ILLINOIS GENERAL STANDARDS PESTICIDE EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 290
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans,
animals, plants, or the environment - ANSWER: Pest
keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on
humans, wildlife, environment - ANSWER: Goal of IPM
breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest -
ANSWER: economic injury level
number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which control measures
should begin - ANSWER: economic threshold level
number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to
warrant cost of control - might vary - ANSWER: aesthetic injury level
monitoring pest pop and plant conditions - ANSWER: key to successful IPM
improve crop health - ANSWER: cultural control
physical pest elimination - ANSWER: mechanical control
living organisms reduce pests - ANSWER: biological control
chemical agents reduce pests - ANSWER: chemical control
prevent entry and spread - ANSWER: preventative control
wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest resistance - ANSWER: pesticide
failure
exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region - ANSWER: insects
head, thorax, abdomen - ANSWER: insect body regions
3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult - ANSWER: incomplete development
4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult - ANSWER: complete development
spider-like, 4 pairs of legs - ANSWER: mites
, 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions - ANSWER: spiders
7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs - ANSWER: crustaceans
all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows - ANSWER: birds
protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels - ANSWER: mammals
cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable
conditions - ANSWER: noninfectious disease
multiply within host, transferable - ANSWER: infectious disease
yellowing of leaves - ANSWER: chlorosis
green and yellow patching - ANSWER: Mosiac
abnormal swelling - ANSWER: gall
susceptible host, plant pathogen, environment, time - ANSWER: infectious disease
development elements
any plant growing where is is unwanted - ANSWER: weeds
declared by law, must be controlled - ANSWER: noxious
noxious weeds - ANSWER: ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass
unlawful to sell, buy, plant - ANSWER: exotic
exotic weeds - ANSWER: honeysuckle, buckthorn
grasses, grass-like, broadleaf - ANSWER: 3 types of weeds
parallel veins - ANSWER: grass/grass-like
net-veined, less elongated - ANSWER: broadleaf weeds
life cycle 1 year - ANSWER: annual weeds
2 year life cycle - ANSWER: biennial weeds
2+ year lifespan - ANSWER: perennial weeds
a biennial weed - ANSWER: What type of weed germinates in the spring, develops a
root system and low growing cluster of leaves called a rosette?
PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 290
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans,
animals, plants, or the environment - ANSWER: Pest
keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on
humans, wildlife, environment - ANSWER: Goal of IPM
breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest -
ANSWER: economic injury level
number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which control measures
should begin - ANSWER: economic threshold level
number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance of a plant to
warrant cost of control - might vary - ANSWER: aesthetic injury level
monitoring pest pop and plant conditions - ANSWER: key to successful IPM
improve crop health - ANSWER: cultural control
physical pest elimination - ANSWER: mechanical control
living organisms reduce pests - ANSWER: biological control
chemical agents reduce pests - ANSWER: chemical control
prevent entry and spread - ANSWER: preventative control
wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest resistance - ANSWER: pesticide
failure
exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region - ANSWER: insects
head, thorax, abdomen - ANSWER: insect body regions
3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult - ANSWER: incomplete development
4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult - ANSWER: complete development
spider-like, 4 pairs of legs - ANSWER: mites
, 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions - ANSWER: spiders
7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs - ANSWER: crustaceans
all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows - ANSWER: birds
protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels - ANSWER: mammals
cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable
conditions - ANSWER: noninfectious disease
multiply within host, transferable - ANSWER: infectious disease
yellowing of leaves - ANSWER: chlorosis
green and yellow patching - ANSWER: Mosiac
abnormal swelling - ANSWER: gall
susceptible host, plant pathogen, environment, time - ANSWER: infectious disease
development elements
any plant growing where is is unwanted - ANSWER: weeds
declared by law, must be controlled - ANSWER: noxious
noxious weeds - ANSWER: ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass
unlawful to sell, buy, plant - ANSWER: exotic
exotic weeds - ANSWER: honeysuckle, buckthorn
grasses, grass-like, broadleaf - ANSWER: 3 types of weeds
parallel veins - ANSWER: grass/grass-like
net-veined, less elongated - ANSWER: broadleaf weeds
life cycle 1 year - ANSWER: annual weeds
2 year life cycle - ANSWER: biennial weeds
2+ year lifespan - ANSWER: perennial weeds
a biennial weed - ANSWER: What type of weed germinates in the spring, develops a
root system and low growing cluster of leaves called a rosette?
