IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW PESTICIDE
APPLICATORS FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Aesthetic threshold. Answer: Damage level that is unacceptable to the
viewer
⩥ Action threshold. Answer: Pest level at which some type of pest
management action should be taken.
⩥ Natural enemies. Answer: Predators pathogens and parasites that
attack pest species
⩥ Biological control. Answer: Using natural enemies to control or
suppress pests
⩥ Mechanical control. Answer: Use of machines devices and other
physical methods to control pests (traps screens barriers fences and nets)
(plows disks and bed conditioners)
⩥ Cultural control. Answer: Designed to alter the environment the
condition of the host plant or site or the behavior of the pest to prevent
or suppress infestation (cultural and sanitation) cultural: irrigation,
, mowing, pruning crop rotation trap crops. Sanitation: elimination food
water shelter or other necessities important to the pests survival (keeping
field borders free of pests and draining standing water).
⩥ Physical/environmental modification. Answer: (Lowering humidity of
stored grains and other food products reduces damage from mold and
some insects, refrigeration and lowered temperatures can kills insects or
disrupt their feeding and life cycles, increase the air movement)
⩥ Physical control. Answer: Measures specifically taken to kill the pest
directly or indirectly by making the environment unsuitable for pest
entry dispersal survival or reproduction
⩥ Host resistance or genetic control. Answer: Some plants and animals
are bred or selected to resist specific pest problems
⩥ Regulatory control. Answer: Quarantine: regulations to prevent the
entry of pests into pest free areas. Eradication: the complete elimination
of a pest from a site area or geographic region
⩥ Chemical controls. Answer: Pesticides that either synthesized or
naturally derived
⩥ Pesticide. Answer: Any material that is used to kill attract repel or
interrupt the growth and mating of pests or to regulate plant growth
APPLICATORS FINAL PAPER 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ Aesthetic threshold. Answer: Damage level that is unacceptable to the
viewer
⩥ Action threshold. Answer: Pest level at which some type of pest
management action should be taken.
⩥ Natural enemies. Answer: Predators pathogens and parasites that
attack pest species
⩥ Biological control. Answer: Using natural enemies to control or
suppress pests
⩥ Mechanical control. Answer: Use of machines devices and other
physical methods to control pests (traps screens barriers fences and nets)
(plows disks and bed conditioners)
⩥ Cultural control. Answer: Designed to alter the environment the
condition of the host plant or site or the behavior of the pest to prevent
or suppress infestation (cultural and sanitation) cultural: irrigation,
, mowing, pruning crop rotation trap crops. Sanitation: elimination food
water shelter or other necessities important to the pests survival (keeping
field borders free of pests and draining standing water).
⩥ Physical/environmental modification. Answer: (Lowering humidity of
stored grains and other food products reduces damage from mold and
some insects, refrigeration and lowered temperatures can kills insects or
disrupt their feeding and life cycles, increase the air movement)
⩥ Physical control. Answer: Measures specifically taken to kill the pest
directly or indirectly by making the environment unsuitable for pest
entry dispersal survival or reproduction
⩥ Host resistance or genetic control. Answer: Some plants and animals
are bred or selected to resist specific pest problems
⩥ Regulatory control. Answer: Quarantine: regulations to prevent the
entry of pests into pest free areas. Eradication: the complete elimination
of a pest from a site area or geographic region
⩥ Chemical controls. Answer: Pesticides that either synthesized or
naturally derived
⩥ Pesticide. Answer: Any material that is used to kill attract repel or
interrupt the growth and mating of pests or to regulate plant growth
