CDFA IPM CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS
◉ Shot Hole fungus affects what crops?
Answer: Peach, Apricot and Nectarine
◉ What family is the Mexican Bean Beetle in?
Answer: Cocconillidae, Ladybird Beetle Family
◉ Which thrip is a parasite of red mite?
Answer: Bean thrip
◉ What carries hantavirus?
Answer: Deer Mice
◉ What do Starlings eat in the summer
Answer: soft fruit
◉ What do Starlings eat in the winter?
,Answer: cattle feedlots
◉ Which is NOT a control for Klamath Weed?
Answer: buprestid beetle
◉ Which weed is poisonous?
Answer: Halogeton
◉ Anargus epos is a parasite of grape leafhopper that attacks what
life stage?
Answer: eggs
◉ The parasite Aphelinus mali is a parasite of woolly apple aphid,
but is also a parasite of what other insect?
Answer: cotton aphid and apple aphid
◉ A type of root knot nematode is found in a grape vineyard. What
information is needed for proper management?
Answer: only that they are root knot nematodes
◉ How to manage vineyard once it is determined to have root knot
nematodes present?
, Answer: fallow ground for 4 years and precede planting with grass
crops like barely or sundagrass
◉ Best prevention of Pierces Disease?
Answer: resistant varieties
◉ Eutypa Dieback Management
Answer: prune and remove dead wood late in dormant season,
remove and burn any infected wood in vineyard and nearby
◉ Eutypa Dieback management when more advanced and suckers
attaching to lower trunk
Answer: completely remove all cankers on vine and trunks cutting
until no darkened tissue remains
◉ What is important in the management of Powdery Mildew?
Answer: monitoring presence of spores, applying fungicide, and
using the Powdery Mildew Index (PMI)
◉ How to determine if the gall causing disease on alfalfa is caused by
root knot nematode
Answer: rub off the nodules
2026 FULL SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD
QUESTIONS
◉ Shot Hole fungus affects what crops?
Answer: Peach, Apricot and Nectarine
◉ What family is the Mexican Bean Beetle in?
Answer: Cocconillidae, Ladybird Beetle Family
◉ Which thrip is a parasite of red mite?
Answer: Bean thrip
◉ What carries hantavirus?
Answer: Deer Mice
◉ What do Starlings eat in the summer
Answer: soft fruit
◉ What do Starlings eat in the winter?
,Answer: cattle feedlots
◉ Which is NOT a control for Klamath Weed?
Answer: buprestid beetle
◉ Which weed is poisonous?
Answer: Halogeton
◉ Anargus epos is a parasite of grape leafhopper that attacks what
life stage?
Answer: eggs
◉ The parasite Aphelinus mali is a parasite of woolly apple aphid,
but is also a parasite of what other insect?
Answer: cotton aphid and apple aphid
◉ A type of root knot nematode is found in a grape vineyard. What
information is needed for proper management?
Answer: only that they are root knot nematodes
◉ How to manage vineyard once it is determined to have root knot
nematodes present?
, Answer: fallow ground for 4 years and precede planting with grass
crops like barely or sundagrass
◉ Best prevention of Pierces Disease?
Answer: resistant varieties
◉ Eutypa Dieback Management
Answer: prune and remove dead wood late in dormant season,
remove and burn any infected wood in vineyard and nearby
◉ Eutypa Dieback management when more advanced and suckers
attaching to lower trunk
Answer: completely remove all cankers on vine and trunks cutting
until no darkened tissue remains
◉ What is important in the management of Powdery Mildew?
Answer: monitoring presence of spores, applying fungicide, and
using the Powdery Mildew Index (PMI)
◉ How to determine if the gall causing disease on alfalfa is caused by
root knot nematode
Answer: rub off the nodules
