a.

Swimming (Natatorial is another word for swimming)

b. Jumping
TEST QUESTIONS FOR CROP PROTECTION c. Gathering pollen
d. Walking
1. The only species of rice stem borer that does not belong to the
13. Insects belonging to Apterygota have:
family Pralidae is the so called ______stem borer:
a. No wings
a. Pink (is Nuctuidae)
b. 2 pairs of wings
b. Yellow
c. No antennae
c. White
d. One pair of wings
d. Striped
14. A weed that reproduces by means of seeds or seed propagule is
2. Substitiuted urea is not a kind of:
known as:
a. Herbicide
a. Sexual weed
b. Fertilizer
b. Asexual weed
c. Fungicide
c. Sucker
d. Compost
d. Dryland weed
3. Sexual reproduction in weeds is exclusively through:
15. Which among these is not a method of weed control?
a. Seeds
a. Microbial
b. Cuttings
b. Mulching
c. Tissue culture
c. Tillage
d. Budding
d. Hand pulling
4. Yield reduction caused by weeds is highest in:
a. Onion
b. Tomato
c. Cabbage
d. Coconut
16. The decay of seeds in the soil before seedling emergence is called:
5. The following are factors in the germination of weed seeds, EXCEPT:
a. Damping-off
a. Soil type
b. Seed decay (caused by Phytophthora fungus)
b. Soil Moisture
c. Seed rot
c. Temperature
d. Rot
d. Light
17. This agency created the fertilizer and pesticide authority in 1977.
6. This insect Order belongs to the Pterygota group EXCEPT:
a. Office of the President
a. Collembola -Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the
b. Philippine Congress
three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer
c. Department of Agriculture (thru Presidential decree #1144 on
considered insects (the other two are the Protura andDiplura).
May 30 1977)
Although the three orders are sometimes grouped together in
d. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
a class called Entognathabecause they have
18. As provided for by law onlt the following can abolish the Fertilizer
internal mouthparts
and Pesticide Authority:
b. Coleoptera
a. President of the Philippines (also happen to Fertilizer Industry
c. Odonata-Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects,
Authority (FIA))
encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and the
b. Lower House of Congress
damselflies (Zygoptera). The Odonata form a clade, which has
c. Congress of the Philippines
existed since the Triassic
d. Upper House of the Congress
d. Orthoptera-The Orthoptera order of insects includes the
19. Refrigeration of freshly harvested fruits and vegetables inhibit the
grasshoppers, crickets, cavecrickets, Jerusalemcrickets, katydid
growth of most pathogens and prevent the spread of infection. This
s, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locust
is a principle of:
7. Scape id found in an insect:
a. Protection
a. Antenna
b. Eradication
b. Leg
c. Exclusion
c. Mouthparts
d. Immunization
d. Wing
20. The breeding of crops for disease resistance is a principle of:
8. Which among these is not considered a stored product pest of corn?
a. Immunization
a. Corn earworm (I’m not sure of this ha kase puede ring bird pag
b. Eradication
di maganda ang SR)
c. Exclusion
b. Weevil
d. Protection
c. Rat
21. Which among these rice stem borers does not belong to the family
d. Bird
Pyralidae?
9. Which part of the fruit is attached by Trichogramma?
a. Pink stem borer
a. None (syempre naman! Bakit me roots ba ang fruit)
b. Yellow stem borer
b. Roots
c. Striped borer
c. Leaves
d. White stem borer
d. Bark
22. Trichogramma and Telenomus both parasitize this stage of rice stem
10. The biggest crop user of pesticide (insecticides, herbicides,
borers:
fungicides) in the Philippines is:
a. Egg
a. Rice (according to http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Politic)
b. Egg and Larva
b. Vegetables
c. Adult
c. Plantation Crops
d. Larva
d. Corn
23. Spiders are predatory on this stage of stem borers:
11. The recently discovered predatory insect earwings, which could limit
a. Adult
the spread of the coconut leaf beetle, LongissimabrontispaDerik,
b. Larva and Egg
belongs to the order:
c. Egg
a. Dermaptera (kung earwigs ha! Kc earwings ang nakalagay sa
d. Larva
question eh)
24. Which among these is not considered a fumigant?
b. Homoptera-The Homoptera include the aphids, scale
a. Cypermethrin
insects,cicadas, and leafhoppers, which all have sucking
b. Methyl bromide
mouthparts.
c. Phosphine
d. Ethylene dibromide
25. Which among these acts as anticoagulants?
c. Hymenoptera-Hymenoptera is the third-
a. Rodenticides
largest order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees,
b. Organophosphate
and ants
c. Carbamate
d. Odonata-Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects,
d. Organochlorine
encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and the
26. The following are symptoms caused by bacteria, EXCEPT:
damselflies (Zygoptera). The Odonata form a clade, which has
a. Gummosis-Gummosis is the formation of patches of a gummy
existed since the Triassic.
substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit
12. Natatorial legs in insects are mainly used for:
trees. This occurs when sap oozes from wounds or cankers
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c. Leaf spot c. Biological control
d. Canker d. Crop rotation
27. Which among these is not a principle of plant disease control? 42. Which among these is a broadleaf weed?
a. Sanitation a. Morning glory
b. Exclusion b. Barnyard grass
c. Protection c. Cogon
d. Eradication d. Mutha
43. Which is not a physical method of pest management?
28. The immature stage of a dragonfly is called: a. Attractants
a. Naiad b. Humidity
b. Young c. Temperature
c. Nymph d. Light traps
d. Larva 44. Corn earworm, cotton bollworm, and tobacco budworm are one and
29. The mature stages of all insects are called: the same insect commonly knwon as:
a. Adults a. Tomato fruitworm
b. Complete metamorphosis b. Eggplant borer
c. Gradual metamorphosis c. Solanaceous worm
d. Mature insects d. Corn borer
30. OCELLUS is a part of this body region of the insect: 45. This crop is quite effective in keeping the population of nematodes
a. Compound eye low:
b. Thorax a. Cilronella
c. Head b. Akapulko
d. Abdomen c. Neem
d. Macabuhay
46. Which among these is not a fungicide?
a. Dimethoate-used organophosphate insecticide and acaricide.
b. Maneb
31. Herbicide packages are best disposed by: c. Captan
a. Burning d. Thiran
b. Burying in soil 47. Which among these is not effective as molluscicide?
c. Throwing in the sea a. Chlorpyrifos-Chlorpyrifos is moderately toxic to humans, and
d. Hydrolysis exposure has been linked to neurological effects,
32. Decontamination of organochlorine compounda require this as b. Niclosanide
decontaminant: c. Metaldehyde
a. Ammonia or washing soda d. Chlorothalonil
b. Sugar solution 48. Metaldehyde is used for controlling:
c. Acetic acid solution a. Golden apple snail
d. Soap and water b. Coconut beetle
33. Only this pesticide is NOT banned? c. Banana weevil
a. Cypermethrin d. June beetle
b. Aldrin 49. Which is not a type of wings?
c. Dieldrin a. Rasping
d. Heptachlor b. Hemelytra
34. Which of the following has chewing mouthparts? c. Elytra
a. Termites d. Fringed
b. Bees 50. Tibia is a part of insect _______:
c. Leafhoppers a. Leg
d. Thrips b. Antenna
35. Which of the following has siphoning mouthparts? c. Mouthparts
a. Butterflies d. Wings
b. Thrips 51. Moniliform is a type of antenna possessed by:
c. Earwigs a. Termites
d. Rice bug b. Houseflies
36. Which among these insects possess mandibles? c. Beetles
a. Beetle d. Fruitflies
b. Butterfly 52. The process of molting in insects as known as:
c. Rice bug a. Ecdysis
d. Thrips b. Molting
37. The main reason why the coconut leaf beetle, an introduced pest, c. Developmat
multiplied rapidly and spread to many islands in the Philippines is: d. Metamorphosis
a. The absence of natural enemies 53. Which among these are social insects?
b. Lack of appropriate pesticides a. Termites
c. The rapid multiplication of the pest b. Butterflies
d. Difficulty in spraying coconut trees because of its height c. Houseflies
38. Which of the following diseases does not affect bananas? d. Honeybees
a. Fruit Rot 54. Many species of this order are vectors of plant diseases:
b. Moko a. Homoptera
c. Sigatoka b. Hemiptera
d. Mosaic c. Diptera
39. Which of the following insects does not affect tomatoes and d. Hepidoptera
eggplant? 55. A pesticide that is poisonous to man when absorbed through the
a. Mites skin is causes:
b. Corn Earworm a. Dermal toxicity
c. Aphids b. Acute toxicity
d. Thrips c. Chronic toxicity
40. The most destructive and widespread disease of solanaceous crops d. Inhalation toxicity
in the Philippines is: 56. Which of these chemicals is best for the control of Sigatoka disease
a. Bacterial wilt of banana?
