CDFA IPM LATEST ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Causal agent of AFB? - ✔✔Bacterial (bacillus larvae)
✔✔Characteristics of cliff swallows and nests? - ✔✔Square tail, white forehead, steel-
blue crown
Build mud nests under leaves of houses and buildings
✔✔Then Cinnabar moth is the bio control agent for what? - ✔✔Tansy Ragwort
✔✔Citrus bud mites leads to what? - ✔✔Distorted fruit
✔✔What is bio control for Citrus mites? - ✔✔Predaceous mite Euseius tularensis,
spiders, lacewings and minute pirate bugs
✔✔Citrus thrips cause what damage? - ✔✔Silvery scars on fruit
✔✔Citrus thrips overwinter as what? - ✔✔Eggs laid on green twigs, new leaves
✔✔What color are anticoagulants? - ✔✔Green or Blue
✔✔Control of Klamathweed/St. Johnswort weed? - ✔✔Leaf-feeding flea beetles
(Chrysolina sp) and Root boring beetles
✔✔Control of phytophthora and root knot nematode? - ✔✔Water control / Sanitation /
Resistant Variety
✔✔Crescent shaped mounds are made by? - ✔✔Gophers
✔✔Define a selective herbicide? - ✔✔Primarily acts on particular weeds without causing
significant damage to non-target weeds.
✔✔Define Classical Bio Control? - ✔✔The importation, introduction and establishment
of NE's to reduce the density of a population to a level that is convenient to man.
✔✔Define Hyperparasitism? - ✔✔One species of parasite feeds in or lays eggs in
another species, often called a parastoid
✔✔Definition of apiary pest? - ✔✔AFB, parasite, hereditary disease: All of the Above
✔✔Definition of A rated weed? - ✔✔Eradication, containment, rejection, state-county
level.
, ✔✔Definition of B rated weed? - ✔✔Containment at discretion of commissioner
✔✔Definition of Biological Control? - ✔✔To control a pest with the introduction of
natural enemies. Involves active human role.
✔✔Deuterotoky is what? - ✔✔Offspring is both male and female by parthenogenesis
✔✔Difference between roof rat and Norway rat? - ✔✔Roof rat tail is longer than its
body.
✔✔Hive with AFB have to be transported to? - ✔✔Wax salvage plant or to incinerator
✔✔Documentation of Bio Control goes back as far as? - ✔✔1830
✔✔Cottony Cushion Scale bio control? - ✔✔Vedalia Beetle
✔✔An emulsion is defined as? - ✔✔Water soluble active ingredients dispersed in an
water carrier.
✔✔Entomophogous is defined as? - ✔✔An insect that eats another insect
✔✔What is eradication methods? - ✔✔Aimed at elimination of a pest
✔✔European Red Mite cultural control? - ✔✔Reduce dusty conditions within orchard
✔✔First example of bio control in CA was? - ✔✔vedalia beetle to control cotton
cushiony scale
✔✔Black-tailed Jackrabbit is considered what? - ✔✔Game mammal
✔✔Family name of Jack Rabbits? - ✔✔Leporidae (Lepus Californicus)
✔✔Muskrat is what? (Game mammal, non game mammal or fur bearing) - ✔✔Fur
bearing mammal
✔✔Glyphosate treats what kind of weeds? - ✔✔Broad spectrum, especially perennials,
kills roots.
✔✔Control method of Amillaria Root Rot in Grapes? - ✔✔Pre-Plant fumigation with
Methyl Bromide or kPam
✔✔Control method of Botrytis Bunch Rot in Grapes? - ✔✔Removal of basal leaves,
Use fungicide,
Use resistant varieties.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Causal agent of AFB? - ✔✔Bacterial (bacillus larvae)
✔✔Characteristics of cliff swallows and nests? - ✔✔Square tail, white forehead, steel-
blue crown
Build mud nests under leaves of houses and buildings
✔✔Then Cinnabar moth is the bio control agent for what? - ✔✔Tansy Ragwort
✔✔Citrus bud mites leads to what? - ✔✔Distorted fruit
✔✔What is bio control for Citrus mites? - ✔✔Predaceous mite Euseius tularensis,
spiders, lacewings and minute pirate bugs
✔✔Citrus thrips cause what damage? - ✔✔Silvery scars on fruit
✔✔Citrus thrips overwinter as what? - ✔✔Eggs laid on green twigs, new leaves
✔✔What color are anticoagulants? - ✔✔Green or Blue
✔✔Control of Klamathweed/St. Johnswort weed? - ✔✔Leaf-feeding flea beetles
(Chrysolina sp) and Root boring beetles
✔✔Control of phytophthora and root knot nematode? - ✔✔Water control / Sanitation /
Resistant Variety
✔✔Crescent shaped mounds are made by? - ✔✔Gophers
✔✔Define a selective herbicide? - ✔✔Primarily acts on particular weeds without causing
significant damage to non-target weeds.
✔✔Define Classical Bio Control? - ✔✔The importation, introduction and establishment
of NE's to reduce the density of a population to a level that is convenient to man.
✔✔Define Hyperparasitism? - ✔✔One species of parasite feeds in or lays eggs in
another species, often called a parastoid
✔✔Definition of apiary pest? - ✔✔AFB, parasite, hereditary disease: All of the Above
✔✔Definition of A rated weed? - ✔✔Eradication, containment, rejection, state-county
level.
, ✔✔Definition of B rated weed? - ✔✔Containment at discretion of commissioner
✔✔Definition of Biological Control? - ✔✔To control a pest with the introduction of
natural enemies. Involves active human role.
✔✔Deuterotoky is what? - ✔✔Offspring is both male and female by parthenogenesis
✔✔Difference between roof rat and Norway rat? - ✔✔Roof rat tail is longer than its
body.
✔✔Hive with AFB have to be transported to? - ✔✔Wax salvage plant or to incinerator
✔✔Documentation of Bio Control goes back as far as? - ✔✔1830
✔✔Cottony Cushion Scale bio control? - ✔✔Vedalia Beetle
✔✔An emulsion is defined as? - ✔✔Water soluble active ingredients dispersed in an
water carrier.
✔✔Entomophogous is defined as? - ✔✔An insect that eats another insect
✔✔What is eradication methods? - ✔✔Aimed at elimination of a pest
✔✔European Red Mite cultural control? - ✔✔Reduce dusty conditions within orchard
✔✔First example of bio control in CA was? - ✔✔vedalia beetle to control cotton
cushiony scale
✔✔Black-tailed Jackrabbit is considered what? - ✔✔Game mammal
✔✔Family name of Jack Rabbits? - ✔✔Leporidae (Lepus Californicus)
✔✔Muskrat is what? (Game mammal, non game mammal or fur bearing) - ✔✔Fur
bearing mammal
✔✔Glyphosate treats what kind of weeds? - ✔✔Broad spectrum, especially perennials,
kills roots.
✔✔Control method of Amillaria Root Rot in Grapes? - ✔✔Pre-Plant fumigation with
Methyl Bromide or kPam
✔✔Control method of Botrytis Bunch Rot in Grapes? - ✔✔Removal of basal leaves,
Use fungicide,
Use resistant varieties.
