Floral Design Test Area 23-24

Select the best answer for each question and mark your selection on the scantron provided. ________________ produce the plants, cut flowers, and foliage that are used in flower shops.

• Commercial Growers

• Wholesale Florists

• Retail Florists

• Freelance Florists

Select the best answer for each question and mark your selection on the scantron provided. ______________ florists strive to purchase locally grown, sustainable flowers and create designs using less floral foam and are more apt to make arrangements in vases of water.

• Fair trade

• Organic

• Conservationist

• Green

Select the best answer for each question and mark your selection on the scantron provided. ______________ containers are popular due to their water-holding ability, the variety of colors, forms, and textures available, and their tendency to be inexpensive.

• Ceramic

• Plastic

• Metal

• Glass

For questions 4-7, use Figure 1 to match the floral design tool to its intended use: Used strictly to make clean cuts on floral stems.

• A

• B

• C

• D

For questions 4-7, use Figure 1 to match the floral design tool to its intended use: Used to cut ribbon, netting, fabric, and other lightweight materials.

• A

• B

• C

• D

For questions 4-7, use Figure 1 to match the floral design tool to its intended use: Used to cut floral wire and silk flower stems.

• A

• B

• C

• D

For questions 4-7, use Figure 1 to match the floral design tool to its intended use: Used to cut through wire, lightweight woody materials, and wired ribbons.

• A

• B

• C

• D

All of the following flowers are harvested when the flower is fully open EXCEPT _______________.

• Carnations

• Dahlias

• Bells of Ireland

• Zinnias

When flowers are removed from refrigeration for packing, their temperature begins to rise as a result of ____________, which can cause water condensation inside the plastic sleeves.

• tropism

• ethylene

• pulsing

• respiration

Designs with unstable footing and lack of anchorage are examples of poor ______________________.

• unity

• harmony

• physical balance

• dominance