b. Bacterial spot a. Banana oil
c. Powdery mildew b. Thiram
d. Phomopsis c. Endosulfan
41. The cheapest way to control bacterial wilt of tomato and eggplant is d. Maneb-fungi
to employ: 57. Entomologists who specialize in the identification of insects are
a. The use of Resistant varieties called:
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b. Taxidermist b. Sooty mold
c. Acarologist c. Scorch
d. Lepidopterist d. Mildew
58. Which part of the sweet pepper plant is attacked by 73. Which among these is not a principal factor in the choice of
Dacuscucurbitae(Melon fly,diptera)? fumigants?
a. Fruit a. Political considerations
b. Leaves b. Training of fumigators
c. Stems c. Environmental safety considerations
d. Roots d. Commodity and target organisms to be fumigated
59. Which part of the mango tree is affected by Niphonoclea albata? 74. A compound that is inactive or neglibity inactive when used alone
a. Twigs but its potency is increased when mixed with a second component
b. Fruits which is low toxicity if used alone is called:
c. Leaves a. Synergist
d. Roots b. Safe chemical
60. Crops and weeds complete for the following, EXCEPT: c. Antagonist
a. Carbon dioxide d. Biopesticide
b. Water 75. Triboleumcastaneum is commonly known as:
c. Light a. Rust-red flour beetle
d. Mineral nutrietns b. Cowpea beetle-Callosobruchus maculatus is a species of beetle
61. Control of nematodes is effected by the following, EXCEPT: c. Confused flour beetle-Tribolium confusum
a. Use of herbicides d. Rusty grain beetle-Cryptolestes
b. Crop rotation 76. Which among these familities of storage pests does not belong to
c. Use of trap crops the order coleoptera?
d. Broad-spectrum biocontrol agent a. Pyralidae or snouth moth-lepidoptera
62. Which among these is not caused by virus? b. Curculionidae-true weevil @bark beetle-coleoptera
a. Coconut cadang-cadang-viroid c. Bruchidae-bean weevil-coleoptera
b. Rice Tungro d. Tenebrionidae-darkling beetle-coleoptera
c. Tobacco Mosaic 77. The coconut leaf beetle spreaf so rapidly in the Philippines after
d. Papaya ring spot introduction from Indonesia or Vietnam because of:
a. The lack of or the absence of natural enemies
b. Difficulty in spraying coconut trees
c. Favorable weather conditions
63. Which among these insect orders is NOT likely to affect agricultural d. Lack of appropriate pesticides
crops? 78. The most studied insects of postharvest significance are:
a. Neuroptera-net-winged insect,group was once known a. Weevils- is a type of beetle from the Curculionoidea
as Planipennia, and at that time also b. Beetles
included alderflies, fishflies,dobsonflies, and snakeflies, but c. Fruitflies
these are now generally considered to be separate orders d. Pyralids
(theMegaloptera and Raphidioptera 79. Which stage of the coffee leaffolder destroys the coffee plant?
b. Hemiptera a. Larvae
c. Lepidoptera b. Grub
d. Coleoptera c. Adult
64. Any plant may be considered a WEED if it: d. Maggot
a. Grows out of place 80. Which stage of the sugarcane deadheart borer destroys the
b. Competes for minerals with crops sugarcane plant?
c. Reduces crop yields a. Larva
d. Harbors pests that transmit plant diseases b. Adult and Larva
65. Which among these is a non-parasitic agent of plant disease? c. Adult
a. Air pollutant d. Grub
b. Viroid 81. The 28 spotted lady beetle, EpilachnaPhilippinensis (lady bug)is a
c. Nematodes major pest of this crop in the Philippines:
d. Bacteria a. White potato
66. Locustamigratoriamanilensis is commonly known as: b. Corn
a. Oriental migratory locust-grasshopper,orthoptera c. Rice
b. Mindanao migratory locust d. Sorghum
c. Manila migratory locust 82. The worst disease of tomatoes in the field is:
d. Migratory locust a. Bacterial wilt-Erwinia tracheiphila
67. Sheath blight of rice is caused by: b. Powdery mildew-Species of fungi in the orders Erysiphales
a. Fungi c. Bacterial spot- Xanthomonas campestris
b. Virus d. Tomato mosaic virus- is a plant pathogenic virus. It is found
c. Bacteria worldwide and affects tomatoes and many other plants
d. Nematode 83. Phytophagous species feed on plants. Which of the following is an
68. Nematodes are isolated by the so-called: example of a phytophagous insect?
a. Baermann Funnel Method a. Heliothis armigera hubner
b. Root Isolation Technique b. Trichogramma sp
c. Streak Plate Method c. Coccinillid beetle
d. Tissiue Planting Technique d. Dragon fly
69. Erionotathrax refers to: 84. Pest outbreaks (rodents and insects) in the Philippines have been
a. Banana leaffolder recorded in:
b. Coffee leaffolder a. Mindanao
c. Rice leaffolder-Lerodea eufala, the Eufala skipper ,lepidoptera b. Mindoro
d. Banana weevil-cosmopolite sordidus,coleoptera c. Palawan
70. The most polyphagous insect pest among these is: d. Mountain province
a. Cotton bollworm 85. Head and thorax combined is called:
b. Coffee berrry borer a. Cephalothorax
c. Sweetpotato weevil b. Cephalic thorax
d. Asiatic palm weevil c. Idiosoma
71. The only monophagous insect pest pest among these: d. Thoracic Cephal
a. Sweet potato weevil 86. The following are all Arthropods, EXCEPT:
b. Rice weevil a. Mammalia-from Latin mamma"breast"),
c. Tomato fruitworm a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished
d. Root grub from reptiles and birds by the possession of a neocortex (a
72. A disease caused by fungi and characterized by masses of dark, region of the brain),hair, three middle ear bones and mammary
powdery and sometimes odorous spores is called: glands
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c. Crustacea- ago was not due to hydrocyanic acid in cassava but to
as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp,krill, woodlice and barnacles carbamate or organophosphate pesticide because the
. poisoned children responded favorably to this antidote:
d. Diplopoda-Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are a. Atropine sulfate
characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body b. Virgin Coconut oil
segments c. Paracetamol
87. The eggplant shoot and fruit borer which is now considered a major d. Egg white
pest belongs to this order: 101. You wish to apply pesticide granules at the rate of 0.5 kg active
a. Lepidoptera ingredient (a.i.) per ha. to a 5 hectare rice field to control weeds.
b. Hymenoptera How many kg. of commercial formulation continuing 5 % a. i. do you
c. Diptera need?
d. Coleoptera a. 50
88. Oral and dermal toxicity of pesticides are obtained using this test b. 25
animal: c. 30
a. Rat d. 40
b. American cockroach 102. MRL in the study of pesticides refers to:
c. Rabbit a. Maximum residue limit
d. Drosophila fly b. Monitoring residue limit
89. The principal reason why our country is experiencing perennial rice c. Median residue limit
shortage is: d. Maximum residue limit
a. Lack of irrigated area compared to Thailand and Vietnam 103. All of these are diseases caused by fungi, EXCEPT:
b. Low rice productivity (yield per unit area) a. Citrus canker-bacterial spot of citrus,Xanthomonas
c. Lack of knowledge on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) axonopodis pv. citri
d. Lack of improved rice varieties b. Mango anthracnose
90. This stage of the host insect is attached by the parassite c. Peanut leafspot
Trichogramma: d. Black sigatoka of banana
a. Egg 104. Toxicity of a compound when ingested through the mouth is called:
b. Pupa a. Oral
c. Larva b. Dermal
d. Adult c. Chronic
91. Which of the following multiply by cell division? d. Acute
a. Bacteria 105. Only one of these is effective in controlling nematodes:
b. Nematodes a. Soil fumigants
c. Viruses b. Insecticides
d. Fungi c. Herbicides
92. In adult insects,the organs of locomotions(pang andar) are found in d. Fungicides
the___? 106. The recently discovered natural enemy of the coconut leaf beetle is
a. Thorax actually an:
b. Antenna a. Insect predator
c. Abdomen b. Bacteria
d. Head c. Spider
93. Most deaths in banana plantations are due to pesticides used in d. Insect parasite
controlling: 107. The use of Bacillusthuringiensis(bacteria) for insect control is covered
a. Nematodes in this branch of entomology:
b. Bacteria a. Insect pathology
c. Virus b. Acarology
d. Insects c. Insect Biochemistry
d. Insect Toxicology
108. The coconut bud rot is caused by:
a. Fungus
94. Which is not a part of the insect head? b. Insects
a. Genitalia c. Nematodes
b. Mouthparts d. Bacteria
c. Antenna 109. A pesticide for which all registered uses have been prohibited by the
d. Compound eye government for health or environmental reasons is considered:
95. The most abundant insects belong to this order: a. Banned
a. Coleoptera b. Unregistered
b. Lepidoptera c. Extremely toxic
c. Hymemoptera d. Restricted
d. Isoptera 110. Cantharidin, an aphrodisiac is derived from an insect called:
96. In the history of crop protection the discovery of this pesticide in a. Spanish fly
1939 marked one of the major events: b. Queen Honeybee
a. DDT c. Honeybee larva
b. BHC d. Queene termites
c. Copper fungicide 111. Which of the following families of insects is most destructive to rice plants?
