Floral team quiz 1

One of the earliest cultures to use flowers were the Egyptians. They valued ______and ________ .

• Simplicity and variation
• Majestic and lavish
• Simplicity and repitition
• Ornate with gothic tone

_____________ play a powerful role in advertising floral shops and in most locations leads all other media in sales return for dollar spent.

• Telephone Sales
• Newspapers
• Window displays
• Radio Spots

The following is not a characteristic of an insect: 

• Two tentacles
• Six legs
• Two pairs of wings
• Three Segmented body

A hue with white added is:  

• Tone
• Chroma
• Tint
• Accent

Heavy-headed flowers, such as large mums, often bend by the flower head, nearly breaking off. What should be done to temporarily improve this situation?  

• Use wire to tie flower head on
• insert toothpicks pointed through the bloom into the stem
• Use string to tie flower head on
• Use hot glue gun to glue flower head on

 The treatment given Easter lilies to speed flowering is called: 

• Drying off
• Long days
• Precooling
• Short days

Damping-off disease of seedlings is caused by: 

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Fungus
• Fertilizer

The measure of how poisonous a chemical is after a single exposure is ___________ toxicity. 

• Chronic
• bad
• Acute
• Accurate

In order to survive in the florist business, an owner/manager must be able to determine the true value of the product and strive for improvement of the perceived value. This is called 

• Retail pricing
• Profit pricing
• Premium pricing
• Discount pricing

The larger the gauge of florist wire indicates that the thickness is: 

• Thicker
• Thinner
• Longer
• Shorter