LEA REVIEW QUESTIONS

GILDA S. DE ASIS, Ph.D.

Reviewer
REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY

1. The chlorophyll is commonly found

in:
a. vascular bundles
b. mesophyll cells
c. stomata
d. mitochondria
PHYSIOLOGY

2. Light absorption by the leaf is lowest

in:
a. red
b. blue
c. green
d. yellow
PHYSIOLOGY

3. The Krantz anatomy of chloroplast

cells is found in:
a. C3 plants
b. C4 plants
c. CAM plants
d. rice plants
PHYSIOLOGY

4. The products of the light reaction

phase of photosynthesis are:
a. O2 and ATP
b. CH2O and NADPH
c. ATP and NADH
d. ATP and NADPH
PHYSIOLOGY

5. Cell turgidity in plants is maintained

thru:
a. respiration
b. osmoregulation
c. translocation
d. transpiration
PHYSIOLOGY
6. The process by which ATP is formed
when the electron donor is the sensitized
PS1 rather then the oxidation of H2O in
the light reaction phase of photosynthesis
is known as:
a. oxidative phosphorylation
b. photosynthetic phosphorylation
c. cyclic photophosphorylation
d. cyclic photodecomposition
PHYSIOLOGY
7. The dark reaction phase (otherwise
known as biochemical phase) of
photosynthesis has been called as
such because it:
a. does not take place during the
day
b. does not require light
c. requires total darkness
d. occurs inside the leaf
PHYSIOLOGY

8. Rice is classified as C3 species

because its first stable product of
photosynthesis is a 3-carbon acid
known as:
a. pyruvic acid
b. oxaloacetic acid
c. 3-phosphoglyceric acid
d. phosphoric acid
PHYSIOLOGY
9. The photosynthetic potential of a given species is
fully expressed when the following
environmental factors are optimum:
a. solar radiation and temperature
b. CO2 concentration, solar radiation and
temperature
c. Plant moisture status, solar radiation, and
CO2 concentration
d. Solar radiation, temperature, CO2
concentration, and plant moisture status
PHYSIOLOGY
10. Photosynthesis is usually low under drought
conditions because:
a. water as an electron donor in the electron
transport system is not available
b. stomatal resistance to the diffusion of CO2
into the leaf is high
c. the CO2 concentration gradient between
the air and the leaf is very wide
d. the photosynthetic apparatus is
permanently damaged
PHYSIOLOGY

11. The products of glycolysis in higher

forms of plants are:
a. NADH and ATP
b. ATP and H2O
c. NADH and H2O
d. CO2 and citric acid
PHYSIOLOGY

12. The Krebs cycle takes place in the:

a. chloroplast
b. mitochondrion
c. vacuole
d. peroxisome
PHYSIOLOGY

13. Assimilates are translocated via the:

a. xylem tissue
b. Kranz anatomy
c. phloem tissue
d. epidermis
PHYSIOLOGY

14. The movement of substance

against a concentration or chemical
gradient is known as:
a. passive transport
b. chemical transport
c. active transport
d. membrane transport
PHYSIOLOGY

15. Oxygen as one of the products of

photosynthesis evolves from:
a. the oxidation of H2O
b. photolysis of H2O
c. the reduction of CO2
d. the reduction of H2O
PHYSIOLOGY

16. The sites of the C3 and C4 pathways

of CO2 fixation are
compartmentalized in the leaves of:
a. corn, sugarcane and rice
b. sugarcane and corn
c. mungbean and pineapple
d. corn and soybean
PHYSIOLOGY

17. The major products of respiration

are the following:
a. ATP, H2O and NADH
b. CO2 and ATP
c. NADH and ATP
d. ATP, H2O, CO2 and NADH
PHYSIOLOGY
18. Respiration is a necessary evil in plants because:
a. It breaks down glucose which should have
been used in the synthesis of complex
compounds
b. It leads to the loss of glucose but generates
metabolic energy and organic compounds that
are used in the synthesis of structural storage
compounds.
c. It generates CO2, H2O and ATP
d. It generates heat energy for transpiration
PHYSIOLOGY

19. Decarboxylation of malate in the

leaves or corn takes place in:
a. the cytosol of the mesophyll cells
b. the cytosol of the bundle sheaths
c. the mitochondrion of the bundle
sheaths
d. peroxisome
PHYSIOLOGY

20. In the 1030’s- 1950’s,

photosynthesis was intensified by:
a. use of carbon isotopes
b. detection of PGA as first product
c. Hatch and Slack
d. Blackman
PHYSIOLOGY

21. C3 plants have:

a. Only one CO2 fixation pathway
b. Two CO2 fixation pathways
separated in space
c. Two CO2 fixation pathways
separated in time
d. Three CO2 fixation pathways
PHYSIOLOGY

22. An RQ value of 1 means:

a. glucose is being respired
b. fats are being respired
c. anaerobic respiration is taking
place
d. aerobic respiration is involved
PHYSIOLOGY

23. The main path of movement of

inorganic substances in plants is:
a. roots
b. xylem
c. phloem
d. leaves
PHYSIOLOGY

24. Passive movement occurs:

a. from a cell with high potential to a
cell with low potential
b. only through a semi-permeable
membrane
c. through cytoplasmic streaming
d. from a cell with low potential to a
cell with high potential
PHYSIOLOGY
25. According to the first Fick’s Law of Diffusion, the
influx of CO2 into the leaf is:
a. Directly proportional to the size of stomatal
opening
b. Inversely proportional to the CO2
concentration gradient between the leaf and
the air
c. Inversely proportional to total resistance
d. Directly proportional to the CO2 concentration
between leaf and air and inversely
proportional to total resistance
PHYSIOLOGY

26. Water is translocated from the roots

to the upper parts via two
membranes of the conducting tissue
namely:
a. vessel and sieve tube
b. tracheids and vessels
c. tracheids and sieve tube
d. vessel and companion cell
PHYSIOLOGY

27. As autotroph, plants:

a. can directly use CO2 to synthesize its
food
b. act as host to N2 fixing bacteria
c. obtain nutrients fro the soil
d. obtain nutrient from crop residue
PHYSIOLOGY

28. The ascent of sap from the roots to

the leaves of actively transpiring
plants is driven largely by:
a. water tension gradient
b. water potential
c. osmotic pressure
d. low root pressure
PHYSIOLOGY
29. Transpiration is a very useful process in
plants because it is:
a. involved in heat exchange between the
leaves and the air
b. essential in the distribution of essential
nutrients in plants
c. important in water and nutrient
utilization
d. needed in solubilizing organic
compounds
PHYSIOLOGY

30. The light reaction phase of

photosynthesis takes place in the:
a. chloroplast
b. thylakoid lamellae
c. stroma
d. chlorophyll
PHYSIOLOGY
31.Plant roll their leaves to:
a. reduce the rate of transpirational
water loss
b. increase the probability of
dessication
c. change the angle of incidence of
diffused light with respect to the leaf
surface
d. increase leaf water content
PHYSIOLOGY

32. Both photosynthetic and respiration

rates are influenced by:
a. RH and CO2 concentration
b. O2 concentration
c. Temperature and CO2
concentration
d. Temperature and RH
PHYSIOLOGY

33. Which is present in plant cells not

present in animal cells?
a. cell membrane
b. cell wall
c, ribosome
d. vacuole
PHYSIOLOGY

34. The most common type of cells in

plants:
a. aerenchyma
b. collenchyma
c. sclerenchyma
d. parenchyma
PHYSIOLOGY

35. Root hairs are uncutinized

epidermal appendages located at the:
a. cell division region
b. meristematic region
c. cell maturation region
d. cell elongation region
PHYSIOLOGY

37. The type of cell for storage:

a. collenchyma
b. slerenchyma
c. parenchyma
d. clorenchyma
PHYSIOLOGY

38. Adjacent cell walls are cemented

together by means of:
a. cell membrane
b. plasma membrane
c. middle lamella
d. lipid membrane
PHYSIOLOGY

39. The tissue found in the root but not

in the stem is known as:
a. endodermis
b. epidermis
c. pericycle
d. pith
PHYSIOLOGY

