AGRICULTURAL

PROCESSING, STRUCTURES,
AND ALLIED SUBJECTS
Engr. Alexis T. Belonio
Professional Agricultural Engineer
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Agricultural Engineering and
Environmental Management
College of Agriculture
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
atbelonio@yahoo.com
 It is a dryer in which the material being
dried moves through the drying chamber
is substantially in continuous stream
without being re-circulated.
 Re-circulating-type dryer
 Continuous-flow type dryer
 Concurrent-flow type dryer
 None of the above
Answer
 Continuous-flow type dryer
 It is a continuous-flow type dryer in
which the product that is being dried
moves in the same direction as the
drying air.
 Cross-flow type dryer
 Counter-flow type dryer
 Concurrent-flow type dryer
 All of the above
Answer
concurrent-flow type dryer
 It is a continuous-flow type dryer in
which the drying bin is a columnar type
with louvers causing mixing to occur as
the grain flows through the system.
 Mixing type
 Non-mixing type
 Re-circulating type
 None of the above
Answer
mixing type
 It is a dryer in which the product of
combustion comes into contact with
the product that is being dried.

 Indirect fired dryer

 Direct fired dryer
 Combustion fired dryer
 All of the above
Answer
 Direct fired dryer
It is the ratio of the total heat utilized to
vaporize moisture in the material being
dried to the amount of heat added to
the drying air.
 Dryer efficiency
 Thermal efficiency
 Heat of vaporization efficiency
 All of the above
Answer
 Dryer efficiency
 It is a fraction of grain with its length
equal to or greater than three-fourth of
the average.
 Large broken grain
 Small broken grains
 Head grain
 None of the above
Answer
head grain
 It is an air moving device used to force
heated air through the mass of grain at a
desired air-flow rate and pressure.
 Blower
 Aspirator
 Fanning mill
 None of the above
Answer
 Blower
It is a mechanical grain dryer wherein grain is
passed intermittently in cycles or stages
through a drying chamber either by
mechanical means or by gravity with
subsequent cooling and tempering until the
grain reaches the desired moisture content.
 Batch-in-bin dryer
 Flat-bed dryer
 Multi pass dryer
 All of the above
Answer
Ö Multi pass dryer
It is a chamber wherein the air pressure
forms a uniform distribution of heated
air through the grain mass.

 Plenum
 Bin
 Duct
 All of the above
Answer
 Plenum
 It is the minimum requirement for
drying efficiency based on the standard
performance criteria for a mechanical
dryer.
 90%
 75%
 50%
 None of the above
Answer
75%
 It is the minimum requirement for
heating efficiency of direct-fired
biomass-fueled grain dryer.
 75%
 65%
 50%
 None of the above
Answer
65%
It is the minimum requirement for heat
utilization efficiency based on the
standard performance criteria of direct-
fired petroleum-based fuel for
mechanical dryers.
 90%
 80%
 70%
 None of the above
Answer
 90%
 It is the warranty period requirement
for mechanical grain dryers.
 6 months
 12 months
 1 year
 Two of the above
Answer
 6 months
 It is the ratio of the heat released by
the fuel to the theoretical heat
available from the fuel.
 Burner efficiency
 Thermal efficiency
 Combustion efficiency
 None of the above
Answer
 Combustion efficiency
It is the percentage of grain free from
foreign matter.
 Percentage foreign matter
 Percentage cleanliness
 Purity
 None of the above
Answer
 Purity
 It is the pressure build up in the
plenum chamber to maintain the
uniform distribution of air flow through
the grain mass.
 Velocity pressure
 Static pressure
 Dynamic pressure
 Two of the above
Answer
static pressure
 It is the temporary holding of the
grains between drying passes to allow
the moisture in the center of the grain
equalize with that on its surface.
 Tempering
 Static drying
 Dryaeration
 None of the above
Answer
tempering
It is the amount of moisture in the grain
expressed as percentage of the total
weight of the samples.
 Moisture content dry basis
 Moisture content wet basis
 Moisture content
 All of the above
Answer
moisture content wet basis
 It is the amount of moisture in the
grain expressed as percentage of the
weight of dry matter.
 Moisture content dry basis
 Moisture content wet basis
 Moisture content
 None of the above
Answer
moisture content dry basis
 They are screen cleaners that employ
an air blast to assist in cleaning.
 Screen separators
 Fanning mills
 Blowers
 None of the above
Answer
fanning mills
 It is a part of a belt conveyor that is
used to discharge materials over the
end of the belt by a diagonal scraper.
 Scraper
 Tripper
 Head pulley
 None of the above
Answer
tripper
It is a moisture meter that determines
the moisture content of the product
based on the ability of current to pass
through the material.
 Capacitance type moisture meter
 Resistance type meter
 Infrared moisture meter
 All of the above
Answer
resistance type meter
It is the moisture that can be found at
the surface of the material.
 Unbound water
 Bound water
 Free moisture
 All of the above
Answer
free moisture
 It is the blending of ingredients or
materials in agricultural processing
operation.
 Sorting
 Molding
 Mixing
 All of the above
Answer
mixing
 It is a burr or plate mill.

