2024 Miller CDE Floriculture General Knowledge Exam

In floral design, the three secondary colors are:

• Brown, purple, white

• Orange, green, violet

• Red, yellow, blue

• Yellow, blue, green

What causes the stomata on the leaf to open?

• Darkness

• Moisture Availability

• Light

• Oxygen

The term used for the response of a plant to the day-night cycle is:

• Photoperiodism

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Assimilation

The process whereby nitrogen is lost from the soil to the atmosphere is called:

• Chlorosis

• Nitrification

• Denitrification

• Leaching

The term “forcing” in greenhouse plant production is:

• Getting a seed to germinate and grow.

• The use of fans to circulate air in a greenhouse.

• Using growth regulators to control plant height.

• A term used to describe the practice that gets bulbs to grow and produce flowers.

The collection of petals on a flower is referred to as the:

• Sepal

• Corolla

• Calyx

• Pedicel

Flowers that have sepals, petals, stamen and pistils are called:

• Incomplete flowers

• Imperfect flowers

• Complete flowers

• Determinate flowers

Placement of materials at different levels within the arrangement helps establish:

• Depth

• Focal Point

• Form

• Pattern

The pistil is:

• The female part of the flower.

• The male part of the flower.

• Where the seed develops.

• Easy to find on a lilac.

Water tubes are:

• A device to force water into the soil of a potted plant.

• A device to force water into a cool cell pad for evaporative cooling.

• The small tube with a weight on the end to place in a backet or potto water plants.

• A rubber-capped, plastic tube used for holding water and a single flower in floral work.