 55. A weed which clogged rivers and cause an
c. Hemiptera extensive flooding in Cotabato City in 2011. They
d. None of the above - Diptera also blame it on negligence as officials have
allowed this weed to grow uncontrollably.
48. Which of the following is mismatched? a. Eichhornia crassipes – water
a. Plasmodiomophora – club-root of hyacinths
cabbage b. Monochoria vaginalis
b. Spongospora – powdery scab of c. Pistia stratiotes
potato d. None of the above
c. Physoderma – brown spot of corn
d. Synchytrium – orange gall of winged 56. Which of the following weed control activities
bean must be done to ensure good yield?
a. after the critical period of the crop
49. It is one of the most important hormones of b. during the critical period of
insects released from the prothoracic glands. competition
a. Juvenile Hormone c. throughout the cropping season
b. Puparium Tanning Factor d. None of the above
c. Ecdysiotropin
d. Ecdysone 57. In case a disease is not known to you previously,
it is necessary to resort to
50. In 1882, the Bordeaux mixture fungicide (copper a. Koch’s postulate
sulfate and lime) was discovered accidentally b. Laboratory diagnosis
used successfully against downey mildew of __. c. Field diagnosis
a. Vitis vinifera - grapes d. All of the above
b. Fragaria sp.
c. Prunus avium 58. Temperature has great influence on pollination
d. Malus domestica process through its effect on the opening of the
flower technically known as ___________.
51. Physical pest control method which eliminate a. Ecesis
fruit flies and anthracnose of mango and papaya b. Antheasis
for export to Japan. c. Eceasis
a. Irradiation d. Anthesis
b. Hot Water Treatment
c. Vapor Heat Treatment
d. Fumigation
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59. Which of the following statement is the main goal 64. If a molluscicide contains 300 g ai/kg of
of weed science? formulated product, what is the percentage of the
a. the formulation of the most active ingredient in the formulated product?
satisfactory, most efficient with a. 60%
optimum cost of controlling weeds b. 30%
b. the application of control measures c. 40%
which may not assure complete d. 50%
success but at least reduce
population Solution: 300g = 0.3kg
c. the formulation of the most 0.3 𝑘𝑔
(100) = 30%
satisfactory, most efficient yet least 1 𝑘𝑔
expensive method of controlling
weeds 65. A farmer will spray an insecticide at 200 li/ha
d. None of the above using a 16 li knapsack sprayer. How many
sprayer loads is needed?
60. The most important reason why light is required a. 10
in the germination of weed is: b. 12
a. It is needed in respiration or the c. 9
breakdown of stored food to be used d. None of the above
by the growing embryo. 200𝐿/ℎ𝑎
b. It inactivates the germination inhibitor Solution: 16𝐿 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 = 12.5𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠
in the seed
c. It is therefore required in the 66. You have a 16 L knapsack sprayer and need to
hydrolysis of food reserve. apply 15 loads of insecticide to a 0.75-hectare
d. Reduce the moisture content of the field What is your spray volume in liters per
seed hectare?
a. 300
61. The most practical time to control weeds b. 320
especially when using herbicide is during their c. 325
seedling stage because: d. 350
a. It is the stage where damage against Solution: = 16L (15 loads) = 240 L
the crop is becoming apparent
b. It is the most competitive stage for 𝑥 240 𝐿
= 0.75 ℎ𝑎
growth resources 1 ℎ𝑎

c. It is the stage where leaves are 240 𝐿

𝑥 = 0.75 ℎ𝑎 𝑥 1ℎ𝑎 = 320 𝐿
succulent and still lack cutin or
waxes and the roots have thin 67. Calculate the volume (ml) of Ethofenprox
epidermal walls (Trebon 20 EC) needed to prepare 1.0 L with a
d. All of the above concentration of 50,000 ppm.
a. 300 ml
62. What is the government agency that regulates b. 250 ml
movement of “would be pest”? c. 750 ml
a. NCPC d. None of the above
b. FDA
c. DA Solution: ppm = percent (10,000)
d. BPI = 20 (10,000) = 200,000ppm
= 1 L = 1000ml
63. If 50 ml of herbicide Z (45% EC) will be diluted to
16 li of water, what is the strength of the 𝑥 1000𝑚𝑙
solution? =
200,000𝑝𝑝𝑚 50,000𝑝𝑝𝑚
a. 0.5% 1000𝑚𝑙
𝑥 = 200,000𝑝𝑝𝑚 𝑥 50,000𝑝𝑝𝑚 = 250𝑚𝑙
b. 5%
c. 3%
d. 0.14% 68. James Reid wishes to apply Furadan 3G at a
rate of 0.6 kg i. per hectare to a 2-ha field How
Solution: 16L = 16,000ml much commercial formulation does he need to
treat the said area?
50𝑚𝑙 a. 20 kg
= 𝑥 100 = 0.3125% 𝑥 45% = 0.14%
16,000𝑚𝑙 b. 60 kg
c. 80 kg
d. 40 kg
Solution:
0.6 kg a.i./ha
= 𝑥 2ℎ𝑎 = 40𝑘𝑔
0.03
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69. Two formulations of an active ingredient to be 0.695𝐿

