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Illinois General Standards Pesticide Exam
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Pest —ANS: any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the
environment
Goal of IPM —ANS: keep pests below economic and aesthetic
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injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife,
environment
economic injury level —ANS: breakeven point at which cost of
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pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level —ANS: number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should
begin
aesthetic injury level —ANS: 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 —ANS: monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
cultural control —ANS: improve crop health
mechanical control —ANS: physical pest elimination
biological control —ANS: living organisms reduce pests
chemical control —ANS: chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control —ANS: prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure —ANS: wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects —ANS: exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
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insect body regions —ANS: head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development —ANS: 3 life stages - eggs, nymph,
adult
complete development —ANS: 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites —ANS: spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders —ANS: 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans —ANS: 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds —ANS: all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
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mammals —ANS: protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease —ANS: cannot be transferred pest to pest
or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
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infectious disease —ANS: multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis —ANS: yellowing of leaves
Mosiac —ANS: green and yellow patching
gall —ANS: abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements —ANS: susceptible host,
plant pathogen, environment, time
weeds —ANS: any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious —ANS: declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass —ANS: noxious weeds
exotic —ANS: unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn —ANS: exotic weeds
3 types of weeds —ANS: grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like —ANS: parallel veins
broadleaf weeds —ANS: net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds —ANS: life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds —ANS: 2 year life cycle
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Illinois General Standards Pesticide Exam
Questions and Answers (100% Correct
Answers) Already Graded A+
Pest —ANS: any insect, mite, rodent, weed, disease etc that is
injurious to the health of humans, animals, plants, or the
environment
Goal of IPM —ANS: keep pests below economic and aesthetic
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injury level, avoid adverse effects on humans, wildlife,
environment
economic injury level —ANS: breakeven point at which cost of
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pest control equals revenue loss caused by pest
economic threshold level —ANS: number of pests per plant or
amount of damage to plant at which control measures should
begin
aesthetic injury level —ANS: 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 —ANS: monitoring pest pop and plant
conditions
cultural control —ANS: improve crop health
mechanical control —ANS: physical pest elimination
biological control —ANS: living organisms reduce pests
chemical control —ANS: chemical agents reduce pests
preventative control —ANS: prevent entry and spread
pesticide failure —ANS: wrong type, wrong pest stage, wrong
area, pest resistance
insects —ANS: exoskeleton, 3 pairs jointed legs, 3 body region
, 2
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insect body regions —ANS: head, thorax, abdomen
incomplete development —ANS: 3 life stages - eggs, nymph,
adult
complete development —ANS: 4 life stages - egg, larvae, pupae,
adult
mites —ANS: spider-like, 4 pairs of legs
spiders —ANS: 4 pairs of legs, 2 body regions
crustaceans —ANS: 7 pairs of legs ex) pillbugs
birds —ANS: all protected except non-native ex) starlings, house
sparrows
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mammals —ANS: protected except rats, mice, ground squirrels
noninfectious disease —ANS: cannot be transferred pest to pest
or plant to plant, often result of unfavorable conditions
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infectious disease —ANS: multiply within host, transferable
chlorosis —ANS: yellowing of leaves
Mosiac —ANS: green and yellow patching
gall —ANS: abnormal swelling
infectious disease development elements —ANS: susceptible host,
plant pathogen, environment, time
weeds —ANS: any plant growing where is is unwanted
noxious —ANS: declared by law, must be controlled
ragweed, marijuana, thistle, john songrass —ANS: noxious weeds
exotic —ANS: unlawful to sell, buy, plant
honeysuckle, buckthorn —ANS: exotic weeds
3 types of weeds —ANS: grasses, grass-like, broadleaf
grass/grass-like —ANS: parallel veins
broadleaf weeds —ANS: net-veined, less elongated
annual weeds —ANS: life cycle 1 year
biennial weeds —ANS: 2 year life cycle
