Mississippi Pesticide License Exam Latest
Update 2025-2026 350 Questions and 100%
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" Brown Patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Rust, Fairy Ring, St. Augustine Decline
(SAD), Slime Mold, Melting-Out and Helminthosporium Leaf Spot are all common
_______________________." - CORRECT ANSWER: Lawn diseases in Mississippi
"Dollar spot occurs in several types of gass, but is most severe in ______?" -
CORRECT ANSWER: Bermudagrass
"Name some insect pest that attack trunks, stems, or branches." - CORRECT
ANSWER: Scale insects and mealybugs
"Name some insects that damage leaves, buds, fruits, and flowers." - CORRECT
ANSWER: "Caterpillers, beetles, leafminers, aphids, mites, and lace bugs"
"Unlike brown patch, dollar spot is more serve when nitrogen in the soil is ______?" -
CORRECT ANSWER: Low
"Use of ___________ ___________ to control soil-borne fungi, bacteria, and
nematodes is economically feasible in the production and establishment of high-value
ornamantals." - CORRECT ANSWER: Soil fumigants
"Where does the Fire Blight bacteria over-winter, and how is it spread?" - CORRECT
ANSWER: "In cankers on the plant. They are spread by wind blown rain, insects, and
pruning tools."
1 cubic foot equals how many gallons? - CORRECT ANSWER: 7.5
,1 mhp equals how many feet per minute? - CORRECT ANSWER: 88 feet per minute
1 mhp equals how many feet per minute? - CORRECT ANSWER: 88 feet per minute
A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or piercing
mouthparts. Describe picture. - CORRECT ANSWER: Diptera (Flys)
Acaricides - CORRECT ANSWER: MOA, pesticide for mites, ticks, and spiders
Adults lay ther eggs inturfgrass stems in what time of the year? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Late spring
Adults lay ther eggs inturfgrass stems in what time of the year? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Late spring
Annual Cicada - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of
Homoptera
Aphid - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Homoptera
Are there any known chemicals for the control of viruses? - CORRECT ANSWER: No
Are there any known chemicals for the control of viruses? - CORRECT ANSWER: No
Armyworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
Bagworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
,Black Spot - Describe picture and type of disease. - CORRECT ANSWER: Fungus
Bond requirement for Pest control. - CORRECT ANSWER: $5,000
Botanicals - CORRECT ANSWER: ..., Natural ingredients EXTRACTED FROM
PLANTS
Boxelder bugs - Describe picture and order. Where does it lay eggs, and survive the
winter? - CORRECT ANSWER: Lays eggs on leaves of box elder trees, spend winters
behind walls of houses, feeds on seeds of box elder trees. Hemiptera order.
Brown Patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Rust, Fairy Ring, St. Augustine Decline
(SAD), Slime Mold, Melting-Out and Helminthosporium Leaf Spot are all common
_______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER: Lawn disiases in Mississippi
Can systemic chemicals be applied less frequently? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes
Can systemic chemicals be applied less frequently? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes
Carbamates - CORRECT ANSWER: Urethanes such as carbaryl, aldicarb, etc. that are
used as pesticides
Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER: Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking - CORRECT
ANSWER: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for sucking.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning - CORRECT ANSWER: Long hollow
proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
, Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging - CORRECT ANSWER: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER: Elongate holo
proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to suck up sap or blood.
Chinch bugs - Describe picture and order - CORRECT ANSWER: small black-and-white
insect that feeds on cereal grasses - Order of Hiemiptera
Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) - CORRECT ANSWER: large black or
rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest wasp
Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) - CORRECT ANSWER: Long-legged slender
flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete life cycle. Feeds on
grass roots, but adults do not feed.
Crawlers move around on the what? - CORRECT ANSWER: Plant
Crawlers move around on the what? - CORRECT ANSWER: Plant
Cutworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
Describe picture and definition of Anthracnose - CORRECT ANSWER: Disease caused
by a fungus that produces asexual spores, usually characterized by ulcer-like areas on
the host.
Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the leaf of a plant.