 Micro mill
 Attrition mill
 Roller mill
 All of the above
Answer
attrition mill
 It is process of reducing the size of
materials by applying force to the
product in excess of its strength.
 Shearing
 Crushing
 Milling
 None of the above
Answer
crushing
 It is a process of reducing the size of
materials by pushing or forcing a thin
sharp knife into it.
 Shearing
 Crushing
 Cutting
 All of the above
Answer
cutting
 It indicates the uniformity of grind in
the resultant product.
 Uniformity sex
 Particle size
 Fineness modulus
 All of the above
Answer
fineness modulus
It is a process of reducing materials by
combination of cutting and crushing
actions.
 Milling
 Grinding
 Shearing
 None of the above
Answer
shearing
 If the amount of water in a product is
determined based on its dry matter
content, the moisture content is
expressed in _____.
 Wet basis
 Dry basis
 Semi wet basis
 None of the above
Answer
dry basis
 It is a method of measuring the
moisture content of the product by
direct extraction of water.
 Primary method
 Secondary method
 Tertiary method
 None of the above
Answer
primary method
 It is the process of detaching or
separating rice grains from the panicle
by combing action.
 Stripping
 Reaping
 Harvesting
 All of the above
Answer
stripping
If 20 kg of water is to be removed from
110 kg of paddy, what is the percentage
moisture content of paddy in wet basis?
 1.8%
 18%
 22%
 None of the above
Answer
18%
 What is the percentage moisture
content of the paddy above when
expressed in dry basis?
 22%
 30%
 12%
 None of the above
Answer
22%
What is the amount of moisture to be
removed from a material whose
moisture content is 14.5% with dry
matter weight of 76 kg?
 12.9 kg
 24.1 kg
 14.5 kg
 None of the above
Answer
12.9 kg
If a product has a percentage moisture
content of 12% wet basis, the
equivalent percentage moisture content
in dry basis is ______.
 13.6%
 16.3%
 13.4%
 None of the above
Answer
13.6%
 A product expressed in dry basis has a
percentage moisture content 25%, what
is the percentage moisture content of
the product in wet basis?
 20%
 22%
 26%
 None of the above
Answer
20%
If 9 tons of a product is to be dried from
24% to 14%, the final weight of the
product would be______.
 7,953.4 kg
 8,837.3 kg
 9,741.4 kg
 None of the above
Answer
8,837.3 kg
 What is the moisture loss of the
product in the item above?
 1046.5 kg
 2285.6 kg
 2634.4 kg
 None of the above
Answer
1046.5 kg
It is the measure of the power output of
fan in relation to its power input.
 Fan thermal efficiency
 Fan performance index
 Fan efficiency
 All of the above
Answer
fan efficiency
The recommended depth of grain in a
shallow bed dryer is:
 Up to 12 inches
 Up to 18 inches
 Up to 24 inches
 All of the above
Answer
up to 18 inches
 It is the recommended clearance for
disk huller to achieve higher brown rice
recovery with less breakage.
 ¼ of the length of paddy grain
 ½ of the thickness of paddy grain
 ¾ of the length of paddy grain
 None of the above
Answer
 ½ of the thickness of paddy
grain
The manufacturers’ prescribed peripheral
velocity of a disk huller is ______.
 10m/s
 14m/s
 18m/s
 None of the above
Answer
14m/s
The manufacturers’ recommendation for
the speed of cone in a vertical abrasive
whitening cone should not exceed ____.
 13m/s
 14m/s
 15m/s
 None of the above
Answer
13m/s
 What is the manufacturers’
recommendation for the speed of a
horizontal abrasive whitener?
 800 rpm
 1000 rpm
 1200 rpm
 None of the above
Answer
1000 rpm
 It is the process in which air moves
through stored grains at a low rate to
maintain its quality.
 Cooling
 Aeration
 Fanning
 None of the above
Answer
aeration
 It is the maximum allowable safe
height of sack pile in bag storage.
 12-16 sacks
 18-25 sacks
 28-30 sacks
 None of the above
Answer
 18-25 sacks
 What is the recommended stacking
density per cubic meter of space for
paddy?
 5 bags
 10 bags
 15 bags
 None of the above
Answer
10 bags
 What is the recommended stacking
density per cubic meter of space for
corn?
 12 bags
 14 bags
 16 bags
 None of the above
Answer
12 bags
 What is the recommended stacking
density per cubic meter of space for
milled rice?
 10 bags
 15 bags
 20 bags
 None of the above
Answer
15 bags
 If a pile of rice is 8-m long, 6-m wide,
and 3.6-m high, how many bags of rice
are safe to be piled?
 2592 bags
 2952 bags
 2295 bags
 None of the above
Answer
2592 bags
 If 5000 bags of paddy are to be piled
20-bag high, how many square meters
of floor space is required?
 111 sq. m.
 121 sq. m.
 211 sq. m.
 None of the above
Answer
111 sq. m.
It is a storage method wherein the gas
concentration in storage atmosphere is
changed.

