HS 200 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS < RECENT
VERSION 2025/2026 > SURE TO
PASS!!
1. the study of the cultivation of fruits is called
A. veggieculture
B. floriculture
C. olericulture
D. pomology
E. yardening - ANSWER ✓ D. pomology
2. plant taxonomy and nomenclature refer to what
respectively
A. plant varieties and cultivars
B. horticulture and botany
C. plant propagation and growth
D. plant parts and physiology
E. plant categories and names - ANSWER ✓ E.
plant categories and names
,3. what is the only part of commercial and residential
infrastructure that increases in value over time
A. kitchens
B. heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
C. the landscape
D. windows
E. the building - ANSWER ✓ c. the landscape
4. gardening activities benefit human health and well-
being in many ways. which of the following statements
is true about gardening
A. reduces stress
B. lowers blood pressure
C. physically and psychologically therapeutic
D. reduces depression
E. all of the above - ANSWER ✓ E. all of the
above
5. ferns are in the class filicinae. what is unique about that
class of plants
A. they produce seeds in cones
B. they have variegates leaves
C. herbicides do not kill them
, D. they dont reproduce by seeds but reproduce by
spores instead
E. they only grow in the forest - ANSWER ✓ D.
they dont reproduce by seeds but reproduce by
spores instead
6. beans are in the subclass dicot. how are they different
from plants in monocot (corn)?
A. dicots have one leaf, monocots have 2
B. beans are high in protein, corn high in starch
C. dicots have fruit, monocots have colored fruit
D. dicots have broad leafs with reticulate venation,
monocots have linear leaves with parallel
venation
E. you can eat dicots raw, have to cook monocots -
ANSWER ✓ D. dicots have broad leafs with
reticulate venation, monocots have linear leaves
with parallel venation
7. what is the term used to describe the technique of
veggie gardening in very small spaces
A. mini veggie gardening
, B. square foot gardening
C. urban veggie gardening
D. puny pomolgy
E. Lilliputian olericulture - ANSWER ✓ B. square
foot gardening
8. term to describe a plant that is not origionally from
around these parts
A. foreign
B. asian
C. native
D. international
E. exotic - ANSWER ✓ e. exotic
9. storage method for apples and other produce that
extends their "postharvest" life. that way we can
purchase apples long after they have been harvested and
they are still fresh and taste good.
A. pomology
B. controlled atmospheric storage
C. selective storage
D. apple freshness technique
E. underground storage - ANSWER ✓ B.
controlled atmospheric storage
CORRECT ANSWERS < RECENT
VERSION 2025/2026 > SURE TO
PASS!!
1. the study of the cultivation of fruits is called
A. veggieculture
B. floriculture
C. olericulture
D. pomology
E. yardening - ANSWER ✓ D. pomology
2. plant taxonomy and nomenclature refer to what
respectively
A. plant varieties and cultivars
B. horticulture and botany
C. plant propagation and growth
D. plant parts and physiology
E. plant categories and names - ANSWER ✓ E.
plant categories and names
,3. what is the only part of commercial and residential
infrastructure that increases in value over time
A. kitchens
B. heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
C. the landscape
D. windows
E. the building - ANSWER ✓ c. the landscape
4. gardening activities benefit human health and well-
being in many ways. which of the following statements
is true about gardening
A. reduces stress
B. lowers blood pressure
C. physically and psychologically therapeutic
D. reduces depression
E. all of the above - ANSWER ✓ E. all of the
above
5. ferns are in the class filicinae. what is unique about that
class of plants
A. they produce seeds in cones
B. they have variegates leaves
C. herbicides do not kill them
, D. they dont reproduce by seeds but reproduce by
spores instead
E. they only grow in the forest - ANSWER ✓ D.
they dont reproduce by seeds but reproduce by
spores instead
6. beans are in the subclass dicot. how are they different
from plants in monocot (corn)?
A. dicots have one leaf, monocots have 2
B. beans are high in protein, corn high in starch
C. dicots have fruit, monocots have colored fruit
D. dicots have broad leafs with reticulate venation,
monocots have linear leaves with parallel
venation
E. you can eat dicots raw, have to cook monocots -
ANSWER ✓ D. dicots have broad leafs with
reticulate venation, monocots have linear leaves
with parallel venation
7. what is the term used to describe the technique of
veggie gardening in very small spaces
A. mini veggie gardening
, B. square foot gardening
C. urban veggie gardening
D. puny pomolgy
E. Lilliputian olericulture - ANSWER ✓ B. square
foot gardening
8. term to describe a plant that is not origionally from
around these parts
A. foreign
B. asian
C. native
D. international
E. exotic - ANSWER ✓ e. exotic
9. storage method for apples and other produce that
extends their "postharvest" life. that way we can
purchase apples long after they have been harvested and
they are still fresh and taste good.
A. pomology
B. controlled atmospheric storage
C. selective storage
D. apple freshness technique
E. underground storage - ANSWER ✓ B.
controlled atmospheric storage
