Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicators License
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Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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1. Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ANSWER a. spider mites
2. Pest information from traditional cotton-producing states can help guide Kansas
cotton producers but adjustments will need to be made because:
a. pests are not the same
b. Kansas has more pests
c. Kansas has fewer pests
d. growing season is shorter - ANSWER d. growing season is shorter
3. Damage occurs as these insects move from maturing wheat fields. These
insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. thrips
,c. flea hoppers
d. bollworm - ANSWER b. thrips
4. Damage occurs if these insects migrate from maturing wheat fields to suck
juice from seedling plants: These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. cattail caterpillars
c. fall armyworms
d. false chinch bugs - ANSWER a. chinch bugs
6. Larval feeding by this insect often causes a "blasted" appearance to sorghum
heads. These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. sorghum midges
c. sorghum webworms
d. sorghum head worms - ANSWER b. sorghum midges
7. Early season stalk tunneling by these insects may cause late season lodging.
These insects are:
a. sorghum midges
b. chinch bugs
c. sugarcane rootstock weevils
d. sorghum head worms - ANSWER c. sugarcane rootstock weevils
,8. These insects seem to feed on sorghum as a last resort but may cause yield loss
if they feed on developing grain. These insects are:
a. false chinch bugs
b. chinch bugs
c. sorghum head worms
d. greenbugs - ANSWER a. false chinch bugs
9. These pests may feed on plants and may transmit bean pod mottle virus. They
are:
a. blister beetles
b. bean leaf beetles
c. soybean aphids
d. stink bugs - ANSWER b. bean leaf beetles
10. These pests are very common later in the season and their leaf feeding causes
grower concern but they are often controlled by a white fungus. They are:
a. garden webworms
b. green clover worms
c. soybean aphids
d. soybean pod worms - ANSWER b. green clover worms
11. These pests were first detected in Kansas in 2002. They are:
a. garden webworm
b. green clover worms
, c. soybean aphids
d. soybean pod worms - ANSWER c. soybean aphids
12. Both adults and nymphs may feed on beans inside the pod causing shrunken
and deformed beans. These are:
a. soybean pod worms
b. soybean aphids
c. bean leaf beetles
d. stink bugs - ANSWER d. stink bugs
13. May cause dramatic damage to plant because of their unique habit of head
clipping. These insects are:
a. cutworms
b. sunflower headmoths
c. headclipping weevils
d. sunflower stem borers - ANSWER c. headclipping weevils
14. Most serious sunflower pest year after year is:
a. cutworms
b. sunflower headmoths
c. headclipping weevils
d. stem borers - ANSWER b. sunflower headmoths
Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace 2026-2027
Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED
100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!!
Current Update!!
1. Which of the following pests are not insects?
a. spider mites
b. wireworms
c. white grubs
d. armyworms - ANSWER a. spider mites
2. Pest information from traditional cotton-producing states can help guide Kansas
cotton producers but adjustments will need to be made because:
a. pests are not the same
b. Kansas has more pests
c. Kansas has fewer pests
d. growing season is shorter - ANSWER d. growing season is shorter
3. Damage occurs as these insects move from maturing wheat fields. These
insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. thrips
,c. flea hoppers
d. bollworm - ANSWER b. thrips
4. Damage occurs if these insects migrate from maturing wheat fields to suck
juice from seedling plants: These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. cattail caterpillars
c. fall armyworms
d. false chinch bugs - ANSWER a. chinch bugs
6. Larval feeding by this insect often causes a "blasted" appearance to sorghum
heads. These insects are:
a. chinch bugs
b. sorghum midges
c. sorghum webworms
d. sorghum head worms - ANSWER b. sorghum midges
7. Early season stalk tunneling by these insects may cause late season lodging.
These insects are:
a. sorghum midges
b. chinch bugs
c. sugarcane rootstock weevils
d. sorghum head worms - ANSWER c. sugarcane rootstock weevils
,8. These insects seem to feed on sorghum as a last resort but may cause yield loss
if they feed on developing grain. These insects are:
a. false chinch bugs
b. chinch bugs
c. sorghum head worms
d. greenbugs - ANSWER a. false chinch bugs
9. These pests may feed on plants and may transmit bean pod mottle virus. They
are:
a. blister beetles
b. bean leaf beetles
c. soybean aphids
d. stink bugs - ANSWER b. bean leaf beetles
10. These pests are very common later in the season and their leaf feeding causes
grower concern but they are often controlled by a white fungus. They are:
a. garden webworms
b. green clover worms
c. soybean aphids
d. soybean pod worms - ANSWER b. green clover worms
11. These pests were first detected in Kansas in 2002. They are:
a. garden webworm
b. green clover worms
, c. soybean aphids
d. soybean pod worms - ANSWER c. soybean aphids
12. Both adults and nymphs may feed on beans inside the pod causing shrunken
and deformed beans. These are:
a. soybean pod worms
b. soybean aphids
c. bean leaf beetles
d. stink bugs - ANSWER d. stink bugs
13. May cause dramatic damage to plant because of their unique habit of head
clipping. These insects are:
a. cutworms
b. sunflower headmoths
c. headclipping weevils
d. sunflower stem borers - ANSWER c. headclipping weevils
14. Most serious sunflower pest year after year is:
a. cutworms
b. sunflower headmoths
c. headclipping weevils
d. stem borers - ANSWER b. sunflower headmoths
