GEORGIA PESTICIDE APPLICATORS (CAT 24 AND
GENERAL STANDARDS COMMERCIAL) EXAM NEWEST
2024 COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Pest - ANSWER: An undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and
animals, manufactured products, or natural substances
Pathogens - ANSWER: Disease causing organisms
Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms - ANSWER: 1. Weeds
2. Invertebrates
3. Pathogens
4. Vertebrates
Weed - ANSWER: Undesirable plant
Invertebrate Examples - ANSWER: Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, slugs
Pathogen Examples - ANSWER: Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasmas,
and other microorganisms
Vertebrate Examples - ANSWER: Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, rodents, and other
mammals
Importance of Pest Identification - ANSWER: Applicators can learn about its life cycle,
behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its development, susceptible life
stages, and known control methods. Could cause pest control success or failure.
6 Pest Management Methods - ANSWER: 1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Cultural
4. Genetic
5. Mechanical/Physical
6. Regulatory
Biological Control - ANSWER: Use of natural enemies to control pests.
Avicide - ANSWER: Control or repel pest birds
Bactericide - ANSWER: Control bacteria
Chemosterilants - ANSWER: Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
Defoliants - ANSWER: Causes leaves to drop from plants
,Desiccants - ANSWER: Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant tissues and
insects
Disinfectants - ANSWER: Control microorganisms
Fungicide - ANSWER: Control fungi
Growth Regulators - ANSWER: Alter growth or development of plant or animal
Herbicide - ANSWER: Control weeds
Insecticide - ANSWER: Control insects and related arthropods
Miticide - ANSWER: (Acaricide) Control mites
Molluscicides - ANSWER: Control snails and slugs
Nematicides - ANSWER: Control nematodes
Ovicides - ANSWER: Destroy eggs
Pheromone - ANSWER: Attract insects
Piscicides - ANSWER: Control pest fish
Predacides - ANSWER: Control predatory vertebrates
Repellants - ANSWER: Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates, invertebrates,
birds, and mammals
Rodenticides - ANSWER: Controls rodents
Selective Pesticide - ANSWER: Toxic to some pests, but have little or no effect on
others
Systemic Pesticide - ANSWER: Absorbed and translocated within a plant or animal
Contact Pesticide - ANSWER: Must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents
Persistence - ANSWER: How long a pesticide remains actives to control pest
Residual Pesticides - ANSWER: Control pests long term (ie weeks, months, or years)
Cultural Control - ANSWER: Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal, and survival
, Examples of Cultural Controls - ANSWER: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization,
crop selection, etc.
Genetic Control - ANSWER: Selected or bred to resists specific pests
Mechanical Control - ANSWER: Kill a pest directly or make its environmental
unsuitable
Examples of Mechanical Control - ANSWER: Traps, mulches, fences, cloth mesh, etc.
Quarantine - ANSWER: Pest control process designed to prevent entry of certain
pests into pest-free areas
Eradication - ANSWER: Elimination of a pest from a designated area
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER: Strategy that utilizes a wide range of pest
control tactics to prevent pests from reaching economically or aesthetically
damaging levels with the least risk to the environment
Why Practice IPM (5) - ANSWER: 1. Balanced ecosystem.
