Illinois Pesticide Applicator Exam correctly answered rated A+

Illinois Pesticide Applicator Exameconomic (action) threshold - correct answer the number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which point control measures should begin economic injury level - correct answer breakeven point at which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by a pest aesthetic injury level - correct answer number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control cultural control - correct answer soil preparation, fertility, planting date/site, spacing, plant selection, crop rotation, mulching, mowing mechanical control - correct answer cultivating, pruning, hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking biological control - correct answer predators, parasites, diseases preventative control - correct answer quarantines, inspections, certified seed chemical control - correct answer apply at proper time based on scouting after considering other options incomplete development - correct answer insects with this have three life states; eggs hatch into nymphs that will molt several times before molting into adults; adults then mate and lay eggs to complete life cycle; dragonflies, grasshoppers, thrips, sting bugs, damsel bugs, aphids, leafhoppers ametabolous - correct answer the immature stages look and act like the adults except that they are smaller and cannot reproduce