CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS 2024.
Green Revolution was initiated in the 1960's to address the issue of malnutrition in the
developing world. Which of the following best describes an effect of the Green
Revolution? - Answer-increased use of fertilizers
/.Which of the following is one responsibility of an FFA Chapter's advisor? - Answer-
informing school administrators about the FFA chapters activities
/.FFA members can earn degrees as they progress through the phases of their
leadership, academic, and career skills development. Which of the following degrees
could be made by the local chapter of FFA? - Answer-greenhand and chapter
/.Which of the following acts of Congress initially promoted and provided funds for
vocational agriculture education courses to train people "who have entered upon or who
are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm"? - Answer-smith hughes act
/.Which of the following is the conservation law responsible for the banning of interstate
transportation and sale of wildlife and wildlife by-products that have been illegally taken
or possessed, transported, or sold? - Answer-lacey act of 1900
/.Physical Functions relate to the physical handling activities of a system. Which of the
following is considered a physical function in agricultural marketing systems? - Answer-
processing
/.Depreciation is an accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its
useful life. Which of the following should depreciation be considered in analyzing the
farm business? - Answer-a fixed cost
/.The demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a
particular commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to
purchase at any given price. What is the effect of the decrease in the amount of wheat if
the U.S. wheat industry has an inelastic demand curve? - Answer-increase the total
revenues in the wheat industry
/.Which of the following is a way of reducing the risk for the manager of a farm
business? - Answer-diversifying into several enterprises
/.The three numbers represented on a bag of fertilizer (e.g., 16-20-10) indicate the
percentage of the primary plant nutrients in which of the following orders? - Answer-N-
P-K
, /.Soil erosion is a naturally occurring process that affects all landforms. In agriculture,
soil erosion refers to the wearing away of a field's topsoil by the natural physical forces
of water and wind or through forces associated with farming activities such as tillage.
Which of the options below is a crop production which increases soil erosion? - Answer-
leaving fallow fields uncovered y vegetation or crop residues
/.Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima
(African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large
part of the world's human population. Out of the options below, what is the first thing to
do when growing rice? - Answer-prepare the main field
/.Egg producers often add ingredients containing pigments such as carotene and
xanthophylls to chicken feed in order to produce eggs that have - Answer-yolks with a
brighter yellow color
/.a 6 month old female pig that has not yet been bred would be classified as - Answer-
gilt
/.which cattle breed produces the largest volume of milk - Answer-holstein
/.An SQ (subcutaneous) injection is the best way to give someone certain medicines,
including insulin, blood-thinners, or fertility drugs. Where is the best location for SQ
injection administration? - Answer-under the skin
/.In poultry, most mechanical processing of food takes place in the - Answer-gizzard
/.A combine would be used most appropriately to perform which of the following tasks? -
Answer-harvesting
/.The primary function of a built-in-circuit breaker in a table saw is to - Answer-prevent
damage to the motor by stopping the machine when it is under too great a load
/.Which of the following is the most effective procedure to use when installing a fence to
ensure that the tops of the posts for the fence are at the same elevation? - Answer-
install each post so that the top touches a level string stretched between the end posts
on the fence
/.The replacement of iron plows with the steel plow invented by John Deere had which
of the following consequences for U.S. Agriculture in the mid-nineteenth century? -
Answer-farmers were able to cultivate effectively the heavy organic soils of the prairie
/.The primary goal of applying principles of sustainable agriculture to crop production on
a farm is to - Answer-retain the profitability of the farm while maintaining or enhancing
environmental health and the productive capacity of the land