Master Gardener Program Exam with verified detailed || || || || || || ||
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The purpose of the UC Master Gardener Program is to extend to the public research-based
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information verified by UC experts about home horticulture, pest management, and|| || || || || || || || || || ||
sustainable landscape practices. || ||
True or False - correct answer✔✔True
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For pest and disease control, UC publications and your local library can be used as
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informational sources by master gardeners when giving advice. || || || || || || ||
True
False - correct answer✔✔False
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*What are the practical goals of sustainability for landscapes and gardens?
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a. To be resource efficient
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b. Reduce amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides, labor, and energy
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c. Perform their intended functions indefinitely to have minimal negative impact on the
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environment.
d. All the above - correct answer✔✔d. All the above
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In what plant parts are apical meristems found?
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a. Shoot tips, root tips, and buds
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b. Shoot tips, flowers, and nodes
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c. Stems, roots and leaves - correct answer✔✔a. Shoot tips, root tips, and buds
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The most common plant classification systems are based on what characteristics?
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, a. Growth habit, structure, or form
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b. Leaf retention, climatic adaptation
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c. Use, botanical, or scientific classification
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d. All of the above - correct answer✔✔d. All of the above
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The process in which chemical energy is obtained from the controlled biological breakdown
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of carbohydrates is called:
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a. Photosynthesis
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b. Respiration
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c. Transpiration
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d. Translocation - correct answer✔✔b. Respiration
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Environmental condition that initiates flowers, forms specialized vegetative organs or
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initiates dormancy, i.e., leaf drop and color change, is called:
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a. Light intensity
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b. Light quality
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c. Temperature
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d. Day length - correct answer✔✔d. Day length
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What three categories are soil mineral particles divided into:
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a. Sand, gravel, loam
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b. Peat, compost, chalk
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c. Sand, silt, clay - correct answer✔✔c. Sand, silt, clay
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*When determining soil texture by the feel method, a strong 2" or more ribbon is indicative
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of a soil high in clay loam content.
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True
solutions
The purpose of the UC Master Gardener Program is to extend to the public research-based
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
information verified by UC experts about home horticulture, pest management, and|| || || || || || || || || || ||
sustainable landscape practices. || ||
True or False - correct answer✔✔True
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For pest and disease control, UC publications and your local library can be used as
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
informational sources by master gardeners when giving advice. || || || || || || ||
True
False - correct answer✔✔False
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*What are the practical goals of sustainability for landscapes and gardens?
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a. To be resource efficient
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b. Reduce amounts of water, fertilizer, pesticides, labor, and energy
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c. Perform their intended functions indefinitely to have minimal negative impact on the
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environment.
d. All the above - correct answer✔✔d. All the above
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In what plant parts are apical meristems found?
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a. Shoot tips, root tips, and buds
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b. Shoot tips, flowers, and nodes
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c. Stems, roots and leaves - correct answer✔✔a. Shoot tips, root tips, and buds
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The most common plant classification systems are based on what characteristics?
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, a. Growth habit, structure, or form
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b. Leaf retention, climatic adaptation
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c. Use, botanical, or scientific classification
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d. All of the above - correct answer✔✔d. All of the above
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The process in which chemical energy is obtained from the controlled biological breakdown
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
of carbohydrates is called:
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a. Photosynthesis
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b. Respiration
||
c. Transpiration
||
d. Translocation - correct answer✔✔b. Respiration
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Environmental condition that initiates flowers, forms specialized vegetative organs or
|| || || || || || || || || ||
initiates dormancy, i.e., leaf drop and color change, is called:
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a. Light intensity
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b. Light quality
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c. Temperature
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d. Day length - correct answer✔✔d. Day length
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What three categories are soil mineral particles divided into:
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a. Sand, gravel, loam
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b. Peat, compost, chalk
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c. Sand, silt, clay - correct answer✔✔c. Sand, silt, clay
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*When determining soil texture by the feel method, a strong 2" or more ribbon is indicative
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of a soil high in clay loam content.
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