AGRONOMY TESTS BANK COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED 450
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ALREADY A+ GRADED
EXCELLENCE LATEST 2024/2025
1. Extreme heat during which stage of growth is most damaging to grain yields:
A. seedling emergence
B. pollination
C. hard dough to maturityD. flag leaf: B. pollination
2. A major factor to consider in the selection of a variety of corn or soybean to plant on
your particular farm is:
A. hybrid lines
B. fertility requirements
C. water requirements
D. days to maturity: D. days to maturity
3. A major factor to consider in the selection of a variety of alfalfa for northern Montana
is:
A. days to maturity
B. water requirements
C. winter hardiness
D. fertility requirements: C. winter hardiness
4. A raceme is considered a type of:
A. tiller
B. root structure
C. leaf collar
D. inflorescence: D. inflorescence
5. The standard test weight for a bushel of wheat is:
A. 60
B. 56
C. 50
D. 48: A. 60
6. The apical stem on your canola crop has been slightly damaged by spray drift. It may
regrow from:
A. internodes
,B. axillary buds
C. radicle
D. cotyledons: B. axillary buds
7. Nutrients and food reserves are supplied a young pea plant during emergence by the:
A. radicle
B. cotyledons
C. unifoliates
D. trifloiates: B. cotyledons
8. Nitrogen fixation in peanuts occurs in specialized root structures called:
A. cotyledons
B. radicles
C. collars
D. nodules: D. nodules
9. If a wheat plant population density is low, the wheat plants will compensate by:
A. producing smaller heads
B. producing smaller seeds
C. tillering more
D. tillering less: C. tillering more
10. Example of plants that are pulses are:
A. barley, rye
B. peas, lentils
C. canola, flax
D. oats, rice: B. peas, lentils
11. The hilum of a bean seed is:
A. a thin shell covering the seed
B. where the radicle forms
C. where the first leaves form
D. where the seed is attached to the pod: D. where the seed is attached to the pod
12. An oat plant that is said to be in the "boot", is near:
A. heading out
B. maturity, harvest
C. soft dough stage of development
,D. emerging from the soil: A. heading out
13. Durum is a type of wheat used in the production of:
A. flour for breads
B. flour for pastry
C. flour for pasta
D. animal feeds: C. flour for pasta
14. An advantage of early planting of spring crops is:
A. avoid stress from high temperatures later
B. reduce excessive tillering
C. reduce lodging
D. develop a strong root system: A. avoid stress from high temperatures later
15. An advantage of seeding spring crops later is:
A. less disease near harvest time
B. more protein in the grain at harvest
C. better control of annual weeds before planting
D. less insect pressure: C. better control of annual weeds before planting
16. Lodging in grains tend to happen because of excess:
A. heat
B. potassium
C. nitrogen
D. plant population: C. nitrogen
17. The most common crop used in the production of malt is:
A. oats
B. barley
C. corn
D. rye: B. barley
18. Baling of alfalfa or grass hay (non-preservative) for storage should occur at:
A. 10-12%
moisture B. 17-19%
moisture
C. 20-23% moisture
D. above 23% moisture: A. 10-12% moisture
19. The most damaging situation for alfalfa stand is to:
, A. harvest at full bloom
B. harvest at 50% bloom
C. harvest at 10% bloom
D. harvest pre bloom: D. harvest pre bloom
20. A key element in the formation of protein in hard red winter wheat is:
A.calcium
B. potassium
C. nitrogen
D. boron: C. nitrogen
21. Carrots raised for seed are examples of:
A. annuals
B. biennials
C. perennials
D. spring annuals: B. biennials
22. Which of the following plants has a trifoliolate leaf structure?
A. cucumbers
B. soybeans
C. peanut
D. sunflowers: B. soybeans
23. The following plant has a pinnate leaf structure:
A. cucumber
B. peanut
C. soybean
D. sunflower: B. peanut
24. Many noxious weeds and perennial grasses reproduce by seed as well as underground
structures called:
A. rhizomes
B. stolons
C. brace roots
D. haplocorms: A. rhizomes
25. Coleoptile length of a plant is useful to determine:
