MOBOD INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Mobod, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental

Diagnostic Examination in TLE 9 – Agricultural

School Year 2023-24

Name : __________________________ Grade & Sec. ________ Date : ________ Score : _____

Direction: Read each question carefully and underline the letter of your best answer.

1. That are usually light and are used without a help of animals and machines.They are used in performing farm
activities which involve small area like school garden and home garden.
a. Farm Implements c. Equipment
b. Hand Tools d. Garden Tools

2. What really makes up a successful entrepreneur?

a. Ability to act like a customer c. Knowledge, skills, and attitude
b. Ability to study a market d. Knowledge, skills, and money

3. People who always feel positive in every effort in order to achieve something are known to have _______.
a. courage b. optimism c. self-confidence d. self-control

4. A set of skills that entrepreneurs must possess to take control of the challenges in business is known as ___.
a. personal business capacities c. professional enterprise competencies
b. personal entrepreneurial competencies d. personally preferred competencies

5. Which of the following best describes a risk-taker?

a. Accomplishes targets on time as agreed with customers
b. Anticipates a loss and countering it with feasible alternatives
c. Acts as the prime mover of resources in the achievement of objectives
d. Pays attention to the needs and demands of people.

6. Systematic planning and monitoring include the following EXCEPT ______.

a. be logically flexible for the emergent constraints, challenges, and needs
b. make a well-organized plan with clearly defined methods
c. Schedule periodic gap-proof monitoring and response activities to determine emergent
constraints, challenges, and needs
d. set calculated goals and objectives

7. When entrepreneurs face a significant obstacle with a well-planned action, they have Personal
Entrepreneurial Competency known as _____.
a. initiative b. persistence c. persuasion d. risk-taking

8. Luis is good in convincing his customers that his product is not only of best quality but also
safe to use. Many of his customers bought and even returned to buy more of the product
because they want to share it with their friends. What personal entrepreneurial competency
does Luis have?
a. Demand for efficiency and quality c. Persuasion
b. Goal setting d. Self-confidence

9. It is a group of people with economically important needs and demands which opens entrepreneurial
opportunities to everyone.
a. Environment b. Ethnicity c. Geography d. Market

10. Which of the following is not considered an emerging industry in the Philippines?
a. Agribusiness b. Power and utilities c. Creative industries d. Renewable energy

11. The process of recording the money received and spent by the operations of the business is known as
a. Bookkeeping b. Booking c. Administering d. Posting

12. Which combination is focused to the assessment internal of the business?

a. Opportunities and threats c. Strengths and threats
b. Strengths and weaknesses d. Weaknesses and threats

13. Which combination is focused to the assessment external of the business?

a. Opportunities and threats c. Strengths and threats
b. Strengths and weaknesses d. Weaknesses and threats

14. Which business principle is applicable in products and development and marketing?
a. Pay attention to the needs and demands of the market.
b. Your own needs and demands are the same with others.
c. Follow the result of a national survey of needs and demands.
d. Ask researchers in other communities about their needs and demands.
15. What is the reason why an aspiring entrepreneur must make a sound and impressive business plan?
a. A sound and impressive business plan command tax rebates.
b. A sound and impressive business plan attracts more customers.
c. A sound and impressive business plan is likely to be approved for a loan package.
d. A sound and impressive business plan can improve a particular segment of a market.

16. In any situation that needs to be handled, never react immediately. Instead respond to the situation in the
most legal and beneficial ways. This statement explains the characteristic of a successful entrepreneur which is
a. self-confidence b. strong desires to achieve c. courage d. self-control

17. Competitive entrepreneurs are fueled to succeed. Your passion in the endeavor is an energy enhancer. Success in business
come from your being passionately energetic. This means that a successful entrepreneur must have
a. commitment b. high energy level c. desire for immediate feedback d. optimism

18. Seeking advice from specialist is helpful in decision making process. There are people more knowledgeable
than us in a particular area of expertise. Which lifestyle of successful entrepreneur the statement belongs?
a. family support b. professional support c. a sense of freedom and control d. flexibility of time

19. It is one of the highest lifestyle considerations that entrepreneurs must adopt.
a. sense of freedom and control b. energy and stamina c. professional support d. flexibility of time

20. As a business leader, you are accountable to everyone and everything for the business including your
strategies. Value everything and everyone as you value yourself.
a. desire for immediate feedback c. ability to learn from past failure
b. desire for responsibility d. strong desire to achieve

21. Personal Entrepreneurial Competency under the achievement cluster. Which one does not describes
persistence?
a. Face a significant obstacle with a good plan of action.
b. Identifies a good alternative for every decision to meet a challenge or overcome an obstacle.
c. Act as the prime mover of resources in the achievement of goals and objectives.
d. Never procrastinate. Act immediately on marketable ideas.

22. One is not considered factor in selecting the best business location.
a. Availability and quality of raw materials and supplies.
b. Taxation, such as municipal tax policies, other local fees and rates.
c. Availability of power and fuel sources.
d. Topography or terrain of the land with low climatic pressure.

23. When an entrepreneur accomplish targets on time, as agreed, to keep customers satisfied. He is
competence in
a. commitment to the work contract. c. Demand for Efficiency and Quality
b. Opportunity Seeking and Initiative d. Systematic Planning and Monitoring

24. Any semi or fully automated devices that are used in converting raw materials into marketable products or
outputs.
a. money b. materials c. machines d. manpower

25. One is not an advantage of a corporation.

a. Legally stable business venture.
b. Business risks are shared by many people.
c. If business is good, growth is maximized due to bigger capital.
d. Burdens in the operations are shared by various specialized individuals.

