Turf Pest Control 3B Kansas EXAM STUDY
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1. The process of determining the spray volume that will be applied to a given
area under specific conditions - ANSWER ✔ Calibration
2. What type of pesticide is known to wear out nozzle tips - ANSWER ✔
Wettable Powders
3. When should you replace a nozzle - ANSWER ✔ Variation of 20 %
4. What size area should you use as a test site for calibration of liquid sprayers
- ANSWER ✔ 10 x 10
5. What do you use to test the calibration of the a granule? This is why it is less
safe to calibrate - ANSWER ✔ Pesticide
6. Low pressure, Low volume sprayers or granule applicators can be used
against - ANSWER ✔ Soil or Above ground pests, disease or insects, weeds
,7. High Pressure Hydraulic or airblast sprayers are used for spraying -
ANSWER ✔ large trees
8. By wearing a hat, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, coveralls, and waterproof
boots, you are promoting what? - ANSWER ✔ Pesticide Safety
9. Turfgrass industry in Kansas includes: - ANSWER ✔ home lawns,
institutional and industrial grounds, sod production, golf courses, athletic
fields and other recreational turf, parks, roadsides, airports, and cemeteries.
10.Turf management involves selecting: - ANSWER ✔ the right grass, proper
mowing, watering, fertilizing, and controlling thatch.
11.Geographically, Kansas is - ANSWER ✔ is in the transition zone between
the northern cool-season grass range and the southern warm-season grass
range.
12.Cool season grasses include - ANSWER ✔ bluegrass, tall fescue and
ryegrass
13.Warm season grasses include - ANSWER ✔ bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and
buffalograss
14.The following practices will help maintain overall turfgrass health and
prevent disease development. - ANSWER ✔ Select appropriate turfgass
species and varieties, provide adequate drainage, provide appropriate
fertility, avoid compaction, prevent excessive thatch, use appropriate
mowing heights, improve airflow and light availability
,15.The first step in control of turfgrass problems is - ANSWER ✔ accurate
diagnosis
16.To diagnose turfgrass problems follow these steps: - ANSWER ✔
Determine the overall distribution of the problem, identify the affected
turfgrass species and cultivar (if possible), observe symptoms on individual
plants, determine weather conditions before and during disease
development, knowledge of weather conditions will help you select the right
disease, determine potential problems with soil structure or fertility,
determine the history of cultural practices at the site, review pesticide
management practices, use reference materials
17.Common turfgrass diseases in Kansas include: - ANSWER ✔ brown patch,
dollar spot, fairy ring, large patch of zoysiagrass, lef spot and melting out,
necrotic ringspot, pin snow mold/microdochium patch, powdery mildew,
plythium foliar blight, rusts, spring dead spot, slime molds, andsummer
patch
18.Brown Patch - ANSWER ✔ Rhizoctonia salami most common and
important disease of tall fescue in Kansas
19.The first step in the control of plant pathogens: - ANSWER ✔ accurate
diagnosis of the problem
20.Some information which should be obtained for disease diagnosis includes: -
ANSWER ✔ species and cultivar of plant, records of cultural practices,
record of specific plant systems
21.Which of the following statements about fungicides are true - ANSWER ✔
Pathogens can sometimes become resistant to systemic fungicides
, 22.Winter injury to trees and shrubs can be minimized by: - ANSWER ✔
watering them adequately in the fall and mulching under the plants
23.Iron chlorosis results in - ANSWER ✔ yellow leaves with green veins
24.Herbicide injury may include: - ANSWER ✔ distortion of the leaves,
scorching of the leaves, branch dieback
25.The most common plant pathogens are: - ANSWER ✔ fungi
26.Powdery mildew is caused by a : - ANSWER ✔ fungus
27.There is only one species of powdery mildew than infects all plants -
ANSWER ✔ false, powdery mildew can be reduced by improving airflow
and reducing shade, powdery mildew absorbs nutrients from the leaf,
weakening the plants, for some types of plants, varieties resistant to powdery
mildew are available
28.Rust is caused by - ANSWER ✔ fungus
29.To control cedar-apple rust, routine sprays on the apple/crabapple hose must
be applied during - ANSWER ✔ April and May
30.Scab fungus on apple and flowering crabapple overwinters: - ANSWER ✔
on fallen leaves
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. The process of determining the spray volume that will be applied to a given
area under specific conditions - ANSWER ✔ Calibration
2. What type of pesticide is known to wear out nozzle tips - ANSWER ✔
Wettable Powders
3. When should you replace a nozzle - ANSWER ✔ Variation of 20 %
4. What size area should you use as a test site for calibration of liquid sprayers
- ANSWER ✔ 10 x 10
5. What do you use to test the calibration of the a granule? This is why it is less
safe to calibrate - ANSWER ✔ Pesticide
6. Low pressure, Low volume sprayers or granule applicators can be used
against - ANSWER ✔ Soil or Above ground pests, disease or insects, weeds
,7. High Pressure Hydraulic or airblast sprayers are used for spraying -
ANSWER ✔ large trees
8. By wearing a hat, long-sleeved shirt, long pants, coveralls, and waterproof
boots, you are promoting what? - ANSWER ✔ Pesticide Safety
9. Turfgrass industry in Kansas includes: - ANSWER ✔ home lawns,
institutional and industrial grounds, sod production, golf courses, athletic
fields and other recreational turf, parks, roadsides, airports, and cemeteries.
