ORNAMENTAL AND TURFGRASS PEST
CONTROL CATEGORY 3 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
●● CH1 Explain how aesthetic thresholds affect IPM tactics.
Answer: IPM establishes aesthetic thresholds based on tolerance,
personal comfort, taste, plant appearance, and specific site and
environmental conditions.
●● CH1 Explain how IPM can reduce the use of pesticides.
Answer: IPM reduces hazards by reducing overall pesticide use, using
least hazardous pesticides when there is a demonstrated need, and taking
special protective measures to reduce pesticide exposure living
organisms and the environment.
●● CH1 List the six control strategies used in IPM.
Answer: 1. Cultural
2. Mechanical
3. Host Resistance
4. Biological
5. Regulatory
, 6. Chemical Practices
●● Define pesticide.
Answer: substances or mixture thereof intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or regulate plant growth.
●● Contact pesticide.
Answer: pesticide that controls a pest when it comes into direct contact
with the pesticide
●● Systemic pesticide.
Answer: A pesticide that is absorbed and transported around a plant in
the sap
●● Preemergence Herbicide.
Answer: a herbicide applied before weed or crop germination
●● Postemergence Herbicide.
Answer: a herbicide applied after weeds are actively growing
●● Plant diseases application timing.
Answer: Efficacy of many fungicides that susceptible tissues be
protected before any infection begins or at first appearance of symptoms
CONTROL CATEGORY 3 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+
●● CH1 Explain how aesthetic thresholds affect IPM tactics.
Answer: IPM establishes aesthetic thresholds based on tolerance,
personal comfort, taste, plant appearance, and specific site and
environmental conditions.
●● CH1 Explain how IPM can reduce the use of pesticides.
Answer: IPM reduces hazards by reducing overall pesticide use, using
least hazardous pesticides when there is a demonstrated need, and taking
special protective measures to reduce pesticide exposure living
organisms and the environment.
●● CH1 List the six control strategies used in IPM.
Answer: 1. Cultural
2. Mechanical
3. Host Resistance
4. Biological
5. Regulatory
, 6. Chemical Practices
●● Define pesticide.
Answer: substances or mixture thereof intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or regulate plant growth.
●● Contact pesticide.
Answer: pesticide that controls a pest when it comes into direct contact
with the pesticide
●● Systemic pesticide.
Answer: A pesticide that is absorbed and transported around a plant in
the sap
●● Preemergence Herbicide.
Answer: a herbicide applied before weed or crop germination
●● Postemergence Herbicide.
Answer: a herbicide applied after weeds are actively growing
●● Plant diseases application timing.
Answer: Efficacy of many fungicides that susceptible tissues be
protected before any infection begins or at first appearance of symptoms
