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Agriculture Extension & Communication Reviewer for the Agriculturist Licensure Examination

Agriculture Extension and Communication is the subject candidates most often treat as common sense and most often lose marks on. It has its own vocabulary, its own models and a body of research findings the examination expects by name.

50 built-in practice questions · approved additions published live · 5 topics · every answer explained

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What Agriculture Extension & Communication covers on the board exam

  • Extension principles, philosophy and the evolution of extension systems in the Philippines.
  • Communication models, channels and the design of an extension message.
  • Adoption and diffusion of innovations — adopter categories, the adoption process and the factors that stall it.
  • Teaching methods for adult learners, from individual visits to mass media campaigns.
  • Programme planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Study note. Learn the named models and their originators. Items here frequently turn on a term rather than on judgement.

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Sample Adoption & Diffusion questions with answers and explanations

Board-style items taken from the Agriculture Extension & Communication bank. Every answer is explained, which is the part that makes a review question worth doing twice.

  1. A new rice variety is introduced in a barangay. After two seasons only three farmers out of 120 have planted it, and all three are educated, better-off and well travelled. Which adopter category do they represent?

    • A. Innovators correct
    • B. Early majority
    • C. Late majority
    • D. Laggards

    Why: Innovators are the first 2-3%, typically venturesome, better resourced and connected beyond the community. Their adoption is a weak predictor of general uptake precisely because they are atypical -- which is why extension does not treat their success as evidence that diffusion is under way.

  2. An extension worker wants to accelerate adoption in the same barangay. Whose adoption would be the strongest signal to the majority?

    • A. Innovators, because they adopted first
    • B. Early adopters, who are respected local opinion leaders correct
    • C. Laggards, because convincing them proves the technology works
    • D. The municipal agriculturist, because of official authority

    Why: Early adopters are integrated into the community and serve as the local reference point others check before acting. Innovators are admired but not imitated because they are seen as different; laggards adopt last by definition and cannot lead anyone.

  3. Farmers say they understand a new fertiliser practice and believe it works, but have not used it. Which stage of the adoption process have they reached?

    • A. Awareness, having merely heard of it
    • B. Adoption, since they accept that it works
    • C. Evaluation, weighing whether it applies to their own farm correct
    • D. Trial, since belief implies use

    Why: Awareness and interest have been passed and the farmers are mentally testing the practice against their own circumstances. Evaluation is the stage where extension must supply farm-level evidence rather than more general information -- a demonstration, not another lecture.

  4. A technology raises yield 20% but requires a cash outlay equal to a month's income and cannot be tried on a small area. Which two attributes most limit its adoption?

    • A. Low relative advantage and low compatibility
    • B. High complexity and low observability
    • C. Low observability and low compatibility
    • D. Low trialability and high perceived risk relative to advantage correct

    Why: A 20% yield gain is a clear relative advantage, so that attribute is not the barrier. What blocks adoption is that the farmer cannot test it in a small, affordable way, so the whole outlay is at risk at once. Divisible technologies diffuse faster for exactly this reason.

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What does this Agriculture Extension & Communication reviewer cost?

You can answer 40 questions across AgLE Online Review for free. After that, a one-time ₱49 payment unlocks every available subject and future reviewer updates. No Google account or recurring subscription is required.

How many Agriculture Extension & Communication questions are there?

The built-in Agriculture Extension & Communication bank holds 50 distinct questions across 5 topics, with approved additions published live. Every item is a separate question — the count is not padded with reworded copies of the same one.

Can I practise Agriculture Extension & Communication by topic?

Yes. Opening Agriculture Extension & Communication in the reviewer shows its topics first, and a session can be run on a single topic or across all of them. You can also choose Practice Mode for instant explanations or Exam Mode for timed board conditions.

Are these actual AgLE board questions?

No, and no reviewer that claims otherwise should be trusted. These are board-style practice items written and curated to match the coverage and difficulty of the Agriculturist Licensure Examination. Consult the current PRC Table of Specifications for the official scope.

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