Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards Test Questions With Answers Updated 2024/2025 (100% VERIFIED)

Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards Test Questions With Answers Updated 2024/2025 (100% VERIFIED) IPM correct answers Integrated Pest Management; Goals are provide economical pest control/protect the environment Not The Goal Of IPM correct answers Elimination of all pests Economic threshold/action threshold correct answers Number of pests per plant of amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin economic injury level correct answers breakeven point which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by pest aesthetic injury level correct answers number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant the cost of control scouting correct answers key to a successful IPM program cultural control correct answers improves plant health so that plants are able to compete better against pests; soil preparation, fertility, proper planting, plant selection, crop rotation mechanical control correct answers physically eliminates the weed; hoeing, weed pulling, mowing, hand picking biological control correct answers uses living organisms to reduce pest populations; predators, parasites, pest disease preventative control correct answers helps prevent entry and spread of pests; quarantines inspections, certified seed, cleaning equipment Illinois Pesticide Applicator General Standards Test Questions With 100% correct Answers Updated 2024/2025 (VERIFIED) chemical control correct answers herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, repellents, fumigants insect head correct answers contains sensory organs, mouth parts and brain insect thorax correct answers provides locomotion, legs and wings insect abdomen correct answers digestive, excretory, circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive organs prolegs correct answers additional legs; caterpillars/sawfly larvae incomplete development/simple metamorphosis correct answers egg, nymph, adult; stink bug, grasshopper, leafhopper complete development correct answers egg, larva, pupa, adult; Japanese beetle, honey bee, mosquito noninfectious diseases correct answers result of unfavorable growing conditions; cannot be transmitted from plant to plant infection diseases correct answers caused by various pathogens; multiply and transmitted from plant to plant fungi correct answers spores spread by rain, wind, insects, seeds; leaf spots/root rots bacteria correct answers microscopic single celled organisms. Cannot move by themselves; only enter through wounds or small openings; crown gall, soft rot nematodes correct answers microscopic roundworms that reproduce by eggs; spread by anything that moves infected plants parts or infested soil viruses correct answers submicroscopic pieces of DNA/RNA; spread by insects/seed; mosaic/mottles phytoplasmas correct answers bacteria-like organisms that lack cell walls; casual agents of "yellows" and "witches" Blight correct answers large dead ares on leaves canker correct answers localized, often sunken, dead area chlorosis correct answers yellowish-green coloration in normally green areas dieback correct answers gradual death of individual branch or groups distoration correct answers twisting/abnormally shaped leaves gall correct answers abnormal swelling of portion of branch lead spots correct answers small discolored areas of foliage marginal necrosis correct answers brown, dead tissue mosaic correct answers intermingling patches of yellow and green tissue rot correct answers tissue breakdown or decay scorch correct answers "burning" of leaf margins stunting correct answers abnormally small size of entire plant wilt correct answers flaccid, limp condition of leaves Factors required for infectious disease development correct answers pathogen, time, susceptible host, environment Prevent/Control diseases correct answers change one or more of the disease factors first step in successful weed control correct answers identification general types of weeds correct answers grass, grasslike, broadleaf seedling grasses correct answers identified by differences in vegetative characteristics auricles correct answers earlike extensions from base of leaf blade mature grasses correct answers characterized by growth habit and flowering structure grasslike plants correct answers not true grasses broadleaf plants correct answers net-veined leaves that are less long than grass leaves annuals correct answers complete life cycle in one year summer annuals correct answers emerge in spring/summer, die in winter; crabgrass winter annuals correct answers emerge in fall, die in summer; common chickweed,henbit Annuals are most susceptible to herbicides during _________ stage correct answers seedling biennials correct answers live for two years then die; bull thistle perennials correct answers live for more than two years; dandelion, yellow nutsedge rosette stage in biennial correct answers cluster of leaves form. Year One of biennial herbaceous perennials correct answers die in fall, but root systems overwinter; ex: Canada thistle, dandelion, johnsongrass woody perennials correct answers persistent aboveground stems that remain each season; ex: poison ivy simple perennials correct answers reproduce from seed, but usually have fleshy taproots that allow them to overwinter creeping perennials correct answers reproduce by seed and also vegetatively by means of rhizomes, stolons, tubers, bulbs, budding roots; ex: yellow nutsedge, wild garlic, ground ivy rhizomes correct answers creeping underground stems