𝑥= (1ℎ𝑎) = 139 𝐿
applied at 1.0 kg/ha are sold as follows: (1) 0.005ℎ𝑎
Granule 5% G at P100.00 per 20 kg bag and (2)
Liquid 60% EC at P50 per 500 ml bottle. 73. Using the same data in Question Number 72.
Calculate the amount required per hectare for Calculate the number of tankloads needed per
each formulation. hectare.
a. 20 kg of Granule and 1.67 ml of a. 8 tankloads
Liquid b. 9 tankloads
b. 200 kg of Granule and 1.67 ml of c. 10 tankloads
Liquid d. 11 tankloads
c. 0.2 g of Granule and 1.67 L of liquid Solution: Assume the sprayer has a capacity of 16 L
d. 20 kg of Granule and 1.67 L of Liquid
139 𝐿
= = 8.6875 𝑜𝑟 9 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠
1 𝑘𝑔/ℎ𝑎 16 𝐿
Solution: Granule = = 20𝑘𝑔
0.05
1 𝑘𝑔/ℎ𝑎 74. Using the data calculated in Question Number 72
Liquid = = 1.67𝐿
0.6 and 73. Calculate the approximate area (in
square meters) covered by two tankloads.
70. Please refer to Question Number 69. Which a. 1151.08 square meters
formulation is cheaper based on the cost of b. 2302.16 square meters
active ingredient? c. 1152 square meters
a. Granule d. 2304 square meters
b. Liquid
c. Neither Granule nor Liquid Solution: 16 L per load (2 loads) = 32 L
d. Cannot be determined 𝑥 10,000𝑠𝑞.𝑚.
=
32 𝐿 139𝐿
Solution: Granule = Php 100.00
𝑥 𝑃ℎ𝑝 50 10,000𝑠𝑞.𝑚.
Liquid : 1.67𝐿 = 0.5𝐿 𝑥= (32𝐿) = 2302.16 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚.
139𝐿
𝑃ℎ𝑝 50
𝑥= (1.67𝐿) = 𝑃ℎ𝑝 167.00
0.5𝐿 75. Mang Juan sprayed his broadcast-seeded
wetland rice with Pretilachlor + Safenet (Sofit
71. In the application, the EC is to be sprayed by 2 300 EC) for broad spectrum weed control. The
men for 8 hrs while the granule can be broadcast herbicide contains 300 g a.i./liter product. He
by 1 man in 4 hours. At P100 per hour, which used up one tankload (16 liters) of Sofit solution
formulation is cheaper to use? to cover 4 strips of land area measuring 20 x 5
a. Liquid meter each. If he placed each tankload 40 ml of
b. Granule the herbicide, calculate the volume of delivery of
c. Neither Granule nor Liquid the sprayer in liters/hectare.
d. Cannot be determined a. 200 li/ha
b. 300 li/ha
Solution: Granule = 1 man x 4 hrs x Php 100/hr
c. 400 li/ha
= Php 400
Liquid = 2 man x 8 hrs x Php100/hr d. 500 li/ha
= Php 1,600 Solution: Area = 4 strips x 20m x 5m = 400 m2 or
0.04 ha
72. To demonstrate the importance of pesticide
16𝐿
calculations, UPSTEP Review Center (URC) = 0.04 ℎ𝑎 = 400𝐿/ℎ𝑎
conducted an experiment in an area of 50 square
meters. The selected student of URC recorded 76. Using the data in Question Number 75, calculate
the length of time needed to spray the said area the liters of Sofit 300 EC needed per hectare.
maintaining a constant forward walking speed a. 0.5 L
and pressure. It was repeated three times and b. 1 L
the recorded average time to cover the area was c. 1.5 L
1.14 mins. The amount of spray liquid d. 2 L
discharged from the nozzles at the time to spray
the area was 695 ml. Using the given data in the Solution: 40ml = 0.04L
experiment, calculate the volume of spray (400𝐿)(0.04𝐿)
solution delivered per hectare. = 1𝐿
16 𝐿
a. 139 li/ha
b. 140 li/ha 77. Toxin produced by Metarhizium which kill insect
c. 139 ml/ha pests.
d. 140 ml/ha a. penicillin
b. destruxin
Solution: 695ml = 0.695L c. metarhin
𝑥 0.695𝐿
d. destrumin
= 0.005ℎ𝑎
1 ℎ𝑎
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78. Consider the following data in sprayer 85. The measure of the adaptive potential of a weed
calibration: (1) distance travelled = 7 m, (2) that enables it to survive in an environment
sprayer’s swath = 5 m, and (3) volume sprayed = which is continuously disturbed by a man is
5 liters. referred to as:
a. 1228 li a. adaptability
b. 1628 li b. phenology
c. 1428 li c. persistence
d. 1328 li d. sociability