 Sealed storage
 Modified atmosphere
 Controlled atmosphere
 All of the above
Answer
modified atmosphere
 It is a process of separating lower
density materials from grains.
 Aspiration
 Cleaning
 Fanning
 All of the above
Answer
aspiration
It is a primary cleaner which separates
larger particles of performs rough
cleaning of grains.
 Rotary sieve
 Scalper
 Vibrating screen
 All of the above
Answer
scalper
 The recommended size of scalper for
paddy is____.
 0.2-0.25 m2 per ton
 0.3-0.35 m2 per ton
 0.4-0.45 m2 per ton
 None of the above
Answer
0.2-0.25 m2 per ton
What is the theoretical rpm of a bucket
elevator whose head pulley diameter is
0.2 m and the bucket projection is
0.1m.?
 77 rpm
 120 rpm
 160 rpm
 None of the above
Answer
 77 rpm
 If the operational efficiency of the
bucket elevator above is 85% of the
theoretical speed, what is the operation
speed of the elevator?
 65 rpm
 102 rpm
 136 rpm
 None of the above
Answer
 65 rpm
 What is the theoretical horsepower
requirement of a bucket elevator
whose capacity is 545 kg/min and lift
of 10.7 m? The elevator is loaded
down side.
 2.19 hp
 1.92 hp
 2.91 hp
 None of the above
Answer
 1.92 hp
It is a hydrothermal treatment of paddy
before milling.
 Parboiling
 Drying
 Water treatment
 None of the above
Answer
 Parboiling
 In a disk huller, the stationary disk is
located at the_____.
 Top of the huller
 Bottom of the huller
 Side of the huller
 None of the above
Answer
 Top of the huller
 The capacity of a compartment type
separator is ______.
 20-30kg. Brown rice per hour
 40-60kg. Brown rice per hour
 70-80kg. Brown rice per hour
 None of the above
Answer
Ö 40-60kg. Brown rice per hour
It is the amount of foreign materials in
a sample of grains.
 Impurities
 Chalky grain
 Dockage
 None of the above
Answer
 Dockage
It is a storage practice in which grains
are stored in loose form in a large
container.
 Bag storage
 Bunker storage
 Bulk storage
 All of the above
Answer
 Bulk storage
 It is a small metal probe for taking
samples of paddy.
 Sampling tube
 Trier
 Sampler
 None of the above
Answer
 Trier
 It is a wooden frame used in staking
bags of rice.
 Dunnage
 Loading platform
 Bag holder
 All of the above
Answer
 Dunnage
 It is a warehouse used for storing
paddy or rice either in bulk or in bags.
 Silo
 Godown
 Farmstead
 None of the above
Answer
 Godown
It refers to the rough cleaning of paddy
to remove most foreign materials prior
to drying and storage.
 Aspiration
 Scalping
 Sieving
 All of the above
Answer
scalping
A drying temperature of 45°C is equal
to______.
 113°F
 131°F
 121°F
 None of the above
Answer
113°F
 Five tons of paddy milled in 6 hours
produces 3950 kg brown rice and 3250
kg. of milled rice, what is the milling
recovery?
 60%
 65%
 70%
 None of the above
Answer
 65%
 What is the hulling coefficient of the
huller in the item above?
 0.79
 0.89
 0.99
 None of the above
Answer
 0.79
 If the head rice recovery of paddy in
the item above is equal to 85%, what is
the amount of broken grains?
 487.50 kg
 478.50 kg
