CDFA IPM LICENSE TEST FINAL EXAM
CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY+
Which of the following is a California noxious weed? - ans -Purple Loosestrife
What is the major drawback of using insect growth regulators - ans -doesn't work
on adults
What odor does a zinc phosphide coated bait give off - ans -garlic
How are muskrats classified - ans -fur bearers
Which pesticide causes the greatest threat of drift during application - ans -2, 4-D
What is the greatest hazard when first applying pesticide - ans -spray drift
Which best describes Q rating - ans -a temporary rating and under eradication
action
What type of reproduction system in parasitic hymenopterans result in all females
- ans -thelytoky
What is the name of a substance that readily forms a suspension with water - ans
-wettable powder
In plants, what is the use of energy to make living material - ans -assimilation
When did the development of modern pesticides take place - ans -WWII (1939-
1945)
What is Vedalia Beetle a control for - ans -Cottony cushion scale
When do old historic records show the first usage of biological controls? - ans -
1200
, What set off the major study into biological control from late 19th century to the
1940a - ans -the discovery of vedalia beetle as a successful control for cottony
cushion scale in 1888
What type of animal eats dead carcasses and trash - ans -scavengers
Which of the following terms describes rabbits - ans -lagomorphs
How is the black-tailed jack rabbit classified - ans -game animal
What term describes multiple identical individuals arising from the same egg - ans
-polyembrony
What is superparasitism - ans -multiple individuals of a certain parasite species
attacking one host in that not all parasites can survive
What is a key pest - ans -a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage
What is a secondary pest - ans -a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies
when there are no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause
serious economic damage with the treatment of the key pest
What is translocation - ans -movement of sugar through the plant
Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest - ans -citrus fruits
What is inoculative release - ans -like releasing a slow acting pesticide, small
release from permanent population, and conserve and augment control agent
Control of Botrytis Bunch Rot - ans -canopy maintenance, fungicide, and resistant
varieties
Which weed rarely reproduces by seed in California - ans -alligator weed
CURRENTLY TESTING COMPLETE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY+
Which of the following is a California noxious weed? - ans -Purple Loosestrife
What is the major drawback of using insect growth regulators - ans -doesn't work
on adults
What odor does a zinc phosphide coated bait give off - ans -garlic
How are muskrats classified - ans -fur bearers
Which pesticide causes the greatest threat of drift during application - ans -2, 4-D
What is the greatest hazard when first applying pesticide - ans -spray drift
Which best describes Q rating - ans -a temporary rating and under eradication
action
What type of reproduction system in parasitic hymenopterans result in all females
- ans -thelytoky
What is the name of a substance that readily forms a suspension with water - ans
-wettable powder
In plants, what is the use of energy to make living material - ans -assimilation
When did the development of modern pesticides take place - ans -WWII (1939-
1945)
What is Vedalia Beetle a control for - ans -Cottony cushion scale
When do old historic records show the first usage of biological controls? - ans -
1200
, What set off the major study into biological control from late 19th century to the
1940a - ans -the discovery of vedalia beetle as a successful control for cottony
cushion scale in 1888
What type of animal eats dead carcasses and trash - ans -scavengers
Which of the following terms describes rabbits - ans -lagomorphs
How is the black-tailed jack rabbit classified - ans -game animal
What term describes multiple identical individuals arising from the same egg - ans
-polyembrony
What is superparasitism - ans -multiple individuals of a certain parasite species
attacking one host in that not all parasites can survive
What is a key pest - ans -a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage
What is a secondary pest - ans -a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies
when there are no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause
serious economic damage with the treatment of the key pest
What is translocation - ans -movement of sugar through the plant
Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest - ans -citrus fruits
What is inoculative release - ans -like releasing a slow acting pesticide, small
release from permanent population, and conserve and augment control agent
Control of Botrytis Bunch Rot - ans -canopy maintenance, fungicide, and resistant
varieties
Which weed rarely reproduces by seed in California - ans -alligator weed
