Level 2 Technical Certificate in Horticulture ( ) Sample External Test

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1 Level 2 Technical Certificate in Horticulture ( ) Sample External Test Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

2 AO1 What is the jo role of a person working at a commercial a eing nursery who has the following uties? Organising staff. Planning plant prouction. Setting quality stanars. Ensuring safe working environment. a. Manager.. Lanscaper. c. Operative.. Garener AO2 Jack has recently starte his own nursery growing eing plants an selling them to the pulic. Which one of the following organisations is the most appropriate for Jack to join in orer to get access to a range of usiness support an evelopment initiatives? a. Institute of Grounsmanship (IoG).. Horticultural Trae Association (HTA). c. Chartere Institute of Horticulture (CIofH).. Association of Professional Lanscapers (APL) AO1 Which of the following escries a plant with a fastigiate hait? c a. The flowers are in a straight line.. The see is sown on its sie. c. It has narrow upright growth.. It spreas outwars from the roots AO2 If a plant is growing outsie within the RHS zone H3, which of the following categories oes it fit into? a. Frost tener.. Half hary c. Fully hary.. Tener perennial AO2 Which two of the following plants are most suitale for proviing foo for willife? a. Fagus sylvatica. Choisya ternata c. Rosa canina. Philaelphus coronarius c a. 1 an 4.

3 . 2 an 3. c. 1 an an AO2 Jane has een offere a jo in a garen centre an has een c aske to e availale for work when neee. What type of contract has Jane een offere? a. Fixe-term.. Full-time. c. Zero hours.. Freelance AO1 Which of the following est escries a plant hyri? a a. A cross etween plants of ifferent genera or species.. A variation within species that originates in the wil. c. A grouping together of several relate genera.. A variety prouce y selective reeing AO2 Why is it useful to unerstan the relationship etween plants in the same family? a. Plants in the same family have similar names.. Plants in the same family can always e hyriise. c. Plants in the same family come from the same country.. Plants in the same family often get affecte y similar iseases AO1 If an employee works more than 6-hours a ay, what is the minimum rest reak that they are entitle to? a. 15 minutes.. 20 minutes. c. 30 minutes.. 60 minutes AO1 Which organ has the main role in transporting foo an water in plants? a a. Stem.. Root. c. Leaf.. Flower AO2 Why is it useful for horticulturists to unerstan the meaning of otanical names when ientifying plants? a. Botanical names are use on plant laels in otanic garens.. Botanical names are usually more complicate than common names.

4 c. Botanical names are only given to one type of plant worl-wie.. Botanical names sometimes escrie plant features AO2 What is the purpose of transpiration in plants? a. To prouce glucose.. To control temperature. c. To take in nutrients.. To reathe in oxygen AO2 What characteristic of grass roots makes them effective at stailising sany soils? a. They have tuerous roots.. They have tap roots. c. They are shallow roote.. They have firous roots AO2 Statement 1 Bees transfer pollen grains from one flower to another as part of the process calle respiration. c Statement 2 When pollen reaches the stigma of a flower, a tue is forme to allow pollen to travel to the ovary an join with an ovule to form a see. Which one of the following is correct for the aove statements? Statement 1 Statement 2 a. True True. True False c. False True. False False AO2 Why is it important for a plant to have enough light an caron ioxie? c a. To e ale to asor water.. To e ale to prouce flowers. c. To e ale to carry out photosynthesis.. To e ale to reprouce AO2 If the only wees in a flower e were ephemeral wees, how often woul it e necessary to wee the e to control them? a a. Multiple times uring the growing season.. Once at the eginning of the growing season.

5 c. Once uring the growing season.. Two times only uring the growing season AO1 What category of plants completes its lifecycle within one year? a a. Annual.. Biennial. c. Perennial.. Ephemeral AO2 Why is peat consiere a goo growing meia for plants? a a. It is sterile.. It is easy to extract. c. It is not a carrier of isease.. It is a sustainale resource AO1 What is the optimal ph range for growing most plants? a c AO2 In an ieal soil, approximately what percentage of its volume contains each of the following? Material matter. Air. Water. Organic matter. Mineral matter Air Water Organic matter a. 70% 2% 8% 20%. 45% 25% 25% 5% c. 20% 30% 30% 20%. 30% 10% 30% 30% AO1 Which of the following escries the texture of a sany loam when teste y han? a. Coarse, smooth an crumly.. Gritty, arasive an light. c. Smooth, sticky an heavy.. Soapy, silky an polishe.

