AGRICULTURE PLANT PEST CONTROL 1A EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED
|GUARANTEED PASS.
_________ is important in the management of fruit insect and mite pests.
a. plant health
b. overwatering
c. overfertilization
d. none of the above - Answer -A
The three general categories of vegetable insect pests are sucking, chewing, and:
a. flying
b. biting
c. stinging
d. soil - Answer -D
______ are the immature stage of May or June beetles.
a. wireworms
b. white grubs
c. cutworms
d. sowbugs - Answer -B
Squash bug nymphs are found in clusters feeding on leaves, stems, and fruits of squash and
pumpkin plant. They:
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,a. damage the plants by chewing and shredding them.
b. can give humans a painful bite.
c. have a disagreeable odor when crushed.
d. are a dark gray when newly hatched. - Answer -C
The following is true of aphids on vegetable crops:
a. heavy infestations stunt plants.
b. the largest aphids are about one inch long.
c. they are usually found on the top sides of the leaves.
d. they cannot transmit disease. - Answer -A
One of the most common mites attacking vegetables, especially tomatoes, curcubits, and beans
is the:
a. Banks grass mite
b. twospotted spider mite
c. brown wheat mite
d. potato mite - Answer -B
This insect group causes more damage to vegetables than do the other categories:
a. soil
b. chewing
c. sucking
d. flying - Answer -B
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, Cucumber beetle larvae destroy the ____________ of vegetable plants.
a. fruit
b. underground parts
c. leaves
d. blossoms - Answer -B
The imported cabbageworm caterpillar becomes full-grown in about:
a. two weeks
b. four weeks
c. six weeks
d. eight weeks - Answer -B
When disturbed, cutworms will: a. emit
a stinking odor.
b. sting.
c. curl into a ball of c-shape.
d. burrow quickly into the soil. - Answer -C
This distinctive yellow and black striped beetle is a serious pest in the United States and Eastern
Canada. The female lays orangeyellow eggs on the underside of leaves. What is this pest?
a. Colorado potato beetle
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED
|GUARANTEED PASS.
_________ is important in the management of fruit insect and mite pests.
a. plant health
b. overwatering
c. overfertilization
d. none of the above - Answer -A
The three general categories of vegetable insect pests are sucking, chewing, and:
a. flying
b. biting
c. stinging
d. soil - Answer -D
______ are the immature stage of May or June beetles.
a. wireworms
b. white grubs
c. cutworms
d. sowbugs - Answer -B
Squash bug nymphs are found in clusters feeding on leaves, stems, and fruits of squash and
pumpkin plant. They:
1|Page
,a. damage the plants by chewing and shredding them.
b. can give humans a painful bite.
c. have a disagreeable odor when crushed.
d. are a dark gray when newly hatched. - Answer -C
The following is true of aphids on vegetable crops:
a. heavy infestations stunt plants.
b. the largest aphids are about one inch long.
c. they are usually found on the top sides of the leaves.
d. they cannot transmit disease. - Answer -A
One of the most common mites attacking vegetables, especially tomatoes, curcubits, and beans
is the:
a. Banks grass mite
b. twospotted spider mite
c. brown wheat mite
d. potato mite - Answer -B
This insect group causes more damage to vegetables than do the other categories:
a. soil
b. chewing
c. sucking
d. flying - Answer -B
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, Cucumber beetle larvae destroy the ____________ of vegetable plants.
a. fruit
b. underground parts
c. leaves
d. blossoms - Answer -B
The imported cabbageworm caterpillar becomes full-grown in about:
a. two weeks
b. four weeks
c. six weeks
d. eight weeks - Answer -B
When disturbed, cutworms will: a. emit
a stinking odor.
b. sting.
c. curl into a ball of c-shape.
d. burrow quickly into the soil. - Answer -C
This distinctive yellow and black striped beetle is a serious pest in the United States and Eastern
Canada. The female lays orangeyellow eggs on the underside of leaves. What is this pest?
a. Colorado potato beetle
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