Turf & Landscape (3.0) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam 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 ANSWER - Federal
insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
ACTUAL Exam 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 ANSWER - Federal
insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
