IOWA ORNAMENTAL AND TURFGRASS
PEST MANAGEMENT CATEGORY 3 OT
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED
CH1 Define integrated pest management. Answer: IPM is a system that
uses all available and suitable pest control tactics to reduce pest
population to tolerable levels while minimizing adverse environmental
side affects
⩥ CH1 Explain how aesthetic thresholds affect IPM tactics. Answer:
IPM establishes aesthetic thresholds based on tolerance, personal
comfort, taste, plant appearance, and specific site and environmental
conditions.
⩥ CH1 Explain how IPM can reduce the use of pesticides. Answer: IPM
reduces hazards by reducing overall pesticide use, using least hazardous
pesticides when there is a demonstrated need, and taking special
protective measures to reduce pesticide exposure living organisms and
the environment.
⩥ CH1 List the six control strategies used in IPM. Answer: 1. Cultural
2. Mechanical
3. Host Resistance
, 4. Biological
5. Regulatory
6. Chemical Practices
⩥ Define pesticide. Answer: substances or mixture thereof intended for
preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or regulate
plant growth.
⩥ Contact pesticide. Answer: pesticide that controls a pest when it
comes into direct contact with the pesticide
⩥ Systemic pesticide. Answer: A pesticide that is absorbed and
transported around a plant in the sap
⩥ Preemergence Herbicide. Answer: a herbicide applied before weed or
crop germination
⩥ Postemergence Herbicide. Answer: a herbicide applied after weeds
are actively growing
⩥ Plant diseases application timing. Answer: Efficacy of many
fungicides that susceptible tissues be protected before any infection
begins or at first appearance of symptoms
PEST MANAGEMENT CATEGORY 3 OT
EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% VERIFIED
CH1 Define integrated pest management. Answer: IPM is a system that
uses all available and suitable pest control tactics to reduce pest
population to tolerable levels while minimizing adverse environmental
side affects
⩥ CH1 Explain how aesthetic thresholds affect IPM tactics. Answer:
IPM establishes aesthetic thresholds based on tolerance, personal
comfort, taste, plant appearance, and specific site and environmental
conditions.
⩥ CH1 Explain how IPM can reduce the use of pesticides. Answer: IPM
reduces hazards by reducing overall pesticide use, using least hazardous
pesticides when there is a demonstrated need, and taking special
protective measures to reduce pesticide exposure living organisms and
the environment.
⩥ CH1 List the six control strategies used in IPM. Answer: 1. Cultural
2. Mechanical
3. Host Resistance
, 4. Biological
5. Regulatory
6. Chemical Practices
⩥ Define pesticide. Answer: substances or mixture thereof intended for
preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, or regulate
plant growth.
⩥ Contact pesticide. Answer: pesticide that controls a pest when it
comes into direct contact with the pesticide
⩥ Systemic pesticide. Answer: A pesticide that is absorbed and
transported around a plant in the sap
⩥ Preemergence Herbicide. Answer: a herbicide applied before weed or
crop germination
⩥ Postemergence Herbicide. Answer: a herbicide applied after weeds
are actively growing
⩥ Plant diseases application timing. Answer: Efficacy of many
fungicides that susceptible tissues be protected before any infection
begins or at first appearance of symptoms
