HORT 301 Garden Science Exam 3
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
According to the National Gardening Association, this warm season vegetable is grown in
86% of home grades in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tomatoes
A motorized mechanical device used to prepare soil in small gardens to obtain a seeded that is
loose and out clumps or clods of dirt. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tiller
Term used to describe a variety that has been passed down through a family for several
generations because of its valued characteristics. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Heriloom
Type of variety that flowers and fruits at one time; fruits ripen at one time for once over
harvest; good for mechanical harvest. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Determinate
Type of vegetable production where plants are grown by floating them on a nutrient system -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hydroponics
Term describing the rapid elongation of a flowering stalk from a rosette-type vegetable such
as lettuce or radish. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bolting
The term for a group of vegetables that are known to be capable of association with nitrogen
fixing bacteria. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Legumes
Many cucurbits have separate male and female flowers. What are these flowers called? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Monoecious/Imperfect
Type of crops that are killed by frost and freezing temperatures - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Warm season crops
Term for a vegetable that is produced by crossing parental lines - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hybrid
, A common disorder on tomato fruit caused by calcium deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Blossom end rot
Type of seedling where seeds are evenly scattered over a large area. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Broad cast seeding
Most melons are planted using this type of seeding/planting method - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hill planting
Type of vegetable production where plants are grown soilless and dilute solution of nutrients
is spray on the roots. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Aeroponics
Members of this Genus/species all have the same scientific name but differ greatly in
morphology of the edible poriton - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brassica Alercea
This vegetable is Texas' leading vegetable crop - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Onion
According to recent garden statistics, most people who garden in the US are not college
educated? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
Often commercial vegetable varieties are selected more for yield, pest tolerance, freedom
from defects, sustainability for harvest (hand or mechanical), and post harvest storage than
flavor. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
One of the more fun activities involved with having a garden is saving seed from your plants.
Since hybrids are typically the most vigorous plants, saving seed from your hybrid vegetables
will guarantee true to type vigorous plants for the next generation? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔True
All vegetables are easy to transplant especially legumes like beans and peas, monocots like
corn, and tap or crops like carrots and radishes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
According to the National Gardening Association, this warm season vegetable is grown in
86% of home grades in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tomatoes
A motorized mechanical device used to prepare soil in small gardens to obtain a seeded that is
loose and out clumps or clods of dirt. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tiller
Term used to describe a variety that has been passed down through a family for several
generations because of its valued characteristics. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Heriloom
Type of variety that flowers and fruits at one time; fruits ripen at one time for once over
harvest; good for mechanical harvest. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Determinate
Type of vegetable production where plants are grown by floating them on a nutrient system -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hydroponics
Term describing the rapid elongation of a flowering stalk from a rosette-type vegetable such
as lettuce or radish. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bolting
The term for a group of vegetables that are known to be capable of association with nitrogen
fixing bacteria. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Legumes
Many cucurbits have separate male and female flowers. What are these flowers called? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Monoecious/Imperfect
Type of crops that are killed by frost and freezing temperatures - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Warm season crops
Term for a vegetable that is produced by crossing parental lines - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hybrid
, A common disorder on tomato fruit caused by calcium deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Blossom end rot
Type of seedling where seeds are evenly scattered over a large area. - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Broad cast seeding
Most melons are planted using this type of seeding/planting method - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Hill planting
Type of vegetable production where plants are grown soilless and dilute solution of nutrients
is spray on the roots. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Aeroponics
Members of this Genus/species all have the same scientific name but differ greatly in
morphology of the edible poriton - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brassica Alercea
This vegetable is Texas' leading vegetable crop - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Onion
According to recent garden statistics, most people who garden in the US are not college
educated? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
Often commercial vegetable varieties are selected more for yield, pest tolerance, freedom
from defects, sustainability for harvest (hand or mechanical), and post harvest storage than
flavor. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
One of the more fun activities involved with having a garden is saving seed from your plants.
Since hybrids are typically the most vigorous plants, saving seed from your hybrid vegetables
will guarantee true to type vigorous plants for the next generation? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔True
All vegetables are easy to transplant especially legumes like beans and peas, monocots like
corn, and tap or crops like carrots and radishes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔False
