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NOCTI Production Agriculture Practice Test

Unofficial practice for NOCTI Production Agriculture: animal science, plant science, soils, conservation, agricultural technology and agri-business.

A sow is bred today. Within which range does the gestation period of a pig average?

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Animal Science 15

  • A beef carcass is stamped USDA Yield Grade 1. How much external fat does such a carcass usually carry? USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Carcass Beef Grades and Standards. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • A beef cow is bred on the first day of June. About how long is her gestation? Wikipedia, Cattle, Reproduction. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • A cow lies in the shade, bringing up feed she swallowed earlier and chewing it again. What is this process called? Wikipedia, Ruminant. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • A dairy wants milk with a high butterfat content from small cows that tolerate heat. Which breed is known for this? Wikipedia, Jersey cattle. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • A hog farm mates sows of one breed to boars of another because the crossbred pigs grow better than purebred pigs of either line. What is this advantage of crossbred offspring called? Wikipedia, Heterosis. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • A sow is bred today. Within which range does the gestation period of a pig average? Wikipedia, Domestic pig, Physiology. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
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Animal Science, continued

  • A swine record lists a pen of gilts. What is a gilt? Wikipedia, Pig farming, Terminology. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • The American Quarter Horse takes its name from which ability? Wikipedia, American Quarter Horse. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • Chopped green corn is packed tightly in a bunker and covered so that it sours. What is the preserved feed called? Wikipedia, Silage. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • In a flock record, what is a wether? Wikipedia, Sheep. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • In poultry production, what is a broiler? Wikipedia, Broiler. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • Polled (P) is dominant to horned (p). Two heterozygous polled cattle, Pp and Pp, are mated. By a Punnett square, what share of the calves is expected to be horned? Wikipedia, Punnett square. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • What does aquaculture produce? Wikipedia, Aquaculture. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • Which description fits the Hereford? Wikipedia, Hereford cattle. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science
  • Why is it important that a newborn calf nurses colostrum, the first milk? Wikipedia, Colostrum. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Animal Science

Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources 3

  • A grower drills soybeans straight into last year's corn residue, without tillage. What is one benefit of no-till farming? Wikipedia, No-till farming. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources
  • A sloping field is plowed and planted across the slope, along lines of equal elevation. What do the furrows of contour farming do in a heavy rain? Wikipedia, Contour plowing. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources
  • From which raw materials is biodiesel made? Wikipedia, Biodiesel. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources

Plant Science 10

  • A grower follows corn with soybeans and then wheat, instead of planting corn every year. Which pressure on the crop does such a rotation reduce? Wikipedia, Crop rotation. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • A grower scouts fields, uses resistant varieties and beneficial insects, and sprays only when it pays. What is this approach called? Wikipedia, Integrated pest management. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • A herbicide label says the product is selective. What does that mean? Wikipedia, Herbicide. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • A planter drops 32,000 corn seeds per acre, and 90% of them emerge. What is the plant population per acre? Written to the NOCTI Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A soil test calls for 60 pounds of nitrogen per acre. The fertilizer on hand is labeled 20-10-10. How much of it is spread on each acre? Wikipedia, Labeling of fertilizer, The NPK analysis label. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • How many seed leaves, or cotyledons, does the seed of a monocot contain? Wikipedia, Monocotyledon. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • In a two-part scientific name such as that of a crop plant, what does the first part identify? Wikipedia, Binomial nomenclature. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • Plant disease is often pictured as a triangle. Besides a host plant and a pathogen, what is its third side? NC State Extension Gardener Handbook, chapter 5, Diseases and Disorders. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • Water moves up through a corn plant and evaporates from its leaves. What is this process called? Wikipedia, Transpiration. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science
  • Why does a legume crop such as alfalfa or soybeans leave nitrogen for the crop that follows it? Wikipedia, Legume. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Plant Science

Soil Management 3

  • A soil test shows a field is too acid for alfalfa. Which amendment is spread to correct the acidity? Wikipedia, Agricultural lime. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Soil Management
  • In a soil profile, the mineral soil usually begins with which horizon, lying above the subsoil? Wikipedia, Soil horizon, Horizon sequence. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Soil Management
  • Soil texture describes the share of which three sizes of mineral particle? Wikipedia, Soil texture. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Soil Management

Agricultural Technology 7

  • A hay field is 1,089 feet long and 400 feet wide. An acre is 43,560 square feet. How large is the field? Wikipedia, Acre. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A small engine is on its compression stroke. How do the intake valve and the exhaust valve stand during this stroke? Wikipedia, Four-stroke engine. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology
  • A tractor has a rollover protective structure (ROPS). Under the OSHA agriculture standard, what must the employer ensure while the tractor is moving? OSHA, 29 CFR 1928.51, paragraph (b)(2)(i). Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology
  • A tractor pulls a wagon along a county road at 15 miles an hour. In the United States, vehicles that cannot go faster than which speed must show the slow-moving vehicle emblem at the rear? Wikipedia, Slow moving vehicle, North America. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology
  • A work light on a 12-volt tractor system draws 3 amperes. What is the resistance of the light? Wikipedia, Ohm's law. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • In shielded metal arc welding, often called stick welding, what covers the consumable electrode? Wikipedia, Shielded metal arc welding. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology
  • What does the OSHA agriculture standard require of power take-off shafts on farm field equipment? OSHA, 29 CFR 1928.57, paragraph (b)(1)(i). Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agricultural Technology