Solution: Area = 5m (7m) = 35m2 or 0.0035ha 86. A twining, obligate stem parasitic plant of crops
= 5L / 0.0035 ha = 1428.57L/ha which taps in on the host’s nutrient supply with a
modified root system or haustorium and is
79. Considered as the number one world worst weed commonly known as “dodder” or “witches’ hair” is
due to the reported number of crops affected and scientifically known as _____________.
difficulty in weed control. a. Cuscuta sp.
a. cogon grass b. Arceothobium sp.
b. aguingay c. Phoradendron sp
c. purple nutsedge – Cyperus rotundus d. Viscum sp.
d. Celosia sp.
87. A certain insect species may have several forms.
80. Which of the following does not belong to the Some are winged, others are wingless, a male
group? species may be shiny while the female is rough.
a. Tropic ageratum This phenomenon in Class Insecta is _______.
b. Indian heliotrope a. metamorphosis
c. Morning glory b. parthenogenesis
d. Dog’s Tail - grass c. polymorphism
d. voltinism
*broad leaves
81. An exotic bird which is feared to be a threat to 88. Type of insect mouthpart wherein the cranium is
agriculture is commonly known as the Java turned upward on the neck so that the
sparrow and scientifically known as _______. mouthparts are directed forward
a. Padde oryzivora a. hypognathous
b. Passer montanus b. prognathous
c. Aves oryzivora c. opisthognathous
d. Lonchuria atricapilla jagori d. hypergnathous

82. Which of the following is an example of perennial 89. KASAKALIKASAN, the local name for the
broadleaf? Philippine National Integrated Pest Management
a. Pistia stratiotes (IPM) Program, that was launched by ______ on
b. Scirpus maritimus - sedges May 3, 1993 to train farmers in order to empower
c. Amaranthus spinosus - annual them to become experts in their own fields by
d. Option 4 developing their ability to make critical and
informed decisions, as well as, to render crop
production systems more productive, profitable
83. In weed sampling, a student determined the and sustainable.
density and biomass of weeds in a corn are If he a. ERAP
is to compute for the Summed Dominance Ratio b. GMA
(SDR) of Sphenoclea zeylanica found in the c. FVR
area, he should: d. Magsaysay
a. Get the sum of the relative values of
density and biomass. 90. Eradication, quarantine, using certified planting
b. Get the sum of the relative value of materials checking suspected materials before
density and fresh weight, and planting and cleaning equipment, are examples
frequency then divide it by 3. of what type of management?
c. Determine the sum of density and a. prevention
biomass and divide the sum by 2. b. protection
d. None of the above c. eradication
d. all of the above
84. Which among the following weed is spread by
wind? 91. An example of an egg parasitoid
a. Echinochloa crusgalli a. Corcyra cephalonica
b. Mimosa pudica b. Tetrastichus brontispae
c. Vernonia cinerea c. Menochilus sexmaculatus
d. Rottboellia cochinchinensis d. Trichogramma chilonis
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92. Which of the following is an auditory membrane?

a. Spiracles
b. Pedicel
c. Cranium
d. Tympanum

93. Salivary glands are also called ___.

a. Mandibular glands
b. Maxillary glands
c. Labial glands
d. Pharyngeal glands

94. The main excretory products of insects is __.

a. Urea
b. Uric acid
c. Ammonia
d. NOA

95. When embryonic development is completed

within the body of the female, it is called _____.
a. Viviparity
b. Oviparity
c. Ovoviviparity
d. Parthenogenesis

96. A highly specialized chordotonal organs located

in the pedicel of the antenna are __________.
a. Johnston's organ
b. DuFour's gland
c. Stobbes gland
d. None of these

97. The non-preference plant resistance to insects is

also known as __________.
a. Antibiosis
b. Antixenosis
c. Tolerance
d. None of the above

98. The pest which is restricted to a locality.

a. Sporadic pest
b. Regular pest
c. Key pest
d. Endemic pest

99. Horizontal resistance is governed by

a. Single gene
b. Few genes
c. Many genes
d. All of these

100. The _____ are a series of fine tubes

that extend from the gut into the haemolymph
circulating in the body of an insect. Waste
material is absorbed by these tubules carried to
the gut and then excrete
a. Malpighian tubules
b. Malphigian tubules
c. Malppighian tubules
d. Mapilghian tubules