DEPRTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

First Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020

(AE 133 Comprehensive Exam)

Instruction: Choose the correct answers of the following and show the solution of your answer.

1. A single-bottom moldboard plows on a clay loam soil (8 psi draft) having an effective width of cut of 0.3 m. and a depth of cut
of 15 cm. What is the force exerted by a plow?
a. 230 kg
b. 253 kg
c. 310 kg
d. None of the above

2. A 3-bottom plow is plowing at a speed of 8 kph. The effective width per plow bottom is 25 cm. If the plowing efficiency is
80%, what is the theoretical field capacity?
a. 0.4 ha/hr
b. 0.6 ha/hr
c. 0.75 ha/hr
d. None of the above

3. What is the required drawbar pull for a 5-meter tractor drawn spike tooth harrow with a specific draft of 89 kg/m?
a. 345 kg
b. 445 kg
c. 500 kg
d. None of the above

4. In a 200-hectare corn project, the field has to be tilled in 30 days. What size of heavy-duty offset-disk harrow should be
selected if the tractor to be used operates at 5 kph. Assume a 75% field efficiency and an 8-hour working day.
a. 1.5 m
b. 2.2 m
c. 2.0 m
d. None of the above

5. Determine the number of hills for a 2-hectare farm planted with corn with a spacing of 25 cm x 45 cm.
a. 150,000 hills
b. 177,777 hills
c. 185, 877 hills
d. None of the above

6. In a field demonstration of a rice reaper with 1.2-m cutter bar performance showed that the average travel speed of the
machine is 3 kph. The average width of cutter bar actually utilized is 1.0 m. Time lost in crossing the dike is 5 min/ha and 10
min/ha for repair. Turning and other idle time is 10 % of the effective operating time while removing field obstruction and
clogging is 15 min/ha. What is the theoretical field capacity of the machine?
a. 0.36 ha/hr
b. 0.25 ha/hr
c. 0.18 ha/hr
d. None of the above

7. One-thousand gallons per minute (1000 gpm) of water is to be pumped from a river to a farm 150-ft above the river. What is
the required horsepower to drive the pump considering a pump efficiency of 70 % and the friction and other losses of 20 % of
the static head.
a. 64.8 hp
b. 68.4 hp
c. 48.6 hp
d. None of the above

8. If a diesel engine will be used to drive the pump in item above, what is the recommended horsepower for the engine? Engine
efficiency is 80%.
a. 80.9 hp
b. 85.5 hp
c. 60.8 hp
d. None of the above

9. A farmer wishes to spray his cotton plantation at a rate of 300 gallons per hectare. Sixteen nozzles, 18 inches apart will be
used. The froward speed of the tractor will be 5 kph. Compute the field capacity of the sprayer in hectare per hour.
a. 5.6 ha/hr
b. 3.6 ha/hr
c. 4.7 ha/hr
d. None of the above

10. A corn plantation requires a population of 37,000 plants per hectare. The average emergence is 90 % and the row spacing is
to be 1.2 meters. If the seed are to be drilled, what should be the seed spacing?
a. 0.4 m
b. 0.3 m
c. 0.2 m
d. None of the above

11. What is the theoretical field capacity of a tandem disk harrow pulled by 1.5 m wide tractor running at a speed of 10 kph?
a. 1.5 ha/hr
b. 2.5 ha /hr
c. 5.1 ha/hr
d. None of the above

Prepared by: Rakim B. Casnor

Handling Faculty
 DEPRTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
First Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020
(AE 133 Comprehensive Exam)

12. A tractor drive wheel under load rotates at 1200 revolution in passing a newly cultivated field. At no load, the tractor drive
wheel is able to rotate at 1125 revolution. What is the percent slippage of the tractor drive wheel?
a. 5.6 %
b. 6.2 %
c. 8.1 %
d. None of the above

12. What is the application rate of a granular broadcast spreader required to apply 1 ton of manure at a distance of 1000 meters.
The machine swath is 2 meters.
a. 500 kg/ha
b. 5000 kg/ha
c. 50,000 kg/ha
d. None of the above

13. Assume that you are the Agricultural Engineer of a 500-hectare corn farm with soil type that gives 10 psi draft when plowing
at a speed of 4 km/hr. Compute the drawbar horsepower required to pull a three-disk plow with effective cut of 12 inches per disk
at a plowing depth of 6 inches.
a. 14.3 hp
b. 23.4 hp
c. 34.5 hp
d. None of the above