40. Which is an example of a CAM

plant?
a. rice
b. corn
c. soybean
d. pineapple
PHYSIOLOGY

41. Cells controlling opening and

closing of the stomates:
a. stomatal cells
b. guard cells
c. parenchyma cells
d. sieve tube
PHYSIOLOGY

42. Loss of water in liquid form:

a. transpiration
b. guttation
c. translocation
d. evaporation
PHYSIOLOGY

43. Most of transpiration occurs in the:

a. stomates
b. cuticle
c. lenticels
d. hydathodes
PHYSIOLOGY

44. Production of ATP via the electron

Transport System:
a. cyclic photophosphorylation
b. noncyclic photophosphorylation
c. oxidative phosphorylation
d. phosphorylation
PHYSIOLOGY

45. Movement of water and solutes in

dead xylem vessels and intercellulsr
spaces is called:
a. apoplastic transport
b. symplastic transport
c. transpirational stream
d. trnslocation
PHYSIOLOGY

46. Main form of photosynthate

translocated is:
a. sucrose
b. glucose
c. fructose
d. protein
PHYSIOLOGY

47. How many ATPs are released from

one (1) NADH via the Electron
Transport System?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
PHYSIOLOGY

48. Glycolysis occurs in the:

a. cytoplasm
b. mitochondria
c. chloroplast
d. vacuole
PHYSIOLOGY

49. Type of chlorophyll primarily found

in all plants:
a. chlorophyll a
b. chlorophyll b
c. chlorophyll c
d. chlorophyll d
PHYSIOLOGY

50. Central element of a chlorophyll

molecule:
a. carbon
b. nitrogen
c. magnesium
d. phosphorus
Answers to Plant Physiology
1. B 11. A 21. A 31. A
41. B
2. C 12. B 22. A 32. C
42. B
3. B 13. C 23. B 33. B
43. A
4. D 14. C 24. A 34. D
44. C
5. B 15. B 25. D 35. C
45. A
6. C 16. B 26. B 36. C
46. A
7. B 17. D 27. A 37. C
47. C
8. C 18. B 28. A 38. C
48. A
9. D 19. B 29. A 39. A
49. A
10. B 20. A 30. B 40. D
50. C
REVIEW
QUESTIONS IN
PLANT GROWTH &
DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
1. The distribution of growth in plants is not
uniform and it usually takes place in growth
centers such as:
a. flowers
b. stems
c. meristems
d. branches
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
2. The mechanism in which plant growth is
governed by some kind of ‘division of labor’
among cells and different plant parts is called:
a. genome
b. endogenous growth rhythm
c. correlation mechanism
d. exogenous growth rhythm
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
3. This phytohormone is also called the ripening
hormone:
a. IAA
b. gibberellin
c. cytokinin
d. ethylene
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
4. The response of plant by growing towards
the direction of light is called:
a. geotropism
b. phototropism
c. thigmotropism
d. epinasty
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
5. The effective wavelength for photoperiodism
is:
a. red and blue
b. far red and red
c. ultraviolet
d. gamma ray
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
6. This type of dormancy due to one or more
unsuitable factors of the environment, which
are non-specific in their effect. In seeds this is
equivalent to quiescence.
a. paradormancy
b. endodormancy
c. ecodormancy
d. chemical dormancy
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
7. Plant responses to seasonal variations in the
length of day are collectively known as:
a. vernalization
b. photoperiodism
c. circadian rhythm
d. morphogenesis
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
8. Photoreceptor involved in photoperiodism is:
a. phytochrome
b. chlorophyll
c. carotenoids
d. flavins
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
9. Which is not a feature of the Pfr form of
phytochrome:
a. It is blue-green in color
b. It is convertible to Pr form
c. It is far-red light absorbing form
d. It is red orange in color
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
10. The natural termination of the functional life
of an organ, organism or other life unit which
is also regarded as the final phase in plant
development:
a. deterioration phase
b. abscission phase
c. senescence
d. growth inhibition
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
11. Phototropism is a growth response to
unidirectional light which is probably
influenced by a particular growth hormone:
a. ABA
b. IAA
c. Kinetin
d. GA
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
12. Leaf senescence like the other types of
senescence can be promoted by the
application of the growth hormone:
a. cytokinin
b. ABA
c. GA
d. auxin
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
13. The bending or curvature (of an organ) caused by a
differential growth when the adaxial or morphological
upper side of an organ grows more rapidly than the
abaxial or morphological lower side of the organ and
is always associated with high ethylene
concentration:
a. hyponasty
b. thigmonasty
c. epinasty
d. thermonasty
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
14. The growth response of plants to touch that
is best exemplified by the coiling of tendrils as
in cucurbits:
a. thermotropism
b. seismonasty
c. thigmotropism
d. thigmomorphogenesis
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
15. A characteristic response of roots and
shoots such as they align themselves parallel
to direction of the gravity:
a. digravitropic
b. agravitropic
c. orthogravitropic
d. negative tropism
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
16. A variation movement caused by daily
rhythms of light and dark resulting from
changes in the turgor of motor cells in the
pulvinus located at the base of each leaf:
a. nyctinasty
b. thermonasty
c. seismonasty
d. circumnutation
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
17. The overall shape of plants is determined
by:
a. allometric growth
b. growth correlation
c. apical dominance
d. hormonal imbalance
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
18. Senescence is an energy-requiring process
brought about by metabolic changes, one of
which is the destruction of the pigment:
a. carotenoid
b. xanthophylls
c. anthocyanin
d. chlorophyll
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
19. Stomatal closure is not only due to
deficiency of turgor pressure but also due to
the action of hormones. It is effected by:
a. ethylene
b. gibberellin
c. cytokinin
d. abscissic acid
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
20. The production of ethylene is due to the
action of the growth hormone:
a. GA
b. auxin
c. cytokinin
d. ABA
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
21. Any organic substance which at low
concentration, promotes, inhibits or modifies
growth.
a. hormone
b. fertilizer
c. enhancer
d. modifier
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
22. A substance whether natural or synthetic
that can modify growth:
a. growth regulator
b. fertilizer
c. nutrient media
d. enhancer
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
23. The G in the equation Y = G + E + (G x E)
refers to:
a. Growth
b. Genotype
c. Gender
d. Geotropism
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
24. The special cells that allow rice plants to
adjust to varying levels of O2 in the growth
medium are called:
a. aerenchyma cells
b. bulliform cells
c. phytochrome cells
d. chloroplast cells
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
25. A type of senescence which is characterized
by an annual change in deciduous woody
plants in which all the leaves die but the bulk
of the stem and root system remain viable:
a. whole plant senescence
b. organ senescence
c. sequential senescence
d. leaf senescence
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
26. The organ movement such that the axis
comes to lie at right angles to the direction of
the gravitational field as exhibited by stolons
of potato and strawberry:
a. heliotropism
b. plagiogeotropism
c. diagravitropism
d. positive geotropism
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
27. The pattern of assimilate partitioning in
plants varies
a. with stage of growth and development
b. with kind of fertilizer applied
c. depending on the flux of solar energy
d. with total rainfall
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
28. The relationship between growth rates of
individual parts of an organ or organism is
known as:
a. shoot-root ratio
b. harvest index
c. allometry
d. plant symmetry
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
29. Net assimilation rate is sometimes referred
to as:
a. photosynthesis
b. crop growth rate
c. unit leaf rate
d. specific growth rate
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
30. The ratio of shoot dry weight to root dry
weight is known as:
a. root-shoot ratio
b. shoot-root ratio
c. plant biomass ratio
d. harvest index
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
31. Certain plant organs move when exposed to
water stress to:
a. maintain adequate moisture content
b. maximize photosynthetic activity
c. maintain optimum translocation during the
day
d. balance their heat load with the
surrounding air
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
32. Lanzones can be induced to flower by:
a. pruning
b. irrigation after long dry months
c. chemical spray
d. smoking
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
33. Grapes can be induced to flower by:
a. irrigation
b. calcium carbide
c. smudging
d. pruning
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
34. The plant hormones that release buds from
apical dominance:
a. auxin
b. gibberrellin
c. cytokinin
d. ethylene
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
35. Storing matured fruits in plastic bags
_________ ripening of fruits.
a. enhances
b. delays
c. stops
d. prevents
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
36. __________ is the resumption of embryo
growth.
a. dormancy
b. germination
c. absorption
d. imbibition
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
37. In plants, these are recurring events or
oscillations:
a. correlative mechanisms
b. endogenous rhythms
c. biological clock
d. flowering
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
38. Apical dominance which is the influence of
the terminal bud preventing the growth of the
lateral bud is effected by:
a. ethylene
b. gibberellin
c. auxin
d. cytokinin
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
39. The foolish seedling growth is associated
with what plant hormone?
a. auxin
b. gibberellin
c. cytokinin
d. abscissic acid
GROWTH AND DEVELOMENT
40. A plant showing tolerance mechanism of
resistance to water deficit:
a. adjusts its water absorption rate to
maintain cell turgidity
b. maintains relatively high stomatal
conductance even if water deficit is
progressing to a higher level
c. rolls its leaves to reduce respiration
d. extends its roots horizontally to explore soil
moisture around the root zone
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
41. The phenomenon of seedlessness in fruits:
a. apomixis
b. parthenocarpy
c. polyembryony
d. epinasty
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
42. Plant hormone influencing chlorophyll
formation and delaying chlorophyll
breakdown:
a. cytokinin
b. auxin
c. ethylene
d. giberrellin
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
43. Process by which cells become specialized:
a. cell division
b. cell elongation
c. cell differentiation
d. cell maturation
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
44. The irreversible increase in size of an
organism.
a. growth
b. development
c. organization
d. differentiation
PLANT GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
45. A characteristic of a mature plant:
a. cannot be induce to flower
b. has fruits
c. ripe to flower
d. has suckers
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
46. The transition of a flower into a young fruit
is:
a. fruit set
b. fruit growth
c. fruit maturation
d. anthesis
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
47. A stage in plant where growth is fast and
cannot be readily induced to flower is said to
be in the:
a. exponential stage
b. juvenile stage
c. mature stage
d. senescence
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
48. Which is a naturally occurring auxin?
a. IBA
b. NAA
c. IAA
d. 2,4-D
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
49. Hyperelongation of the stem prior to
flowering of rosette plants is due to the
hormone:
a. auxin
b. gibberellin
c. cytokinin
d. ethylene
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
50. Meristems that influence increase in length
of the internodes of grasses:
a. apical meristem
b. lateral meristem
c. intercalary meristem
d. cambium
Answers to Plant Growth & Development