26. Before using any of the tools, implements, and equipment, user must bear in mind the following reminders
EXCEPT _______________ .
a. Ask the assistance of skilled operator when necessary.
b. Check whether or not they are still usable or serviceable.
c. Check or refer to the manual of operations as prescribed by the manufacturer.
d. Make use of the tools, implements and equipment that are new to you right away.

27. It is the best thing to do in fixing farm machineries that need repair.
a. contact expert mechanics to do the job
b. apply the trial and error method in fixing farm machineries
c. lubricate farm machineries before repairing them
d. dismantle first farm machineries and fix them immediately

28. Mario noticed that some of his tools are found to be defective, what should he do?
a. Keep them in the storage box
b. Never mind them anyway they are still useful
c. Dispose them immediately and buy a new one
d. Separate and fixed them immediately to avoid accident
29. Farm tools, implements and equipment are very important in agricultural crop production because:
a. They make work faster
b. They make work easier
c. They save time and effort
d. All reasons above are correct

30. Use the appropriate tool for a specific task will result to quality performance. Which of the following tools is
least used for digging garden plots?
a. Bolo b. Grub-hoe c. Pick mattock d. Light hoe

31. Which of the following harvesting tools is seldom used in harvesting cucurbits and solanaceous crops?
a. Harvesting knife b. Harvesting scissors c. Pruning shears d. Scythe

32. It is a tool with one end flattened and the other pointed at a right angle toward its handle.
a. Bolo b. Crowbar c. Pick mattock d. Spade

33. Small seeded vegetable crops are usually pre-germinated to attain quality seedlings. Which among the
following methods of seedling production is not applicable for planting in a wide production area?
a. Seed box b. Seedling tray c. Seedbed d. Individual plastic bags

34. Which among the following are not classified as digging tools?
a. Shovel, spade b. Bolo, knife c. Pick-mattock, grub-hoe d. Crowbar, post hole digger

35. Farm equipment are used to facilitate initial tillage operation in a wide tract of land. Which among the
following equipment is used to perform the task stated above?
a. Tractor with disc plow
b. Tractor with disc harrow
c. Tractor with rotavator
d Tractor with seed driller

36. It is a tool used to loosen the soil, dig out root crops, and turn over materials in a compost heap.
a. Hand fork b. Spading fork c. Pick-mattock d. Tooth harrow

37. The inventory of tools, implements and simple equipment is conducted for the following reasons except:
a. To find out lost items
b. To segregate and repair damaged tools
c. To check the items that are present
d. To determine available tools, implements, and equipment for use

38. Which among the following is not a cultivating tool?

a. Hand fork b. Spading fork c. Hand trowel d. Hand cultivator

39. Which of the following less describe a work shop?

a. Provides an area for repairs
b. Provides an area for storage
c. Provides an area for lectures
d. Provides an area where work can be carried out during inclement weather

40. Which of the following is not true about a work shop?

a Presence of water supply for convenience and safety
b. Presence of wide entrance only for large equipment
c. Presence of storage cabinet for tools, supplies, and spare parts
d. Presence of fire extinguishers

41. What is the disadvantage of living windbreaks?

a. Protect people and livestock
b. Benefit soil and water conservation
c. Wildlife habitat for birds and little furry creatures
d. Take several years to develop, therefore, the economic benefit is not immediate

42. Hazardous materials should be stored in a safe place to prevent accidents. Which of the following is not a
good practice in storing hazardous materials?
a. Flammable and poisonous materials should be stored in a separate room or cupboard
b. Hazardous products must be well-ventilated
c. Hazardous materials are kept in places which children cannot reach
d. Unconsumed or extra chemicals are stored in empty beverage bottles.

43. Which among the following practices of storing garden tools is not effective?
a. Remove any dirt or rust
b. Sharpen tools
c. Store tools on the ground
d. Spray metal parts with a good coat of lubricating oil
44. When do plows specifically used?
a. when tilling large areas c. when tilling backyard plots
b. when tilling school gardens d. when tilling areas of any size

45. What series of services involve in moving a product from the point of production to the point of
consumption?
a.) selling b.) harvesting c.) marketing d.) transporting

46. High altitude areas have much cooler climate compare to lowland areas. The following may explain the fact,
except
a.) Lowland region is a high pressured area.
b.) The increase of altitude has corresponding decrease of temperature.
c.) Pressure is directly proportional to temperature.
d.) High wind velocity and more vegetation can be found in high areas.

47. What process of cultivation is done by breaking up the soil usually 15 cm deep to incorporate and cover
organic matter?
a.) harrowing b.) plowing c.) hilling-up d.) off-barring

48. In the Philippines, the people who get the biggest profit from the rice production are the
a.) farmers b.) businessmen c.) middlemen d.) retailer

49. A process of killing or eliminating organisms in the soil to be used for soil medium in raising seedlings.
a.) sterilization b.) green-manuring c.) volatilization d.) hardening

50. This is the introduction of new idea to make the product and services more attractive and saleable to the
target customers.
a. Creativity b. Innovation c. New idea d. Product development

“The root of education is bitter but the fruit of it is sweet.”