ILLINOIS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TURFGRASS
EXAMS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED
/GRADED A+
1. (Gallons Per 1,000 Sq Ft X MPH X W) / 136 - ANSWER ✔️--Flow Rate
Equation Required From Each Nozzle
2. (GPA X 1000) / 43,560 - ANSWER ✔️--GPA Spray Application For Gallons
Per 1,000 Square Feet ed Thread
3. "Scorched" Patches With Reddish Brown Cast; Light Pink/Blood Red
Threads Emerge From Leaves - ANSWER ✔️--R
4. (GPM X 136) / (MPH X W) - ANSWER ✔️--Gallons Of Spray Applied Per
1,000 Square Feet
5. (GPM X 5940) / (GPA X W) - ANSWER ✔️--How To Find MPH
6. 1-2 Times Per Month;Beginning When Turf Turns Green In Spring -
ANSWER ✔️--How Often Should You Scout
7. 1,000 - ANSWER ✔️--Never Apply More Than 1 Pound Of Soluble Nitrogen
Per ______ Square Feet
8. 3-1-2 Or 4-1-2 Which Is 3 To 4 Parts Nitrogen To 1 Part Phosphorus To Two
Parts Potassium (N,P,K) - ANSWER ✔️--Suggested Ratios For Fertilizers
, 9. 10-12 Grubs - ANSWER ✔️--How Many Grubs Per Square Feet Is Enough To
Cause Dieback?
10. 45837 / (Wheel Diameter (Inches) X Swath Width) - ANSWER ✔️--Equation
For Number Of Turns For The Wheels (Granular Application)
11. Always In Shaded Areas; Unable To Exist In Intense Sunlight - ANSWER
✔️--Greenbug
12. Annual White Grubs; Strongly Attracted To Light At Night - ANSWER ✔️--
Masked Chafers
13. Annual/Biennial; Leaves Are Heart-Shaped With Rounded Teeth; Abundant
White Hairs - ANSWER ✔️--Common Mallow
14. Associated With Hot, Dry Weather; Fungi That Kills Bug Is More Common
In Damp Weather - ANSWER ✔️--Chinch Bugs
15. Between 6 And 7 Ph - ANSWER ✔️--Desirable Ph Level For Healthy Turf
16. Biennial; Rose To Reddish Purple Stiff Spines, Course Hairs Top, Whitish
Hairs Bottom; Common During Cooler Seasons On Poor Open Turf -
ANSWER ✔️--Bull Thistle
17. Blackish At End Of Body - ANSWER ✔️--What Color Are Actively Feeding
White Grubs?
EXAMS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED
/GRADED A+
1. (Gallons Per 1,000 Sq Ft X MPH X W) / 136 - ANSWER ✔️--Flow Rate
Equation Required From Each Nozzle
2. (GPA X 1000) / 43,560 - ANSWER ✔️--GPA Spray Application For Gallons
Per 1,000 Square Feet ed Thread
3. "Scorched" Patches With Reddish Brown Cast; Light Pink/Blood Red
Threads Emerge From Leaves - ANSWER ✔️--R
4. (GPM X 136) / (MPH X W) - ANSWER ✔️--Gallons Of Spray Applied Per
1,000 Square Feet
5. (GPM X 5940) / (GPA X W) - ANSWER ✔️--How To Find MPH
6. 1-2 Times Per Month;Beginning When Turf Turns Green In Spring -
ANSWER ✔️--How Often Should You Scout
7. 1,000 - ANSWER ✔️--Never Apply More Than 1 Pound Of Soluble Nitrogen
Per ______ Square Feet
8. 3-1-2 Or 4-1-2 Which Is 3 To 4 Parts Nitrogen To 1 Part Phosphorus To Two
Parts Potassium (N,P,K) - ANSWER ✔️--Suggested Ratios For Fertilizers
, 9. 10-12 Grubs - ANSWER ✔️--How Many Grubs Per Square Feet Is Enough To
Cause Dieback?
10. 45837 / (Wheel Diameter (Inches) X Swath Width) - ANSWER ✔️--Equation
For Number Of Turns For The Wheels (Granular Application)
11. Always In Shaded Areas; Unable To Exist In Intense Sunlight - ANSWER
✔️--Greenbug
12. Annual White Grubs; Strongly Attracted To Light At Night - ANSWER ✔️--
Masked Chafers
13. Annual/Biennial; Leaves Are Heart-Shaped With Rounded Teeth; Abundant
White Hairs - ANSWER ✔️--Common Mallow
14. Associated With Hot, Dry Weather; Fungi That Kills Bug Is More Common
In Damp Weather - ANSWER ✔️--Chinch Bugs
15. Between 6 And 7 Ph - ANSWER ✔️--Desirable Ph Level For Healthy Turf
16. Biennial; Rose To Reddish Purple Stiff Spines, Course Hairs Top, Whitish
Hairs Bottom; Common During Cooler Seasons On Poor Open Turf -
ANSWER ✔️--Bull Thistle
17. Blackish At End Of Body - ANSWER ✔️--What Color Are Actively Feeding
White Grubs?
