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1B INSECT MANAGEMENT IOWA
TEST GUIDE
Question : Integrated Pest Management (Ipm)
Correct Answer: Information-Intensive, Decision-
Making Process That Identifies & Reduces Risks From Pests & Pest Management Strategies
Question : Components Of Ipm
Correct Answer: Correct Identification Of Pest, Accurate
Monitoring & Measurement Of The Population, Economic Assessment Of The Damage & Selection Of Environmentally Sound Management Tactics
Question : Characteristics Which Are Important For
Identification
Correct Answer: Order Of The Pest, Special
Characteristics Of The Mouth, Legs & Antennae & Life Cycle Of The Pest
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Question : Change In Shape, Form, And Size During A
Pest's Life
Correct Answer: Metamorphosis
Question : Gradual Metamorphosis
Correct Answer: Insect Hatches From The Eggs &
Looks Like A Miniature Copy Of The Adult (Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, Aphids)
Question : Nymphs
Correct Answer: Juvenile Forms-No Wings, Go Through
Several Growing Stages Before Growing To Winged Adults
Question : Complete Metamorphosis
Correct Answer: 4 Stages: Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
Question : Chemical Control Of Insects That Have A
Complete Life Cycle Should Normally Be Aimed At
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Correct Answer: The Larva Stage
Question : Piercing-Sucking
Correct Answer: Is A Major Way Insects Feed
Question : Which Is The Most Insect Specific Method Of
Sampling For Insects
Correct Answer: Pheromone Trap (Scent Which Draws
In Specific Insects)
Question : True About European Corn Borer
Correct Answer: Overwinters As A Larvae
Question : Which Is Most Persistent In Soils: Pyrethroid, Carbonates, Organophosphates, Chelates
Correct Answer: Pyrethroids
Question : Increases The Potential For Non-Target Crop
Injury
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Correct Answer: Aerial Application
Question : Economic Injury Level (Eil)
Correct Answer: The Density Of The Pest Population At
Which The Cost Of Control Equals The Amount Of Crop Loss Caused By The Pest (# Of Insects That Can Be Tolerated W/O Economic Loss)
Question : Is Cutworm Damage More Likely In A Low-
Poorly Drained Area, Or High-Well Drained Area?
Correct Answer: Low-Poorly Drained
Question : Yellowish Beetle, 9 Mm Long, 12 Black Spots
On Its Back. Feeds On The Silks Of The Corn Eats
Correct Answer: Southern Corn Footwork Beetle
Question : Lays Eggs In Waste Areas Near Crop Fields &
The Nymphs Move Into The Crop Fields Following Hatching