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PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and
Turf Questions and Correct Answers/
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What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest
management?
Ans: 1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist
plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed, providing
good growing conditions, and making a good match between
the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem:
(Finding out whether the damage to a particular plant is caused
by a pest or by an environmental condition such as freezing or
drought and always determine the exact pest that you are
dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate
some damage: (Deciding how many pests and how much
damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice
What should you do in an IPM program?
Ans: Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
What is Phytotoxicity?
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Ans: A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms?
Ans: Pitfall traps
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ?
Ans: A common bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide?
Ans: When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
What is the Milky spore disease?
Ans: A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control fire ants?
Ans: Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
treatments
Sod webworms...
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Ans: Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide applied to control white grubs...
Ans: Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets...
Ans: Have only one generation per year
What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests
undergo?
Ans: 1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of
insects that undergo this look like small versions of the adult
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
development among turf grass pests): The young stages of
insects that undergo this look very different from the adults
before before they become pupae and change into adults
How do Chinch bugs damage turf?
Ans: They feed in clusters and damage first appears as circular
patches of yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large
infestations of the southern chinch bug may completely kill St.
Augustine lawns.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Lawn and
Turf Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest
management?
Ans: 1.) PREVENTION: Produce healthy plants that resist
plants: (Selecting healthy plants, using certified seed, providing
good growing conditions, and making a good match between
the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the problem:
(Finding out whether the damage to a particular plant is caused
by a pest or by an environmental condition such as freezing or
drought and always determine the exact pest that you are
dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and tolerate
some damage: (Deciding how many pests and how much
damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first choice
What should you do in an IPM program?
Ans: Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
What is Phytotoxicity?
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Ans: A toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms?
Ans: Pitfall traps
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ?
Ans: A common bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide?
Ans: When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
What is the Milky spore disease?
Ans: A bacterial disease that is caused by the bacterium,
Bacillus popilliae, and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control fire ants?
Ans: Use a combination of broadcast bait and mound
treatments
Sod webworms...
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Ans: Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide applied to control white grubs...
Ans: Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets...
Ans: Have only one generation per year
What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that insect pests
undergo?
Ans: 1.) Gradual metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of
insects that undergo this look like small versions of the adult
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
development among turf grass pests): The young stages of
insects that undergo this look very different from the adults
before before they become pupae and change into adults
How do Chinch bugs damage turf?
Ans: They feed in clusters and damage first appears as circular
patches of yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large
infestations of the southern chinch bug may completely kill St.
Augustine lawns.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
