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Michigan Turfgrass 3a Practice Exam

This is an image of a multiple choice testWe created this quiz to help prepare applicators that are taking their Michigan 3A Turfgrass Pest Management exam.

Each question is worth 1 point with a max score of 44 points. Your score and the correct answers will be shown at the end of the exam as well as emailed to you.

Good Luck!

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1. 
Perennial weeds

2. 
Cool-season cultivars...

3. 
Which of these statements is FALSE?

4. 
The milky spore disease bacterium...

5. 
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)

6. 
Pesticides in the soil:

7. 
Plants that have wider leaves with branched leaf veins are......

8. 
Winter annual broadleaf weeds are

9. 
Leaf spot diseases...

10. 
You should apply a pesticide:

11. 
This type of nozzle is well suited for applying insecticides or fungicides in situations where complete coverage of the leaf surface is critical

12. 
Most turfgrasses grow best in shady locations.

13. 
Biennial weeds...

14. 
In an IPM program you should..

15. 
A rotary spreader creates more drift than a drop granular spreader.

16. 
Annual weeds are...

17. 
Which of the following methods is not effective for discouraging geese an may even attract them

18. 
Which of these statements is FALSE

19. 
Preemergence herbicides...

20. 
Which of the following is a piercing sucking insect?

21. 
Proper mowing means:

22. 
Which of these weeds will sprout from rhizomes

23. 
Dandelions...

24. 
If you double the speed of your application equipment, how will it affect the application rate of a boom sprayer?

25. 
You want to make 2 gallons of a 4 percent solution of a broadleaf herbicide. How many ounces of herbicide are needed?

26. 
Which of these statements is FALSE?

27. 
How many generations do Japanese beetles have each year?

28. 
You are applying fungicide to a lawn that measures 200x50 feet. In the middle of the lawn is a house that measures 60 x 25 ft and a swimming pool that has a 25 foot diameter. The drive measures 10 x 40 ft. The label application rate is 3 oz of fungicide per 1000 square feet. How many ounces of fungicide will be needed? (round to the nearest ounce)

29. 
Which of these factors is not a component of the disease pyramid?

30. 
Infrequent and deep irrigation is the best way to prevent disease organisms in turf.

31. 
To promote healthy turf and reduce disease

32. 
An insecticide applied to control white grubs

33. 
Determine the amount of granular insecticide needed to treat 2 acres assuming a label rate of 2 pounds per 1000 square feet.

34. 
Good soil drainage...

35. 
What do moles eat?

36. 
Which statement is true according to Regulation 637, Pesticide Use?

37. 
Herbicides are...

38. 
When should equipment be calibrated?

39. 
Which of these statements are TRUE?

40. 
Which of these chemicals can be applied to lawns (but not ponds or wetlands) to make the grass distasteful to geese?

41. 
Apply an insecticide...

42. 
Spring dead spot in bermudagrass:

43. 
Resistance to pesticides comes from:

44. 
Postemergence herbicides...

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