MICHIGAN CORE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2024
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
Right-of-Ways - ANSWER: highways and roads, utility stations and sub-stations,
pipelines and stations, public drainage ways, railroads, airports, recreational paths
Right-of Way "crop" - ANSWER: the service the Right-of-Way provides
Components of Right-of-Way IPM - ANSWER: pest identification, monitoring,
determination of site requirements, development and implementation of control
strategies, and evaluating control strategies for effectiveness
Pest Identification - ANSWER: determine life cycles, physiology, reproductive
potential, and past control results
Monitoring - ANSWER: determine size, life cycle, and resulting damage
Site Specific Requirements - ANSWER: consider the special nature of each area as
you develop pest management strategies. ex: urban, rural, dry or wetland, wildlife
habitat
Develop Control Strategies - ANSWER: that will provide effective, practical,
economical and environmentally-sound control
Records of Controls - ANSWER: measure and starting date, rate of pesticide applied,
equipment and crew, environmental conditions, effectiveness, and problems
Controls - ANSWER: biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical
Allelopathy - ANSWER: type of biological control that a plant produces a chemical
the inhibit the growth of nearby plants
Cultural Control - ANSWER: creates optimal growing conditions for the plants you
want to grow and unfavorable for pests. ex: time of planting, nurse crops, shading
aquatic weeds,
Mechanical Control - ANSWER: are by machine or manual
Chemical Control - ANSWER: Pesticides
Seedlings - ANSWER: small, vulnerable plantlets
, Vegetative - ANSWER: rapid growth producing stems, roots, and foliage. Water
uptake is rapid and thorough
Seed Production - ANSWER: energy directed toward production of seed with water
intake slow and directed to flower, fruit, and seed
Maturity - ANSWER: little or no energy production or movement of water
Bushes - ANSWER: woody plants with several stems under 10'. May spread by seed
or sprouting roots
Trees - ANSWER: woody plants with usually one stem and over 10'. May spread by
seed or sprouting roots
Ferns - ANSWER: do not produce seeds but reproduce by spores and creeping
rhizomes
Parasitic Seed Plants - ANSWER: live on and get their food from the host plant and
can severely stunt or kill host
Emergent - ANSWER: plants extend above the surface of water and have thick outer
layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: cattails
Floating - ANSWER: all or part of the plant floats on the water surface and have thick
outer layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: water-lilies
Submergent - ANSWER: all of plant grows beneath the water surface and have very
thin outer layer on their leaves and stems
Algae - ANSWER: plants without true stems, leaves, or vascular systems. Categories
as plankton, filamentous, and macroscopic fresh-water
Ash Tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 50-75' tall, fruits in Aug-Sep, drooping clusters of
single-winged seeds
Black Locust Tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 30-60' and short-lived, fruits in late
autumn, smooth flat seed pods
Boxelder (Ash-leaf Maple) tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 30-50' forks close to the
ground, wide-spreading crown, frits in early summer, narrow flat-winged seeds
Red Maple - ANSWER: 40-75' prefers swamp and stream banks, fruits in may-june
Sassafras Tree - ANSWER: 20-40' contorted/horizontal branches, well drained soil,
fruits in sep-oct
Wild Black cherry Tree - ANSWER: 40-60' rich moist soil, fruits in Aug-Sept
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
Right-of-Ways - ANSWER: highways and roads, utility stations and sub-stations,
pipelines and stations, public drainage ways, railroads, airports, recreational paths
Right-of Way "crop" - ANSWER: the service the Right-of-Way provides
Components of Right-of-Way IPM - ANSWER: pest identification, monitoring,
determination of site requirements, development and implementation of control
strategies, and evaluating control strategies for effectiveness
Pest Identification - ANSWER: determine life cycles, physiology, reproductive
potential, and past control results
Monitoring - ANSWER: determine size, life cycle, and resulting damage
Site Specific Requirements - ANSWER: consider the special nature of each area as
you develop pest management strategies. ex: urban, rural, dry or wetland, wildlife
habitat
Develop Control Strategies - ANSWER: that will provide effective, practical,
economical and environmentally-sound control
Records of Controls - ANSWER: measure and starting date, rate of pesticide applied,
equipment and crew, environmental conditions, effectiveness, and problems
Controls - ANSWER: biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical
Allelopathy - ANSWER: type of biological control that a plant produces a chemical
the inhibit the growth of nearby plants
Cultural Control - ANSWER: creates optimal growing conditions for the plants you
want to grow and unfavorable for pests. ex: time of planting, nurse crops, shading
aquatic weeds,
Mechanical Control - ANSWER: are by machine or manual
Chemical Control - ANSWER: Pesticides
Seedlings - ANSWER: small, vulnerable plantlets
, Vegetative - ANSWER: rapid growth producing stems, roots, and foliage. Water
uptake is rapid and thorough
Seed Production - ANSWER: energy directed toward production of seed with water
intake slow and directed to flower, fruit, and seed
Maturity - ANSWER: little or no energy production or movement of water
Bushes - ANSWER: woody plants with several stems under 10'. May spread by seed
or sprouting roots
Trees - ANSWER: woody plants with usually one stem and over 10'. May spread by
seed or sprouting roots
Ferns - ANSWER: do not produce seeds but reproduce by spores and creeping
rhizomes
Parasitic Seed Plants - ANSWER: live on and get their food from the host plant and
can severely stunt or kill host
Emergent - ANSWER: plants extend above the surface of water and have thick outer
layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: cattails
Floating - ANSWER: all or part of the plant floats on the water surface and have thick
outer layer on thier leaves and stems. ex: water-lilies
Submergent - ANSWER: all of plant grows beneath the water surface and have very
thin outer layer on their leaves and stems
Algae - ANSWER: plants without true stems, leaves, or vascular systems. Categories
as plankton, filamentous, and macroscopic fresh-water
Ash Tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 50-75' tall, fruits in Aug-Sep, drooping clusters of
single-winged seeds
Black Locust Tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 30-60' and short-lived, fruits in late
autumn, smooth flat seed pods
Boxelder (Ash-leaf Maple) tree - ANSWER: rapid growing 30-50' forks close to the
ground, wide-spreading crown, frits in early summer, narrow flat-winged seeds
Red Maple - ANSWER: 40-75' prefers swamp and stream banks, fruits in may-june
Sassafras Tree - ANSWER: 20-40' contorted/horizontal branches, well drained soil,
fruits in sep-oct
Wild Black cherry Tree - ANSWER: 40-60' rich moist soil, fruits in Aug-Sept
