CDFA Pest Prevention Plant Regulation – Quarantine (Questions and Answers)

CDFA Pest Prevention Plant Regulation – Quarantine (Questions and Answers) 1) Violation of the Ag Code is a: a) Felony b) Misdemeanor c) infraction -Answer-b) Misdemeanor Oak Wilt is a: a) fungus b) bacteria c) Virus d) Mycoplasma -Answer-a) fungus Pierce's disease is spread by what vector? a) Grape Phylloxera b) Glassy-winged sharp shooter -Answer-b) Glassy-winged sharp shooter Authority for plant quarantines comes from... -Answer-Food and Ag Code Witchweed is a pest of: a)Ear corn b)Oats c)Apple trees d)Avocado -Answer-a) Ear Corn The maximum fine by law allowed for a person who intentionally or negligently introduces a pest is a)5,000 b)10,000 c)25,000 d)20,000 -Answer-c)25,000 Which wouldn't you look for in a fire ant inspection? a)Soil b)Plants with roots c)Gin trash d)Hay or straw -Answer-c)Gin trash Sweet potatoes from Texas need what to enter California a)Federal permit b)State of origin certificate c)Not allowed d)Statement of Treatment at Origin for Sweet Potato Weevil -Answer-d)Statement of Treatment at Origin for Sweet Potato Weevil Cotton imported into the state of California needs to be a)Compressed to 22 lb per bale b)Fumigation certificate c)Not allowed -Answer-a)Compressed to 22 lbs per bale Which is not caused by a fungus? a)Ozonium root rot b)Oakwilt disease c)Citrus canker -Answer-c)Citrus canker The commissioner is a a)Federal plant quarantine officer b)State plant quarantine officer -Answer-b)State plant quarantine officer Unshu oranges are prohibited entry into the U.S. from Japan, on account of which of the following: a)Phytophhord[sic] spp. b)Sweet orange scab c)Xanthomonas citri d)Oriental fruit fly -Answer-d)Oriental fruit fly Where would you find witchweed: a)Michigan b)North and South Carolina c)California d)Colorado -Answer-b)North and South Carolina Bare root apple trees from Maryland should be: a)Held pending application for director's permit b)Refused admittance and destroyed or shipped out of state c)Treated with 2% formaldehyde solution and released d)Inspected and if findings are negative released -Answer-d)Inspected and if findings are negative released Chestnut trees from New York state shall be: a)accepted with a State of Origin certificate with record of approved treatment b)fumigated and released c)Inspected and released d)Refused and destroyed -Answer-a)accepted with a State of Origin certificate with record of approved treatment Shipment of plants from Hawaii: a)May only be permitted entry with an origin inspection certificate b)May only be inspected at ports of entry c)Admitted if they have a certificate of fumigation. -Answer-a)May only be permitted entry with an origin inspection certificate Which is a selected host for Radopholus similis (burrowing nematode) a)Banana and anthurium b)Citrus c)Nut trees d)Apple -Answer-b)Citrus A shipment of chestnuts from Italy: a)May be admitted when accompanied by a proper certificate of inspection, from U.S. port of entry b)Chestnuts are prohibited entry into the U.S. c)May be admitted if certified as to being treated in a manner approved by the director d)There is no restriction on foreign chestnuts -Answer-d)There is no restriction on foreign chestnuts Sweet potato quarantine is against a)Solanum b)Convolvulus c)Papatrichine d)Vicea -Answer-b)Convolvulus A fumiscope is used for a)Weighing cylinder during fumigati