HOSMERIT
TURF & LANDSCAPE (3.0) EXAM 2025 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
• What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-
parts? *correct answer*Yellowed Leaves
• What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest
goes through? *correct answer*To target the most vulnerable life stage.
• When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? *correct answer*April
through early June.
• How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil?
*correct answer*Two.
• Annual weeds reproduce by . *correct answer*Seeds.
• What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds?
*correct answer*Systemic.
• Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the
weed's growth stage listed on the label? *correct answer*Selectivity is determined by
growth stage.
• What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? *correct answer*Keep
herbicides off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
• To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable
. *correct answer*Environmental conditions.
• Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? *correct
answer*They only protect existing growth.
• Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? *correct answer*Poison
bait.
, • What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control
creeping charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? *correct answer*Narrow
spectrum.
• What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? *correct
answer*Common name.
• What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? *correct answer*Getting
absorbed into the plant.
• What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant?
*correct answer*Systemic.
• WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation?
*correct answer*To make the pesticide easier to use.
• Volatility is the measure of the . *correct answer*Tendency for a pesticide to
turn into vapor or gas.
• When must a facility have an impervious mixing and loading pad? *correct
answer*Located less than 100 feet from a water body.
• Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the
target pest? *correct answer*Better residual time on the weed.
• What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? *correct
answer*Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
• WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? *correct answer*To
make the product stick better.
• Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? *correct
answer*Federal insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• What type of pesticide can people use who are trained to mitigate the product's
risk? *correct answer*Restricted use.
• State law can . *correct answer*Be more strict than the federal law.
• A for hire applicator must renew their individual Commercial Applicator License
every . *correct answer*year.
• Which component must be included in a pesticide record? *correct
answer*Quantity of product used.
TURF & LANDSCAPE (3.0) EXAM 2025 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
• What is a symptom of damage from an insect with piecing-sucking mouth-
parts? *correct answer*Yellowed Leaves
• What is the best reason to know the type of METAMORPHOSIS the target pest
goes through? *correct answer*To target the most vulnerable life stage.
• When are eastern tent caterpillars MOST ACTIVE? *correct answer*April
through early June.
• How many seed leaves do broad-leaves have when they emerge from the soil?
*correct answer*Two.
• Annual weeds reproduce by . *correct answer*Seeds.
• What TYPE of herbicide is best suited for controlling perennial weeds?
*correct answer*Systemic.
• Why do you make post-emergence herbicide applications according to the
weed's growth stage listed on the label? *correct answer*Selectivity is determined by
growth stage.
• What can minimize negative herbicide impacts? *correct answer*Keep
herbicides off impervious surfaces like sidewalks.
• To occur, A plant disease needs time, a pathogen, a plant host and favorable
. *correct answer*Environmental conditions.
• Why are most foliar contact fungicides applied more than once? *correct
answer*They only protect existing growth.
• Which pesticide is best suited for dispatching moles? *correct answer*Poison
bait.
, • What herbicide CHARACTERISTIC is desired when you need to control
creeping charlie WITHOUT damaging surrounding turf? *correct answer*Narrow
spectrum.
• What is the easy-to-use for a pesticide active ingredient? *correct
answer*Common name.
• What is necessary for herbicides to kill a plant? *correct answer*Getting
absorbed into the plant.
• What type of herbicide is absorbed and trans-located throughout the plant?
*correct answer*Systemic.
• WHY do manufacturers mix active and inert ingredients into a formulation?
*correct answer*To make the pesticide easier to use.
• Volatility is the measure of the . *correct answer*Tendency for a pesticide to
turn into vapor or gas.
• When must a facility have an impervious mixing and loading pad? *correct
answer*Located less than 100 feet from a water body.
• Why must you evaluate different formulations of an active ingredient and the
target pest? *correct answer*Better residual time on the weed.
• What is an advantage of using a GRANULAR herbicide? *correct
answer*Typically degrades slower than a liquid formulation.
• WHY might you add an adjutant to a pesticide tank mix? *correct answer*To
make the product stick better.
• Pesticide label directions are registered under which law? *correct
answer*Federal insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• What type of pesticide can people use who are trained to mitigate the product's
risk? *correct answer*Restricted use.
• State law can . *correct answer*Be more strict than the federal law.
• A for hire applicator must renew their individual Commercial Applicator License
every . *correct answer*year.
• Which component must be included in a pesticide record? *correct
answer*Quantity of product used.
