Potential exam questions #1 Fundamentals of Plant Protection

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1. Name 4 of the original pesticides
2. What determines whether a substance is hazardous?
3. When were the 1st synthetics developed?
   1. Why did they become more popular in the 1940's?
   2. From what are they primarily made?
4. How many active ingredients are on the market today?
5. What is the overriding general reason for pesticide use?
6. List 3 consequences relating to food that could occur if pesticide use were stopped.
7. Name 2 general health problems which pesticides can help control
   
   
8. Name 2 examples of environmental problems caused by pesticide misuse.
9. Indicate 2 ways that potential problems with pesticides can be reduced.
10. Define Pest.
11. Define Pesticide
    
    
12. Define WEED (in the sense of a pest!)
13. Name the 3 primary causes of interference by weeds
14. The amount of competition by weeds is dependent on what three factors?
15. Give a general rule concerning timing with regards to competition.
16. Define Allelopathy.
    
    
17. Give 3 characteristics of most common weeds
18. What is the Over-riding cause of weed problems
    1. Identify 4 specific examples which illustrate this over-riding reason.
19. Identify 5 losses or damage caused by weeds
20. Name 3 benefits weeds might have
    
    
21. How can knowing about plant biology improve our ability to control weeds?
22. Name the 4 morphological regions of a plant.
23. Indicate specifically how the destruction of the roots, leaves and flowers will affect the weed population.
24. Indicate specifically where the stem must be destroyed in order to reduce dicot weeds (monocot weeds?)
25. What do the Xylem and Phloem do in a plant?
26. Name the 3 stem types that are most often implicated in vegetative reproduction.
27. Name the 3 groups of plants when classified by Life cycle.
28. Name the 2 groups of plants when classified by leaf style.
29. Describe the life cycle of an Annual, a Biennial and a Perennial
30. By what means do perennial weed plants usually reproduce? Annuals?
    
    
31. Name 2 general ways by which weeds can be identified.
32. Why is it important to be able to ID seedlings?
33. Name the 2 plant families to which most weeds belong.
34. Of what value is knowing the history of a piece of land for controlling weeds?
    
35. Name the three weed management principles.
36. Give 3 specific ways to prevent weed infestations
37. Name and Describe the 4 categories of control methods using the principles of control or eradication. Give 1 specific example of each.
    
38. What are the 4 ways by which herbicides might be classified?
39. Name the 2 general manners by which Herbicides can be applied if classified by method of action. [to what are they applied?]
40. The Foliage type of herbicides are further differentiated into what classes?
41. Name and describe the 3 times that herbicides (pesticides) might be applied with respect to plant emergence.
42. What is the difference between contact and systemic herbicides?
43. How are both contact and systemic herbicides further differentiated?
44. How are Soil applied herbicides further differentiated?
45. How is it possible that the active ingredient in an herbicide be classified as both a soil applied short residual herbicide and as a foliar systemic herbicide?
    
    
46. Name the 2 classes of herbicides classified on the basis of chemical composition.
47. What is the difference between an organic and inorganic herbicide?
    1. Name 2 inorganic herbicides
    2. Name 2 organic herbicide groups
48. What else are herbicide chemicals used for on plants? Give a couple of specific examples
    
    
49. Identify the 4 Characteristic Responses to the management of annual weeds (concerns, characteristics etc)
50. Identify the 4 Characteristic Responses to the management of perennial weeds (concerns, characteristics etc)
51. When are the 2 best times to use herbicides on perennials
52. Evaluation: Indicate the connection between how soon perennial shoots re-grow to the type and amount of injury the weeds suffer through control
53. Describe 3 practical effects of tillage control practices on perennial weeds
54. Describe 4 herbicide types and their effects in controlling perennial weeds