 475.85 kg
 None of the above
Answer
 487.50 kg
 What is the amount of rice hull
produced during milling in the item
above?
 1000 kg
 1050 kg
 1100 kg
 None of the above
Answer
 1050
 The optimum relative humidity for
storing fruits and vegetables is ____.
 60-70%
 80-90%
 90-100%
 All of the above
A two-ton mechanical dryer dries paddy
from 24% to 14% in 8 hours. What is
the final weight of the product after
drying?
 1767.4 kg
 1677.4 kg
 1776.4 kg
 None of the above
What is the drying capacity of the dryer
in the item above?
 200 kg/hr
 250 kg/hr
 125 kg/hr
 None of the above
 What is the moisture reduction per
hour in the item above?
 29.07 kg/hr
 27.09 kg/hr
 20.97 kg/hr
 None of the above
The coefficient of friction of rice to a
steel material is 0.41. what is the
minimum angle of hopper required for
the system?
 22 deg.
 30 deg.
 50 deg.
 None of the above
It refers to the divisional layer between
the dried and the undried products in a
drying system.
 Drying layer
 Drying zone
 Drying front
 All of the above
 It is the amount of heat required to
raise one gram of water to one degree
Centrigade.
 One BTU
 One Calorie
 One Joule
 All of the above
 What is the peak storage capacity of a
5-m diameter grain storage bin with an
average height and a minimum angle of
fill of 6 m and 28 deg., respectively?
 126.5m3
 162.5m3
 156.2m3
 None of the above
 It refers to the angle whose tangent
equals the coefficient of friction
between surfaces of the stored
materials.
 Angle of contact
 Angle of friction
 Angle of repose
 All of the above
 It refers to the expression of the
moisture content which commonly used
in commercial scale.
 Moisture wet basis
 Moisture content dry basis
 Moisture content
 All of the above
 A solar dryer is used to reduce the
moisture content of four tons of paddy
from 25% to 15% wet basis. The
amount of moisture removed is about
_____.
 471 kilos
 417 kilos
 714 kilos
 None of the above
 It is a device that removes excess
moisture generally by forced ventilation
with or without the addition of heat.
 Fryer
 Dehydrator
 Dryer
 None of the above
 It is a batch-type dryer with vertical
holding bin and is used for shallow-bed
drying.
 Recirculating dryer
 Vertical bin dryer
 Batch-type dryer
 None of the above
 It is a batch-type dryer equipped to
circulate or mix grain during drying
operation.
 Vertical-bin dryer
 Recirculating dryer
 Flat-bed dryer
 None of the above
It is a batch dryer with horizontal grain
holding bin which is passed
continuously through a drying chamber
utilizing agitator until the grain reaches
the specified moisture content
reduction per pass.
 Batch dryer
 Continuous flow dryer
 Recirculating dryer
 None of the above
 It refers to an air chamber maintained
under pressure which is usually
connected to one or more distribution
duct in a drying system.
 Drying bin
 Plenum chamber
 Air duct
 None of the above
 It is a machine that converts paddy to
milled rice.
 Paddy husker
 Rice whitener
 Rice mill
 All of the above
 It is an example of a rice husker.

