Washington Pesticides Laws and Safety Exam With
Questions And Accurate Answers Latest Update
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER Management of pest using many tactics
Incomplete Metamorphosis - ANSWER Eggs hatch into immature called nymphs that
resemble adults but are much smaller; most eventually grow wings and sexual organs
**Termites cockroaches earwigs**
Complete Metamorphosis eggs hatch into larvae (usually the feeding and destructive
stage) that go through a pupal stage to become adults. These adults look completely
different from the other life stages may live in different habitats and often do not feed.
**Ants, beetles, wasps and flies**
Conducive Conditions Conditions that may lead to or enhance an infestation of WDOs
Physical Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method of getting rid of insects and small
rodents by removing, attacking, or putting up barriers
Cultural Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method to control pets by altering the
environment or practicing a method to prevent it
Chemical Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method to annihilate or eradicate pests that
involves the use of chemicals harmful to human consumption
Biological Pest Control Method - ANSWER method of controlling pests by using other
organisms
Pest - ANSWER a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that pesters or annoys
, Pathogen - ANSWER disease causing organism
Biomagnificiation - ANSWER the process where some organisms accumulate chemical
resides in higher concentrates than those found in the organisms they consume
EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
OPs - ANSWER Organophosphate Insecticides
IPM - ANSWER Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER the use of all available tactics or strategies to
manage pests
What are the 5 IPM steps - ANSWER 1. Identify the pest 2. define the management
system 3. develop the pest management strategy
4. develop reliable monitoring techniques 5. Use economic thresholds
Severe Pests - ANSWER Always present at populations above the economic injury
threshold in the absence of control
Occasional or secondary pests - ANSWER only occasionally cause damage above
economic injury levels
potential pests - ANSWER normally cause no apparent economic damage
migratory pests - ANSWER can cause serious periodic damage
Questions And Accurate Answers Latest Update
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER Management of pest using many tactics
Incomplete Metamorphosis - ANSWER Eggs hatch into immature called nymphs that
resemble adults but are much smaller; most eventually grow wings and sexual organs
**Termites cockroaches earwigs**
Complete Metamorphosis eggs hatch into larvae (usually the feeding and destructive
stage) that go through a pupal stage to become adults. These adults look completely
different from the other life stages may live in different habitats and often do not feed.
**Ants, beetles, wasps and flies**
Conducive Conditions Conditions that may lead to or enhance an infestation of WDOs
Physical Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method of getting rid of insects and small
rodents by removing, attacking, or putting up barriers
Cultural Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method to control pets by altering the
environment or practicing a method to prevent it
Chemical Pest Control Method - ANSWER a method to annihilate or eradicate pests that
involves the use of chemicals harmful to human consumption
Biological Pest Control Method - ANSWER method of controlling pests by using other
organisms
Pest - ANSWER a plant or animal detrimental to man; one that pesters or annoys
, Pathogen - ANSWER disease causing organism
Biomagnificiation - ANSWER the process where some organisms accumulate chemical
resides in higher concentrates than those found in the organisms they consume
EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
OPs - ANSWER Organophosphate Insecticides
IPM - ANSWER Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER the use of all available tactics or strategies to
manage pests
What are the 5 IPM steps - ANSWER 1. Identify the pest 2. define the management
system 3. develop the pest management strategy
4. develop reliable monitoring techniques 5. Use economic thresholds
Severe Pests - ANSWER Always present at populations above the economic injury
threshold in the absence of control
Occasional or secondary pests - ANSWER only occasionally cause damage above
economic injury levels
potential pests - ANSWER normally cause no apparent economic damage
migratory pests - ANSWER can cause serious periodic damage
