ILLINOIS TURF PESTICIDE EXAMS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED /GRADED
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1. Active Ingredient - ANSWER ✔️-the portion of the pesticide formulation
that is effective against the target
2. Acidic Soil - ANSWER ✔️-A soil with pH value of less than 7.0
3. Adjuvant - ANSWER ✔️-A chemical added to a pesticide formulation or
mixture to modify the physical properties or enhance performance
4. Aesthetic Injury - ANSWER ✔️-damage caused to the appearance of the
plant
5. Agitation - ANSWER ✔️-the continuous mixing of the pesticide and the
carrier in the spray tank
6. Alkaline Soil - ANSWER ✔️-A soil with a pH value greater than 7.0
7. Alternate (leaf arrangement) - ANSWER ✔️-One leaf at each node of stem
, 8. Annual Weed - ANSWER ✔️-A weed that completes its life cycle in one
year and is usually perpetuated only by seed.A summer annual
germinates in the spring,flowers and produces seed in mid to late
summer,dies in fall.A winter annual germinates in fall,flowers and
produces seed in mid to late spring,and dies in summer
9. Antagonism - ANSWER ✔️-the reduction in effectiveness of one or more
pesticide components when two or more pesticides are combined
10. Application Rate - ANSWER ✔️-the amount of spray material applied to a
given area
11. Auricles - ANSWER ✔️-Earlike extensions from the base of a grass leaf
blade around the shoot
12. Backpack Sprayer - ANSWER ✔️-A sprayer apparatus, carries on the
operater's back,consisting of a spray solution tank, pressure source,and
an atomizing device that forms and distributes the spray.Spray pressure
is supplies by a lever-operated manual pump,an engine powered pump, or
a compresses air tank.
13. Bacterium - ANSWER ✔️-A microscopic, single celled organism that
reproduces by dividing in half.Some bacteria attack plants,causing crown
gall,wilts,cankers,rots,leaf spots,blights, and other plant diseases
CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED /GRADED
A+
1. Active Ingredient - ANSWER ✔️-the portion of the pesticide formulation
that is effective against the target
2. Acidic Soil - ANSWER ✔️-A soil with pH value of less than 7.0
3. Adjuvant - ANSWER ✔️-A chemical added to a pesticide formulation or
mixture to modify the physical properties or enhance performance
4. Aesthetic Injury - ANSWER ✔️-damage caused to the appearance of the
plant
5. Agitation - ANSWER ✔️-the continuous mixing of the pesticide and the
carrier in the spray tank
6. Alkaline Soil - ANSWER ✔️-A soil with a pH value greater than 7.0
7. Alternate (leaf arrangement) - ANSWER ✔️-One leaf at each node of stem
, 8. Annual Weed - ANSWER ✔️-A weed that completes its life cycle in one
year and is usually perpetuated only by seed.A summer annual
germinates in the spring,flowers and produces seed in mid to late
summer,dies in fall.A winter annual germinates in fall,flowers and
produces seed in mid to late spring,and dies in summer
9. Antagonism - ANSWER ✔️-the reduction in effectiveness of one or more
pesticide components when two or more pesticides are combined
10. Application Rate - ANSWER ✔️-the amount of spray material applied to a
given area
11. Auricles - ANSWER ✔️-Earlike extensions from the base of a grass leaf
blade around the shoot
12. Backpack Sprayer - ANSWER ✔️-A sprayer apparatus, carries on the
operater's back,consisting of a spray solution tank, pressure source,and
an atomizing device that forms and distributes the spray.Spray pressure
is supplies by a lever-operated manual pump,an engine powered pump, or
a compresses air tank.
13. Bacterium - ANSWER ✔️-A microscopic, single celled organism that
reproduces by dividing in half.Some bacteria attack plants,causing crown
gall,wilts,cankers,rots,leaf spots,blights, and other plant diseases
