NSC exam, Agricultural Sciences P2, Feb/March 2013
Assignment Type: Revision Paper
Total Marks: Unmarked
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
1.1 - Various options are provided as possible answers to the following questions. Choose the answer and write the letter as your answer.
Marks: 20
Question 1:

A national programme aimed at increasing the levels of participation of black South Africans in land ownership, use and management is ...

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Question 2:

A written document that briefly outlines future actions on income and expenses of a farming business, based on projects, historic data, premises and experience:

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Question 3:

ONE of the following is NOT a function of agricultural marketing:

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Question 4:

Equity schemes in the agricultural industry are aimed at ...

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Question 5:

The ability of a farm manager to deal with unpredictable climatic conditions by making good decisions indicates a ... skill.

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Question 6:

The map below is an example of a ... record to be kept on a farm.

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Question 7:

ONE of the following is an advantage of a controlled marketing system in the agricultural sector:

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Question 8:

A written document recording the decisions one makes when starting a business, and which is seen as a roadmap for the business, is called a ... plan.

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Question 9:

The photograph below represents an indigenous cattle breed. One of the characteristics associated with this breed which makes it more resistant to tick infections, is ...

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Question 10:

Variation is the difference between individuals of the same species and occurs in both plant and animal species. The type of variation illustrated below is called ... variation.

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1.2 - Select the term which best describes the description
Marks: 10
Question 1:

A phenomenon that shows how the quantity of produced goods responds to a change in price at a market

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Question 2:

A breeding method used to transfer characteristics from various plant varieties into a single plant variety

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Question 3:

A large increase in the growth and productivity of cross-bred offspring compared to their pure- bred parents

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Question 4:

Strategic farm management

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Question 5:

The chromosome number changes from diploid to haploid

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1.3 - Give ONE word/phrase for each of the following descriptions. Write only the word/phrase as your answer.
Marks: 10
Question 1:

The portion of the final price that is taken up by costs involved in selling the produced goods

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Question 2:

The process of attracting public attention to a specific agricultural product or business through various forms of communication

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Question 3:

The selling and promotion of agricultural products with a special but limited utilisation value to a small segment of the market by small and micro enterprises

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Question 4:

The crossing of two homozygous individuals that results in heterozygous offspring showing the characteristics of the one parent

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Question 5:

The transfer of a specific gene of one organism into the cell of another organism in order to obtain a desired characteristic

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1.4 - Change the UNDERLINED word(s) in each of the following statements to make the statements TRUE. Write only the word(s) as your answer.
Marks: 5
Question 1:

The total quantity of a commodity that a producer wishes to sell is called the demand for that product.

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Question 2:

The portion of the total available capital of the farming enterprise which is supplied by other persons or financial institutions, is known as own capital.

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Question 3:

A farm worker spends most of his/her time on planning, administrative duties, marketing and supervisory tasks.

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Question 4:

Cross-breeding leads to a gradual decrease in performance from generation to generation.

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Question 5:

A micro-injection is an apparatus used to fire tiny particles of genes into a piece of plant tissue.

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SECTION B
QUESTION 2 - AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT
2.1 - The table below is a hypothetical demand schedule for carrots, indicating the different quantities demanded at six selected prices.
Marks: 12
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Question 1:

Plot a line graph using the above data to show the relationship between the price and the quantity demanded.

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Question 2:

Predict the effect on the price if the quantity demanded increases while the quantity supplied stays the same.

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Question 3:

Describe FOUR problems related to the marketing of agricultural products.

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2.2 - Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow.
Marks: 7
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Question 1:

Describe TWO advantages of this business for the local poverty-stricken area.

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Question 2:

Give the TWO main reasons for producing and processing peanuts from the scenario above.

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Question 3:

Name the type of marketing function represented by the Kenneth Mills Project.

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Question 4:

State TWO attractions of this poverty-stricken area for tourists from the scenario above.

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2.3 - The schematic representation below illustrates the route followed by a product from a farm to different consumers.
Marks: 6
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Question 1:

Identify the marketing aspect illustrated in the schematic representation above.

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Question 2:

Indicate the consumer (A, B, C or D) that will pay the most for the product that originated on the farm. Motivate your answer.

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Question 3:

Choose the most appropriate consumer in the schematic representation above that matches each of the following statements.



(a) A person buys fresh agricultural products from a person selling small quantities at the station



(b) A person stopping at the farm to buy fresh products from the farmer

(c) A person buys processed products from a large retail grocery store

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2.4 - Some small-scale farmers attended a marketing course to improve their skills. During his presentation on the development of a marketing strategy, the presenter referred to the four Ps which should be combined to form a marketing mix.
Marks: 6
Question 1:

Name the aspects represented by the four Ps in the marketing mix.

