TABUK CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

TABUK CITY, KALINGA

SUMMATIVE TEST
TLE-AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY ARTS HORTI-CROP PRODUCTION
GRADE 7

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the statements carefully and choose the letter of the correct
answer. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided above.

1. Which of the following tool that has fine tines similar to those of a rake, although they are
longer and stonger?
a. spade b. shovel c. spading fork d. hand trowel
2. You noticed that there are aphids and worms in your vegetable garden, what will you use?
a. sprayer to apply pesticides
b. axe to cut the infected areas
c. sprinkler and water the infected areas
d. hand cultivator to dig and loose the soil in the garden
3. You need to transport the fertilizers from the storage to the farm. Which of the following
will enable you to perform the task?
a. pail b. spade c. wheel barrow d. shovel
4. Which of the following devise used for watering the plants and seedlings?
a. sprayer b. sprinkler c. pail d. water pump
5. What kind of machine is used in harvesting grain crops?
a. rotavator b. harrow c. reaper d. plow
6. When transplanting vegetables seedlings and fruit trees, what tool are you going to use?
a. hand trowel b. hand fork c. hand weeder d. hand cultivator
7. Which of the following gardening tools with a flat and sharp edge is being used for digging or
loosening the soil?
a. shovel b. hand cultivator c. spade d. bolo
8. Which of the following devise used for watering the plants and seedlings?
a. sprayer b. sprinkler c. pail d.
9. What tool is being used for digging big holes and digging out big stones and stumps?
a. crowbar b. hand fork c. spade d. hand cultivator
10. You found out that after the storm, some branches of trees had been damaged. Which of
the following will you use to cut the damaged branches?
a. knife b. bolo c. axe d. pruning shears
11. What tool is being used when digging the soil with a pointed head at one end and a
transverse blade at the other
a. dibbler b. pick mattock c. shovel d. crowbar
12. If you were to trim flowers or to cut small branches, twigs and leaves. What hand tool
should be,best used?
a. knife b. bolo c. pruning shear d. axe
13. What are the factors to consider in choosing the location of your farm?
a. climate b. soil c. topography d. all of these
14. Which one is the first step applied in cleaning the area before planting?
a. tilling b. clearing c. layouting d. apply compost
15. Climatic condition in a locality determines the kind of crop to produce. Which among these
crops is a cool season crop?
a. eggplant b. okra c. cabbage d. string beans
16. Which of the following characteristics shows that good seeds have high percentage of live
seeds that will germinate?
a. variety purity
b. plumpness and fullness of the seeds
c. seeds must be fully matured
d. seeds must be big
17. What is the best method used to test the viability of seeds?
a. rag doll method b. plastic method c. pot method d. all of these
18. All are example of Indirect planting EXCEPT.
a. cabbage b. pechay c. upo d. tomatoes
19. Why is it testing the seeds important before planting?
a. detect the viability
b. seeds must be big
c. seeds are small
d. see if seeds are smooth
20. What method of planting that usually done to plants with big seeds such as, corn, peanuts,
okra and ampalaya?
a. indirect planting b. direct planting c. transplanting d. both a and b
21. When is the proper time to transplant seedlings?
a. when the first leaf appears.
b. when 3-4 leaves developed
c. when seedlings have attained 5 to 6 cm.
d. when seedlings have attained 7 to 8 cm.
22. When is the proper time to water plants?
a. after planting seeds in the seedboxes
b. after planting seeds in the field
c. after transplanting seedlings
d. after thinning out
23. What type of irrigation system is done if water is applied to plants in the form of spray or
simulated rain?
a. drip irrigation b. sprinkler c. surface irrigation d. drainage
24. What is the best definition of fertilizer?
a. large amount of substances are nutrients needed by plants
b. small amount of substances or nutrients needed by plants
c. organic or inorganic material added to soil to improve soil fertility
d. substances that come from decayed plants
25. Herbicides are chemical used to kill/ eradicate __________.
a. snails b. weeds c. fungi d. bacteria
26. What major elements needed by plants for better leaves, stems, flowers. It can also produce
bigger and heavier fruit?
a. nitrogen b. potassium c. phosphorous d. magnesium
27. What major elements needed by plants for healthy growth of leaves and flowers?
a. nitrogen b. potassium c. phosphorous d. magnesium
28. Which of the following is inorganic or man-made fertilizer?
a. decomposed animal manure
b. worm castings
c. green manure
d. urea
29. All are example of organic fertilizer EXCEPT.
a. urea b. decomposed animal manure c. green manure d. worm castings
30. Why are weeds detrimental to crops?
 a. they protect the plant from sunlight
b. weeds compete with nutrients
c. they eliminate insects attacking the plants
d. they improve crop yield
31. Which is not a biological method of controlling insects?
a. the use of predators to surpress insect pests
b. the use of malathion to spray the crops
c. proper timing of plants
d. proper planting of plants
32. Green manuring refers to:
a. leguminous plants that are plowed under to serve as fertilizer when decomposed.
b. applying chopped green leaves in the field.
c. collecting green colored animal manure to fertilize the field.
d. none of these
33. What is surface irrigation?
a. water surface flows along furrows
b. water drop like simulated rain
c. water drops in perforated tube
d. water is supplied through submerged pipes
34. When is irrigation water disastrous?
a. when it dissolves available nutrients
b. when all the plants pests are killed
c. when plants start wilting
d. when soil erosion occurs
35. Why is artificial method of drainage considered the best method of removing excess water?
a. water passes down quickly
b. water passes down slowly
c. it does not require manpower
d. it requires a damn to direct the water
36. A. Indirect planting is done with pechay, radish, and tomatoes.
B. Direct planting is practical to use with corn, beans, upo and ampalaya.
a. only statement a is correct
b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
37. A. Thoroughly prepared soil can eliminate weeds on the farm.
B. Poor soil cannot be cured anymore even if the land is thoroughly prepared.
a. only statement a is correct
b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
38. A. Seedlings can be transplanted when the first leaf appears.
B. Seeds are very important to animals and human beings because almost all plants which
are the sources of food come from seeds.
a. only statement a is correct
b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
39. A. Water is not important to plants.
B. Weeds are enemies of plants.
a. only statement a is correct
 b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
40. A. A viable seed has the capacity to germinate
B. Not all seeds have the ability to germinate
a. only statement a is correct
b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
41. A. A seed is a fertilized and ripened ovule which may develop into a plant by germination
B. Excess water in the plants may damage the crops
a. only statement a is correct
b. only statement b is correct
c. both a and b are correct
d. both a and b are wrong
42. The following statements are the procedure in Transplanting. Arrange the statements in
order.
I. Plant the seedlings immediately to prevent the roots from drying out.
II. Gently press the soil around the roots
III. Water the seedlings at the soil surface with a gentle stream of water to settle the soil
around the roots.
IV. Pull the seedlings carefully without shaking off the media from the roots.
V. Water the seedlings before pulling.
a. II, III, I, IV, V b. II, IV, V, I, III c. V, IV, I, II,III d. III, I, IV,V,II
43. What is the best example of a complete fertilizer?
a. 14-14-14 b.16-20-0 c. 14-20-0 d. 14-14-16
44. What are the three essential elements of plant food?
a. Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium
b. Nitrogen, Iron, Magnesium
c. Nitrogen, Manganese, Potassium
d. Nitrogen, Iron, Potassium
45. What do you call the plants that grow in cultivated land that are harmful to planted crops?
a. ferns b. weeds c. vegetables d. sea weeds
46. What is the popular method of irrigation developed in other countries which the system
moves the water in plastic piping and goes to each plant?
A. surface b. drip irrigation c. overhead irrigation d. sprinkler
47. What do we call this type of maturity at which the external and internal characteristics of
the fruit allow normal ripening after harvest?
a. commercial maturity
b. horticultural maturity
c. physiological maturity
d. both b and c
48. What are the characteristics of commodities harvested at the proper stage of maturity?
a. longer storage life
b. greater resistance to physiological disorders
c. ripe fruit possesses all desirable characteristics
d. all of the above
49. What is the best time to harvest mangoes to minimize latex flow?
a. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
b. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
c. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
 d. 12: am to 3:00 pm
50. When is the proper time to harvest tomatoes?
a. when it is already ripe
b. before they reach the ripening stage
c. when the leaves are dry
d. when used for seasoning

PREPARED BY: ANGELICA P. PECUA