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RIGHT-OF-WAY & NATURAL AREAS - PESTICIDE EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Define: pest any organism causing harm or damage to desirable plants, animals, or structures Why aren't all organisms considered pests? It depends on the context of where the organism is an...

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RIGHT-OF-WAY & NATURAL AREAS - PESTICIDE EXAM 2024

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

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Define: pest


any organism causing harm or damage to desirable plants, animals, or structures


Why aren't all organisms considered pests?


It depends on the context of where the organism is and what it's doing. It may be beneficial in one

context but harmful in another.


What are the benefits of correctly identifying a pest?


Prevent waste of time, money, and chemicals. Avoid using the wrong chemical. Apply best management

practices.


What are the downsides of not correctly identifying a pest?


Wasted time, money, chemical. Killing/damaging a desired species.


What are the major categories of pests?


Disease agents, Weeds, Insects, Insect-like organisms, Vertebrate animals


What is the main goal of pest management?


to keep pest populations from exceeding a tolerable level

, What are the points to consider before managing pests?


1. Control a pest only when it is causing or is expected to cause more harm than it is reasonable to

accept

2. Use a control strategy that will reduce pest numbers to an acceptable level

3. Cause as little harm as possible to everything except pest

4. Does it cost more to manage pest than what would be lost because of pest's damage?


Why might specific pests be named on a pesticide label?


Public health pests, including diseases and rodents, must be listed on the label.


What are the goals of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?


To combine all available necessary techniques into a unified program to manage pest populations that

avoids economic damage and minimises adverse side effects.


Define: Right-of-way


Land used (or adjacent to) areas of access, transportation or power.


Define: Natural Area


Land being preserved or reserved and managed for its natural or native features.


What determines if a plant is a weed?


If it interferes with what someone wants with the land it is growing on, aka an unwanted plant.


What are two goals of weed management?


1. Minimise competition for desired plants

2. Limit the weed's reproduction

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