Kansas Commercial Pesticide
Applicator (1A) Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c
d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide
b. herbicide
,(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest
management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(IPM) Agriculture land with ____________ soils allows pesticides to move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter
a. coarse, sandy
(IPM) To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply insecticides
____________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom
c. within six months of harvest
d. when the wind is from the south
,b. while crops are in bloom
(IPM) The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate groundwater depends on:
a. it's ability to move in the soil
b. it's persistence
c. it's solubility
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many fairly easily
recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four
b. five
(Insect Pests) Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify insects include
which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
, c. mouthparts
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) The key characteristic to identifying insects belonging to the order
Thysanoptera (thrips) is:
a. fringed wings
b. chewing mouthparts
c. sucking mouthparts
d. none of the above
a. fringed wings
(Insect Pests) All members of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) have which one of
the following characteristics?
a. chewing mouthparts
b. sucking mouthparts
c. utilize plants as hosts
d. lack wings
b. sucking mouthparts
Applicator (1A) Questions with 100%
Correct Answers
(IPM) A pest is _______________.
a. destructive
b. beneficial
c. annoying
d. both a and c
d. both a and c
(IPM) What type of pesticide is used to kill weeds?
a. rodenticide
b. herbicide
c. insecticide
d. miticide
b. herbicide
,(IPM) Which one of these is a control method promoted in integrated pest
management?
a. biological control
b. cultural control
c. chemical control
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(IPM) Agriculture land with ____________ soils allows pesticides to move faster.
a. coarse, sandy
b. heavy clay
c. heavy loam
d. high organic matter
a. coarse, sandy
(IPM) To protect honeybees from pesticides, do not apply insecticides
____________.
a. during the month of May
b. while crops are in bloom
c. within six months of harvest
d. when the wind is from the south
,b. while crops are in bloom
(IPM) The potential for a given pesticide to contaminate groundwater depends on:
a. it's ability to move in the soil
b. it's persistence
c. it's solubility
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) Pests of field crops generally fall into one of how many fairly easily
recognized groups?
a. two
b. five
c. seven
d. twenty-four
b. five
(Insect Pests) Characteristics commonly used to correctly identify insects include
which of the following?
a. wings
b. legs
, c. mouthparts
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(Insect Pests) The key characteristic to identifying insects belonging to the order
Thysanoptera (thrips) is:
a. fringed wings
b. chewing mouthparts
c. sucking mouthparts
d. none of the above
a. fringed wings
(Insect Pests) All members of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) have which one of
the following characteristics?
a. chewing mouthparts
b. sucking mouthparts
c. utilize plants as hosts
d. lack wings
b. sucking mouthparts