Insect is usually gone. - CORRECT ANSWER: Leaf Gall
Update 2025-2026 350 Questions and 100%
Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
" Brown Patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Rust, Fairy Ring, St. Augustine Decline
(SAD), Slime Mold, Melting-Out and Helminthosporium Leaf Spot are all common
_______________________." - CORRECT ANSWER: Lawn diseases in Mississippi
"Dollar spot occurs in several types of gass, but is most severe in ______?" -
CORRECT ANSWER: Bermudagrass
"Name some insect pest that attack trunks, stems, or branches." - CORRECT
ANSWER: Scale insects and mealybugs
"Name some insects that damage leaves, buds, fruits, and flowers." - CORRECT
ANSWER: "Caterpillers, beetles, leafminers, aphids, mites, and lace bugs"
"Unlike brown patch, dollar spot is more serve when nitrogen in the soil is ______?" -
CORRECT ANSWER: Low
"Use of ___________ ___________ to control soil-borne fungi, bacteria, and
nematodes is economically feasible in the production and establishment of high-value
ornamantals." - CORRECT ANSWER: Soil fumigants
"Where does the Fire Blight bacteria over-winter, and how is it spread?" - CORRECT
ANSWER: "In cankers on the plant. They are spread by wind blown rain, insects, and
pruning tools."
1 cubic foot equals how many gallons? - CORRECT ANSWER: 7.5
,1 mhp equals how many feet per minute? - CORRECT ANSWER: 88 feet per minute
1 mhp equals how many feet per minute? - CORRECT ANSWER: 88 feet per minute
A large order of insects having a single pair of wings, and sucking or piercing
mouthparts. Describe picture. - CORRECT ANSWER: Diptera (Flys)
Acaricides - CORRECT ANSWER: MOA, pesticide for mites, ticks, and spiders
Adults lay ther eggs inturfgrass stems in what time of the year? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Late spring
Adults lay ther eggs inturfgrass stems in what time of the year? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Late spring
Annual Cicada - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of
Homoptera
Aphid - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Homoptera
Are there any known chemicals for the control of viruses? - CORRECT ANSWER: No
Are there any known chemicals for the control of viruses? - CORRECT ANSWER: No
Armyworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
Bagworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
,Black Spot - Describe picture and type of disease. - CORRECT ANSWER: Fungus
Bond requirement for Pest control. - CORRECT ANSWER: $5,000
Botanicals - CORRECT ANSWER: ..., Natural ingredients EXTRACTED FROM
PLANTS
Boxelder bugs - Describe picture and order. Where does it lay eggs, and survive the
winter? - CORRECT ANSWER: Lays eggs on leaves of box elder trees, spend winters
behind walls of houses, feeds on seeds of box elder trees. Hemiptera order.
Brown Patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Rust, Fairy Ring, St. Augustine Decline
(SAD), Slime Mold, Melting-Out and Helminthosporium Leaf Spot are all common
_______________________. - CORRECT ANSWER: Lawn disiases in Mississippi
Can systemic chemicals be applied less frequently? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes
Can systemic chemicals be applied less frequently? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes
Carbamates - CORRECT ANSWER: Urethanes such as carbaryl, aldicarb, etc. that are
used as pesticides
Characteristics of Chewing mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER: Strong mandibles,
smaller pair of maxillae.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for both Chewing and Sucking - CORRECT
ANSWER: Chewing mandibles as well as other mouthparts modified for sucking.
Characteristics of mouthparts used for Siphoning - CORRECT ANSWER: Long hollow
proboscis usually rolled up when not in use.
, Characteristics of mouthparts used for Sponging - CORRECT ANSWER: Hollow
proboscis with an enlarged sponge-like structure.
Characteristics of Piercing/Sucking mouthparts. - CORRECT ANSWER: Elongate holo
proboscis used to pierce plant, animal, or insect being fed upon to suck up sap or blood.
Chinch bugs - Describe picture and order - CORRECT ANSWER: small black-and-white
insect that feeds on cereal grasses - Order of Hiemiptera
Cicada killer (Life cycle, food, and characteristic) - CORRECT ANSWER: large black or
rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas, complete life cycle, largest wasp
Crane Fly (Identify, life cycle, and food) - CORRECT ANSWER: Long-legged slender
flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite. Complete life cycle. Feeds on
grass roots, but adults do not feed.
Crawlers move around on the what? - CORRECT ANSWER: Plant
Crawlers move around on the what? - CORRECT ANSWER: Plant
Cutworm - Describe picture and order. - CORRECT ANSWER: Order of Lepidoptera
Describe picture and definition of Anthracnose - CORRECT ANSWER: Disease caused
by a fungus that produces asexual spores, usually characterized by ulcer-like areas on
the host.
Describe picture and name of result of damage from an insect to the leaf of a plant.
Insect is usually gone. - CORRECT ANSWER: Leaf Gall
