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Pest Management Exam 1 || || || ||
Questions With Answers || || ||
Define the term pest. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A pest is an
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animal, plant, or disease, which has a harmful/undesired effect on
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humans, their food, or their living conditions.
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Even with our current pest control programs, agriculture loses some
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production to pests. What would be the likely outcome if we lost the
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ability to control pests through the use of pesticides? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔- increased cost of labor || || || || ||
- reduced yields
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- shortage of food
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- increased number of animal deaths/illnesses
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- increase in human sickness
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Contrast the perceptions of pesticides held by farmers with those
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held by a typical suburban dweller. Explain the likely differences. -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Most farmers understand the pesticides || || || || || ||
are a necessity in order to produce the quantities of food required to
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sustain our nation. They also understand that, while there are some
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risks, most pesticides are non-threatening when the proper
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precautions are taken. Typical suburban dwellers probably don't give || || || || || || || || ||
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much thought to pesticides in general, however they typically
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associate the term with being toxic or harmful and feel they should
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be avoided. Pesticides have been given a bad reputation due to miss
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use in particular instances in the past and due to lack of education
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on the topic for the general population.
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Identify the target group of pests for each of the terms listed below:
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1.) Herbicide
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2.) Silvicide
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3.) Insecticide
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4.) Piscicide
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5.) Avicide - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔1.) Herbicide = Plants
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2.) Silvicide = Trees
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3.) Insecticide = Insects
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4.) Piscicide = Fish
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5.) Avicide = Birds
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What are the six major components that must be considered, in
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addition to humans, in the environment that must be protected
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when using pesticides? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔- water quality
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- air quality
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Pest Management Exam 1 || || || ||
Questions With Answers || || ||
Define the term pest. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A pest is an
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animal, plant, or disease, which has a harmful/undesired effect on
|| || || || || || || || || ||
humans, their food, or their living conditions.
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Even with our current pest control programs, agriculture loses some
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production to pests. What would be the likely outcome if we lost the
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ability to control pests through the use of pesticides? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔- increased cost of labor || || || || ||
- reduced yields
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- shortage of food
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- increased number of animal deaths/illnesses
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- increase in human sickness
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Contrast the perceptions of pesticides held by farmers with those
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held by a typical suburban dweller. Explain the likely differences. -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Most farmers understand the pesticides || || || || || ||
are a necessity in order to produce the quantities of food required to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
sustain our nation. They also understand that, while there are some
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
risks, most pesticides are non-threatening when the proper
|| || || || || || || ||
precautions are taken. Typical suburban dwellers probably don't give || || || || || || || || ||
, 2
much thought to pesticides in general, however they typically
|| || || || || || || || ||
associate the term with being toxic or harmful and feel they should
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
be avoided. Pesticides have been given a bad reputation due to miss
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
use in particular instances in the past and due to lack of education
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
on the topic for the general population.
|| || || || || ||
Identify the target group of pests for each of the terms listed below:
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1.) Herbicide
|| ||
2.) Silvicide
|| ||
3.) Insecticide
|| ||
4.) Piscicide
|| ||
5.) Avicide - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔1.) Herbicide = Plants
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2.) Silvicide = Trees
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3.) Insecticide = Insects
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4.) Piscicide = Fish
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5.) Avicide = Birds
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What are the six major components that must be considered, in
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addition to humans, in the environment that must be protected
|| || || || || || || || || ||
when using pesticides? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔- water quality
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- air quality
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