The Final Exam Quiz

  1. The more moisture you can keep in your infield skin without getting sloppy:1
  2. In order to keep an infield skin nice and smooth for maximum playability, you should nail drag or float drag in one direction only.1
  3. To keep baselines smooth without high and low spots on an traditional field with a grass infield, you should shimmy your hand-pulled nail drag back and forth, moving up and down the baselines to crosscut the soil.1
  4. When repairing a shallow wear hole in the clay around of the pitching mound or home plate, it is important to _________ in order to successfully bond the new and old clay together.1
  5. To effectively repair clay on the pitching mound or home plate area, it is very important to remove all loose material and debris from the wear holes before proceeding with installing replacement clay.1
  6. Hand dragging skinned areas along the turf edge can help minimize “lip buildup”.1
  7. Bulk paint sprayers should __________ at the end of each work day.1
  8. What are the consequences of a lip being allowed to form on a turfgrass edge on a ballfield?1
  9. Under what conditions is it a bad idea to “hydrowash” a lip out of your turf edge?1
  10. When there are no fortification materials used on the mound or home plate (clay fortification or pitcher’s / batter’s mats), the best thing to do is water the wear holes and pull the existing infield material back into the wear holes, tamp, and water again to help the area to solidify.1
  11. Which weather event plays the biggest role in transporting infield soil from the infield skin to the grass edges forming lips?1
  12. When chalking lines on a ballfield, which of these procedures is INCORRECT?1
  13. What must be done to existing clay in wear holes to allow the new clay to adhere to the existing clay?1
  14. On a totally skinned infield (softball and some youth baseball), use the clock method to manage your daily dragging direction and starting & stopping points.1
  15. A _______ is a good tool for finish grooming the pitching mound because it conforms well to the curvature of the mound.1
  16. What type of tamp should you use to get the most concentrated packing power?1
  17. Which float drag can still effectively smooth a damp infield?1
  18. “Back raking” is a technique used after rainfall for scarifying your infield skin to help it dry more quickly.1
  19. When repairing a wear hole in the pitching mound or home plate area, it is important to use _______ in order to ensure effective binding to the existing clay.1
  20. Which float drag transports the least amount of infield material?1
  21. At 1st and 3rd base, the foul edge of the foul line should line up with:1
  22. When tamping down new clay added for repair, remember to tamp _______ .1
  23. If watering right before a day game, be sure to wet down the infield grass to make sure it doesn’t get too dry during the game.1
  24. The dragging pattern that helps build or maintain surface grade on a totally skinned infield is the:1
  25. A “lip” is a bump in the batter’s box that results from players pushing material toward the back of the batter’s box.1