ILLINOIS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST EXAMS
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED /GRADED
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1. Economic Injury Level - ANSWER ✔️-break- even point at which the cost of
pest control equals the revenue loss caused by a pest.
2. Aesthetic Injury Level - ANSWER ✔️-number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control
3. Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (FIFRA) - ANSWER ✔️-
Approved in 1947. It provides a framework for pesticide registrations an is
the pesticide users assurance that the product, if used correctly will provide
some helpful service without endangering the user, other persons, or the
environment
4. Scouting - ANSWER ✔️-Regularly monitoring pest populations and plant or
crop conditions. Could be the owner, maintenance technician, or grower.
5. What is the Goal of IPM? - ANSWER ✔️-To optimize, NOT maximize pest
control
6. Pest - ANSWER ✔️-any insect, mite, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or
other organism that is injurious to humans or their structures, or to plants,
or animals of interest to humans.
, 7. 5 Control Methods - ANSWER ✔️-Cultural Control, Mechanical Control,
Biological Control, Preventative Control, Chemical control
8. Cultural control - ANSWER ✔️-improves plant health so that they plants are
able to compete better against pests. EX: soil preparation, fertility, proper
planting, plant selection, crop rotation, mulching, mowing
9. Mechanical control - ANSWER ✔️-Physically eliminates the pest. EX:
Cultivating, pruning, hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking
10. Biological control - ANSWER ✔️-Uses living organisms to reduce pest
populations to economically acceptable levels. EX: predators, parasites, pest
diseases
11. preventative control - ANSWER ✔️-Helps prevent the entry and spread of
pests. EX: quarantines, inspections, certified seed
12. chemical control - ANSWER ✔️-Herbicides, insecticides, fungicides,
repellents, fumigants
13. Pesticide - ANSWER ✔️-any chemical used to destroy, prevent, or control
any form of like declared to be a pest
14. Two general types of ingredients - ANSWER ✔️-Active, Inert
15. Active ingredient - ANSWER ✔️-part of the formulation that is effective
against the targeted pest
WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS /UPDATED /GRADED
A+
1. Economic Injury Level - ANSWER ✔️-break- even point at which the cost of
pest control equals the revenue loss caused by a pest.
2. Aesthetic Injury Level - ANSWER ✔️-number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control
3. Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (FIFRA) - ANSWER ✔️-
Approved in 1947. It provides a framework for pesticide registrations an is
the pesticide users assurance that the product, if used correctly will provide
some helpful service without endangering the user, other persons, or the
environment
4. Scouting - ANSWER ✔️-Regularly monitoring pest populations and plant or
crop conditions. Could be the owner, maintenance technician, or grower.
5. What is the Goal of IPM? - ANSWER ✔️-To optimize, NOT maximize pest
control
6. Pest - ANSWER ✔️-any insect, mite, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or
other organism that is injurious to humans or their structures, or to plants,
or animals of interest to humans.
, 7. 5 Control Methods - ANSWER ✔️-Cultural Control, Mechanical Control,
Biological Control, Preventative Control, Chemical control
8. Cultural control - ANSWER ✔️-improves plant health so that they plants are
able to compete better against pests. EX: soil preparation, fertility, proper
planting, plant selection, crop rotation, mulching, mowing
9. Mechanical control - ANSWER ✔️-Physically eliminates the pest. EX:
Cultivating, pruning, hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking
10. Biological control - ANSWER ✔️-Uses living organisms to reduce pest
populations to economically acceptable levels. EX: predators, parasites, pest
diseases
11. preventative control - ANSWER ✔️-Helps prevent the entry and spread of
pests. EX: quarantines, inspections, certified seed
12. chemical control - ANSWER ✔️-Herbicides, insecticides, fungicides,
repellents, fumigants
13. Pesticide - ANSWER ✔️-any chemical used to destroy, prevent, or control
any form of like declared to be a pest
14. Two general types of ingredients - ANSWER ✔️-Active, Inert
15. Active ingredient - ANSWER ✔️-part of the formulation that is effective
against the targeted pest
