Midterm

1) Marketing can BEST be described as

• value added farm products

• selling goods produced on the farm at a market place

• buying goods from the market to be sold to exporters

• moving goods and services from producer to comsumer

Item 1 refers to the following table which shows the demand, supply and price of tomato in a country

Based on the information in the table, the equilibrium price of tomato is

• $1.00

• $1.50

• $2.00

• $2.50

A farmer wants to know the number of tools on her farm. Which record should she check?

• Labour

• Financial

• Inventory

• Production

In economic terms, a surplus is created when

• supply is less than demand

• supply is equal to supply

• supply is greater than demand

• demand is greater than supply

From which of the following graph can the equilibrium price of a product be determined?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following are benefits of price supports to farmers?

I. Economic security for farmers

II. Free farming materials

III. Guaranteed prices for certain products

• I and II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II and III

A bag of mixed fertilizer is labelled 7:14:21. What is the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus in this fertilizer?

• 1:2

• 2:3

• 3:1

• 3:2

When a cross is made between parents having a single difference in traits, this is referred to as

• linkage

• dihybrid

• monohybrid

• homozygous

A tall pigeon pea plant with the genotype Tt is crossed with a dwarf pigeon pea plant with the genotype tt.

What is the possible phenotype of the offspring?

• 3 tall plants and 1 short plant

• 2 tall plants and 2 short plants

• all short plants

• all tall plants

A ram and ewe, both heterozygous for the trait, having horns are mated. H represents the dominant allele for horns and h represented the recessive allele.mWhat is the possible genotype of the offspring from this cross?

• HH, HH, Hh, hh

• HH, HH, hh, hh

• HH, Hh, Hh, hh

• HH, Hh, hh, hh