Q1 MCQ Drill: 2019 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2019 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

Agricultural Sciences Past Paper Question 1 Drill Level 1: Knowledge & Recall

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10 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2019 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination Agricultural Sciences Paper 2, auto-marked against the official marking guideline. Questions that rely on diagrams or graphs are excluded - see the full paper for those.

Question 1 of 10 2 Marks

Which ONE of the following is NOT an element of a marketing mix?

A. Product

B. Packaging

C. Placement

D. Pricing

Question 2 of 10 2 Marks

A merchant who buys products from producers to sell directly to consumers:

A. Retailer

B. Stockbroker

C. Agent

D. Processing company

Question 3 of 10 2 Marks

A marketing approach that responds to increasing environmental concerns is … marketing

A. mass

B. green

C. niche

D. free

Question 4 of 10 2 Marks

… is a strategic planning tool that helps an entrepreneur to evaluate the business idea.

A. Vision

B. Mission

C. SWOT analysis

D. Goals and objectives

Question 5 of 10 2 Marks

The following aspects are addressed and promoted by labour legislation: (i) Empowerment of the labour force through training and education (ii) Provision of good working conditions (iii) Provision of protective clothing to labourers (iv) Full payment for unaccounted leave of absence Choose the CORRECT combination:

A. (i), (ii) and (iii)

B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i), (ii) and (iv)

D. (i), (iii) and (iv)

Question 6 of 10 2 Marks

The following is NOT an economic characteristic of land:

A. Destructibility

B. Durability

C. Restrictedness

D. Production potential

Question 7 of 10 2 Marks

The type of credit a farmer will use to purchase land:

A. Short term

B. Medium term

C. Long term

D. Intermediate term

Question 8 of 10 2 Marks

The management skill that a farm manager uses to reflect on changes and to develop new strategies:

A. Problem solving

B. Conceptual

C. Planning

D. Analytic

Question 9 of 10 2 Marks

The statements below refer to heritability: (i) High heritability is influenced more by genetic factors. (ii) High heritability is influenced more by environmental factors. (iii) Low heritability is influenced less by genetic factors. (iv) Heritability can be expressed in a percentage. Choose the CORRECT combination:

A. (i), (ii) and (iii)

B. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C. (i), (ii) and (iv)

D. (i), (iii) and (iv)

Question 10 of 10 2 Marks

A pure-bred black sow is mated with a pure-bred white boar. The F1 piglets are all brown. If the F1 piglets are allowed to inbreed and produce 28 piglets, the number of F2 brown piglets produced will be …

A. 28

B. 7

C. 21

D. 14

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2019 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2019 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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