AGRICULTURAL PLANT PEST CONTROL
EXAM WITH 199 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ 2026/2027[
NEWEST!!!!]
The threat of contamination is higher in areas where:
The water table is close to the soil surface.
Threatened
Means the species is facing endangerment
Endangered
Means the species is nearing extinction
Protecting Bees~ Do not apply insecticides:
While crops are in bloom
Honeybees
Important to the pollination of agricultural crops.
Pest
Any plant, animal, or microbe that is unwanted, troublesome, annoying, or
destructive.
Pesticide
Is a substance intended to prevent, control, destroy, repel, or attract a pest.
Insecticide
Kills insects
Fungicide
Kills fungus
,Herbicide
Kills weeds
Miticide
Kills mites
Nematicide
Kills nematodes
Rodenticide
Kills rodents
Preharvest interval
Is the amount of time needed between the last application of a pesticide and
harvest.
integrated pest management
Cultural, mechanical, biological, genetic, and chemical techniques can be
integrated to optimize control.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
A federal regulation intended to reduce the risk of illness or injury to pesticide
handlers and agriculture workers.
If Pesticide label directions are not followed it can negatively impact:
Groundwater, nontarget organisms, and threatened and endangered species.
Agricultural land with coarse, sandy soil:
More susceptible to the movement of chemicals into the groundwater than heavy
clay soils.
Characteristics commonly used to identify insect groups are:
Wings, legs, and mouthparts.
,The number, shape, and function of wings are:
Often used to identify adult insects.
Common field crop insects:
Generally fall into one of five fairly easily recognized groups.
Thrips~
Thysanoptera ~ Tiny, slender insects. Winged adults have 2 pairs of of delicate,
fringed wings.
The three stages of gradual metamorphosis that Thrips undergo are:
Egg, nymph, and adult.
Plant damage~ Holes chewed in leaves indicate a pest with:
Chewing mouthparts.
Bug is a common name for:
Hemiptera ~ A large, diverse group of insects.
The name Hemiptera refers to:
The forewing of many "true" bugs because wings are hardened near the base and
membranous at the end.
The one thing members of the Hemiptera group have in common is:
Sucking mouthparts.
Caterpillars are the larval stages of:
Moths and butterflies.
, Moths and butterflies have:
Siphoning mouthparts.
Both moths and butterflies undergo a complete metamorphosis that includes:
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Coleoptera (beetles, weevils, grubs, & larvae) have chewing mouthparts in:
Both the larval and adult stages.
Army cutworms lay eggs in the:
Fall
Rolled up leaves and purple striping is caused by:
The Russian wheat aphid
Sample
Is a small portion that should accurately estimate the whole population from which
it was taken.
What area often has a greater population when pests migrate:
Field borders
What group do grasshoppers belong to:
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Moths, butterflies & caterpillars
Corn borer and alfalfa weevils
EXAM WITH 199 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ 2026/2027[
NEWEST!!!!]
The threat of contamination is higher in areas where:
The water table is close to the soil surface.
Threatened
Means the species is facing endangerment
Endangered
Means the species is nearing extinction
Protecting Bees~ Do not apply insecticides:
While crops are in bloom
Honeybees
Important to the pollination of agricultural crops.
Pest
Any plant, animal, or microbe that is unwanted, troublesome, annoying, or
destructive.
Pesticide
Is a substance intended to prevent, control, destroy, repel, or attract a pest.
Insecticide
Kills insects
Fungicide
Kills fungus
,Herbicide
Kills weeds
Miticide
Kills mites
Nematicide
Kills nematodes
Rodenticide
Kills rodents
Preharvest interval
Is the amount of time needed between the last application of a pesticide and
harvest.
integrated pest management
Cultural, mechanical, biological, genetic, and chemical techniques can be
integrated to optimize control.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
A federal regulation intended to reduce the risk of illness or injury to pesticide
handlers and agriculture workers.
If Pesticide label directions are not followed it can negatively impact:
Groundwater, nontarget organisms, and threatened and endangered species.
Agricultural land with coarse, sandy soil:
More susceptible to the movement of chemicals into the groundwater than heavy
clay soils.
Characteristics commonly used to identify insect groups are:
Wings, legs, and mouthparts.
,The number, shape, and function of wings are:
Often used to identify adult insects.
Common field crop insects:
Generally fall into one of five fairly easily recognized groups.
Thrips~
Thysanoptera ~ Tiny, slender insects. Winged adults have 2 pairs of of delicate,
fringed wings.
The three stages of gradual metamorphosis that Thrips undergo are:
Egg, nymph, and adult.
Plant damage~ Holes chewed in leaves indicate a pest with:
Chewing mouthparts.
Bug is a common name for:
Hemiptera ~ A large, diverse group of insects.
The name Hemiptera refers to:
The forewing of many "true" bugs because wings are hardened near the base and
membranous at the end.
The one thing members of the Hemiptera group have in common is:
Sucking mouthparts.
Caterpillars are the larval stages of:
Moths and butterflies.
, Moths and butterflies have:
Siphoning mouthparts.
Both moths and butterflies undergo a complete metamorphosis that includes:
Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Coleoptera (beetles, weevils, grubs, & larvae) have chewing mouthparts in:
Both the larval and adult stages.
Army cutworms lay eggs in the:
Fall
Rolled up leaves and purple striping is caused by:
The Russian wheat aphid
Sample
Is a small portion that should accurately estimate the whole population from which
it was taken.
What area often has a greater population when pests migrate:
Field borders
What group do grasshoppers belong to:
Orthoptera
Lepidoptera
Moths, butterflies & caterpillars
Corn borer and alfalfa weevils
