TruGreen Ornamental & Turf Pest Control
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Which fencing provides the best protection against deer damage?
⼀Answer:- Permanent, 8-ft high woven wire fencing
With high-exposure applications using mist blowers, aerosols, fog
generators, or high pressure sprayers, which of the following
should not be worn?
⼀Answer:- Tightly woven cotton long sleeved shirt, pants, hood, and
gloves sprayed with scotchguard
If you have a recommendation of 2 oz of a given chemical for
1000 sq ft how much chemical will you need for 4590 sq ft?
⼀Answer:- 9.18 oz
Plant galls associated with insects and mites are caused
⼀Answer:- (ALL OF THE ABOVE) During feeding, egglaying, and
egg laying when a chemical is injected into the plant by the pest
Devrinol 50-DF ornamental can be applied through any type of
irrigation system
⼀Answer:- False
Aphid-like insects which attack only conifers are:
⼀Answer:- Adelgids
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When comparing toxicities of pesticides and classifying pesticide
toxicity, scientists and EPA use which of the following
measurements?
⼀Answer:- LD50 & LC50
What type of pesticide is Devrinol 50-DF ornamental?
⼀Answer:- Herbicide
How frequently should personal clothing worn as PPE be
laundered?
⼀Answer:- At the end of each day
Split applications of Devrinal 50-DF ornamental should be made 8-
10 weeks apart to given longer & better weed control of crabgrass
& goosegrass.
⼀Answer:- True
If you know that it takes 4.8 oz of concentrate to make a 2.0%
dilution, how many oz of concentrate would you use to make a
0.5% dilution?
⼀Answer:- 1.2 oz
If a product label is destroyed or damaged, the container does not
have to be marked with which of the following?
⼀Answer:- % of inert ingredient
Remove PPE immediately after handling Devrinol 50-DF
ornamental & then remove gloves and wash
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⼀Answer:- False
Do not make more than one application per season of Devrinol 50-
DF ornamental for annual weeds in field grown bulbs
⼀Answer:- True
Inhalation exposure can occur at just certain points in the
application process
⼀Answer:- False
Phytotoxicity
⼀Answer:- Is undesirable injury to plants
Which of the following statements is not true?
⼀Answer:- Buy only the amount of pesticide you need for no more
than two seasons
The most important characteristics of visual repellant for pest birds
is that it should:
⼀Answer:- Be easily visible & should have movement such as foil
strips that move in the wind
Who administers the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act?
⼀Answer:- EPA
Do not apply Devrinol 50-DF to frozen ground
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⼀Answer:- True
Pre-emergent herbicides are applied to the foliage surface of
emerged weeds
⼀Answer:- False
If pesticide label directions on reentry intervals can't be followed:
⼀Answer:- Do not apply the pesticide
Private applicators are typically owners or employees of which of
the following?
⼀Answer:- All of the above (farm, forest, nursery and greenhouse)
Do not apply Devrinol 50-DF ornamental to tulips showing more
than 2 in of top growth
⼀Answer:- True
Groundwater advisory statements:
⼀Answer:- Indicate that a pesticide may not be safe to use under
certain circumstances
Fall through spring application of Devrinol 50-DF ornamental are
preferred for highway and industrial ornamental planting if
irrigation is not available
⼀Answer:- True
During a wet spring in a Zoyzia grass lawn you notice small (2 in.
diameter), straw-colored patches which are enlarging & growing
together in some areas. The disease is probably: