This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Flower Cultivation > Floriculture – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Floriculture Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A garden center employee should A) Enjoy a job that is mostly paper work. B) Enjoy working alone. C) Enjoy meeting people. D) Not be concerned about finishing high school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoy meeting people. 2. Which bouquet style would be best for a full wedding gown with a long train A) Round Cluster. B) Presentation. C) Tussy Mussy. D) Cascading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cascading. 3. By tradition, on Mother's Day, a ..... flower or corsage is worn by a daughter as a symbol of love and honor for a living mother, and ..... flowers are worn as a memorial for a mother who is no longer living. A) White, pink. B) Red, white. C) Pink, yellow. D) Yellow, white. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red, white. 4. Describes the products that are sold for cash and then immediately carried away by the customer. A) Cash and carry. B) Certification. C) Commercial grower. D) Wire service. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cash and carry. 5. Certain plants are quite suitable for use in terrariums. Which, if any, of the following are suitable for this use? A) Both of these. B) Creeping Fig. C) None of these. D) Needlepoint Ivy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both of these. 6. Which item is a floral piece worn by a man and typically worn on the right-side jacket lapel, near the buttonhole? A) Corsage. B) Wristlet. C) Clutch. D) Boutonniere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boutonniere. 7. As a grower for a greenhouse production operation, you have decided to pre-plant incorporate a low rate of the slow-release fertilizer Osmocote 14-14-14 into your soil less root medium prior to potting up hanging baskets. You will grow the crop with typical application of soluble fertilizer, but you are adding in the low rate of slow-release fertilizer to provide some nutrition in the market channel and during the time that the customer is caring for the basket. You want tp mix just enough root medium to pot up 100-12-in hanging baskets (2.2 gal each).Conversion:202 gal per cubic yard A) 3.5 lb Osmocote 14-14-14 per cubic yard root medium. B) 16 lb Osmocote 14-14-14 per cubic yard root medium. C) 8.5 lb Osmocote 14-14-14 per cubic yard root medium. D) 5.0 lb Osmocote 14-14-14 per cubic yard root medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3.5 lb Osmocote 14-14-14 per cubic yard root medium. 8. A greenhouse employee works A) Mostly indoors. B) Alone. C) With nursery stock only. D) Mostly outdoors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mostly indoors. 9. ..... is a specific propagation technique used with plants that produce bulbs or corms. A) Layering. B) Herbaceous. C) Division. D) Separation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separation. 10. High or low fertility levels can ..... crop susceptibility to ..... and ..... A) Decrease, insects, mites. B) Increase, insects, mites. C) Increase, heat, cold. D) Decrease, heat, cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase, insects, mites. 11. Nitrogen deficiency, ammonium toxicity and phosphorus deficiency are some of the common reasons of ..... disorders in greenhouse crops. A) Nutrient. B) Water quality. C) Media. D) Heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrient. 12. The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants is A) Plato. B) Carolus Linnaeus. C) Socrates. D) Hortus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carolus Linnaeus. 13. Accented neutral, monochromatic, analogous, and split complementary are the most common ..... used by florists in designs. A) Lines. B) Texture arrangements. C) Color schemes. D) Floral arrangements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color schemes. 14. Correcting high pH can be achieved by ..... A) Using high-ammonium fertilizer combined with low alkalinity. B) Applying potassium bicarbonate. C) Using a low-ammonium fertilizer combined with high alkalinity. D) Drenching soil with flow-able lime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using high-ammonium fertilizer combined with low alkalinity. 15. Your greenhouse production business has a contract to grow 125 flats of bedding impatients to local landscaping contractor. Each flat has an 0804 cell pack insert. You will source the plugs from a greenhouse supplier, which offers the plugs in 288-size plug trays. Each plug tray is guaranteed to have 280 usable seedlings. What is the number of 288 plug trays of petunias that you must order to be able to grow the plants to meet this contract? A) 19 plug trays. B) 15 plug trays. C) 14 plug trays. D) 5 plug trays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15 plug trays. 16. The art and science of growing and marketing flowers and ornamental plants, and the designing and marketing of flower arrangements. A) Floriculture. B) Horticulture. C) Propagation. D) Hybridization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floriculture. 17. A poinsettia crop that is four weeks late in flowering for Christmas was very likely exposed to: A) A gas leak. B) Too much CO2. C) A herbicide. D) Lighting at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lighting at night. 18. Roots that begin growth from the stem or a leaf, and not from the root tissue, are known as ..... A) Fibrous roots. B) Adventitious roots. C) Tap roots. D) Cap roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adventitious roots. 19. The art and science of cultivating garden plants, including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. A) Horticulture. B) Interiorscape. C) Floriculture. D) Cash and Carry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horticulture. 20. A brown, water-holding material harvested from bogs that is made from aged, decomposed plant and animal matter. A) Sphagnum Moss. B) Perlite. C) Peat Moss. D) Vermiculite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peat Moss. 21. Three jobs in horticulture that require outdoor work and that are done with hand-operated tools and equipment are A) Tree surgeon, researcher, and landscape gardener. B) Teacher, orchardist, and turf worker. C) Tree surgeon, turf worker, and small fruit grower. D) Nursery worker, pruner, and plant breeder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tree surgeon, turf worker, and small fruit grower. 22. The larger the gauge of florist wire indicates that the thickness is: A) Longer. B) Shorter. C) Thinner. D) Thicker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thinner. 23. The ..... orchid is the largest o the orchid types used by florists for corsages A) Cattelya. B) Dendrobium. C) Cymbidium. D) Phalaenopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cattelya. 24. ..... cuttings are taken from wood that has stopped actively growing and is dormant. A) Herbaceous. B) Hardwood. C) Softwood. D) Semi hardwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardwood. 25. In the following list of pesticides the must be mixed with water to apply. A) Granules. B) Emulsifiable concentrate. C) Dusts. D) Baits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emulsifiable concentrate. 26. DIF is defined as: A) The difference in daytime temperature and the nighttime temperature. B) The difference in fertilization. C) Data interchange format. D) Difficulty in fertilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The difference in daytime temperature and the nighttime temperature. 27. A once living moss that comes from bogs and is harvested, dehydrated, and often compressed used to hold moisture and provide space for plant roots. A) Perlite. B) Peat Moss. C) Vermiculite. D) Sphagnum Moss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sphagnum Moss. 28. The formula for determining average daily temperature (ADT) is: A) (day temperature x hours) / 24. B) (day temperature x hours) / (nighttime temperatures x hours) / 24. C) (day temperature x hours) / 12. D) (day temperature x hours) / (nighttime temperatures x hours) / 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (day temperature x hours) / (nighttime temperatures x hours) / 24. 29. . Together the genus name and the ..... form the scientific name of a species. A) Variety. B) Specific epithet. C) Family. D) Cultivar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific epithet. 30. Foliage below the water line should be removed to: A) Prevent photosynthesis. B) Prevent leaves from using stored food in the stem. C) Prevent the leaves from decaying, which foul the water. D) All of these. 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