Pesticide Applicator C2 300 CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS/
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What "Control Strategy" involves adjusting planting times and rates, planting companion
crops, managing fertilization and irrigation, rotating crops, and planting cover crops or
trap crops? - CORRECT ANSWER Cultural
What "Control Strategy" involves hand picking of insects, the use of barriers, sealing
cracks, or trapping insect pests? - CORRECT ANSWER Mechanical or Physical
What "Control Strategy" involves the use of a living organism to control insect pests? -
CORRECT ANSWER Biological
What "Control Strategy" involves the use of pesticides against a target pest? -
CORRECT ANSWER Chemical
What group of invertebrates includes Snails, Slugs, Clams, and Mussels? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mollusks
Are slugs and snails a "risk" to Nevada? - CORRECT ANSWER No, due to the dry
climate
Are all vessels capable of containing water required to display an Aquatic Invasive
Species (AIS) decal? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes, according to Assembly Bill 167
What is the primary route by which Quagga and Zebra Mussels are moved from
infested areas to un-infested areas? - CORRECT ANSWER Boats and other
watercraft
What is a Weed? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant growing where it is not wanted
What would justify a plant being deemed a "Noxious Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER
It is particularly troublesome, undesirable and difficult to control
What is a "Competitive Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that grows in spite
of interference from other plants
What is a "Persistent Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that is very skilled at
spreading and multiplying
,What is a "Harmful Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that reduces crop and
pasture production
At what stage of development is a plant most vulnerable? - CORRECT ANSWER
Seedling
At what stage of development is a plant considered to be "growing up"? - CORRECT
ANSWER Vegetative - Rapid uptake of nutrients
At what stage of development does a plant flower and produce seed of fruit? -
CORRECT ANSWER Reproductive
At what stage of development does a plant die or go dormant for the winter? -
CORRECT ANSWER Maturity - Little or no uptake of water or nutrients
What is an "Annual" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that goes through all 4
stages of growth in one year
What is a "Biennial" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that takes two growing
seasons to go through all 4 stages of development
What is a "Perennial" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that lives more than
two years, but may go through all 4 stages of development in the first year
What are "Simple" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that reproduce by
seed and pieces of roots (dandelion, plantain, trees)
What are "Bulbous" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that produce seed,
bulblets and bulbs (wild onion and wild garlic)
What are "Creeping" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that reproduce by
seeds, rhizomes or stolons, or creeping roots (johnsongrass, Bermuda grass, Canada
thistle
What are "Aquatic" plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Plants that can survive
completely submerged in water for all or most of the time
What are the two major groups of Aquatic plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Vascular
Aquatic Plants & Algae
What is an "Emergent" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is mostly above
the water surface
, What is a "Rooted Floating" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that has all or
part of the plant on the water surface while being rooted in the soil
What is a "Free-Floating" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is not rooted in
the soil, absorbing its nutrients directly from the water
What is a "Submersed" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is completely
below the water surface
True or False
Algae plants have no true leaves, vascular system, roots, stems, leaves or flowers -
CORRECT ANSWER True
What are the 3 main groups of Algae? - CORRECT ANSWER Plankton-type,
Filamentous, Macroscopic
What are "Terrestrial" plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Plants that grow on land
These plants are monocots and have one seed leaf. They grow narrow, upright leaves
that grow in pairs and have fibrous roots - CORRECT ANSWER Grasses
These plants have triangular stems and 3 rows of leaves. They like wet places but are
not considered "aquatic plants" - CORRECT ANSWER Sedges
These plants are dicots and have 2 seed leaves. They have broad leaves which have
net like veins and generally have a course tap root - CORRECT ANSWER
Broadleaves
True or False
Soil applied herbicides generally dissolve in the soil water and enter the plant through
the roots - CORRECT ANSWER True
Where does absorption of a soil applied herbicide take place on a plant? - CORRECT
ANSWER Across the cell walls of the root hairs
True or False
Plants produce natural barriers to herbicide uptake - CORRECT ANSWER True,
the major barrier is the "Cuticle", a waxy coating found on all leaves
