Ag Plant Pest Control Practice Exam with
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Which of the filling ideas is not considered important to explain to avoid problems with
public perceptions of your applications?
1. Why a pesticide application is necessary
2. What services you can provide to solve other pest problems
3. The expected environmental impact
4. How you will protect nearby sensitive areas
5. What chemical you plan to use - Correct Answers -2. What services you can provide
to solve other pest problems
Metamorphosis is:
1. The process by which arthropods develop resistance to pesticides over time
2. The process by which arthropods change their body type to help move to different
areas more easily
3. the process by which arthropods blend into their surroundings to avoid detection from
predators and pesticide applicators
4. The process by which arthropods pass through several distinct stages as they
develop into adults - Correct Answers -4. The process by which arthropods pass
through several distinct stages as they develop into adults
Mites chew on plant parts, which can disfigure plants and result in reduced yields -
Correct Answers -False. Mites don't have chewing mouth parts. Instead, they damage
plants by sucking up plant juices
Many nematode species are beneficial because they eat bacteria, insects, fungi, and
other soil pests - Correct Answers -True
Which is not a way to tell the various types of pigweed apart?
1. Redroot pigweed has red roots
2. smooth pigweed is much less hairy than other varieties
3. spiny pigweed has pairs of spines at the base of the leaf petiole and along the main
stem
4. Redroot pigweed has alternately arranged leaves - Correct Answers -1. Redroot
pigweed has red roots
What are the characteristics of a monocot?
1. monocots have one seed leaf, parallel leaf veins, flower parts in multiples of three,
and fibrous roots
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Which of the filling ideas is not considered important to explain to avoid problems with
public perceptions of your applications?
1. Why a pesticide application is necessary
2. What services you can provide to solve other pest problems
3. The expected environmental impact
4. How you will protect nearby sensitive areas
5. What chemical you plan to use - Correct Answers -2. What services you can provide
to solve other pest problems
Metamorphosis is:
1. The process by which arthropods develop resistance to pesticides over time
2. The process by which arthropods change their body type to help move to different
areas more easily
3. the process by which arthropods blend into their surroundings to avoid detection from
predators and pesticide applicators
4. The process by which arthropods pass through several distinct stages as they
develop into adults - Correct Answers -4. The process by which arthropods pass
through several distinct stages as they develop into adults
Mites chew on plant parts, which can disfigure plants and result in reduced yields -
Correct Answers -False. Mites don't have chewing mouth parts. Instead, they damage
plants by sucking up plant juices
Many nematode species are beneficial because they eat bacteria, insects, fungi, and
other soil pests - Correct Answers -True
Which is not a way to tell the various types of pigweed apart?
1. Redroot pigweed has red roots
2. smooth pigweed is much less hairy than other varieties
3. spiny pigweed has pairs of spines at the base of the leaf petiole and along the main
stem
4. Redroot pigweed has alternately arranged leaves - Correct Answers -1. Redroot
pigweed has red roots
What are the characteristics of a monocot?
1. monocots have one seed leaf, parallel leaf veins, flower parts in multiples of three,
and fibrous roots
