TN Category C2 Pesticide Training Review
questions and answers
1. Nearly 3 of every 4 acres of Tennessee forests are:
A. Oak-Pine
B. Hickory-Pine
C. Pine
D. Oak-Hickory - correct answer ✅D. Oak-Hickory
2. The most common types of Pines in Tennessee are:
A. Loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Virginia pine, eastern white pine.
B. Eastern white pine, shortleaf pine, Pitch pine, loblolly pine.
C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
D. Loblolly pine, eastern white pine, slash pine, Virginia pine. - correct answer
✅C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
3. In 1995, tree losses from insects in the south were:
A. $100 million
B. 130 million
C. Over $278 million
D. $200 million - correct answer ✅C. Over $278 million
,TN Category C2 Pesticide Training Review
questions and answers
4. Pine mortality from the southern pine beetle in Tennessee was valued at how
much in the year 2000?
A. $26 million.
B. $12 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $40 million. - correct answer ✅A. $26 million.
5. The largest of the pine bark beetles is the:
A. Southern pine beetle
B. Pine Sawyer
C. Ips beetle
D. Black turpentine beetle - correct answer ✅D. Black turpentine beetle
6. The black turpentine beetle usually only attacks the trunks of trees:
A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
B. In the top third of the tree.
C. Between 10 and 20 feet from the ground.
D. Between 20 and 40 feet from the ground. - correct answer ✅A. Up to a height
of 8 feet.
, TN Category C2 Pesticide Training Review
questions and answers
7. The southern pine beetle is:
A. The largest of the major southern bark beetles.
B. Produces large purpleish colored pitch tubes ($.50 piece in size)
C. Is 1/4 inch or more in length.
D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long. - correct answer ✅D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long.
8. The southern pine beetle:
A. Does not produce stain-causing fungi.
B. Produces characteristic Y or H shaped a galleries in the inner bark
C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in diameter.
D. Is easily recognized by its scooped out posterior, which is surrounded by tooth-
like projections. - correct answer ✅C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less
than 2 inch in diameter.
9. Insecticide:
A. Applications in bark beetle control are more corrective than preventative.
B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the lower 8 to 10
feet of the main bole be treated.
questions and answers
1. Nearly 3 of every 4 acres of Tennessee forests are:
A. Oak-Pine
B. Hickory-Pine
C. Pine
D. Oak-Hickory - correct answer ✅D. Oak-Hickory
2. The most common types of Pines in Tennessee are:
A. Loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Virginia pine, eastern white pine.
B. Eastern white pine, shortleaf pine, Pitch pine, loblolly pine.
C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
D. Loblolly pine, eastern white pine, slash pine, Virginia pine. - correct answer
✅C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
3. In 1995, tree losses from insects in the south were:
A. $100 million
B. 130 million
C. Over $278 million
D. $200 million - correct answer ✅C. Over $278 million
,TN Category C2 Pesticide Training Review
questions and answers
4. Pine mortality from the southern pine beetle in Tennessee was valued at how
much in the year 2000?
A. $26 million.
B. $12 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $40 million. - correct answer ✅A. $26 million.
5. The largest of the pine bark beetles is the:
A. Southern pine beetle
B. Pine Sawyer
C. Ips beetle
D. Black turpentine beetle - correct answer ✅D. Black turpentine beetle
6. The black turpentine beetle usually only attacks the trunks of trees:
A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
B. In the top third of the tree.
C. Between 10 and 20 feet from the ground.
D. Between 20 and 40 feet from the ground. - correct answer ✅A. Up to a height
of 8 feet.
, TN Category C2 Pesticide Training Review
questions and answers
7. The southern pine beetle is:
A. The largest of the major southern bark beetles.
B. Produces large purpleish colored pitch tubes ($.50 piece in size)
C. Is 1/4 inch or more in length.
D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long. - correct answer ✅D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long.
8. The southern pine beetle:
A. Does not produce stain-causing fungi.
B. Produces characteristic Y or H shaped a galleries in the inner bark
C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in diameter.
D. Is easily recognized by its scooped out posterior, which is surrounded by tooth-
like projections. - correct answer ✅C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less
than 2 inch in diameter.
9. Insecticide:
A. Applications in bark beetle control are more corrective than preventative.
B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the lower 8 to 10
feet of the main bole be treated.
