Deck 25: Landscaping and Nursery Stock

Question 1

A major advantage for producing nursery stock in containers is that it:

A)Is less expensive than growing in nursery fields
B)Allows for transplanting any time during the growing season
C)Requires less water and fertilization than field-grown crops
D)Requires less labor than field-grown crops

Answer 1

Allows for transplanting any time during the growing season

Question 2

A method of fertilizer application is __________.

A)Sterilization
B)Pasteurizing
C)Side dressing
D)Leaching

Answer 2

Side dressing

Question 3

Brown patch, dollar spot, and gray snow mold are all diseases of:

A)Azaleas
B)Turfgrasses
C)Trees
D)Evergreens

Answer 3

Turfgrasses

Question 4

Which plant is a vine?

A)Ficus benjamina
B)Pinus thunbergiana
C)Ilex cornuta
D)Lonicera japonica

Question 5

Site features to consider when conducting a site survey include:

A)Topography, client analysis, natural features, and climate
B)Topography, soil conditions, natural features and existing vegetation
C)Natural features, existing vegetation, soil conditions, and client analysis
D)Natural features, climate, existing vegetation, and client analysis

Question 6

Food produced in the leaves moves to other parts of a plant through:

A)Phloem tissues
B)Xylem tissues
C)Vein system
D)Arteries

Question 7

When installing a landscape, which step (from the following list) should be completed last?

A)Plant the trees and shrubs
B)Add amendments to the soil
C)Install the drainage system
D)Build retaining walls and garden walkways

Question 8

Examples of cool season grasses include perennial ryegrass, bentgrass, and:

A)Bermudagrass
B)Fescue
C)St. Augustine
D)Zoysia

Question 9

Magnesium, calcium, and sulfur:

A)Are essential elements needed for plant processes
B)Are micro-elements
C)Can be found in incomplete fertilizers
D)Are only needed by some plants

Question 10

Functional roles of plants in the landscape do not include:

A)Screening
B)Developing the structural framework of the design
C)Enclosing
D)Greening up

Question 11

Which of the following is a major reason for mulching landscape plants?

A)Increases anti-aerobic activity in the soil
B)Supplies nutrients
C)Moderates soil temperature and conserves soil moisture
D)Attracts earthworms

Question 12

A plant that remains vegetative during its first season of growth and flowers in the second season is a (n):

A)Biennial
B)Annual
C)Propagule
D)Perennial

Question 13

Most landscape plants like the soil pH:

A)Slightly acidic
B)Strongly acidic
C)Slightly alkaline
D)Strongly alkaline

Question 14

When installing a landscape, which step (from the following list) should be completed first:

A)Plant the trees and shrubs
B)Add amendments to the soil
C)Install the drainage system
D)Build retaining walls and garden walkways

Question 15

Wisteria, clematis, and Japanese honeysuckle are examples of:

A)Trees
B)Vines
C)Shrubs
D)Groundcovers

Question 16

A flower container which is elevated on a base that may be short or long stemmed, is known as

A)Vase
B)Bowl
C)Pedestal
D)Basket

Question 17

Maximum interior plant deaths result from

A)Incorrect PH
B)Too much light
C)Too much fertilizer
D)Over watering

Question 18

In a residential landscape, the area between the house and the street is

A)Family living area
B)Public area
C)service area
D)private living area

Question 19

A tool which is used for moving loose materials such as crushed stone. Peat moss etc, is landscape installation is known as:

A)Ball cart
B)Hand trowel
C)Shovel
D)Scoop

Question 20

Stabilization of large trees or multi stemmed plants using wires and stakes of Hard wood or metal is known as:

A)Guying
B)Staking
C)All of the above
D)None of the above

Question 21

Limbs are pruned from trees with a technique called

A)Thinning out
B)Heading back
C)Jump cutting
D)Pinching

Question 22

Claw like appendages occurring in pairs at the base of the leaf blade of turfgrasses is:

A)Awn
B)Bract
C)Stipule
D)Auricle

Question 23

Combination of two or more cultivars of a single turf grass species is known as:

A)Ball role
B)Blend
C)Bench setting
D)Artificial turf

Question 24

Dry, indehiscent, one seeded fruit with a thin pericarp fused to seed coat is known as:

A)Achene
B)Pomes
C)Caryopsis
D)None of these

Question 25

Pollination and fertilization within closed florets is:

A)Polygamy
B)Cleistogamy
C)Allogamy
D)Autogamy