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Kansas Commercial Pesticide
Applicator (1A) Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c
Ans: d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide
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Ans: b. herbicide
(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in
integrated pest management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above
Ans: d. all of the above
(IPM) Agriculture land with ____________ soils allows pesticides to
move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter
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Ans: a. coarse, sandy
(IPM) To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply
insecticides ____________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom
c. within six months of harvest
d. when the wind is from the south
Ans: b. while crops are in bloom
(IPM) The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate
groundwater depends on:
a. it's ability to move in the soil
b. it's persistence
c. it's solubility
d. all of the above
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Ans: d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many
fairly easily recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four
Ans: b. five
(Insect Pests) Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify
insects include which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
c. mouthparts
d. all of the above
Kansas Commercial Pesticide
Applicator (1A) Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c
Ans: d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide
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Ans: b. herbicide
(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in
integrated pest management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above
Ans: d. all of the above
(IPM) Agriculture land with ____________ soils allows pesticides to
move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter
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Ans: a. coarse, sandy
(IPM) To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply
insecticides ____________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom
c. within six months of harvest
d. when the wind is from the south
Ans: b. while crops are in bloom
(IPM) The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate
groundwater depends on:
a. it's ability to move in the soil
b. it's persistence
c. it's solubility
d. all of the above
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Ans: d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many
fairly easily recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four
Ans: b. five
(Insect Pests) Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify
insects include which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
c. mouthparts
d. all of the above
