CDFA IPM UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best physical description of zinc phosphide?
A. white. fluffy powder
B. white, dense powder
C. dark gray, dense powder
D. heavy, finely ground black gray powder - ✔✔D. heavy, finely ground black gray
powder
✔✔What of the following is evidence of gopher activity?
A. cresent mounds
B. shallow, torn up grass tunnels
C. volcanic mounds
D. oval mounds - ✔✔A. crescent mounds
✔✔What kind of damage would be seen in an orchard if meadow voles were present?
A. tore up roots
B. tore up irrigation lines
C. large holes
D. gnawing on bark - ✔✔D. gnawing on bark
✔✔What does volatile mean?
A. a chemical that vaporizes at normal temps and contact with air
B. a chemical that can drift very far quickly
C. a chemical that takes longer to disperse
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. a chemical that vaporizes at normal temps and contact
with air
✔✔Which of the following is a CA noxious weed?
A. Amur Honeysuckle
B. Purple Loosestrife
C. Autumn Olive
D. Chinese Privet - ✔✔B. Purple Loosestrife
✔✔What is the major drawback f using insect growth regulators?
A. extremely volatile
B. doesn't' work in adults
C. doesn't work in larvae
D. harmful to humans - ✔✔B. doesn't work in adults
✔✔What odor does zinc phosphide give off?
A. onions
B. pesticide
, C. garlic
D. nothing - ✔✔C. garlic
✔✔How are muskrats classified?
A. game animals
B. fur bearers
C. burrowing mammals
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. fur bearers
✔✔Which pesticide causes the greatest threat of drift during application?
A. Roundup
B. Dicamba
C. 2, 4-D
D. Banvel - ✔✔C. 2, 4-D
✔✔What is the greatest hazard when first applying pesticide?
A. mixing
B. loading
C. spray drift
D. exposure to wildlife - ✔✔C. spray drift
✔✔Which best describes the Q-rating?
A. it is exactly like A-rated
B. it is temporary rating under eradication action
C. its another name for B-rated
D. non-existent - ✔✔B. it is temporary rating under eradication action
✔✔What type of reproduction system n parasitic hymenopterans result in all females?
A. thelytoky
B. arrhenotoky
C. Epitoky
D. Autotoky - ✔✔A. Thelytoky
✔✔What is the name of the substance that readily forms a suspension with water?
A. Emulsifiable Concentrate
B. Wettable Powder
C. Dry Flowable
D. water soluble powder - ✔✔B. Wettable Powder
✔✔In plants, what is the use of energy to make living material?
A. assimilation
B. concentration
C. absorption
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. assimilation
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best physical description of zinc phosphide?
A. white. fluffy powder
B. white, dense powder
C. dark gray, dense powder
D. heavy, finely ground black gray powder - ✔✔D. heavy, finely ground black gray
powder
✔✔What of the following is evidence of gopher activity?
A. cresent mounds
B. shallow, torn up grass tunnels
C. volcanic mounds
D. oval mounds - ✔✔A. crescent mounds
✔✔What kind of damage would be seen in an orchard if meadow voles were present?
A. tore up roots
B. tore up irrigation lines
C. large holes
D. gnawing on bark - ✔✔D. gnawing on bark
✔✔What does volatile mean?
A. a chemical that vaporizes at normal temps and contact with air
B. a chemical that can drift very far quickly
C. a chemical that takes longer to disperse
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. a chemical that vaporizes at normal temps and contact
with air
✔✔Which of the following is a CA noxious weed?
A. Amur Honeysuckle
B. Purple Loosestrife
C. Autumn Olive
D. Chinese Privet - ✔✔B. Purple Loosestrife
✔✔What is the major drawback f using insect growth regulators?
A. extremely volatile
B. doesn't' work in adults
C. doesn't work in larvae
D. harmful to humans - ✔✔B. doesn't work in adults
✔✔What odor does zinc phosphide give off?
A. onions
B. pesticide
, C. garlic
D. nothing - ✔✔C. garlic
✔✔How are muskrats classified?
A. game animals
B. fur bearers
C. burrowing mammals
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. fur bearers
✔✔Which pesticide causes the greatest threat of drift during application?
A. Roundup
B. Dicamba
C. 2, 4-D
D. Banvel - ✔✔C. 2, 4-D
✔✔What is the greatest hazard when first applying pesticide?
A. mixing
B. loading
C. spray drift
D. exposure to wildlife - ✔✔C. spray drift
✔✔Which best describes the Q-rating?
A. it is exactly like A-rated
B. it is temporary rating under eradication action
C. its another name for B-rated
D. non-existent - ✔✔B. it is temporary rating under eradication action
✔✔What type of reproduction system n parasitic hymenopterans result in all females?
A. thelytoky
B. arrhenotoky
C. Epitoky
D. Autotoky - ✔✔A. Thelytoky
✔✔What is the name of the substance that readily forms a suspension with water?
A. Emulsifiable Concentrate
B. Wettable Powder
C. Dry Flowable
D. water soluble powder - ✔✔B. Wettable Powder
✔✔In plants, what is the use of energy to make living material?
A. assimilation
B. concentration
C. absorption
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. assimilation