1. C 11. B 21. A 31. D 41. B

2. C 12. B 22. A 32. B 42. A
3. D 13. C 23. B 33. D 43. C
4. B 14. C 24. A 34. C 44. A
5. A 15. C 25. A 35. A 45. C
6. C 16. A 26. C 36. B 46. A
7. B 17. B 27. A 37. B 47. B
8. A 18. D 28. C 38. C 48. C
9. D 19. D 29. C 39. B 49. B
10. C 20. B 30. B 40. B 50. C
REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
PLANT PROPAGATION
PROPAGATION

1. The capacity of a cell cultured in vitro to

regenerate into a plant.
a. potency
b. totipotency
c. sustainability
d. culturablity
PROPAGATION

2. Production of various organs such as

root, shoot, etc. from cells and tissue
cultures is known as
a. organogenesis
b. adventiseous
c. megagametogenesis
d. gametogenesis
PROPAGATION

3. The plant part to be cultured in vitro is

known as:
a. mother plant
b. source plant
c. explant
d. stock plant
PROPAGATION

4. Removal of developing embryo from

seed and its cultivation in vitro is called:
a. ovule culture
b. endosperm culture
c. seed culture
d. embryo culture
PROPAGATION

5. The implantation of a meristem from

another plant to a plantlet or sterile plant
in vitro:
a. grafting
b. micrografting
c. budding
d. layering
PROPAGATION

6. This refers to a group of cells, tissues or plants

derived from a single mother cell, tissue or
plant through asexual means and is expected
to be genetically identical.
a. clone
b. meristem
c. bud
d. scion
PROPAGATION

