Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2022 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 2022 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

A person who recognises a business opportunity and is willing to take a risk:

A. Labourer

B. Manager

C. Supervisor

D. Entrepreneur

Question 2 of 10 2 Marks

ONE of the following statements regarding selling is NOT CORRECT:

A. Emphasis is on agricultural products

B. Marketing management is based on sales volume

C. Focus is on the needs of sellers

D. Planning is long-term, based on new products for the future

Question 3 of 10 2 Marks

… occurs at the point where the market supply and the market demand curves meet.

A. Market equilibrium

B. Market development

C. Surplus

D. Shortage

Question 4 of 10 2 Marks

Cooperative marketing has the following advantages for farmers: (i) Provides better chances of negotiating a good price (ii) Ensures easy access to funding (iii) Prices of products fluctuate and producers are affected (iv) Markets are preserved for members Choose the CORRECT combination:

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

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

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

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

Question 5 of 10 2 Marks

An example of an internal force that affects a farming business:

A. Natural forces like hail and floods

B. Labour demands for higher wages

C. The drop of the milk price in the market

D. Changes of lifestyle choices

Question 6 of 10 2 Marks

ONE of the following is NOT a function of land:

A. Acts as a store of wealth

B. Depreciates over time

C. Enables the production of food, fibre and fuel

D. Provision of space and area

Question 7 of 10 2 Marks

… is the main component of a cash flow statement.

A. Income

B. Net worth

C. Assets

D. Liabilities

Question 8 of 10 2 Marks

The use of machinery to replace human labour:

A. Training

B. Mechanisation

C. Ploughing

D. Supervision

Question 9 of 10 2 Marks

An example of a qualitative characteristic in animals:

A. Weight gain

B. Milk production

C. Gender of offspring

D. Growth rate

Question 10 of 10 2 Marks

… is the pattern of inheritance that controls the fur coat colour in rabbits with the alleles C, Ch, Cch and c.

A. Co-dominance

B. Polygenic inheritance

C. Multiple alleles

D. Atavism

Q1 MCQ Drill: 2022 Agricultural Sciences P2 (2022 NSC May/June Mid-Year Examination)

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