TruGreen Pesticide Certification 6,3a,3b exam |\ |\ |\ |\
questions with correct answers
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Abiotic disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A non-pest plant stress
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such as improper nutrition, too much or too little water, winter or
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frost injury
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Action threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The pest density at
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which action (such as pesticide application) is justified to prevent
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further damage.
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Adelgid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An insect closely related to
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aphids that feed on conifers. Their feeding often causes galls to
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form.
Aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point at which
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damage from a pest becomes noticeable enough to negatively
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
affect the visible quality of the plant. This may vary, based in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
part on the distance the plant is located from walkways. (and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
therefore, on the likelihood of the damage being observed.
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Airblast sprayer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticide application
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equipment that uses a stream of air from a fan to break up and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
distribute the pesicide onto the plant that is being treated.
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Allelopathy/allelopathic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When one plant |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
species suppresses the growth of another. For example, walnut
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,trees produce chemicals that will not allow plants to grow under
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
their canopies. |\
Annual - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant that completes its life
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cycle and dies in a single year or growing season.
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Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A group of single-celled |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
microorganisms, of which there are typically 40 million in a gram |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of soil. A few species are the causes of diseases such as fire
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
blight and leaf spot in plants. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Bactericide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticide used to manage |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a disease cause by bacteria
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Balled and burlapped - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A standard
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
method used to wrap a tree or shrub rootball with burlap to keep
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the soil around the roots when digging the plant from the field to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
move it for transplanting. Often, larger trees will have a wire
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
mesh placed around the burlap to provide more support for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
transporting. The wire mesh should be removed prior to planting. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The burlap should (optimally) be removed as much as possible
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
also, as amany types of modern burlap contains synthetic fibers
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that will not rot. If the burlap is natural fibers it should at least be
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
removed from the top one-third of the rootball to avoid the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
burlap being exposed to the air and wicking moisture from the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
roots. Also called B&B. |\ |\ |\
Basal Drench - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The mixing of a pesticide
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in a small volume of water and applying to a 12-18 inch strip
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,around the base of a tree or shrub. These compounds are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
normally systemic and are absorbed by the roots of the plant.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Beauveria bassiana - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A naturally
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
occurring fungus that attacks a number of insects and has been
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
formulated as an insecticide. |\ |\ |\
Beneficial Insect - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Insects that eat or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
develop inside or on pest insects. Sometimes just referred to as
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
"beneficials." Beneficial insects do not damage landscape plants.
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Biennial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant with a two-year life
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cycle.
Biochemical pesticide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A biologically
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
derived chemical such as insect sex pheromones that are used
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
for pest control. They have the advantages of being non-toxic
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and specific for controlling a particular species of pest.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biocide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A substance that kills biological
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
organisms.
Biological control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A method of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
controlling a pest by encouraging and using natural controls such
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as parasitism, predation, and naturally occuring diseases.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biomagnification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A situation in which a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
predatory organism continues to absorb pesticde as it eats prey
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, that has been exposed to nonlethal levels of pesticide; the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
accumulation of pesticide in the predator can lead to its death. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biopesticide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticides cerived from |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
natural materials such as animals, plants, bacteria and certain
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
minerals.
Broad-spectrum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticde that affectsx |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a wide range of target species.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Broad-spectrum fungicide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A fingicide |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that controls a wide range of fungal organisms.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Broadcast application - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticide
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
applied to a large area over all of the plants.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Budbreak - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The timme when dormant
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
buds open into leaves or flowers.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Bulb - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An underground plant stem (such
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as an onion or tulip) that is surrounded by fleshy leaves that are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
modified to store nutrients. |\ |\ |\
Calibration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the process of adjusting |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pesticide application equipment to apply a specific amount of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pesticide at a specific rate over a specific area.
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questions with correct answers
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Abiotic disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A non-pest plant stress
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
such as improper nutrition, too much or too little water, winter or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
frost injury
|\ |\
Action threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The pest density at
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which action (such as pesticide application) is justified to prevent
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
further damage.
|\ |\
Adelgid - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An insect closely related to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
aphids that feed on conifers. Their feeding often causes galls to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
form.
Aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point at which
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
damage from a pest becomes noticeable enough to negatively
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
affect the visible quality of the plant. This may vary, based in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
part on the distance the plant is located from walkways. (and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
therefore, on the likelihood of the damage being observed.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Airblast sprayer - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticide application
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
equipment that uses a stream of air from a fan to break up and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
distribute the pesicide onto the plant that is being treated.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Allelopathy/allelopathic - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When one plant |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
species suppresses the growth of another. For example, walnut
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,trees produce chemicals that will not allow plants to grow under
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
their canopies. |\
Annual - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant that completes its life
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cycle and dies in a single year or growing season.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A group of single-celled |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
microorganisms, of which there are typically 40 million in a gram |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of soil. A few species are the causes of diseases such as fire
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
blight and leaf spot in plants. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Bactericide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticide used to manage |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a disease cause by bacteria
|\ |\ |\ |\
Balled and burlapped - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A standard
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
method used to wrap a tree or shrub rootball with burlap to keep
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the soil around the roots when digging the plant from the field to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
move it for transplanting. Often, larger trees will have a wire
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
mesh placed around the burlap to provide more support for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
transporting. The wire mesh should be removed prior to planting. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The burlap should (optimally) be removed as much as possible
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
also, as amany types of modern burlap contains synthetic fibers
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that will not rot. If the burlap is natural fibers it should at least be
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
removed from the top one-third of the rootball to avoid the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
burlap being exposed to the air and wicking moisture from the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
roots. Also called B&B. |\ |\ |\
Basal Drench - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The mixing of a pesticide
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in a small volume of water and applying to a 12-18 inch strip
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,around the base of a tree or shrub. These compounds are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
normally systemic and are absorbed by the roots of the plant.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Beauveria bassiana - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A naturally
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
occurring fungus that attacks a number of insects and has been
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
formulated as an insecticide. |\ |\ |\
Beneficial Insect - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Insects that eat or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
develop inside or on pest insects. Sometimes just referred to as
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
"beneficials." Beneficial insects do not damage landscape plants.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biennial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plant with a two-year life
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cycle.
Biochemical pesticide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A biologically
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
derived chemical such as insect sex pheromones that are used
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
for pest control. They have the advantages of being non-toxic
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and specific for controlling a particular species of pest.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biocide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A substance that kills biological
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
organisms.
Biological control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A method of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
controlling a pest by encouraging and using natural controls such
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as parasitism, predation, and naturally occuring diseases.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biomagnification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A situation in which a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
predatory organism continues to absorb pesticde as it eats prey
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, that has been exposed to nonlethal levels of pesticide; the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
accumulation of pesticide in the predator can lead to its death. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biopesticide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pesticides cerived from |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
natural materials such as animals, plants, bacteria and certain
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
minerals.
Broad-spectrum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticde that affectsx |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a wide range of target species.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Broad-spectrum fungicide - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A fingicide |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that controls a wide range of fungal organisms.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Broadcast application - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pesticide
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
applied to a large area over all of the plants.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Budbreak - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The timme when dormant
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
buds open into leaves or flowers.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Bulb - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An underground plant stem (such
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as an onion or tulip) that is surrounded by fleshy leaves that are
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
modified to store nutrients. |\ |\ |\
Calibration - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the process of adjusting |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pesticide application equipment to apply a specific amount of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pesticide at a specific rate over a specific area.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
