1. Where would you cultivate the marigold which has a Mediterranean origin?
a. Humid part of the North Hungarian Mountains
b. Easily warming up growing sites
c. Little Hungarian Plain (Kisalföld)
d. Area of the lake Balaton, with a fresh fertilized soil (manure)
2. Which ecological factor can be less influenced/regulated by agricultural technique?
a. Temperature
b. Water regime
c. Soil nutrient content
d. Wind
3. What advantages does a southern side hill have?
a. Warms up faster
b. It is moist
c. Less windy
d. Less frost-sensitive
4. Which is the least important economical factor for carraway cultivation?
a. Proximity of processing place
b. Cheap labour force
c. Number of competitors
d. Existence of storage capacity
5. Which statement is not true for crop rotation?
a. Increases yield and quality
b. Reduces the amount of pesticides use
c. Simplifies the work organisation
d. Gives protection against erosion and deflation
e. Improves the soil texture
6. What is the period of rotation in medium-long crop rotation?
a. 1 year
b. 2-3 years
c. 4-10 years
d. More than 10 years
7. What advantage does the proper crop rotation have in the cultivation process?
a. Reduce the weed ratio of the field
b. Reduce the soil erosion
c. Improve the soil water conservation.
d. Reduce the drying effect of the sunshine and wind
8. Which plant order can be recommended in crop rotation?
a. Basil after marjoram
b. Thyme after shelled pumpkin
c. Poppy after peas
d. Anise after coriander
9. Why is loosening important?
a. Improves the air and water management of the soil
b. Decreases the erosion
c. The roots can progress better
d. The soil warms up easier
10. In arid climate areas which primary tillage technologies can be recommended?
a. Ploughing
b. Middle deep and deep loosening
c. Rotavate
d. Use of cultivator and roller
11. When should primary tillage with turn be done?
a. To allocate manure to the soil
b. In arid climate areas
c. To avoid hardpan
d. When the quality of the subsoil is a bad
12. Which technology can not mix the soil?
a. Ploughing
b. Soil loosening
c. Discing
d. Rotavate
13. Which statement is not true for stubble ploughing?
a. It makes the soil structure friable
b. It allows the wetting of topsoil
c. It has a weed control effect
d. Improves the soil water capacity.
14. What is a bad seed bed like?
a. Have a flat surface
b. Have a friable structure
c. The topsoil is sufficiently compressed, sowing depth is sufficiently loose
d. Weed free
e. Moisty