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A pest can be anything that: E. A pest can be anything that annoys, injures,
a. Competes with humans, domestic spreads disease or competes with desired plants,
animals or desirable plants for food animals, or humans. Examples of pests include
or water weeds, insects, fungi, bacteria, mites and
b. Injures humans, animals, desirable nematodes
plants, structures, or possessions
c. Spreads disease to humans,
domestic animals, wildlife, or
desirable plants
d. Annoys human or domestic
animals
e. All of the above
,One requirement for effective pest A. Identifying the pest is the first step.
control is: Additionally, it is necessary to know what control
a. Identification of the pest to be methods are available; evaluate the benefits and
controlled risks of each method or combination of methods;
b. New spray equipment choose the methods that are most effective and
c. Using more than the will cause the least harm to people and the
recommended dosage environment; use each method correctly; and
d. Spraying only the field margin observe local, state, and federal regulations that
apply to the situation.
A pest-control method should be A. Even though a pest is present, it may not do
used only when that method will very much harm. It could cost more to control
cost less than the expected value the pest than to allow the damage to occur. The
of a loss from the pest. point at which the cost of the damage exceeds
a. True the cost of the control is the "economic
b. False threshold."
Successful pest control is based on D. The best answer should be to: 1) keep pest
the ability to: damage to a minimum by choosing an
a. Eradicate all pests appropriate combination of control methods, 2)
b. Use pesticides whenever pests recognize when direct action is necessary, and 3)
are identified endanger the environment as little as possible
c. Contaminate the environment
d. None of the above
, Which of the following is NOT a D. Prevention and suppression are common
pest control goal? goals. Eradication is a difficult goal to achieve,
a. Prevention - keeping a pest from especially in outdoor areas, but may be
becoming a problem attempted when a foreign pest has been
b. Suppression - reducing pest introduced into an area (e.g. gypsy moth,
numbers to an acceptable level Mediterranean fruit fly, etc.). Eradication is a more
c. Eradication - destroying an entire common goal in indoor areas.
pest population
d. All of the above are possible
goals
The strategy of combining pest D. Biological control is a tactic of Integrated Pest
control tactics into a single plan to Management (IPM). IPM is one component of a
reduce pests and their damage to holistic resource management plan and is an
an acceptable level is called: example of a Best Management Practice.
a. Holistic Resource Management
Plan
b. Biological Control
c. Best Management Practices
d. Integrated Pest Management
When the level of a pest population C. Thresholds maybe based on aesthetic, health,
reaches the stage where pest or economic considerations. Action thresholds
control action should be taken, you have been determined for many pests.
are at the:
a. Scouting stage
b. Monitoring stage
c. Threshold stage
d. Pesticide application stage
2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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Terms in this set (136)
A pest can be anything that: E. A pest can be anything that annoys, injures,
a. Competes with humans, domestic spreads disease or competes with desired plants,
animals or desirable plants for food animals, or humans. Examples of pests include
or water weeds, insects, fungi, bacteria, mites and
b. Injures humans, animals, desirable nematodes
plants, structures, or possessions
c. Spreads disease to humans,
domestic animals, wildlife, or
desirable plants
d. Annoys human or domestic
animals
e. All of the above
,One requirement for effective pest A. Identifying the pest is the first step.
control is: Additionally, it is necessary to know what control
a. Identification of the pest to be methods are available; evaluate the benefits and
controlled risks of each method or combination of methods;
b. New spray equipment choose the methods that are most effective and
c. Using more than the will cause the least harm to people and the
recommended dosage environment; use each method correctly; and
d. Spraying only the field margin observe local, state, and federal regulations that
apply to the situation.
A pest-control method should be A. Even though a pest is present, it may not do
used only when that method will very much harm. It could cost more to control
cost less than the expected value the pest than to allow the damage to occur. The
of a loss from the pest. point at which the cost of the damage exceeds
a. True the cost of the control is the "economic
b. False threshold."
Successful pest control is based on D. The best answer should be to: 1) keep pest
the ability to: damage to a minimum by choosing an
a. Eradicate all pests appropriate combination of control methods, 2)
b. Use pesticides whenever pests recognize when direct action is necessary, and 3)
are identified endanger the environment as little as possible
c. Contaminate the environment
d. None of the above
, Which of the following is NOT a D. Prevention and suppression are common
pest control goal? goals. Eradication is a difficult goal to achieve,
a. Prevention - keeping a pest from especially in outdoor areas, but may be
becoming a problem attempted when a foreign pest has been
b. Suppression - reducing pest introduced into an area (e.g. gypsy moth,
numbers to an acceptable level Mediterranean fruit fly, etc.). Eradication is a more
c. Eradication - destroying an entire common goal in indoor areas.
pest population
d. All of the above are possible
goals
The strategy of combining pest D. Biological control is a tactic of Integrated Pest
control tactics into a single plan to Management (IPM). IPM is one component of a
reduce pests and their damage to holistic resource management plan and is an
an acceptable level is called: example of a Best Management Practice.
a. Holistic Resource Management
Plan
b. Biological Control
c. Best Management Practices
d. Integrated Pest Management
When the level of a pest population C. Thresholds maybe based on aesthetic, health,
reaches the stage where pest or economic considerations. Action thresholds
control action should be taken, you have been determined for many pests.
are at the:
a. Scouting stage
b. Monitoring stage
c. Threshold stage
d. Pesticide application stage
