Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BACOLOD CITY
JOVITO H. SAYSON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

HORTICULTURE
Pre-test Examination

Name: ______________________________________________Grade & Section______________________ Score:_____

A. Direction: Fill in the Blanks. Read the question carefully and write your answer on the space provided.

1. _______________________ is derived from two Latin words hortus, meaning ‘garden’, and cultura meaning
‘cultivation’.
2. _______________________ coordinates the entire nursery operations.
3. _______________________ advises and provides guidance on plant care.
4. _______________________ supervises and plans fieldwork.
5. _______________________ establishes and maintains landscape.
6. _______________________ manages the horticulture farm.
7. _______________________ produces vegetables, fruits and flowers.
8. _______________________ creatively arranges flowers.
9. _______________________ teaches horticulture in formal or informal system.
10. ______________________ conducts research to develop new products and varieties.
11. Fertilizers, pesticides and growth hormones. These chemicals are called__________________.
12. ______________________ are machinery, tools and implements are required for preparing the land,
planting, cultivation, spray, harvest, store and packaging.
13. Judicious removal of any part of a plant to divert sap towards its producing areas, leading to an
improvement in the quality of yield is called ____________________________.
14. _________________________ is a practice of supporting tomato plants, especially of indeterminate type, to
keep the plants and fruits off ground.
15. _________________________ An agronomical practice, in which seedlings are moved and planted in
growing places.

B. Identification: Name 6 crops in each Planting Method.

Direct Planting Transplanting

1. _____________________ 1. _____________________
2. _____________________ 2. _____________________
3. _____________________ 3. _____________________
4. _____________________ 4. _____________________
5. _____________________ 5. _____________________
6. _____________________ 6. _____________________

C. Enumeration

1. Four Branches of Horticulture 2. Two types of Planting Method

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3. Two Types of Pruning

 ________________________
 ________________________

D. Essay: What is the Importance of vegetables in human diet? On your own.

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