WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR COMMERCIAL CATEGORY
7.0 EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
Pests - ANSWER: Living things that compete with human beings for food, fiber, and
space, or attack humans directly
Hosts - ANSWER: Living plants or animals, some pest depend on for survival
List five main groups of pests - ANSWER: 1. Insects- plus mites, ticks, and spiders
2. Snails and slugs
3. Vertebrates
4. Weeds
5. Plant disease agent
Name two identifying characteristics common to all adult insects - ANSWER: 1. Six
Jointed Legs
2. Three body regions
Name two characteristics which aid in distinguishing one insect from another -
ANSWER: 1. Wings
2. Mouthpart
Explain the differences between the basic life cycles of insects - ANSWER: 1. Some
change only in size as they develop
2. Some change form slightly
3. Some change completely in form and size
Name three identifying characteristics of mites, ticks, spiders - ANSWER: 1. Eight
jointed legs
2. Two body regions
3. Lack Wings
List four types of vertebrate animals that can be pest - ANSWER: 1. Fish
2. Reptiles
3. Amphibians
4. Birds
List types of living organisms that cause plant disease - ANSWER: 1. Fungi
2. Bacteria
3. Viruses
4. Nematode
List three main ways a plant responds to infection by a plant disease agent -
ANSWER: 1. Overdevelopment of tissue
2. Underdevelopment of tissue
, 3. Death of tissue
Define Weeds - ANSWER: Plants that grow where they are not wanted or in a way
that is not desirable
State the characteristics of herbaceous grasses, broadleaf plants, and woody plants -
Grasses - ANSWER: -One leaf as they emerge
-Leaves are narrow and upright; veins parallel
-Fibrous root system
-Growing point sheathed and under soil surface
-Growing point gradually moves above soil as plant matures
Broadleaf Plants - ANSWER: -Two leaves as they emerge
-Leaves broad with net-like veins
-Exposed growing points at end of each stem
-Perennial broadleaved plant may have growing points on roots and stems below soil
Woody Plants - ANSWER: -Brush and shrubs having several stems and less than 10
feet tall
-Trees-Single stem and greater than 10 feet tall
Explain the development stages of plants - ANSWER: 1. Seedling-Small which seed
leaves present
2. Vegetative- Rapid growth of stems, roots, and foliage, Water nutrient uptake rapid
3. Seed production- Little or no growth, produces fruit. Water and nutrient uptake
slow and directed to reproductive parts (flower, fruit, seeds)
4. Maturity- Little or no growth. Movement of water nutrients slow
Explain the difference in life cycle for annuals, biennials, and perennials
Annuals - ANSWER: Complete life cycle in less than 12 months
Biennials - ANSWER: Complete life cycle 2 years
Perennials - ANSWER: Live more than 2 years; may live indefinitely
Pigweed - ANSWER: Annual
Mullein - ANSWER: Biennial
Henbit - ANSWER: Annual
Johnsongrass - ANSWER: Perennial
Curly Dock - ANSWER: perennial
List several pest control methods - ANSWER: A. Resistant varieties
B. Biblical control
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