KANSAS COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR (GENERAL) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
BRAND NEW 2025
The insect thorax:
A) Is where the insect antennae are located
B) Supports the legs and wings (if present) of the adult insect
C) Is always a very small orange spot on the right side of the
head
D) Is difficult to distinguish from the legs - CORRECT ANSWER -
>B) Supports the legs and wings (if present) of the adult insect
An example of an arachnid:
A) Butterfly
B) Insect
C) Spider
D) Pigweed - CORRECT ANSWER - >C) Spider
The use of host resistance:
A) Helps keep pest populations below harmful levels
B) Means that any pesticide use will not result in killing the
hose
C) Involves treating the host with insecticides repeatedly at low
rates so as to not kill it
,D) Should always be discouraged because it is never effective -
CORRECT ANSWER - >A) Helps keep pest populations below
harmful levels
Screens and other barriers:
A) Are no Longer effective because insects have learned to
avoid them
B) Can effectively control all insects
C) Can be a major way of controlling pests in some situations
D) are an example of cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER - >C)
Can be a major way of controlling pests in some situations
The major objective in out-door chemical pest control is:
A) To cover the entire surface to be protected with residue
B) Rely on drift to reach the "hard to get" areas
C) Use the strongest legal rate of chemical in order to reduce
the number of re-applications of chemical
D) Spray every every month to prevent pest buildup - CORRECT
ANSWER - >A) To cover the entire surface to be protected with
residue
Natural forces are important because:
A) You cannot do anything about them
B) They can cause pest populations to rise and fall
C) You can never spray anywhere in the winter time
,D) The rain and wind always makes it necessary to respray the
area - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) They can cause pest populations
to rise and fall
Biological Control:
A) Is always 100% effective
B) Is never complete
C) Never occurs naturally
D) Always interferes with commerical chemical control
operations - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) Is never complete
Resistance to pesticides develops in plant species:
A) Because some applicators use the least expensive chemicals
B) The chemical companies plan it to happen
C) The pesticides are not poisoned enough
D) Rarely does any pesticide kill all the pests and those that
survive pass this ability on to their offspring - CORRECT
ANSWER - >D) Rarely does any pesticide kill all the pests and
those that survive pass this ability on to their offspring
Integrated Pest Management practices include the use of:
A) Chemical pesticides
B) Cultivation and barriers
C) Sanitation and Traps
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - >D) All of the above
, In the case of insects:
A) They are only important because entomologists something
to talk about
B) They must be killed as soon as possible
C) About 99% of all species are of minor importance
D) They all feed on plants that could be eaten by people -
CORRECT ANSWER - >C) About 99% of all species are of minor
importance
For most biotic plant diseases to develop, there must be
__________ present
A) A pathogen
B) Bacteria
C) a favorable environment
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - >D) All of the above
Microplasmas are actually a type of ____________ which lacks
a cell wall
A) Fungus
B) Bacteria
C) Virus
D) Nematode - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) Bacteria
Quarantines that regulate the movement of plants into this
country are a form of disease control called:
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED PASS
BRAND NEW 2025
The insect thorax:
A) Is where the insect antennae are located
B) Supports the legs and wings (if present) of the adult insect
C) Is always a very small orange spot on the right side of the
head
D) Is difficult to distinguish from the legs - CORRECT ANSWER -
>B) Supports the legs and wings (if present) of the adult insect
An example of an arachnid:
A) Butterfly
B) Insect
C) Spider
D) Pigweed - CORRECT ANSWER - >C) Spider
The use of host resistance:
A) Helps keep pest populations below harmful levels
B) Means that any pesticide use will not result in killing the
hose
C) Involves treating the host with insecticides repeatedly at low
rates so as to not kill it
,D) Should always be discouraged because it is never effective -
CORRECT ANSWER - >A) Helps keep pest populations below
harmful levels
Screens and other barriers:
A) Are no Longer effective because insects have learned to
avoid them
B) Can effectively control all insects
C) Can be a major way of controlling pests in some situations
D) are an example of cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER - >C)
Can be a major way of controlling pests in some situations
The major objective in out-door chemical pest control is:
A) To cover the entire surface to be protected with residue
B) Rely on drift to reach the "hard to get" areas
C) Use the strongest legal rate of chemical in order to reduce
the number of re-applications of chemical
D) Spray every every month to prevent pest buildup - CORRECT
ANSWER - >A) To cover the entire surface to be protected with
residue
Natural forces are important because:
A) You cannot do anything about them
B) They can cause pest populations to rise and fall
C) You can never spray anywhere in the winter time
,D) The rain and wind always makes it necessary to respray the
area - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) They can cause pest populations
to rise and fall
Biological Control:
A) Is always 100% effective
B) Is never complete
C) Never occurs naturally
D) Always interferes with commerical chemical control
operations - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) Is never complete
Resistance to pesticides develops in plant species:
A) Because some applicators use the least expensive chemicals
B) The chemical companies plan it to happen
C) The pesticides are not poisoned enough
D) Rarely does any pesticide kill all the pests and those that
survive pass this ability on to their offspring - CORRECT
ANSWER - >D) Rarely does any pesticide kill all the pests and
those that survive pass this ability on to their offspring
Integrated Pest Management practices include the use of:
A) Chemical pesticides
B) Cultivation and barriers
C) Sanitation and Traps
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - >D) All of the above
, In the case of insects:
A) They are only important because entomologists something
to talk about
B) They must be killed as soon as possible
C) About 99% of all species are of minor importance
D) They all feed on plants that could be eaten by people -
CORRECT ANSWER - >C) About 99% of all species are of minor
importance
For most biotic plant diseases to develop, there must be
__________ present
A) A pathogen
B) Bacteria
C) a favorable environment
D) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER - >D) All of the above
Microplasmas are actually a type of ____________ which lacks
a cell wall
A) Fungus
B) Bacteria
C) Virus
D) Nematode - CORRECT ANSWER - >B) Bacteria
Quarantines that regulate the movement of plants into this
country are a form of disease control called:
