Floriculture Quiz 1 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT true regarding advantages of tissue culture/micropropagation?
2. A very lightweight pea-sized rock that increases drainages and comes from volcanos.
3. The science and practice of growing vegetable crops is called
4. Greenhouse production often requires insecticides to be sprayed to prevent insect damage on flowers. Insecticides that are applied in gaseous from are .
5. Support materials and supplies, such as glassware, floral foams, wire, ribbon, packaging products, and tools.
6. The most important consideration in setting up an irrigation system is .....
7. The use of beneficial insects in pest management is an example of ..... control.
8. When several types of smaller specimens of foliage plants are placed in a brass or pottery container, a ..... is created.
9. A standard water analysis usually includes ....., ....., and .....
10. The process of taking and passing a course or exam to provide evidence that a person has the knowledge and skills required to perform well.
11. Which of the following plants has the same common and genus and species names?
12. Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because
13. Which color harmony uses two hues that are directly opposite to each other on color wheel?
14. Flowers, which are worn by men and pinned on a lapel, are called:
15. When an arrangement is too small for its surroundings, it is said to be out of .....
16. A palmately compound leaf has:
17. Planned arrangement of plants in an indoor environment such as an office or hotel, or even a private home.
18. Traditional temperature regimes for greenhouse production are to run ..... days and ..... nights.
19. The word horticulture, a Latin word, means
20. Flower arrangements are more pleasing to the eye when their outline creates a ..... pattern.
21. You have a 90 foot long greenhouse with an end-wall area of 240 square feet. You have decided to fumigate utilizing Methiocarb PT 1700 aerosol canisters. If each canister will treat a maximum if 2, 500 cubic feet, how many canisters are required for a single treatment?
22. Soil texture describes the relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles in a soil. Particles are grouped according to their size into what are called soil separates.
23. A Hogarth Curve floral design is created by
24. Commercial growers
25. Which color scheme or color harmony includes hues that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel?
26. In writing a resume, list jobs that you have held, awards, and education
27. Monocot plants, such as grasses, are good examples of ..... root systems.
28. In a horticulture business, the product you choose to produce and retail should be at what price above the total production and marketing costs (all fixed and variable costs) to make it feasible to produce and sell?
29. Your FFA Chapter has partnered up with the school cafeteria to grow lettuce to be used on the school salad bar. You are growing 3 different varieties of lettuce in 3 different raised beds using drip irrigation. The raised beds are 15 feet long and are 4 feet wide allowing you to run two rows of lettuce with irrigation per bed. You have spaced the lettuce 12 inches apart giving you enough room to have 14 heads of lettuce per row with a drip emitter on each head of lettuce. Each drip emitter puts out 0.5 gallon of water per hour. The irrigation system is set to run 4 days a week for 30 minutes each day on each bed. How much water are you using in a week to grow the lettuce?
30. A common flaw in establishing a focal area is to: