OKLAHOMA SERVICE TECH EXAM
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1. How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control
strategy?-
: Identification of the pest allows you to determine basic information about the pest, including its life
cycle and the
time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
2. Define "intergrated pest managment" (IPM) and list several posible
control tactics that may be used in an IPM strategy.: Integrated pest management is
the combining of appropeiate pest and their damage to an acceptable level. Pest control tactics may
include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical
(pesticide) control.
3. You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. Name three resons
why your control effort might have failed.: The failure of the pesticide to control the
pest might have been caused by pest resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide, misidentifying the
pest, applying the
wrong amount, or applying they pesticide incorrectly.
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, 4. What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from
becoming resistant to the pesticides you use?: Pest resistance can be reduced by
using integrated pest management and rotating the types of pesticides used.
5. Name four of the six available methods to control pests when natural
controls are not sufficient.: The six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological
control, cultural control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical control.
6. Name the four factors that affect pesticide ise outdoors.: Pesticide use outdoors
is affected by soil factors, surface moisture, humidity and temperature, and wind.
7. What is the best control method for controlling plant diseases?: At
present, prevention is the only plant disease control measure. Once a paint is infected, few
control methods are effective, including pesticides.
8. Name four forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control.: Traps, barriers,
gunning,
attractants, and repellents are all forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control.
9. Explain the differences between the terms "label" and "labeling.": The
label is the information printed on or attached to the pesticide container. Labeling includes the
label itseld, plus all other information your receive from the meanufacturer about the product when
you buy it.
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Questions and Correct Answers Graded
A+ Complete
Guaranteed Verified by Experts
1. How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control
strategy?-
: Identification of the pest allows you to determine basic information about the pest, including its life
cycle and the
time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
2. Define "intergrated pest managment" (IPM) and list several posible
control tactics that may be used in an IPM strategy.: Integrated pest management is
the combining of appropeiate pest and their damage to an acceptable level. Pest control tactics may
include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical
(pesticide) control.
3. You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. Name three resons
why your control effort might have failed.: The failure of the pesticide to control the
pest might have been caused by pest resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide, misidentifying the
pest, applying the
wrong amount, or applying they pesticide incorrectly.
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11
, 4. What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from
becoming resistant to the pesticides you use?: Pest resistance can be reduced by
using integrated pest management and rotating the types of pesticides used.
5. Name four of the six available methods to control pests when natural
controls are not sufficient.: The six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological
control, cultural control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical control.
6. Name the four factors that affect pesticide ise outdoors.: Pesticide use outdoors
is affected by soil factors, surface moisture, humidity and temperature, and wind.
7. What is the best control method for controlling plant diseases?: At
present, prevention is the only plant disease control measure. Once a paint is infected, few
control methods are effective, including pesticides.
8. Name four forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control.: Traps, barriers,
gunning,
attractants, and repellents are all forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control.
9. Explain the differences between the terms "label" and "labeling.": The
label is the information printed on or attached to the pesticide container. Labeling includes the
label itseld, plus all other information your receive from the meanufacturer about the product when
you buy it.
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11
