Illinois General Standards
Pesticide Exam with Correct
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Pest - CORRECT ANSWER-any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWER-keep pests below economic and aesthetic
injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER-breakeven point at which cost of
pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - CORRECT ANSWER-number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER-number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might
vary
key to successful IPM - CORRECT ANSWER-monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
, cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER-improve crop health
mechanical control - CORRECT ANSWER-physical pest elimination
biological control - CORRECT ANSWER-living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - CORRECT ANSWER-chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - CORRECT ANSWER-prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - CORRECT ANSWER-wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects - CORRECT ANSWER-exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - CORRECT ANSWER-head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - CORRECT ANSWER-3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - CORRECT ANSWER-4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites - CORRECT ANSWER-spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - CORRECT ANSWER-4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - CORRECT ANSWER-7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - CORRECT ANSWER-all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
mammals - CORRECT ANSWER-protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
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Pesticide Exam with Correct
Answers 100% Pass
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER-any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - CORRECT ANSWER-keep pests below economic and aesthetic
injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER-breakeven point at which cost of
pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - CORRECT ANSWER-number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - CORRECT ANSWER-number of pests that might cause
enough damage to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might
vary
key to successful IPM - CORRECT ANSWER-monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
, cultural control - CORRECT ANSWER-improve crop health
mechanical control - CORRECT ANSWER-physical pest elimination
biological control - CORRECT ANSWER-living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - CORRECT ANSWER-chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - CORRECT ANSWER-prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - CORRECT ANSWER-wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects - CORRECT ANSWER-exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - CORRECT ANSWER-head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - CORRECT ANSWER-3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - CORRECT ANSWER-4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites - CORRECT ANSWER-spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - CORRECT ANSWER-4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - CORRECT ANSWER-7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - CORRECT ANSWER-all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
mammals - CORRECT ANSWER-protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
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