Commercial Pesticide Applicator Study Manual Questions With Verified Answers
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Commercial Pesticide Applicator Study
Manual Questions With Verified Answers
Chapter 1 : Pests
Define the terms pest and host - answer
Pests - answerLiving things that compete with human beings for food, fiber, and space, or
attack humans directly
Hosts - answerLiving plants or animals, some ...
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Study
Manual Questions With Verified Answers
Chapter 1 : Pests
Define the terms pest and host - answer✔
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
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 - answer✔
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 - answer✔
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
Chapter 2: Pests Control and Pesticides - answer✔
List several pest control methods - answer✔A. Resistant varieties
B. Biblical control
C. Cultural control
D. Mechanical-physical control
E. Sanitation
F. Legal Control
G. Pesticides
Name three main pest control strategies - answer✔1. Prevention
2. Suppression
3. Eradication
Dries up plant leaves and stems - answer✔Desiccant
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