Cat 3 Pesticide Certification Review TN

In order to buy a restricted-use pesticide in TN, an individual must?

Be certified by the TN Department of Agriculture as a pesticide applicator

According to FEPCA/FIFRA, in order to use a restricted-use pesticide an applicator:

Must be certified or working under the direct supervision of a certified applicator

What applicator must always be certified to use a restricted-use pesticide?

Pest control technician working for a chartered company

When does a private applicator become a commercial applicator?

When spraying for another individual and charging a fee

The examination fee for a commercial applicator is:

$15.00

Commercial applicators may become re-certified by:

Earning recertification points

Commercial applicators who violate FIFRA may be fined:

Civil $5,000; Criminal $25,000 or one year in prison

Commercial applicators must keep records of:

General and restricted-use pesticides

Records of pesticide applications must be maintained for:

2 years

Regular plant inspections reduce pest infestations (True/False)

TRUE

Which pest group does not have sucking mouthparts?

Sawflies

Curled, cupped, distorted, discolored leaves indicate feeding by:

Aphids

Which stage of scale insects is easiest to control?

Crawler

Best way to avoid sooty mold growth:

Control pests producing honeydew

How to detect whitefly infestation:

Check undersides of leaves

Streaked, silvered foliage indicates feeding by:

Thrips

Fine webbing and bronzed foliage indicate:

Spider mites

Distinguishing feature of beetles:

Leathery front wings meeting in a straight line

Serpentine/blotchy leaf streaks indicate infestation of:

Leafminers

Sawfly larvae differ from caterpillars by:

Number of prolegs

Insect or mite galls can be chemically controlled after development (T/F)

FALSE

Severed flower stems result from feeding by:

Cutworms

Prevent carpenter ant invasion by:

Keeping wood mulch 1 foot away from structures

Not a good greenhouse pest management technique:

Using time-released fertilizer

Symptoms of phytotoxicity do not include:

Holes in leaves

Plants most susceptible to pesticide damage:

Flowering plants

Pesticide persistence is influenced by:

Application rate, temperature, and moisture

Air blast sprayers should never be used to apply:

Herbicides

To reduce drift, which should not be done?

Reduce nozzle opening size

To reduce pesticide movement, one should not:

Use the highest effective rate

Observe reentry period only if long exposure is likely (T/F)

FALSE

Parasites and predators are beneficial because:

They reduce need for pesticides

Not helpful in diagnosing plant disease:

Knowing which pesticide to apply

Not a type of biorational control:

Ladybird beetles

Most damaging turf pests in TN:

White grubs and cutworms

Spring treatments give best white grub control (T/F)

FALSE

Billbug larvae resemble:

White grubs

Small turf tunneling indicates:

Mole cricket infestation

Household item to sample sod webworms:

Dishwashing detergent

Damaged turf appears ragged with sod webworms (T/F)

FALSE

Armyworms and cutworms are similar because:

They are moth larvae

Which pest has sucking mouthparts?

Leafhoppers

Yellow spots on grass stems caused by:

Chinch bugs

Fire ant control method:

Broadcast bait then treat mounds

Most ornamental diseases are caused by:

Fungi

Apple scab overwinters on:

Dead leaves

Anthracnose most serious on:

Dogwoods and sycamore

Not a cultural management technique for fungi:

Preventative bactericide applications

Cedar galls and apple leaf spots caused by:

Rust disease

Powdery mildew enhanced by:

Cool nights, high humidity, lush growth

White growth and misshapen flowers indicate:

Powdery mildew

When to apply fungicides for leaf galls:

At bud break

Not recommended to avoid root rot:

Applying fungicide drench

Stem rots prevalent on:

Herbaceous ornamentals

Water-soaked limb spot indicates:

Beginning of a canker

Black knots found on:

Fruit trees

Best solution for severe vascular wilt:

Remove tree including roots

Not a symptom of vascular wilt:

Distorted leaf buds

Crown gall is caused by:

Bacteria

Shothole-type symptoms are caused by:

Bacterial leaf spots

Fireblight spreads most rapidly when:

Plants are in bloom

Best way to prevent fire blight overwintering:

Prune out diseased branches

Not recommended to prevent viral diseases:

Frequently irrigate affected plants

Best way to determine nematode problems:

Assay roots and surrounding soil

Most turfgrass diseases are caused by:

Fungi

Smoke ring symptom indicates:

Brown patch

Small straw-colored patches indicate:

Dollar spot

Does not reduce fairy ring severity:

Extra fertilization

Disease developing under snow cover:

Fusarium patch

Purple-brown circular leaf lesions indicate:

Helminthosporium

Only common turf host of powdery mildew in TN:

Bluegrass

Not a symptom of Pythium blight:

Red streaks on leaves

Disease producing red fibers from leaf tips:

Red thread

Disease producing pustules rubbed off by hand:

Leaf rust

Not a true turfgrass pathogen:

Slime mold

Dead spots recurring in bermudagrass:

Spring dead spot

Not true about stripe smut:

Spreads rapidly during high temperatures

Disease producing small white mushrooms:

White patch

Not true about turf nematodes:

Mid-summer is best time to assay soil

Not a control for algae:

Using resistant turf cultivars

When should preemergent herbicides be applied?

1–2 weeks before weed emergence

Does not affect herbicide uptake:

Number of weeds treated

Winter annual weeds germinate and flower:

Germinate in fall, flower in spring

Broadleaf winter annual with white flowers:

Common chickweed

Weeds producing milky irritating sap:

Spurges

Winter annual weed:

Henbit

Not characteristic of Carolina geranium:

It is a perennial

Prostrate weed in high traffic areas:

Knotweed

Perennial with long fleshy taproot:

Dandelion

Difference between curly and broadleaf dock:

Curly dock leaves are narrower

Perennial reproducing by bulbs and bulblets:

Wild garlic

Broadleaf perennial with heart-shaped leaves:

Wild violet

Not true about crabgrass:

Reproduces by underground tubers

Grass with silver/white stem center:

Goosegrass

Annual grass growing best in cool weather:

Annual bluegrass

Perennial grass with tall seed stalks:

Dallisgrass

Not characteristic of yellow nutsedge:

Produces yellow flowers

Not major factor affecting indoor plant health:

Air pollution

First step when interiorscape problem develops:

Determine environmental or management cause

Best way to avoid interiorscape diseases:

Install disease-free plants