CT PESTICIDE APPLICATORS TEST PAPER
FULL SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Microbial pesticide
Answer: consists of a microorganism as the active ingredient;
●● biochemical pesticides
Answer: naturally occurring substances that control pests by nontoxic
mechanisms
●● lawn care pesticide
Answer: a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn, garden and ornamental
sites or areas. "Lawn care pesticide" does not include (A) a microbial
pesticide or biochemical pesticide that is registered with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, (B) a horticultural soap or oil
that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and does not contain any synthetic pesticide or synergist, or (C)
a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency as an exempt material pursuant to 40 CFR 152.25, as amended
from time to time
,●● certified pesticide applicator
Answer: a pesticide applicator with (A) supervisory certification under
section 22a-54 of the general statutes, or (B) operational certification
under section 22a-54 of the general statutes, who operates under the
direct supervision of a pesticide applicator with such supervisory
certification
●● controlling authority
Answer: the executive head of the municipal department responsible for
the maintenance of a playground or such person's designee. "Controlling
authority" does not include the executive head of any municipal
department responsible for the maintenance of any school
●● Municipal Playground
Answer: an outdoor area owned or controlled by any town, city or
borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough
that is designated, dedicated and customarily used for playing by
children, such as any such outdoor area that contains any swing set,
slide, climbing structure, playset or device or object upon which children
play. "Municipal playground" does not include any: (A) Playground
located on the premises of any school, or (B) athletic field
●● Herbaceous Ornamentals
Answer: Ajuga • Begonia • Chrysanthemum • Dahlia • Fern • Flowering
Bulbs (spring and summer) • Geranium • Impatiens • Iris • Marigold •
Pachysandra • Petunia • Salvia • Vinca minor (myrtle, periwinkle) •
,Hawthorn • Hemlock • Holly • Honeysuckle • Japanese Honeysuckle •
Juniper (shrubs, groundcover) • Lilac • Mt. Laurel • Pieris • Privet •
Rhododendron and Azalea • Spirea • White Pine • Yew ( Taxus)
●● Woody Ornamentals
Answer: Arborvitae • Barberry • Bittersweet • Boston Ivy • Boxwood •
Cotoneaster • Dogwoods • English Ivy • Euonymus (shrubs and ground
cover) • Flowering crab, almond, cherry • Flowering quince • Forsythia
●● Weeds Found in Turf
Answer: Annual blue grass • Bent grass • Black medic • Chickweed (
smooth, hairy) • Cinquefoil • Clover • Crabgrass • Dandelion •
Goosegrass • Ground Ivy • Hawkweed • Heal-all • Henbit • Knotweed •
Moss • Oxalis • Plantain (narrow broad) • Purslane • Pussytoes • Red
sorrel • Sedge • Shepard's purse • Spurge • Tall fescue • Thistle • Violet •
Wild onion • Wild strawberry • Wood sorrel • Yellow rocket • Zoysia
grass
●● Weeds Found among Shrubs
Answer: Bindweed • Blackberry • Chrysanthemum weed • Goldenrod •
Horsetail • Japanese bamboo • Lambsquarter • Mallow • Mugwort •
Mullen • Poison Ivy • Pokeweed • Quackgrass • Ragweed • Staghorn
sumac • Wild Carrot • Yellow foxtail
●● Turf Insect Pests
, Answer: Bluegrass billbug • Chinchbug • Hyperodes weevil • Sod
webworm • White grubs
●● Other Turf Pests
Answer: Birds • Moles • Skunks • Fleas • Ants • Ticks
●● Turf Diseases
Answer: Brown patch • Dollar spot • Leaf spots • Melting out • Patch
diseases • Pythium blight • Powdery mildew • Red thread • Rust • Snow
molds • Stripe smut • Summer patch
●● Ornamental Insect: Borers
Answer: Dogwood borer • Iris borer • Lilac borer • Rhododendron borer
●● Ornamental Insect: Beetles
Answer: Black vine weevil • Japanese beetle • Rose chafer
●● Ornamental Insect: Leaf Miners
Answer: Arborvitae leafminer • Azalea leafminer • Boxwood leafminer •
Holly leafminer
●● Ornamental Insect: Mites
