ICT
Many corporate organizations rely heavily on high-speed internet connections, data centers, and advanced computing divisions to deliver seamless electronic services to their global clients. Which of the following refers to the specific combination of manufacturing and service industries whose major operations are carried out widely through the use of technology and unified communications?
A. Agricultural and Fishery Arts (AFA) Sectors
B. Industrial Arts Servicing Sectors
C. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sectors
D. Social and Consumer Service Sectors
C. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sectors
A junior high school student wants to explore agricultural careers and is particularly interested in paths that involve high-level mathematics, physics, and design to build agricultural machinery and systems. Under which professional job category do specialists who evaluate, design, test, and install advanced agricultural equipment and farm systems belong?
A. Administrative jobs
B. Engineering jobs
C. Manual Labor jobs
D. Wholesale Sales jobs
B. Engineering jobs
While preparing a newly cleared agricultural land for crop planting, a farmer encounters several large, deeply buried stones and tree stumps that must be excavated manually. Which light and handy agricultural digging tool is specifically designed and used for digging deep holes and digging out buried stones and tree stumps?
A. Crowbar C. Light hoe
B. Grab-hoe D. Pruning shear
A. Crowbar
A farmer needs to draw water efficiently from a distant shallow well to irrigate several rows of young tomato plants during a dry spell. Which piece of farm equipment should be used to draw water from a source to irrigate the agricultural field?
A. Axial thresher C. Sprinkler
B. Hand tractor D. Water pump
D. Water pump
Before beginning the application of chemical pesticides in a commercial mango orchard, the farm owner reviews the safety requirements with all workers. What is the primary and most essential safety measure that farmworkers must wear to reduce the risk of contact with toxic chemicals?
A. Casual working clothes
B. Cotton hand gloves
C. Personal Protective Equipment
D. High-visibility orange vest
C. Personal Protective Equipment
A software development firm wants to create a localized desktop program that allows farmers to input soil data and automatically receive customized fertilizer recommendations. Which professional role within the programming sector is primarily responsible for writing, testing, and troubleshooting the actual lines of code that make this application run successfully?
A. Computer and Network Technician
B. Graphic Designer
C. Professional Web Animator
D. Software Programmer
D. Software Programmer
A greenhouse worker spent eight hours continuously bending over to transplant young seedlings, and is now suffering from severe lower back pain and neck sprains. What category of agricultural hazard is represented by poor body movement, improper working posture, and repetitive bending?
A. Biological hazard
B. Chemical hazard
C. Ergonomic hazard
D. Psychosocial hazard
C. Ergonomic hazard
A farmer wants to adopt an efficient irrigation method that delivers water directly to the plant's root zone, minimizing water loss from evaporation and run-off. Which of the following irrigation systems represents the most effective way to supply water and nutrients directly to the crops?
A. Drip irrigation
B. Manual water can irrigation
C. Sprinkler pipe irrigation
D. Surface flood irrigation
A. Drip irrigation
To ensure that freshly sown corn seeds have sufficient access to moisture and are protected from soil surface evaporation, they must be planted at the correct depth. What is the recommended correct depth range of soil for sowing seeds to ensure proper moisture and optimal germination conditions?
A. 0.5 to 1.0-inch
B. 1.0 to 1.5 inches
C. 1.5 to 2.0 inches
D. 2.0 to 2.5 inches
C. 1.5 to 2.0 inches
A gardener is cultivating climbing and crawling vegetable crops, such as bitter gourd (ampalaya), string beans, and squash, in a backyard school garden. Which agricultural support structure made of wood or metal is provided to guide the growth of crawling and climbing plants?
A. Crates C. Seed trays
B. Pails D. Trellises
D. Trellises
In many cities, modern mobile phone users access a single mobile application that integrates messaging, mobile banking, food delivery, ride-hailing, and digital payments in one interface. Which of the following recent ICT trends describes these highly integrated mobile applications that consolidate multiple services into a single convenient platform?
A. Blockchain Networks
B. MedTech Applications
C. Robotic Process Automation
D. Superapps
D. Superapps
An organic vegetable grower wants to control the growth of weeds in a large crop field without using commercial chemical herbicides that may leave chemical residues. Which of the following methods represents the most sustainable and environmentally friendly weed control approach?
A. Applying non-selective chemical herbicides.
B. Burning the topsoil layer periodically.
C. Flooding the entire crop field continuously.
D. Manual weeding and mechanical cultivation.
D. Manual weeding and mechanical cultivation.
A student is gathering various household and yard wastes to build a layer of organic materials in a backyard basket compost container. Which of the following items is NOT suitable as an organic ingredient for a healthy compost heap?
A. Dried leaves and garden soil
B. Eggshells and vegetable peelings
C. Plastic bags and aluminum foil
D. Rotten fruits and vegetable scraps
C. Plastic bags and aluminum foil
For a school science project, a student is preparing a fermented foliar fertilizer at home using a mixture of ripe fruits and brown sugar. What is the recommended weight and ratio of the chopped fruit mixture to brown sugar for a successful weeklong fermentation process?
