2008 State Floriculture Career Development Event
Do not write on this test. Mark your answers on the Grademaster form # 23040. Make dark marks, erase completely to change, no stray marks.
_____1. You are in the process of designing a new greenhouse for your landscape business. You are planning on using it to grow bedding plants that you will install in your clients’ yards. You have decided to use expanded metal benches to grow your plants. They are 4’ wide and 16’ long. You want to have a 30” aisle between the benches and also between the wall and the outside bench running down the long way in the greenhouse but also have a 5’ wide center aisle to facilitate moving plants in and out of the greenhouse. The benches will be placed end-to-end down the length of the greenhouse so that the only aisles will be 4’ wide, on the end of the benches, between the bench and the end walls. The greenhouse is 104’ long and 44’ wide. How many benches will fit in the greenhouse with this configuration? (You may want to try to draw a picture to help figure this out.)
A. 25B. 30
C. 36D. 42
_____ 2. You are building a new greenhouse. The dimensions are 20 feet wide X 96 feet long. The airflow required is 8 cfm per square foot of greenhouse area.
Problem: Using the chart below, select the fan that meets the minimum capacity requirements.
Capacity=8 cfm X area of greenhouse
Fan / Diameter / Rpm / Capacity (cfm) / Motor (hp)A / 30” / 650 / 8,570 / 1/8
B / 36” / 476 / 10,900 / ½
C / 42” / 462 / 16,800 / 1
D / 48” / 382 / 21,400 / 1
____3. You designed a triangular design as a project for your high school floral design class. Using the following materials and price, what would the selling price of the design assuming a 65% mark-up and 7% tax.
1 / 10” silver embossed pedestal design bowl / $15.631 / Cube of floral oasis / $00.69
1 / Bundle leatherleaf fern / $ 1.18
11 / Gladioli / $00.75 each
2 / Bundles mums / $ 2.17/bundle
3 / Stems liatrus / $00.045 each
1 / Stem ‘Babies breathe’ / $00.0125
Miscellaneous / $ 1. 31
A. $38.47 B. $31.55 C. $52.06 D. $55.
_____4. Your floral shop can purchase roses through a wholesaler for 84 cents each. The shipping and packaging charge for these roses is $3.00 per bunch of 25 flowers. If you retail single roses for $3.75 each, what is the percentage of your mark-up?
A. 26%C. 291%
B. 100%D. 391%
_____5. The proper pH of growing media is very important in assuring the availability of essential nutrients. Two pounds of finely ground limestone are needed to bring about a 1 pH unit change in 1 cubic yard of media. The following ingredients were used to mix the media necessary to pot 1000 geraniums:
22.5 cubic feet of sphagnum peat
10 cubic feet of washed sand
8 cubic feet of perlite
The pH of the above mixture was found to be 4.3. The optimum pH for the geranium crop is 5.8. 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet.
How many pounds of ground limestone should be added to the potting mixture to bring the pH to 5.8?
A. 2 pounds B. 3.5 pounds
C. 4.5 poundsD. 5.8 pounds
____6. You have a 24’ X 120’ polyethylene covered greenhouse. If you have determined that it would take a 32’ wide sheet of polyethylene to cover the greenhouse, what would be the total cost of TUFFLIFETM INFRAREDTM polyethylene needed to cover the house including 6% tax and no shipping charge.
A. $377.00 B. $251.00 . C. $399.62 D. $266.06
____7. A customer wants an assortment of plants to place in a flowerbed along the West side of the house which, because of trees, is partially shaded allowing for allowing for medium to low lighting condition. Which of the following combinations would you recommend?
A. Primrose, Gloxinia, TulipC. Caladium, Hydrangea, Heather
B. Calceolaria, Carnation, StaticeD. Mums, Dianthus, Wax Begonia
_____8. A customer wants to purchase Petunias for a 16’ diameter, circular flowerbed. If the planting density for Petunias is 1.4 plants per square foot, how many six-packs of Petunias will the customer need to purchase?
A. 33 six-packsB. 60 six-packs
C. 47 six packs D. 134 six-packs
_____9. A 100 foot bench was irrigated using orange antimist nozzles supplied by a 1” pipe with 35 psi of water pressure. Using the chart below, how many gallons of water would be required to run the system for 22 minutes each day for 8 days?
