Applying Pesticides Correctly, SC Test Preparation, Principles of Pest Control Unit 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Applying Pesticides Correctly, SC Test Preparation, Principles of Pest Control Unit 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is the first thing you should do when you detect the presence of a pest that needs to be controlled? - Correct Answer ️️ -Identify the pest to be certain you know what the problem is. How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy? - Correct Answer ️️ -Lets you research the life cycle, and the time it is most susceptible to control. What is the difference between continuous pests, sporadic pests, and potential pests? - Correct Answer ️️ -Continuous pests are always present, sporadic pests are migratory, cyclical that require control occasionally, potential pests are organisms that are not pests under normal conditions but can become pests and require control. What is the difference in prevention, suppression and eradication of pests? - Correct Answer ️️ -Prevention keeps pests from becoming a problem. Suppression reduces the number of a certain pest. Eradication destroys an entire population. Eradication is sometimes used when a foreign pest is introduced but is not yet established in an area. What is a threshold and why consider using thresholds? - Correct Answer ️️ - Thresholds are levels of pest populations at which you must take action to prevent