ORNAMENTAL AND TURF TDA
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) - ANS Who is the primary agency regulating
pesticides in Texas?
IPM (Integrated Pest Management) - ANS Comprehensive approach that uses biological,
cultural, physical, and chemical controls in a careful, environmentally sound manner.
Landscape Problems - ANS Biotic, abiotic, and natural factors
Biological control - ANS Involves manipulating the natural enemies of pets
Cultural control - ANS Involve in taking care of the plants, such as site selection and watering
practices.
Mechanical control - ANS Involves the use of equipment or manual operations to keep out or
disrupt the life cycle of pests.
Host plant resistance - ANS Some plants can tolerate damage from certain pests or are
unsuitable for pest development.
Chemical control - ANS Involves the use of pesticides to destroy pests, control their activity,
or prevent them from causing damage.
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, Plant selection - ANS Choose all landscape plants according to their water requirements,
shade tolerance, and susceptibility to pests.
Preventive applications - ANS Involves applying a pesticide before the problem appears.
Reactive, or curative, treatments - ANS Occur after you notice the pest or its damage.
100 - ANS Mix and load pesticides at least ____ feet from wells, lakes, streams, rivers, and
storm drains.
Drift - ANS The unintended movement of pesticides through the air during or after
application to an area other than the intended target.
Runoff - ANS Movement of pesticides across the treated surface, such as a lawn.
Pesticide adjuvants - ANS Are products designed to make pesticides more effective.
16 - ANS How many elements do plants need?
Temperature, moisture, and sunlight - ANS What greatly influences the amount of time
required for a pesticide to degrade after application?
systemic insecticides - ANS are absorbed by plant roots or foliage and than translocated
throughout the plants. best against piercing sucking insects
Hot and Dry - ANS During what kind of weather are damaging infestations of spider mites
most likely to occur?
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LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) - ANS Who is the primary agency regulating
pesticides in Texas?
IPM (Integrated Pest Management) - ANS Comprehensive approach that uses biological,
cultural, physical, and chemical controls in a careful, environmentally sound manner.
Landscape Problems - ANS Biotic, abiotic, and natural factors
Biological control - ANS Involves manipulating the natural enemies of pets
Cultural control - ANS Involve in taking care of the plants, such as site selection and watering
practices.
Mechanical control - ANS Involves the use of equipment or manual operations to keep out or
disrupt the life cycle of pests.
Host plant resistance - ANS Some plants can tolerate damage from certain pests or are
unsuitable for pest development.
Chemical control - ANS Involves the use of pesticides to destroy pests, control their activity,
or prevent them from causing damage.
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, Plant selection - ANS Choose all landscape plants according to their water requirements,
shade tolerance, and susceptibility to pests.
Preventive applications - ANS Involves applying a pesticide before the problem appears.
Reactive, or curative, treatments - ANS Occur after you notice the pest or its damage.
100 - ANS Mix and load pesticides at least ____ feet from wells, lakes, streams, rivers, and
storm drains.
Drift - ANS The unintended movement of pesticides through the air during or after
application to an area other than the intended target.
Runoff - ANS Movement of pesticides across the treated surface, such as a lawn.
Pesticide adjuvants - ANS Are products designed to make pesticides more effective.
16 - ANS How many elements do plants need?
Temperature, moisture, and sunlight - ANS What greatly influences the amount of time
required for a pesticide to degrade after application?
systemic insecticides - ANS are absorbed by plant roots or foliage and than translocated
throughout the plants. best against piercing sucking insects
Hot and Dry - ANS During what kind of weather are damaging infestations of spider mites
most likely to occur?
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