This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Horticulture – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Olericulture deals with growing A) Vegetables. B) Fruits. C) Nuts. D) Hibiscus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetables. 2. Because azaleas produce flowers on wood grown the previous growing season, the shrubs shoud be pruned in the late: A) Fall. B) Spring. C) Summer. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summer. 3. Compared to other layers of a typical soil profile, the amount of organic matter in the O horizon is: A) About the same. B) Less. C) More. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More. 4. The primary function of fruit is to: A) Absorb water and nutrients from soil. B) Carry, nourish and protect seeds. C) Connect roots to leaves. D) Manufacture food for the plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry, nourish and protect seeds. 5. If a bedding plant grower's inventory shows plants worth $ 40, 000, supplies worth $ 1, 000, and land valued at $ 200, 000, what amount should be entered on the non-depreciable inventory line of the financial statement? A) $ 400. B) $ 41, 000. C) $ 200, 000. D) $ 241, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 241, 000. 6. When carrying hand shears, you should carry them with the blade A) Facing down. B) Facing straight up. C) Facing towards your body. D) Open. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facing straight up. 7. Who funds the Cooperative Extension Service in each state? A) The federal government. B) State government. C) Local community organizations/charities. D) The land grant university in each state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The land grant university in each state. 8. Sales and marketing of horticulture products in the United States generates how much revenue for the industry? A) More than $ 57.8 billion. B) More than $ 55.5 billion. C) More than $ 70 billion. D) More than $ 75.5 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More than $ 55.5 billion. 9. Conditioning the soil includes: A) Adding fertilizer and lime. B) Grading the slope. C) Selecting quality grass seeds. D) Sowing grass seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adding fertilizer and lime. 10. Carl keeps accurate records including amounts of items bought and sold for his SAE. What type of SAE is Carl working on? A) Analytical. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Improvement. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. 11. Advantages of Asexual vegetative propagation A) All off spring are true to type (identical to the parent) and produce. B) True. C) Mostly smaller seeds. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All off spring are true to type (identical to the parent) and produce. 12. What should you do immediately after applying chemicals or fertilizer? A) Wash your hands. B) Eat Lunch. C) Water your plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wash your hands. 13. Which is a flowering plant that has flowers from 3" to 6" in diameter? A) American arborvitae. B) Evergreen candytuft. C) Peony. D) Sycamore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peony. 14. The best tool for Becky to remove 1/4"-1/2" rose stems from her bed of roses is a/an: A) Axe. B) Chain saw. C) Pole pruner. D) Pruning shear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pruning shear. 15. Area of horticulture that involves fruit and nut production A) Pomology. B) Olericulture. C) Floricultre. D) Horticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pomology. 16. The growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing of fruits and nuts A) Ornamental horticulture. B) Olericulture. C) Pomology. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pomology. 17. The most commonly used method to start a lawn is: A) Plugging. B) Seeding. C) Sodding. D) Sprigging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seeding. 18. What type of SAE is Jose doing if he visits a wholesale nursery and shadows employees to learn about careers? A) Analytical. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Exploratory. D) Supplementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exploratory. 19. 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. 20. What is the FFA Motto? A) Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. B) Learning to Work, Working to Earn, Earning to Live, Living to Breathe. C) Making Our Mark, One Dream at a Time, Living the Life, It was Meant to Be. D) Leading to Educate, Following to Learn, Competing in Contests, Winning is All. 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