d. Chlordane a. Pyralidae
97. Dibromochloropropane (DBCP), popularly known as Dowfume and b. Chrysomelidae
Nemagon affected thousands of banana farmers in banana exporting c. Chalcididae
countries including the Philippines. It is used for controlling: d. Coccinellidae
a. Root knot nematodes 112. Which part of the insect wing is useful in insect taxonomy?
b. Corn weevil a. Veins
c. Sigatoka b. Haltere
d. Thrips c. Cross veins
98. The tympanum or hearing organ of insects is found in this body d. Membrane
region: 113. In entomology, alate refers to insects that are:
a. Head a. Winged
b. Cephalothorax b. Undeveloped wings
c. Abdomen c. Legless maggots
d. Thorax d. Wingless
99.The seedling blight of rice is caused by: 114. The tendency of rodents, birds and other pests to avoid poison bait is
a. Fungus called:
b. Nematodes a. Bait shyness
c. Virus b. Bait avoidance
d. Bacteria c. Bait resistance
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115. Whiteflies belong to the order: c. Resistance
a. Homoptera- aphids, scale insects,cicadas, d. Endurance
and leafhoppers, which all have sucking mouthparts. 129. An insect which undergoes pupal stage has this type of development:
b. Hymenoptera-the third-largest order of insects, a. Holometabolous
comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants b. Hemimetabolous
c. Diptera-Greek di = two, and ptera = c. Paurometabolous
wings,haltere,flies,misquitos d. Ametabolous
d. Hemiptera- 130. The purple nutsedge, Cyperusrotundus, is commonly known in the
(neuroptera)cicadas, aphids,planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield dialect as:
bugs. a. Mutha
116. Which of the following does not match as to disease? b. Cogon
a. Cacao – wilt c. Kamo-Kamutihan
b. Pineapple – heart rot d. Bayakibok
c. Citrus – bacterial canker 131. Which of the following insect pests of the mango fruit is most
d. Mango – anthracnose dreaded in Japan, U.S, and Australia?
117. The timing of application of pesticides to control rice pests considers a. Fruitflies-Tephritidae,coleoptera
the following, EXCEPT: b. Fruit borer
a. Selling price of palay c. Seed weevil
b. Stage of development d. Pulp weevil
c. Severity of damage or infestation 132. The egg stage is not found in this insect:
d. Growth stage of the crop a. Head house
118. Which among these is not a pest of rice: b. Butterfly
a. Bactroceraphilippinensis c. Rice bug
b. Cyperusrotundus-nut grass d. Moth
c. Scotinophoracoarctata 133. The earlier method of controlling mango pests is one of the following:
d. Chilosuppressalis-Asiatic rice borer or striped rice a. Bagging of fruits when the size is as big as the chicken egg.
stemborer ,lepidoptera b. Use of chemical attractants
119. Most of the beneficial insects belong to this order: c. Use of fungicides
a. Hymenoptera-sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants d. Use of insecticides
b. Lepidoptera 134. A child was accidentally splashed with a pesticide concentrate into
c. Hemiptera the eyes. Which among the following should one apply?
d. Coleoptera a. Large amounts of clean water
120. Which of the following belongs to the same order where b. Potassium permanganate solution
fireflies(coleoptera)belong? c. Weak solution of vinegar
a. Spanishfly-coleoptera d. Mild detergent solution
b. Dragonfly-tutubi,odonata 135. MANG JUAN, a mango 30-70 sharing contractor, need to spray
c. Caddisfly-trichoptera 100 ten-year old mango trees located in a hilly one hectare site.
d. Scorpionfly-Mecoptera (from the Greek: meco- = "long", - The trees now are bearing marble size fruits and 20% of the trees
ptera = "wings") are infested with common mango insects__ twig borers, fruit flies,
121. The common name of Schoenobiusincertulas is: scale insects, CECID flies, plant hoppers, carpenter ants. MANG
a. Yellow rice stem borer JUAN intend to use again a botanical insect growth regulator, BIR
b. Coconut leaf miner R E.C. following the manufacturer’s recommendation: 2.5 cc per
c. Corn borer-(lepidoptera)Ostrinia is a genus of moths in litre of water; a 50 litres of the solution per tree; and spray only
the Crambidae family the infested mango trees. How many spray solution will he need
d. Rice bug to spray 20% of the trees infested? And how many cc of the BIG R
122. A plant disease characterized by yellowing and stunting of the host will he need?
plant: a. 1000 litres water mixed with 2,500 cc of BIG R
a. Yellows- b. 2000 litres of water mixed with 5000 cc of BIG R
b. Necrosis-Necrosis (from the Greek "death, the stage of c. 3000 litres of water mixed with 7500 cc of BIG R
dying, the act of killing" from"dead") is a form of cell injury which d. 5000 litres of water mixed with 12,500 cc of BIG R
results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. 136. MANG Pedro, a rice farmer with 3 hectares, during his inspection
c. Stunt found that that 600 square meter paddy of his rice-field, 60 days after
d. Chlorosis transplanting is infested with rice stem borer, Schoenobius incertulas
123. For annual crops, the maximum number of nematode parasites can Walker. He has 15 kilos of Rice Black F-3 he has tried and found to be
be recovered during: good for dusting rice stem borers and other rice insects enough for
a. Near harvest stage his 3 hectare rice field for the entire crop season. How many kg. or
b. Fallow period grams of Rice Black F-3 would MANG Pedro use from his 15 kg bag to
c. Vegetative stage treat his 600 m2 rice paddy?
d. Flowering stage a. .3 kg or 300 grams
124. The following are not present in mites, EXCEPT: b. .4 kg or 400 grams
a. Legs c. .5 kg or 500 grams
b. Compound eyes d. .6 kg or 60000 grams
c. Antennae 137. The Department of Agriculture during the term of President NOYNOY
d. Wings AQUINO and Secretary PROCESO ALCALA encourage the use of natural,
botanical and organic inputs and methods of farming. A Philippine
125.In plant disease control the most effective method in exclusion is: Invention, Green Charcoal, that won Silver Medal during the 1996
a. Quarantine International Invention Contest in Geneva, Switzerland can now use all
b. Use of disease resistant plants weeds, agricultural wastes as raw material for Green Charcoal Hydrogen
c. Burning of affected plants fuel. Which of the following definition of a weed is most appropriate as
d. Elimination of disease plants far as weeds now being used as raw material for Green Charcoal
126. If you sprayed a 50 square meter area with 10 liters of liquid, what is Hydrogen invention?
the application rate in liters per ha? a. Any plant whose virtues have not yet or just discovered.
a. 2,000 b. A plant out of place
b. 500 c. A plant or part of a plant interfering with the objectives of
c. 20,000 human beings
d. 200 d. Any undesirable plant.
127. The genera Tenebrio and Sitophilus both belong to the insect order: 138. As published in the newspapers, the Supreme Court in 2007 issued 2
a. Coleoptera rulings that has become a legal jurisprudence in pest control. The case
b. Lepidoptera was between MAPECON PH and the ____________ . The two rulings
c. Hemiptera were: that the ________ has no jurisdiction nor the legal authority
d. Hymenoptera over all the acts and operations of MAPECON PH; that the National
128. The ability of a plant to endure pest attack without suffering from a Committee on Urban Pest Control, NCUPC, not the _______nor the
significant loss of yield is called: FDA has jurisdiction over Urban Pest Control.
a. Tolerance
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MAPECON cannot engage in agricultural pest control as only ______ mandated by the Office of the President of the Philippines and the Secretary
has jurisdiction over agricultural pest control per its mandate PD of Health that jointly issued Health Circular 155 s 1975 was affirmed in its 2007
1144 . The Supreme Court denied with FINALITY the second Motion ruling by:
of Reconsideration of_______. Which government agency engaged a. Supreme Court
in legal battle for over 2 decades with MAPECON PH, and can aptly b. The Regional Trial Court in DUMAGUETE City
fill up all the blank spaces in this question?. c. The Court of Appeals
a. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority, FPA, d. The Ombudsman
b. Food and Drug Authority, FDA 150. In adult insects, the organs of locomotion are found in the ________:
c. Philippine Coconut Authority, PCA a. Thorax
d. Bureau of Plant Industry, BPI b. Head
139. What are the main problems for using and registering of so many, c. Abdomen
imported pesticides? d. Antenna
a. Cause insect and disease resistance to pesticides; cause many 151. Sigatoka, the most dangerous disease of bananas is actually caused by:
poisoning cases among the farmers; cause the high cost of a. Fungi
pesticide inputs; discourage the research and development of b. Bacteria
indigenous pest control products c. Virus
b. Cause the listing of the Philippines to be among the top users d. Insects
of farm pesticides 152. The familyTephritidae(fruit fly,coleoptera) belongs to these pests:
c. Cause the Philippines to be top importer of rice a. Insects
d. Cause the Philippines to send many OFWs to look for jobs in b. Weeds
foreign countries c. Bacteria
140. This functions to guide the air flow within the insect’s respiratory d. Viruses
system 153. Breeders of papaya are primarily concerned with producing fruits resistant
a. Valves to:
b. Atrium a. Ringspot-virus
c. Air sac b. Anthracnose
d. Taenidium c. Thrips-Thysanoptera,corn lice
141. Houseflies and mosquitoes are: d. Nematodes
a. Dipterans 154. The most abundant insects belongs to this order:
b. Neuropterans a. Maggots of friutflies
c. Coleopterans b. Lepidoptera
d. Strepsipterans c. Hymemoptera- sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
142. Cockroaches belong to this insect order d. Homoptera-the aphids, scale insects,cicadas, and leafhoppers,
a. Blattodea-cockroaches and termites 155. All of the following except one, are considered infectious plant diseases:
b. Orthoptera-grasshoppers, crickets, cave a. Nutrient deficiency
crickets, Jerusalem crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, b. Mosaic
and locusts c. Bunchy top
c. Phasmatodea-known as stick insects d. Tungro
d. Mantodea-praying mantis. 156. In the history of crop protection the discovery of this pesticide in 1939
143. The naming of newly discovered fungal species is based commonly on marked one of the major events:
a. Well-known mycologist a. DDT
b. Host b. Chlordane
c. Location c. Copper fungicide
d. Distinct structural character d. Diledrin
144. Which of the following root symptoms should raise suspicion of a 157. Based on mode of action, which is not a way of classifying fungicides?
