Illinois Pesticide Safety Training Exam questions
and answers with solutions
Scouting - ANSWER investigate if a pest is present and causing harm to
ecosystem; most important step of IPM
Cultural control - ANSWER IPM; crop rotation, soil fertility, plant spacing,
mulching, mowing
Mechanical control - ANSWER IPM; physical removal - cultivating,
weeding, hand picking, pruning, burning, mowing
Biological control - ANSWER IPM; predators, parasites, diseases
Chemical control - ANSWER IPM; pesticides, proper time intervals, quick
and effective
False - ANSWER True/False: chemical controls should be the first line of
defense against pests
mode of action - ANSWER the way in which a pesticide kills a pest
(mechanism)
, Infectious disease - ANSWER fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes
Non-infection disease - ANSWER stunting, scorching, distortion
Insects - ANSWER 6 legs
4 wings
2 antennae
3 body regions
chewing or sucking mouthparts
Spiders - ANSWER 8 legs
0 wings
0 antennae
2 body regions
sucking mouthparts
egg, larvae, pupa, adult - ANSWER 4 stages of complete insect life cycle
egg, nymph, adult - ANSWER 3 stages of incomplete insect life cycle
broadleaf weed - ANSWER net-veined leaves; pigweed, creeping charlie
grass - ANSWER parallel-veined leaves; crabgrass, johnsongrass
and answers with solutions
Scouting - ANSWER investigate if a pest is present and causing harm to
ecosystem; most important step of IPM
Cultural control - ANSWER IPM; crop rotation, soil fertility, plant spacing,
mulching, mowing
Mechanical control - ANSWER IPM; physical removal - cultivating,
weeding, hand picking, pruning, burning, mowing
Biological control - ANSWER IPM; predators, parasites, diseases
Chemical control - ANSWER IPM; pesticides, proper time intervals, quick
and effective
False - ANSWER True/False: chemical controls should be the first line of
defense against pests
mode of action - ANSWER the way in which a pesticide kills a pest
(mechanism)
, Infectious disease - ANSWER fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes
Non-infection disease - ANSWER stunting, scorching, distortion
Insects - ANSWER 6 legs
4 wings
2 antennae
3 body regions
chewing or sucking mouthparts
Spiders - ANSWER 8 legs
0 wings
0 antennae
2 body regions
sucking mouthparts
egg, larvae, pupa, adult - ANSWER 4 stages of complete insect life cycle
egg, nymph, adult - ANSWER 3 stages of incomplete insect life cycle
broadleaf weed - ANSWER net-veined leaves; pigweed, creeping charlie
grass - ANSWER parallel-veined leaves; crabgrass, johnsongrass