CDFA IPM FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True/False: Superparasitism is when multiple individuals of a certain parasites
species attacking one host in that not all parasites can survive. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: A key pest is a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: A secondary is a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies when
there is no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause serious
economic damage with the treatment of the key pest. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: Translocation is the movement of sugar through the plant. - ✔✔tRUE
✔✔Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest?
A. feed lots
B. coconut trees
C. citrus fruits
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. citrus fruits
✔✔What is inoculative release?
A. releasing a slow acting pesticide
B. small releases from permanent population
C. conserve and augment control agent
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. all of the above
✔✔Control of Botrytis Bunch Rot:
A. canopy maintenance
B. fungicide
C. resistant varieties
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. all of the above
✔✔What is necessary to do if you move an apiary within the same county it is located?
A. report to CDFA
B. report to CAC
C. report to BeeWhere
D. nothing - ✔✔D. nothing
✔✔Which is NOT an entomophagous insect?
A. preying mantice
B. darkling beetles
C. spiders
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. darkling beetles
, ✔✔Which is NOT a predator?
A. cotton aphid
B. wasps
C. lacewings
D. true bugs - ✔✔A. cotton aphid
✔✔Which virus is NOT used for insect control?
A. baculoviruses
B. granulosis
C. arbovirus
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. arbovirus
✔✔What is direct damage of grapevines?
A. insect eating grapes
B. insect feeding on limbs
C. insect feeding on leaves
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. insect eating grapes
✔✔Which is indirect damage to grapevines?
A. insect damaging part of the plant that is not harvested
B. insect laying eggs on leaves
C. insect eating grapes
D. none of the above1 - ✔✔A. insect damaging parts of the plant that is not harvested
✔✔Which is NOT involved in classical biological control?
A. releasing beneficial insects
B. letting populations of current pests stabilize
C. letting populations of current predators stabilize
D. both B and C - ✔✔D. both B and C
✔✔What is a vector for relapsing fever?
A. flies
B. ticks
C. sun
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. ticks
✔✔What is the cinnabar moth a biological control for?
A. yellow starthistle
B. spotted knapweed
C. tansy ragwort
D. all of the above - ✔✔C. tansy ragwort
✔✔How are Norway rats distinguished from other rats?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔True/False: Superparasitism is when multiple individuals of a certain parasites
species attacking one host in that not all parasites can survive. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: A key pest is a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: A secondary is a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies when
there is no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause serious
economic damage with the treatment of the key pest. - ✔✔True
✔✔True/False: Translocation is the movement of sugar through the plant. - ✔✔tRUE
✔✔Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest?
A. feed lots
B. coconut trees
C. citrus fruits
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. citrus fruits
✔✔What is inoculative release?
A. releasing a slow acting pesticide
B. small releases from permanent population
C. conserve and augment control agent
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. all of the above
✔✔Control of Botrytis Bunch Rot:
A. canopy maintenance
B. fungicide
C. resistant varieties
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. all of the above
✔✔What is necessary to do if you move an apiary within the same county it is located?
A. report to CDFA
B. report to CAC
C. report to BeeWhere
D. nothing - ✔✔D. nothing
✔✔Which is NOT an entomophagous insect?
A. preying mantice
B. darkling beetles
C. spiders
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. darkling beetles
, ✔✔Which is NOT a predator?
A. cotton aphid
B. wasps
C. lacewings
D. true bugs - ✔✔A. cotton aphid
✔✔Which virus is NOT used for insect control?
A. baculoviruses
B. granulosis
C. arbovirus
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. arbovirus
✔✔What is direct damage of grapevines?
A. insect eating grapes
B. insect feeding on limbs
C. insect feeding on leaves
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. insect eating grapes
✔✔Which is indirect damage to grapevines?
A. insect damaging part of the plant that is not harvested
B. insect laying eggs on leaves
C. insect eating grapes
D. none of the above1 - ✔✔A. insect damaging parts of the plant that is not harvested
✔✔Which is NOT involved in classical biological control?
A. releasing beneficial insects
B. letting populations of current pests stabilize
C. letting populations of current predators stabilize
D. both B and C - ✔✔D. both B and C
✔✔What is a vector for relapsing fever?
A. flies
B. ticks
C. sun
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. ticks
✔✔What is the cinnabar moth a biological control for?
A. yellow starthistle
B. spotted knapweed
C. tansy ragwort
D. all of the above - ✔✔C. tansy ragwort
✔✔How are Norway rats distinguished from other rats?