14. How many hectares in item above does a tractor pulling a three disk plow would be able to plow in one day (16 hours
operation) assuming a total time loss of 30%?
a. 2 ha/day
b. 4 ha/day
c. 6 ha/day
d. None of the above

15. What is the cutting width of the single disk harrow set at 18 degree working angle containing 20 disks spaced at 30 cm? Disk
diameter is 40 cm.
a. 553.5 cm
b. 453.7 cm
c. 540.6 cm
d. None of the above

16. A 30-disk double-offset-disk harrow is travelling at a speed of 10 kph. If the disk diameter is 40 cm spaced at 30cm, what is
the cutting width of the harrow?
a. 860.5 cm
b. 875.4 cm
c. 850.3 cm
d. None of the above
17. Compute the power developed by 600 kg horse pulling 80-kg load at a speed of 0.9 m/sec.
a. 0.94 hp
b. 0.87 hp
c. 0.99 hp
d. None of the above

18. A sprayer containing 100 liters of mixture operates at a nozzle discharge of 0.2 liters per minute per nozzle. If the sprayer
boom consist of 6 nozzles, what time does the sprayer mixture be changed?
a. 2.5 hrs
b. 1.39 hrs
c. 6.8 hrs
d. None of the above

19. A thresher has a capacity of 30 cavans per hour. Three men are required to operate the thresher. The other data are as follows:
Purchase price = P40, 000 including engine
Utilization = 1, 500 hours per year, 8 hours/day
Estimated life = 7 years
What is the depreciation cost using straight line method?
a. 6, 568.35/year
b. 3, 784.56/year
c. 5, 142.86/year
d. None of the above

20. If 10 Hp engine drive has a belt capacity rating of 4.5 hp per belt, how many numbers of belts are needed for the drive?
a. 1 to 2 belts
b. 2 to 3 belts
c. 4 to 6 belts
d. None of the above

21. A gasoline engine runs at 2500 rpm. It will be used to drive a burr mill which should turn at 500 rpm. The pulley
diameter for the mill is 8 inches. What is the recommended pulley for the engine?
a. 2 in
b. 4 in
c. 10 in
d. None of the above

Prepared by: Rakim B. Casnor

Handling Faculty
 DEPRTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
First Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020
(AE 133 Comprehensive Exam)

22. A centrifugal blower shall be driven by a gas engine. The set up are as follows: Engine speed =2200 rpm; Blower
speed=1800 rpm; Diameter of Engine Pulley=25 cm. What should the diameter of the blower pulley be ?
a. 28 cm
b. 31 cm
c. 61 cm
d. None of the above

23. If farm tractor is rated at 80 horsepower, its metric equivalent is _______.

a. 75 kw
b. 60 kw
c. 80 kw
d. None of the above

24. Compute the volumetric efficiency of a sprayer pump having a diameter of 20 cm and a stroke of 20 cm. The actual volume
of water displaced per stroke is 0.460 liter.
a. 85%
b. 92%
c. 98%
d. None of the above

25. A power tiller was tested on a 10 m wide plot. During the test, the machine made 22 rounds to complete the plowing
operation using two-0.3 m diameter disk plow. What is the average swath of the power tiller?
a. 0.23 m
b. 0.32 m
c. 0.41 m
d. None of the above

26. The effective width of cut of a single bottom moldboard plow drawn by a power tiller is 10 cm. If the machine will be used
to plow a 2 hectare farm, what is the total distance that would be traveled by the machine in order to accomplished the task?
a. 200 m
b. 200 km
c. 200 miles
d. All of the above

27. Compute the friction head from a 6 meter depth suction pipe of a centrifugal pump which discharges 0.2 m3/sec of water.
The pipe nominal diameter is 4 inches.
a. 0.864 m per 1000 meters length of pipe
b. 0.864 m per 100 meter length of pipe
c. 0.864 m
d. None of the above

28. A pump which discharges 4 liters per second at a head of 6 meters is driven by electric motor. The input current of the motor
is 1.5 amp while the input voltage is 220 volt. What is the overall efficiency of the pump if the motor power factor is 0.98?
a. 71.2%
b. 72.7%
c. 77.1%
d. None of the above

29. A pump was installed with a suction head of 6 m and a discharge head of 10 meters. The discharge rate of the pump is 60
liters per minute. What is the water horsepower of the pump?
a. 0.210 hp
b. 0.120 hp
c. 0.210 kW
d. None of the above

