This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Insect Pests > Management > Insect Pests And Their Management – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Insect Pests And Their Management Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Delaney clause: A) Prohibits the use of persistent pesticides in sensitive wildlife areas. B) Requires the testing and licensing of pesticide applicators. C) Prohibits cancer-causing additives, including pesticides, in foods. D) Requires that EPA test new pesticides for safety before they are licensed for use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prohibits cancer-causing additives, including pesticides, in foods. 2. What factors influence the effectiveness of a chemical sanitizer? A) Concentration, temperature, contact time, pH, and water hardness. B) Concentration, absorbency, moisture, alkalinity, and salinity. C) Concentration, protein, acidity, air temperature, and strength. D) Concentration, water activity, reactivity, pressure, and density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentration, temperature, contact time, pH, and water hardness. 3. Which of the following is NOT associated with water in the degradation from food production? A) Waterlogging. B) Water waste. C) Aquifer pollution. D) Algal blooms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waterlogging. 4. How much of the world's potential human food supply is lost to pest? A) 55. B) 22. C) 25. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 55. 5. Chlorinated hydrocarbons pesticides, such as DDT A) Are currently in widespread use in the United States. B) Break down fairly rapidly and pose little risk to ecosystems. C) Are carbamate pesticides developed in the 1970s to combat malaria. D) Are noteworthy because of their persistence in the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are noteworthy because of their persistence in the environment. 6. Which pest leaves behind a strong oily smell and droppings that resemble black pepper? A) Rodent. B) Cockroach. C) Bird. D) Reptile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cockroach. 7. From left to right, what goes in each compartment of a three-compartment sink? A) Detergent and water, water and sanitizer, clean water. B) Water and sanitizer, detergent and water, clean water. C) Clean water, detergent and water, water and sanitizer. D) Detergent and water, clean water, water and sanitizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Detergent and water, clean water, water and sanitizer. 8. A behavior that disguises an organism as a different organism by acting like something else is called: A) HIbernation. B) Migration. C) Defense Mechanism. D) Mimicry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mimicry. 9. Habitats requirements vary from insect to insect but what three things do they all need? A) Light, Food, Water. B) Space, food, mates. C) Space, food, water. D) Humans, pollution, Mates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Space, food, water. 10. What should be installed around the back door in the kitchen to prevent flies from entering? A) Security camera. B) Air curtains. C) Doorbell. D) Air gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air curtains. 11. Vertebrate pests can be which of the following? A) Raccoons. B) Cattle. C) Horses. D) Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raccoons. 12. Which best defines a cultural control method for pest management? A) Using beneficial insects to control pest populations. B) Using pesticides. C) Changing preparation and management practices such as time of day to water, pruning, sterile pots and soil, etc. D) Using modified organisms (GMOs) to grow resistant plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changing preparation and management practices such as time of day to water, pruning, sterile pots and soil, etc. 13. What scenario can lead to pest infestation? A) Leaving garbage in garbage cans for long periods of time. B) Emptying water from buckets in utility sinks. C) Rotating products using the FIFO method. D) Installing air curtains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaving garbage in garbage cans for long periods of time. 14. How can insect perfumes control pest? A) Pheromones lure pest into traps. B) Make them smell good. C) Reduce pest hunger. D) Genetically modify the pest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pheromones lure pest into traps. 15. Which must be cleaned and sanitized, as opposed to just cleaned and rinsed? A) Kitchen walls. B) Storage shelves. C) Prep tables. D) Garbage containers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prep tables. 16. Which of the following agencies approve pesticide labels? A) USDA. B) EPA. C) FDA. D) KY Dept of Ag. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EPA. 17. Biopesticides are derived from all of the following EXCEPT? A) Plants. B) Synthetics. C) Animals. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synthetics. 18. First-generation pesticides refer to A) Chemicals used to control pests on children. B) Pre-treatment compounds applied to crops to enhance the effectiveness of later insecticide treatments. C) Various inorganic chemicals, such as sulfur, cyanide, and heavy metals. D) Synthetic organic chemicals used for control of pests since World War II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Various inorganic chemicals, such as sulfur, cyanide, and heavy metals. 19. Insects make up about ..... of the animal world A) 70%. B) 42%. C) 85%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 85%. 20. Past pest control activities involved the use of ....., a chemical that has since been banned in many countries. A) AET. B) DDA. C) DDL. D) DDT. 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