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CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT IOWA
PESTICIDE EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
Which is the most insect specific method of sampling for insects
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > pheromone trap (scent which draws in
specific insects)
Chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle
should be aimed at the ____ stage - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > nymph
True about European corn borer - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > overwinters
as a larvae
Which is most persistent in soils: pyrethroid, carbonates,
organophosphates, chelates - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > pyrethroids
Increases the potential for non-target crop injury - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > aerial application
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Economic injury level (EIL) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the density of the
pest population at which the cost of control equals the amount of
crop loss caused by the pest (# of insects that can be tolerated
w/o economic loss)
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
CATEGORY 1B INSECT MANAGEMENT IOWA
PESTICIDE EXAM | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
Which is the most insect specific method of sampling for insects
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > pheromone trap (scent which draws in
specific insects)
Chemical control of insects that have an incomplete life cycle
should be aimed at the ____ stage - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > nymph
True about European corn borer - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > overwinters
as a larvae
Which is most persistent in soils: pyrethroid, carbonates,
organophosphates, chelates - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > pyrethroids
Increases the potential for non-target crop injury - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > aerial application
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Economic injury level (EIL) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > the density of the
pest population at which the cost of control equals the amount of
crop loss caused by the pest (# of insects that can be tolerated
w/o economic loss)
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
