AG Associate Test Study Guide Exam
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
2024/2025
What percentage of people in the united states are farmers?
Less than 2
Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants?
Soil science
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be?
8 billion
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as?
United States Department of Agriculture
What is the meaning of the Greek word bios?
life
The Greek word logy means?
study
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown?
without use of chemical pesticides
Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms?
environment
The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as
flowers and vegetables is known as?
horticulture
On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people?
167
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease?
cockroach
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment?
DDT
The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture?
iron
, The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease?
malaria
when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being?
immune
what two insects are beneficial to plants
bees and ladybird beetles
which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
legume
an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known
as?
mastitis
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in America
14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
Russet
The average U.S. farmer produces enough food to feed about how many people?
167
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees?
20
Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that do what with
the commodities?
haul, grade, process, package, and market
A career in food science includes:
processing, packaging, distribution of, and marketing of food products
Qualifications for a career in renewable natural resources include an appreciation for natural and
scientific knowledge of plants and?
animals
The area of agriscience that includes businesses that sell supplies or provide services is?
agricultural supplies and services
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
2024/2025
What percentage of people in the united states are farmers?
Less than 2
Which term refers to the study of the properties and management of soil to grow plants?
Soil science
By the year 2025, the world population is projected to be?
8 billion
The acronym USDA stands for the government agency known as?
United States Department of Agriculture
What is the meaning of the Greek word bios?
life
The Greek word logy means?
study
Organic food is a term used for foods that have been grown?
without use of chemical pesticides
Which terms refers to all the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and affecting an
organism or group of organisms?
environment
The science involved in the cultivation, propagation, processing, and marketing of items such as
flowers and vegetables is known as?
horticulture
On average, each farmer in the US produces enough food for about how many people?
167
Which of the following insects feeds on human waste and then on human food, transmitting disease?
cockroach
Which pesticide was banned in 1972 because of its harmful effects on the environment?
DDT
The use of what metal revolutionized agriculture?
iron
, The insecticide DDT has been used to control mosquitoes that carry what disease?
malaria
when a tree or other plant is not affected by the presence of a harmful insect, it is described as being?
immune
what two insects are beneficial to plants
bees and ladybird beetles
which of the following is a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
legume
an infection of the milk-secreting glands of cattle, goats and other milk producing animals is known
as?
mastitis
Agriscience accounts for what percentage of jobs in America
14
What is a type of potato grown in the volcanic soils of Idaho and the Northwest?
Russet
The average U.S. farmer produces enough food to feed about how many people?
167
What percentage of careers in agriscience require college degrees?
20
Agriculture processing, products, and distribution are those parts of the industry that do what with
the commodities?
haul, grade, process, package, and market
A career in food science includes:
processing, packaging, distribution of, and marketing of food products
Qualifications for a career in renewable natural resources include an appreciation for natural and
scientific knowledge of plants and?
animals
The area of agriscience that includes businesses that sell supplies or provide services is?
agricultural supplies and services
