MSU CSS 202 EXAM #1 / QUIZZES
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True/False: Bermudagrass has rolled vernation, and zoysiagrass has vernation. -
Answer-False
Which of the following is native to North America? - Answer-Buffalograss
Which of the following has a bunch-type growth habit? - Answer-Perennial ryegrass
Which of the following is native to Africa? - Answer-Bermudagrass
You go to Orlando for spring break and see green turf and yellow turf. The green
grass is most likely what species? - Answer-Ryegrass
Which of the following has the finest texture? - Answer-Fine-leaf fescues
Which one(s) of these has a spreading growth habit? - Answer-Kentucky bluegrass
True/False: Centipedegrass and St. Augustinegrass are both stoloniferous. -
Answer-True
True/False: Golf courses in the southwest are overseeded with annual bluegrass to
provide green color during the winter. - Answer-False
True/False: Spartan Stadium has a Kentucky bluegrass field. - Answer-True
Which of these present-day countries includes the general area where zoysiagrass
originated? - Answer-None of these countries (Brazil, United States, Zimbabwe,
Russia)
You hear that an estate in Grand Rapids has a grass tennis court. You can safely
assume that it is what species? - Answer-Creeping bentgrass
Which of the following do not have nodes? - Answer-Roots
Which of the following is absolutely the most critical part of a turfgrass? - Answer-
Crown
True/False: Optimal growth temperatures are based on those at a two-inch soil
depth. - Answer-True
True/False: Most cool-season grasses have biennial life cycles. - Answer-False
True/False: A seed can germinate once the endosperm dehydrates sufficiently. -
Answer-False
True/False: Turfgrass leaves grow from their base. - Answer-True
, True/False: A plant does not need its seed once it has leaves. - Answer-True
True/False: Warm-season grasses don't go dormant under drought conditions, but
cool-season grasses can. - Answer-False
True/False: Turfgrasses have a taproot. - Answer-False
Turfgrass seed heads form under which of the following conditions? - Answer-Could
be any of these choices (decreasing daylight, increasing daylight, daylight neutral)
Which of the following situations has the least influence on climate? - Answer-
Longitude
True/False: "Take a soil test first" is the number one rule of proper turf maintenance.
- Answer-False
What is the current name of the institution where the first known turf research in the
U.S. was performed? - Answer-Michigan State University
When you see sod being installed anywhere in the northern U.S., you can safely say
it's probably what species? - Answer-Kentucky bluegrass
True/False: Kentucky bluegrass has greater drought tolerance than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Turf-type tall fescue is considered to be low maintenance compared to
Kentucky bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Zoysiagrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than
centipedegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Generally speaking, cool-season turfgrasses are more drought resistant
than warm-season turfgrasses. - Answer-False
True/False: Bermudagrass has folded vernation, and zoysiagrass has rolled
vernation. - Answer-True
What cultivar was the first released that had resistance to melting out disease? -
Answer-Marion
True/False: Kentucky bluegrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Creeping bentgrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
Which of the following turfgrasses has the least shade tolerance? - Answer-Kentucky
bluegrass
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True/False: Bermudagrass has rolled vernation, and zoysiagrass has vernation. -
Answer-False
Which of the following is native to North America? - Answer-Buffalograss
Which of the following has a bunch-type growth habit? - Answer-Perennial ryegrass
Which of the following is native to Africa? - Answer-Bermudagrass
You go to Orlando for spring break and see green turf and yellow turf. The green
grass is most likely what species? - Answer-Ryegrass
Which of the following has the finest texture? - Answer-Fine-leaf fescues
Which one(s) of these has a spreading growth habit? - Answer-Kentucky bluegrass
True/False: Centipedegrass and St. Augustinegrass are both stoloniferous. -
Answer-True
True/False: Golf courses in the southwest are overseeded with annual bluegrass to
provide green color during the winter. - Answer-False
True/False: Spartan Stadium has a Kentucky bluegrass field. - Answer-True
Which of these present-day countries includes the general area where zoysiagrass
originated? - Answer-None of these countries (Brazil, United States, Zimbabwe,
Russia)
You hear that an estate in Grand Rapids has a grass tennis court. You can safely
assume that it is what species? - Answer-Creeping bentgrass
Which of the following do not have nodes? - Answer-Roots
Which of the following is absolutely the most critical part of a turfgrass? - Answer-
Crown
True/False: Optimal growth temperatures are based on those at a two-inch soil
depth. - Answer-True
True/False: Most cool-season grasses have biennial life cycles. - Answer-False
True/False: A seed can germinate once the endosperm dehydrates sufficiently. -
Answer-False
True/False: Turfgrass leaves grow from their base. - Answer-True
, True/False: A plant does not need its seed once it has leaves. - Answer-True
True/False: Warm-season grasses don't go dormant under drought conditions, but
cool-season grasses can. - Answer-False
True/False: Turfgrasses have a taproot. - Answer-False
Turfgrass seed heads form under which of the following conditions? - Answer-Could
be any of these choices (decreasing daylight, increasing daylight, daylight neutral)
Which of the following situations has the least influence on climate? - Answer-
Longitude
True/False: "Take a soil test first" is the number one rule of proper turf maintenance.
- Answer-False
What is the current name of the institution where the first known turf research in the
U.S. was performed? - Answer-Michigan State University
When you see sod being installed anywhere in the northern U.S., you can safely say
it's probably what species? - Answer-Kentucky bluegrass
True/False: Kentucky bluegrass has greater drought tolerance than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Turf-type tall fescue is considered to be low maintenance compared to
Kentucky bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Zoysiagrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than
centipedegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Generally speaking, cool-season turfgrasses are more drought resistant
than warm-season turfgrasses. - Answer-False
True/False: Bermudagrass has folded vernation, and zoysiagrass has rolled
vernation. - Answer-True
What cultivar was the first released that had resistance to melting out disease? -
Answer-Marion
True/False: Kentucky bluegrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
True/False: Creeping bentgrass has greater low-temperature hardiness than annual
bluegrass. - Answer-True
Which of the following turfgrasses has the least shade tolerance? - Answer-Kentucky
bluegrass