nematode problem? a. Stomach
a. Galls or swelling of roots b. Protectant
b. Presence of ants c. Systemic
c. Presence of white colour filaments around the roots d. Eradicant
d. Presence of root grubs
145. For annual crops, the maximum number of nematode parasites can 158. You have a 2 gallon sprayer and wish to apply a spray at the rate of
be recovered and observed during: 240 liters per hectare in a 0.5 ha field. How many spray loads do you
a. Near harvest stage need? Use 4 liters per gallon.
b. Fallow period a. 15
c. Vegetative stage b. 10
d. Flowering stage c. 20
146. The practice of incorporating fresh plants or plant materials onto the d. 5
soil as one way to control plant parasitic nematodes is called 159. The seedling of blight of rice is caused by:
a .Fallowing a. Fungus
b. Biological control b. Bacteria
c. Biofumigation c. Virus
d. Organic fertilization d. Nematodes
147. As published in the newspapers the Office of the President of the 160. Which among these is not a virus disease of rice?
Philippines issued Presidential Proclamation 2063 to direct the Fertilizer and a. -Fungus
Pesticide Authority, FPA: b. Tungro
a. To adopt the organic, botanical, indigenous, safer and technical coordinated c. Yellow dwarf
system of pest control in agriculture d. Grassy Stunt
b. To continue the registration of imported chemical pesticides 161. Which among these rice diseases is the only one caused by fungus?
c. To continue the registration of urban pest control products a. Rice Blast
d. To file another case versus MAPECON to enable the foreign pesticide b. Tungro
companies to control the pesticides industry c. Grassy Stunt
d. Yellow Dwarf
148. The advantage/s in the use of Botanical Insect Growth Regulator are: 162. Youhave a 10-liter sprayer, and wish to apply a spray at the rate of 200
a. As only the tiny part of the insect head, ECDYSON, is affected we need liters in a 0.5 ha field. How many spray loads do you need to apply per
very, very low concentration of the botanical active ingredient, provide hectare.
much greater pest control safety and provide savings and economy to a. 40
farmers b. 20
b. We will not need mosquito nets as there’ll be no more mosquitoes c. 30
c. The pesticide and pest control industries can now share 5% of their d. 10
collection as share in controlling the dengue mosquitoes as mandated 163. For trap cropping it is best to use varieties that are ____ susceptible
in Presidential Proclamation 2063 to a particular insect pest:
d. Make the Philippines an international showcase for effective urban a. Most
pest control and biodegradable recycling stated as the fifth major b. Moderately
benefit of following Presidential Proclamation 990. c. Resistant
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164. The best time to identify a weed correctly is when it is at this stage: d. Diseased
a. Reproductive 179. The yellowing of normally green tissues caused by inadequate light:
b. Seedling a. Etiolation
c. Newly germinated b. Chlorosis
d.Vegetative c. Wilt
165. Dysdercus cingulatus ( true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, commonly d. Streak
known as the red cotton stainers) a major insect pest of: 180. Chlorosis is caused by deficiencies of these minerals, EXCPET:
a. Cotton a. Calcium
b. Kapok b. Magnessium
c. Kenaf c. Manganese
d. Abaca d. Iron
166. This is not considered an insect pest of squash: 181. Following are fungal diseases of corn, EXCEPT:
a. Red spider mite(Tetranychus urticae) a. Stalk rot
b. Aphids-known as plant lice greenflies, blackflies, or whiteflies (not b. Leaf blight-bacteria
to be confused with "jumping plant lice" or true whiteflies), are small sap- c. Leaf spot
sucking insects, and members of the super familyAphidoidea. d. Brown spot
c. Thrips-Thysanoptera) are minute, slender insects with fringed 182. Following are bacterial diseases of vegetables, EXCEPT:
wings (thus the scientific name, from the Greek θύσανος thysanos ("fringe") + a. Powdery mildew-fungus
πτερόν pteron ("wing")) b. Soft rot
d. Squash beetle c. Bacterial blight
167. The richness or adundance of species of organisms is called: d. Black rot
a. Biodiversity 183. The organs of locomotion is insects arefound in the:
b. Agroecology a. Thorax
c. Agroecosystem b. Abdomen
d. Environment c. Head
168. Stem rot of rice is caused by: d. Legs
a. Fungi 184. Which of the following families of insects is most destructive to rice plants?
b. Bacteria a. Pyralidae-snout moths family Lepidoptera
c. Virus b. Coccinellidae-lady beetles
d. Nematodes c. Chalcididae-hymenoptera
169. Based on the mode of action of herbicides only one of these may be d. Chrysomelidae- leaf beetle
considered correct? 185. The family Pyralidae belongs to the order:
a. Selective a. Lepidoptera
b. Phenol derivatives b. Hemiptera
c. Substituted ureas c. Hymenoptera
d. Organic herbicides d. Orthroptera
170. In plant pathology, the yellowing of normally green tissues due to partial 186. Which among these is not a botanical insecticide?
failure of chlorophyll to develop is known as: a. Cypermethrin
a. Chlorosis b. Nicotine
b. Blight c. Pyrethrum
c. Wilting d. Rotenone
d. Canker 187. Light trapping is not effective against adults of:
171. All of these pesticides are banned in the Philippines, EXCEPT: a. Fruitflies
a. Cypermethrin b. Rice leafhopper
b. Chlordane c. Rice bug
c. Dieldrin d. Rice stem borers
d. Parathion 188. This type of antenna is composed of a series of beadlike segments similar
172. The brown aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa an important insect pest of to a necklace:
_____ and also an insect vector: a. Moniliform-bead-like,termites,wrinkled bark beetle..(more or less
a. Abaca cylindrical
b. Crucifers b. Setaceous-bristle-like,dragonflies,damselflies,hopper..(slender)
c. Ampalaya c. Filiform-ground beetle,cockroaches..(uniform in size,usually
d. Papaya cylindrical)
173. Cherelle wilt is a disease of this plantation crop: d. Lamellate-scarab beetle..(nested plates)
a. Cacao 189. The dying backward, from tip to twigs and branches of citrus trees to the
b. Coffee roots is called:
c. Rubber a. Dieback
d. Banana b. Blight
174. A pesticide for which all registered uses have been prohibited by the c. Tristeza
government for health or environment reasons is considered: d. Scab
a. Banned 190. Which of these does not match, as to type of antenna among adult
b. Restricted insects?
c. Extremely toxic a. Odonata -dragonflies (Anisoptera) and
d. Unregistered thedamselflies (Zygoptera)..setaceous..bristle like– Filiform,thread like(ground
175. In fungal disease control, the following chemicals are used, EXCEPT one: beetle,cockroaches)
a. Soil fumigants b. Isoptera (consisting of sterile male and female "workers" and
b. Herbicides for eradicating alternate host plants "soldiers".)– Moniliform
c. Seed treatment fungicides c. Orthoptera (includes the grasshoppers, crickets, cave
d. Fungicidal spray chemicals crickets, Jerusalem crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locusts) -Filiform
176. Bacterial wilt of tomato becomes more severe if the roots are attacked by: d. Odonata – Setaceous
a. Nematodes 191. Which of these does not match as to insect order?
b. Insects a. Earwigs( Dermaptera)– Coleopter
c. Fungi b. Danselflies – Odonata
d. Bacteria c. Antlions – Neuroptera
177. The biological control of plant diseases could be accredited to Davide and d. Termites – Isoptera
co-workers because of the discovery of a fungus, Paecilomyceslilacinus, which 192. Which of the following does not match as to disease?
now commercially known as Biocon. It is antagonistic to: a. Rice – anthracnose
a. Plant Parasitic Nematodes b. Citrus – leaf motting
b. Bacterial diseases c. Papaya – ringspot
c. Fungal diseases d. Banana – sigatoka
d. Virus diseases 193. In a pesticide formulation, the ingredient that has no pesticidal action is
178. A plant that is being attacked by a parasite: called:
a. Host a. Inert
b. Parasitized b. Active
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d. Diluent 209. Which part of the mango tree is attacked by Bactrocera(genus
of tephritid fruit flies),diptera?
