Floriculture Quiz 4 (30 MCQs)

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1. A half-couch casket spray is:
2. A genus can be defined as
3. ..... is the application of water-soluble fertilizers through the irrigation of water.
4. In your school greenhouse there are three growing benches that run the length of the greenhouse. Each bench measures 4' x 75'. Your teacher typically likes to grow the school bedding plants in 606 web inserts which require a 1020 Web Flat to hold them. The web flats measure 11" x 21". What is the approximate "maximum" number of 1020 flats that could be placed on these benches?
5. Which irrigation is also called zero runoff irrigation?
6. The maximum amount of water that a soil can hold is known as .....
7. The container is 1/2 as high as it is wide.
8. A collection of copies of a person's best work, awards, and other achievements that can be shown to prospective employers.
9. Chrysanthemums, Asters, Daisies, and other flat-faced flowers are wired for corsages using which method?
10. ..... is the amount of moisture in the air.
11. As a greenhouse employee you are mixing cycocel to drench potted plants at a high rate. You are mixing in a 55 gallon container. How many ounces of cycocel do you mix in the 55 gallons?
12. The amount of light a plant receives greatly influences root growth, shoot growth, flowering. The highest quality greenhouse plants need foot candles of light per day?
13. As the owner and/or manager of a full service flower shop you need to
14. You want to mix 20-10-20 fertilizer concentrate in a 25-gallon tank that will be injected into the irrigation line through a Dosatron proportioner at a rate of 1:100. You will apply 150 ppm N to the crop. How much fertilizer do you weigh out for this concentrate tank, in pounds? 1 lb. has 16 oz.
15. Many orchid species will develop a swollen, fleshy stem, structure called a .....
16. ..... is the art of organizing the design elements inherent in plant materials, container, and accessories according to the principles of design.
17. Considerations when planning a wedding include:
18. Immediate steps to lower the medium's EC are ..... and .....
19. An appropriate lightweight wire to use for corsage construction is:
20. Which of the following elements of design allows each flower/ form to have its own individual importance?
21. As a garden center worker, Julie should .....
22. The pierce wiring technique works best on flowers that have a .....
23. Which historical floral period includes floral design styles that were massed, rounded and fan shaped?
24. Makayla works for a florist and is completing and order for a birthday arrangement. She used the materials listed below. What will the customer be charged assuming a 60% markup, 5.3% tax, and a $ 12 delivery charge? There is no tax on the delivery charge.
25. Floriculture is derived from two words. 'Flor' means ..... and 'cultura' means .....
26. Which wiring method should be used for carnations when they are to be used in corsages and boutonnieres?
27. The science and practice of propagating, growing, maintaining, and using grasses, annual plants, shrubs, and trees in the landscape is called
28. Budding is a type of ..... in which a single bud is taken from one plant and grown on another plant.
29. The ..... tube is used to provide a stem for tube-shaped flowers.
30. The greenhouse worker has a job that consist of