This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Horticulture is a science, as well as, an art of production, utilisation and improvement of horticultural crops, such as fruits and vegetables, spices and condiments, ornamental, plantation, medicinal and aromatic plants. A) False. B) True. C) Somewhat true. D) Others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. Pounds per square inch. Measures the force at which water moves in an irrigation system A) GPM. B) GPH. C) PSI. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PSI. 3. When applying the waste hierarchy to workplace waste disposal, which is the first and top option? A) Prepare for re-use. B) Recycle. C) Prevention. D) Disposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prevention. 4. The last step in the landscape project development is: A) Bill the customer for the work done. B) Determine the need or objective. C) Develop a maintenance schedule. D) Select maintenance contractor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bill the customer for the work done. 5. Which grass should a homeowner in western NC plant if the grass needs to tolerate high use or wear? A) Centipede grass. B) Kentucky Bluegrass. C) St. Augustine grass. D) Zoysia grass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kentucky Bluegrass. 6. After a student has evaluated his or her own interests and has narrowed the field of jobs, then the student should: A) Apply for a job. B) Complete a job application. C) Go for a job interview. D) Study the requirements of the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Study the requirements of the job. 7. Nursery plants that are produced by cuttings are propagated: A) Sexually. B) By seed. C) Asexually. D) By amending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asexually. 8. What warm-season grass, produced by stolons and rhizomes, grows best in the eastern and coastal Piedmont areas? A) Red Fescue. B) Tall Fescue. C) Zoysia. D) Kentucky bluegrass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zoysia. 9. The part of the plant that transports water and nutrients up from the roots to the stems and leaves is called the: A) Phloem. B) Cambia. C) Xylem. D) Bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xylem. 10. What is an annual plant? A) A plant that completes its life cycle in 1 year. B) A plant that completes its life cycle in 2 years. C) A plant that lives more than 2 years. D) A plant that starts flowering in the second year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A plant that completes its life cycle in 1 year. 11. The inner part of an ovary that contains an egg is the: A) Ovule. B) Seed. C) Stamen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ovule. 12. Pollination is the process by which the pollen grains are transferred from the ..... to the ..... A) Anther ovary. B) Anther stigma. C) Stigma ovary. D) Stigma filament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anther stigma. 13. Propagating nursery plants using a scion and rootstock is known as: A) Cutting. B) Grafting. C) Layering. D) Budding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grafting. 14. What type of work does Aaron do as he works in landscape maintenance? A) Cares for the landscape. B) Designs, installs, and contracts the landscape. C) Designs landscape plans. D) Installs landscape plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cares for the landscape. 15. Snapdragons and Foxglove are used in arrangements as: A) Line flowers. B) Mass flowers. C) Form flowers. D) Filer forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Line flowers. 16. Which of the following is NOT a type of pesticide? A) Insecticide. B) Herbicide. C) Fungicide. D) Plant Propagation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plant Propagation. 17. Victoria spent 2 hours on Saturday pruning a fruit tree although her SAE program is producing bedding plants in her own greenhouse. In which section of the SAE record would she enter the fruit tree pruning activity? A) Analytical. B) Experimental. C) Placement. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supplementary. 18. Safety is the responsibility of? A) Everyone. B) Owner of the facility. C) Veterinary Technician. D) Veterinarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everyone. 19. Celery is an example of that plant what? A) Roots. B) Stem. C) Flower. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stem. 20. Plants remove which of the following from the atmosphere? A) Oxygen. B) Helium. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Argon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 8Horticulture Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books