AGRP 1125 FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANT PROTECTION EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | ABAC EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
agriculture - correct answer ✔✔the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the
growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Crop losses can be due to - correct answer ✔✔biotic and abiotic factors
abiotic factors - correct answer ✔✔physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
biotic factors - correct answer ✔✔All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
Potential crop losses worldwide - correct answer ✔✔Weeds: 34%
Animal pests (insects, vertebrates, etc): 18%
Pathogens (plan diseases): 16%
Plant Protection - correct answer ✔✔it is the science through which we generate the information to
invent the strategies and measures of managing plant diseases, weeds and other pests (both vertebrate
and invertebrate) that damage agricultural crops and forestry.
pest - correct answer ✔✔Unwanted organism that directly or indirectly interferes with human activities.
Pest management - correct answer ✔✔The process of applying strategies and control measures to
reduce pest numbers from damaging levels to acceptable levels.
What does pest do? - correct answer ✔✔Competes with humans, domestic animals or desirable plants
for food or water
Injures humans, animals, desirable plants, structures or possessions.
Spreads disease to humans, domestic animals, wildlife or desirable plants.
Annoys humans or domestic animals.
Pest number acceptable levels - correct answer ✔✔It depends on several factors, such as potential
economic loss or loss of aesthetic value.
Integrated Pest management - correct answer ✔✔control the pest when it is causing harm, use a
combination of strategies that will reduce the numbers of a pest to an acceptable level, and cause as
little harm as possible to everything except the pest.
Pest Inspection - correct answer ✔✔a bonded professional checks structures for damage caused by
insects. Sometimes referred to as a termite inspection
Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔detecting meaning through ongoing observations of environmental
changes and trends
Goals of Pest Management - correct answer ✔✔Prevention
, Suppression
Eradication
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - correct answer ✔✔An agricultural pest control approach that uses
a variety of techniques designed to keep insects population to an acceptable level, and minimize
pesticide inputs.
IPM includes the following control methods - correct answer ✔✔Cultural
Physical
Biological
Chemical
Cultural control methods - correct answer ✔✔plant management through resistant varieties, mulch,
planting dates, row spacing irrigation, raking, pruning, etc. as well as the control of vegetation through
the establishment of compatible, stable, plant communities or the use of crops, pastures, parks, or other
managed landscapes.
Mechanical control methods - correct answer ✔✔any physical activity that inhibits unwanted organisms
(pest). Example: weed control with cultivation, mowing or hand pulling.
biological control - correct answer ✔✔The intentional use of beneficial living organisms to control pests.
E.g. growing beneficial insects in culture, then releasing them in the field.
botanical pesticide - correct answer ✔✔natural compounds extracted from plants that happen to be
toxic to insects. Example: Nicotine, Pyrethrum, Rotenone.
inorganic pesticides - correct answer ✔✔inorganic chemicals such as metals, acids, or bases used as
pesticides. Example: Sulfur, Copper, Mercury, Arsenic
synthetic pesticides - correct answer ✔✔man made poisonous chemical or mixture of chemicals that is
intended to prevent, repel, or kill any pest. Example: chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organophosphates,
Carbamates,
A pesticide application is justified - correct answer ✔✔when the benefit is greater than the cost incurred
to applied it
pesticide - correct answer ✔✔Any toxic compound that is designed and used to kill organisms (pests)
that are harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
Bioaccumulation - correct answer ✔✔An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over
time
Biomagnification - correct answer ✔✔The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the
chemical moves up the food chain
pollution - correct answer ✔✔the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or
thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
ANSWERS | ABAC EXAM #1 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
agriculture - correct answer ✔✔the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the
growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Crop losses can be due to - correct answer ✔✔biotic and abiotic factors
abiotic factors - correct answer ✔✔physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
biotic factors - correct answer ✔✔All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
Potential crop losses worldwide - correct answer ✔✔Weeds: 34%
Animal pests (insects, vertebrates, etc): 18%
Pathogens (plan diseases): 16%
Plant Protection - correct answer ✔✔it is the science through which we generate the information to
invent the strategies and measures of managing plant diseases, weeds and other pests (both vertebrate
and invertebrate) that damage agricultural crops and forestry.
pest - correct answer ✔✔Unwanted organism that directly or indirectly interferes with human activities.
Pest management - correct answer ✔✔The process of applying strategies and control measures to
reduce pest numbers from damaging levels to acceptable levels.
What does pest do? - correct answer ✔✔Competes with humans, domestic animals or desirable plants
for food or water
Injures humans, animals, desirable plants, structures or possessions.
Spreads disease to humans, domestic animals, wildlife or desirable plants.
Annoys humans or domestic animals.
Pest number acceptable levels - correct answer ✔✔It depends on several factors, such as potential
economic loss or loss of aesthetic value.
Integrated Pest management - correct answer ✔✔control the pest when it is causing harm, use a
combination of strategies that will reduce the numbers of a pest to an acceptable level, and cause as
little harm as possible to everything except the pest.
Pest Inspection - correct answer ✔✔a bonded professional checks structures for damage caused by
insects. Sometimes referred to as a termite inspection
Monitoring - correct answer ✔✔detecting meaning through ongoing observations of environmental
changes and trends
Goals of Pest Management - correct answer ✔✔Prevention
, Suppression
Eradication
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - correct answer ✔✔An agricultural pest control approach that uses
a variety of techniques designed to keep insects population to an acceptable level, and minimize
pesticide inputs.
IPM includes the following control methods - correct answer ✔✔Cultural
Physical
Biological
Chemical
Cultural control methods - correct answer ✔✔plant management through resistant varieties, mulch,
planting dates, row spacing irrigation, raking, pruning, etc. as well as the control of vegetation through
the establishment of compatible, stable, plant communities or the use of crops, pastures, parks, or other
managed landscapes.
Mechanical control methods - correct answer ✔✔any physical activity that inhibits unwanted organisms
(pest). Example: weed control with cultivation, mowing or hand pulling.
biological control - correct answer ✔✔The intentional use of beneficial living organisms to control pests.
E.g. growing beneficial insects in culture, then releasing them in the field.
botanical pesticide - correct answer ✔✔natural compounds extracted from plants that happen to be
toxic to insects. Example: Nicotine, Pyrethrum, Rotenone.
inorganic pesticides - correct answer ✔✔inorganic chemicals such as metals, acids, or bases used as
pesticides. Example: Sulfur, Copper, Mercury, Arsenic
synthetic pesticides - correct answer ✔✔man made poisonous chemical or mixture of chemicals that is
intended to prevent, repel, or kill any pest. Example: chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organophosphates,
Carbamates,
A pesticide application is justified - correct answer ✔✔when the benefit is greater than the cost incurred
to applied it
pesticide - correct answer ✔✔Any toxic compound that is designed and used to kill organisms (pests)
that are harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
Bioaccumulation - correct answer ✔✔An increased concentration of a chemical within an organism over
time
Biomagnification - correct answer ✔✔The increase in chemical concentration in animal tissues as the
chemical moves up the food chain
pollution - correct answer ✔✔the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or
thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
