2022 National FFA Floriculture CDE Test

What period of Floral Design style was taken from surviving art, which was simplistic, repetitious, and highly stylized? During this period, flowers and fruits were placed in carefully alternating patterns. Chaplets, wreaths, garlands, and flower collars were portrayed, along with bowls of flowers carried or held a lot.

• French Period

• Colonial Period

• Egyptian Period

• Baroque Period

Rising wholesale prices of cut flowers and hard goods are due to which of the following market conditions?

• Supply chain and transportation issues

• Lack of appropriate temperatures

• Poor growing conditions

• Lack of stimulus payments

A plant that lives for more than two years, usually flowering every year.

• Perennial

• Biennial

• Annual

• Bulb

Flower __________ is the terminal phase of developmental processes that leads to the death of a flower, which includes flower wilting, shedding of flower parts and fading of blossoms.

• schizocarp

• tendril

• xerophyte

• senescence

A __________, is a product applied as a spray or dip that slows the water loss from plant cells, reducing the speed of transpiration and extending the vase life of cut plant materials.

• acidifier

• biocide

• antitranspirant

• glucose

The principles of design describe __________ as the area in, around, and between the components of the design, defined by the three-dimensional area occupied by the composition.

• space

• pattern

• line

• form

A grouping of three adjacent hues on the 12-spoke color wheel is considered

• monochromatic

• analogous

• tetradic

• triadic

The ease of visual movement that results from gradual degrees of change among one or more of the elements is __________.

• repetition

• depth

• unity

• transition

The general rule to use to transplant seedlings is after:

• A sufficient root system has developed

• The first true leaves have developed

• Four-Six leaves have developed

• As soon as the plant emerges from the seed coat

Which is the most common form of sexual plant propagation?

• Cuttings

• Division

• Grafting

• Seeds