2. Pesticides can be ineffective.
3. Can save money.
4. Promotes healthy environment.
5. Maintains good public image.
5 Components of IPM - ANSWER: 1. Identify the pest and understand its biology
2. Monitor the pest to be managed
3. Develop pest management goal
4. Implement program
5. Record and evaluate results
Key Pests - ANSWER: May cause major damage on regular basis unless they are
controlled
Secondary Pest - ANSWER: Become pests when key pests are controlled or absent
Occasional Pest - ANSWER: Sporadically become problematic due to life cycles,
environmental influences, or as a result of human activities
Economic Threshold - ANSWER: Pest population density at which control measures
are needed to prevent the pest from reaching the economic injury level
Economic Injury Level - ANSWER: Pest population density that causes losses equal to
the cost of control measures
Preplant/Preemergence Herbicide - ANSWER: Targets weed seeds
GENERAL STANDARDS COMMERCIAL) EXAM NEWEST
2024 COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Pest - ANSWER: An undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants and
animals, manufactured products, or natural substances
Pathogens - ANSWER: Disease causing organisms
Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms - ANSWER: 1. Weeds
2. Invertebrates
3. Pathogens
4. Vertebrates
Weed - ANSWER: Undesirable plant
Invertebrate Examples - ANSWER: Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails, slugs
Pathogen Examples - ANSWER: Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes, mycoplasmas,
and other microorganisms
Vertebrate Examples - ANSWER: Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, rodents, and other
mammals
Importance of Pest Identification - ANSWER: Applicators can learn about its life cycle,
behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its development, susceptible life
stages, and known control methods. Could cause pest control success or failure.
6 Pest Management Methods - ANSWER: 1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Cultural
4. Genetic
5. Mechanical/Physical
6. Regulatory
Biological Control - ANSWER: Use of natural enemies to control pests.
Avicide - ANSWER: Control or repel pest birds
Bactericide - ANSWER: Control bacteria
Chemosterilants - ANSWER: Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
Defoliants - ANSWER: Causes leaves to drop from plants
,Desiccants - ANSWER: Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant tissues and
insects
Disinfectants - ANSWER: Control microorganisms
Fungicide - ANSWER: Control fungi
Growth Regulators - ANSWER: Alter growth or development of plant or animal
Herbicide - ANSWER: Control weeds
Insecticide - ANSWER: Control insects and related arthropods
Miticide - ANSWER: (Acaricide) Control mites
Molluscicides - ANSWER: Control snails and slugs
Nematicides - ANSWER: Control nematodes
Ovicides - ANSWER: Destroy eggs
Pheromone - ANSWER: Attract insects
Piscicides - ANSWER: Control pest fish
Predacides - ANSWER: Control predatory vertebrates
Repellants - ANSWER: Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates, invertebrates,
birds, and mammals
Rodenticides - ANSWER: Controls rodents
Selective Pesticide - ANSWER: Toxic to some pests, but have little or no effect on
others
Systemic Pesticide - ANSWER: Absorbed and translocated within a plant or animal
Contact Pesticide - ANSWER: Must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents
Persistence - ANSWER: How long a pesticide remains actives to control pest
Residual Pesticides - ANSWER: Control pests long term (ie weeks, months, or years)
Cultural Control - ANSWER: Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal, and survival
, Examples of Cultural Controls - ANSWER: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization,
crop selection, etc.
Genetic Control - ANSWER: Selected or bred to resists specific pests
Mechanical Control - ANSWER: Kill a pest directly or make its environmental
unsuitable
Examples of Mechanical Control - ANSWER: Traps, mulches, fences, cloth mesh, etc.
Quarantine - ANSWER: Pest control process designed to prevent entry of certain
pests into pest-free areas
Eradication - ANSWER: Elimination of a pest from a designated area
Integrated Pest Management - ANSWER: Strategy that utilizes a wide range of pest
control tactics to prevent pests from reaching economically or aesthetically
damaging levels with the least risk to the environment
Why Practice IPM (5) - ANSWER: 1. Balanced ecosystem.
2. Pesticides can be ineffective.
3. Can save money.
4. Promotes healthy environment.
5. Maintains good public image.
5 Components of IPM - ANSWER: 1. Identify the pest and understand its biology
2. Monitor the pest to be managed
3. Develop pest management goal
4. Implement program
5. Record and evaluate results
Key Pests - ANSWER: May cause major damage on regular basis unless they are
controlled
Secondary Pest - ANSWER: Become pests when key pests are controlled or absent
Occasional Pest - ANSWER: Sporadically become problematic due to life cycles,
environmental influences, or as a result of human activities
Economic Threshold - ANSWER: Pest population density at which control measures
are needed to prevent the pest from reaching the economic injury level
Economic Injury Level - ANSWER: Pest population density that causes losses equal to
the cost of control measures
Preplant/Preemergence Herbicide - ANSWER: Targets weed seeds
