PGA 3.0 LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ What does a pH measurement represent?.
Answer: Acidity and alkalinity of the soil
◉ What is the ideal pH range for most turfgrasses?.
Answer: 6-6.5
◉ What does a pH measurement of 3 indicate?.
Answer: Acidic
◉ Hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are the three primary nutrients
necessary for plant growth. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ What does light provide in the process of photosynthesis?.
Answer: Energy to produce carbohydrates
,◉ Due to the high level of traffic they receive, fairways are usually
planted with fescues. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Grasses with stolons or rhizomes are best for filling divots. (T/F).
Answer: True
◉ Bermuda grass will go dormant and turn brown below 50 degrees
F. (T/F).
Answer: True
◉ Warm season grasses will die out in temperatures much below 50
degrees F. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Clay soils tend to be alkaline. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ What is the overriding selection criterion used by designers and
superintendents when considering all the turfgrass options around
their course?.
Answer: Best match for the physical characteristics and geographic
location on the course
, ◉ Why might ryegrass be used on a course located in Florida?.
Answer: Overseed bermuda greens when dormant in the winter
◉ Why might a fairway be planted with perennial ryegrass?.
Answer: Recovers quickly, can repair divots
◉ Which grass species is commonly used for overseeding dormant
warm-season grasses?.
Answer: Perennial ryegrass
◉ Why might Kentucky Blue grass be used for fairways instead of
Creeping Bent grass?.
Answer: Lower maintenance
◉ The loss of adequate air supply to the root zone is most commonly
caused by poor irrigation practices. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Topdressing is a way to immediately improve the soil texture.
(T/F).
Answer: False
EVALUATION 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ What does a pH measurement represent?.
Answer: Acidity and alkalinity of the soil
◉ What is the ideal pH range for most turfgrasses?.
Answer: 6-6.5
◉ What does a pH measurement of 3 indicate?.
Answer: Acidic
◉ Hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are the three primary nutrients
necessary for plant growth. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ What does light provide in the process of photosynthesis?.
Answer: Energy to produce carbohydrates
,◉ Due to the high level of traffic they receive, fairways are usually
planted with fescues. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Grasses with stolons or rhizomes are best for filling divots. (T/F).
Answer: True
◉ Bermuda grass will go dormant and turn brown below 50 degrees
F. (T/F).
Answer: True
◉ Warm season grasses will die out in temperatures much below 50
degrees F. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Clay soils tend to be alkaline. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ What is the overriding selection criterion used by designers and
superintendents when considering all the turfgrass options around
their course?.
Answer: Best match for the physical characteristics and geographic
location on the course
, ◉ Why might ryegrass be used on a course located in Florida?.
Answer: Overseed bermuda greens when dormant in the winter
◉ Why might a fairway be planted with perennial ryegrass?.
Answer: Recovers quickly, can repair divots
◉ Which grass species is commonly used for overseeding dormant
warm-season grasses?.
Answer: Perennial ryegrass
◉ Why might Kentucky Blue grass be used for fairways instead of
Creeping Bent grass?.
Answer: Lower maintenance
◉ The loss of adequate air supply to the root zone is most commonly
caused by poor irrigation practices. (T/F).
Answer: False
◉ Topdressing is a way to immediately improve the soil texture.
(T/F).
Answer: False
