TURF & LANDSCAPE 3.0 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -
Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes
through? - To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - April through early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? - Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? - Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's
growth stage listed on the label? - Selectivity is determined by growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - Keep herbicides off impervious
surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________.
- Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - They only protect
existing growth.
Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping
charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - Narrow spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - Getting absorbed into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? - Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? - To make
the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target
pest? - Better residual time on the weed.
, What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - Typically degrades slower
than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? - To make the product stick
better.
Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? - Federal insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
What type of pesticide can people use who are trained to mitigate the product's risk? -
Restricted use.
State law can___________. - Be more strict than the federal law.
A for hire applicator must renew their individual Commercial Applicator License
every_______________. - year.
Which component must be included in a pesticide record? - Quantity of product used.
The pesticide label and labeling are_________. - Legally binding documents with
directions that must be followed.
Which section of the pesticide label STATES how the product may be legally applied? -
Directions for use.
What does the signal word on a pesticide label indicate? - Relative acute toxicity of the
product to humans.
Different Pesticide product labels can exist in the marketplace. WHICH LABEL
directions should you follow? - The label on the product you have.
What determines the potential for injury when using a pesticide containing glyphosate? -
Toxicity of the pesticide and the length of exposure.
What work habit increases your risk of pesticide exposure? - Using fertilizer-pesticide
combination products.
Which ROUTE OF EXPOSURE is the most hazardous for pesticide dusts? - Inhaling.
What do you call injury or illness that occurs within minutes of pesticide exposure? -
Acute effect.
How does personal protective equipment (PPE) reduce the hazards of pesticide use? -
Reduces your exposure.
What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-parts? -
Yellowed Leaves
What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest goes
through? - To target the most vulnerable life stage.
When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? - April through early June.
How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil? - Two.
Annual weeds reproduce by__________. - Seeds.
What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds? - Systemic.
Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the weed's
growth stage listed on the label? - Selectivity is determined by growth stage.
What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? - Keep herbicides off impervious
surfaces like sidewalks.
To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable________.
- Environmental conditions.
Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? - They only protect
existing growth.
Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? - Poison bait.
What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control creeping
charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? - Narrow spectrum.
What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? - Common name.
What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? - Getting absorbed into the plant.
What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant? - Systemic.
WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation? - To make
the pesticide easier to use.
Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the target
pest? - Better residual time on the weed.
, What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? - Typically degrades slower
than a liquid formulation.
WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? - To make the product stick
better.
Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? - Federal insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
What type of pesticide can people use who are trained to mitigate the product's risk? -
Restricted use.
State law can___________. - Be more strict than the federal law.
A for hire applicator must renew their individual Commercial Applicator License
every_______________. - year.
Which component must be included in a pesticide record? - Quantity of product used.
The pesticide label and labeling are_________. - Legally binding documents with
directions that must be followed.
Which section of the pesticide label STATES how the product may be legally applied? -
Directions for use.
What does the signal word on a pesticide label indicate? - Relative acute toxicity of the
product to humans.
Different Pesticide product labels can exist in the marketplace. WHICH LABEL
directions should you follow? - The label on the product you have.
What determines the potential for injury when using a pesticide containing glyphosate? -
Toxicity of the pesticide and the length of exposure.
What work habit increases your risk of pesticide exposure? - Using fertilizer-pesticide
combination products.
Which ROUTE OF EXPOSURE is the most hazardous for pesticide dusts? - Inhaling.
What do you call injury or illness that occurs within minutes of pesticide exposure? -
Acute effect.
How does personal protective equipment (PPE) reduce the hazards of pesticide use? -
Reduces your exposure.