10.Turf management involves selecting: - ANSWER ✔ the right grass, proper
mowing, watering, fertilizing, and controlling thatch.
11.Geographically, Kansas is - ANSWER ✔ is in the transition zone between
the northern cool-season grass range and the southern warm-season grass
range.
12.Cool season grasses include - ANSWER ✔ bluegrass, tall fescue and
ryegrass
13.Warm season grasses include - ANSWER ✔ bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and
buffalograss
14.The following practices will help maintain overall turfgrass health and
prevent disease development. - ANSWER ✔ Select appropriate turfgass
species and varieties, provide adequate drainage, provide appropriate
fertility, avoid compaction, prevent excessive thatch, use appropriate
mowing heights, improve airflow and light availability
,15.The first step in control of turfgrass problems is - ANSWER ✔ accurate
diagnosis
16.To diagnose turfgrass problems follow these steps: - ANSWER ✔
Determine the overall distribution of the problem, identify the affected
turfgrass species and cultivar (if possible), observe symptoms on individual
plants, determine weather conditions before and during disease
development, knowledge of weather conditions will help you select the right
disease, determine potential problems with soil structure or fertility,
determine the history of cultural practices at the site, review pesticide
management practices, use reference materials
17.Common turfgrass diseases in Kansas include: - ANSWER ✔ brown patch,
dollar spot, fairy ring, large patch of zoysiagrass, lef spot and melting out,
necrotic ringspot, pin snow mold/microdochium patch, powdery mildew,
plythium foliar blight, rusts, spring dead spot, slime molds, andsummer
patch
18.Brown Patch - ANSWER ✔ Rhizoctonia salami most common and
important disease of tall fescue in Kansas
19.The first step in the control of plant pathogens: - ANSWER ✔ accurate
diagnosis of the problem
20.Some information which should be obtained for disease diagnosis includes: -
ANSWER ✔ species and cultivar of plant, records of cultural practices,
record of specific plant systems
21.Which of the following statements about fungicides are true - ANSWER ✔
Pathogens can sometimes become resistant to systemic fungicides
, 22.Winter injury to trees and shrubs can be minimized by: - ANSWER ✔
watering them adequately in the fall and mulching under the plants
23.Iron chlorosis results in - ANSWER ✔ yellow leaves with green veins
24.Herbicide injury may include: - ANSWER ✔ distortion of the leaves,
scorching of the leaves, branch dieback
25.The most common plant pathogens are: - ANSWER ✔ fungi
26.Powdery mildew is caused by a : - ANSWER ✔ fungus
27.There is only one species of powdery mildew than infects all plants -
ANSWER ✔ false, powdery mildew can be reduced by improving airflow
and reducing shade, powdery mildew absorbs nutrients from the leaf,
weakening the plants, for some types of plants, varieties resistant to powdery
mildew are available
28.Rust is caused by - ANSWER ✔ fungus
29.To control cedar-apple rust, routine sprays on the apple/crabapple hose must
be applied during - ANSWER ✔ April and May
30.Scab fungus on apple and flowering crabapple overwinters: - ANSWER ✔
on fallen leaves
