Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Agricultural Science Question 50

Practice objective / multiple choice question 50 from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.

Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 50 WAEC_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2020 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

In a farming community of 200 households, the diffusion of a new crop technology follows the usual adopter categories: Innovators 2.5 %, Early adopters 13.5 %, Early majority 34 %, Late majority 34 %, Laggards 16 %. An extension programme can organise training workshops, each reaching up to 15 households. Every household that attends a workshop can convince exactly two other households to adopt the technology within the same season. The current plan allows for 2 workshops. (a) Can the programme achieve at least 80 % adoption (i.e., 160 households) after one season? (b) If not, how many additional workshops are required to meet the target?

Answer Options

A. Yes; the target can be met with the current 2 workshops.
B. No; 3 additional workshops are needed (total of 5 workshops).
Correct Answer C. No; 2 additional workshops are needed (total of 4 workshops).
D. No; 1 additional workshop is needed (total of 3 workshops).
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
No; 2 additional workshops are needed (total of 4 workshops).

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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2020 Agricultural Science Question 50. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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