This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Farm Machinery > Power Equipment > Farm Machinery And Power – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Farm Machinery And Power Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pliers used by linemen, electrical contractors and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components. A) Lineman's Pliers. B) Power Gripper. C) Kleins. D) Needle-Nose Pliers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lineman's Pliers. 2. In the second half of the 19th C, which development led to the other three? A) Use of mass production. B) Increase in factory workers. C) Growth of industrializatoin. D) The formation of corporations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growth of industrializatoin. 3. After 1812, why was there such a focus on building transportation systems in the United States? A) To increase the free enterprise economy. B) To send tourists to see the Wild West. C) To increase the command economy. D) So loved ones in the west could their family in the north. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To increase the free enterprise economy. 4. In the late 1800s, which factor directly contributed to the growth of heavy industry in the United States? A) Increased government regulation of industries. B) Employee ownership of heavy industries. C) New production techniques that increased efficiency. D) Court decisions that allowed unions in heavy industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New production techniques that increased efficiency. 5. Equipment used to spread materials in agricultural area. A) Tractor. B) Plow. C) Cultivator. D) Spreader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spreader. 6. What major population trend occurred in the U.S. during the industrial expansion of the late 19th C? A) The number of people living on farms increased. B) The migration from cities to rural areas grew. C) The flow of immigration to the U.S. decreased. D) The size and number of cities increased dramatically. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The size and number of cities increased dramatically. 7. What caused the manufacturing of goods to change from homes to factories? A) Plantation development. B) Industrialization. C) Bessemer Process. D) Cotton Gin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialization. 8. What was a major effect of mechanizationof farming in the United States in the late 1800s? A) The size of farms decreased. B) U.S. farm exports decreased. C) Unemployed factory workers could find jobs in agriculture. D) Food supplies increased to feed urban dwellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food supplies increased to feed urban dwellers. 9. Drill that utilizes electricity as a power source to provide greater force than a person could provide. A) Lineman's Pliers. B) Needle Nose Pliers. C) Power Sander. D) Power Drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Power Drill. 10. A large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds. A) Tractor. B) Plow. C) Cultivator. D) Rake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plow. 11. A power saw with a rapidly rotating toothed disk. A) Power Drill. B) Power Saw. C) Safety Glasses. D) Circular Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Saw. 12. A mechanical implement for breaking up the soil and uprooting weeds. A) Cultivator. B) Plow. C) Planter. D) Spreader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultivator. 13. It is a knife-like instrument used mostly as a chopping tool. It is commonly used for the cutting of trees, the cutting of tall weeds and grasses, and the chopping of tree branches. A) Shovel. B) Rake. C) Crowbar. D) Bolo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bolo. 14. A vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction. A) Planter. B) Cultivator. C) Tractor. D) Plow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tractor. 15. A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver. A) Standard Screwdriver. B) Phillips Screwdriver. C) Measuring Tape. D) Power Drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phillips Screwdriver. 16. A tool utilized for measuring. Commonly used for carpentry. A) Standard Screwdriver. B) Wire Strippers. C) Measuring Tape. D) Curved Claw Hammer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Measuring Tape. 17. The change brought about by mechanization in American agriculture in the late 1800s led farmers to A) Grow more crops at a reduced cost to consumers. B) Request and end to agricultural tariffs. C) Demand a greater role for government in agriculture. D) Become more dependent on animal power in planting seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grow more crops at a reduced cost to consumers. 18. Glasses utilized to protect the eyes of wearers. A) Costas. B) Ray Bans. C) Safety Glasses. D) Shades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safety Glasses. 19. A unit of powered machinery that uses a rotating blade or blades to cut vegetation. A) Cultivator. B) Reel Mower. C) Rotary Mower. D) Planter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotary Mower. 20. What was the principle reason for the rapid economic growth in the United Staes during the late 1800s? A) Increases of American imports. B) Greater spending on defense. C) Development of cheap sources of energy. D) Decline in U.S. agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of cheap sources of energy. 21. Machine used for planting precisely and accurately. A) Plow. B) Planter. C) Cultivator. D) Rake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planter. 22. A type of machine-powered saw in which the cutting action is achieved through a push-and-pull motion of the blade. A) Power Saw. B) Circular Saw. C) Reciprocating Saw. D) Power Drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reciprocating Saw. 23. What does "laissez-faire" mean? A) The government leaves businesses alone and does not make lots of rules. B) The government makes lots of rules for businesses to follow. C) An economy which is planned by government officials. D) A fair system of redistribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The government leaves businesses alone and does not make lots of rules. 24. New inventions such as the steel plow and the stem engine brought America A) Goods produced more efficiently. B) Gigher cost of goods. C) New competition between rival makers. D) Items too expensive to purchase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goods produced more efficiently. 25. Machine used to gather dried hay for baling. A) Rake. B) Baler. C) Fluffer. D) Tedder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rake. 26. In the second half of the 19th C, agriculture in the United states was transformed most ty the A) Increase in prices paid for farm products. B) Decline in the population growth rate of the U.S. C) Decline in the demand for agricultural products. D) Increase in the use of farm machinery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase in the use of farm machinery. 27. What raised the demand for slaves in the southern United States? A) Interchangeable Parts. B) The War of 1812. C) The Bessemer Process. D) The cotton gin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cotton gin. 28. Machine used to diffuse chemicals into smaller airborne particles to be spread in a desired area. A) Rake. B) Rotary Mower. C) Baler. D) Sprayers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sprayers. 29. Pliers with long slender jaws used for grasping small or thin objects. A) Wire Strippers. B) Power Drill. C) Lineman's Pliers. D) Needle-Nose Pliers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Needle-Nose Pliers. 30. Also called rear actor or back actor - is a type of excavating equipment, or digger. A) Front-End Loader. B) Baler. C) Backhoe. D) Conductor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backhoe. Next →Related QuizzesFarm Machinery QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesFarm Machinery And Power Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books