194. Which among these plants is not attacked by Pseudomonassolanacearum? a. Fruit
a. Pummelo b. Leaves
b. Eggplant c. Stem
c. Tomato d. Bark
d. Banana 210. What morphological structure is most useful in identifying butterflies?
195. Proboscis is aprt of the mouthparts of: a. Wings
a. Butterflies-siphoning b. Legs
b. Thrips-rasping-sucking c. Antennae
c. Bugs-needle like,piercing-sucking d. Genitalia
d. Cockroaches 211. Rice stemborers belong to the order:
196. Insects that are active at night are referred to as: a. Lepidoptera
a. Nocturnal b. Coleoptera
b. Diurnal c. Diptera
c. Night loving d. Hemiptera
d. Socialized insects 212. Dragonflies and damselflies both belong to the order:
197. This insect pest is not a problem in lowland rice fields: a. Odonata
a. White grubs-(Paenibacillus popilliae )milky spore,bacteria b. Epheneroptera
b. Malayan black bug c. Diptera
c. Green Leafhopper-family Cicadellidae,(hemiptera) d. Hemiptera
d. Yellow stem borer-Scirpophaga incertulas,(lepidoptera) 213. Which among these are beneficial?
198. Whcih among these insects are nocturnal in habit? a. Effective Microorganisms
a. Earwigs b. Virus
b. Dragonflies c. Viroid
c. Termites d. Fungus
d. Stem borers 214. Which is not a weed classification based on gross morphology?
199. Parasites belonging to the family Braconidae (two major groups, informally a. Crawling-pagapang
called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, b. Grass
the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the c. Sedge
upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandibles. )parasitize the following d. Broadleaf
stage of insect pests: 215. Which is not a part of the insect thorax?
a. Larvae a. Spiracles
b. Eggs b. Wings
c. Pupa c. Legs
d. Adults d. Coxa-hips
200. Dead and discolored: 216. Which is not a part of an insect antenna?
a. Necrotic a. Clypeus-head,
b. Scorch b. Scape-basal segment
c. Mummification c. Pedicel-2nd segment
d. Plant tumor d. Clavolla-/(flagellum/flagellomere)includes all segment
201. Fungi reproduce mainly by (select only one): beyond the 2nd tarsal segment
a. Spores 217. Which is not a part of insect mouthparts?
b. Budding a. Frons-insect morphology
c. Binary fission b. Labrum
d. Transverse binary fission c. Labium
202. The most efficient agent of weed dissemination is: d. Maxilla
a. Human being 218. Breeders of papaya are primarily concerned with producing fruits
b. Wind resistant to:
c. Flood water a. Ringspot
d. Farm animal b. Anthracnose
203.All of the following are considered physical method of weed control, c. Thrips
except: d. Nematode
a. Use of Herbicides 219. The following pests also serve as food for man, EXCEPT:
b. Hand weeding a. Maggots of fruitflies
c. Harrowing b. Rats
d. Plowing c. Locusts
204. Which among these is NOT a synthetic pyrethroid? d. Grubs of june beetles
a. Pyrethrum-classified 220. The golden apple snail is considered most destructive to this stage of rice:
as Chrysanthemum or Tanacetum(e.g., C. coccineum) a. Seedling
which are cultivated as ornamentals for their b. Flowering
showy flower.Natural insecticide c. Booting
b. Fenvalerate d. Ready to harvest
c. Deltamethrin 221. All of the following, except one, are considered infectious plant diseases:
d. Cypermethrin a. Nutrient deficiency
205. The science of insect classification is called: b. Mosaic
a. Insect Taxonomy c. Bunchy top
b. Insect Morphology d. Tungro
c. Taxidermy 222. The disease of coconuts caused by Phytophthorapalmivora is commonly
d. Insect Physiology known as:
206. Which does not belong to the group? a. Coconut bud rot
a. Damselfly-odonata b. Coconut Cadang-cadang-viroid
b. Housefly-diptera c. Leaf blight
c. Fruitfly-diptera d. Palm rot
d. Horsefly-diptera 223. Pyrethroids are highly toxic to:
207. Which does not belong to the group? a. Fish and other aquatic organisms
a. Housefly-diptera b. Corn pests
b. Spanish fly-coleoptera c. Mango pests
c. Coconut beetle-coleoptera d. Leafy vegetables
d. Copra beetle-coleoptera 224. The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), sometimes called cabbage
208. Which part of the rice plant does the rice bug attack? moth,lepidoptera) is attacked by parasitoids in its _________stage:
a. Immature grains a. Egg
b. Young leaves b. Larval
c. Stems c. Egg and Larval
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225. The study of spiders and mites falls under: a. Imperatacylindrica-blady grass, cogon grass
a. Acarology b. Rotboellaexaltata
b. Entomology c. Sacaharumspontaneum-wild sugarcane
c. Economic Entomology d. Cyperusrotundus-nut grass,purple nut sedge or purple
d. Taxonomy nutsedge,red nut sedge
226. The following are helpful in pollination, EXCEPT: 239. A farmer bought a 10-liter knapsack and wishes to apply 300
a. Effective Microorganisms (EM) liters/ha. of pesticide solution to a 0.5 ha. vegetable farm. How many
b. Humans loads are required?
c. Insects a. 15-300*0.5=150÷10=15
d. Birds b. 30
226. Most pesticides used worldwide belong to: c. 20
a. Herbicides d. 10
b. Fungicides 240. What do you call chemicals that attract insects?
c. Nematicides a. Pheromones
d. Insecticides b. Attractants
227. The recommendation calls for 1 kg. active ingredient of insecticide c. Chemoattractant
per hectare to control rice stem borers. How many liters of the 25 d. Antirepellants
percent emulsifiable concentrate will be needed to treat 100 has. of 241. The relatively pure form of a manufactured pesticide is known as:
rice? (assume 1 liter is equal to 1 kilogram) a. Technical grade
a. 400 b. Chemical grade
b. 40 c. Active ingredients
c. 100 d. Undiluted toxic agent
d. 50
228. Trochanter is part of an insect:
a. Leg
b. Mouthparts 242. You have a 10-liter sprayer and you wish to apply 5 loads to a 0.2 ha.
c. Thorax field. What is your spray volume in liters per ha.?
d. Antenna a. 250-10*5=50÷0.2=250
229. Hemelytra refer to forewings of insects belonging to this order: b. 25
a. Hemiptera-true bug..front wing are leathery or c. 50
parchment d. 100
b. Coleoptera-beetle..elytra..hard sclerotized 243. The rice black bug (Scotinophora) is one of the most difficult pests to
C.Hymenoptera-odonata, type:membranous wing, manage because its hosts are crops grown together with or after
description:soft,flexible,transluscent or transparent with prominent wing rice, in the Philippines such as the following, except:
veins..egbees,dragonflies,damselflies a. Mango
b. Okra
D.Homoptera-; c. Corn
230. The reproductive organs of insects are always found in this body region: d. Taro
a. Abdomen 244. This rice insect pest has been extensively studied recently by
b. Head scientists of the Philippine Rice Research Institute:
c. Thorax a. Rice Black Bug
d. Cephalothorax b. Rice Stem borers
231. Paraquat is a kind of: c. Rice leafhoppers
a. Herbicide d. Rice Thrips
b. Insecticide 245. Chilosuppressalis is the scientific name of:
c. Nematocide a. Striped stem borer
d. Fungicide b. Yellow stem borer-Scirpophaga incertulas
232. The following cabinet secretaries, EXCEPT one, are members of the c. White stem borer
board of directors of the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA): d. Pink stem borer-Sesamia inferens
a. Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources 246. Schoenobiusincertulas is commonly known as:
b. Secretary of Agriculture a. Yellow stem borer
c. Secretary of Finance b. White stem borer
d. Secretary of Trade c. Pink stem borer
233. The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority after being established shall d. Striped stem borer
continue to exist until and unless abolished by: 247. The following are considered pesticide handlers by the FPA, EXCEPT:
a. The President of the Philippines a. Users
b. The Secretary of Agriculture b. Formulation plant owners
c. Congress of the Philippines c. Pest control operators
d. Senate of the Philippines d. Manufacturers
234. Pesticides are listed as having LD50 values of a. 10; b. 100; c. 500; 248. Which among these statements is incorrect as to weeds?
and 1000 mg/kg. The most toxic of all is the one with LD50 of: a. Some weeds serve as food for animals and human beings.
a. 10 mg/kg b. Weeds complete with the crop for light, water, nutrients
b. 1000 mg/kg and space.
c. 500 mg/kg c. Weeds harbor insect pests, mites, vertebrates and plant
d. 100 mg/kg disease agents.
