Ornamental and Turf Pesticide Applicators exam 2023-
2024 Questions and Answers
How can tiny mites on junipers and evergreens be found?
They can be found by tapping the leaves against a white index card several times
What is Phytotoxicity?
Plant damage caused by pesticides
Resistance from pesticides comes from...
Using the same pesticide over and over again
Pesticides in the soil...
Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
When should you apply a pesticide?
When pests are abundant enough to cause unacceptable damage
In an IPM program you should...
Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
Which is true?
Different diseases and insects can cause the same symptoms
Which is false?
Record keeping takes more time than it is worth
What is Thatch?
The layer of living and dead plant stems, leaves, and roots that develops between the
soil surface and green vegetation
What does proper mowing mean?
Using sharp blades to make a clean cut
To promote healthy turf and reduce disease...
Water thoroughly when you first see wilting
When fertilizing...
Determine fertilizer need through results of a soil test
Which is false?
Thatch should be a least 2 inches thick to keep soil cool
Cool-season cultivars...
Can be mixed to minimize disease
Good soil drainage...
Promotes healthy turfgrass
Which is false?
Do not fertilize turf that is infected with Dollar spot
What are some characteristics of cutworms?
1.) They attack turf
2.) They hide in burrows (or aeration holes) during the day and at night they clip the turf
surrounding the burrow, resulting in brown streaks or circles on the lawn
What are some characteristics of Armyworms?
1.) The fall army worm and yellow striped army worm are more commonly found in the
southern and transition turf ones.
2.) The sometimes feed together and "mow" the turf
3.) Has continuous generations through the year
, What are some characteristics of Sod Webworms?
1.) Use soap and water method to find webworms
2.) Spin silk webbing at the base of grass crowns
3.) They winter as Caterpillars in protective webbing and in spring they feed rapidly and
molt into the pupal stage.
What are some characteristics of Billbugs?
1.) They are grubs
2.) Billbug damage is easy to diagnose boy gabbing hold of the turf and PULLING OR
ROLLING IT BACK
What are some characteristics of Chinch Bugs?
1.) They feed in clusters and damage first appears as circular patches of yellowing turf
that resemble drought injury
What kinds of pests feed on roots?
1.) White grubs and mole crickets are the most serious root-feeding pests on turf
grasses in the southern states
The immature stages of Japanese beetles, Green June beetles, Masked chafers,
and Oriental beetles are...
White grubs
What are some characteristics of Japanese beetles?
1.) Grubs feed on roots and organic matter at the soil-thatch junction
What are some characteristics of the Masked chafer?
1.) Turf heavily infested with masked chafers shows drought stress and dead patches
that do not recover after irrigation
2.) Infested turf lifts easily
What are some characteristics of Mole Crickets?
1.) Tawny and southern mole crickets are the most damaging insect pests of warm-
season turf grasses in the southern states
How do you detect Mole crickets, Sod Webworms, Armyworms, and other
Caterpillars?
By the soap and water flush by mixing 2 ounces of dishwasher fluid and the insects will
be irritated by the dishwashing liquid and rise to the surface
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms?
Pitfall trapes
Apply an insecticide...
When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
Bacillus thuringiensis...
Controls caterpillars
The milky spore bacterium...
Is only effective agains Japanese beetle grubs
To control fire ants...
Use a combination of broadcast bait treatments
Sod webworms...
Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide that is applied to control whiter grubs?
Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets...
2024 Questions and Answers
How can tiny mites on junipers and evergreens be found?
They can be found by tapping the leaves against a white index card several times
What is Phytotoxicity?
Plant damage caused by pesticides
Resistance from pesticides comes from...
Using the same pesticide over and over again
Pesticides in the soil...
Are eventually broken down by bacteria and fungi
When should you apply a pesticide?
When pests are abundant enough to cause unacceptable damage
In an IPM program you should...
Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
Which is true?
Different diseases and insects can cause the same symptoms
Which is false?
Record keeping takes more time than it is worth
What is Thatch?
The layer of living and dead plant stems, leaves, and roots that develops between the
soil surface and green vegetation
What does proper mowing mean?
Using sharp blades to make a clean cut
To promote healthy turf and reduce disease...
Water thoroughly when you first see wilting
When fertilizing...
Determine fertilizer need through results of a soil test
Which is false?
Thatch should be a least 2 inches thick to keep soil cool
Cool-season cultivars...
Can be mixed to minimize disease
Good soil drainage...
Promotes healthy turfgrass
Which is false?
Do not fertilize turf that is infected with Dollar spot
What are some characteristics of cutworms?
1.) They attack turf
2.) They hide in burrows (or aeration holes) during the day and at night they clip the turf
surrounding the burrow, resulting in brown streaks or circles on the lawn
What are some characteristics of Armyworms?
1.) The fall army worm and yellow striped army worm are more commonly found in the
southern and transition turf ones.
2.) The sometimes feed together and "mow" the turf
3.) Has continuous generations through the year
, What are some characteristics of Sod Webworms?
1.) Use soap and water method to find webworms
2.) Spin silk webbing at the base of grass crowns
3.) They winter as Caterpillars in protective webbing and in spring they feed rapidly and
molt into the pupal stage.
What are some characteristics of Billbugs?
1.) They are grubs
2.) Billbug damage is easy to diagnose boy gabbing hold of the turf and PULLING OR
ROLLING IT BACK
What are some characteristics of Chinch Bugs?
1.) They feed in clusters and damage first appears as circular patches of yellowing turf
that resemble drought injury
What kinds of pests feed on roots?
1.) White grubs and mole crickets are the most serious root-feeding pests on turf
grasses in the southern states
The immature stages of Japanese beetles, Green June beetles, Masked chafers,
and Oriental beetles are...
White grubs
What are some characteristics of Japanese beetles?
1.) Grubs feed on roots and organic matter at the soil-thatch junction
What are some characteristics of the Masked chafer?
1.) Turf heavily infested with masked chafers shows drought stress and dead patches
that do not recover after irrigation
2.) Infested turf lifts easily
What are some characteristics of Mole Crickets?
1.) Tawny and southern mole crickets are the most damaging insect pests of warm-
season turf grasses in the southern states
How do you detect Mole crickets, Sod Webworms, Armyworms, and other
Caterpillars?
By the soap and water flush by mixing 2 ounces of dishwasher fluid and the insects will
be irritated by the dishwashing liquid and rise to the surface
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms?
Pitfall trapes
Apply an insecticide...
When the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
Bacillus thuringiensis...
Controls caterpillars
The milky spore bacterium...
Is only effective agains Japanese beetle grubs
To control fire ants...
Use a combination of broadcast bait treatments
Sod webworms...
Spin silk webbing near the soil in turf
An insecticide that is applied to control whiter grubs?
Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets...
