PEST CONTROL CERTIFICATION PRACTICE
PAPER 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
ACCURATE KEY
● pathogens. Answer: disease-causing organisms, such as
viruses, bacteria, or fungi
● Pesticide resistance. Answer: When pests adapt and become resistant
to a pesticide. First seen in resistance to DDT in 1947
● bioaccumulation. Answer: The accumulation of pesticide in the fatty
tissue of some animals
● biomagnification. Answer: The Food chain.
Organisms with
pesticides in their tissues are eaten by
fish, which are in turn eaten by birds.
The birds at the top of the food chain
accumulate the highest concentration of
pesticide residues.
● The Four main groups of pest
,organisms. Answer: weeds, invertebrate
animals, pathogens, and vertebrate
animals. Never classify an organism
as a pest until it is clearly determined
to be one.
● The first step in pest management. Answer: accurately identify the pest
● Abiotic factors. Answer: natural control
measures within the environment that
injure or destroy plants and animals,
including pests.
● Applied Controls. Answer: When humans try to eliminate pests.
1. Biological Control
2. Chemical control
3. Cultural Control
4. Genetic control
5. Mechanical/Physical Control
6. Regulatory Control
● Biological control. Answer: the use of natural enemies
, —predators, parasites, pathogens, and
competitors—to control pests and
their damage.
● Chemical control. Answer: the pest management method that involves
using naturally derived and/or synthetic
chemicals to manage pests.
● Pesticide. Answer: any material that is applied to plants, soil, water,
harvested crops, structures, clothing
and furnishings, or animals to kill,
attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt
the growth and mating of pests, or to
regulate plant growth.
● Avicides. Answer: control or repel pest birds
● Bactericides. Answer: control bacteria
● Chemosterilants. Answer: sterilize insects
or pest vertebrates.
PAPER 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
ACCURATE KEY
● pathogens. Answer: disease-causing organisms, such as
viruses, bacteria, or fungi
● Pesticide resistance. Answer: When pests adapt and become resistant
to a pesticide. First seen in resistance to DDT in 1947
● bioaccumulation. Answer: The accumulation of pesticide in the fatty
tissue of some animals
● biomagnification. Answer: The Food chain.
Organisms with
pesticides in their tissues are eaten by
fish, which are in turn eaten by birds.
The birds at the top of the food chain
accumulate the highest concentration of
pesticide residues.
● The Four main groups of pest
,organisms. Answer: weeds, invertebrate
animals, pathogens, and vertebrate
animals. Never classify an organism
as a pest until it is clearly determined
to be one.
● The first step in pest management. Answer: accurately identify the pest
● Abiotic factors. Answer: natural control
measures within the environment that
injure or destroy plants and animals,
including pests.
● Applied Controls. Answer: When humans try to eliminate pests.
1. Biological Control
2. Chemical control
3. Cultural Control
4. Genetic control
5. Mechanical/Physical Control
6. Regulatory Control
● Biological control. Answer: the use of natural enemies
, —predators, parasites, pathogens, and
competitors—to control pests and
their damage.
● Chemical control. Answer: the pest management method that involves
using naturally derived and/or synthetic
chemicals to manage pests.
● Pesticide. Answer: any material that is applied to plants, soil, water,
harvested crops, structures, clothing
and furnishings, or animals to kill,
attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt
the growth and mating of pests, or to
regulate plant growth.
● Avicides. Answer: control or repel pest birds
● Bactericides. Answer: control bacteria
● Chemosterilants. Answer: sterilize insects
or pest vertebrates.
