Penn State Master Gardener Exam with accurate detailed
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The land-grant institutions were established in response to the need to educate people
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seeking vocations in ______. (p.xix) - correct answer✔✔Farms, Trades, and Business
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What did the Morrill Act of 1862 provide to the states in order to assist them in funding the
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land-grand institutions? (plxix) - correct answer✔✔Federal Land || || || || || ||
What is not a central function of the land-grant institution concept? (p.xix) - correct
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answer✔✔Ministry
Penn State Extension has a physical presence in each of PA's _____. (p.xx) - correct
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answer✔✔Counties
In 1972, the first Master Gardener training program was started in _____. (pxx) - correct
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answer✔✔Seattle, WA ||
When did the first Penn State Extension Master Gardeners complete their training? (p.xxi) -
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correct answer✔✔1982 ||
Becoming a Master Gardner requires a minimum of _____ hours of instruction in core
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topics and elective topics and _____ hours of volunteer work. (p.xxi) - correct answer✔✔40
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instructional hours; 50 volunteer hours || || || ||
Which are not core classes in the Master Gardener Program? (p.xxi) - correct
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answer✔✔True Fruit and Small Fruit Culture || || || || ||
,Volunteer activities must have an educational purpose and/or teaching component. What is
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not an example of an acceptable volunteer activity? (p.xxi) - correct answer✔✔Installing a
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garden at your church || || ||
To maintain the title "Certified Master Gardener," volunteers must _____. (p.xiii) - correct
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answer✔✔Complete 10 hours of continuing education and 20 hours volunteer time per || || || || || || || || || || || ||
year.
What are some of the barriers to learning for adults? (p.2) - correct answer✔✔Diminished
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vision and/or hearing || ||
Teaching children is different from teaching adults because children _____. (p.3) - correct
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answer✔✔Have less life experience on which to ground new knowledge || || || || || || || || ||
n general, students retain ______. (p.3) - correct answer✔✔20% of what they hear
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Why should a presenter repeat a question that an audience member has asked? (p.3) -
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correct answer✔✔- To ensure that the whole audience hears the question
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- To ensure that the presenter understands the question
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- To give the presenter time to prepare an answer
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The deepest learning experiences come from _____. (p.4) - correct answer✔✔Hands on
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demonstrations and interactions || ||
An important first step in preparing to write something for publication is _____. (p.5) -
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correct answer✔✔An outline || ||
A mistake for any presenter might be _____. (p.9) - correct answer✔✔Expecting technology
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to be available
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,When practicing a presentation: (p.10) - correct answer✔✔Practice key phrases and keep
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track of the time. || || ||
When teaching adults, how much time should be given before changing topics or teaching
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methods? (p.10) - correct answer✔✔15 minutes || || || || ||
When researching information for presentations on the Internet, it is best to reference sites
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with what URL? (p.13) - correct answer✔✔.edu
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When preparing a tri-fold display for an exhibit: (p.13) - correct answer✔✔- Limit the
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whole display to one topic.
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- Create a story going from panel to panel.