A. maturity
B. winter hardiness
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% ALREADY A+ GRADED
EXCELLENCE LATEST 2024/2025
1. Extreme heat during which stage of growth is most damaging to grain yields:
A. seedling emergence
B. pollination
C. hard dough to maturityD. flag leaf: B. pollination
2. A major factor to consider in the selection of a variety of corn or soybean to plant on
your particular farm is:
A. hybrid lines
B. fertility requirements
C. water requirements
D. days to maturity: D. days to maturity
3. A major factor to consider in the selection of a variety of alfalfa for northern Montana
is:
A. days to maturity
B. water requirements
C. winter hardiness
D. fertility requirements: C. winter hardiness
4. A raceme is considered a type of:
A. tiller
B. root structure
C. leaf collar
D. inflorescence: D. inflorescence
5. The standard test weight for a bushel of wheat is:
A. 60
B. 56
C. 50
D. 48: A. 60
6. The apical stem on your canola crop has been slightly damaged by spray drift. It may
regrow from:
A. internodes
,B. axillary buds
C. radicle
D. cotyledons: B. axillary buds
7. Nutrients and food reserves are supplied a young pea plant during emergence by the:
A. radicle
B. cotyledons
C. unifoliates
D. trifloiates: B. cotyledons
8. Nitrogen fixation in peanuts occurs in specialized root structures called:
A. cotyledons
B. radicles
C. collars
D. nodules: D. nodules
9. If a wheat plant population density is low, the wheat plants will compensate by:
A. producing smaller heads
B. producing smaller seeds
C. tillering more
D. tillering less: C. tillering more
10. Example of plants that are pulses are:
A. barley, rye
B. peas, lentils
C. canola, flax
D. oats, rice: B. peas, lentils
11. The hilum of a bean seed is:
A. a thin shell covering the seed
B. where the radicle forms
C. where the first leaves form
D. where the seed is attached to the pod: D. where the seed is attached to the pod
12. An oat plant that is said to be in the "boot", is near:
A. heading out
B. maturity, harvest
C. soft dough stage of development
,D. emerging from the soil: A. heading out
13. Durum is a type of wheat used in the production of:
A. flour for breads
B. flour for pastry
C. flour for pasta
D. animal feeds: C. flour for pasta
14. An advantage of early planting of spring crops is:
A. avoid stress from high temperatures later
B. reduce excessive tillering
C. reduce lodging
D. develop a strong root system: A. avoid stress from high temperatures later
15. An advantage of seeding spring crops later is:
A. less disease near harvest time
B. more protein in the grain at harvest
C. better control of annual weeds before planting
D. less insect pressure: C. better control of annual weeds before planting
16. Lodging in grains tend to happen because of excess:
A. heat
B. potassium
C. nitrogen
D. plant population: C. nitrogen
17. The most common crop used in the production of malt is:
A. oats
B. barley
C. corn
D. rye: B. barley
18. Baling of alfalfa or grass hay (non-preservative) for storage should occur at:
A. 10-12%
moisture B. 17-19%
moisture
C. 20-23% moisture
D. above 23% moisture: A. 10-12% moisture
19. The most damaging situation for alfalfa stand is to:
, A. harvest at full bloom
B. harvest at 50% bloom
C. harvest at 10% bloom
D. harvest pre bloom: D. harvest pre bloom
20. A key element in the formation of protein in hard red winter wheat is:
A.calcium
B. potassium
C. nitrogen
D. boron: C. nitrogen
21. Carrots raised for seed are examples of:
A. annuals
B. biennials
C. perennials
D. spring annuals: B. biennials
22. Which of the following plants has a trifoliolate leaf structure?
A. cucumbers
B. soybeans
C. peanut
D. sunflowers: B. soybeans
23. The following plant has a pinnate leaf structure:
A. cucumber
B. peanut
C. soybean
D. sunflower: B. peanut
24. Many noxious weeds and perennial grasses reproduce by seed as well as underground
structures called:
A. rhizomes
B. stolons
C. brace roots
D. haplocorms: A. rhizomes
25. Coleoptile length of a plant is useful to determine:
A. maturity
B. winter hardiness
