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Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicator
(1A) | Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
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(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c-correct-answer-d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide-correct-answer-b. herbicide
(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest
management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
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c. chemical control
d. all of the above-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-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
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d. all of the above-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-b. five
(Diseases) If plants in several different plant families are affected by symptoms,
the cause is mostly likely to be:
a. fungus
b. virus
c. nematode
d. abiotic factor-correct-answer-d. abiotic factor
(Diseases) The best type of sample to send to a diagnostic clinic is:
a. the smallest leaf possible, to save on shopping costs
b. plant tissue that has been dead for a long time
c. plant tissue from the transitional area between healthy and damaged areas
d. dry pant material-correct-answer-c. plant tissue from the transitional area
between healthy and damaged areas
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(Diseases) Crop rotation can reduce disease pressure only if:
a. spores blow in from distant fields each year
b. the pathogen survives locally in soil or crop debris
c. the disease is caused by a virus
d. the disease has a very wide host range-correct-answer-b. the pathogen survives
locally in soil or crop debris
(Diseases) In integrated pest management (IPM) programs, the foundation of
disease control is:
a. resistant cultivars
b. fungicides
c. cultural practices
d. a and c-correct-answer-d. a and c
(Diseases) Which factor is not part of the "disease triangle"?
a. susceptible host
b. favorable environment
c. the right time
d. pathogen presence-correct-answer-c. the right time
Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicator
(1A) | Comprehensive Q&A For Certification
Success
(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c-correct-answer-d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide-correct-answer-b. herbicide
(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest
management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
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c. chemical control
d. all of the above-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-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
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d. all of the above-correct-answer-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-correct-answer-b. five
(Diseases) If plants in several different plant families are affected by symptoms,
the cause is mostly likely to be:
a. fungus
b. virus
c. nematode
d. abiotic factor-correct-answer-d. abiotic factor
(Diseases) The best type of sample to send to a diagnostic clinic is:
a. the smallest leaf possible, to save on shopping costs
b. plant tissue that has been dead for a long time
c. plant tissue from the transitional area between healthy and damaged areas
d. dry pant material-correct-answer-c. plant tissue from the transitional area
between healthy and damaged areas
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(Diseases) Crop rotation can reduce disease pressure only if:
a. spores blow in from distant fields each year
b. the pathogen survives locally in soil or crop debris
c. the disease is caused by a virus
d. the disease has a very wide host range-correct-answer-b. the pathogen survives
locally in soil or crop debris
(Diseases) In integrated pest management (IPM) programs, the foundation of
disease control is:
a. resistant cultivars
b. fungicides
c. cultural practices
d. a and c-correct-answer-d. a and c
(Diseases) Which factor is not part of the "disease triangle"?
a. susceptible host
b. favorable environment
c. the right time
d. pathogen presence-correct-answer-c. the right time
