Alabama Pesticide Applicator Study Guide: Chapter 1
Exam Questions & Answers | Updated 2026
Pests - CORRECT ANSWER -Living things that compete with us for food, fiber, or space, or
attack us directly.
Insects - CORRECT ANSWER -Have six jointed legs, three body segments.
Wings and mouthparts - CORRECT ANSWER -Most important identifiers of insects.
Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -The change in shape, form, and size during a life cycle.
Nymph - CORRECT ANSWER -This hatches from an egg, looks like a tiny adult, and grows
into a winged adult.
4 stage metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Arachnids - CORRECT ANSWER -Eight jointed legs, two body regions, no wings
Snails and slugs - CORRECT ANSWER -Mollusks, feed on plant foliage.
Vertebrates - CORRECT ANSWER -Pests with Jointed backbone
Plant disease agent - CORRECT ANSWER -Any harmful condition that makes a plant different
from a normal plant in function or appearance.
Ex. of non living agents - CORRECT ANSWER -Nutrient deficiency, extreme temperatures,
toxic chemical, mechanical injury and to much/little water.
Exam Questions & Answers | Updated 2026
Pests - CORRECT ANSWER -Living things that compete with us for food, fiber, or space, or
attack us directly.
Insects - CORRECT ANSWER -Have six jointed legs, three body segments.
Wings and mouthparts - CORRECT ANSWER -Most important identifiers of insects.
Metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -The change in shape, form, and size during a life cycle.
Nymph - CORRECT ANSWER -This hatches from an egg, looks like a tiny adult, and grows
into a winged adult.
4 stage metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER -Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Arachnids - CORRECT ANSWER -Eight jointed legs, two body regions, no wings
Snails and slugs - CORRECT ANSWER -Mollusks, feed on plant foliage.
Vertebrates - CORRECT ANSWER -Pests with Jointed backbone
Plant disease agent - CORRECT ANSWER -Any harmful condition that makes a plant different
from a normal plant in function or appearance.
Ex. of non living agents - CORRECT ANSWER -Nutrient deficiency, extreme temperatures,
toxic chemical, mechanical injury and to much/little water.
