NORTH CAROLINA LANDSCAPE
CONTRACTOR EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Adventitious Root or Shoot. Answer: They are produced on stems
or roots after removal from the mother plant
◉ Anther. Answer: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
◉ asexual. Answer: without sex; refers to the reproduction or
propagation not involving the fusion of gametes
◉ biennial. Answer: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first
year and flowers and fruit the second.
◉ Binomial. Answer: a system of naming plants using 2 names: First
name is the genus and the second is the species
◉ Branch Bark Ridge. Answer: A layer of Mustache-like bark located
on the upper side of a branch, in the branch union
, ◉ Branch Collar. Answer: The wood at the branch base that turns
abruptly downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch
with a small aspect ratio joins with a larger parent stem
◉ Bud. Answer: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf
bud), one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
◉ Bulb. Answer: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting
roots from below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
◉ Caliper. Answer: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above
the ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
◉ Cambium. Answer: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem
and phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of
stems and roots
◉ Carbohydrate. Answer: Any group of chemical compounds,
including sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen
◉ Chlorophyll. Answer: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light
energy used to carry out photosynthesis
CONTRACTOR EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Adventitious Root or Shoot. Answer: They are produced on stems
or roots after removal from the mother plant
◉ Anther. Answer: the upper part of a stamen that produces pollen
◉ asexual. Answer: without sex; refers to the reproduction or
propagation not involving the fusion of gametes
◉ biennial. Answer: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first
year and flowers and fruit the second.
◉ Binomial. Answer: a system of naming plants using 2 names: First
name is the genus and the second is the species
◉ Branch Bark Ridge. Answer: A layer of Mustache-like bark located
on the upper side of a branch, in the branch union
, ◉ Branch Collar. Answer: The wood at the branch base that turns
abruptly downward to wrap around trunk wood where a branch
with a small aspect ratio joins with a larger parent stem
◉ Bud. Answer: An embryonic stem tip bearing young leaves (leaf
bud), one or more flowers or both leaves and flowers
◉ Bulb. Answer: A bud consisting of a short, thick stem emitting
roots from below and bearing overlapping, scale like leafs
◉ Caliper. Answer: diameter of a tree 4" or less measured 6" above
the ground
Greater than 4" is measured 12" above the ground
◉ Cambium. Answer: layer of actively dividing cells between xylem
and phloem tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of
stems and roots
◉ Carbohydrate. Answer: Any group of chemical compounds,
including sugars and starches, containing carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen
◉ Chlorophyll. Answer: Green pigment in plants that absorbs light
energy used to carry out photosynthesis
