Q1 MCQ Drill: 2018 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2018 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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

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8 multiple-choice questions taken verbatim from Section A of the official 2018 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 8 2 Marks

The process of designing and developing the product to suit the needs of consumers is …

A. selling.

B. trading.

C. marketing.

D. branding.

Question 2 of 8 2 Marks

A measure of how much the demand for a product changes if there is a change in price is known as ...

A. elasticity of demand.

B. inelasticity of demand.

C. elasticity of supply.

D. inelasticity of product.

Question 3 of 8 2 Marks

The law of demand states that …

A. the greater the number of consumers, the lower the demand for a specific product.

B. when the price of a product decreases, the demand for it increases.

C. the higher the income, the less demand for a specific product.

D. when the price of a product increases so does the demand.

Question 4 of 8 2 Marks

The labour legislation that regulates farm workers' leave and working hours:

A. Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act 85 of 1993)

B. Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act 63 of 2001)

C. Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act 75 of 1997)

D. Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act 66 of 1995)

Question 5 of 8 2 Marks

The net worth of a farming enterprise is defined as …

A. the owner's equity.

B. expenditure minus income.

C. assets plus liabilities.

D. the value of assets minus liabilities.

Question 6 of 8 2 Marks

An example of a whole-farm budget with more than one enterprise:

A. Expected income and expenses for cabbage seedlings, fertiliser and insecticides

B. Estimated income and expenses for the production of maize, beef and fodder

C. Estimated expenses for the production of wool sheep

D. Expected expenses for the production and selling of lucerne

Question 7 of 8 2 Marks

The ability to proactively deal with challenges that might occur in future:

A. Integrated farm management

B. Strategic farm management

C. Organisational farm management

D. Problem-solving farm management

Question 8 of 8 2 Marks

A large increase in growth and productivity of the offspring compared to the parents:

A. Heterosis

B. Heritability

C. Heterozygous

D. Homozygous

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2018 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2018 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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