Agri-Business 12

  • A bumper hay crop means growers offer more bales at every price, while buyers' demand is unchanged. What happens in the local hay market? Wikipedia, Supply and demand, Supply curve shifts. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • A dairy owes $240,000 in total and its owner's net worth in the business is $460,000. What are the total assets? Wikipedia, Net worth. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A farm pays the same land rent and loan interest every month, whatever it produces. What are such costs called? Wikipedia, Fixed cost. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • A finished steer weighs 1,250 pounds and sells for $180 per hundredweight. What is its market value? Wikipedia, Hundredweight. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business; the arithmetic was worked twice
  • A hog finisher's feed bill rises with every extra pen of pigs. What kind of cost changes as the quantity produced changes? Wikipedia, Variable cost. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • A tractor bought for $90,000 is worth less each year as it is used and wears. What is this loss of value, spread over the machine's useful life in the accounts, called? Wikipedia, Depreciation. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • A wheat grower fixes a selling price months ahead of harvest by taking a position in the futures market. What is using futures to guard against a price change called? Wikipedia, Futures contract. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • A young farmer needs credit for feed, seed and a few head of livestock for the coming season. Which USDA Farm Service Agency loan is designed for such purchases? USDA Farm Service Agency, Farm Operating Loans. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • The dairy farms of one county pool their resources to own the plant that processes and markets their milk. What kind of business is this? Wikipedia, Agricultural cooperative. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • On which federal tax form does a farmer who files as an individual report farm income and expenses? Internal Revenue Service, About Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Farming. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • Which of these is a current asset rather than a fixed asset? Wikipedia, Asset. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business
  • Which statement shows how money moved in and out of a farm business, broken down into operating, investing and financing activities? Wikipedia, Cash flow statement. Written to NOCTI Production Agriculture (3063), Agri-Business

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the competency list of the Job Ready Credential Blueprint for Production Agriculture (code 3063, version 01, copyright 2011) that NOCTI publishes at https://www.nocti.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JRProdAg3063.pdf , read 2026-10-16: a written assessment of 187 questions in 3 hours over six areas (Animal Science 29%; Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources 6%; Plant Science 21%; Soil Management 6%; Agricultural Technology 14%; Agri-Business 24%), plus a performance assessment of six jobs. This bank holds 50 in those proportions. Every fact was read on 2026-10-16 on the public page named under its question: OSHA's agriculture standards in 29 CFR Part 1928, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and Farm Service Agency, the Internal Revenue Service, the NC State Extension Gardener Handbook and Wikipedia. The seven computed answers were worked twice. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

Fifty questions of our own for the NOCTI Production Agriculture test, from livestock and crops to farm records, in the six areas of the Job Ready blueprint, code 3063. Unofficial: not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by NOCTI.

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Six areas, livestock first

Animal Science is 29% of the written assessment, Agri-Business 24% and Plant Science 21%. Agricultural Technology is 14%, and Soil Management and Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resources are 6% each. The 50 questions here split 15, 12, 10, 7, 3 and 3.

Timed like the written test

Forty-eight minutes for 50 questions matches the pace of the written assessment. A round closes on the number right in each area, since blueprint 3063 names no passing score.

Six jobs in the shop and the barn

The performance jobs are not practiced here: vehicle maintenance, a net worth statement, a Punnett square, crop leaf identification, an injection and computing acreage.

  • An acre is 43,560 square feet: multiply length by width in feet, then divide.
  • Fertilizer to spread is the pounds of nutrient needed divided by its percentage on the bag.
  • A hundredweight (cwt) is 100 pounds, so a 600-pound calf is 6 cwt.

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the NOCTI Production Agriculture test?

Blueprint 3063 gives the written assessment 187 questions and 3 hours, which a test site may split over as many as three sessions. Its six performance jobs are given 3 hours and 5 minutes of their own.

What is on the NOCTI Production Agriculture test?

Animal health, anatomy, grading, genetics, feeds and each kind of livestock from beef to aquaculture; conservation and biofuels; plant anatomy, pests, fertilizer rates and planting rates; soil tests and amendments; tools, engines, welding, wiring and machinery; and farm credit, taxes, records, costs, risk and marketing.

Is the NOCTI Teacher test in production agriculture the same?

Nearly. The Teacher assessment, code 5185, keeps the six areas with 182 questions in 3 hours and weights within a point of these, and candidates sit it at a NOCTI-approved Area Test Center.

Where do I get the NOCTI Production Agriculture blueprint?

From NOCTI's blueprint index at nocti.org/credentials/blueprints, free, as a PDF of the competency lists, the weight of each area, ten sample questions and the acreage job. All ten samples are left alone here.

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