ILLINOIS GENERAL STANDARDS PESTICIDE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 290
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Pest - (answer) any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans,
animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - (answer) keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on
humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - (answer) breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss
caused by pest
economic threshold level - (answer) number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which
control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - (answer) number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance
of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - (answer) monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control - (answer) improve crop health
mechanical control - (answer) physical pest elimination
biological control - (answer) living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - (answer) chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - (answer) prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - (answer) wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest resistance
insects - (answer) exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
, ILLINOIS GENERAL STANDARDS PESTICIDE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 290
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
insect body regions - (answer) head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - (answer) 3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - (answer) 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult
mites - (answer) spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - (answer) 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - (answer) 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - (answer) all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows
mammals - (answer) protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - (answer) cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to plant, often result of
unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - (answer) multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - (answer) yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - (answer) green and yellow patching
gall - (answer) abnormal swelling
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
Pest - (answer) any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is injurious to the health of humans,
animals, plants, or the environment
Goal of IPM - (answer) keep pests below economic and aesthetic injury level, avoid adverse effects on
humans, wildlife, environment
economic injury level - (answer) breakeven point at which cost of pest control equals revenue loss
caused by pest
economic threshold level - (answer) number of pests per plant or amount of damage to plant at which
control measures should begin
aesthetic injury level - (answer) number of pests that might cause enough damage to the appearance
of a plant to warrant cost of control - might vary
key to successful IPM - (answer) monitoring pest pop and plant conditions
cultural control - (answer) improve crop health
mechanical control - (answer) physical pest elimination
biological control - (answer) living organisms reduce pests
chemical control - (answer) chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control - (answer) prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure - (answer) wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong area, pest resistance
insects - (answer) exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
, ILLINOIS GENERAL STANDARDS PESTICIDE EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 290
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
insect body regions - (answer) head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development - (answer) 3 life stages - eggs, nymph, adult
complete development - (answer) 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae, adult
mites - (answer) spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders - (answer) 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans - (answer) 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds - (answer) all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house sparrows
mammals - (answer) protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease - (answer) cannot be transferred pest to pest or plant to plant, often result of
unfavorable conditions
infectious disease - (answer) multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis - (answer) yellowing of leaves
Mosiac - (answer) green and yellow patching
gall - (answer) abnormal swelling
