CDFA IPM COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
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✔✔How to contest a determination of an American Foulbrood Disease infestation?
A. send specimen of infested hive, collected with an inspector, to the Director of CDFA
along with written appeal
B. sample and send to CDFA
C. have inspector collect specimen and send to DPR
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. send specimen of infested hive, collected with an
inspector, to the Director of CDFA with written appeal
✔✔How long does a hold notice last on an apiary?
A. 30 days
B. until released
C. until infestation is gone
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. until released
✔✔Confidentiality of beekeeper records can be disclosed to who?
A. state ag departments
B. county ag departments
C. anyone
D. both A and B - ✔✔D. both A and B
✔✔Where is the only place an apiary can be transported if infested?
A. licensed wax salvage plants
B. any licensed lab
C. CAC
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. licensed wax salvage plants
✔✔What can be salvaged from a diseased colony?
A. all honey
B. hive bodies
C. bees
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. hive bodies
✔✔If the value of a crop decreases, what happens to the Economic Injury Level?
A. it decreases as well
B. stays the same
C. it increases
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. it increases
✔✔Which is a biological control for Pacific Spider Mites and Rust Mites?
A. wasps
, B. spiders
C. six spotted thrips
D. glassy sharpshooter - ✔✔C. six spotted thrips
✔✔Honey bees are major pollinators of which crop?
A. wheat
B. grain
C. alfalfa
D. grass - ✔✔C. alfalfa
✔✔Parasite of Alfalfa Butterfly is medicaginus cotesia, what stage does it attack?
A. egg
B. early instar
C. late instar
D. adult - ✔✔B. early instar
✔✔True/False: Eradication usually pertains to outbreak of pest that is exotic from long
distances away and to completely remove a pest from an area. - ✔✔True
✔✔What is inverse emulsion?
A. water suspended in oil
B. oil suspended in water
C. water mixing perfectly with oil
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. water suspended in oil
✔✔Which shows evidence of gopher activity?
A. volcanic mounds
B. crescent mounds
C. shallow tunnels
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. crescent mounds
✔✔What is vibrissae?
A. ears
B. long whiskers for tactile sensory
C. mouth and teeth
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. long whiskers for tactile sensory
✔✔What best describes the monk parakeet?
A. endangered species
B. not a real species
C. prohibited bird
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. prohibited bird
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a pest to citrus?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔
✔✔How to contest a determination of an American Foulbrood Disease infestation?
A. send specimen of infested hive, collected with an inspector, to the Director of CDFA
along with written appeal
B. sample and send to CDFA
C. have inspector collect specimen and send to DPR
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. send specimen of infested hive, collected with an
inspector, to the Director of CDFA with written appeal
✔✔How long does a hold notice last on an apiary?
A. 30 days
B. until released
C. until infestation is gone
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. until released
✔✔Confidentiality of beekeeper records can be disclosed to who?
A. state ag departments
B. county ag departments
C. anyone
D. both A and B - ✔✔D. both A and B
✔✔Where is the only place an apiary can be transported if infested?
A. licensed wax salvage plants
B. any licensed lab
C. CAC
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. licensed wax salvage plants
✔✔What can be salvaged from a diseased colony?
A. all honey
B. hive bodies
C. bees
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. hive bodies
✔✔If the value of a crop decreases, what happens to the Economic Injury Level?
A. it decreases as well
B. stays the same
C. it increases
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. it increases
✔✔Which is a biological control for Pacific Spider Mites and Rust Mites?
A. wasps
, B. spiders
C. six spotted thrips
D. glassy sharpshooter - ✔✔C. six spotted thrips
✔✔Honey bees are major pollinators of which crop?
A. wheat
B. grain
C. alfalfa
D. grass - ✔✔C. alfalfa
✔✔Parasite of Alfalfa Butterfly is medicaginus cotesia, what stage does it attack?
A. egg
B. early instar
C. late instar
D. adult - ✔✔B. early instar
✔✔True/False: Eradication usually pertains to outbreak of pest that is exotic from long
distances away and to completely remove a pest from an area. - ✔✔True
✔✔What is inverse emulsion?
A. water suspended in oil
B. oil suspended in water
C. water mixing perfectly with oil
D. none of the above - ✔✔A. water suspended in oil
✔✔Which shows evidence of gopher activity?
A. volcanic mounds
B. crescent mounds
C. shallow tunnels
D. all of the above - ✔✔B. crescent mounds
✔✔What is vibrissae?
A. ears
B. long whiskers for tactile sensory
C. mouth and teeth
D. none of the above - ✔✔B. long whiskers for tactile sensory
✔✔What best describes the monk parakeet?
A. endangered species
B. not a real species
C. prohibited bird
D. none of the above - ✔✔C. prohibited bird
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a pest to citrus?