235. Which among these chemicals are free of harmful residues? d. Weeds clog irrigation and drainage canals.
a. Attractant 249. The seed bank of weed seeds is the:
b. Systemic a. Soil
c. Contact b. Mature plant
d. Stomach c. Riverbanks
236. Which among these is not a pathogen? d. Paddy
a. Bacillus thuringiensis-gram positive,soil dwelling 250. The following are microbial pest control agents, EXCEPT:
bacterium, biological pesticide a. Nematodes
b. Helmithosporiumoryzae-is a fungus that causes brown b. Bacteria
spot disease in rice. c. Protozoa
c. Pyriculriaoryzae-(Magnaporthe grisea), also known as rice d. Fungi
blast fungus, 251. This is not an insect pest of watermelon:
d. Rhizoctoniasolani-Thanatephorus spp.) is a plant a. Pulp, weevil
pathogenic fungus b. Thrips-"fringe") pteron ("wing")thysanoptera
237. Which among these is not a virus disease of rice? c. Aphids-hemiptera,plant lice
a. Rice Blast-fungus d. Fruitfly-diptera
b. Tungro 252. Insect legs are located in this body region:
c. Yellow Dwarf a. Thorax
d. Grassy Stunt b. Head
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d. Cephalothorax used worldwide?
253. Pesticide analysis on crop residues is done by this government a. Arsenic and sulfur
agency: b. DDT and BHC
a. Bureau of Plant Industry c. Nicotine and pyrethrum
b. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority d. Neem and Rotenone
c. Bureau of Food and Drugs 268. Cosmopolitessordidus or corm weevil is the most destructive insect
d. Department of Science and Technology pest of:
254. The richness or abundance of species of organisms is called: a. Abaca
a. Biodiversity b. Banana
b. Agroecology c. Corn
c. Agroecosystem d. Mango
d. Environment 269. The gray mealy bug, Ferrisiavirgata, a pest of coffee is more serious
in this stage of the plant:
a. Seedling
255. If you wish to have your vegetables analyzed for pesticide residues, b. Flowering stage
the right agency to approach is: c. Fruiting
a. Bureau of Plant Industry d. Old leaves
b. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority 270. The most destructive disease of coffee is:
c. National Crop Protection Center a. Coffee rust-Hemileia vastatrix is a fungus
d. Benguet State University b. Die back
256. Which among these statements is correct? c. Anthracnose-canker
a. Aphids and thrips prevail during the dry season d. Damping off-kill or weaken seeds or seedlings before or
b. Coffee rust is more destructive at lower than higher temperature after they germinate. It is most prevalent in wet and cool
c. Rainfall distribution is not a major determinant of the population levels conditions.(wire stem)
of insect pests and diseases 271. Newly budded plants of this plantation crop, are very susceptible to
d. Many pathogens develop slower during the wet season. termites:
a. Rubber
257. Stem rot of rice is caused by: b. Citrus
a. Fungi c. Mango
b. Bacteria d. Durian
c. Virus
d. Nematodes
258. Weed reproduction by seeds or seed propagules is known as: 272. This insect is also known as the tomato fruitworm:
a. Sexual a. Corn Earworm-cotton bollworm,corn earworm or Old
b. Asexual World (African) bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera,(also known as
c. Dryland the scarce bordered straw
d. Monocots b. Corn Borer-Ostrinia is a genus of moths in the Crambidae
259. Which of these is not considered a stored product pest of corn? family.
a. Corn borer c. Yellow Rice Stem borer-Scirpophaga incertulas
b. Rats d. Pink Rice Stem borer-Sesamia inferens
c. Birds 273. Which is not a basis of weed classification as to growth habit?
d. Weevils a. Annual
260. This pest control practice eliminates fruitflies and microorganisms on b. Vines
mango and papaya for export to Japan and has no danger of c. Shrubs
pesticide residue: d. Trees
a. Vapor heat treatment 274. The average Englishman is a tea drinker today because the rust
b. Irradiation disease destroyed the vast plantations of:
c. Refrigeration a. Coffee
d. Sterile technique b. Cacao
261. Which of the following factors is always important for weed c. Orange
germination? d. Grape
a. Water 275. Following are classical examples of plant diseases in which economic
b. Temperature losses have been brought about by plant diseases in the Philippines,
c. Light EXCEPT:
d. Humidity a. Anthracnose of mango
262. In plant pathology, the yellowing of normally green tissues due to b. Cadang-cadang of coconut
partial failure of chlorophyll to develop is known as: c. Downy mildew of corn
a. Chlorosis d. Tungro disease of rice
b. Blight 276. An organism that depends wholly or partly on another living
c. Wilting organism for food is called:
d. Canker a. Parasite
263. All of these pesticides are banned in the Philippines, EXCEPT: b. Predator
a. Cypermethrin c. Pathogen
b. Chlordane d. Parasitoid
c. Dieldrin 277. An organism that lives on dead organic or inorganic matter:
d. Parathion a. Saprophyte
264. The main reason why the coconut leaf beetle, multiplied rapidly and b. Halophyte-grows in waters of high salinity
spread in many islands in the Philippines is the: c. Parasitoid
a. Absence of natural enemies (parasites and predators) d. Predator
b. Lack of appropriate insecticides 278. Capacity of a pathogen to cause disease in plant:
c. Rapid multiplication of the pest a. Pathogenecity:
d. Difficulty in spraying coconut trees because of its height b. Parasitism
265. As to the herbicide called substituted urea, the following is NOT true: c. Parasitoid
a. High mammalian toxicity d. Viroid
b. Absorbed through the roots 279. The yellowing of normally green tissues caused by inadequate light:
c. Inhibits photosynthesis a. Etiolation
d. Used as selective pre-emergence herbicide b. Chlorosis
266. The use of insect parasites is effective against these insect pests, c. Wilt
EXCEPT: d. Streak
a. Mango twig borer 280. The key in controlling virus diseases is:
b. Corn borer a. Prevention through quarantine
c. Sugarcane borer b. Cutting and burning of diseased plants
d. Yellow rice stem borer c. Hot water treatment of plant propagative organs
d. Controlling vectors of the virus
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a. Leaf spot of mango-bacteria 297. An insect with a grasping(matakaw) type of foreleg is mostly
b. Anthracnose of mango considered as:
c. Banana anthracnose a. Predator
d. Sigatoka disease of banana b. Parasite
282. The most difficult pathogens to isolate in the laboratory are the: c. Plant pest
a. Viruses d. Polyphagous
b. Bacteria 298. A disease susceptible host plant may be shielded by a chemical or
c. Fungi physical barrier to prevent the pathogen from
d. Nematodes invading(manghimasok) the plant. This is known as:
283. Which of the following insect genera does not belong to the “bug” family? a. Plant Protection
a. Cylas b. Disease Control
b. Nephotettix c. Disease Prevention
c. Dysdercus d. Disease Exclusion
d. Leptocorisa 299. The threshold(pasukan) value of rice stemborers is expressed as:
284. The organs of locomotion is insects are found in the: a. Two (2) eggmasses per 20 hills
a. Thorax b. Ten percent hills infested
b. Abdomen c. Five percent damaged stalks
c. Head d. Fifty percent damaged leaves
d. Legs 300. Which among these does not match as to scientific name?
285. Silk is derived from this stage of the silkworm? a. Asiatic palm weevil – Oryctesrhinoceros-Asiatic
a. Pupa rhinoceros beetle
b. Larva b. Philippine fruit fly – Bactrocera philippinensis
c. Adult c. Mango twig borer – Niphonocleaalbata
d. Egg d. Tomato frit worm – Helicoverpaarmigera
286. The most useful part of an adult insect for identification are the: 301. Which among these does not match as to scientific name?
a. Wings a. Yellow stem borer – ( Scirpophaga incertulas)- Sesamia
b. Legs inferens(Asiatic pink stem borer)
c. Antennae b. Golden apple snail – Pomaceacanaliculata
d. Ovipositor c. Diamond back moth – Plutellaxylostella
287. The most dominant arthropods on earth are: d. Melon fruitfly(diptera) – Dacuscucurbitae
a. Insects 302. Which of these does not match as to insect order?
b. Mites a. Earwigs( Dermaptera)-Coleoptera(beetles)
c. Mammals b. Danselflies – Odonata
d. Birds c. Antlions – Neuroptera
288. Which among these is not a botanical insecticide? d. Termites – Isoptera
a. Cypermethrin 303. Which among these professional agriculturists are least useful as
b. Nicotine-found in the nightshade family of plants plant quarantine officers?
(Solanaceae a. Soils Specialists
c. Pyrethrum b. Insect Taxonomists
d. Rotenone c. Plant Pathologists
289. Light trapping is not effective against adults of: d. Nematologists
a. Fruitflies
b. Rice leafhopper 304. Which agency issues permit to enable one to export or import
c. Rice bug orchids:
d. Rice stem borers a. Bureau of Plant Industry
290. The most common pesticide formulation used in household pest b. Bureau of Customs
control is: c. Department of Trade and Industry
a. Aerosol d. National Crop Protection Center
b. Tablet 305. Which among these is not a hexapod...( The
c. Dust subphylum Hexapoda (from the Greek for six legs) constitutes the
d. Granule largest number of species of arthropods and includes the insects as
291. What pH indicates neutrality? well as three much smaller groups of wingless
a. 7.0 arthropods:Collembola, Protura, and Diplura (all of these were once
b. 7.5 considered insects). The Collembola (or springtails) are very
c. 6.5 abundant in terrestrial environments. Hexapods are named for their
d. 6.0 most distinctive feature: a consolidated thorax with three pairs of
292. Digging legs in insect are possessed by: legs. Most other arthropods have more than three pairs of legs.)
a. Mole cricket a. Tick-garapata-are ectoparasites (external parasites), living
b. Fly maggot by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes
c. Sugarcane borer larva reptiles and amphibians. Ticks are vectors of a number of diseases
d. Coconut beetle grub that affect both humans and other animals.