30. A pump was tested to measure the flow rate using a 90 degree triangular weir. Tests have shown that the head of water into
the weir averages to 13 cm. What is the average rate of flow of the pump?
a. 8.4 lps
b. 22.2 lps
c. 32.2 lps
d. None of the above

31. What is the speed ratio for the drive above if the motor pulley is 4 inches?
a. 1: 20
b. 1: 29
c. 1: 38
a. None of the above

32. A roller chain drive is to transmit 7.457 kW from a drive shaft to a driven shaft of a fruit conveyor. The drive shaft operates
at 1200 rpm while the driven shaft must operate between 370 to 380 rpm. The center distance between drive shafts as calculated
is approximately 572 mm. What is the design power for the drive if the service factor equal to 1.5?
a. 7.4 kW
b. 11.2 kW
c. 13.4 kW
d. None of the above

33. A ball bearing has a basic dynamic capacity of 1500N. During operation, the actual load of the bearing unit is 152N. What
is the life of the bearing in years if it is to be operated continuously for 4 hrs. a day, 20 days per month and 6 months per year
operation? The bearing runs at 1000 rpm.
a. 34.5 years
b. 45.3 years
c. 53.4 years
d. None of the above

Prepared by: Rakim B. Casnor

Handling Faculty
 DEPRTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
First Semester, A.Y. 2019-2020
(AE 133 Comprehensive Exam)

34. A five-row seeder will be used to place 5 seeds per hill to a 100 hectare farm. The seeder row spacing is 30 cm while the hill
spacing is 25 cm. Compute the number of hills to be planted for the entire area?
a. 12,888,666 hills
b. 13,333,333 hills
c. 14,121,122 hills
d. None of the above

35. If the seeder travels at 15 kph, what is the theoretical field capacity of the machine?
a. 2.25 ha/hr
b. 2.15 ha/hr
c. 2.01 ha/hr
d. None of the above

36. What is the effective field capacity of the machine if the field efficiency is 90%?
a. 2.025 ha/hr
b. 1.983 ha/hr
c. 1.869 ha/hr
d. None of the above

37. How long does the machine finish the job if it will be operated at 8 hrs. per day and 20 days per month?
a. 2 days
b. 4 days
c. 6 days
d. None of the above

38. If the seeds weigh 0.1 g/seed and requires 5 seeds per hill, what is the total weight of the seeds needed? % germinability of
seeds is 98%.
a. 6.8 tons
b. 6.2 tons
c. 7.9 tons
d. None of the above

39. A power tiller draws a two-row seeder at 30 cm spacing. The seeder has a 6-pocket metering device and is driven by a 0.4 m
ground wheel. If the required hill spacing is 0.3 m, what is the recommended sprocket ratio for the drive?
a. 1.43
b. 1.56
c. 2.01
d. None of the above

40. What is the effective field capacity of the implement if its field efficiency is 90%?
a. 0.201 ha/hr
b. 0.209 ha/hr
c. 0.216 ha/hr
d. None of the above

41. If the seeds per hole is required at 0.08 g/seed, how many kilos of seeds are needed to finish 10 ha? Assume germination
percentage at 90%.
a. 286 kg
b. 296 kg
c. 306 kg
d. None of the above
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42. A water pump with a 0.2m diameter propeller discharges 60 lpm of water at a head of 5 m. depth suction and 1 m. discharge.
The pump is driven by an electric motor at 1720 rpm. The pump efficiency is 72%, and 90%, respectively. Compute the WHP.
a. 0.05 hp
b. 0.08 hp
c. 0.09 hp
d. None of the above

43. If the speed of the pump is to be reduced to 1200 rpm, what is the capacity of the pump?
a. 39 lpm
b. 41 lpm
c. 43 lpm
d. None of the above

44. Determine the width of cut of a six-800 mm diameter disk plow spaced at 350 mm.
a. 2.8 m
b. 2.7 m
c. 2.6 m
d. None of the above

45. What is the effective field capacity of eight-900 mm diameter disk plow running at a speed of 10 kph. The disks are spaced
at 500 mm. Assume a plowing efficiency of 80%.
a. 3.76 ha/hr
b. 3.35 ha/hr
c. 3.01 ha/hr
d. none of the above

Prepared by: Rakim B. Casnor

Handling Faculty