CATEGORY 3A+3B PESTICIDE EXAM STUDY GUIDE LATEST 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS (2026/2027)
GRADE: A+|STATUS: GUARANTEED PASS
Lawn insects that develops through 5 nymphal stages (gradual metamorphosis) are - Answers -
Chinch Bugs
Only the adult hyperodes weevil does damage to turf (T/F) - Answers -False
The immature stages of the chinch bugs and the Japanese beetle do damage to turf (T/F) -
Answers -True
Turf insects which have 4 larval stages The raster is a distinguishing character of - Answers -
White Grubs
A weed is - Answers -a plant growing where it's not wanted
A weed that germinates and grows during the fall to flower the following spring is called -
Answers -a biennial
Perennial weeds may be easier to control than annual weeds in a situation where germination is
continuous (T/F) - Answers -True
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,An example of a weed that has 3 ovate leaves, 1-1/2" to 4" long which becomes red or reddish
yellow in fall is - Answers -Poison ivy
A perennial weed which reproduces by seeds and rhizomes is - Answers -Hedge bindweed
The weed which is perennial and reproduces by seed is - Answers -quack grass
Annual bluegrass reproduces by - Answers -seeds
Veronica weeds can be annuals or perennials (T/F) - Answers -True
What is plaintain? - Answers -a perrennial and propagates by seeds, has long, smooth, ovate
leaves that are rounded at the base and tip
Cedar-apple rust is a fungus disease that may appear on - Answers -hawthorn
The plant disease which requires two unrelated plants or trees to continue the life cycle of the
disease organism is - Answers -Cedar Rust
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, Anthracnose diseased are caused by - Answers -A fungus
Spores of fungi may be spread by wind or splashing water (T/F) - Answers -True
Gall-like growths of the cedar rust fungi appear on - Answers -Red Cedar
Apple scab can cause early defoliation of plants - Answers -True
Dutch Elm disease is spread mostly by - Answers -Beetles
Most leaf spotting and anthracnose fungi attack trees in mid-summer if there is sufficient
rainfall - Answers -False
Most Fungus diseases overwinter - Answers -in dead plants
The Plant disease development triangle is made up of a susceptible grass plant, a disease
organism ready to develop and multiply, and an environment favorable to the grass plant (T/F) -
Answers -True
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UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED 100% SOLUTIONS (2026/2027)
GRADE: A+|STATUS: GUARANTEED PASS
Lawn insects that develops through 5 nymphal stages (gradual metamorphosis) are - Answers -
Chinch Bugs
Only the adult hyperodes weevil does damage to turf (T/F) - Answers -False
The immature stages of the chinch bugs and the Japanese beetle do damage to turf (T/F) -
Answers -True
Turf insects which have 4 larval stages The raster is a distinguishing character of - Answers -
White Grubs
A weed is - Answers -a plant growing where it's not wanted
A weed that germinates and grows during the fall to flower the following spring is called -
Answers -a biennial
Perennial weeds may be easier to control than annual weeds in a situation where germination is
continuous (T/F) - Answers -True
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,An example of a weed that has 3 ovate leaves, 1-1/2" to 4" long which becomes red or reddish
yellow in fall is - Answers -Poison ivy
A perennial weed which reproduces by seeds and rhizomes is - Answers -Hedge bindweed
The weed which is perennial and reproduces by seed is - Answers -quack grass
Annual bluegrass reproduces by - Answers -seeds
Veronica weeds can be annuals or perennials (T/F) - Answers -True
What is plaintain? - Answers -a perrennial and propagates by seeds, has long, smooth, ovate
leaves that are rounded at the base and tip
Cedar-apple rust is a fungus disease that may appear on - Answers -hawthorn
The plant disease which requires two unrelated plants or trees to continue the life cycle of the
disease organism is - Answers -Cedar Rust
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, Anthracnose diseased are caused by - Answers -A fungus
Spores of fungi may be spread by wind or splashing water (T/F) - Answers -True
Gall-like growths of the cedar rust fungi appear on - Answers -Red Cedar
Apple scab can cause early defoliation of plants - Answers -True
Dutch Elm disease is spread mostly by - Answers -Beetles
Most leaf spotting and anthracnose fungi attack trees in mid-summer if there is sufficient
rainfall - Answers -False
Most Fungus diseases overwinter - Answers -in dead plants
The Plant disease development triangle is made up of a susceptible grass plant, a disease
organism ready to develop and multiply, and an environment favorable to the grass plant (T/F) -
Answers -True
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