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C-27 Trade Exam 4 Questions and Answers
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1. How far apart do you space 4" x 4" fence posts?
a. 6' o.c.
b. 8' o.c.
c. 10' o.c.
d. 12' o.c. - Answer✔Answer: B. 8' o.c.
2. Which of the following licenses may not install a brick BBQ?
a. Landscaper
b. Masonry
c. Concrete
d. General builder? - Answer✔Answer: C. Concrete
A tree with a tapered trunk is generally:
a. More desirable
b. Less desirable
c. Too big
d. Damaged - Answer✔Answer: C. more desirable
Which of the following is not a characteristic of an unstated tree?
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a. Greater trunk caliper
b. Less wind resistance
c. Less trunk taper
d. Larger root system - Answer✔Answer: C. less trunk taper
What is the best way to establish Bermuda grass?
a. Seed
b. Stolen
c. Hydro mulch
d. Hydro seed - Answer✔Answer: b. stolen
Which of the following is the cheapest backflow prevention device?
a. AVB
b. PVB
c. DCV
d. RPBP - Answer✔Answer: a. AVB
According to the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, turf is not allowed on slopes
greater than:
a. 10 percent
b. 18 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 33 percent - Answer✔Answer: c. 25 percent
When planting, the backfill mix should include _____ of soil amendments
a. 0% to 25% of the volume
b. 25% to 50% of the volume
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c. 50% to 75% of the volume
d. 75% to 100% of the volume - Answer✔Answer: a. 0% to 25% of the volume
Why would you double-plant in an interior container?
a. Helps create an appearance of density
b. To help insulate the roots
c. For easier replacement
d. Prohibits phototropism - Answer✔Answer: c. For easier replacement
Typical landscape maintenance includes which of the following tools?
a. Mower, edger, pruner, rake
b. Roto-tiller, weeder, pruner, rake
c. Mower, roto-tiller, edger, pruner
d. Blower, edger, roto-tiller, rake - Answer✔Answer: A. Mower, edger, pruner, rake
What schedule of watering is best for shrubs and trees?
a. Lightly/often
b. Deeply/often
c. Deeply/infrequently
d. 3 min a day - Answer✔c. Deeply/infrequently
The settling factor when backfilling with loam soil is approximately:
a. 12%
b. 20%
c. 35%
d. 45% - Answer✔Answer: B. 20%
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C-27 Trade Exam 4 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
1. How far apart do you space 4" x 4" fence posts?
a. 6' o.c.
b. 8' o.c.
c. 10' o.c.
d. 12' o.c. - Answer✔Answer: B. 8' o.c.
2. Which of the following licenses may not install a brick BBQ?
a. Landscaper
b. Masonry
c. Concrete
d. General builder? - Answer✔Answer: C. Concrete
A tree with a tapered trunk is generally:
a. More desirable
b. Less desirable
c. Too big
d. Damaged - Answer✔Answer: C. more desirable
Which of the following is not a characteristic of an unstated tree?
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a. Greater trunk caliper
b. Less wind resistance
c. Less trunk taper
d. Larger root system - Answer✔Answer: C. less trunk taper
What is the best way to establish Bermuda grass?
a. Seed
b. Stolen
c. Hydro mulch
d. Hydro seed - Answer✔Answer: b. stolen
Which of the following is the cheapest backflow prevention device?
a. AVB
b. PVB
c. DCV
d. RPBP - Answer✔Answer: a. AVB
According to the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, turf is not allowed on slopes
greater than:
a. 10 percent
b. 18 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 33 percent - Answer✔Answer: c. 25 percent
When planting, the backfill mix should include _____ of soil amendments
a. 0% to 25% of the volume
b. 25% to 50% of the volume
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c. 50% to 75% of the volume
d. 75% to 100% of the volume - Answer✔Answer: a. 0% to 25% of the volume
Why would you double-plant in an interior container?
a. Helps create an appearance of density
b. To help insulate the roots
c. For easier replacement
d. Prohibits phototropism - Answer✔Answer: c. For easier replacement
Typical landscape maintenance includes which of the following tools?
a. Mower, edger, pruner, rake
b. Roto-tiller, weeder, pruner, rake
c. Mower, roto-tiller, edger, pruner
d. Blower, edger, roto-tiller, rake - Answer✔Answer: A. Mower, edger, pruner, rake
What schedule of watering is best for shrubs and trees?
a. Lightly/often
b. Deeply/often
c. Deeply/infrequently
d. 3 min a day - Answer✔c. Deeply/infrequently
The settling factor when backfilling with loam soil is approximately:
a. 12%
b. 20%
c. 35%
d. 45% - Answer✔Answer: B. 20%
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