This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Fruit Vegetable Science > Horticulture – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emily has a business that installs landscape timbers around raised bed gardens for home owners. Mrs Jones hires Emily's company to edge her beds that measure 16 ft long and 4 ft wide. How many feet of landscape timbers does Emily need to buy for this job? A) 16. B) 20. C) 32. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40. 2. A person who cultivates and markets sod is a: A) Field crop technician. B) Nursery manager. C) Turfgrass producer. D) Greenhouse manager. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turfgrass producer. 3. The government agency that is responsible for enforcing safety regulations in the workplace is A) CDC. B) FAA. C) DOT. D) OSHA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OSHA. 4. Angela has a part time job working after school and on Saturdays at a local florist. In what type of SAE is Angela participating in A) Analytical. B) Improvement. C) Placement. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement. 5. The science most associated with the study of plants grown for food or beautification is: A) Agronomy. B) Forestry. C) Horticulture. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horticulture. 6. If a fertilizer formula contains the following label, 24 - 8 - 16. How many pounds of Potassium are we applying if we broadcast 500 pounds on our pasture? A) 120. B) 40. C) 80. D) 240. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 80. 7. The use of horticultural plants and methods as therapeutic tools with disabled and disadvantaged people A) Allopathy. B) Homeopathy. C) Horticultural Therapy. D) Naturopathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horticultural Therapy. 8. Which is an itemized list of things owned by a business? A) Equity. B) Inventory. C) Liabilities. D) Net worth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inventory. 9. What is a bedding plant that has large 6" colorful flowers? A) Zinnia. B) Japanese pachysandra. C) Madagascar periwinkle. D) Kalanchoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zinnia. 10. What is the texture of soils that have about equal parts of sand, clay, and silt? A) Clayey. B) Loamy. C) Sandy. D) Silty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loamy. 11. The "rhythm and line" landscape design principle is illustrated by: A) Foundation plantings. B) Repeating colors. C) Repeating plant species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foundation plantings. 12. A plant that completes its life cycle in two years is a(n): A) Annual. B) Biennial. C) Perennial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biennial. 13. Which is an application of the landscape design principle of unity? A) Install foundation plantings and privacy hedge. B) Install same amount of plants on each side of door. C) Maintain size relationship between plants and house. D) Raise decks, patios, and porches to door level. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raise decks, patios, and porches to door level. 14. A plant that lives more than two years A) Zoology. B) Botany. C) Perennial. D) Forestry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perennial. 15. #22 gauge wire is used for wiring: A) Boutonnierres. B) Corsages. C) Bows. D) Heavy flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heavy flowers. 16. If you work for the Cincinnati Reds mowing grass, what branch of agriculture are you participating in? A) Turfgrass Management. B) Ornamental Horticulture. C) Landscape and Nursery. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turfgrass Management. 17. Plants produce which of the following? A) Neon. B) Sulfur. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 18. * The area of horticulture associated with producing, transporting and using cut flowers, potted plants, and annual bedding plants. A) Floriculture. B) Forestry. C) Landscape. D) Design. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floriculture. 19. Angela has a part-time job working after school and on Saturdays at a local florist. In what type of Supervised Agricultural Experience is Angela participating? A) Analytical. B) Improvement. C) Placement. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement. 20. If a high school student's career objective is to be a greenhouse operator, an activity he/she might include in his/her foundational SAE to obtain employability skills would be: A) Taking a small-engine short course at the community college. B) Finding a mentor in the welding industry. C) Obtaining a hunter safety certification. D) Testing for a pesticide license. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Testing for a pesticide license. ← 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