Texas FFA floriculture CDE test 1-50

One of the earliest cultures to use flowers were the Egyptians they valued ____ and ______.

• Simplicity with variation

• Majestic and lavish

• Simplicity and repetition

• 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 long 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 to glue flower head on

The treatment given to 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