KANSAS COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR (1A) GENERAL EXAM
2025/2026 TEST BANK (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (EXPERT VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
(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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-d. chinch bugs
(Corn) Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
, b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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
b. cattail caterpillars
c. fall armyworms
d. false chinch bugs - ANSWER-a. chinch bugs
(Sorghum) Larval feeding by this insect often causes a "blasted" appearance to sorghum heads.
These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
2025/2026 TEST BANK (A NEW UPDATED VERSION) ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (EXPERT VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
(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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-d. chinch bugs
(Corn) Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
, b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-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
b. cattail caterpillars
c. fall armyworms
d. false chinch bugs - ANSWER-a. chinch bugs
(Sorghum) Larval feeding by this insect often causes a "blasted" appearance to sorghum heads.
These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
