Turf & Landscape (3.0)questions and
correct answers
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -(correct
answer)Yellowed Leaves What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the
target pest goes through? -(correct answer)To target the most vulnerable life stage. When are
eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? -(correct answer)April through early June. How many
seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? -(correct answer)Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. -(correct answer)Seeds. What TYPE of herbicide is
best suited for controlling perennial weeds? -(correct answer)Systemic. Why do you make
post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's growth stage listed on the
label? -(correct answer)Selectivity is determined by growth stage. What can minimize negative
herbicide impacts? -(correct answer)Keep herbicides off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________.
-(correct answer)Environmental conditions. Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied
more than once? -(correct answer)They only protect existing growth. Which pesticide is best
suited for dispatching moles? -(correct answer)Poison bait. What herbicide
CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping charlie WITHOUT damaging
surrounding turf? -(correct answer)Narrow spectrum. What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide
active ingredient? -(correct answer)Common name. What is necessary for herbicides to kill a
plant? -(correct answer)Getting absorbed into the plant. What type of herbicide is absorbed
and trans-located throughout the plant? -(correct answer)Systemic. WHY do manufacturers
mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? -(correct answer)To make the pesticide
easier to use. Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the
target pest? -(correct answer)Better residual time on the weed. What is an advantage of using
a GRANULAR herbicide? -(correct answer)Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? -(correct answer)To make the product
stick better. Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? -(correct
correct answers
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -(correct
answer)Yellowed Leaves What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the
target pest goes through? -(correct answer)To target the most vulnerable life stage. When are
eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? -(correct answer)April through early June. How many
seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? -(correct answer)Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. -(correct answer)Seeds. What TYPE of herbicide is
best suited for controlling perennial weeds? -(correct answer)Systemic. Why do you make
post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's growth stage listed on the
label? -(correct answer)Selectivity is determined by growth stage. What can minimize negative
herbicide impacts? -(correct answer)Keep herbicides off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________.
-(correct answer)Environmental conditions. Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied
more than once? -(correct answer)They only protect existing growth. Which pesticide is best
suited for dispatching moles? -(correct answer)Poison bait. What herbicide
CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping charlie WITHOUT damaging
surrounding turf? -(correct answer)Narrow spectrum. What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide
active ingredient? -(correct answer)Common name. What is necessary for herbicides to kill a
plant? -(correct answer)Getting absorbed into the plant. What type of herbicide is absorbed
and trans-located throughout the plant? -(correct answer)Systemic. WHY do manufacturers
mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? -(correct answer)To make the pesticide
easier to use. Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the
target pest? -(correct answer)Better residual time on the weed. What is an advantage of using
a GRANULAR herbicide? -(correct answer)Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? -(correct answer)To make the product
stick better. Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? -(correct
