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PENNSYLVANIA COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE
APPLICATOR EXAM COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR-JUST RELEASED.pdf 1||NEWEST
EXAM!!!
What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest
management? - Answer-1.) PREVENTION: Produce
healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants,
using certified seed, providing good growing conditions,
and making a good match between the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the
problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a particular
plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition
such as freezing or drought and always determine the
exact pest that you are dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and
tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many pests and
how much damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first
choice
What should you do in an IPM program? - Answer-
Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
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What is Phytotoxicity? - Answer-A toxic effect by a
compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - Answer-
Pitfall traps
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - Answer-A common
bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide? - Answer-When
the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
What is the Milky spore disease? - Answer-A bacterial
disease that is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus popilliae,
and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control fire ants? - Answer-Use a
combination of broadcast bait and mound treatments
Sod webworms... - Answer-Spin silk webbing near the soil
in turf
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An insecticide applied to control white grubs... - Answer-
Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets... - Answer-Have only one generation per
year
What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that
insect pests undergo? - Answer-1.) Gradual
metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that
undergo this look like small versions of the adult
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
development among turf grass pests): The young stages
of insects that undergo this look very different from the
adults before before they become pupae and change into
adults
How do Chinch bugs damage turf? - Answer-They feed in
clusters and damage first appears as circular patches of
yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large
infestations of the southern chinch bug may completely kill
St. Augustine lawns.
PENNSYLVANIA COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE
APPLICATOR EXAM COMPLETE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS LATEST
UPDATE THIS YEAR-JUST RELEASED.pdf 1||NEWEST
EXAM!!!
What are some of the basic principles of Integrated pest
management? - Answer-1.) PREVENTION: Produce
healthy plants that resist plants: (Selecting healthy plants,
using certified seed, providing good growing conditions,
and making a good match between the plant and the site)
2.) MONITOR AND IDENTIFY THE PEST: Identify the
problem: (Finding out whether the damage to a particular
plant is caused by a pest or by an environmental condition
such as freezing or drought and always determine the
exact pest that you are dealing with)
3.) SET ACTION THRESHOLDS: Expect some pests and
tolerate some damage: (Deciding how many pests and
how much damage to tolerate)
4.) CONTROL: Use pesticides as a last choice-Not a first
choice
What should you do in an IPM program? - Answer-
Produce healthy plants that can resist pests
,2|Page
What is Phytotoxicity? - Answer-A toxic effect by a
compound on plant growth
Which method will NOT help monitor cutworms? - Answer-
Pitfall traps
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) ? - Answer-A common
bacterium that kills many types of caterpillars
When should you apply an insecticide? - Answer-When
the insect is at its most vulnerable stage
What is the Milky spore disease? - Answer-A bacterial
disease that is caused by the bacterium, Bacillus popilliae,
and kills Japanese beetles
What do you do to control fire ants? - Answer-Use a
combination of broadcast bait and mound treatments
Sod webworms... - Answer-Spin silk webbing near the soil
in turf
, 3|Page
An insecticide applied to control white grubs... - Answer-
Should be watered in to reach the soil
Mole crickets... - Answer-Have only one generation per
year
What are the 2 different kinds of metamorphosis that
insect pests undergo? - Answer-1.) Gradual
metamorphosis: Nymphs (young stages) of insects that
undergo this look like small versions of the adult
2.) Complete metamorphosis (most common type of
development among turf grass pests): The young stages
of insects that undergo this look very different from the
adults before before they become pupae and change into
adults
How do Chinch bugs damage turf? - Answer-They feed in
clusters and damage first appears as circular patches of
yellowing turf that resemble drought injury and large
infestations of the southern chinch bug may completely kill
St. Augustine lawns.
