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Nursery-Landscape CDE Practice Test 1
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The Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event (CDE) is a competitive event in the United States that tests students' skills in landscape design, plant maintenance, and related products.  The CDE includes the following: General knowledge exam: Tests horticultural principles like turf, plant anatomy, marketing, production, and landscape design and maintenance Practicums: Includes landscape estimating, interpersonal relations, and more Plant identification: Participants identify plant specimens according to their technical and common names Plant material selection: Participants select... Show more
Nursery-Landscape CDE Practice Test 1
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1. Which of the following is NOT a guideline to used in planning and implementing an integrated pest management program (PM)?
2. A soil that contains nearly equal amounts of sand , silt, and clay is called a(n) ______
3. Carrying adequate liability insurance on the business helps reduce ________ for the business.
4. Which of these is NOT a common type of night lighting for the landscape?
5. The gap on a spark plug must be specified width in order to:
6. When grafting, special attention is given to:
7. Which of these plants can best survive freezing temperatures in the landscape
8. Generally, ________ focal point(s) should be seen by the viewer from any one point in the landscape.
9. This pest control method may be used to kill weed seeds, insects, and underground plant parts. it may also be used to kill nematodes and disease organisms in potting soil or in an outdoor plot that will be planted in a high-value crop.
10. If the architecture of the structure being landscaped is symmetrical, then a ___________ landscape would probably fit best.
11. Patented plants cannot legally be propagated without ______________ being paid to the patent holder.
12. Auxin is:
13. Which of the statements below is TRUE concerning the turfgrass species specified?
14. Which plant disease organism is the most difficult to control with chemicals once the plant is infected?
15. An unthrifty potted plant that has dead roots at the bottom of the container but healthier roots near the top of the pot may indicate:
16. Lichens growing on a landscape plant are a sign that the plant is:
17. The process of converting food energy into energy for plant growth is called:
18. Which of these in a home compost pile serves as an inoculant by adding beneficial microorganisms to the compost pile?
19. In the process of obtaining bids on large landscape projects, a _______ bond is often required to assure that the contractor who is selected as the winning bidder for the job will actually sign the contract and follow through to complete the landscape job he/she bid.
20. Life in a good landscape topsoil contains all the following EXCEPT:
21. A ________ is something useful in an area to prevent the growth of any plants.
22. Other than a 3dimensional model of a proposed landscape project nothing allows a better visualization of the proposed design than a
23. An emitter, blackflow prevention valve, and solenoid valve are items used in:
24. The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is based on the _____ for an area.
25. Which of the following would be the most likely to survive being planted into the landscape during the hot summer months?