VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATORS COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔(Insect Pests) 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
d. all of the above - ✔✔a. corn borers and alfalfa weevils
✔✔(Alfalfa) Considered the number one insect pest of alfalfa throughout Kansas:
a. grasshopper
b. potato leafhopper
c. pea aphid
d. alfalfa weevil - ✔✔d. alfalfa weevil
✔✔(Alfalfa) May feed on plants but the main concern is that toxin produced by this
insect may be toxic to horses:
a. garden webworm
b. alfalfa weevil
c. blister beetle
d. cowpea aphid - ✔✔c. blister beetle
✔✔(Alfalfa) Dry years seem to favor survival of this pest which can damage the crop
from mid- to late summer:
a. alfalfa weevil
b. grasshopper
c. garden webworm
d. cowpea aphid - ✔✔b. grasshopper
✔✔(Alfalfa) This insect is often overlooked by growers but probably causes
considerable damage:
a. grasshopper
b. potato leafhopper
c. pea aphid
d. alfalfa weevil - ✔✔b. potato leafhopper
✔✔(Corn) The main problem associated with this pest is larval feeding on roots which
may cause lodging. The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔a. corn rootworm
, ✔✔(Corn) These insects seem to be slowly migrating from east to west across Kansas.
The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔c. Japanese beetle
✔✔(Corn) Damage from this insect usually occurs within the first two weeks of planting
but mainly in eastern Kansas. This insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔b. black cutworm
✔✔(Corn) These insects often migrate from maturing wheat fields to suck plant juice
from seedling corn. The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. white grubs
d. chinch bugs - ✔✔d. chinch bugs
✔✔(Corn) Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ✔✔a. spider mites
✔✔(Cotton) Pest information from traditional cotton-producing states can help guide
Kansas cotton producers but adjustments will need to be made because:
a. pests are not the same
b. Kansas has more pests
c. Kansas has fewer pests
d. growing season is shorter - ✔✔d. growing season is shorter
✔✔(Cotton) Damage occurs as these insects move from maturing wheat fields. These
insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. thrips
c. fleahoppers
d. bollworm - ✔✔b. thrips
✔✔(Sorghum) Damage occurs if these insects migrate from maturing wheat fields to
suck juice from seedling plants: These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔(Insect Pests) 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
d. all of the above - ✔✔a. corn borers and alfalfa weevils
✔✔(Alfalfa) Considered the number one insect pest of alfalfa throughout Kansas:
a. grasshopper
b. potato leafhopper
c. pea aphid
d. alfalfa weevil - ✔✔d. alfalfa weevil
✔✔(Alfalfa) May feed on plants but the main concern is that toxin produced by this
insect may be toxic to horses:
a. garden webworm
b. alfalfa weevil
c. blister beetle
d. cowpea aphid - ✔✔c. blister beetle
✔✔(Alfalfa) Dry years seem to favor survival of this pest which can damage the crop
from mid- to late summer:
a. alfalfa weevil
b. grasshopper
c. garden webworm
d. cowpea aphid - ✔✔b. grasshopper
✔✔(Alfalfa) This insect is often overlooked by growers but probably causes
considerable damage:
a. grasshopper
b. potato leafhopper
c. pea aphid
d. alfalfa weevil - ✔✔b. potato leafhopper
✔✔(Corn) The main problem associated with this pest is larval feeding on roots which
may cause lodging. The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔a. corn rootworm
, ✔✔(Corn) These insects seem to be slowly migrating from east to west across Kansas.
The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔c. Japanese beetle
✔✔(Corn) Damage from this insect usually occurs within the first two weeks of planting
but mainly in eastern Kansas. This insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. Japanese beetle
d. wireworm - ✔✔b. black cutworm
✔✔(Corn) These insects often migrate from maturing wheat fields to suck plant juice
from seedling corn. The insect is:
a. corn rootworm
b. black cutworm
c. white grubs
d. chinch bugs - ✔✔d. chinch bugs
✔✔(Corn) Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ✔✔a. spider mites
✔✔(Cotton) Pest information from traditional cotton-producing states can help guide
Kansas cotton producers but adjustments will need to be made because:
a. pests are not the same
b. Kansas has more pests
c. Kansas has fewer pests
d. growing season is shorter - ✔✔d. growing season is shorter
✔✔(Cotton) Damage occurs as these insects move from maturing wheat fields. These
insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. thrips
c. fleahoppers
d. bollworm - ✔✔b. thrips
✔✔(Sorghum) Damage occurs if these insects migrate from maturing wheat fields to
suck juice from seedling plants: These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