Violet NozzleNo Antimist / Grey Nozzle
No Antimist / Green Nozzle
Green Antimist / Orange Nozzle
Orange Antimist
Average Sprinkler Flow: 9.5gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 19gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 11gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 19gph
Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size
25’ / 1.3 / ¾” / 25’ / 2.6 / ¾” / 25’ / 1.5 / ¾” / 25’ / 2.6 / ¾”
50’ / 2.6 / ¾” / 50’ / 5.3 / ¾” / 50’ / 3 / ¾” / 50’ / 5.3 / ¾”
75’ / 4.0 / ¾” / 75’ / 7.9 / ¾” / 75’ / 4.5 / ¾” / 75’ / 7.9 / ¾”
100’ / 5.3 / ¾” / 100’ / 10.6 / 1” / 100’ / 6.1 / ¾” / 100’ / 10.6 / 1”
125’ / 6.6 / ¾” / 125’ / 13.2 / 1” / 125’ / 7.6 / 1” / 125’ / 13.2 / 1”
150’ / 7.9 / 1” / 150’ / 15.8 / 1” / 150’ / 9.1 / 1” / 150’ / 15.8 / 1”
A. 84.8 gallons
B. 1865.6 gallons
C. 186.6 gallons
D. 5612 gallons
_____10.Situation: You are planning to build a new greenhouse. The dimensions are 20 feet wide X 100 feet long. You have a $13,000 budget for erection and materials cost.
HOUSE / TYPE / MATERIALS$/ ft2 / ERECTION
LABOR COST $/ft2 / TOTAL
$/ ft2
A / Conventional
Glass / $7.00-$9.00 / $3.00-$4.00 / $10.00-$13.00
B / Steel Pipe
Polycarbonate cover / $4.00-$6.00 / .40-.60 / $4.40-$6.60
C / Steel Pipe
Poly cover / $1.50-$2.50 / .30-.50 / $1.80-$3.00
D / Wood Greenhouse
Poly cover / $1.00-$1.50 / .35-.60 / $1.35-$2.10
Use the chart below to select the type of greenhouse that would best fit your budget
2008 State Floriculture Career Development Event
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1. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B
Do not write on this test. Mark your answers on the Grademaster form # 23040. Make dark marks, erase completely to change, no stray marks.
_____1. You are in the process of designing a new greenhouse for your landscape business. You are planning on using it to grow bedding plants that you will install in your clients’ yards. You have decided to use expanded metal benches to grow your plants. They are 4’ wide and 16’ long. You want to have a 30” aisle between the benches and also between the wall and the outside bench running down the long way in the greenhouse but also have a 5’ wide center aisle to facilitate moving plants in and out of the greenhouse. The benches will be placed end-to-end down the length of the greenhouse so that the only aisles will be 4’ wide, on the end of the benches, between the bench and the end walls. The greenhouse is 104’ long and 44’ wide. How many benches will fit in the greenhouse with this configuration? (You may want to try to draw a picture to help figure this out.)
a. 25b. 30
c. 36d. 42
_____ 2. You are building a new greenhouse. The dimensions are 20 feet wide X 96 feet long. The airflow required is 8 cfm per square foot of greenhouse area.
Problem: Using the chart below, select the fan that meets the minimum capacity requirements.
Fan / Diameter / Rpm / Capacity (cfm) / Motor (hp)A / 30” / 650 / 8,570 / 1/8
B / 36” / 476 / 10,900 / ½
C / 42” / 462 / 16,800 / 1
D / 48” / 382 / 21,400 / 1
Capacity=8 cfm X area of greenhouse
_____3. You designed a triangular design as a project for your high school floral design class. Using the following materials and price, what would the selling price of the design assuming a 65% mark-up and 7% tax.
1 / 10” silver embossed pedestal design bowl / $15.631 / Cube of floral oasis / $00.69
1 / Bundle leatherleaf fern / $ 1.18
11 / Gladioli / $00.75 each
2 / Bundles mums / $ 2.17/bundle
3 / Stems liatrus / $00.045 each
1 / Stem ‘Babies breathe’ / $00.0125
Miscellaneous / $ 1. 31
A. $38.47 B. $31.55 C. $52.06 D. $55.70
_____4. Your floral shop can purchase roses through a wholesaler for 84 cents each. The shipping and packaging charge for these roses is $3.00 per bunch of 25 flowers. If you retail single roses for $3.75 each, what is the percentage of your mark-up?
