AGRI FORM 1
FORM 2 TERM 1 OPENER EXAM
NAME ……………………………………………….. ADM …………….. CLASS………….
Instructions:
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
- What are farm records? (1mk)
- State five uses of farm records (5mks)
- List four characteristics of a dairy cow. (4mks)
- Give five ways in which soil loses fertility (5mks)
- Name three types of organic manure. (3mks)
- Name the tool used for; (3mks)
- Shooting solid drugs through the mouth of an animal.
- Lifting seedlings from the nursery
- Checking the vertical straightness in construction
7) State three main sources of water on the farm (3mks)
- List four reasons for treating water (4mks)
- a) What are the functions of the following in preparation of compost manure?(3mks)
- what is the importance of the stick that is driven into the compost heap during preparation (1mk)
- Name various breeds of: (3mks)
- a) Beef cattle:
- b) Rabbit:
c)Dairy goats:
- State the six stages in treatment of water in an orderly manner (6mks)
- a) What is opportunity cost? (1mk)
- b) Give two instances when opportunity cost is zero (2mks)
- List four aspects of rainfall (4mks)
- Give four characteristics of crops used for green manure preparation (4mks)
- State four reasons for preparing land before planting (4mks)
16.a) Name five farm records kept by a farmer (5mks)
b). List two types of labour records (2mks)
- Name two categories of plant nutrients (2mks)
- List six biotic factors affecting agricultural production (6mks)
FORM 2 TERM 1 OPENER EXAM-AUGUST
AGRICULTURE FORM ONE MAKING SCHEME
- What are farm records? (1mk)
Are documents kept in the farm showing farm activities over a given period of time?
- State five uses of farm records (5mks)
Showing history of the farm
Help in planning and budgeting of farm operating
Help detect losses or theft on the farm
Make it easy to share the profits and losses in partnership
Show whether the farm business is making profits or losses
Help in settling disputes among heirs
Help in the assessment of income tax
Help determine the value of the farm
Help to compare the performances of different enterprises within the farm
- List four characteristics of a dairy cow.(4mks)
Bodies are wedge/triangular shape
Straight top line
Have well set apart hindquarters to allow room for the big udder
Have large and well developed udders
Have prominent milk veins
Lean bodies with little flesh
Large stomach capacity
Are docile with mild temperament
- Give five ways in which soil loses fertility (5mks)
Leaching
Soil erosion
Mono-cropping
Continuous cropping
Change in soil PH
Burning of vegetation
Accumulation of salts
- Name three types of organic manure.(3mks)
Green manure
Farm yard manure
Compost manure
- Name the tool used for; (3MKS)
- a) Shooting solid drugs through the mouth of an animal.
Bolus gun
- b) Lifting seedlings from the nursery
Garden trowel
- c) Checking the vertical straightness in construction
Plumb bob and line
7) State three main sources of water on the farm (3mks)
Rain
Underground
Surface
- List four reasons for treating water (4mks)
Kill disease causing micro-organisms
To remove chemical impurities
Remove sediments of solid particles
- What are the functions of the following in preparation of compost manure? (3mks)
Top soil: introduce micro-organism for decomposition of organic manure
Wood ash: improve the level of phosphorous and potassium
The layer of manure: provide nutrients to the micro-organism
- what is the importance of the stick that is driven into the compost heap during preparation (1mk)
Check temperature within the heap
- Name various breeds of: (3mks)
- beef cattle: Aberdeen angus, Galloway, Hereford beef shorthorn and Charolais.
- Rabbit: New Zealand white, California white, Flemish giant, chinchilla, ear lops
- dairy goats: Saanen, Toggenburg, British alpine, Anglo-Nubian, Jamnapari
- State the six stages in treatment of water in an orderly manner (6 mks)
Filtration at the intake
Softening of water
Coagulation and sedimentation
Filtration
Chlorination
Storage
- what is opportunity cost? (1mk)
Is the return from the best alternative foregone
- give two intances when opportunity cost is zero (2mks)
no alternative
when goods are for free
- list four aspects of rainfall (4mks)
Rainfall reliability
Rainfall distribution
Amount of rainfall
Rainfall intensity
- give four characteristics of crops used for green manure preparation (4mks)
Higly vegetative
Fast growth rate
High nitrogenous content
Rot quickly
Hardy
- state four reasons for preparing land before planting (4mks)
Kill weeds
Incorporate manure and other organic matter
Destroy different stages of crop pests
Aerate the soil
Encourage penetration of roots in the soil
Make subsequent operations possible
Encourage ware infiltrationby into the soil.
- name five farm records kept by a farmer (5mks)
Production records
Inventory
Field operation records
Breeding records
Feeding
Health
Marketing
Labor
- list two types of labour records (2mks)
Muster roll
labour utilisation analysis
- name two categories of plant nutrients (2mks)
Macro- nutrient
Micro-nutrientt
- Biotic factors
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Pest
Parasite
Decomposers
Pathogens
Predators
Pollinators
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