Floral Certification Test ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
form - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Form Is the geometric shape or line design that forms the
outline of the flower arrangement.
Line Element - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The element of the line in a floral arrangement is
the visual path the eye follows as it proceeds through the arrangement.
"Stair step manner" design placement - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Is the placement of cut
material in a parallel design in each group in order to create depth.
Respiration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cell process in which stored food reserves are
converted into useful energy for the plant.
Mass flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Usually single stem with large rounded heads
used inside or along the arrangement to fill in.
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The relationship between the completed arrangement and
its location.
Primary colors - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔red, yellow, blue
Proportion - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The relationship between the flowers, foliage and
container.
Line Flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton
outline height or width of an arrangement.
Form flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Are used to create a focal point with unusual and
distinctive shapes.
, Cascade design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The design consists of several layers of
materials, varying in size and texture to create a flowering effect.
Parallel design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Design that consists of clusters or groups of
flowers & foliage that strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the
arrangement.
Processing flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist
must process their flowers.
Formal-linear design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An asymmetrically balanced design of few
materials usually placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines.
Transpiration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔loss of water from a plant through its leaves
Interpretive design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A combination of both natural and man
made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.
Vegetive Design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A feature of this style of design is the seasonal
compatibility of the plant materials in the design.
Abstract design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Contain more than one single focal point.
Floral preservative - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A chemical consisting of a mixture of
ingredients that when added to water extends the vase life of cut flowers by lowering the
water PH.
Waterfall design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Shorter stems of mass flowers provide a color
& focal point near the rim of the container.
Skeleton flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Primary or line flowers used in a design to
establish the outline of the arrangement.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
form - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Form Is the geometric shape or line design that forms the
outline of the flower arrangement.
Line Element - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The element of the line in a floral arrangement is
the visual path the eye follows as it proceeds through the arrangement.
"Stair step manner" design placement - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Is the placement of cut
material in a parallel design in each group in order to create depth.
Respiration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cell process in which stored food reserves are
converted into useful energy for the plant.
Mass flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Usually single stem with large rounded heads
used inside or along the arrangement to fill in.
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The relationship between the completed arrangement and
its location.
Primary colors - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔red, yellow, blue
Proportion - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The relationship between the flowers, foliage and
container.
Line Flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton
outline height or width of an arrangement.
Form flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Are used to create a focal point with unusual and
distinctive shapes.
, Cascade design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The design consists of several layers of
materials, varying in size and texture to create a flowering effect.
Parallel design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Design that consists of clusters or groups of
flowers & foliage that strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the
arrangement.
Processing flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist
must process their flowers.
Formal-linear design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An asymmetrically balanced design of few
materials usually placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines.
Transpiration - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔loss of water from a plant through its leaves
Interpretive design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A combination of both natural and man
made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.
Vegetive Design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A feature of this style of design is the seasonal
compatibility of the plant materials in the design.
Abstract design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Contain more than one single focal point.
Floral preservative - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A chemical consisting of a mixture of
ingredients that when added to water extends the vase life of cut flowers by lowering the
water PH.
Waterfall design - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Shorter stems of mass flowers provide a color
& focal point near the rim of the container.
Skeleton flowers - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Primary or line flowers used in a design to
establish the outline of the arrangement.
