TN Category C2 Pesticide Training
Review Exam Questions and Answers
1. Nearly 3 of every 4 acres of Tennessee forests are:
A. Oak-Pine
B. Hickory-Pine
C. Pine
D. Oak-Hickory - Answers -D. Oak-Hickory
2. The most common types of Pines in Tennessee are:
A. Loblolly pine, longleaf pine, Virginia pine, eastern white pine.
B. Eastern white pine, shortleaf pine, Pitch pine, loblolly pine.
C. Eastern white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
D. Loblolly pine, eastern white pine, slash pine, Virginia pine. - Answers -C. Eastern
white pine, loblolly pine, Virginia pine, shortleaf pine.
3. In 1995, tree losses from insects in the south were:
A. $100 million
B. 130 million
C. Over $278 million
D. $200 million - Answers -C. Over $278 million
4. Pine mortality from the southern pine beetle in Tennessee was valued at how much
in the year 2000?
A. $26 million.
B. $12 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $40 million. - Answers -A. $26 million.
5. The largest of the pine bark beetles is the:
A. Southern pine beetle
B. Pine Sawyer
C. Ips beetle
D. Black turpentine beetle - Answers -D. Black turpentine beetle
6. The black turpentine beetle usually only attacks the trunks of trees:
A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
B. In the top third of the tree.
C. Between 10 and 20 feet from the ground.
D. Between 20 and 40 feet from the ground. - Answers -A. Up to a height of 8 feet.
, 7. The southern pine beetle is:
A. The largest of the major southern bark beetles.
B. Produces large purpleish colored pitch tubes ($.50 piece in size)
C. Is 1/4 inch or more in length.
D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long. - Answers -D. Is about 1/8 of an inch long.
8. The southern pine beetle:
A. Does not produce stain-causing fungi.
B. Produces characteristic Y or H shaped a galleries in the inner bark
C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in diameter.
D. Is easily recognized by its scooped out posterior, which is surrounded by tooth-like
projections. - Answers -C. Produces small pitch tubes, usually less than 2 inch in
diameter.
9. Insecticide:
A. Applications in bark beetle control are more corrective than preventative.
B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the lower 8 to 10 feet of
the main bole be treated.
C. Applications for southern pine beetles only require the lower 8 to 10 feet of the main
bole be treated.
D. Applications can be used to save trees that have been successfully attacked by. Ips
beetles. - Answers -B. Applications made for black turpentine. Beatles only require the
lower 8 to 10 feet of the main bole be treated.
10. Nantucket pine tip moth:
A. Larvae are approximately 3/8 inch long.
B. Adults are black and white with a wingspan of 1 inch.
C. Larvae tunnel into the base of the tree trunk.
D. Pupa always pupate in fallen needles and debris around the base of the tree. -
Answers -A. Larvae are approximately 3/8 inch long.
11. Gypsy moth:
A. Are a native forest pest of the eastern US
B. Lay eggs in masses on trees, and on all sorts of outdoor objects.
C. Play single black eggs on the foliage
D. Do not fly as adult males. - Answers -B. Lay eggs in masses on trees, and on all
sorts of outdoor objects.
12. Fall cankerworms:
A. Feed on foliage in the late summer to early fall.
B. Lay their eggs in late winter too early spring.
C. Have a reduced number of abdominal prolegs so that the middle of the body raises
when they crawl.
D. Have 2 to 3 generations per year. - Answers -C. Have a reduced number of
abdominal prolegs so that the middle of the body raises when they crawl.
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