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Pesticide Applicator Test Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A certified applicator is required when ____________pesticides are used
Ans: restricted or general use
A Kansas business that performs commercial pest control is not required to have
a certified applicator on staff if they only use general use pesticides T/F
Ans: false
particularly suited to low-value crops, or situations where some injury can be
tolerated
Ans: biological control
Resistance to pesticides may develop in some pest species because:
Ans: the pesticide usually does not kill all the pests in a population, and those
that survive may pass this ability on to their offspring
Which of the following practices may be used in Integrated Pest Management
(IPM)?
Ans: beneficial insects, sanitation, chemical pesticides, and barriers
where insect leg and wings are attached
Ans: thorax
refers to the immunity of that plant species/variety to the insect in question
Ans: host resistance
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Quarantines that regulate the movement of plants into this country are a form of
disease control called:
Ans: exclusion
Snails and slugs are in a group of animals called:
Ans: mollusks
Insects with this type of metamorphosis pass through four stages of development:
egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Ans: complete
Root knot, soybean cyst, and pine wilt are examples of ________________
diseases.
Ans: nematode
Mycoplasmas are a type of_____________that lacks a cell wall.
Ans: bacteria
Which type of weed germinates in the fall, then dies the following summer after
flowering and setting seed?
Ans: winter annual
The most common formulation of vertebrate poisons is..
Ans: baits
Which is a label statement associated with a DANGER signal word?
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Pesticide Applicator Test Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
A certified applicator is required when ____________pesticides are used
Ans: restricted or general use
A Kansas business that performs commercial pest control is not required to have
a certified applicator on staff if they only use general use pesticides T/F
Ans: false
particularly suited to low-value crops, or situations where some injury can be
tolerated
Ans: biological control
Resistance to pesticides may develop in some pest species because:
Ans: the pesticide usually does not kill all the pests in a population, and those
that survive may pass this ability on to their offspring
Which of the following practices may be used in Integrated Pest Management
(IPM)?
Ans: beneficial insects, sanitation, chemical pesticides, and barriers
where insect leg and wings are attached
Ans: thorax
refers to the immunity of that plant species/variety to the insect in question
Ans: host resistance
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
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Quarantines that regulate the movement of plants into this country are a form of
disease control called:
Ans: exclusion
Snails and slugs are in a group of animals called:
Ans: mollusks
Insects with this type of metamorphosis pass through four stages of development:
egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Ans: complete
Root knot, soybean cyst, and pine wilt are examples of ________________
diseases.
Ans: nematode
Mycoplasmas are a type of_____________that lacks a cell wall.
Ans: bacteria
Which type of weed germinates in the fall, then dies the following summer after
flowering and setting seed?
Ans: winter annual
The most common formulation of vertebrate poisons is..
Ans: baits
Which is a label statement associated with a DANGER signal word?
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