Crop Establishment, Weeds, Pests & Diseases is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Agricultural Management Practices CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is plant density?
The number of plants established per unit area, such as plants per hectare
The depth a seed is planted below the soil surface
The type of fertiliser applied to a crop
The total rainfall a crop receives in a season
Answer: The number of plants established per unit area, such as plants per hectare — Plant density refers to the number of plants established per unit area, such as plants per hectare.
Easy
2. Why is treating seed with a fungicide or insecticide coating before planting valuable?
It protects the vulnerable germinating seed and young seedling from early-season disease and pest pressure
Seed treatment has no effect on disease or pest pressure
Seed treatment replaces the need for irrigation
Seed treatment is only relevant after the crop has already matured
Answer: It protects the vulnerable germinating seed and young seedling from early-season disease and pest pressure — Seed treatment protects the germinating seed and young seedling, which are at their most vulnerable, from early-season disease and pest pressure.
Medium
3. Name the risk to a seed planted too deep in the soil.
Answer: exhausting its stored energy reserves before emerging — A seed planted too deep may exhaust its stored energy reserves before the emerging shoot reaches the soil surface.