293. Plant diseases caused by either lack or excess of minerals, b. Termite-order:blattodea,soborder:isoptera
unfavorable soil-water relation and other environmental factors are c. Cockroach:blattodea
called: d. Louse-Phthiraptera
a. Non-parasitic 306. Which among those insect orders are valued much by insect
b. Biotic collectors worldwide?
c. Wilt a. Lepidoptera
d. Mineral deficiency b. Hemiptera
294. Which is the most important reason why the use of pesticides in rice c. Homoptera
production has declined? d. Diptera
a. Advent(pagdating) of rice varieties that are resistant to a 307. Which of the following does not match as to disease?
wide variety of insects and diseases. a. Rice – anthracnose
b. The prohibitive cost of pesticides. b. Citrus – leaf motting
c. Application of integrated pest management in rice. c. Papaya – ringspot
d. High toxicity of most pesticides to human beings. d. Banana – sigatoka
295. Which among these is not required in pesticide labeling? 308. Which of the following does not match as to insect pests?
a. Price a. Banana – corn borer
b. Name of ingredients b. Cacao – pod borer
c. Trade name c. Citrus – rind(mgtalop,magbalat)borer
d. Name and address of manufacturer d. Coffee – berry borer
296. How many pairs of legs have mites in the adult stage? 309. Trichogrammajaponicum is an egg parasite of:
a. 4 a. Rice stem borer(Scirpophaga incertulas),,lepidoptera
b. 3 b. Diamond back moth
c. 6 c. Tomato fruitworm
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310. Which among these plants is not attacked by d. Hemiptera
Pseudomouassolanacearum? 325. These persons at important ports of entry protect domestic
a. Pummelo agricultural production by intercepting exotic pests and pathogens:
b. Eggplant a. Plant quarantine officers
c. Tomato b. Pest control officers
d. Banana c. Customs officers
311. The green muscardine fungus Metarrhizium attacks this stage of the d. Plant pest and disease officers
coconut Rhinoceros beetle: 326. Foreign experts on disease control have not solved this serious
a. Grub disease of plants in the Philippines:
b. Adult a. Coconut cadang-cadang
c. Egg b. Rice tungro
d. Pupa c. Citrus Triteza
312. “Bunga ng Tubo” is considered ____________: d. Coffee rust
a. Parasitic flowering plant 327. The following egg parasites of some rice insects belong to these
b. Sugarcane sucker families of Hymenoptera,EXCEPT:
c. Ornamental sugarcane a. Ichneumonidae-wasp,common hosts
d. Medicinal sugary fruit are larvae and pupae
313. The Golden Apple Snail originated from: b. Scelionidae-wasp
a. South America c. Trichogrammatidae-wasp
b. Taiwan d. Mymaridae-fairyflies wasp
c. North America 328. A disease that appears as black, sunken leaf, stem or fruit lesions
d. Canada caused by fungus:
314. Koch’s rules of proof is a must for establishing: a. Anthracnose
a. Pathogenecity b. Blight
b. Symptomatology c. Blotch
c. Extent of damage of diseases d. Canker
d. Appropriate control measures 329. A disease characterized by large, and irregular in shape, spots or
315. Which among these insects is not a Lepidopterous pest rice? blots on leaves, flowers and stems:
a. Scotinophoracoarctata-rice black bug,(Hemiptera) a. Blotch(batik)
b. Sesamiainferens(Asiatic pink stem borer) b. Blight-rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then
c. Cnaphalocrosismedinalis(rice leafroller, is a species death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral
of moth of the Crambidae family) organs.[
d. Schoenobiusincertulas(rice yellow stem c. Hypertrophy-excess" + "nourishment") is the increase in
borer(Scirpophaga incertulas) is a species of moth of the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its
theCrambidae family) component cells.It is distinguished from hyperplasia, in which the
316. This type of mouthparts is involved in insect transmission of virus cells remain approximately the same size but increase in number.
diseases of plants: d. Gall-or cecidia are a kind of swelling growth on the
a. Piercing(nakakatuhog)-sucking external tissues of plants or animals
b. Siphoning-(higop) 330. A disease characterized by general and rapid killing of leaves, flowers
c. Rasping(kaskasin,kumayod)-sucking and stems:
d. Chewing a. Blight
317. Insects that are active at night are referred to as: b. Blotch
a. Nocturnal c. Hypertrophy
b. Diurnal d. Canker
c. Night loving 331. “Burning” of leaf margin as a result of infection or unfavorable
d. Socialized insects conditions:
318. This insect order contains some of the most attractive and colorful a. Scorch
groups: a. Lepidoptera b. Blight
b. Hemiptera-(cicada,aphid,planthopper,leafhopper,shield bug) c. Blotch
a. Homoptera(aphid,scale insect,cicada,leafhopper, d. Necrosis
b. Hymenoptera(sawflies,wasps,bees,ant.holom 332. The softening, discoloration, and often disintegration of succulent
319. Sponging mouthparts are found in insects belonging to this order: plant tissue as a result of fungal or bacterial infection:
a. Diptera a. Rot
b. Thysanoptera b. Anthracnose
c. Hemiptera c. Soft rot
d. Hymenoptera d. Wilt
320. Following are some internationally traded products derived from 333. Which of the following statements is correct as to diseased plants:
insects, EXCEPT: a. Diseased plants no longer useful may still be used as
a. Honeybee alternative fuel in running vehicles by processing them to
b. Silk green charcoal which is a patented product of one of the
c. Shellac members of the PRC Board of Agriculture.
d. Bees wax b. Diseased plants should not be burned to prevent its
321. Which among these statements is NOT correct? spread.
a. Entomology is only involved in the study of insects. c. Diseased plants should be composted and used as organic
b. Insects are considered the most successful animal fertilizers.
creatures on earth, inhabiting almost every niche. d. Diseased plants when burned does not contribute to the
c. Over a million species of insects have been identified, to greenhouse effect in the environment.
date, but more than a million remain undescribed. 334. Which stages of the coconut leaf beetle (Brontispa longissima ) have
d. Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of been found to be attacked by parasitoid?
organisms on earth. a. Larva and Pupa
322. Only the following belongs to the order Diptera: b. Egg and Larva
a. Mango fruitfly c. Egg and Adult
b. Dragonfly-odonata d. Pupa and Adult
c. Spanish fly-coleoptera,family:meloidae 335. Most plant pathogenic bacteria are:
d. Firefly-coleoptera a. Rod(like pamalo)-shaped
323. Which of the following belongs to the order Coleoptera? b. Filamentous
a. Firefly c. Spherical(mabilog)
b. Dragonfly-odonata d. Helical
c. Damselfly-odonata 336. Which of the following is not a type of weed that serves as pests?
d. Fruitfly-diptera a. Parasitic
324. The most important source of clothing derived from insects comes b. Grasses
from this insect order: c. Sedges
a. Lepidoptera d. Broadleaf
b. Hymenoptera
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EXCEPT: d. 500
a. Selective pesticides 349. Which among these does not match as to diseases?
b. Predators a. Coffee – Berry Borer
c. Parasites b. Papaya – Ringspot
d. Pathogens c. Mango – Anthracnose
338. For rice, the economic threshold level (ETL) is the level of pest d. Rice – Rice Blast
population at which chemical control measures are economically and 350. Which among these does not match as to insect pests?
ecologically justifiable. Following are examples of ETL, EXCEPT: a. Tobacco – Root knot
a. Percent reduction in yield b. Banana – Corm weevil
b. Number of bugs per hill c. Coconut – Coconut leafbeetle
c. Percent leaves damaged d. Citrus – Rind borer
d. Number of egg masses per square meter 351. The Philippine Crop Protection Service is mainly the task of this
339. Crushed and pulverized atis (Annonasquamosa) seeds mixed with government agency:
water or oil can kill: a. Crop Protection Division, Bureau of Plant Industry
a. Lice b. National Crop Protection Center
b. Bedbugs c. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
c. Aphids d. Philippine Rice Research Institute
d. Leafhoppers 352. The best combination of the properties of an ideal insecticide:
340. Mites have only 3 pairs of legs during this stage: a. Low mammalian toxicity; non-persistent; and high toxicity
a. Larva to insects.
b. Adult b. High toxicity to insects; non-toxic to plants; and cheap.
c. Nymph c. Toxic to a wide range of insects; does not cause
d. Young resistance; and safe to use in fishponds.
341. Mollicutes are prokaryotic microorganisms similar to bacteria but no d. Not phytotoxic; very toxic to insects; and does not kill
cell wall. The common symptoms of diseases caused by mollicutes parasites and predators.
include the following, EXCEPT: 353. The sting of ants, bees and wasps releases this poison in humans:
a. Die back a. Formic acid-(also called methanoic acid) is the
b. Stunting such as corn stunt simplest carboxylic acid. The chemical formula is HCOOH or HCO2H.
c. Yellows such as lethal yellowing of coconut trees It is an important intermediate inchemical synthesis and occurs
d. Virescens-is the abnormal development of green naturally, most notably in some ants. The word "formic" comes from
pigmentation in plant parts that are not normally green, the Latin word for ant, formica, referring to its early isolation by
like shoots or flowers the distillation of ant bodies.
