NJ CATEGORY 3A+3B PESTICIDE STUDY EXAM GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Operating a sprayer pump without any liquid can cause serious damage to pump
seals, bearings and other working parts. (T?F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Protective equipment is not usually needed when cleaning and maintaining pesticide
application equipment because the amounts of pesticide present are so small (T/F) -
✔✔False
✔✔Spray drift is a major concern with the use of mist blowers (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A good way to prevent herbicide damage to plants because of residues left in the
spray tank from a previous application is to limit the use of certain spray equipment to
"herbicide only" (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Insect piercing and sucking damage to plants may be done by both nymphs and
adults (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔European spruce gall adelgid has both nymph and adults (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Scale insects feed upon plants and do damage by - ✔✔sucking
✔✔On a leaf heavily infested with aphids, mature females can be found - ✔✔with and
without wings
✔✔The adult birch leaf miners make openings in leaves to - ✔✔lay eggs
✔✔When shrubs are killed by the black vine weevil it is chiefly the result of feeding by -
✔✔larvae
✔✔A caterpillar is a larva of a - ✔✔moth
✔✔An aphid life cycle contains the nymph stage (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A maggot is an immature - ✔✔Fly
✔✔Both the spring cankerworm and the fall cankerworm damage trees in the spring
and early summer (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
, D. Sod Webworm
The insect which feeds mostly on the leaves of turf is the - ✔✔D. Sod Webworm
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect larva which feeds mostly on roots of turf is - ✔✔B. Japanese Beetle
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect adult which feeds mostly on leaves of turf is - ✔✔C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect adult which feeds mostly on stems of turf is - ✔✔A. Chinch Bug
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
leaves and stems chewed off just above the grass indicates feeding by - ✔✔D. Sod
Webworm
✔✔Lawn insects that develops through 5 nymphal stages (gradual metamorphosis) are
- ✔✔Chinch Bugs
✔✔Only the adult hyperodes weevil does damage to turf (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔The immature stages of the chinch bugs and the Japanese beetle do damage to turf
(T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Turf insects which have 4 larval stages The raster is a distinguishing character of -
✔✔White Grubs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Operating a sprayer pump without any liquid can cause serious damage to pump
seals, bearings and other working parts. (T?F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Protective equipment is not usually needed when cleaning and maintaining pesticide
application equipment because the amounts of pesticide present are so small (T/F) -
✔✔False
✔✔Spray drift is a major concern with the use of mist blowers (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A good way to prevent herbicide damage to plants because of residues left in the
spray tank from a previous application is to limit the use of certain spray equipment to
"herbicide only" (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Insect piercing and sucking damage to plants may be done by both nymphs and
adults (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔European spruce gall adelgid has both nymph and adults (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Scale insects feed upon plants and do damage by - ✔✔sucking
✔✔On a leaf heavily infested with aphids, mature females can be found - ✔✔with and
without wings
✔✔The adult birch leaf miners make openings in leaves to - ✔✔lay eggs
✔✔When shrubs are killed by the black vine weevil it is chiefly the result of feeding by -
✔✔larvae
✔✔A caterpillar is a larva of a - ✔✔moth
✔✔An aphid life cycle contains the nymph stage (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A maggot is an immature - ✔✔Fly
✔✔Both the spring cankerworm and the fall cankerworm damage trees in the spring
and early summer (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
, D. Sod Webworm
The insect which feeds mostly on the leaves of turf is the - ✔✔D. Sod Webworm
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect larva which feeds mostly on roots of turf is - ✔✔B. Japanese Beetle
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect adult which feeds mostly on leaves of turf is - ✔✔C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
The insect adult which feeds mostly on stems of turf is - ✔✔A. Chinch Bug
✔✔A. Chinch Bug
B. Japanese Beetle
C. Anual Bluegrass Weevil
D. Sod Webworm
leaves and stems chewed off just above the grass indicates feeding by - ✔✔D. Sod
Webworm
✔✔Lawn insects that develops through 5 nymphal stages (gradual metamorphosis) are
- ✔✔Chinch Bugs
✔✔Only the adult hyperodes weevil does damage to turf (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔The immature stages of the chinch bugs and the Japanese beetle do damage to turf
(T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔Turf insects which have 4 larval stages The raster is a distinguishing character of -
✔✔White Grubs
