Senior Floral Design CDE Area Exam 2023-2024

__________________________ produce the plants, cut flowers, and foliage that are used in flower shops.

• Commercial Growers

• Wholesale Florists

• Retail Florists

• Freelance Florists

______________ 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

______________ 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

All of the following flowers are harvested when the flower is fully open EXCEPT (a)   .

• Carnations

• Dahlias

• Bells of Ireland

• Zinnias

When flowers are removed from refrigeration for packing, their temperature begins to rise as a result of (a)   , 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 (a)   .

• unity

• harmony

• physical balance

• dominance

In (a)   designs, the weight is equal on both sides of the Central Vertical Axis, but the distribution of flowers and materials is different.

• symmetrical

• asymmetrical

• congruent

• inverse

A single, large, white gerbera daisy in an arrangement with pink roses and pink gerbera daisies would be considered the (a)   point of the design because it is the area that captures the eye’s attention first.

• focal

• accent

• central

• homocentric

What is the color harmony or scheme of an arrangement with red, orange, and yellow roses?

• Monochromatic

• Analogous

• Complementary

• Partitive

A key element of (a)   design is that it is completely unnatural or unrealistic.

• millefleur

• phoenix

• freestyle

• abstract