1988 National Nursery Landscape Exam

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Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The zones within a plant in which cell multiplication and enlargement take place are called:

a.	cambiums	c.	meristem
b.	xylophones	d.	caladiums

The stem tissue primarily responsible for increases in stem diameter is:

a.	Cambium	c.	Pith
b.	Cortex	d.	Phloem

Which of the following could be included in the private area for screening and for is attractive flowering?

a.	Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)	c.	Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergi)
b.	Pfitzer Juniper (Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana)	d.	Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

All turfgrasses belong to the group of plants known as:

a.	Monocots	c.	Dicots
b.	Xerophytes	d.	Pteridiophytes

Lonicera is the genus name for which group?

a.	Honeysuckle	c.	Barberry
b.	Taxus	d.	Viburnum

A woody ornamental plant in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones Five through Ten is:

a.	Japanese Yew	c.	Camellia
b.	Red Maple	d.	Southern Magnolia

An example of a palm that belongs to the Afeather@ group is:

a.	Senegal Date Palm	c.	Cabbage Palmetto
b.	Washington Palm	d.	Acer palmatum

The flower buds of the majority of spring-flowering trees and shrubs were formed:

a.	one week before flowering	c.	the previous summer
b.	the previous fall	d.	the previous winter

Bacillus thuringiensis is a biological control for:

a.	aphids	c.	Gypsy Moth Caterpillars
b.	Japanese Beetles	d.	white flies

10.

Soil that is continuously too dry for the plants being grown causes the following symptoms:

a.	Tall plants with thin stems	c.	Stunted growth, brown leaf tips
b.	Yellow leaves	d.	Purple undersides of leaves

11.

The earliest indication that something is wrong with a plant is:

a.	Yellowish leaves	c.	A reduced growth rate
b.	Brown leaf margins	d.	Brown roots

12.

A plant that has been discarded in the grading process is called a:

a.	crud	c.	cad
b.	cull	d.	tic

13.

Compared with a field production nursery, a container production nursery of the same size has a productive capacity that is about:

a.	one half	c.	three fourths
b.	double	d.	quadruple

14.

At a spacing of 10 by 10 feet, _________ trees can be planted in an acre of field in a nursery.

a.	528	c.	435
b.	1056	d.	365

15.

If a pot tight container plants are respaced with the space between containers equal to the diameter of the containers, the area required will be ________ the original area.

a.	three times	c.	one half
b.	twice	d.	four times

16.

Evergreen grafts, deciduous grafts in active growth, softwood cuttings, and actively growing seedlings are called:

a.	transplants	c.	offsets
b.	understock	d.	siblings

17.

In propagating kinds of nursery plants for which root cuttings are usually successful, it is essential that the ________ end of the cutting is in the uppermost position.

a.	proximal	c.	digital
b.	distal	d.	calyxal

18.

A 45 degree slope is equivalent to a _______ percent slope:

a.	17	c.	90
b.	45	d.	180

19.

Seeds of some kinds of woody plants must be placed in a moist, cold (32 - 40^oF) medium for three to four months before they will germinate. This treatment is called:

a.	AStratification	c.	AConditioning
b.	APrecooling	d.	AAquathermal postripening@

20.

If you wanted to apply 100 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre using a 6-12-12 fertilizer how much would you have to apply?

a.	1,667 pounds	c.	167 pounds
b.	600 pounds	d.	75 pounds

21.

Grain in turfgrass is caused by:

a.	Seedheads	c.	Operating a mower too fast
b.	Strong prevailing winds	d.	Repeated mowing in the same direction

22.

In terms of labor and materials, the most costly operation in container-growing is:

a.	potting the plants	c.	irrigating the plants
b.	harvesting the crop	d.	controlling pests

23.

Interior landscaping firms are those that:

a.	specialize in courtyard landscapes out of doors	c.	construct and/or maintain landscapes inside buildings
b.	offer gourmet dining for discriminating people	d.	construct and maintain aquarium landscapes

24.

The maximum safe slope for a driveway is:

a.	2 2 percent	c.	20 percent
b.	5 percent	d.	10 percent

25.

Antitranspirants are applied to plants to:

a.	Control scale insects	c.	Lower the respiration rate
b.	Prevent water loss from the roots	d.	Prevent water loss from the leaves

26.

The primary advantage of balled and burlapped over bare-rooted trees and shrubs is:

a.	They are easier to ship and handle	c.	They are easier for nurserymen to dig
b.	They do not require as much staking and support	d.	They usually survive transplanting better

27.

