This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Flower Cultivation > Floriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Floriculture Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT true regarding advantages of tissue culture/micropropagation? A) The ability to grow a large number of plants in a small space. B) The ability to produce pest free plants. C) The low cost of labor and equipment. D) The uniformity of clones produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The low cost of labor and equipment. 2. A very lightweight pea-sized rock that increases drainages and comes from volcanos. A) Peat Moss. B) Perlite. C) Vermiculite. D) Sphagnum Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perlite. 3. The science and practice of growing vegetable crops is called A) Ornamental and landscape Horticulture. B) Floriculture. C) Olericulture. D) Pomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Olericulture. 4. Greenhouse production often requires insecticides to be sprayed to prevent insect damage on flowers. Insecticides that are applied in gaseous from are . A) Fumigants. B) Repellents. C) Contact. D) Systemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fumigants. 5. Support materials and supplies, such as glassware, floral foams, wire, ribbon, packaging products, and tools. A) Horticulture. B) Wire service. C) Hard good. D) Commercial grower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hard good. 6. The most important consideration in setting up an irrigation system is ..... A) Water. B) Piping. C) Air. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 7. The use of beneficial insects in pest management is an example of ..... control. A) Mechanical. B) Physical. C) Chemical. D) Biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological. 8. When several types of smaller specimens of foliage plants are placed in a brass or pottery container, a ..... is created. A) Garden dish. B) Floral leaf bowl. C) Triad design. D) Split complementary design. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garden dish. 9. A standard water analysis usually includes ....., ....., and ..... A) Potassium, calcium, sulfates. B) Fluoride, aluminum, zinc. C) Iron, sulfates, boron. D) PH, EC, alkalinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PH, EC, alkalinity. 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. A) Monofloral. B) Portfolio. C) Certification. D) Continuing education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Certification. 11. Which of the following plants has the same common and genus and species names? A) Acer rubrum. B) Cornus florida. C) Forsythia suspensa. D) Ceris candensis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forsythia suspensa. 12. Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because A) It is a dead language. B) It is easy for all nationalities to pronounce. C) It is an international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names. D) It is an easy language to learn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names. 13. Which color harmony uses two hues that are directly opposite to each other on color wheel? A) Monochromatic. B) Complementary. C) Analogous. D) Triadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complementary. 14. Flowers, which are worn by men and pinned on a lapel, are called: A) Falcon corsage. B) Potpourri corsage. C) Boutonnieres. D) Hand-tied bouquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boutonnieres. 15. When an arrangement is too small for its surroundings, it is said to be out of ..... A) Tone. B) Rhythm. C) Proportion. D) Harmony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proportion. 16. A palmately compound leaf has: A) Parallel Venation. B) A rachis. C) Leaflet. D) A midrib. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaflet. 17. Planned arrangement of plants in an indoor environment such as an office or hotel, or even a private home. A) Propagation. B) Hard good. C) Interiorscape. D) Certification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interiorscape. 18. Traditional temperature regimes for greenhouse production are to run ..... days and ..... nights. A) Warm, warm. B) Warm, cool. C) Cool, cool. D) Cool, warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm, cool. 19. The word horticulture, a Latin word, means A) "garden cultivation". B) "plant cultivator". C) "grower of crops". D) "lover of plants". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "garden cultivation". 20. Flower arrangements are more pleasing to the eye when their outline creates a ..... pattern. A) Geometric. B) Round. C) Crescent. D) Triangular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geometric. 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? A) 7 canisters. B) 13 canisters. C) 9 canisters. D) 12 canisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 canisters. 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. A) Sand, silt, and clay. B) Granular, blocky, and prismatic. C) Adhesion, cohesion, and stability. D) Organic, inorganic, and humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand, silt, and clay. 23. A Hogarth Curve floral design is created by A) A "C" Shape. B) A "S" Shape. C) An "O" Shape. D) A "H" Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A "S" Shape. 24. Commercial growers A) Produce live plants, flowers and foliage. B) Grow plants in fields and greenhouses. C) Need to know how to care for a variety of plants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Which color scheme or color harmony includes hues that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel? A) Monochromatic. B) Analogous. C) Triadic. D) Complementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogous. 26. In writing a resume, list jobs that you have held, awards, and education A) So most recent activities are listed first. B) Honestly. C) To include dates. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. Monocot plants, such as grasses, are good examples of ..... root systems. A) Tap. B) Foliar. C) Air. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fibrous. 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? A) 150%. B) 250%. C) 100%. D) 500%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 250%. 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? A) 1 gallons. B) 14 gallons. C) 42 gallons. D) 84 gallons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 84 gallons. 30. A common flaw in establishing a focal area is to: A) Using flower that are too large. B) Using flowers that are too small. C) Crowd the flowers together very closely. D) Not using enough flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crowd the flowers together very closely. 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