Kansas General Pesticide Application Exam with precise detailed answers

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Arachnids - Correct answer ✔Insect like pest which include......spiders,
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scorpions, ticks, mites !| !|




thorax - Correct answer ✔Supports the legs and wings (if present) of the
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adult insect !|




IPM - Correct answer ✔Integrated Pest Management
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What are the methods of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Correct answer
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✔Combined use of biological, chemical, and cultivation methods in proper
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sequence and timing to keep the size of a pest population below the size that
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causes economically unacceptable loss of a crop or livestock animal.
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What is Pesticide Resistance? - Correct answer ✔The ability of pests to resist
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poisoning



Does any pesticide kill all the targeted pests? - Correct answer ✔Rarely
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All plants have how many stages of growth? - Correct answer ✔4
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,What are the 4 stages of plant growth? - Correct answer ✔1. Seedling
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2. Vegetative
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3. Seed Production
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4. Maturity
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Formulated Baits - Correct answer ✔Pest control for vertebrate
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Controlling weeds usually involves.... - Correct answer ✔Taking advantage of
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the difference between the weeds and desired species.
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What is a substance or mixture of substances used to prevent, destroy,
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control, repel attract or mitigate any pest? - Correct answer ✔Pesticide
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What can be used as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant? - Correct
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answer ✔Pesticide
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Is Biological Control ever complete? - Correct answer ✔No
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What normal occurrences cause a pest population to rise and fall? - Correct
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answer ✔Some Natural Forces / Control
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What objective of pest control is keeping a pest from becoming a problem? -
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Correct answer ✔Prevention
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, What objective of pest control is reducing pest numbers of damage to an
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acceptable level? - Correct answer ✔Suppression
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What objective of pest control is destroying an entire pest population from a
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limited defined area? - Correct answer ✔Eradication
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What forces can effect a pest population? - Correct answer ✔1. Climate
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2. Natural enemies
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3. Topography
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4. Food and Water Supply
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What are mollusks? - Correct answer ✔soft-bodied animals that usually have
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a shell.
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i.e. Snails and Slugs
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Chemicals used to control weeds are pesticides called.... - Correct answer
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✔Herbicides



Weeds interfere with crop production by..... - Correct answer ✔1. Competing
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2. Harboring pest insects
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3. Releasing toxins into the soil
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4. Contaminating the product at harvest
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