Deck 20: Trees, Plants, and Floral Arrangements

Question 1

Which of following trees has stem beauty?

A)Eucalyptus
B)Sterculia
C)Royal palm
D)All of above

Answer 1

All of above

Question 2

English Ivy (Hedera helix) is

A)Evergreen ground cover
B)Evergreen shrub
C)Diciduous shrub
D)deciduous ground cover

Answer 2

Evergreen ground cover

Question 3

Jaccaranda mimosifolia has

A)Red flowers
B)Yellow flowers
C)White flowers
D)Purple flowers

Answer 3

Purple flowers

Question 4

Which of the following is an evergreen shrub?

A)Lagerstromia indica
B)Pittosporum tobira
C)Caesalpenia pulchrema
D)None of the above

Question 5

Lawn grasses can be established by:

A)Seeding
B)Sodding
C)Plugging
D)All of the above

Question 6

Tifdwarf is a:

A)Weed
B)Shrub
C)Turfgrass
D)None of these

Question 7

Gladiolus is propagated through:

A)Bulbs
B)Corms
C)Tubers
D)Rhizomes

Question 8

Rose budded at 3 ½ feet height is called

A)Miniature rose
B)Standard rose
C)Half standard rose
D)Climbing rose

Question 9

Most house plants, except cacti, prefer a highly organic and

A)Neutral growing medium
B)Alkaline growing medium
C)Acidic growing medium
D)None of above

Question 10

Ficus pimula is a

A)Shrub
B)Tree
C)Creeper
D)Annual

Question 11

Which of the following tree is commonly used in the landscape of arid zone?

A)Ficus benjamina
B)Pethocelobium dulce
C)Pinus longifolia
D)Prosopis juliflora

Question 12

Which of the following shrubs has white fragrant flowers?

A)Tabernaemontana divertica
B)Gardenia florida
C)Thevitia nerifolia
D)Lantana comara

Question 13

Commercial flower crops are sometimes watered to cause leaching. This means:

A)Watering to spread fertilizer nutrients more evenly throughout the plant root system
B)Watering to remove excess soluble salts from the growing medium
C)Watering only to wet the top 1/3 of the growing medium
D)Watering by subsurface methods

Question 14

Most grass species utilized for turf are characterized by:

A)Prostrate creeping
B)Fine to medium texture
C)Short basal nodes
D)All of above

Question 15

Which of the following trees change foliage colour during winter?

A)Albizzia lebbek
B)Delonix regia
C)Sapium sebeferum
D)Thuja orientalis

Question 16

Which of the following plants is known as dessert saroo?

A)Populus nigra
B)Bahinia varigata
C)Sapium seveferum
D)Casuarina equistifolia

Question 17

Which of the following climber belongs to family oleaceae?

A)Tecoma grandiflora
B)Lonicera japonica
C)Bougainvillea glabra
D)Jasminum grandiflora

Question 18

Tecoma stans is a

A)Shrub
B)Tree
C)Creeper
D)None of above

Question 19

Light intensity is expressed as:

A)Foot-candles
B)Micrometers
C)Candlelights
D)All of the above

Question 20

The purpose of staking is to

A)Protect the trunk
B)Prevent root damage due to wind action
C)Prevent wind injury to branches
D)Prevent damage due to frost.

Question 21

Japanese style of floral arrangement is known as:

A)Ikenobo
B)Yen
C)Ikebana
D)Ying

Question 22

Dacca is a selected variety of:

A)Herb
B)Shrub
C)Turfgrass
D)None of these

Question 23

Growing medium kept too wet will deprive the plant:

A)Soluble salts
B)Water
C)Oxygen
D)Fertilizer

Question 24

The interrelationship of size with floral arrangement to its surroundings is:

A)Harmony
B)Rhythm
C)Scale
D)Balance

Question 25

A climbing plant with woody stem is called

A)Vine
B)Liana
C)Hedge
D)All of the above