©THEBRIGHTSTARS 2024
CSS 202 Final Exam Compiled Questions
With Revised Answers
True/False: According to the MDA, there are some questions that you are not permitted to ask a
licensed pesticide application company. - answer✔✔False
True/False: Nature Lawn of America does not use pesticides. - answer✔✔False
What reason(s) were given as to why people chose to hire contractors to care for their lawns? -
answer✔✔Didn't have time, didn't want to fool with it, wanted to devote more time to leisure
and recreation, had lawns that were large and intricate, and affluent enough to afford it
Of the national lawn care companies discussed, the latest on the scene is which of the following?
- answer✔✔Scotts LawnService
By the late 1980s, which company controlled 30% of the lawn-care treatment market? -
answer✔✔Chemlawn
What phrases can licensed lawn care companies make according to the Michigan Department of
Agriculture? - answer✔✔Applicators are certified by the MDA, and fully covered by liability
insurance
When did the national lawn care companies begin to emerge and proliferate? - answer✔✔Late
1970s and 1980s
True/False: Chemlawn was a chain company, i.e., company owned locations rather than
franchises. - answer✔✔True
True/False: The overall number of customers that hire national lawn companies continues to
increase. - answer✔✔False
True/False: These days, most lawn care companies are small, locally owned contractors. -
answer✔✔True
Who owns Trugreen Chemlawn? - answer✔✔Servicemaster
True/False: National lawn care companies have more combined customers than ever before. -
answer✔✔False
, ©THEBRIGHTSTARS 2024
True/False: In Michigan, being certified and being licensed to apply pesticides is the same thing.
- answer✔✔False
True/False: Artificial fields are virtually maintenance free. - answer✔✔False
The greatest potential for creating worn, hollowed-out areas of bare soil where turf is supposed
to be occurs with which sport? - answer✔✔Lacrosse
True/False: The dimensions for mens and womens lacrosse fields are dramatically different. -
answer✔✔True
True/False: The current generation of artificial fields are not designed to facilitate internal
drainage. - answer✔✔False
True/False: Most of the players in a game of baseball are positioned on non-turfed surfaces. -
answer✔✔True
What is the commonly used title for a person in charge of maintaining the field(s) for a
professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Head Groundskeeper
What is the most predominant infill material found in artificial turf? - answer✔✔Crumb rubber
True/False: As long as they are stable, movable soccer goals are far superior to fixed goals in
terms of offering opportunities to maintaining high quality turf. - answer✔✔True
True/False: More on-field promotions typically occur at the minor league level than in the big
leagues. - answer✔✔True
What feature(s) is (are) truly unique about the playing field of the Texas Rangers compared to
other ballparks in the warm-season zone? - answer✔✔It has a zoysiagrass infield
True/False: The dimensions for mens and womens soccer fields are dramatically different. -
answer✔✔False
What is the preferred title for a person in charge of maintaining sports fields, other than a
professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Sports Turf Manager
A golf course cup has an inside diameter of ___ inches. - answer✔✔4
According to the Rules of Golf, which of the following are considered to be hazards? -
answer✔✔Ponds, rivers, delineated drainage ditches, and sand-filled bunkers
The second nine holes of an 18-hole golf course is most often referred to as being the ________.
- answer✔✔Back nine
CSS 202 Final Exam Compiled Questions
With Revised Answers
True/False: According to the MDA, there are some questions that you are not permitted to ask a
licensed pesticide application company. - answer✔✔False
True/False: Nature Lawn of America does not use pesticides. - answer✔✔False
What reason(s) were given as to why people chose to hire contractors to care for their lawns? -
answer✔✔Didn't have time, didn't want to fool with it, wanted to devote more time to leisure
and recreation, had lawns that were large and intricate, and affluent enough to afford it
Of the national lawn care companies discussed, the latest on the scene is which of the following?
- answer✔✔Scotts LawnService
By the late 1980s, which company controlled 30% of the lawn-care treatment market? -
answer✔✔Chemlawn
What phrases can licensed lawn care companies make according to the Michigan Department of
Agriculture? - answer✔✔Applicators are certified by the MDA, and fully covered by liability
insurance
When did the national lawn care companies begin to emerge and proliferate? - answer✔✔Late
1970s and 1980s
True/False: Chemlawn was a chain company, i.e., company owned locations rather than
franchises. - answer✔✔True
True/False: The overall number of customers that hire national lawn companies continues to
increase. - answer✔✔False
True/False: These days, most lawn care companies are small, locally owned contractors. -
answer✔✔True
Who owns Trugreen Chemlawn? - answer✔✔Servicemaster
True/False: National lawn care companies have more combined customers than ever before. -
answer✔✔False
, ©THEBRIGHTSTARS 2024
True/False: In Michigan, being certified and being licensed to apply pesticides is the same thing.
- answer✔✔False
True/False: Artificial fields are virtually maintenance free. - answer✔✔False
The greatest potential for creating worn, hollowed-out areas of bare soil where turf is supposed
to be occurs with which sport? - answer✔✔Lacrosse
True/False: The dimensions for mens and womens lacrosse fields are dramatically different. -
answer✔✔True
True/False: The current generation of artificial fields are not designed to facilitate internal
drainage. - answer✔✔False
True/False: Most of the players in a game of baseball are positioned on non-turfed surfaces. -
answer✔✔True
What is the commonly used title for a person in charge of maintaining the field(s) for a
professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Head Groundskeeper
What is the most predominant infill material found in artificial turf? - answer✔✔Crumb rubber
True/False: As long as they are stable, movable soccer goals are far superior to fixed goals in
terms of offering opportunities to maintaining high quality turf. - answer✔✔True
True/False: More on-field promotions typically occur at the minor league level than in the big
leagues. - answer✔✔True
What feature(s) is (are) truly unique about the playing field of the Texas Rangers compared to
other ballparks in the warm-season zone? - answer✔✔It has a zoysiagrass infield
True/False: The dimensions for mens and womens soccer fields are dramatically different. -
answer✔✔False
What is the preferred title for a person in charge of maintaining sports fields, other than a
professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Sports Turf Manager
A golf course cup has an inside diameter of ___ inches. - answer✔✔4
According to the Rules of Golf, which of the following are considered to be hazards? -
answer✔✔Ponds, rivers, delineated drainage ditches, and sand-filled bunkers
The second nine holes of an 18-hole golf course is most often referred to as being the ________.
- answer✔✔Back nine