7. A sterile plant with functional roots and

shoots developed in vitro is:
a. seedling
b. embryo
c. plantlet
d. radicle
PROPAGATION

8. Combining together a rootstock and

scion until they unite permanently:
a. marcotting
b. layering
c. grafting
d. cutting
PROPAGATION

9. Example of a plant propagated by root

cutting:
a. onion
b. okra
c. guava
d. eggplant
PROPAGATION

10. Air layering is also known as:

a. marcotting
b. budding
c. grafting
d. inarching
PROPAGATION

11. In cleft grafting, the wedge is located at

the:
a. scion
b. root stock
c. top of scion
d. base of scion
PROPAGATION

12. Inarching is also known as:

a. approach grafting
b. layering
c. marcotting
d. serpentine
PROPAGATION

13. For rapid rate of multiplication, the type

of propagation generally practiced is:
a. micropropagation
b. asexual
c. sexual
d. grafting
PROPAGATION

14. The easiest method of artificial/asexual

propagation.
a. marcotting
b. inarching
c. layering
d. cutting
PROPAGATION

15. Type of germination when the

cotyledon comes above the ground.
a. hypogeal
b. epigeal
c. hypho-epigeal
d. exodermus
PROPAGATION

16. The treatment that removes the seed

coat or alter it making it permeable to
water:
a. scarification
b. stratification
c. vernalization
d. separation
PROPAGATION

17. The placement of seeds between

layers of either moist sand, soil or
sawdust at high or low temperature:
a. separation
b. vernalization
c. scarification
d. stratification
PROPAGATION

18. Seeds that can be kept viable for a

longer period of time provided they are
properly dried and stored:
a. recalcitrant
b. foundation
c. orthodox
d. certified
PROPAGATION

19. Seeds that could not be kept viable for

a long time. It cannot withstand drying.
a. recalcitrant
b. registered
c. foundation
d. orthodox
PROPAGATION

20. Another term for propagating materials:

a. vegetative
b. separation
c. division
d. propagules
PROPAGATION

21. Slender specialized aerial stems that

grow horizontally along the ground from
the leaf axil at the base or crown:
a. sucker
b. runner
c. slip
d. crown
PROPAGATION

22. Method of artificial vegetative

propagation involving regeneration of
severed plant part (root, leaf, stem)
from the mother plant:
a. layering
b. grafting
c. budding
d. cutting
PROPAGATION

23. Type of cutting that consists of a leaf

blade, petiole and short piece of the
stem with an axillary bud:
a. stem cutting
b. leaf cutting
c. leaf bud cutting
d. root cutting
PROPAGATION

24. A specialized form of grafting in which a

single detached bud is used as a scion
instead of a stem:
a. cleft
b. saddle
c. whip & tongue
d. budding
PROPAGATION
25. Method of artificial vegetative propagation
when the plant part to be rooted is still
attached from the parent plant which supplies
the nutrients and moisture while the part is
rooting:
a. cutting
b. grafting
c. layering
d. budding
PROPAGATION

26. Method of artificial plant propagation

when rootstock and scion are made to
unite while both of them are still
growing on their own roots:
a. marcotting
b. inarching
c. grafting
d. layering
PROPAGATION

27. Propagation method where the

resulting plants are true-to-type:
a. sexual
b. thinning
c. asexual
d. etiolation
PROPAGATION

28. An example of a recalcitrant seed:

a. tomato
b. eggplant
c. avocado
d. starapple
PROPAGATION

29. Which is not an advantage of asexual

propagation:
a. true-to-type
b. allows propagation when seed
propagation is impossible
c. resulting plants are smaller
d. takes a long time to mature
PROPAGATION

30. Which is propagated by division:

a. sucker
b. runner
c. corm
d. crown
PROPAGATION

31. A seed is considered alive in the

tetrazolium test when:
a. whole seed is stained
b. radicle portion is not stained but the
rest of the seed is
c. plumule portion is not stained but the
rest of the seed is
d. half the seed is stained
PROPAGATION

32. Seeds which can be dried to a low

moisture but cannot tolerate low
temperature like coffee and papaya are
considered:
a. recalcitrant
b. orthodox
c. intermediate
d. none of the above
PROPAGATION

