This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agronomy > Agronomy – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agronomy Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the condition that could help reduce pesticide volatilization. A) High air temperatures. B) Low relative humidity. C) Incorporation. D) Small droplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incorporation. 2. What does IPM stand for? A) Intensive Pesticide Management. B) Intensive Personnel Management. C) Integrated Pest Management. D) Intensive Pest Manipulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integrated Pest Management. 3. What is the growth of a plant toward any stimulus is called? A) Tropism. B) Hormones. C) Receptors. D) Vernalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropism. 4. The point at which soil holds moisture so tightly that plants cannot extract it is called? A) The permanent wilting point. B) The drought point. C) Field capacity. D) The transient wilting point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The permanent wilting point. 5. What is the starting salary for an agronomist? A) $ 50, 391. B) $ 40, 578. C) $ 100, 000. D) $ 89, 992. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 50, 391. 6. Which type of insecticide moves throughout the plant? A) Photosynthetic. B) Systemic. C) Contact. D) Juvenile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Systemic. 7. Traci is making plans to seed her field to winter six-row malting barley on her farm in Maryland. The field is capable of producing 135 bu/acre under irrigation. The field has a center pivot irrigation system with eight 156 ft spans and an end gun that effectively reaches 50 ft. Traci will plant in concentric circles under the pivot and leave the dry corners fallow. She is targeting 1.25 million plants per acre, the seed she had purchased has 13, 500 seeds per pound and 92% germination. Barely weighs 48 pounds per bushel. Total nitrogen for the crop will be 1.2 pounds of nitrogen per bushel of grain. She plans on applying 30 pounds of nitrogen broadcast preplant and the remainder in two spring (top-dress) applications. Soil tests were used to make fertilizer recommendations, the recommendations call for 83.7 pounds of P2O5 and 47.3 lbs/ac K20 to be broadcast preplant.What is the area of Traci's field? A) 19 acres. B) 112.3 acres. C) 121.4 acres. D) 485.8 acres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 121.4 acres. 8. What are national regulatory agencies regulating manure applications most concerned about? A) Excessive phosphorus. B) Phosphorus deficiency. C) Excessive potassium. D) Potassium deficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessive phosphorus. 9. Approach Prima Fungicide is used at the rate of 6.8 fl oz/ac on soybean for the control of Frog Eye and Brown Spot. How many acres will a 2.5-gal jug treat? A) 5.9 acres. B) 11.8 acres. C) 23.6 acres. D) 47.1 acres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 47.1 acres. 10. What do the 4R's of fertilizer application refer to? A) The Right price, Right brand, Right rate, Right place. B) The Right source, Right rate, Right price, Right form. C) The Right source, Right rate, Right time, Right place. D) The Right price, Right rate, Right form, Right analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Right source, Right rate, Right time, Right place. 11. A fertilizer spreader has an effective application width of 37.5 feet. If 21.6 pounds of fertilizer is collected from the spreader in 60 seconds. When traveling 6.8 mph, what is the rate of fertilizer that is being applied per acre with this spreader? A) 3.2. B) 11.1. C) 41.9. D) 54.5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 41.9. 12. Spray drift is the least when which of the following conditions exist? A) Droplet size increases, wind speed increases. B) Droplet size decreases, wind speed decreases. C) Droplet size decreases, wind speed increases. D) Droplet size increases, wind speed decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Droplet size increases, wind speed decreases. 13. Traci is making plans to seed her field to winter six-row malting barley on her farm in Maryland. The field is capable of producing 135 bu/acre under irrigation. The field has a center pivot irrigation system with eight 156 ft spans and an end gun that effectively reaches 50 ft. Traci will plant in concentric circles under the pivot and leave the dry corners fallow. She is targeting 1.25 million plants per acre, the seed she had purchased has 13, 500 seeds per pound and 92% germination. Barely weighs 48 pounds per bushel. Total nitrogen for the crop will be 1.2 pounds of nitrogen per bushel of grain. She plans on applying 30 pounds of nitrogen broadcast preplant and the remainder in two spring (top-dress) applications. Soil tests were used to make fertilizer recommendations, the recommendations call for 83.7 pounds of P2O5 and 47.3 lbs/ac K20 to be broadcast preplant.If Traci uses UAN 28-0-0 for her spring nitrogen applications, how many total gallons of UAN per acre will she need for her split spring top-dress applications? (1 gal UAN weighs 10.67 pounds) A) 10.0 gallons/ac. B) 17.2 gallons/ac. C) 23.8 gallons/ac. D) 44.2 gallons/ac. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 44.2 gallons/ac. 14. A weed is described as? A) A plant that is not valued where it is growing. B) A fast-growing plant. C) A plant that lives for more than one year. D) A plant growing from a seed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A plant that is not valued where it is growing. 15. Which of these is an example of biological aphid control? A) Using an insect growth regulator. B) Introduction and protection of natural predators. C) Destroying all-natural predators. D) Setting and maintaining traps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduction and protection of natural predators. 16. Epinasty in plants is described as: A) The twisting and bending of plant leaves and stems due to an auxin. B) The discoloration of leaves caused by a toxin. C) Interveinal yellowing of leaves caused by a nutrient deficiency. D) Spotting of leaves from a contact herbicide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The twisting and bending of plant leaves and stems due to an auxin. 17. What is one job available? A) CAD Drafter. B) Planter. C) Construction Worker. D) Chef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAD Drafter. 18. Nutrient leaching is most likely to occur in what soil type? A) Silty clay soil. B) Clay soil. C) Compacted soil. D) Sandy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sandy soil. 19. A ..... plant has a fibrous root system and parallel venation. A) Annual. B) Biennial. C) Dicot. D) Monocot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monocot. 20. After an herbicide drifts onto a plant, only small spots on the plant leaves and stem are dead. The herbicide that drifted was most likely what type of herbicide? A) Contact. B) Systemic. C) Adsorptive. D) Generic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contact. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAgronomy Quiz 1Agronomy Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books