2/11/25, 10:23 AM WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST COMMERCIAL CATEGORY 6.0 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DE…
WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST
COMMERCIAL CATEGORY 6.0 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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What determines whether A weed is any unwanted plant
a given plant is a weed?
The primary goal is to minimize weed competition and
What are the two main
the other main goal is to limit the weed's reproduction
goals of weed
in order to manage the weed population in years to
management?
come.
Grasses are considered monocots, meaning they have
a single seed leaf, they also have narrow leaves with
parallel veins and a fibrous root system. Broadleaf
Distinguish grasses from
plants have two seed leaves and are therefore called
broadleaf plants and
dicots, they have broad leaves with veins that form a
herbaceous from woody
net patterns. Broadleaf plants can be further classified
plants
into herbaceous and woody, where the woody plants
have a thick layer of dense tissue called bark, which
herbaceous plants lack.
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Annual plants live for less than a year, they produce
many seeds in one growing season, and then die.
Summer annuals winter as seeds, and winter annuals
winter as a low-growing plant, both summer and
winter annuals are easiest to control when they are
Describe the life cycles
small. Biennial plants live for two growing seasons,
and propagation of
they germinate from seed in the spring or summer
annual, biennial, and
and winter as a rosette of leaves. They flower in their
perennial plants
second year, produce seeds and then die. Both
annuals and biennials reproduce only by seed.
Perennial plants live for at least 2 years and
sometimes longer, they may reproduce by seed or
vegetatively through several different mechanisms.
To kill annuals or biennials, you must kill the whole
shoot. Controlling these weeds with tillage or
What is needed to kill
herbicides will kill them plus stop seed production,
annual, biennial, and
which will reduce future weed problems. The most
perennial weeds and
effective way to kill perennials is to destroy the
when is it easiest to do
underground vegetative structures by either
so?
repeatedly tilling the soil or by using a herbicide that
translocates to destroy all of the plant parts.
All weeds may start as seedlings and it is most
How should you time
effective to treat the plants at this stage because less
herbicide application with
energy is required to kill the plants at this stage than
respect to a plant's life
at any other. Biennials and Annuals are controlled by a
cycle and which timing is
fall or early spring treatment, and perennials are
most effective?
controlled best with a fall treatment as well.
What are the effects of Soil organic matter and clay particles can adsorb soil-
soil texture and organic applied herbicides, meaning more herbicide will be
matter content on required in these types of soils because the herbicide
application of soil will be bound to the soil particles and will not be
herbicides? available to be absorbed by the weeds.
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Do not apply herbicides to areas where they may
How do you keep soil leach into groundwater, or run off into water sources
herbicides from moving or cropping areas. Also avoid applying herbicides to
off target? areas where desired tree and shrub roots may extend
and DO NOT apply herbicides to frozen soils.
Soil treatments are commonly used when a site
requires residual non-selective control, such as
How and when should you electric transformer stations, rail ballasts and signpost
apply soil herbicides? bases. They can be applied any time that the soil is not
frozen, and some soil applied herbicides need to be
transported by rain to be absorbed by the plant.
Foliar sprays are not recommended for large brush
When are foliar sprays because of the potential for drift. Foliar sprays should
appropriate and not be operated from the ground close to the plant and
appropriate? can either be applied through broadcast or spot
application.
Foliar treatments can be made from the time the
leaves are fully expanded until they begin to turn
color in the fall, but are most effective when applied
What are the factors in to fully developed foliage of an actively growing
timing a foliar spray? plant. They should be applied at a temperature
between 60 and 80 degrees F, and should have
adequate time to soak into to plant, thus applying
right before it rains is ineffective.
How are adjuvants used Adjuvants may be necessary to use for better
most effectively? absorption by foliage that is extremely waxy or hairy.
Foliar applications are put directly onto the foliage of
a growing plant. Basal bark applications are used to
What are the similarities
control shrubs, canes and thickets or trees up to 5
and differences between
inches in diameter and are applied to the lower 18
foliar, cut-surface, and
inches of the stems. Cut-surface treatments are used
basal bark applications?
to control plants with thick bark or when they have
trunks larger than 5 inches in diameter at the base.