 Rubber roll huller

 Disk-huller
 Steel-huller
 All of the above
 One ton of coconut will produce
approximately _____ kg of oil.
 400
 500
 600
 None of the above
 It is a machine that is used to remove
bran.
 Polisher
 Husker
 Whitener
 All of the above
 It is a part of a belt conveyor that is
used to discharge materials over the
end of the belt by a diagonal scraper.
 Idler pulley
 Tripper
 Head pulley
 None of the above
It is the ratio of the quantity of light on
the working place to the quantity of
light output from the source.
 Room index
 Coefficient of utilization
 Light intensity
 None of the above
A log has a smallest diameter of 24 in.
and a length of 18 in. What is the net
total number of board foot that can be
obtained from the log?
 450 bd ft
 500 bd ft
 550 bd ft
 None of the above
 It is a dryer component that converts
the velocity pressure of the fan to static
pressure.

 Drying bin
 Plenum chamber
 Manometer
 None of the above
 It is the percentage speed difference
among rubber rollers.
 15%
 20%
 25%
 None of the above
 The maximum percentage of milling
recovery that can be obtained from a
rice mill is ____.
 69%
 75%
 80%
 None of the above
It refers to the recommended clearance
of disk huller to achieve higher brown
rice recovery with less breakage.
 ¼ of the thickness of paddy grain
 ½ of the thickness of paddy grain
 ¾ of the thickness of paddy grain
 None of the above
 A vertical-axis hammer mill is more
advantageous than the horizontal-axis
hammer mill for the reason that
_______.
 It is more effective in grinding grains with
higher moisture content of up to 25%
 The power requirement of the vertical-axis
hammer mill is lower than the horizontal-
axis hammer mill
 Less broken grains can be derived from
vertical-axis hammer mill
 None of the above
 It is a grain milling machine consisting
of two cast iron disk plates with teeth or
serration on one or both faces.
 Hammer mill
 Attrition mill
 Roller mill
 All of the above
It is a grain milling machine suitable for
grinding grains with moisture content
of up to 30%.
 Hammer mill
 Attrition mill
 Roller mill
 All of the above
 It is a type of mill used for crushing
grains by allowing it to pass through a
two rotating cylinder steel, one of which
is smaller than the other.
 Hammer mill
 Roller mill
 Plate mill
 All of the above
 The density of pig and poultry feed is
approximately _____.
 250 kg/m3
 450 kg/m3
 650 kg/m3
 None of the above
 The auger that is centrally located at
the vertical feed mixer usually rotates at
a speed of _____.
 100-250 rpm
 250-400 rpm
 400-650 rpm
 None of the above
 A horizontal feed mixer is not
advantageous for feed mixing as
compared to vertical feed mixer for the
reason that _____.
 Horizontal feed mixer has a lower capacity
 Horizontal feed mixer has a high power
requirement
 Horizontal feed mixer has a lesser life
span
 None of the above.
 It is a type of bearing used for
tightening bucket elevator belts.
 Pillow block gearing
 Flange bearing
 Take-up units
 None of the above
 When a bucket elevator is to be fed at
the downside section instead of the
upside section of the elevator booth, its
power requirement will _________.
 Decrease
 Increase
 Remain the same
 None of the above
It is a type of a conveyor feeder used
for feeding birds in cages in a poultry
farm.
 Flat chain feeder
 Auger feeder
 Round chain feeder
 All of the above
 It is an electrically-operated device
commonly used for automatic bagging
of grains or feeds.
 Solinoid switch
 Transducer
 Load cell
 None of the above
 It refers to the manufacturers’
prescribed peripheral velocity of disc
for disc-type huller.
 10 m/s
 14 m/s
 18 m/s
 None of the above
It is the recommended peripheral speed
of rubber roller for hulling operations.
 10 m/s
 14 m/s
 18 m/s
 None of the above
 It is an element used primarily to
support axial compressive load and
with a height of at least three times its
least lateral dimension.
 Pier
 Column
 Beams
 None of the above
It is a primary cleaner which separates
larger particles or rough cleaning of
rough rice.
 Rotary sieve
 Scalper
 Vibrating screen
 All of the above
 It is the recommended size of scalper
for paddy cleaning.
 0.2-0.25m2/ton
 0.3-0.35m2/ton
 0.4-0.45m2/ton
 None of the above
What is the theoretical rpm of a bucket
elevator whose head pulley diameter is
0.2 m and the bucket projection is 0.1
m.?
 77 rpm
 120 rpm
 160 rpm
 None of the above
If the operational speed of the bucket
elevator in the item above is 85% of
the theoretical speed, what is the
operational speed of the elevator?
 65 rpm
 102 rpm
 136 rpm
 None of the above
 What is the theoretical horsepower
requirement of a bucket elevator with a
capacity of 545 kg/min and lift of 10.7
m and the elevator is loaded down side.
 2.19 hp
 1.92 hp
 2.91 hp
 None of the above
 It is a rice mill huller which produces
high milling recovery.
 Steel huller
 Rubber huller
 Stone disk
 All of the above
On the disk huller, the stationary disk is
located at the ______.
 Top of the huller
 Bottom of the huller
 Outside of the huller
 None of the above
 It is an air moving device which
produces high airflow but low head.
 Fans
 Blower
 Compressor
 All of the above
 It is a device that is used to move oil.

