This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The area of horticulture that includes growing and harvesting flowers and making and selling flower arrangements is: A) Pomology. B) Floriculture. C) Agronomy. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floriculture. 2. Foliages such as sprengeri ferns are used in floral designs to: A) Fill empty spaces. B) Establish width. C) Add mass. D) Create outline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fill empty spaces. 3. Creates particular beauty or interest in the landscape. It draws the observer's eye to a particular plant or area. It may be one or a mass of plantings or hardscapes. A) Accent planting. B) Mass planting. C) Foundation planting. D) Line planting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accent planting. 4. Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor impacted by plants? A) Erosion. B) Animal life. C) Tides. D) Run-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tides. 5. What is the highest FFA degree one can receive? A) State FFA Degree. B) Chapter FFA Degree. C) Greenhand FFA Degree. D) American FFA Degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) American FFA Degree. 6. How long does a perennial plant typically live? A) 2 years. B) 6 months. C) Beyond 2 years. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beyond 2 years. 7. William examines a landscape functional diagram and a final landscape plan. He notices that the amount of detail in the final landscape plan is: A) Less. B) More. C) Same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More. 8. Alex believes that Jessica is discussion a motion that is not debatable. To correct this mistake, Alex should: A) Call for a division. B) Move to adjourn. C) Move to amend. D) Rise to a point of order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rise to a point of order. 9. Computerizing production records for a local nursery operation is which type of SAE? A) Analytical. B) Improvement. C) Entrepreneurship. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvement. 10. Everyone is familiar with the mistletoe tradition. What color are the berries of the plant? A) Blue. B) No berries. C) White. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White. 11. A greenhouse has a dirt floor. The owner has made some money from his fall shrub sales the last three years and decides to pour a concrete floor. How many square feet is his greenhouse if it measures 36' wide and 72' long? A) 1296. B) 216. C) 2592. D) 108. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2592. 12. What form of documentation would Alex need as he starts his internship with a county's soil scientist? A) Peer reviews of his publication. B) Business plan. C) Training plan. D) Scholarship application. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Training plan. 13. A growing method for seedlings that can grow in a multiple seedlings in one flat. A) Petri dish method. B) Floating in water method. C) Rag-doll method. D) Seedbox method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating in water method. 14. Callie is propagating her African violet by taking leaf cuttings. She is confident that leaf cuttings will work because she is using: A) Axillary buds. B) Herbaceous plants. C) Stem tissue. D) Woody plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbaceous plants. 15. Which flowers have long stalks or spikes with florets? A) Amaryllis and zinnia. B) Ginkgo and croton. C) Peony and fuchsia. D) Snapdragon and gladiolus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snapdragon and gladiolus. 16. Which deciduous tree has bright, yellow 3" fan-shaped leaves on 3" petioles and also has foul-smelling berries with seeds? A) Sycamore. B) Sasanqua camellia. C) Live oak. D) Ginkgo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ginkgo. 17. What are the official FFA colors? A) National Blue and Corn Gold. B) National Blue and Corn Yellow. C) Navy Blue and Corn Gold. D) Blue and Gols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Blue and Corn Gold. 18. Which deciduous shrub produces large blue, pink, or white "snowball" flowers? A) Japanese yew. B) Compacta holly. C) French hydrangea. D) Indian hawthorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French hydrangea. 19. What percent of the world's water is in the oceans? A) 97.6. B) 67.6. C) 87.6. D) 77.6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 97.6. 20. What shade tree did Sandy most likely see with deep-green leaves having a toothed or serrated margin? A) Ginkgo. B) Zelkova. C) Chinese dogwood. D) Southern red oak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zelkova. 21. Grown on approximately 1% of the available US Cropland A) Shrubs. B) Vegetables. C) Trees. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vegetables. 22. Which deciduous tree produces white bracts after the leaves appear? A) Ginkgo. B) Zelkova. C) Southern red oak. D) Chinese dogwood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chinese dogwood. 23. Is Turf Grass Management the establishment and care of a grass surface in a residential, business, sports- facility, or park setting? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. ..... is a complex organic molecule that traps light energy for conversion through photosynthesis into chemical energy A) Endoplasmic reticulum. B) Chlorophyll. C) Ribosomes. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chlorophyll. 25. Area of lawn and a group of sprinklers operated by one remote control valve also called a block of heads A) Lateral line. B) Cycle. C) Main line. D) Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zone. 26. FFA helps students develop leadership beyond the class, local school chapter, and federation. What is the first level of participation above the federation level? A) North Carolina FFA Association. B) International. C) National FFA Organization. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Region. 27. Which tropical plant has a flower similar to a lily? A) Amaryllis. B) Snapdragon. C) Zinnia. D) Croton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amaryllis. 28. The co-op has Hibiscus priced at $ 14.00 each. On Wednesday the Hibiscus are going on sale for 15% off making them cost $ 11.90 each. Any Hibiscus not sold by Saturday will be marked off another 20%. What percent of the original price is the final price? A) 65 %. B) 35 %. C) 82.5 %. D) 68 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 68 %. 29. Where can a horticulturist work? A) Greenhouse or nursery production and management. B) Food Sevice. C) Business Management. D) Building & Construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse or nursery production and management. 30. Wendy has problems getting flowers to grow in one of her flower beds. If she sends a soil sample to the laboratory to get recommendations to correct her problem, she should take cores or slices of soil from: A) All the flower beds. 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