A. 100 grams of fruits to 500 grams of brown sugar (1:5 ratio)
B. 250 grams of fruits to 250 grams of brown sugar (1:1 ratio)
C. 500 grams of fruits to 250 grams of brown sugar (2:1 ratio)
D. 500 grams of fruits to 500 grams of white sugar (1:1 ratio)
B. 250 grams of fruits to 250 grams of brown sugar (1:1 ratio)
A farmer has harvested a large batch of fresh tomatoes and wants to organize them systematically to ensure a good trade with commercial buyers. Which post-harvesting practice involves classifying the crops according to their size, shape, color, and ripeness?
A. Grading C. Precooling
B. Packaging D. Storing
A. Grading
An ICT student wants to design the overall production layout, brochures, and commercial magazines for a local cooperative using computer software. Under which ICT sector and career path does this creative project of developing visual concepts that convey ideas to inspire and inform audiences fall?
A. Computer Systems Servicing - Computer Technician
B. Computer Programming - Web Developer
C. Visual Arts - Graphic Designer
D. Telecommunications - Outbound Call Agent
C. Visual Arts - Graphic Designer
A poultry raiser wants to select a highly productive egg-laying chicken breed that originated in central Italy and has ten distinct color varieties. Which chicken breed is known as Livorno or Livornese, is a good layer of white eggs, and averages about 280 eggs per year?
A. Ancona C. Leghorn
B. Cochin D. Sussex
C. Leghorn
In a local duck farm, the owner is selecting a breed that can be sold rapidly for meat production within 2 to 3 months of raising. Which breed of duck is characterized by an erect neck and is highly valued for rapid, high-quality meat production?
A. Khaki Campbell C. Native duck
B. Muscovy duck D. Peking duck
B. Muscovy duck
An agricultural cooperative wants to help smallholder farmers identify the physical traits of various quail breeds raised for commercial egg production. Which of the following quail breeds is correctly matched with its distinct physical characteristic?
A. Black-breasted Quail - white body with black eyes
B. Silver Quail - black or gray body color
C. Tuxedo Quail - black and white patches on its head and body
D. Japanese Taiwan - found only in forests and meadows
C. Tuxedo Quail - black and white patches on its head and body
An agribusiness enterprise wants to hire an agricultural specialist who can manage crop environments and oversee all manual labor from planting to harvesting. Which of the following agricultural roles should they advertise to find a professional capable of performing these crop-raising and environmental management duties?
A. Grain elevator operator
B. Grower or Crop Manager
C. Purchasing agent
D. Agricultural equipment technician
B. Grower or Crop Manager
A computer in the school agricultural laboratory is unable to boot and continuously displays network configuration errors. Which of the following best analyzes the primary responsibility of a Computer and Network Technician in this situation?
A. Answering inbound customer calls to sell internet subscriptions.
B. Designing brochures, magazines, and commercial advertisements.
C. Writing a software code to build a new network operating system.
D. Setting up, troubleshooting, and maintaining the computer systems and data networks.
D. Setting up, troubleshooting, and maintaining the computer systems and data networks.
During a routine safety inspection, a manager discovers that the protective metal casing of an electrically operated feed grinder has been removed, exposing live wires and gears. How should this safety issue be analyzed in terms of agricultural workplace threats?
A. It is a near miss because no worker has been injured yet.
B. It is an ergonomic hazard that causes over fatigue to the worker.
C. It is an unsafe act because the machinery is operating too slowly.
D. It is an unsafe condition that can cause mechanical or electrical injuries.
D. It is an unsafe condition that can cause mechanical or electrical injuries.
A farmer wants to prepare a compacted agricultural plot for planting by loosening the hardened topsoil to allow proper aeration and water penetration for root growth. Which of the following field operations should the farmer perform to accomplish conventional tillage?
A. Applying concentrated liquid chemical fertilizers
B. Stirring the soil through plowing or harrowing
C. Spraying selective herbicides on the compacted ground
D. Planting the seeds directly at a depth of four inches
B. Stirring the soil through plowing or harrowing
A Grade 7 student has successfully sifted the juice from a week-old fermented fruit and sugar mixture to create an organic foliar fertilizer. What is the correct dilution ratio for spraying this fermented liquid fertilizer safely on the leaves of flowering plants?
A. 1 teaspoon of fermented juice to 1 liter of clean water
B. 1 tablespoon of fermented juice to 1 liters of clean water
C. 1 cup of fermented juice to 2 liters of clean water
D. 5 teaspoons of fermented juice to 2 liters of clean water
B. 1 tablespoon of fermented juice to 1 liters of clean water
A vegetable grower has harvested a large quantity of fresh leafy vegetables and wants to store them in a warehouse to stabilize market prices. Which of the following parameters must be analyzed to ensure that the vegetable produce is suitable for successful long-term storage?
A. The vegetables must be mature and free from damage.
B. The vegetables must be immature and packed tightly in wet newspaper.
C. The vegetables must be stored in high-oxygen, high-temperature chambers.
D. The vegetables must be washed with hot soapy water and dried under direct sunlight.
A. The vegetables must be mature and free from damage.