 Blower
 Pump
 Compressor
 All of the above
 If mixing is needed to carryout during
conveying, the suitable conveyor is
_____.
 Bucket
 Screw
 Belt
 All of the above
 The horsepower requirement of belt
conveyors includes power to ____.
 Drive empty
 Drive at horizontal
 Drive vertical
 All of the above
 It is a conveyor with a high power
requirement per unit capacity.
 Bucket
 Belt
 Pneumatic
 All of the above
 It is an air moving device suitable for
grain cleaning.
 Axial fan
 Propeller fan
 Cross flow fan
 All of the above
 If the diameter of a blower is
increased, the pressure will _____.
 Increase
 Decrease
 Remain the same
 None of the above
 It is a machine which separates the
paddy from brown rice.
 Screen sifter
 Paddy separator
 Paddy husker
 None of the above
 It is a machine that smoothens milled
rice.
 Whitener
 Polisher
 Sifter
 All of the above
 It refers to the manufacturers’
recommendation for maximum speed
cone on a vertical abrasive whitening
machine.
 13 m/s
 14 m/s
 18 m/s
 None of the above
 It is recommended for conveying
product with less damage.
 Bucket elevator
 Screw conveyor
 Belt conveyor
 All of the above
 It is an air moving device commonly
used for drying which produces high
pressure but low airflow.
 Blower
 Fan
 Compressor
 None of the above
It is recommended to remove metallic
element during conveying.
 Screen separator
 Magnetic separator
 Pneumatic separator
 None of the above
 It is a machine that separates brown
rice from paddy.
 Scalper
 Paddy separator
 Rice whitener
 Paddy husker
 None of the above
The speed of fixed rubber roll from the
adjustable roller on a rubber roll huller
is slower by ____.
 20%
 25%
 30%
 None of the above
It is a machine that is used to remove
the bran from the brown rice.

 Polisher
 Grader
 Whitener
 None of the above
 It is a machine that is used to make
milled rice shiny after removing the
bran layer.
 Polisher
 Grader
 Whitener
 None of the above
 It is a machine that is used to
segregate various fractions/sizes of
milled rice.
 Polisher
 Grader
 Whitener
 None of the above
It is a type of whitener consisting of a
fluted roller rotating inside the
hexagonal chamber with slot-type
perforations.
 Abrasive-type whitener
 Frictional-type whitener
 All of the above
 None of the above
 It is a commonly used material
handling equipment.
 Bucket elevator
 Screw conveyor
 Belt conveyor
 All of the above
 It is a conveyor which is essentially
made of an endless belt operating
between two or more pulleys with its
load supported by idlers.
 Bucket elevator
 Screw conveyor
 Pneumatic conveyor
 None of the above
It is a conveyor used for fine materials
and is made of a helical plate which
rotates on a trough and moves the
product by dragging.
 Chain conveyor
 Pneumatic conveyor
 Screw conveyor
 None of the above
 It is a material handling equipment
which consists of cups attached to a
chain or belt that revolves around a
bottom-and-top where the cups are
discharged.
 Chain conveyor
 Belt conveyor
 Bucket elevator
 None of the above
 It is a conveyor which utilizes high
terminal velocity air to move the
product.
 Vibratory conveyor
 Screw conveyor
 Pneumatic conveyor
 None of the above
 It is the method of determining grain
moisture by directly extracting the
moisture from the product.
 Primary method
 Secondary method
 Tertiary method
 None of the above
 It is an example of moisture
determination using primary method.
 Resistance type meter
 Capacitance type meter
 Oven
 All of the above
 It is a method of determining the
moisture from the product which is
based on the electrical properties of the
product.
 Primary method
 Secondary method
 Tertiary method
 None of the above
 It is a device used in oven-drying to
prevent dehydrated samples resorb
moisture while undergoing cooling
process.
 Distilling flask
 Glass jar
 Dessicator
 All of the above
 It is the ability of the machine to
remove hulls from the grains.
 Coefficient of hulling
 Hulling percentage
 Husking efficiency
 All of the above
 It is the outer layer of brown rice
consisting of aleurone cells covering
the endosperm of the rice grain.
 Hull
 Embryo
 Bran
 All of the above
 It is the ASAE standard agricultural
pallet bin for square shape bin.
 100 cm x 100 cm
 120 cm x 120 cm
 150 cm x 150 cm
 None of the above
 It is the ASAE standard agricultural
pallet bin for rectangular shape bin.
 120 cm x 100 cm
 150 cm x 120 cm
 150 cm x 100 cm
 None of the above
 It is the overall height of agricultural
pallet bin as recommended by the
ASAE.
 72 or 133 cm
 62 or 122 cm
 52 or 112 cm
 None of the above
 It is an auger capable of discharging
materials to one or more locations.
 Feeding auger
 Portable auger
 Distributing auger
 None of the above
It is an auger which releases conveyed
materials essentially uniform along a
substantial portion of its length.
 Feeding auger
 Portable auger
 Distributing auger
 None of the above
 It is an auger whose accessories
include a suitable support system which
provides mobility.
 Feeding auger
 Portable auger
 Distributing auger
 None of the above
 The auger size refers to the ____.

