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Agriculture Question Paper

Agriculture

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

NAME ……………………………………………. INDEX NO …………………………..
SCHOOL …………………………………………… SIGNATURE …………………..………
DATE ……..…………………...

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AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS
EMPOWERMENT CONCEPTS EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
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AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
JULY/ AUGUST 2012
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
- Write your name and Index No. in the spaces given above
- This paper has three sections A, B & C.
- Answer ALL questions in sections A & B.
- Answer any TWO questions in section C in the spaces provided.
- This paper consists of 10 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
SECTION QUESTION MAX. SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE
A 1 - 18 30
B 19 -20 20
C 21 - 23 40
TOTAL SCORE 90
Empowerment concepts agriculture
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Agriculture
Paper 2

SECTION A (30MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. Give two uses of droppers in a barbed wire fence. (1mark)
2. State two reasons for feeding bees during the dry period. (1mark)
3. Give two reasons why it is easy to rear sheep than goats. (1mark)
4. Name a tool used to perform the following tasks on the farm.
(i) Drive in wedge chisel when splitting wood (½ mark)
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(ii) Remove excess gas accumulated in the rumen of cattle. (½ mark)
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(iii) Dig soils with underground Rhizomes. (½ mark)
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(iv) Cut grooves on timber when making furniture (½ mark)
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5. Name four factors that would predispose a lactating cow to mastitis. (2marks)
6. State four disadvantages of hedges in the farm. (2marks)
7. State two negative effects of cross- sucking in calves during calf rearing. (1mark)
8. Apart from the tractor and human being, name other four sources of power in the farm. (2marks)
9. Give two reasons for throwing grains to poultry on litter in a deep litter house. (1mark)
10. Give the terminology used to describe the young ones of the following livestock. (2marks)
(i) Fish
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(ii) Goat
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(iii) Pig
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(iv) Rabbit
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11. Name the vectors that transmit the following livestock disease. (2marks)
(i) Nagana
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(ii) East Coast fever
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(iii) Anaplasmosis
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(iv) Rift valley Fever
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12. List any four details that should be contained in field operations record. (2marks)
13. Name four factors considered when sitting the farm house. (2marks)
14. Name any four effects of internal parasites on livestock. (2marks)
15. State four ways of reducing stress in poultry production. (2marks)
16. State four advantages of free range rearing systems in poultry. (2marks)
17. State four management practices carried out on a cow during parturition. (2marks)
18. Differentiate between close – breeding and line breeding (1mark) SECTION B (20MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
19. The diagram below illustrates the internal parts of an egg. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Name the parts labeled M, N,P,Q,R and S (3marks)
M
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N
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P
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Q
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R
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S
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(ii) State one function of each of the following parts. (2marks)
a) R
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b) S
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c) State four factors considered when selecting eggs for incubation. (4marks)
20. The diagram below illustrated a cross section of a tractor Engine. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
a) Name the parts labeled A,B,C and D (2marks)
A
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B
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C
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D
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b) By the position of the piston, identify the stroke illustrated above. (1mark)
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c) State the type of fuel the engine illustrated above, uses and give a reason. (2marks)
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d) Below is an illustration of a practice carried out in livestock production. Study it carefully and answer the following questions.
(i) Identify the practice illustrated above. (1mark)
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(ii) State four advantages of the above practice. (2marks)
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(iii) State three limitations associated with the above practice. (3marks)

SECTION C (40marks)
Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided
21. a) Discuss five factors considered when constructing a farm structure. (5marks)
b) Describe ten management practices carried out on a fish pond. (10marks)
c) State any five factors that should be considered when choosing tools and equipment to use in the farm (5marks)

22. a) Compare the use of animal drawn implement to tractor drawn implements. (10marks)
b) Describe any five maintenance practice carried out on an ox-drawn plough. (5marks)
c) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using tractor hire services in the farm over using own tractor. (5marks)

23. a) Describe the general effects of parasites on livestock. (8marks)
b) Describe East Coast Fever (ECF) under the following sub-headings.
i) Animals attacked (1mark)
ii) Causal agent (1mark)
iii) Vector (1mark)
iv) Symptoms (5marks)
v) Control measures (2marks)
c) Name any four internal predisposing factors of animal diseases. (2marks)

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