33. Which is an optional requirement for

favorable seed germination?
a. optimum temperature
b. 20% O2 concentration
c. light
d. proper amount of water
PROPAGATION

34. The most favorable condition for storing

orthodox seeds is:
a. dry and cool condition
b. dry and hot condition
c. moist and cool condition
d. moist and hot condition
PROPAGATION

35. Among the following dessicants or

drying agents, it is the most effective thus
a smaller amount is required.
a. lime
b. charcoal
c. silica gel
d. wood ash
PROPAGATION

36. The most suitable method for

germination test of very small seeds is:
a. rolled filter paper
b. petri dish with filter paper
c. ragdoll method
d. sand
PROPAGATION

37. In storing seeds with desiccants. Seeds

should be placed inside a;
a. polyethylene or plastic bag
b. cloth bag
c. aluminum foil
d. paper bag
PROPAGATION

38. Mangosteen and marang are propagated by

seeds. The seeds would be germinated within
a week because they cannot be stored for a
long time. The seeds are:
a. orthodox
b. apomictic
c. recalcitrant
d. photoblastic
PROPAGATION

39. The best type of planting materials for

crops like cereals and legumes are:
a. seeds
b. stem cuttings
c. root cuttings
d. tissue cultured plants
PROPAGATION

40. Sexual propagation is preferred over asexual

propagation because:
a. Planting materials are easy to produce,
inexpensive and have hybrid vigor
b. Offsprings are true-to-type and early bearers
c. Offsprings produced are smaller in height
d. Offsprings are late bearer and there is no
incompatibility
PROPAGATION

41. Removal of off types.

a. weeding
b. roguing
c. pruning
d. training
PROPAGATION

42. The practice of growing a new crop out

of shoots arising from the previous crop
is called:
a. replanting
b. re-cropping
c. ratooning
d. rejuvenation
43. Seeds or seedlings are better planting
materials than asexual propagation
when:
a. there is benefit of hybrid vigor
b. crops could be direct seeded
c. crops can be propagated by seeds
d. crops can be grafted or rooted as
cuttings
44. Classification of seeds are based on these
concepts:
a. Orthodox seeds can be kept for long periods
in storage when moisture content is low
b. Recalcitrant seeds are more associated with
perennial horticultural crops
c. Seeds of corn, rice, eggplant and squash are
recalcitrant seeds
d. Seeds of rambutan, mango and avocado are
orthodox seeds
PROPAGATION

45. In a seedling, it is the stem section

above the cotyledon:
a. epicotyl
b. hypocotyl
c. plumule
d. radicle
PROPAGATION

46. Which is not a requisite for germination

to occur?
a. water
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. light
PROPAGATION

47. Seeds produced without the union of

the male and female gametes are
__________ seeds:
a. parthenocarpic
b. apomictic
c. embryonic
d.
PROPAGATION

48. The part of the seed derived from the

fertilization of the egg cell by one of the
two male nuclei from the pollen tube.
a. seedcoat
b. endosperm
c. embryo
d. cotyledon
PROPAGATION

49. In grafting, it is the upper portion of the

graft.
a. rootstock
b. scion
c. budstick
d. cambium
PROPAGATION

50. Aerial plantlets formed on the leaf axils

or flower stalks.
a. bulblets
b. pseudobulbs
c. bulbils
d. offsets
Answers to Plant Propagation Questions

 1. B 11. D 21. B 31. A 41. B

 2. A 12. A 22. D 32. C 42. C

 3. C 13. A 23. C 33. C 43. A

 4. D 14. D 24. D 34. A 44. A

 5. B 15. B 25. C 35. C 45. A

 6. A 16. A 26. B 36. B 46. C

 7. C 17. D 27. C 37. C 47. B

 8. C 18. C 28. C 38. C 48. C

 9. C 19. A 29. D 39. A 49. B

 10. A 20. D 30. C 40. A 50. C

 References

LEA Reviewer from UPLB

LEA Reviewer from CLSU
Lecture Syllabus, Crop Science 1, UPLB