 Diameter of the auger

 Inside diameter of the auger tube
 Outside diameter of the auger tube
 None of the above
 Hammer mills are designed purposely
to ______.
 Chop forage materials
 Reduce the sizes of granular products
 Compact powered product
 None of the above
 The husking ratio of the rubber roll
huller is about ______.
 60-70%
 80-90%
 95-98%
 None of the above
 A rice thresher that is fed at one end
and discharges threshed product at the
other end is ____.
 Radial-type thresher
 Hold on type thresher
 Axial-flow thresher
 None of the above
 They are commonly used threshing
units for throw-in type thresher.
 Peg-tooth
 Wire loop
 Rasp bar
 None of the above
 It is the part of the rice thresher that
causes the movement of panicles from
one end to the other end of the
threshing cylinder.
 Louvers
 Concave
 Pegs
 None of the above
 It is the recommended rpm of rice
thresher cylinder.
 400-600 rpm
 800-1200 rpm
 2000-3000 rpm
 None of the above
 It is a dehulled paddy but the bran
layer remains intact.
 Rough rice
 Milled rice
 Brown rice
 All of the above
 It measures the ability of the machine
to remove hulls with minimum
breakage.
 Coefficient of hulling
 Coefficient of breakage
 Coefficient of wholeness
 All of the above
It is the extent by which the bran layer
of brown rice is removed as a result of
whitening.
 Milling degree
 Degree of whitening
 Milling recovery
 All of the above
A multi-pass rice mill is determined by
________.
 Having two or three separate hullers in
the system
 Having a series of two or three whitening
machines
 Having the paddy loaded several times in
the rice mill
 None of the above
 It is the ratio of the weight of milled
rice to the weight of the paddy
multiplied by one hundred.
 Percentage head rice recovery
 Percentage milling recovery
 Percentage milling capacity
 None of the above
It is an unhulled grain or Oryza sativa.

 Palay
 Paddy
 Rough rice
 All of the above
 It is an auxiliary device of a rice mill
which receives the remaining small
bran particles of milled rice and gives a
glossy appearance to the product.
 Whitener
 Grader
 Polisher
 All of the above
 It is an example of a rice huller.

