RECALLED 2017 AE Licensure Exam Questions

PART 1
 Density of gasoline and diesel in kg/L
Ans: For diesel is 0.844, for gasoline is 0.7
 Thermal and burning efficiency of rice hull furnace (range)
 Flash point of gasoline and diesel in centigrade (-40 to 50)
 Wheel slip
 Efficient farm using mechanical operation in: harvesting-plowing
 Ha/hp, considered highly mechanized
 Philmech, DOST, PCARRD – purpose of these in mechanization
 Abbreviation: AMMDA
 Problems on TFC=SWE and two of them involves in time loss in turning
 1 problem on hill spacing
 Standard rpm of the PTO: a. 1000 b. 1500 c. 2000 d. ……
 Buyers are not sensitive to price change is ……………..
a. Perfectly inelastic demand b. elastic demand c. unitary demand d. inelastic
 What to do when rice thresher experienced too much vibration?
 Smoke of engine is black, fuel has ……?
a. Water b. high sulfur content c. low flash point
 Who can buy and test farm machineries?
 Cause of depreciation:
b. Wear and tear b. damage c. obsolescence d. all of these
 The following parts need to be imported, except
a. Engine b. bearing c. chain c. body assembly
 What is the reason when stripper discharge unstripped straws?
 Php100 future value at discount rate of 18%, what is the present value in 4 years?
a. 210 b. 160 c. 250 d. 120
 Situational questions (around 4 questions)
- computation on simple compounding interest
- problem on the commission of an Engr. in selling rice combine worth 1.5M, and he
should sell at least 10 units.
- If farmers coop has 1.5 M available fund, what is the commission and the farmers
loan plan?
 Situational: Given the number of buyers, sellers and quantity sold
 Oligopoly, oligopsony, pure monopoly, pure competition – choices are commodities
 Situational: 3 questions on pump, finding the diameter, belt length and belt speed of
V-belt
 Situational: AE, EE, ME, Agriculturist in farm development – who is responsible for the
*installation of mechanical dryer, *postharvest tech to farmers, *electrical installation in
farm, *preparation of farm development plan

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 Situational: Given hectares of plowed soil but need to bury residues, etc. what
operation to use?
- Anchoring, off-barring, hilling-up, harrowing
 30 ha to be plowed, what is the depth of plowing?
a. 100 mm b. 200 mm c. 400 mm d. 300 mm
 Situational: hulling efficiency of the rice mill, average milling capacity….operation
- 4 hr/night, 8 hr/day, 20 days/month
 Where to pass the crude to remove its impurities? Expeller or refinery?
 4×4 centrifugal pump with 24 ft head, what is hp of the pump to use.
 Class ng City na dapat may Ag. Engg. Division
 Law: DILG Memorandum Order 167 (?)
 Gathering information in the development of something is a _________. (research
management)
 Tariiff, levy
 Trademark is an example of __________ asset:
a. Fixed b. liquid c. current d. intangible

PART II
 Rice blast is caused by: a. fungus b. virus c. bacteria d. nutrient deficiency
 Aquifer, aquiclude, aquifuge, aquirard, aquinox
 MC of soil: MCw.b. to MCd.b.
Q  TDH
 Many problems on BHP 
3600  Eff
 Mathematics and Statistics:
8!
 Permutation of infinity =  3360
3!2!
 Cosine law and sine law: finding the height of the building, given angles and
distance
 Find the acute angle between the intersection of two lines
 Area of triangle given points of intersections
 Probability: hearts to be drawn from the deck of cards. Ans. 1/4
 Compound interest: F=P(1 + i)n
 Mode
 Standard deviation
 Degree of freedom with 5 replications: a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
 in, problem in adding of i
 Derivation of an equation
 Integration of an equation (problem in sentence form)
 Irrigation: more on trapezoidal channels. Finding side slope, depth and discharge
 Find the slope, given side slope 2:1, discharge ….. Ans:   tan 1 / 2  26.6
 PAES: Super konti

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 Gilt – giving birth
Effluent – discharge from the outlet
Windrow – involves the arrangement of compost mix in long, narrow piles that are
periodically turned to maintain aerobic conditions
 Computer Tech, Auto-CAD:
 CTRL X, CTRL V, CTRL Y, CTRL C
 Offset
 ROM, RAM, Operating system
 Hydraulic conductivity
 Instrument that measures solar radiation
 Color for storm surge (forecast): yellow, orange, red (3 questions)
 Lumabas ang tungkol sa sa storm signal something
 Surveying:
 Land, mapping, profiling, etc.
 Discrepancy
 PERT-CPM, slack time and others
 More on situational problems
 What is the study of the underground water: Hydrogeology, hydrometeorology,
hydrology, hydroecology
 q  0.000111Cd 2 P
 Problem on Tc given values on L and S but substituting directly cannot give you an
answer on the choices. There are given values to consider.
 Sprinkler problem: What is the discharge of each sprinkler given 6×6 sprinkler spacing
in 150 m by 80 m area………
 Pump use on shallow tube well: a. submersible b. centrifugal c. mixed flow
 Head of tube well: a. 30 ft b. 40 ft c. 60 ft d. 70 ft
 Flow of water to the impeller of the propeller pump: a. axial b. reciprocating c. radial
 What does static tube measures? A. undisturbed static pressure b. total head c.
velocity head
 No PAES 9 and 10

PART III
 Findong torque: not simple as T  F  d
 Deflection
 Cleats, purlins, gable, pier, column, beams, footings
 Consideration for additional length: lap joint, etc.
 Outlets for 15 amp: 8-10
 3-phase power factor given P, I, V
 Sir Tambong’s Reviewer: Ans. Alternator, hinged wind vane, 65% methane biogas fuel
 Sensible heat, latent heat, heat transfer (terms)

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 2 neutrins, 2 protons = beta
 Situational questions in HACCP, Constructor something…..
 Organic agriculture, sustainable agriculture (terms)
 Same frequency: Reactor, Gyrator, …….
 Where hot air discharge to the environment?:
a. Condenser b. compressor c. evaporator d. expansion valve
 R11, R12, R13 – given description of the characteristic of a refrigerant (content of the
refrigerant)
 Umbrella nails 10 kg, how many pieces?
a. 10,000 b. 11,000 c. 12,000 d. 13,000
 Problems on pV=mRT, Q=mCT, W=pV, Q=UAT, P=ρgh, internal energy, kinetic energy
 Height of the building given pressures
 R-value, U-value….
 Meaning of pH
 Production rate
 Peanut sheller, MC=12-14% w.b.
 PAES 203: Mositure determination of sample (how many samples below 100 test)
 Size of crushed gravel or aggregate: (Belonio reviewer)
a. 20-40 mm b. 20-50 mm c. 30-40 mm d. 20-30 mm
 Settlement ratio
 65-85% densities: a. loose b. very loose c. medium d. dense
 PAES 401: swine, farrowing pen, flow rate (ventilation) – 0.28 m3/min
 Solve for the binary number of ______ (2 questions)
 Mode-press 4-type the number-press equal-press log – you got the answer!
 Rubber roll

Note: Some problems are found in the UP Reviewer, Belonio, Tambong

Contributed by: CM Dumago