Horticulture Quiz 15 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the three layers of a typical soil profile starting at the soil surface?

Correct Answer: D) Topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock.

2. Tamicka uses a commercial blend of horticulture soil because she can depend on the pH of the product being:

Correct Answer: D) Neutral.

3. Sprinklers in which the water is distributed in a set pattern over a fixed area

Correct Answer: B) Spray heads.

4. Jenny needs to construct some beds to use for rooting azalea cuttings. How deep should the rooting media be?

Correct Answer: B) 4 inches.

5. What should you do if you are unsure about something?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

6. Which deciduous tree has bright, yellow 3" fan-shaped leaves on 3" petioles and also has foul-smelling berries with seeds?

Correct Answer: A) Ginkgo.

7. Disregarding Sales tax, how much will you save when you buy a $ 12.00 plant that is on sale for 20 % off?

Correct Answer: C) $ 2.40.

8. Filler flowers are used in floral designs to:

Correct Answer: D) Fill empty spaces and hide ties.

9. The study and cultivation of grape vines.

Correct Answer: B) Viticulture.

10. What does every paragraph of the FFA Creed begin with?

Correct Answer: A) I believe .

11. William examines a landscape functional diagram and a final landscape plan. He notices that the amount of detail in the final landscape plan is:

Correct Answer: B) More.

12. Which of these jobs requires college education

Correct Answer: C) Farm management consulting.

13. Pounds per square inch. Measures the force at which water moves in an irrigation system

Correct Answer: C) PSI.

14. Which one is responsible for maintaining fairway and greens turf as well as sand traps and irrigation?

Correct Answer: C) Golf course employee.

15. The flower that has a large lily-type flower on a 1' to 2' stem is:

Correct Answer: A) Amaryllis.

16. The culture of flowers

Correct Answer: D) Floriculture.

17. Which comes from a Latin word meaning "garden cultivation" and includes vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants?

Correct Answer: C) Horticulture.

18. Which of the following are factors that affect seed germination?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

19. What is the primary reason for pruning nursery plants?

Correct Answer: A) Produce desired shape.

20. What is the first degree in FFA for high school members?

Correct Answer: A) Greenhand.