 Steel-fluted
 Rubber roll
 Disk
 Centrifugal
 All of the above
 It is a process of reducing the corn
kernel into pieces of grits, germs, and
pericarp with or without conditioning.
 Dry milling
 Hammer milling
 Attrition milling
 None of the above
It is a machine which is used to remove
the germ and pericarp from the corn
kernel.
 Conditioner
 De-germinator
 Corn mill
 None of the above
 It is a major component of a corn mill
used to reduce corn kernel into grits.
 Roller mill
 Ball mill
 Attrition mill
 All of the above
 It is a kind of cleaner that uses air to
separate lower density material from
cornel kernel/corn grits such as floured
corn, germ, and bran.
 Aspirator
 Oscillating screen
 Cleaner
 Cyclone separator
 All of the above
 It is a kind of rice mill that employs
only one whitening machine.
 “Kiskisan” rice mill
 Single pass rice mill
 Rubber roll rice mill
 None of the above
 It is the minimum hulling efficiency
requirement for rice mill based on the
standard performance criterion.
 90%
 80%
 70%
 None of the above
 It is the process of rewetting of dried
corn kernels to about 18 to 22%
moisture content and tempered to make
the pericarp and the germ more pliable
and easier to remove during de-
germination process.
 Tempering
 Conditioning
 Drying
 None of the above
It is a storage system used for holding
buffer stocks which is usually located at
the shipping receiving terminals.
 Village level storage system
 Commercial level storage system
 Centralized storage system
 All of the above
 It is a storage structure made of pre-
fabricated reinforcement concrete of a
pre-fabricated metal siding, which is
either a hopper bottom or a flat
bottom.
 Warehouse
 Silo
 Bulk container
 All of the above
It refers to the size of wire mesh used
in storage to protect stored product
from insects and rodents.
 ¼ in. mesh
 ½ in. mesh
 ¾ in. mesh
 All of the above
 GPEP stands for _____.

 Grain Productivity Enhancement Project

 Grain Productivity Enhancement Program
 Grain Production Enhancement Program
 All of the above
It refers to the areas of concern of the
Philippine Postharvest Industry.
 Research and development
 Training, extension, and commercialization
 Postharvest facility assistance
 Government support to the private sector
 All of the above
 None of the above
 It is the fibrous layer of paddy when
hull is removed and is frequently
known as the silver skin of brown rice.
 Lemma and Palea
 Pericarp
 Bran layer
 None of the above
 The free space between the husk of
rough rice and the brown rice kernel
greatly affects milling in the sense that
_____.
 The larger the free space, the more it
increases the amount of broken grains
 The smaller the free space, the lesser is its
abrasive effect to the rubber roll huller
 The larger the free space, the smaller the
breakage and loses
 All of the above
 A slender type paddy has a length to
width ratio of ____.
 Less than 2.0
 Between 2 to 3
 More than 3.0
 None of the above
The uneven expansion and contraction
of the inner and outer layers of the
grains that cause fissuring is a factor of
_____.
 Mechanical stress
 Thermal stress
 Physical stress
 All of the above
 None of the above
 Broken rice is a quality deterioration
index during _____.
 Drying
 Threshing
 Milling
 None of the above
 Changes in texture, odor, flavor, and
nutritive value of grains during
prolonged storage, even in the absence
of insects and microorganisms are due
to the ____.
 Moisture and temperature
 Vapor pressure and temperature
 Vapor pressure and moisture
 All of the above
 None of the above
 It is recommended that the paddy
should be harvested when 80% of the
panicle is fully ripe for the reason that
____.
 Harvesting the paddy below 80% will produce
more broken grains
 Harvesting the paddy above 80% will produce
more empty grains
 Harvesting the paddy above 80% will produce
more shattered and broken grains
 All of the above
 It is the manual method of harvesting
the paddy using “yatab”.
 Sickle harvesting
 Panicle harvesting
 Stripper harvesting
 All of the above
 Shelled corn initially at 24% is to be
dried to 14%. If the initial weight of
corn is 1000 kilos, what is its final
weight?
 782 kg
 827 kg
 872 kg
 None of the above
 What is the moisture loss of the corn
grains above?
 128 kg
 173 kg
 218 kg
 None of the above
It is a plot representing the equilibrium
moisture content of the grains at
different relative humidity but with
constant temperature.
 Isothermal graph
 Sorption isotherms
 Isothermal humidity
 None of the above
 They are factors that cause migration
of moisture during storage.
 Variation of ambient temperature within
the grain mass
 Moisture gradient within the grain mass
 All of the above
 None of the above
 It is the process of diffusion from
region of a high concentration to a
region of low concentration.
 Energy transfer
 Mass transfer
 Heat transfer
 None of the above
 In grain drying theory, drying will
occur if _____.
 The vapor pressure of grains is higher
than the vapor pressure of the air
 The vapor pressure of grains is lower than
the vapor pressure of the air
 The vapor pressure of grains is equal to
the vapor pressure of the air
 None of the above
 The usual depth of grain in deep bed
batch dryer is ____.
 18 in.
 2 to 8 ft
 8 to 10 ft
 None of the above