ARKANSAS PEST CONTROL STUDY GUIDE ARKANSAS 

1. Breeding or selecting plants and animals

with characteristics for resistance to pests is

an example of which type of pest

management method?

A. Biological control.

B. Mechanical control.

C. Genetic control.

D. Physical/environmental modification.

C. Genetic Control

2. Using a plow to destroy weeds is an

example of which type of mechanical

control method?

A. Exclusion.

B. Trapping.

C. Cultivation.

D. Irrigation.

C. Cultivation

3. Which statement is true about chemical

control as a pest management method?

A. Pesticides play a key role in pest

management programs and sometimes are

the only control method available.

B. Pesticides include any material that is

applied to plants and the soil but not to

water or harvested crops.

C. A highly selective pesticide controls a

wide variety of pests.

D. Systemic pesticides are not absorbed by

treated plants or animals.

A. Pesticides play a key role in pest

management programs and sometimes are

the only control method available.

4. Which statement is true about pest

management goals?

A. Pesticides are never used to prevent

pests.

B. Preventive and suppressive pest control

goals are rarely combined.

C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are

ways to prevent and suppress pest

populations.

D. Over large areas, eradication is a practical

approach to pest control.

C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are

ways to prevent and suppress pest

populations.

5. Which term describes the pest

population density that causes losses equal

to the cost of control measures?

A. Economic threshold.

B. Economic injury level.

C. Action threshold.

D. Pest threshold.

C. Economic Threshold