A. 26%C. 291%
B. 100%D. 391%
_____5. The proper pH of growing media is very important in assuring the availability of essential nutrients. Two pounds of finely ground limestone are needed to bring about a 1 pH unit change in 1 cubic yard of media. The following ingredients were used to mix the media necessary to pot 1000 geraniums:
22.5 cubic feet of sphagnum peat
10 cubic feet of washed sand
8 cubic feet of perlite
The pH of the above mixture was found to be 4.3. The optimum pH for the geranium crop is 5.8.
1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet.
How many pounds of ground limestone should be added to the potting mixture to bring the pH to 5.8?
A. 2 pounds
B. 3.5 pounds
C. 4.5 pounds
D. 5.8 pounds
____6. You have a 24’ X 120’ polyethylene covered greenhouse. If you have determined that it would take a 32’ wide sheet of polyethylene to cover the greenhouse, what would be the total cost of TUFFLIFETM INFRAREDTM polyethylene needed to cover the house including 6% tax and no shipping charge.
A. $377.00 B. $251.00 . C. $399.62 D. $266.06
____7. A customer wants an assortment of plants to place in a flowerbed along the West side of the house which, because of trees, is partially shaded allowing for allowing for medium to low lighting condition. Which of the following combinations would you recommend?
a. Primrose, Gloxinia, TulipC. Caladium, Hydrangea, Heather
b. Calceolaria, Carnation, StaticeD. Mums, Dianthus, Wax Begonia
_____8. A customer wants to purchase Petunias for a 16’ diameter, circular flowerbed. If the planting density for Petunias is 1.4 plants per square foot, how many six-packs of Petunias will the customer need to purchase?
a. 33 six-packsb. 60 six-packs
c. 47 six packs d. 134 six-packs
_____9. A 100 foot bench was irrigated using orange antimist nozzles supplied by a 1” pipe with 35 psi of water pressure. Using the above chart, how many gallons of water would be required to run the system for 22 minutes each day for 8 days?
Violet NozzleNo Antimist / Grey Nozzle
No Antimist / Green Nozzle
Green Antimist / Orange Nozzle
Orange Antimist
Average Sprinkler Flow: 9.5gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 19gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 11gph / Average Sprinkler Flow: 19gph
Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size / Bench length / GPM per Line (at 35 psi) / Pipe Size
25’ / 1.3 / ¾” / 25’ / 2.6 / ¾” / 25’ / 1.5 / ¾” / 25’ / 2.6 / ¾”
50’ / 2.6 / ¾” / 50’ / 5.3 / ¾” / 50’ / 3 / ¾” / 50’ / 5.3 / ¾”
75’ / 4.0 / ¾” / 75’ / 7.9 / ¾” / 75’ / 4.5 / ¾” / 75’ / 7.9 / ¾”
100’ / 5.3 / ¾” / 100’ / 10.6 / 1” / 100’ / 6.1 / ¾” / 100’ / 10.6 / 1”
125’ / 6.6 / ¾” / 125’ / 13.2 / 1” / 125’ / 7.6 / 1” / 125’ / 13.2 / 1”
150’ / 7.9 / 1” / 150’ / 15.8 / 1” / 150’ / 9.1 / 1” / 150’ / 15.8 / 1”
A. 84.8 gallons
B. 1865.6 gallons
C. 186.6 gallons
D. 5612 gallons
_____10.Situation: You are planning to build a new greenhouse. The dimensions are 20 feet wide X 100 feet long. You have a $13,000 budget for erection and materials cost.
HOUSE / TYPE / MATERIALS$/ ft2 / ERECTION
LABOR COST $/ft2 / TOTAL
$/ ft2
A / Conventional
Glass / $7.00-$9.00 / $3.00-$4.00 / $10.00-$13.00
B / Steel Pipe
Polycarbonate cover / $4.00-$6.00 / .40-.60 / $4.40-$6.60
C / Steel Pipe
Poly cover / $1.50-$2.50 / .30-.50 / $1.80-$3.00
D / Wood Greenhouse
Poly cover / $1.00-$1.50 / .35-.60 / $1.35-$2.10
Use the chart below to select the type of greenhouse that would best fit your