===Question 1 - A Texas ranger shrub that has been regularly and frequently pruned with heading cuts
Selected Answer: is considered formally pruned. ===Question 2 - Training a young tree lowers the probability of corrective pruning later on as the tree
matures. - Selected Answer: True ===Question 3 - Natural or informal pruning involves: - Selected Answer: the infrequent removal of stems of different
lengths and depths within the shrub canopy using mostly heading cuts. ===Question 4 - Which of the following pruning strategies should be used to create
a shrub with a formal appearance? - Selected Answer: shearing ===Question 5 - The proper pruning tool to use when branches are smaller than 1" in
thickness, but larger than 3/8" in thickness is: - Selected Answer: lopper ===Question 6 - Reasons for pruning woody plants include - Selected Answer: all of
the above ===Question 7 - A practice called "topping" is the best way to reduce the overall size of a tree. Because of this regular topping of trees should
be done, especially when large trees have been planted in small residential and commercial landscapes. - Selected Answer: False ===Question 8 - Always
apply non-toxic latex white pruning paint to pruning wounds immediately after the pruning job has been completed in order to prevent entry of diseases
into the plant tissue and facilitate healing of the pruning wound. - Selected Answer: False ===Question 9 - An example of a tree with an excurrent growth
habit is a - Selected Answer: pine ===Question 10 - The best time of year to prune flowering shrubs like Texas ranger that flower on new wood is -
Selected Answer: in the late winter or later February ===Question 11 - When pruning palm trees it is important to ______________. - Selected Answer:
never remove more fronds than the palm tree produces in one year ===Question 12 - Removal of large trees limbs with a pruning saw is most safely and
correctly accomplished by standing on a ladder and using a single cut from below the branch. - Selected Answer: False
Question 1 (2 out of 2 points)
A Texas ranger shrub that has been regularly and
frequently pruned with heading cuts
Selected Answer: is considered formally pruned.
Answers: is considered formally pruned.
Question 2 (2 out of 2 points)
Training a young tree lowers the probability of
corrective pruning later on as the tree matures.
Selected Answer: True
Answers: True
Question 3 (2 out of 2 points)
Natural or informal pruning involves:
Selected Answer: the infrequent removal of
stems of different lengths and depths
within the shrub canopy using mostly
heading cuts.
Answers: the infrequent removal of stems of
different lengths and depths within the
shrub canopy using mostly heading cuts.
Question 4 (2 out of 2 points)
Which of the following pruning strategies should be
used to create a shrub with a formal appearance?
Selected Answer: shearing
Answers: shearing
Question 5 (2 out of 2 points)
The proper pruning tool to use when branches are
smaller than 1" in thickness, but larger than 3/8" in
thickness is:
Selected Answer: lopper
Answers: lopper
Question 6 (2 out of 2 points)
Reasons for pruning woody plants include
Selected Answer: all of the above
Answers: all of the above
Question 7 (2 out of 2 points)
A practice called "topping" is the best way to
reduce the overall size of a tree. Because of this
regular topping of trees should be done, especially
when large trees have been planted in small
residential and commercial landscapes.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: False
Question 8 (2 out of 2 points)
Always apply non-toxic latex white pruning paint to
pruning wounds immediately after the pruning job
has been completed in order to prevent entry of
diseases into the plant tissue and facilitate healing
of the pruning wound.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: False
Question 9 (2 out of 2 points)
An example of a tree with an excurrent growth
habit is a
Selected Answer: pine
Answers: pine
Question 10 (2 out of 2 points)
The best time of year to prune flowering shrubs like
Texas ranger that flower on new wood is
Selected Answer: in the late winter or later
February
Answers: in the late winter or later February
Question 11 (2 out of 2 points)
When pruning palm trees it is important to _____.
Selected Answer: never remove more fronds
than the palm tree produces in one year
Answers: never remove more fronds than
the palm tree produces in one year
Question 12 (2 out of 2 points)
Removal of large trees limbs with a pruning saw is
most safely and correctly accomplished by standing
on a ladder and using a single cut from below the
branch.
Selected Answer: False
Answers: False
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