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When using other people's creative or intellectual work in a presentation: (p.15) - correct
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answer✔✔Get written permission. || ||
Plants with leaves and stems that die back to the ground each winter, then produce new
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shoots from the crown in spring are: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Herbaceous perennials
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Angiosperms produce: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Seeds inside a protective fruit
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Gymnosperms: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Have seeds that are not enclosed within a fruit,|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
but are protected by a cone
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A plant that produces vegetative and root growth in the first season and then produces
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flowers
, and seeds in the second season prior to dying is a: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Biennial
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Which of the following is in correct order from least inclusive to most inclusive? (p.19) -
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correct answer✔✔- Species
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- Genus
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- Family
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- Order
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- Class
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- Division
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Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' is the name of a flowering dogwood. What do the first two
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words of the name designate? (p.20) - correct answer✔✔Genus and species
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The words in single quotations in Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' refer to the: (p.20) -
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correct answer✔✔Cultivar
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Roots have all the following functions except? (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Release water
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through stomata ||
The part of a root that absorbs water and minerals is the: (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Root
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hair
The vegetative parts of a plant include: (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Leaves, roots, shoots, and
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stems
Where is the phloem located in a mature oak tree? (p.23) - correct answer✔✔Immediately
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under the bark || ||
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solutions
The land-grant institutions were established in response to the need to educate people
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seeking vocations in ______. (p.xix) - correct answer✔✔Farms, Trades, and Business
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What did the Morrill Act of 1862 provide to the states in order to assist them in funding the
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land-grand institutions? (plxix) - correct answer✔✔Federal Land || || || || || ||
What is not a central function of the land-grant institution concept? (p.xix) - correct
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answer✔✔Ministry
Penn State Extension has a physical presence in each of PA's _____. (p.xx) - correct
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answer✔✔Counties
In 1972, the first Master Gardener training program was started in _____. (pxx) - correct
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answer✔✔Seattle, WA ||
When did the first Penn State Extension Master Gardeners complete their training? (p.xxi) -
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correct answer✔✔1982 ||
Becoming a Master Gardner requires a minimum of _____ hours of instruction in core
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topics and elective topics and _____ hours of volunteer work. (p.xxi) - correct answer✔✔40
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instructional hours; 50 volunteer hours || || || ||
Which are not core classes in the Master Gardener Program? (p.xxi) - correct
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answer✔✔True Fruit and Small Fruit Culture || || || || ||
,Volunteer activities must have an educational purpose and/or teaching component. What is
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not an example of an acceptable volunteer activity? (p.xxi) - correct answer✔✔Installing a
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garden at your church || || ||
To maintain the title "Certified Master Gardener," volunteers must _____. (p.xiii) - correct
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answer✔✔Complete 10 hours of continuing education and 20 hours volunteer time per || || || || || || || || || || || ||
year.
What are some of the barriers to learning for adults? (p.2) - correct answer✔✔Diminished
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vision and/or hearing || ||
Teaching children is different from teaching adults because children _____. (p.3) - correct
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answer✔✔Have less life experience on which to ground new knowledge || || || || || || || || ||
n general, students retain ______. (p.3) - correct answer✔✔20% of what they hear
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Why should a presenter repeat a question that an audience member has asked? (p.3) -
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correct answer✔✔- To ensure that the whole audience hears the question
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- To ensure that the presenter understands the question
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- To give the presenter time to prepare an answer
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The deepest learning experiences come from _____. (p.4) - correct answer✔✔Hands on
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demonstrations and interactions || ||
An important first step in preparing to write something for publication is _____. (p.5) -
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correct answer✔✔An outline || ||
A mistake for any presenter might be _____. (p.9) - correct answer✔✔Expecting technology
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to be available
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,When practicing a presentation: (p.10) - correct answer✔✔Practice key phrases and keep
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track of the time. || || ||
When teaching adults, how much time should be given before changing topics or teaching
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methods? (p.10) - correct answer✔✔15 minutes || || || || ||
When researching information for presentations on the Internet, it is best to reference sites
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with what URL? (p.13) - correct answer✔✔.edu
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When preparing a tri-fold display for an exhibit: (p.13) - correct answer✔✔- Limit the
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whole display to one topic.
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- Create a story going from panel to panel.
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When using other people's creative or intellectual work in a presentation: (p.15) - correct
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answer✔✔Get written permission. || ||
Plants with leaves and stems that die back to the ground each winter, then produce new
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shoots from the crown in spring are: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Herbaceous perennials
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Angiosperms produce: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Seeds inside a protective fruit
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Gymnosperms: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Have seeds that are not enclosed within a fruit,|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
but are protected by a cone
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A plant that produces vegetative and root growth in the first season and then produces
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flowers
, and seeds in the second season prior to dying is a: (p.18) - correct answer✔✔Biennial
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Which of the following is in correct order from least inclusive to most inclusive? (p.19) -
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correct answer✔✔- Species
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- Genus
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- Family
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- Order
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- Class
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- Division
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Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' is the name of a flowering dogwood. What do the first two
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words of the name designate? (p.20) - correct answer✔✔Genus and species
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The words in single quotations in Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief' refer to the: (p.20) -
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correct answer✔✔Cultivar
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Roots have all the following functions except? (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Release water
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through stomata ||
The part of a root that absorbs water and minerals is the: (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Root
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hair
The vegetative parts of a plant include: (p.21) - correct answer✔✔Leaves, roots, shoots, and
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stems
Where is the phloem located in a mature oak tree? (p.23) - correct answer✔✔Immediately
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under the bark || ||
