SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS
SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS
- Which part of the plant name Gleditsia triacanthos “Sunburst” denotes the cultivar?
- Gleditsia
- triacanthos
- ‘Sunburst’
- Gleditsia triacanthos
- Yellow coloration of a leaf caused by nutritional failure, disease or other causes is called:
- Necrosis
- Damping off
- Mutation
- Chlorosis
- In a 20 lb. bag of 10-10-10 general-purpose plant food the actual content of the three main ingredients in the mixture would be:
- 3 pounds each
- 6.33 pounds each
- 2 pounds each
- 5 pounds each
- In the trunk and branches of woody plants the __ forms the xylem and phloem.
- Cotyledons
- Chlorophyll
- Glucose
- Cambium
- The planting hole for the tree should be 2-3 times the diameter and 2 times the depth of the root ball
- True
- False
- A good rule of thumb for cutting a lawn is to never remove more than:
- One half of the leaf blade per mowing
- One third of the leaf blade per mowing
- Two thirds of the leaf blade per mowing
- 75% of the leaf blade per mowing
- 10% of the leaf blade per mowing
- The main cause of accidents is:
- Machine failure
- Site hazards
- Distraction
- Human error
- Residential landscape design in comprised of divisions called:
- Service, garden, access
- Private, service, public
- Public, lawn, private
- According to landscape contract specifications topsoil should be tested by a recognized laboratory for pH and soluble salts.
- True
- False
- Groundcovers are used in ‘sustainable’ landscaping to:
- Replace lawn areas
- Reduce weeds along pathways
- Blend edge environments and transition areas
- All of the above
Answers 3,4,3,4,2,2,4,2,1,4