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Pesticides Review Questions
(QAC/QAL) With Correct Answers
What IPM method is augmentation?<correct answers>biological
What IPM method is exclusion?<correct answers>Mechanical/Physical
What IPM method is Habitat modification?<correct answers>Cultural
What IPM method is pesticide application?<correct answers>Chemical
What control approach should be used for invasive species threatening crops in a new
area?<correct answers>eradication
What control approach should be used for environmental conditions beginning to favor
disease development?<correct answers>Prevention
What control approach should be used for pest populations needing to be lowered so
natural enemies can take control?<correct answers>Suppression
Key Pest<correct answers>causes major damage on regular basis
Secondary Pest<correct answers>Pests that become problems as a result of pest
control
Occasional Pests<correct answers>cause problems sometimes under specific
circumstances
Example of preventive pest management<correct answers>planting weed-free seeds
Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is recommended in...<correct
answers>biological control
Example of cultural control<correct answers>discing weeds in a field
The use of barriers such as screens, fences, and cloth mesh is known as:<correct
answers>exclusion
, Sanitation is important in order to control...<correct answers>many pest and disease
organisms
Most likely to happen when you identify a pest incorrectly<correct answers>IPM efforts
will fail regardless of site conditions
One benefit of scientific names over common names<correct answers>scientific names
reveal relationships between organisms
Definitive identification for nematodes or pathogens requires<correct answers>expert
consultation
Abiotic cause symptoms<correct answers>discolored foliage, distorted fruit, premature
flowering
pathogen symptoms<correct answers>lesions, rotting areas, mold
nematode symptoms<correct answers>stubby roots & fruit drop
fungal infection symptoms<correct answers>stem rots & galls with mycelia
CA pesticide definition<correct answers>any substance used to control pest organisms
in any situation
How is toxicity determined?<correct answers>animal exposure
Acaricide<correct answers>kills mites, ticks, and spiders
Herbicide<correct answers>kills plants
Molluscicide<correct answers>Kills snails, slugs
Rodenticide<correct answers>Kills rodents
LD 50 of Caution Label<correct answers>Over 500 mg/kg
LD 50 of Warning label<correct answers>50-500 mg/kg
LD 50 of Danger label<correct answers>under 50 mg/kg
Pesticides Review Questions
(QAC/QAL) With Correct Answers
What IPM method is augmentation?<correct answers>biological
What IPM method is exclusion?<correct answers>Mechanical/Physical
What IPM method is Habitat modification?<correct answers>Cultural
What IPM method is pesticide application?<correct answers>Chemical
What control approach should be used for invasive species threatening crops in a new
area?<correct answers>eradication
What control approach should be used for environmental conditions beginning to favor
disease development?<correct answers>Prevention
What control approach should be used for pest populations needing to be lowered so
natural enemies can take control?<correct answers>Suppression
Key Pest<correct answers>causes major damage on regular basis
Secondary Pest<correct answers>Pests that become problems as a result of pest
control
Occasional Pests<correct answers>cause problems sometimes under specific
circumstances
Example of preventive pest management<correct answers>planting weed-free seeds
Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is recommended in...<correct
answers>biological control
Example of cultural control<correct answers>discing weeds in a field
The use of barriers such as screens, fences, and cloth mesh is known as:<correct
answers>exclusion
, Sanitation is important in order to control...<correct answers>many pest and disease
organisms
Most likely to happen when you identify a pest incorrectly<correct answers>IPM efforts
will fail regardless of site conditions
One benefit of scientific names over common names<correct answers>scientific names
reveal relationships between organisms
Definitive identification for nematodes or pathogens requires<correct answers>expert
consultation
Abiotic cause symptoms<correct answers>discolored foliage, distorted fruit, premature
flowering
pathogen symptoms<correct answers>lesions, rotting areas, mold
nematode symptoms<correct answers>stubby roots & fruit drop
fungal infection symptoms<correct answers>stem rots & galls with mycelia
CA pesticide definition<correct answers>any substance used to control pest organisms
in any situation
How is toxicity determined?<correct answers>animal exposure
Acaricide<correct answers>kills mites, ticks, and spiders
Herbicide<correct answers>kills plants
Molluscicide<correct answers>Kills snails, slugs
Rodenticide<correct answers>Kills rodents
LD 50 of Caution Label<correct answers>Over 500 mg/kg
LD 50 of Warning label<correct answers>50-500 mg/kg
LD 50 of Danger label<correct answers>under 50 mg/kg
