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KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 16

Agriculture Paper 2

SECTION A : (30 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided. (30MARKS) Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1.

Give four ways of controlling ticks on the farm. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

2.

State four reasons for keeping bees. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

3.

State four factors one would consider when siting a farm structure. (2mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

4.

State four disadvantages of wind as a source of power on the farm. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

5.

Give four signs of parturition in pigs. (2mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

6.

State two importance of caponization on a livestock production. (1mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

7.

State four reasons why herding as a grazing system is discouraged. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

8.

. a) Name two tools commonly used for dehorning. (1mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

b) Give a set of tools used for controlling bulls on the farm. (1mk)

.........................................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

9.

State four management practices that the farmer would carry out in natural incubation. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

10.

Give three signs of tapeworm attack in livestock. (1 ½ mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

11.

State four factors that influence milk led down in cattle. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

12.

Mention four dairy goats reared in Kenya. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) ........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

13.

. State four factors a farmer would consider when choosing a livestock feed. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) .........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2 marks

14.

a) Name the casual organism of anthrax disease in livestock. ( ½ mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

b) State four predisposing factors of livestock diseases. (2mks)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

.ii) .........................................................................................................................................

iii) ........................................................................................................................................

iv) .........................................................................................................................................

2.5 marks

15.

Give two implements used in secondary cultivation. (1mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

1 marks

16.

List two methods of breeding used on a livestock farm (1mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

1 marks

17.

Give two functions of the roof in a plunge dip. (1mk)

i) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) .........................................................................................................................................

1 marks

SECTION B: (20 Marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided
18.

A farmer wishes to prepare a ration containing 16% DCP using cereal balancer of 10% DCP and cotton seed cake containing 28% DCP. Using Pearson’s square method, calculate the amount of each feed the farmer would use to prepare 100kg of the ration. (Show your working)

20 marks

19.

Study the illustration below and answer the questions that follow.

i) Identify the management practice being carried out in (c) (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) In each case, state the problem associated with (a) and (b). (2mks)

a) .........................................................................................................................................

b) ...................................................................................................................................

iii) Name the disease controlled by the management practices in illustration

(c) ......................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................

3 marks

20.

Below is an illustration of a farm equipment. Study it answer the questions that follow.

a) Identify the diagram above. (1mk) ......................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................

b) Name the parts labeled K and L. (2mks)

K......................................................................................................................................... L.........................................................................................................................................

c) State the importance of warm water in the illustration. (1mk)

.........................................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

4 marks

21.

Study the farm structure illustrated below and answer the questions that follow.

a) Identify the type of pass illustrated above. (1mk)

......................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................

b) Distinguish between a pass and a gate (1mk) .

........................................................................................................................................ ......................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... c) Give two disadvantages of barbed wire fence when used in paddocking (2mks)

4 marks

22.

Below is a diagram of an ox plough implement. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the parts labeled M, N,O and P (2mks)

M....................................................................................................................................

N.....................................................................................................................................

O......................................................................................................................................

P........................................................................................................................................

b) Give one function for the part labeled M. (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

c) State the maintenance carried out on N to make it effective and efficient. (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................

4 marks

SECTION C: (40 Marks)

Answer only two questions in this section in the spaces provided. (40MARKS) Answer only two questions in this section in the spaces provided.
23.

a) State six characteristics of the merino sheep. (6mks)

b) Explain five reasons for maintaining farm tools. (10mks)

c) Outline the procedure of training a calf for bucket feeding. (4mks)

20 marks

24.

. a) Discuss Fowl Typhoid disease under the following sub-headings.

i) Causal organism (1mk)

ii) Symptoms (3mks)

iii) Control measures (3mks)

b) State five ways the farmer can use to control cannibalism in a flock of poultry. (5mks)

c) State and explain four factors considered when formulating livestock rations. (8mks)

20 marks

25.

a) State five maintenance practices of a mould board plough.

b) Explain five structural and functional differences between the petrol and diesel engines.

c) State five reasons for culling a boar.

20 marks

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