For planning purposes, the land around a home is usually divided into the following three areas:

a.	Shopping area, private area, utility area	c.	Public area, private area, service area
b.	Approach area, terrace area, garage area	d.	Play area, private area, service area

28.

Oaks, Maples, and other large shade trees planted along streets generally should be planted no closer than:

a.	Eighty to one hundred feet apart	c.	Sixty to eighty feet apart
b.	Forty to sixty feet apart	d.	Twenty to forty feet apart

29.

Except for specimen plants, shrubs and trees look best when planted in groups or beds. This is because scattered placement of plant materials destroys:

a.	Texture	c.	Contrast
b.	Unity	d.	Scale

30.

Chelated iron will:

a.	control codling moths	c.	correct chlorosis
b.	clog pipes	d.	control crabgrass

31.

A balling nail is used for:

a.	Wedging roller bearings	c.	Preventing B & B stock from rolling
b.	Fastening burlap onto B & B stock	d.	Shaping the soil ball on B & B stock

32.

A skate (roller) conveyer is used for:

a.	catching ocean skates	c.	moving loose, bulky materials
b.	recreation in "short breaks"	d.	moving plants in containers or flats

33.

Which of the following is considered a liner?

a.	a one-gallon plant that is lined out in the field and grown on to a larger size as field grown stock	c.	a rooted cutting or seedling
b.	a row of cuttings or seedlings placed in a flat	d.	a rooted cutting

34.

When sawdust is added to soil, which nutrient is depleted during decomposition?

a.	Potash	c.	Nitrogen
b.	Phosphorus	d.	Iron

35.

For the purpose of control, weeds may be classified into the following groups:

a.	winter perennials, summer perennials, annuals, biennials	c.	winter annuals, summer annuals, biennials, perennials
b.	winter biennials, summer biennials, annuals, perennials	d.	annuals, winter perennials, summer biennials, perennials

36.

Three general groups of chemical herbicides are used to control weeds in nurseries:

a.	preemergence, and postemergence, and fumigants	c.	monocot, dicot, mesohyl
b.	broad-leaved, narrow-leaved, sterilants	d.	evergreen, deciduous, all-purpose

37.

To determine whether active amounts of an herbicide remain in a soil, one conducts a __________.

a.	olfactory test	c.	a litmus test
b.	bioassay	d.	chemoassay

38.

The most hazardous of all pesticide formulations are:

a.	baits	c.	fumigants
b.	dusts	d.	sprays

39.

Simultaneous application of incompatible pesticides may result in:

a.	production of a poisonous gas	c.	corrosion of spray equipment
b.	an explosion	d.	severe plant damage

40.

Colored tagging tapes are used in the nursery industry to:

a.	mark tree an shrubs to be dug	c.	mark trees to be culled
b.	indicate hazardous areas	d.	mark shipping boxes of different sizes

41.

A T-square is used for:

a.	A guide in making straight lines on a drawing	c.	Leveling a tea strainer
b.	Positioning driving areas on a golf T	d.	Making square T=s

42.

A plant propagator is a person who:

a.	carefully puts wooden wedges under sleeping alligators	c.	produces new plants from seeds or plant parts
b.	hatches plant eggs	d.	none of the above

43.

The main reason why workers must have good interpersonal skills is that they are:

a.	nice to have around	c.	most productive
b.	better looking	d.	happy

44.

A rewholesaler in the nursery industry is a firm that:

a.	sells retail	c.	sells only to mail order companies
b.	sells only to wholesale producers	d.	sells to other nursery or landscape firms

45.

The W.N.G.A. is:

a.	Women's New Gardeners Association	c.	Wholesale Nursery Gardeners= Association
b.	Wholesale Nursery Growers of America	d.	Wholesale Nursery Growers Alliance

46.

Overhead costs include everything not accounted for in:

a.	Taxes	c.	Direct costs
b.	Rebates	d.	Indirect costs

47.

"Whips" in the nursery industry refer to:

a.	branched liners	c.	fast workers
b.	nonbranched liners	d.	nonbranched B & B stock

48.

A cultivar is:

a.	a plant with roots which break up the soil	c.	any machine used to break up the soil
b.	a plant which is true to type from seed or vegetive propagation	d.	a shrub or tree grafted onto a hardy rootstock

49.

Plants that are very tolerant of dry conditions are called:

a.	Epiphytes	c.	Monoecious
b.	Xerophytes	d.	Dryophytes

50.

In order for a flower to be classified as a Aperfect@ flower, it must contain the following parts:

a.	pistil, petals, sepals	c.	pistil, stamens, petals, sepals
b.	pistil, stamens	d.	stamens, petals, sepals