Illinois General Standards Pesticide Exam 2024 (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
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injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWER keep pests below economic and aesthetic
injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER breakeven point at which cost of
pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - CORRECT ANSWER number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - CORRECT ANSWER monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER improve crop health
mechanical control - CORRECT ANSWER physical pest elimination
biological control - CORRECT ANSWER living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - CORRECT ANSWER chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - CORRECT ANSWER prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - CORRECT ANSWER wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects - CORRECT ANSWER exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - CORRECT ANSWER head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - CORRECT ANSWER 3 life stages - eggs, nymph,
adult
complete development - CORRECT ANSWER 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites - CORRECT ANSWER spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - CORRECT ANSWER 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - CORRECT ANSWER 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - CORRECT ANSWER all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
mammals - CORRECT ANSWER protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - CORRECT ANSWER cannot be transferred pest to pest
or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - CORRECT ANSWER multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - CORRECT ANSWER yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - CORRECT ANSWER green and yellow patching
gall - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements - CORRECT ANSWER susceptible
host, plant pathogen, environment, time
weeds - CORRECT ANSWER any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious - CORRECT ANSWER declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass - CORRECT ANSWER noxious
weeds
exotic - CORRECT ANSWER unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn - CORRECT ANSWER exotic weeds
3 types of weeds - CORRECT ANSWER grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like - CORRECT ANSWER parallel veins
broadleaf weeds - CORRECT ANSWER net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds - CORRECT ANSWER life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds - CORRECT ANSWER 2 year life cycle
CORRECT ANSWERS
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
WITHCOMPLETssssssssso;SOLUTION)
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWER keep pests below economic and aesthetic
injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER breakeven point at which cost of
pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - CORRECT ANSWER number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - CORRECT ANSWER monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER improve crop health
mechanical control - CORRECT ANSWER physical pest elimination
biological control - CORRECT ANSWER living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - CORRECT ANSWER chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - CORRECT ANSWER prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - CORRECT ANSWER wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects - CORRECT ANSWER exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - CORRECT ANSWER head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - CORRECT ANSWER 3 life stages - eggs, nymph,
adult
complete development - CORRECT ANSWER 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites - CORRECT ANSWER spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - CORRECT ANSWER 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - CORRECT ANSWER 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - CORRECT ANSWER all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
mammals - CORRECT ANSWER protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - CORRECT ANSWER cannot be transferred pest to pest
or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - CORRECT ANSWER multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - CORRECT ANSWER yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - CORRECT ANSWER green and yellow patching
gall - CORRECT ANSWER abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements - CORRECT ANSWER susceptible
host, plant pathogen, environment, time
weeds - CORRECT ANSWER any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious - CORRECT ANSWER declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass - CORRECT ANSWER noxious
weeds
exotic - CORRECT ANSWER unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn - CORRECT ANSWER exotic weeds
3 types of weeds - CORRECT ANSWER grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like - CORRECT ANSWER parallel veins
broadleaf weeds - CORRECT ANSWER net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds - CORRECT ANSWER life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds - CORRECT ANSWER 2 year life cycle