What could cause thicker leaf cuticle within the same plant species? - CORRECT
ANSWER Dry Hot Climates
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What "Control Strategy" involves adjusting planting times and rates, planting companion
crops, managing fertilization and irrigation, rotating crops, and planting cover crops or
trap crops? - CORRECT ANSWER Cultural
What "Control Strategy" involves hand picking of insects, the use of barriers, sealing
cracks, or trapping insect pests? - CORRECT ANSWER Mechanical or Physical
What "Control Strategy" involves the use of a living organism to control insect pests? -
CORRECT ANSWER Biological
What "Control Strategy" involves the use of pesticides against a target pest? -
CORRECT ANSWER Chemical
What group of invertebrates includes Snails, Slugs, Clams, and Mussels? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mollusks
Are slugs and snails a "risk" to Nevada? - CORRECT ANSWER No, due to the dry
climate
Are all vessels capable of containing water required to display an Aquatic Invasive
Species (AIS) decal? - CORRECT ANSWER Yes, according to Assembly Bill 167
What is the primary route by which Quagga and Zebra Mussels are moved from
infested areas to un-infested areas? - CORRECT ANSWER Boats and other
watercraft
What is a Weed? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant growing where it is not wanted
What would justify a plant being deemed a "Noxious Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER
It is particularly troublesome, undesirable and difficult to control
What is a "Competitive Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that grows in spite
of interference from other plants
What is a "Persistent Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that is very skilled at
spreading and multiplying
,What is a "Harmful Weed"? - CORRECT ANSWER A weed that reduces crop and
pasture production
At what stage of development is a plant most vulnerable? - CORRECT ANSWER
Seedling
At what stage of development is a plant considered to be "growing up"? - CORRECT
ANSWER Vegetative - Rapid uptake of nutrients
At what stage of development does a plant flower and produce seed of fruit? -
CORRECT ANSWER Reproductive
At what stage of development does a plant die or go dormant for the winter? -
CORRECT ANSWER Maturity - Little or no uptake of water or nutrients
What is an "Annual" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that goes through all 4
stages of growth in one year
What is a "Biennial" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that takes two growing
seasons to go through all 4 stages of development
What is a "Perennial" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that lives more than
two years, but may go through all 4 stages of development in the first year
What are "Simple" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that reproduce by
seed and pieces of roots (dandelion, plantain, trees)
What are "Bulbous" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that produce seed,
bulblets and bulbs (wild onion and wild garlic)
What are "Creeping" perennials? - CORRECT ANSWER Those that reproduce by
seeds, rhizomes or stolons, or creeping roots (johnsongrass, Bermuda grass, Canada
thistle
What are "Aquatic" plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Plants that can survive
completely submerged in water for all or most of the time
What are the two major groups of Aquatic plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Vascular
Aquatic Plants & Algae
What is an "Emergent" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is mostly above
the water surface
, What is a "Rooted Floating" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that has all or
part of the plant on the water surface while being rooted in the soil
What is a "Free-Floating" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is not rooted in
the soil, absorbing its nutrients directly from the water
What is a "Submersed" plant? - CORRECT ANSWER A plant that is completely
below the water surface
True or False
Algae plants have no true leaves, vascular system, roots, stems, leaves or flowers -
CORRECT ANSWER True
What are the 3 main groups of Algae? - CORRECT ANSWER Plankton-type,
Filamentous, Macroscopic
What are "Terrestrial" plants? - CORRECT ANSWER Plants that grow on land
These plants are monocots and have one seed leaf. They grow narrow, upright leaves
that grow in pairs and have fibrous roots - CORRECT ANSWER Grasses
These plants have triangular stems and 3 rows of leaves. They like wet places but are
not considered "aquatic plants" - CORRECT ANSWER Sedges
These plants are dicots and have 2 seed leaves. They have broad leaves which have
net like veins and generally have a course tap root - CORRECT ANSWER
Broadleaves
True or False
Soil applied herbicides generally dissolve in the soil water and enter the plant through
the roots - CORRECT ANSWER True
Where does absorption of a soil applied herbicide take place on a plant? - CORRECT
ANSWER Across the cell walls of the root hairs
True or False
Plants produce natural barriers to herbicide uptake - CORRECT ANSWER True,
the major barrier is the "Cuticle", a waxy coating found on all leaves
What could cause thicker leaf cuticle within the same plant species? - CORRECT
ANSWER Dry Hot Climates