6 AO2 Why is san ae to clay soils? a a. The large particles open up the structure of the soil.. The large particles hol on to the nutrients in the soil. c. The rough texture prevents pests from eating roots.. The rough texture attracts minerals to root hairs AO2 Plants escrie as prostrate in their name can often e use to fulfil which function in a garen? a. Shelter.. Noise aatement. c. Suppression of wees.. Creation of a esire line AO1 What is the wee in the picture? c a. Ranunculus spp.. Taraxacum officinale c. Bellis perennis. Trifolium spp AO1 Leatherjackets are the larval stage of which insect? a. Solitary ees.. Earth worms. c. Chafer eetles.. Crane flies AO2 Which common lawn isease can e prevente y improving the rainage in the soil, aing nitrogen to the lawn an using a scarifier to remove thatch? a. Re threa.. Fusarium. c. Fairy ring.. Brown patch AO2 Raits can cause amage to lawns. Why o they o this? c a. To fee on chafer grus.

7 . To mark their territory. c. To create ens for shelter.. To fin space for reprouction AO1 How can moisture conensation in a fuel tank of a lawn mower e avoie over the winter months? a. Close the filler cap tightly.. Fully empty the fuel tank. c. Store the mower on its sie.. Store the mower in a warm area AO1 What shoul e recore on a rotary mower maintenance plan? a. Service lael, company proceure an storage requirements.. Operative s name, revs per minute an spare parts. c. Risks, manufacturer s etails an insurance.. Date, task an frequency AO2 Why are usinesses require to keep risk assessment recors? c a. To prove they are familiar with all their proceures.. To provie an aitional recor of the work they carrie out. c. Inspectors have a legal right to inspect such recors.. It is a conition for no-claims onus insurance AO2 Ian has recently opene a plant nursery an has not inclue an invoice numer on the invoices issue to customers. Why can this cause prolems for Ian in the future? a. Customer payments may e late.. Customer payments coul get mixe up. c. Customers will not know where to sen the payment.. Customers will not know what goos they are paying for AO2 Romesh is a lanscaper. Why is it important that Romesh tells customers how long quotes are vali for in his quotation ocument? a a. To avoi possile issues with price rises.. To rememer when to orer materials for the jo. c. To prevent potential clients asking for a lower price.. To give potential clients plenty of time to consier the price. Numer Test Spec Ref Question

8 , 204 AO4 Emma is a lanscape garener an has een aske y her client to look at the growing conitions in their garen an suggest suitale plants. Emma fins out the following: the garen has a steep slope it is highest at its north en an lowest at the south en the win mostly comes from the south west an there is a natural pon at the ottom of the slope with shrus neary the garen also has a 2 metre high hege aroun it. the soil feels sticky an is wet an heavy. The client wants the garen as maintenance free as possile an privacy from neighours. They woul also like Emma to work on the estalishment of a e plante with summer eing esie the plant orer an a specimen tree y the pon , 204 AO4 Area A of the garen nees to e plante with plants that provie shelter from the win an complete screening from neighours for privacy. c Which of the following categories of plants will est meet these requirements? a. Heraceous perennials.

