CDFA IPM PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ When did the development of modern pesticides take place
Answer: WWII (1939-1945)
◉ What is Vedalia Beetle a control for
Answer: Cottony cushion scale
◉ When do old historic records show the first usage of biological
controls?
Answer: 1200
◉ What set off the major study into biological control from late 19th
century to the 1940a
Answer: the discovery of vedalia beetle as a successful control for
cottony cushion scale in 1888
◉ What type of animal eats dead carcasses and trash
Answer: scavengers
◉ Which of the following terms describes rabbits
,Answer: lagomorphs
◉ How is the black-tailed jack rabbit classified
Answer: game animal
◉ What term describes multiple identical individuals arising from
the same egg
Answer: polyembrony
◉ What is superparasitism?
Answer: multiple individuals of a certain parasite species attacking
one host in that not all parasites can survive
◉ What is a key pest?
Answer: a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage
◉ What is a secondary pest
Answer: a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies when there
are no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause
serious economic damage with the treatment of the key pest
◉ What is transpiration?
, Answer: Loss of water from plant through evaporation at leaf
surface. (Xylem)
◉ Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest?
Answer: citrus fruits
◉ Citrus thrips overwinter as what and where?
Answer: Eggs laid on green twigs, new leaves
◉ What is innoculative release?
Answer: Like releasing a slow acting pesticide, small release from
permanent population. Release beneficial ONCE during season,
control ensured by offspring.
◉ Deuterotoky is what?
Answer: Offspring is both male and female
◉ Thelyotoky is what?
Answer: Only females are produced from unfertilized eggs.
◉ Arrhentoky is what?
Answer: Only males are produced from unfertilized eggs.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ When did the development of modern pesticides take place
Answer: WWII (1939-1945)
◉ What is Vedalia Beetle a control for
Answer: Cottony cushion scale
◉ When do old historic records show the first usage of biological
controls?
Answer: 1200
◉ What set off the major study into biological control from late 19th
century to the 1940a
Answer: the discovery of vedalia beetle as a successful control for
cottony cushion scale in 1888
◉ What type of animal eats dead carcasses and trash
Answer: scavengers
◉ Which of the following terms describes rabbits
,Answer: lagomorphs
◉ How is the black-tailed jack rabbit classified
Answer: game animal
◉ What term describes multiple identical individuals arising from
the same egg
Answer: polyembrony
◉ What is superparasitism?
Answer: multiple individuals of a certain parasite species attacking
one host in that not all parasites can survive
◉ What is a key pest?
Answer: a pest that has to be controlled every year to prevent
economic damage
◉ What is a secondary pest
Answer: a pest that is well controlled by natural enemies when there
are no broad spectrum pesticides in use and a pest that can cause
serious economic damage with the treatment of the key pest
◉ What is transpiration?
, Answer: Loss of water from plant through evaporation at leaf
surface. (Xylem)
◉ Besides near housing, where is the roof rat also a pest?
Answer: citrus fruits
◉ Citrus thrips overwinter as what and where?
Answer: Eggs laid on green twigs, new leaves
◉ What is innoculative release?
Answer: Like releasing a slow acting pesticide, small release from
permanent population. Release beneficial ONCE during season,
control ensured by offspring.
◉ Deuterotoky is what?
Answer: Offspring is both male and female
◉ Thelyotoky is what?
Answer: Only females are produced from unfertilized eggs.
◉ Arrhentoky is what?
Answer: Only males are produced from unfertilized eggs.
