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Florist Certification
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The Storage or shipment of flowers out of water.
Dry Pack
Hook Method
Re-cutting Stems
Vegetative Design
2. Florists must educate the customer in order to help them enjoy their flowers to the fullest extent.
Hydrating Solution
Customer Education
Corsages
Tone
3. The Color Spectrum is made up of twelve major colors. Using color properly is just one important design element essential in creating a well-designed floral arrangement.
Color
Interpretive Design
Wire
Line Element
4. Is the placement of cut material in a parallel design in each group in order to create depth.
5. #28 wire is a finer wire than #16 gauge wire. #20 and #22 gauge wire is best suited to support roses - carnations and chrysanthemums.
Refridgeration of Fresh Product
'Stair Step Manner' Design Placement
Cascade Design
Wire
6. Refrigeration of fresh product with a combination of low temperature and high humidity helps slow down respiration - reduce water lost by transpiration - slows down maturity and reduces microbial growth and development. An ideal temperature range to
Interpretive Design
Pillowing
Cascade Design
Refridgeration of Fresh Product
7. The brightness or darkness of a hue.
Intensity
Scale
Mass Flowers
Parallel Design
8. The length of useful life of cut floral materials after being received by the customer.
Vase Life
Primary Colors
Tone
Abstract Designs
9. Two primary colors combined in equal amounts.
Intensity
Hydrating Solution
Tone
Secondary Colors
10. The process of plants losing water through stomata in their leaves.
Transpiration
'Stair Step Manner' Design Placement
Symmetrical Design
Waterf All Desisgn
11. The relationship between the flowers - foliage and container.
Light Intensity
Proportion
Processing
Cascade Design
12. Growers - Wholesalers and Retail Florist must process their flowers.
Mechanics
Refridgeration of Fresh Product
Processing Flowers
Scale
13. Red - yellow and blue are primary colors.
Primary Colors
Dry Pack
Focal Point
Formal-Linear Design
14. Number 3 ribbon is the appropriate size for a corsage bow. The appropriate gauge of wire for corsages is number 24- 28 depending on the weight of the flower. Construct a corsage so it is as light-weight as possible.
Corsages
Tint
Ikebana
Symmetrical Design
15. A combination of both natural and man made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.
Waterf All Desisgn
Wire
Interpretive Design
Secondary Colors
16. A feature of this style of design is the seasonal compatibility of the plant materials in the design.
Vegetative Design
Corsages
Ikebana
Balance
17. Adding white to a color lightens its tint.
Focal Point
Retail Florist
Filler
Tint
18. Do not require a focal point.
Round Designs
Bacterial Growth
Ikebana
Scale
19. The element of the line in a floral arrangement is the visual path the eye follows as it proceeds through the arrangement.
Balance
Hook Method
'Stair Step Manner' Design Placement
Line Element
20. The design consists of several layers of materials - varying in size and texture to create a flowering effect.
Secondary Colors
Round Designs
Color
Cascade Design
21. Sells floral goods and services to the consumer.
Hairpin Method
Waterf All Desisgn
Re-cutting Stems
Retail Florist
22. The impression of the design being stable and self-supported.
Skeleton Flowers
Shade
Balance
Terracing and Layering
23. Primary or line flowers used in a design to establish the outline of the arrangement.
Formal-Linear Design
Cascade Design
Skeleton Flowers
Hairpin Method
24. The tight positioning of flower clusters at the base of an arrangement forming rounded hills.
Formal-Linear Design
Tint
Processing
Pillowing
25. The level of light received on a plant surface.
Light Intensity
Customer Education
Hook Method
Proportion
26. Removing all foliage from the stem that is below the water level in an arrangement helps prevent bacterial growth.
Bent Neck in Flowers
Terracing and Layering
Intermediate Colors
Bacterial Growth
27. The measure of color intensity when gray is added to a hue.
Intermediate Colors
Form
Abstract Designs
Tone
28. Combination of equal amounts of primary color and adjacent secondary color.
Symmetrical Design
Tint
Intermediate Colors
Respiration
29. The Japanese style of floral arrangements characterized by their linear forms.
Respiration
Ikebana
Balance
Focal Point
30. Floral Material that has an 'airy' look to create the finishing touch.
Proportion
Framing
Mechanics
Filler
31. The process in which cut flowers & foliages have been tested to extend their freshness.
Bacterial Growth
Color
Wire
Conditioning
32. A triangular pattern with a strong 'L-Line'.
Dry Pack
Asymmetrical Design
Piercing Method
Form Flowers
33. Cell process in which stored food reserves are converted into useful energy for the plant.
Parallel Design
Respiration
Balance
Proportion
34. The relationship between the completed arrangement and its location.
Wire
Refridgeration of Fresh Product
Framing
Scale
35. Design that consists of clusters or groups of flowers & foliage that strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the arrangement.
Vase Life
Secondary Colors
Symmetrical Design
Parallel Design
36. Cutting flowers stems properly and providing proper treatment at any stage of the distribution process.
'Stair Step Manner' Design Placement
Terracing and Layering
Hydrating Solution
Processing
37. Form is the geometric shape or line design that forms the outline of the flower arrangement.
Form Flowers
Filler
Round Designs
Form
38. Bride's bouquet - Bridesmaid's bouquet - Corsages - Boutonnieres - Alter flowers - Pew Flowers - on the candelabra - Bride's Throw bouquet - table decorations and on the wedding cake.
Wedding Flowers
Customer Education
Pillowing
Color
39. Corsage wiring technique in which a wire is inserted through the calyx and bent downward along the stem.
Interpretive Design
Piercing Method
Vase Life
Value
40. A purpose of foliage is to hide the mechanics in a flower arrangement.
Foliages
Conditioning
Processing
Bent Neck in Flowers
41. Shorter stems of mass flowers provide a color & focal point near the rim of the container.
Formal-Linear Design
Pave Arrangements
Waterf All Desisgn
Scale
42. An asymmetrically balanced design of few materials usually placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines.
Piercing Method
Mass Flowers
Formal-Linear Design
Round Designs
43. Is due to the inability of water to enter the stem.
Bent Neck in Flowers
Terracing and Layering
Formal-Linear Design
Customer Education
44. Contain more than one single focal point.
Abstract Designs
Skeleton Flowers
Framing
Wire
45. Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shapes.
Line Flowers
Formal-Linear Design
Parallel Design
Form Flowers
46. Similar design techniques to place similar materials horizontally on top of each other.
Dry Pack
Terracing and Layering
Hairpin Method
Parallel Design
47. A design technique in which branches of flowers are used around the perimeter of a floral arrangement to direct attention to the materials in the center of the arrangement.
Hydrating Solution
Bacterial Growth
Framing
Value
48. Describes the lightness or darkness of a hue.
Filler
Skeleton Flowers
Value
Framing
49. Flower arrangement heights should not vary in pave arrangements. The Pave Design is a technique characterized by parallel or surface contoured insertions that create a uniform area with little or no variation in depth.
Form
Terracing and Layering
Customer Education
Pave Arrangements
50. A formal - equilateral triangular design.
Symmetrical Design
Ikebana
Balance
Hook Method