COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR ROW
PEST CONTROL EXAM CHAPTER 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% GRADED
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Most important principle of pest control - CORRECT ANSWER - Use a pest control method only when that
method will prevent the pest from causing more damage than is reasonable to accept.
Resistant varieties - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistant crops.
Biological control - CORRECT ANSWER - Using a pests natural enemy.
Cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER - Planting pattern, tillage practices, crop rotation.
Physical control - CORRECT ANSWER - Fire for weeds, traps for rats.
Sanitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Removing food that pests feed on.
Legal control - CORRECT ANSWER - Quarantines, inspections, embargoes, compulsory crops destruction.
Pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemicals used to destroy, prevent, or control pests.
3 main pest control strategies. - CORRECT ANSWER - Prevention, suppression, eradication.
Insecticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills insects
Miticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mites
, Acaricide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mites, ticks, and spiders
Nematicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills nematodes
Fungicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills fungus
Bactericide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills bacteria
Herbicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills weeds
Desiccant - CORRECT ANSWER - Dries up plants or insects
Antitranspirant - CORRECT ANSWER - Reduces loss of water from plant tissue
Ridenticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills rodents
Avicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills birds
Piscicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills fish
Molluscicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mollusks
Predicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills vertebrates
Defoliant - CORRECT ANSWER - Removes unwanted plant growth without killing the whole plant
immediately
Inorganic pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Pesticides made from minerals
PEST CONTROL EXAM CHAPTER 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% GRADED
A+
Most important principle of pest control - CORRECT ANSWER - Use a pest control method only when that
method will prevent the pest from causing more damage than is reasonable to accept.
Resistant varieties - CORRECT ANSWER - Resistant crops.
Biological control - CORRECT ANSWER - Using a pests natural enemy.
Cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER - Planting pattern, tillage practices, crop rotation.
Physical control - CORRECT ANSWER - Fire for weeds, traps for rats.
Sanitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Removing food that pests feed on.
Legal control - CORRECT ANSWER - Quarantines, inspections, embargoes, compulsory crops destruction.
Pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemicals used to destroy, prevent, or control pests.
3 main pest control strategies. - CORRECT ANSWER - Prevention, suppression, eradication.
Insecticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills insects
Miticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mites
, Acaricide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mites, ticks, and spiders
Nematicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills nematodes
Fungicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills fungus
Bactericide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills bacteria
Herbicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills weeds
Desiccant - CORRECT ANSWER - Dries up plants or insects
Antitranspirant - CORRECT ANSWER - Reduces loss of water from plant tissue
Ridenticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills rodents
Avicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills birds
Piscicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills fish
Molluscicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills mollusks
Predicide - CORRECT ANSWER - Kills vertebrates
Defoliant - CORRECT ANSWER - Removes unwanted plant growth without killing the whole plant
immediately
Inorganic pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER - Pesticides made from minerals
