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CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT IOWA
PESTICIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
is cutworm damage more likely in a low-poorly drained area, or high-well drained
area?-correct-answer-low-poorly drained
yellowish beetle, 9 mm long, 12 black spots on its back. Feeds on the silks of the
corn eats-correct-answer-southern corn footwork beetle
lays eggs in waste areas near crop fields & the nymphs move into the crop fields
following hatching-correct-answer-grasshopper
insect damage can occur when insect ____ coincides w/ crop growth-correct-
answer-activity
types of crop damage by insects would generally not include-correct-answer-
plugging of the translocation system
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T/F Physical control is checking on a crop regularly in a prescribed manner to
determine the population levels & the extent of the damage-correct-answer-False
Which pest, insects or weeds, easier to manage using chemicals w/o damaging
crop plants-correct-answer-insects
chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle should be aimed at
the ____ stage-correct-answer-nymph
frosted tips of alfalfa-correct-answer-alfalfa weevils
border corn rows have ragged leaves in june-correct-answer-stalk borers
sooty mold on soybeans-correct-answer-soybean aphids
goosenecked corn plants-correct-answer-corn rootworms
CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT IOWA
PESTICIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
is cutworm damage more likely in a low-poorly drained area, or high-well drained
area?-correct-answer-low-poorly drained
yellowish beetle, 9 mm long, 12 black spots on its back. Feeds on the silks of the
corn eats-correct-answer-southern corn footwork beetle
lays eggs in waste areas near crop fields & the nymphs move into the crop fields
following hatching-correct-answer-grasshopper
insect damage can occur when insect ____ coincides w/ crop growth-correct-
answer-activity
types of crop damage by insects would generally not include-correct-answer-
plugging of the translocation system
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T/F Physical control is checking on a crop regularly in a prescribed manner to
determine the population levels & the extent of the damage-correct-answer-False
Which pest, insects or weeds, easier to manage using chemicals w/o damaging
crop plants-correct-answer-insects
chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle should be aimed at
the ____ stage-correct-answer-nymph
frosted tips of alfalfa-correct-answer-alfalfa weevils
border corn rows have ragged leaves in june-correct-answer-stalk borers
sooty mold on soybeans-correct-answer-soybean aphids
goosenecked corn plants-correct-answer-corn rootworms
