PRE- TEST IN T.L.E. 7
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before each number.
1. It is the science and art of cultivation on the soil,
raising crops and rearing livestock.
a. Horticulture
c. Agriculture
b. Ecology
d. Aquaculture
2. It is the material in tree crop production that
holds the tree and provides it with water and
nutrients in order to grow
a. Water
c. Climate
b. Soil
d. Temperature
3. It is the most common and easy method of
propagating plants.
a. Artificial plant propagation
b. Seed propagation
c. Asexual plant propagation
d. Marcotting
4. It is done without the help of the sex organs of
the plant.
a. Artificial plant propagation
b. Seed propagation
c. Asexual plant propagation
d. Marcotting
5. A part or branch of the tree is introduced into the
soil to develop roots while being fed by the
mother plant.
a. Marcotting
c. Grafting
b. Cutting
d. layering
6. Tubers has thickened stems, bearing buds or
nodelike scars. Which of the following is NOT
an example of tubers?
a. Potato
c. Jicama
b. Ginger
d. Cassava
7. Kataka-taka multiply by __________________.
a. Suckers
c. rootstock
b. Germinating tissues
d. bulbs
8. Examples of bulbs are garlic and ____________.
a. Ginger
c. onion
b. Yam
d. begonia
9. This method hastens the germination of seeds.
a. Freezing
c. Curing
b. Waxing
d. Stratification
10. A healthy seedling is sure to thrive first than the
unhealthy stock. What factor should take into
consideration?
a. size and shape of fruit
c. Plant vigor
c. High quality fruit
d. Early fruiting
11. It is an artificial plant propagation wherein the
stem is induced to take roots while still attached
to the mother plant.
a. Marcotting
c. Inarching
b. Cutting
d. layering
12. In this method of propagation, the scion is made
to unite with the rootstock while growing on
their own root system.
a. Inarching
c. Layering
b. Budding
d. marcotting
13. In this method, seeds are placed between layers
of moist sand.
a. Freezing
c. furrowing
b. Stratification
d. use of cans or plastic
bags
14. This disease is most common among mango
trees when the climate is warm and moist.
a. Cercospora leaf spot
c. mealy bug
b. Fruit fly
d. branch felt disease
15. This disease attacks almost all kinds of crops.
Lesions are circular in shape and dark brown in
color with a yellowish-brown to almost gray
center.
a. Fruit fly
c. Cercospora leaf spot
b. Branch felt disease d. Root rot
16. These insects have sharp, slender and hollow
beaks which they insert under surface of plants
a. Chewers
c. suckers
b. Lapping insect
d. Lepidopterous insects
17. Mouth parts of these insects enable them to lick
from the outer surfaces of objects on which they
feed.
a. Sucking insects
b. chewing insects
c. Lepidopterous insects
d. lapping insects
18. It is run by a group of persons belonging to the
same community of farmers.
a. Retailers
c. cooperative agencies
b. Auction
d. vendors
19. This is the application of a thin film of coating
on the surface of fruits and vegetables.
a. Refrigerated storage and transport
b. Curing
c. Waxing
d. Quarantine treatment
20. This is a process of toughening and healing the
bruises and skinned areas and rapid closing of
the neck of bulbs crops under favourable
conditions.
a. Waxing
b. Curing
c. Refrigerated storage
d. quarantine treatment
21. The space needed for livestock production.
a. Forest
c. Lake
b. Swamp
d. Land
22. This shows the progress of an enterprise.
a. Farm accounts and records
b. journal entries
c. Ledger
d. assets
23. Fifty to eighty percent of the total cost of
production goes to this.
a. Market
c. Shelter
b. Feeds
d. Labor
24. This is the place where farm products are
brought.
a. Storeroom
c.Auction house
b. Field
d. Market
25. The initial investment goes to the construction of
this.
a. Market
c. building
b. Land
d. none of the above
PRE- TEST IN T.L.E. 7
Directions: Identify the following statements. Choose
your answer from the box. Write your answer on the
space provided.
Directions: Identify the following method of artificial
plant propagation.
46.
Brokers
Furrows
bulbs
surface irrigation
Subsurface irrigation
band
foliar
scion
Germinating medium
broadcast
26. Water is poured on the surface of the soil and allowed
to flow from the furrows along the row of growing
crops.
27. Fertilizer is scattered throughout the field by the hand,
machine or airplane.
28. In this method, water is sprinkled as artificial rain.
29. The fertilizer is placed in the soil mass near the place
where the seedlings are planted.
30. ___________ are modified leaves folded around one
another
31. It is the top portion which is inserted into the rootstock
of another plant so that the two will unite and grow
together as one plant.
32. Before sowing the seeds, make small ____________
for the seeds.
33. It is a mixture of 40% clay loam soil, 30% compost,
20% dung or manure and 10%sand.
34. Fertilizer is sprayed on the leaves.
35. Agents between buyer and seller is called
_______________.
47.
48.
49.
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if it is wrong.
36. In selecting the site for tree planting, choose a gentle
slope.
37. The slope opposite the direction of the prevailing wind
is safer, richer and deeper than the slope facing the
wind.
38. Fruit and tree crops grow in sandy, rocky, shallow and
wet soil.
39. Good soil texture means soil is fine and mellow.
40. When germinating seeds using seedbeds, the seeds are
sown and water is sprinkled before they are covered
with soil
41. Select varieties that will thrive in other locality.
42. If a farmer select planting materials which yield fruits
early, it can provide satisfaction and early return of
investment.
43. To economize, a tree farmer must first use inorganic
fertilizers before applying organic fertilizers as
supplement.
44. Aside from the market in his/ her community, a fruit
grower should know various marketing agencies in
nearby localities.
45. Keeping the tree farm clean and rotating, the tree crops
help prevent destruction caused by pests and plant
diseases.
50.
I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you
it’s going to be worth it. 
-
Art Williams