I noticed that my most viewed entry in this blog was about the Licensure Examination for Agriculturists. I took mine in 2014 and luckily, I was able to pass with little flying colors on the test (lucky me! LOL.). So, here are some of the questions that are still in my memory bank even after almost a decade. Hoping it would help you a bit.

1. What is the genus of watermelon?

Answer: Citrullus (I also remember that they asked about the species of watermelon which was lunatus)

2. In what insect order does stick insect belong?

Answer: Phasmatodea (During our exam this order was not in the options, and someone raised the concern, but the proctor did not know the answer. However, it is good to raise these kinds of concerns for the proctors to relay the message to the board.)

3. On March 30, 2004, the extension of AFMA was approved by PGMA by:

Answer: R.A. 8435 (Most of the questions in the Extension part were from the UPLB reviewer we had at the time, so I was lucky because I had that reviewer).

4. What is the average gestation period in beef cattle?

Answer: 283 days (They said that each year the exam would have a large number of questions related to specific livestock – I do not remember the one during our time but indeed a lot of questions were from a specific livestock).

5. What is the measure of the degree of compaction in the soil?

Answer: bulk density (During the test I thought this would be the part that I would fail because this was my weakest subject, but surprise! It was one of my highest-scored subjects. And we did not compute complicated soil problems.)

Disclaimer: these are questions from a long time ago that I could still remember so I don’t know if they still have the same type of questions in the test. And if these questions are in the exam, then lucky you! You’ll have 5-6 extra points!

GOOD LUCK, takers!