This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Horticulture > Horticulture – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Horticulture Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process of breaking, scratching, or softening the seed coat so that water can enter and initiate germination is called: A) Initiation. B) Scarification. C) Forcing. D) Sprouting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarification. 2. The related products and services sector of the horticulture industry provides how many jobs? A) More than 100, 000. B) More than 10 million. C) More than 250, 000. D) More than 750, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 750, 000. 3. What are the official FFA colors? A) National Blue and Corn Gold. B) National Blue and Corn Yellow. C) Navy Blue and Corn Gold. D) Blue and Gols. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Blue and Corn Gold. 4. One big problem of vegetative propagation is excessive water loss. What is one thing you could do to prevent this from killing your cutting? A) Soak the plant with heavy amounts of water each day. B) Remove nodes and most stem tissue. C) Water plant only once. D) Remove lower leaves of cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remove lower leaves of cutting. 5. What is one thing soil is not made up of? A) Organic material. B) Living decomposers. C) Air. D) Nurtients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living decomposers. 6. The leaves on a gladiolus plant are: A) Shaped like palm trees. B) Shaped like swords. C) Variegated green and yellow. D) Velvety textured and quilted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaped like swords. 7. Which division of horticulture focuses on vegetables? A) Olericulture. B) Pomology. C) Agronomy. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olericulture. 8. What is a potential source of danger called? A) Accident. B) Hazard. C) Right - to - know. D) Materials safety data sheet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hazard. 9. Applies water under pressure over the tops of plants A) Sprinkle irrigation. B) Drip or trickle irrigation. C) Spray heads. D) Rotary sprinklers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sprinkle irrigation. 10. Which procedure should Thomas use to remove dead or diseased branches from his nursery plants? A) Fertilize. B) Landscape. C) Prune. D) Transplant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prune. 11. When placing a ladder against a platform or roof, the top of the ladder should extend above the point where the ladder touches the platform or roof by at least ..... A) 2 ft. B) 3 ft. C) 4 ft. D) 5 ft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 ft. 12. If no more than one half the total leaf surface should be removed and the recommended mowing height is 1", grass should be mowed before its height reaches: A) 1". B) 2". C) 3". D) 4". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2". 13. Candytuft is a bedding plant about 6" to 12" inches tall and has: A) Dark blue 1" fruit. B) Orange 3" flowers. C) Red 2" flowers. D) White 1" flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White 1" flowers. 14. Applying the engineering design process to create a new product or service. A) Experimental. B) Analytical. C) Placement. D) Invention. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invention. 15. A leaflike part that protects a flower bud is a A) Sepal. B) Ovary. C) Reproduce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sepal. 16. Which large deciduous tree has 6" long and 4" wide medium-green leaves with 3 to 5 pointed lobes and 1" - 1 " fuzzy round fruit? A) Clematis. B) Snapdragon. C) London plane tree. D) Wintergreen barberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London plane tree. 17. Which type of immersion Supervised Agricultural Experience could require financial and operational reports that are presented to an oversight committee? A) School based enterprise. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Experimental. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. 18. Which crop accounted for the greatest percentage of total nursery production sales? A) Broadleaf evergreens. B) Deciduous shrubs. C) Deciduous trees. D) Ground covers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous shrubs. 19. If we offer a 20% discount to teachers in a flash sale on opening day of the Spring FFA Plant sale, how much would be teacher owe if she picked up $ 115 retail priced plants from the greenhouse? A) $ 138.00. B) $ 95.00. C) $ 92.00. D) $ 102.00. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 92.00. 20. Lee is making a hedge row of hollies. He uses the heading back pruning method to: A) Cut off branches at same height. B) Cut roots prior to transplanting. C) Open up a tree or shrub. D) Remove old branches to rejuvenate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut off branches at same height. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHorticulture Quiz 1Horticulture Quiz 2Horticulture Quiz 3Horticulture Quiz 4Horticulture Quiz 5Horticulture Quiz 6Horticulture Quiz 7Horticulture Quiz 8Horticulture Quiz 9Horticulture Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books