9 . Ornamental grasses. c. Evergreen shrus.. Deciuous trees. Knowlege: Categories of plants an their functional characteristics, formation, soil types an properties. Unerstaning: Customer nees, environmental conitions. suitaility of plants, specific soil properties an garen positioning. Evaluation: Functions an uses of plants, specific requirements an garen positioning , 204 AO4 The shrus in Area B of the garen woul nee to e tolerant of which of the following conitions? a. Exposure an full sun.. Frost an full shae. c. Dry soil an exposure.. Shelter an full sun. Knowlege: Plant types, environmental conitions, soil properties. Unerstaning: Characteristics of soil, weather conitions, matching correct plants to conitions. soil types, positioning of plants an weather conitions. Evaluation: Meeting customer requirements taking into account the suitaility of plants an garen positioning , 204 AO4 Which two of the following plants shoul Emma recommen to the client to plant in the orer? 1. Viurnum aviii 2. Delphinium 'Cliffor Sky' 3. Lavanula angustifolia Munstea 4. Sarcococca confusa a. 1 an an 3. c. 3 an an 1. Knowlege: Plant types an names, plant characteristics. Unerstaning: Suitaility of plants to ifferent soil types an environments. suitaility of plants to ifferent soils an conitions. Evaluation: Relationship etween the garen positioning an conition, an plants, customer requirements , 204 AO4 In orer to prepare for the planting of the e with summer eing, which of the following tasks oes Emma nee to carry out an in which orer?

10 1. Test the soil type to ascertain preparation techniques an soil improvement neee. 2. Use a rotary cultivator to ury the existing wees. 3. Single ig to improve the soil structure an apply fertiliser. 4. Unertake a asic site analysis to etermine the groun preparation require. 5. Doule ig the area an a organic matter to improve soil texture. a c Knowlege: Soil types, soil cultivation, preparing lan. Unerstaning: Soil type to ascertain preparation an soil improvement nees. assessing a site an relate activities, plant suitaility. Evaluation: Customer requirements, planning a garen , 204 AO4 The client woul like Emma to plant an Acer next to the pon in autumn. Their requirement is that the tree oes not grow more than a metre aove the height of the hege. Which of the following plant forms an categories shoul Emma recommen to the customer? a. Semi-mature, container grown.. Heavy stanar, root-all. c. Stanar, fiel-grown containerise.. Light stanar, are root. Knowlege: Plant form, British Stanars-Nursery stock categories, seasonality. Unerstaning: Appropriate size of tree for location, garen planning. client requirements, plant categories an form in relation to the environment. Evaluation: Consieration of several inter-relate factors to arrive at correct conclusion ase on wier horticultural knowlege of plant forms an categories, location an seasonality , 204 AO4 Smeeta is a garener an has een aske y her client to investigate why an area of shru planting is failing to estalish. Smeeta s investigation reveals that: the area is covere with Ranunculus repens a soil sample smells of rotten eggs the shrus leaves appear to e wilting. What is the critical issue with the site?

11 a. The site is too ry.. The site is water logge. c. The soil is lacking organic matter.. The epth of soil is too shallow. Knowlege: Soil types an properties, common wees. Unerstaning: Relating wee species to environment, shru cultural requirements. plant estalishment an possile issues Evaluation: Investigating several factors an eliminating those not relate, comprehensive analysis of soil an plant factors , 204 AO4 There is an infestation of Achillea millefolium in a lawn. This is not the first time the owner has ha this prolem. In the past, the wee was treate with chemicals which cause amage to the lawn an the owner woul now like to consier an alternative type of control. Base on the owner s requirements, what course of action shoul e recommene? a. Reuce the frequency of mowing to strengthen the grass.. Apply proprietary top ressing in early spring to encourage grass growth. c. Incorporate san in the soil to iscourage water retention an strengthen the grass.. Scarify the lawn in autumn to remove thatch an improve airflow to encourage grass to grow faster. Knowlege: Wee species, fertiliser an chemical usage an application. Unerstaning: Relating wee species to environmental conitions, appropriate methos of control. avantages an isavantages of control measures for wee species, plant species. Evaluation: Consier inter-relate factors an arrive at est case solution , 204 AO4 A lanscape garener is oing a routine maintenance visit to a client s house. The garen is very sany loam an the estalishe shru orer looks like it requires feeing. Which fertiliser is most suitale for the orer? a a. Compoun fertiliser with NPK only.. Straight fertiliser with high K. c. Fee with iron to alance iron with N P K.. Fee with high N an P. Knowlege: Soil types, fertiliser types, shrus.

12 Unerstaning: Relating fertiliser requirements to type of soil an plants, unerstaning chemicals in fertilisers. planning garen routine maintenance in relation to plants an garen specification. Evaluation: Customer requirements, scientific principles ase on knowlege of soil type an plant group.