Agriculture Plant Pest Control 1a || QUESTIONS WITH
ALL PASSED ANSWERS!!
A pest is ____________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c correct answers D
What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide correct answers B
Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above correct answers D
Agriculture land with _______ soils allows pesticides to move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter correct answers B
To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply insecticides __________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom.
c. within six months of harvest.
d. when the wind is from the south. correct answers B
The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate groundwater depends on:
a. its ability to move in the soil.
b. its persistence.
c. its solubility.
d. all of the above. correct answers D
Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many fairly easily recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four correct answers B
Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify insects include which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
c. mouthparts
, d. all of the above correct answers D
The key characteristic to identifying insects belonging to the order Thysanoptera (thrips) is:
a. fringed wings
b. chewing mouthparts
c. sucking mouthparts
d. none of the above correct answers A
All members of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) have which one of the following
characteristics?
a. chewing mouthparts
b. sucking mouthparts
c. utilize plants as hosts
d. lack wings correct answers B
The developmental stage generally responsible for plant damage in the order Lepidoptera
(butterflies and moths) is:
a. egg
b. larvae
c. pupa
d. adult correct answers B
6. Beetles and weevils belong to a large, diverse group of insects that vary greatly in size and
shape. This group is called:
a. Orthoptera
b. Lepidoptera
c. Coleoptera
d. Hemiptera correct answers C
Even if the pest itself cannot be found, there are some other keys to help one determine the
pest problem. These include:
a. time of year
b. type of host
c. type of damage
d. all of the above correct answers D
True or False. When sampling a field for a pest, always concentrate along the field border
because pests will be most numerous there.
a. true
b. false correct answers B
True or false. The number of samples needed per field varies with field size, pest, etc.
Generally, larger fields require more samples to get an accurate estimate of the population.
a. true
b. false correct answers A
Sampling plans are relatively well-defined and easy to understand for the following pests:
a. corn borers and alfalfa weevils
b. spider mites
c. sunflower moths
ALL PASSED ANSWERS!!
A pest is ____________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c correct answers D
What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide correct answers B
Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above correct answers D
Agriculture land with _______ soils allows pesticides to move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter correct answers B
To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply insecticides __________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom.
c. within six months of harvest.
d. when the wind is from the south. correct answers B
The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate groundwater depends on:
a. its ability to move in the soil.
b. its persistence.
c. its solubility.
d. all of the above. correct answers D
Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many fairly easily recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four correct answers B
Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify insects include which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
c. mouthparts
, d. all of the above correct answers D
The key characteristic to identifying insects belonging to the order Thysanoptera (thrips) is:
a. fringed wings
b. chewing mouthparts
c. sucking mouthparts
d. none of the above correct answers A
All members of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) have which one of the following
characteristics?
a. chewing mouthparts
b. sucking mouthparts
c. utilize plants as hosts
d. lack wings correct answers B
The developmental stage generally responsible for plant damage in the order Lepidoptera
(butterflies and moths) is:
a. egg
b. larvae
c. pupa
d. adult correct answers B
6. Beetles and weevils belong to a large, diverse group of insects that vary greatly in size and
shape. This group is called:
a. Orthoptera
b. Lepidoptera
c. Coleoptera
d. Hemiptera correct answers C
Even if the pest itself cannot be found, there are some other keys to help one determine the
pest problem. These include:
a. time of year
b. type of host
c. type of damage
d. all of the above correct answers D
True or False. When sampling a field for a pest, always concentrate along the field border
because pests will be most numerous there.
a. true
b. false correct answers B
True or false. The number of samples needed per field varies with field size, pest, etc.
Generally, larger fields require more samples to get an accurate estimate of the population.
a. true
b. false correct answers A
Sampling plans are relatively well-defined and easy to understand for the following pests:
a. corn borers and alfalfa weevils
b. spider mites
c. sunflower moths
