This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agricultural Systems > Agricultural Systems – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Systems Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of these are examples of physical agricultural inputs. Except: A) Skills. B) Climate. C) Water. D) Land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skills. 2. All of the following are benefits of agriculture EXCEPT: A) It contributes to the country's GDP. B) It provides a country with adequate food. C) It provides employment opportunities. D) It creates pension for farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It creates pension for farmers. 3. Animal Systems include the study of life processes, health, ..... , genetics and management of domestic animals. A) Nutrition. B) Habits. C) Living enironments. D) Hidding places. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrition. 4. Which agricultural system are we practicing when we plant different types of crops on the same piece of land one after the other? A) Monoculture. B) Strip cropping. C) Crop rotation. D) Intercropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crop rotation. 5. Which of the following is a likely shortcoming of the use of genetic engineering in agriculture? A) Increased dependence on agrochemicals. B) Increased need for mechanization on farms. C) Unanticipated ecological effects on natural ecosystems. D) Taking longer than traditional methods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unanticipated ecological effects on natural ecosystems. 6. All of the following are physical factors that influence agriculture EXCEPT: A) Labour. B) Soil. C) Climate. D) Water Supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labour. 7. What is an agricultural input? A) Everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product. B) Everything that goes into making the agricultural product. C) The results of the agricultural process. D) What is put back into the system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product. 8. Agriculture has contributed to the ..... and development of civiliation for approximately 10, 000 to ..... years. A) Growth, 12, 000. B) Decline, 12, 000. C) Downfall, 20, 000. D) Equalization, 12, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growth, 12, 000. 9. One out every ..... careers in the United States are agribusiness related. A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 10. The use of inorganic fertilizers causes environmental problems because they A) Are quickly leached out of the soil by rain. B) Are slower acting and longer lasting. C) Do not provide the soil with humus. D) Have variable composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are quickly leached out of the soil by rain. 11. Farming that focuses on producing enough food to feed the farmer's family. A) Agro-biotech. B) Commercial agriculture. C) Monoculture. D) Subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence agriculture. 12. In a traditional economic system, which type of goods is most often produced? A) Agricultural products. B) Heavy industrial machinery. C) Military supplies. D) Electronics and computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural products. 13. All of these are examples of human agricultural inputs. Except: A) Land. B) Labour. C) Knowledge. D) Skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 14. In California, agriculture provides 1 in ..... jobs. A) 9. B) 10. C) 11. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10. 15. The Mediterranean ecosystem/climate is located ..... and ..... of the Equator. A) North pole and South pole. B) North and South. C) East and West. D) On top of and center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and South. 16. A farming system in which the products are sold for use away from the farm. A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Commercial agriculture. C) Sustainable agriculture. D) Organic agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commercial agriculture. 17. What is the name of the cropping system when planting is done from left to right along the contour of the hilly farm land A) Monoculture. B) Contour strip cropping. C) Contouring cropping. D) Strip cropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contouring cropping. 18. What is an agricultural output? A) The results of the agricultural process. B) Everything that goes into making the agricultural product. C) What is put back into the system. D) Everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The results of the agricultural process. 19. Agricultural practices that conserve soil and water resources. A) Sustainable agriculture. B) Organic agriculture. C) Commercial agriculture. D) Subsistence agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustainable agriculture. 20. What is feedback in a system? A) What is put back into the system. B) The results of the agricultural process. C) Everything that goes into the production of an agricultural product. D) Everything that goes into making the agricultural product. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is put back into the system. Next →Related QuizzesAgricultural Systems Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books