This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which describes the loss in value of machinery or buildings due to age, use, or change in market demands? A) Inventory. B) Assets. C) Depreciation. D) Profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depreciation. 2. How many areas of the horticulture industry are there? A) 7. B) 1. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 3. Which of the following is not an economic value of horticulture? A) Increases values of homes through landscaping. B) Cleans air. C) Provides jobs. D) Produces food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleans air. 4. Lee is making a hedge row of hollies. He uses the heading back pruning method to: A) Cut roots prior to transplanting. B) Open up a tree or shrub. C) Remove old branches to rejuvenate. D) Cut off branches at same height. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cut off branches at same height. 5. The component of the horticulture instructional program that gives students an opportunity to explore interests and gain work experience is the: A) State FFA convention. B) Classroom. C) Supervised Agriculture Experience. D) FFA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supervised Agriculture Experience. 6. What is the study of grapes? A) Olericulture. B) Viticulture. C) Pomology. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viticulture. 7. Annual plants complete their life cycle in A) Two years. B) Three years. C) One year. D) Ten years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One year. 8. Mark takes some soil samples from his lawn and some from a field where he grows vegetables. Compared to the field samples, his samples from the lawn should be taken: A) About 2 inches deeper. B) About 8 inches deeper. C) About 2 inches shallower. D) At the same depth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About 2 inches shallower. 9. When is baby's breath addes to a floral design A) Third. B) Last. C) Second. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last. 10. Which of the following is NOT a way garden plants impact the environment? A) Absorbing carbon dioxide. B) Eliminating pests. C) Cleaning the air. D) Releasing fragrance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliminating pests. 11. The growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of VEGETABLES A) Floriculture. B) Olericulture. C) Pomology. D) Landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Olericulture. 12. About 74% of all U.S. households participated in lawn and garden activities in 2016. A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. If a net worth statement shows that a business has $ 5, 000 cash on hand, $ 20, 000 in a checking account, and land valued at $ 600, 000, which amount should be entered on the total assets line of a net worth statement? A) $ 600, 000. B) $ 25, 000. C) $ 575, 000. D) $ 625, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 625, 000. 14. The scientific study of plants. A) Xylem. B) Botany. C) Horticulture. D) Pomology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botany. 15. A garden center employee usually works in a ..... environment A) Unclean. B) Volatile. C) Unpleasant. D) Clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean. 16. What does a "3 point contact" mean when climbing on the ladder? A) Using two hands and a foot. B) Using two feet and a hand. C) Using two hands and a foot or two feet and a hand. D) Using two feet and an elbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using two hands and a foot or two feet and a hand. 17. Small deciduous trees that flower all summer and into early fall with a flower color that may be white, pink, red, or purple. What is the plant? A) Red maple. B) Prayer plant. C) Evergreen euonymus. D) Crepe myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crepe myrtle. 18. Filler flowers are used in floral designs to: A) Add mass and draw attention. B) Draw attention to the focal point. C) Establish height, width, and outline. D) Fill empty spaces and hide ties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fill empty spaces and hide ties. 19. What is the primary reason for pruning nursery plants? A) Thin branches. B) Rejuvenate plant. C) Produce desired shape. D) Remove dead flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Produce desired shape. 20. Soil does NOT provide which of the following? A) Nutrients. B) Oxygen. C) Water. D) Stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 21. Sara wants to own and operate a landscape business that handles everything from the first contact with the client through design and construction as well as long-term care and maintenance. which type of business will she have? A) Design-build firm. B) Landscape installer. C) Landscape maintenance. D) Subcont. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landscape installer. 22. ..... have no separate subcellular units. Examples include bacteria and blue-green algae. A) Organelle. B) Eukaryotic. C) Prokaryotic. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prokaryotic. 23. Horticulture includes the production of plants for food, comfort and A) Technology. B) Beauty. C) Style. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty. 24. When plants rest and grow very little A) Agronomy. B) Floriculture. C) Dormant. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dormant. 25. The traditional nursery method of growing plants in the field is what type of production? A) Cold frame. B) Pot-in-pot. C) Container. D) Field-grown. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Field-grown. 26. Which branches involve the principles of horticulture and placement of plants? A) Floriculture, Landscape Design. B) Landscape Design, Interiorscaping. C) Interiorscaping, Floriculture. D) Floriculture, Agronomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landscape Design, Interiorscaping. 27. Horticulture is the cultivation of which of the following? A) Deserts. B) Gardens. C) Forests. D) Golf Courses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gardens. 28. Device that ensures water from irrigation system does not return to main water source A) Cycle. B) Remote control valves. C) Back flow preventer. D) Contoler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Back flow preventer. 29. Plants that take three or more years to complete their life cycle are: A) Perennials. B) Annuals. C) Millenniums. D) Biennials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perennials. 30. If Jessica is preparing a summary presentation on her research with organic and inorganic fertilizers, her SAE project would be identified as a/an: A) Entrepreneurship. B) Placement. C) School-based enterprise. D) Experimental. 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