FULL SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Microbial pesticide
Answer: consists of a microorganism as the active ingredient;
●● biochemical pesticides
Answer: naturally occurring substances that control pests by nontoxic
mechanisms
●● lawn care pesticide
Answer: a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn, garden and ornamental
sites or areas. "Lawn care pesticide" does not include (A) a microbial
pesticide or biochemical pesticide that is registered with the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, (B) a horticultural soap or oil
that is registered with the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and does not contain any synthetic pesticide or synergist, or (C)
a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency as an exempt material pursuant to 40 CFR 152.25, as amended
from time to time
,●● certified pesticide applicator
Answer: a pesticide applicator with (A) supervisory certification under
section 22a-54 of the general statutes, or (B) operational certification
under section 22a-54 of the general statutes, who operates under the
direct supervision of a pesticide applicator with such supervisory
certification
●● controlling authority
Answer: the executive head of the municipal department responsible for
the maintenance of a playground or such person's designee. "Controlling
authority" does not include the executive head of any municipal
department responsible for the maintenance of any school
●● Municipal Playground
Answer: an outdoor area owned or controlled by any town, city or
borough, consolidated town and city or consolidated town and borough
that is designated, dedicated and customarily used for playing by
children, such as any such outdoor area that contains any swing set,
slide, climbing structure, playset or device or object upon which children
play. "Municipal playground" does not include any: (A) Playground
located on the premises of any school, or (B) athletic field
●● Herbaceous Ornamentals
Answer: Ajuga • Begonia • Chrysanthemum • Dahlia • Fern • Flowering
Bulbs (spring and summer) • Geranium • Impatiens • Iris • Marigold •
Pachysandra • Petunia • Salvia • Vinca minor (myrtle, periwinkle) •
,Hawthorn • Hemlock • Holly • Honeysuckle • Japanese Honeysuckle •
Juniper (shrubs, groundcover) • Lilac • Mt. Laurel • Pieris • Privet •
Rhododendron and Azalea • Spirea • White Pine • Yew ( Taxus)
●● Woody Ornamentals
Answer: Arborvitae • Barberry • Bittersweet • Boston Ivy • Boxwood •
Cotoneaster • Dogwoods • English Ivy • Euonymus (shrubs and ground
cover) • Flowering crab, almond, cherry • Flowering quince • Forsythia
●● Weeds Found in Turf
Answer: Annual blue grass • Bent grass • Black medic • Chickweed (
smooth, hairy) • Cinquefoil • Clover • Crabgrass • Dandelion •
Goosegrass • Ground Ivy • Hawkweed • Heal-all • Henbit • Knotweed •
Moss • Oxalis • Plantain (narrow broad) • Purslane • Pussytoes • Red
sorrel • Sedge • Shepard's purse • Spurge • Tall fescue • Thistle • Violet •
Wild onion • Wild strawberry • Wood sorrel • Yellow rocket • Zoysia
grass
●● Weeds Found among Shrubs
Answer: Bindweed • Blackberry • Chrysanthemum weed • Goldenrod •
Horsetail • Japanese bamboo • Lambsquarter • Mallow • Mugwort •
Mullen • Poison Ivy • Pokeweed • Quackgrass • Ragweed • Staghorn
sumac • Wild Carrot • Yellow foxtail
●● Turf Insect Pests
, Answer: Bluegrass billbug • Chinchbug • Hyperodes weevil • Sod
webworm • White grubs
●● Other Turf Pests
Answer: Birds • Moles • Skunks • Fleas • Ants • Ticks
●● Turf Diseases
Answer: Brown patch • Dollar spot • Leaf spots • Melting out • Patch
diseases • Pythium blight • Powdery mildew • Red thread • Rust • Snow
molds • Stripe smut • Summer patch
●● Ornamental Insect: Borers
Answer: Dogwood borer • Iris borer • Lilac borer • Rhododendron borer
●● Ornamental Insect: Beetles
Answer: Black vine weevil • Japanese beetle • Rose chafer
●● Ornamental Insect: Leaf Miners
Answer: Arborvitae leafminer • Azalea leafminer • Boxwood leafminer •
Holly leafminer
●● Ornamental Insect: Mites
