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CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT
IOWA PESTICIDE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. yellowish beetle, 9 mm long, 12 black spots on its back. Feeds
on the silks of the corn eats - correct answer - southern corn
footwork beetle
2. lays eggs in waste areas near crop fields & the nymphs move
into the crop fields following hatching - correct answer -
grasshopper
3. insect damage can occur when insect ____ coincides w/ crop
growth - correct answer - activity
4. types of crop damage by insects would generally not include -
correct answer - plugging of the translocation system
5. T/F Physical control is checking on a crop regularly in a
prescribed manner to determine the population levels & the
extent of the damage - correct answer - False
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6. Which pest, insects or weeds, easier to manage using
chemicals w/o damaging crop plants - correct answer - insects
7. chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle
should be aimed at the ____ stage - correct answer - nymph
8. frosted tips of alfalfa - correct answer - alfalfa weevils
9. border corn rows have ragged leaves in june - correct answer -
stalk borers
10. sooty mold on soybeans - correct answer - soybean aphids
11. goosenecked corn plants - correct answer - corn rootworms
CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT
IOWA PESTICIDE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS.
1. yellowish beetle, 9 mm long, 12 black spots on its back. Feeds
on the silks of the corn eats - correct answer - southern corn
footwork beetle
2. lays eggs in waste areas near crop fields & the nymphs move
into the crop fields following hatching - correct answer -
grasshopper
3. insect damage can occur when insect ____ coincides w/ crop
growth - correct answer - activity
4. types of crop damage by insects would generally not include -
correct answer - plugging of the translocation system
5. T/F Physical control is checking on a crop regularly in a
prescribed manner to determine the population levels & the
extent of the damage - correct answer - False
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6. Which pest, insects or weeds, easier to manage using
chemicals w/o damaging crop plants - correct answer - insects
7. chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle
should be aimed at the ____ stage - correct answer - nymph
8. frosted tips of alfalfa - correct answer - alfalfa weevils
9. border corn rows have ragged leaves in june - correct answer -
stalk borers
10. sooty mold on soybeans - correct answer - soybean aphids
11. goosenecked corn plants - correct answer - corn rootworms