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WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST
COMMERCIAL CATEGORY 6.0 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
| LATEST VERSION (2025| VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Save
Terms in this set (147)
What determines whether A weed is any unwanted plant
a given plant is a weed?
The primary goal is to minimize weed competition and
What are the two main
the other main goal is to limit the weed's reproduction
goals of weed
in order to manage the weed population in years to
management?
come.
Grasses are considered monocots, meaning they have
a single seed leaf, they also have narrow leaves with
parallel veins and a fibrous root system. Broadleaf
Distinguish grasses from
plants have two seed leaves and are therefore called
broadleaf plants and
dicots, they have broad leaves with veins that form a
herbaceous from woody
net patterns. Broadleaf plants can be further classified
plants
into herbaceous and woody, where the woody plants
have a thick layer of dense tissue called bark, which
herbaceous plants lack.
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Annual plants live for less than a year, they produce
many seeds in one growing season, and then die.
Summer annuals winter as seeds, and winter annuals
winter as a low-growing plant, both summer and
winter annuals are easiest to control when they are
Describe the life cycles
small. Biennial plants live for two growing seasons,
and propagation of
they germinate from seed in the spring or summer
annual, biennial, and
and winter as a rosette of leaves. They flower in their
perennial plants
second year, produce seeds and then die. Both
annuals and biennials reproduce only by seed.
Perennial plants live for at least 2 years and
sometimes longer, they may reproduce by seed or
vegetatively through several different mechanisms.
To kill annuals or biennials, you must kill the whole
shoot. Controlling these weeds with tillage or
What is needed to kill
herbicides will kill them plus stop seed production,
annual, biennial, and
which will reduce future weed problems. The most
perennial weeds and
effective way to kill perennials is to destroy the
when is it easiest to do
underground vegetative structures by either
so?
repeatedly tilling the soil or by using a herbicide that
translocates to destroy all of the plant parts.
All weeds may start as seedlings and it is most
How should you time
effective to treat the plants at this stage because less
herbicide application with
energy is required to kill the plants at this stage than
respect to a plant's life
at any other. Biennials and Annuals are controlled by a
cycle and which timing is
fall or early spring treatment, and perennials are
most effective?
controlled best with a fall treatment as well.
What are the effects of Soil organic matter and clay particles can adsorb soil-
soil texture and organic applied herbicides, meaning more herbicide will be
matter content on required in these types of soils because the herbicide
application of soil will be bound to the soil particles and will not be
herbicides? available to be absorbed by the weeds.
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, 2/11/25, 10:23 AM WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST COMMERCIAL CATEGORY 6.0 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DE…
Do not apply herbicides to areas where they may
How do you keep soil leach into groundwater, or run off into water sources
herbicides from moving or cropping areas. Also avoid applying herbicides to
off target? areas where desired tree and shrub roots may extend
and DO NOT apply herbicides to frozen soils.
Soil treatments are commonly used when a site
requires residual non-selective control, such as
How and when should you electric transformer stations, rail ballasts and signpost
apply soil herbicides? bases. They can be applied any time that the soil is not
frozen, and some soil applied herbicides need to be
transported by rain to be absorbed by the plant.
Foliar sprays are not recommended for large brush
When are foliar sprays because of the potential for drift. Foliar sprays should
appropriate and not be operated from the ground close to the plant and
appropriate? can either be applied through broadcast or spot
application.
Foliar treatments can be made from the time the
leaves are fully expanded until they begin to turn
color in the fall, but are most effective when applied
What are the factors in to fully developed foliage of an actively growing
timing a foliar spray? plant. They should be applied at a temperature
between 60 and 80 degrees F, and should have
adequate time to soak into to plant, thus applying
right before it rains is ineffective.
How are adjuvants used Adjuvants may be necessary to use for better
most effectively? absorption by foliage that is extremely waxy or hairy.
Foliar applications are put directly onto the foliage of
a growing plant. Basal bark applications are used to
What are the similarities
control shrubs, canes and thickets or trees up to 5
and differences between
inches in diameter and are applied to the lower 18
foliar, cut-surface, and
inches of the stems. Cut-surface treatments are used
basal bark applications?
to control plants with thick bark or when they have
trunks larger than 5 inches in diameter at the base.
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