ILLINOIS GENERAL STANDARDS PESTICIDE LATEST
EXAM 2024 ALL 100 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION)
LATEST 2024 | GUARANTEED PASS A+
Pest - ANSWER: any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the
health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - ANSWER: keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid
adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - ANSWER: breakeven point at which cost of pest control
equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - ANSWER: number of pests per plant or amount of
damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - ANSWER: number of pests that might cause enough damage
to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - ANSWER: monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control - ANSWER: improve crop health
mechanical control - ANSWER: physical pest elimination
biological control - ANSWER: living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - ANSWER: chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - ANSWER: prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - ANSWER: wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest
resistance
insects - ANSWER: exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - ANSWER: head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - ANSWER: 3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - ANSWER: 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult
mites - ANSWER: spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
, spiders - ANSWER: 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - ANSWER: 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - ANSWER: all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows
mammals - ANSWER: protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - ANSWER: cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to
plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - ANSWER: multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - ANSWER: yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - ANSWER: green and yellow patching
gall - ANSWER: abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements - ANSWER: susceptible host, plant
pathogen, environment, time
weeds - ANSWER: any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious - ANSWER: declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass - ANSWER: noxious weeds
exotic - ANSWER: unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn - ANSWER: exotic weeds
3 types of weeds - ANSWER: grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like - ANSWER: parallel veins
broadleaf weeds - ANSWER: net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds - ANSWER: life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds - ANSWER: 2 year life cycle
perennial weeds - ANSWER: 2+ year lifespan
What type of weed germinates in the spring, develops a root system and low
growing cluster of leaves called a rosette? - ANSWER: a biennial weed
EXAM 2024 ALL 100 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL
ELABORATED ANSWERS (A NEW UPDATED VERSION)
LATEST 2024 | GUARANTEED PASS A+
Pest - ANSWER: any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the
health of humans, animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - ANSWER: keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid
adverse effects on humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - ANSWER: breakeven point at which cost of pest control
equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level - ANSWER: number of pests per plant or amount of
damage to plant at which control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - ANSWER: number of pests that might cause enough damage
to the appearance of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - ANSWER: monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control - ANSWER: improve crop health
mechanical control - ANSWER: physical pest elimination
biological control - ANSWER: living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - ANSWER: chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - ANSWER: prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - ANSWER: wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest
resistance
insects - ANSWER: exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
insect body regions - ANSWER: head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - ANSWER: 3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - ANSWER: 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult
mites - ANSWER: spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
, spiders - ANSWER: 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - ANSWER: 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - ANSWER: all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows
mammals - ANSWER: protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - ANSWER: cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to
plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - ANSWER: multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - ANSWER: yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - ANSWER: green and yellow patching
gall - ANSWER: abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements - ANSWER: susceptible host, plant
pathogen, environment, time
weeds - ANSWER: any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious - ANSWER: declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass - ANSWER: noxious weeds
exotic - ANSWER: unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn - ANSWER: exotic weeds
3 types of weeds - ANSWER: grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like - ANSWER: parallel veins
broadleaf weeds - ANSWER: net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds - ANSWER: life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds - ANSWER: 2 year life cycle
perennial weeds - ANSWER: 2+ year lifespan
What type of weed germinates in the spring, develops a root system and low
growing cluster of leaves called a rosette? - ANSWER: a biennial weed