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Question 2:

Indicate TWO possible disadvantages faced by these small-scale farmers when marketing their own produce.

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2.5
Marks: 4
Question 1:

The free marketing system is commonly practised in the agricultural sector in South Africa. Name FOUR advantages of this system.

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QUESTION 3 - PRODUCTION FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT
3.1 - Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow.
Marks: 9
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Question 1:

Define the concept diversification.

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Question 2:

Name the institution from which the Zizamele Farmers Cooperative obtained their capital.

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Question 3:

Identify a method of marketing that these farmers used to market their product. Motivate your answer.

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Question 4:

Name a post-harvest aspect that the Agricultural Consulting Company focused on during their training of the Zizamele farmers.

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Question 5:

Name a risk factor that was experienced in 2010.

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Question 6:

Explain how this group of farmers addressed the risk factor mentioned in the question above.

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3.2 - The table below represents control results of management tasks done on a specific day at a particular farm.
Marks: 12
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Question 1:

Select ONE of the following from the table above:
(a) Daily activity
(b) Seasonal activity

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Question 2:

Identify the types of labourers suitable for doing the following:
(a) Assist only during the harvesting of sunflower
(b) Remove old bedding in the broiler house

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Question 3:

State the farm work that was probably done by the casual labourers. Justify your answer.

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Question 4:

Tabulate the differences between fixed, movable and working assets and give an example in each case from the data in the table.

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3.3 - Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow.
Marks: 6
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Question 1:

Define the concept control as outlined in the scenario above.

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Question 2:

Indicate a term from the case study above that best describes each of the statements below:
(a) John has been working on the farm for twenty-five years and knows that the farm tractor must be kept in the barn.
(b) Mary was tasked to deposit the weekly payments for the produce sold at the farm stall during the week.

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Question 3:

State TWO practical measures that a farm manager could implement to ensure that workers' time spent at work is recorded.

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3.4 - The data below shows the income and expenditure of two poultry farmers involved in the laying-hen industry in South Africa over a period of six months.
Marks: 8
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Question 1:

Calculate the net profits of farmers A and B.

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Question 2:

Determine which farmer is more successful, based on your answer in the above question. Give a reason to support your answer.

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Question 3:

Give farmer B advice, based on data from farmer A, on how to increase his/her income.

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QUESTION 4 - BASIC AGRICULTURAL GENETICS
4.1 - The schematic representation below represents a crossing between two pea plant cultivars.
Marks: 8
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Question 1:

Name the type of dominance illustrated above. Give a reason to support your answer.

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Question 2:

Identify the cell-division process labelled B in the schematic representation above.

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Question 3:

Name the type of cells formed during the process mentioned in the question above.

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Question 4:

Deduce the genotype of the F1 generation from the schematic representation above.

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Question 5:

Write the phenotypic ratio of purple flowers : pink flowers : white flowers that will be found in the F2-generation if the plants with pink flowers were used in a crossing.

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4.2 - In the creeper Hedera sp. green leaves are dominant over variegated leaves. A plant which is heterozygous with green leaves is crossed with a plant with variegated leaves. Use the following key to represent the genotype: G = green and g = variegated
Marks: 9
Question 1:

Use a schematic representation with labels to indicate the crossing of these two plants up to the F1 generation. Indicate the phenotypes next to the genotypes, where necessary. Illustrate the F1 generation by means of a Punnett diagram.

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Question 2:

Calculate the percentage of the F1 generation that will have variegated leaves.

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Question 3:

The plant with green leaves in the F1 generation is self-pollinated and 64 new plants are reproduced from it. Indicate the number of plants with variegated leaves.

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4.3 - The photograph below shows a plant breeder taking pollen from flowers of fruit trees.
Marks: 9
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Question 1:

Describe the type of pollination illustrated in the photograph above.

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Question 2:

Pollen is harvested from the flowers in the photograph above. Describe FOUR steps that will be followed during this process to complete the pollination process.

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Question 3:

Explain the genetic contribution of the parent plant in the photograph above towards the seeds that will be produced.

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Question 4:

Define natural and artificial selection.

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4.4 - The flow chart below illustrates a technique used in plant breeding.
Marks: 9
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Question 1:

Identify the plant breeding process illustrated above.

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Question 2:

State TWO aims of the process illustrated above.

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Question 3:

Summarise the process illustrated above by referring to labels A to D.

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Question 4:

State TWO potential environmental benefits of GM crops.

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