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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. A biological control that could be used to control an insect might be:
2. The application of efficient, water-wise practices in the landscape to minimize water use is known as:
3. The walkway leading to the front door of a home should be at least _________ feet wide.
4. A flower that has a stamen but is lacking a pistil is called a ________ flower.
5. Iron deficiency in plants is exhibited by:
6. Grasses that are to be maintained at a low height, such as bentgrass on golf greens, are best cut with a ____ mower
7. A pesticide that enters the plant system and moves throughout the plant to control plant pests as they feed on the plant tissues is the best defined as which of the following?
8. Slope of the land is an important factor in planning a landscape. Lawns with a slope over about _____ are a challenge to mow safely.
9. A good soil pH range for most nursery plants would be:
10. What is the advantage of using plants in the landscape that are native to the area or plants that are derived from native species
11. Changing the color of blooms on certain Hydrangea macrophylla varieties from pink to blue or from blue to pink is controlled by the availability of __________ in the soil
12. An emitter, blackflow prevention valve, and solenoid valve are items used in:
13. Which type of mower is generally used on golf greens for regular mowing?
14. When “orientalis” is used in the botanical name of a plant, it means that the plant:
15. Xeriscapint is best defined as:
16. The process of converting food energy into energy for plant growth is called:
17. Which of the following is correct about scalping lawns?
18. An agriculture teacher was teaching plant parts and trying to give her students a good way to remember the definition of each part. One student wrote the definitions down but got one wrong. Which of these is wrong?
19. Plant _________ is the science of describing, identifying, categorizing, and naming plants.
20. Soils used for starting seeds and rooting cuttings in the nursery should be:
21. Water standing on a lawn for long periods of time is a sign of poor internal soil drainage, also known as:
22. Which of the following should NOT generally be added to a potting mix for azaleas?
23. A plant pathologist studies:
24. A simple plant leaf is made up of which of the following?
25. Which of these plants can best survive freezing temperatures in the landscape

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