NC PESTICIDE LICENSE ORNAMENTAL
AND TURF PRE TEST PRACTICE SCRIPT
2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is Symptom?
Answer: The damage an insect does to a plant
⩥ What is the difference between biotic and abiotic diseases?
Answer: Biotic is from living things. Contagious
Abiotic is nonliving disorders. Non contagious
⩥ What are Colorado Predatory Biological control pests?
Answer: Assassin Bugs- (.5-1.5 inches, oval and elongated brown or
black.)
Lacewings- (Light green, .75 inch long, Large wings. Eggs hatch 3-5
days)
Lady Beetles- (Takes about a month to go from egg to adult)
,Stink Bugs- (Attack moths and Beetles, Lay eggs in masses 1-3 cycles a
year. Nymphs go through 5 instars)
Syrphid flys- (Called flower flies, look like bees but no stinger, and one
pair of wings. Feed on Aphids)
Predatory Bugs are true bugs (Feed by piercing prey. Feed on aphids,
thrips, spider mites.)
Ground Beetles (.75-1.5 inches, flat bodies, dark and shiny, Nocturnal
hunters. Attacks soil pests.)
Wasps
Predatory Mites (Attack spider mites,
⩥ How long are parasitic insects lifespan?
Answer: 10-14 days
⩥ Braconid and ichneumonid wasps Identification and habitual patterns
Answer: Very large and diverse group of insect parasites
,Can attack very small insects like aphids but can attack caterpillars and
wood boring beetles
⩥ Tachinidae Identification and habitual patterns
Answer: Parasitic fly
Adults are grey and robust
twice the size of a house fly
⩥ Organophosphates mode of action?
Answer: Nerve Damage
Last longer then carbamates
Contact
⩥ Carbamates mode of action?
Answer: Nerve Damage
Less toxic then Organophosphates
, Contact
⩥ Pyrethroids Mode of action
Answer: Extremely toxic to fish
low toxicity to mammals
Naturally Derived from Chrysanthemum acids
Nerve Damage
⩥ Pyrethrins Mode of action
Answer: Related to pyrethroids
Naturally derived from Chrysanthemum acids
Nerve damage
Less effective and more harmful to mammals
⩥ Chloronicotinyls Mode of action
Answer: Greater selectivity
AND TURF PRE TEST PRACTICE SCRIPT
2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ What is Symptom?
Answer: The damage an insect does to a plant
⩥ What is the difference between biotic and abiotic diseases?
Answer: Biotic is from living things. Contagious
Abiotic is nonliving disorders. Non contagious
⩥ What are Colorado Predatory Biological control pests?
Answer: Assassin Bugs- (.5-1.5 inches, oval and elongated brown or
black.)
Lacewings- (Light green, .75 inch long, Large wings. Eggs hatch 3-5
days)
Lady Beetles- (Takes about a month to go from egg to adult)
,Stink Bugs- (Attack moths and Beetles, Lay eggs in masses 1-3 cycles a
year. Nymphs go through 5 instars)
Syrphid flys- (Called flower flies, look like bees but no stinger, and one
pair of wings. Feed on Aphids)
Predatory Bugs are true bugs (Feed by piercing prey. Feed on aphids,
thrips, spider mites.)
Ground Beetles (.75-1.5 inches, flat bodies, dark and shiny, Nocturnal
hunters. Attacks soil pests.)
Wasps
Predatory Mites (Attack spider mites,
⩥ How long are parasitic insects lifespan?
Answer: 10-14 days
⩥ Braconid and ichneumonid wasps Identification and habitual patterns
Answer: Very large and diverse group of insect parasites
,Can attack very small insects like aphids but can attack caterpillars and
wood boring beetles
⩥ Tachinidae Identification and habitual patterns
Answer: Parasitic fly
Adults are grey and robust
twice the size of a house fly
⩥ Organophosphates mode of action?
Answer: Nerve Damage
Last longer then carbamates
Contact
⩥ Carbamates mode of action?
Answer: Nerve Damage
Less toxic then Organophosphates
, Contact
⩥ Pyrethroids Mode of action
Answer: Extremely toxic to fish
low toxicity to mammals
Naturally Derived from Chrysanthemum acids
Nerve Damage
⩥ Pyrethrins Mode of action
Answer: Related to pyrethroids
Naturally derived from Chrysanthemum acids
Nerve damage
Less effective and more harmful to mammals
⩥ Chloronicotinyls Mode of action
Answer: Greater selectivity
