TURF & LANDSCAPE (3.0) EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -
....ANSWER ...-Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes
through? - ....ANSWER ...-To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - ....ANSWER ...-April through
early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? -
....ANSWER ...-Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - ....ANSWER ...-Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? -
....ANSWER ...-Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's
growth stage listed on the label? - ....ANSWER ...-Selectivity is determined by
growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - ....ANSWER ...-Keep herbicides
off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
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, To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________. -
....ANSWER ...-Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - ....ANSWER ...-
They only protect existing growth.
Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - ....ANSWER ...-Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping
charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - ....ANSWER ...-Narrow
spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - ....ANSWER ...-
Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - ....ANSWER ...-Getting absorbed
into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? -
....ANSWER ...-Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? -
....ANSWER ...-To make the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target pest?
- ....ANSWER ...-Better residual time on the weed.
What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - ....ANSWER ...-
Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -
....ANSWER ...-Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes
through? - ....ANSWER ...-To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - ....ANSWER ...-April through
early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? -
....ANSWER ...-Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - ....ANSWER ...-Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? -
....ANSWER ...-Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's
growth stage listed on the label? - ....ANSWER ...-Selectivity is determined by
growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - ....ANSWER ...-Keep herbicides
off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
…FOR STUDENTS ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1
, To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________. -
....ANSWER ...-Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - ....ANSWER ...-
They only protect existing growth.
Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - ....ANSWER ...-Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping
charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - ....ANSWER ...-Narrow
spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - ....ANSWER ...-
Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - ....ANSWER ...-Getting absorbed
into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? -
....ANSWER ...-Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? -
....ANSWER ...-To make the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target pest?
- ....ANSWER ...-Better residual time on the weed.
What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - ....ANSWER ...-
Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
…FOR STUDENTS ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 2
