Insect Pest Management Exam 1 Questions With Answers ,

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1. Insects belong to the following class: - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔hexapoda


2. Arthropods in the class Arachnida include the following
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organisms: - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔spiders, mites, ticks,
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scorpions


3. The breathing system in most insects is composed of what
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components? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Composed of air tubes
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4. Most members of this class of arthropods are aquatic and
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beneficial. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Crustacea
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5. Members of the class Arachnida can be separated from members
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of Hexapoda because Arachnids have these characteristics that are
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different from Hexapods: - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔possess a
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cephalothorax (head and thorax fused into one structure), || || || || || || ||

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6. The arachnid class Chilopoda can be represented by these
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organisms: - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔centipedes || || ||




7. The development of agriculture caused an increase in this: -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔pressure from insect populations || || || ||




8. Insects can provide man with primary and intermediate resources.
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Primary resources include: - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔silk, honey,
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wax, insects for food
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9. True or false: economic losses are difficult to measure for medical
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pests - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔True
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10. Trichogramma wasps have this ecological role: - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔they are a natural enemy, they lay eggs inside the || || || || || || || || || ||



eggs of many moth pests
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11. Insect decomposers perform the important ecological function of
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scavenging. They do this by feeding on: - CORRECT || || || || || || || || ||



ANSWER(S)✔✔dead animals and plants || || ||




12. Pest insect species account for what proportion of all insect
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species? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Less than 1% of all insect
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species

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13. Insects' reproductive capacity has been suggested as a possible
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explanation for their success. This includes large numbers of eggs,
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rapid adaptation and short generation time, and also: - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔large amount of genetic variability || || || ||




14. True or false: insect damage to food in storage can exceed losses
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before harvest. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔True
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15. "Reducing insect pest losses in ways that are effective,
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economically sound and ecologically compatible" is a description of
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the main concepts of this: - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Integrated
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pest management
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16. The concept of a pest has been described as anthropocentric and
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circumstantial. This is because it is based on the insect's relationship
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to - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔humans
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17. Most insect pests of agriculture are pests due to the following
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factor(s): - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔numbers, not simply presence
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18. "The ranking of a pest relative to the economics of dealing with
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the species" is a definition of - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔pest status
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