342. Mollicutes are transmitted by insect vectors, mainly by: b. Formaldehyde-It is mainly used in the production of
a. Leafhoppers industrial resins, e.g., for particle board andcoatings.
b. Aphids c. Blood poison
c. Thrips d. Histamine( increases the permeability of the capillaries to
d. Leafminer white blood cells and some proteins, to allow them to engage
343. Of the various combinations of measures of controlling fungal pathogens in the infected tissues.) which causes allergy
diseases the least method resorted to is: 354. Insects prefer plants with high amount of ___ among others:
a. Use of chemicals a. Nitrogen
b. Use of resistant varieties b. Phosphorus
c. Hot water treatment c. Potassium
d. Crop rotation d. Manganese
344. The following are methods of protection, EXCEPT: 355. Which insect does not belong to this group?
a. Disinfection by hot water treatment in fruits, bulbs and a. Rice bug-hemiptera
seeds. b. Housefly-diptera
b. Drying of cereal grains another seeds to a safe moisture c. Mosquito-diptera
level that is low enough to prevent microbial growth. d. Cockroach-blattodea
c. Warehouses and other storage areas are kept clean to 356. In which insect order do you find the 2 pairs wings exactly alike?
avoid infection of stored commodities from pathogens a. Isoptera-termites divide labour among castes consisting
present in dust and debris. of sterile male and female "workers" and "soldiers
d. Chemical spraying, dusting, dipping or soaking of plants b. Orthoptera-The Orthoptera order of insects includes the
and plant parts. grasshoppers, crickets, cave crickets, Jerusalem
345. This is often the most effective and most economical method of crickets, katydids, weta, lubber, Acrida, and locust
plant disease control: c. Coleoptera
a. Use of resistant varieties d. Lepidoptera
b. Roguing-refers to the act of identifying and removing 357. All of the following life stages of nematodes can be killed by systemic
plants with undesirable characteristics from agricultural fields. nematicide, EXCEPT:
Rogues are removed from the fields to preserve the quality of a. Egg
the crop being grown b. Females feeding on the root surface
c. Crop rotation c. Females feeding inside the root
d. Disinfection by hot water treatment d. Juvenile stage
346. Sanitation as a method of plant disease control is done by the 358. These cultural practices practiced by farmers are not effective in
following, EXCEPT: weed control, EXCEPT:
a. Spraying the farm with herbicides to eliminate alternate a. Crop rotation
hosts. b. Intercropping
b. Cleaning and disinfecting implements used for pruning or c. Monocropping
trimming. d. Relay cropping
c. Cleaning, disinfecting, fumigating warehouse before and 359. These chemicals are used to sterilize some insects to prevent their
during storage of produce. reproduction:
d. Destroying plant refuse or debris by burning or burying a. Chemosterilants
them. b. Attractants
c. Pheromones
d. Insect growth regulators
347. It is a physiological malfunctioning caused by two or more 360. Which branch of entomology is involved in studying the mode of
pathogens: action of insecticides?
a. Disease complex a. Insect toxicology
b. Physiological disorder b. Insect physiology
c. Pathogenic combination c. Insect biochemistry
d. Symbiotic disease complex d. Economic entomology
348. If you used 50 liters to spray a 20 square meter plot, what was the 361. All the three pairs of legs are for walking in this insect:
rate of application in liters per ha? a. Cockroach-are insects of the order Blattodea, which also
a. 2,500-50*10000÷20=25000÷10=2500 includes termites
b. 25,000-50*10000÷20=25000 b. Butterfly
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d. Dragon fly b. Minor pests are usually endemic species that are always
found in the field at low population.
c. Armyworm and locust infestation usually come after a long drought.
362. Which among these does not match? d. Major pests are usually introduced pests and present in
a. Green leafhoppers( the family Cicadellidae, hemiptera)– the field every season at a very high population density.
Nilaparvatalugens(brown planthopper) 377. The so-called biopesticides include one of the following:
b. Cotton stainer – Dysdercuscingulatus(Dysdercus a. Microbial pathogens and natural products from plant and
cingulatus is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, other organisms.
commonly known as the red cotton stainer) b. Microbial pathogens only.
c. Coconut rhinoceros beetle – Oryctesrhinoceros c. Natural plant products only
d. Sweetpotato weevil – Cylasformicarius d. Effective microorganisms (EM) with more than 10 species.
363. Which of the following statements is TRUE? 378. The red-legged ham beetle( ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes) is a
a. Varieties that have been selected for high-yielding quality are often storage pest of:
times susceptible to pests. a. Copra
b. Some outbreaks of pest population have been attributed to the b. Rice
planting of various crops at a very wide area in one season. c. Corn
c. The periodic occurrence of drought has increased the number of d. Beans
natural enemies to limit the outbreak of some insect pests like 379. Stored product pests are effectively controlled by:
armyworms and locusts. a. Fumigation
d. Minor pests may become major pests in areas where b. Use of aerosols
pesticides are not used. c. Irradiation
365. The weed commonly known as “pulang puwit” is scientifically known as: d. Dusting
a. Echinochloacolona 380. The following are the effective fumigants, EXCEPT:
b. Eleusineindica-wiregrass/parag is a. Pyrethrin-The pyrethrins are a class of organic
c. Commelinabenghalensis-known as theBenghal compoundsnormally derived from Chrysanthemum
dayflower, tropical spiderwort, orwandering Jew, cinerariifolium that have potent insecticidal activity by targeting the
d. Imperatacylindrica nervous systems of insec
366. Which of the following cultural practices is being followed by b. Phosphine
farmers as effect weed control method? c. Chlorpicrin
a. Crop rotation d. Ethylene dibromide
b. Relay cropping 381. The pesticide with the trade name “ROUNDUP” is a very broad
c. Monocropping spectrum, relatively non-selective systemic herbicide commonly
d. Intercropping known as:
367. Planting single rows of corn every 15 to 20 rows of cotton can a. Glyphosate-monsanto
divert the bollworm from cotton. This is known as: b. Simazine-Simazine is an herbicide of the triazine class.
a. Trap cropping The compound is used to control broad-
b. Intercropping leaved weeds andannual grasses.
c. Relay cropping c. Atrazine-Atrazine is an herbicide of the triazine class.
d. Crop rotation Atrazine is used to prevent pre- and postemergence
368. Which of the following insects feed on a number of unrelated broadleafweeds in crops such as maize (corn) and sugarcaneand on
species of plants? turf, such as golf courses and residential lawns
a. Polyphagous-typically animals, obtain food d. Diuron-DCMU (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea)
b. Monophagous-wide variety of environmental condition is a herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis. It was introduced
c. Entomophagous by Bayer in 1954 under the trade name ofDiuron.
d. Phytophagous-eating plant(herbivore) 382. A virus that is parasitic on bacteria is called:
369. This insect pest of corn attacks all parts of the plant EXCEPT its roots: a. Phage-bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates
a. Cutworm within a bacterium.
b. Corn borer b. Viroid
c. Corn stalk borer c. Vricide
d. Semi-looper d. Bacterial parasite
370. Which of the following is not considered a pesticide formulation? 383. An ovicide kills or affects:
a. Technical material a. Eggs
b. Granule b. Ovaries
c. Wettable powder c. Birds
d. Emulsifiable concentrate d. Fish fingerlings
371. Which of the following is not an insecticide? 384. All of these insects belong to the order HOMOPTERA,(include
a. 2,4-D-herbicide the aphids, scale insects,cicadas, and leafhoppers, which all have
b. Cypermethrin-used as aninsecticide in large-scale sucking mouthparts.) except:
commercial agricultural applications as well as in consumer products a. Mango fruitfly-diptera
for domestic purposes. b. Aphids
c. Endosulfan-insecticide c. Mealybugs-hemiptera
d. Maneb-a fungicide,was include pesticide d. Scale insects
372. The pupal stage is not found in this insect: 385. The so-called “BLANKET METHOD” of control refers to controlling:
a. Bed bug-nymph a. Field rats
b. Moth b. House rodents
c. Butter fly c. Rice stem borers
d. Housefly d. Armyworms
373. The abiotic disease of tomato due to high intensity sunlight is: 386. Potassium nitrate, aside from being used as flower inducer in
a. Scald mangoes, also:
b. Lack of oxygen a. Promotes germination
c. Lack of calcium b. Has some fungicidal properties
d. Lack of oxygen c. Inhibits plant growth
374. Simple plants commonly called “molds” are actually: d. Promotes fruit ripening
a. Fungi 387. The most dominant animal group on earth are:
b. Bacteria a. Insects
c. Mycoplasma b. Mites
d. Pseudo fungi c. Mammals
375. The use of pesticides may encourage more pest problems due to the d. Birds
following, EXCEPT: 388. All of these are examples of Hompoterous insect pests, EXCEPT:
a. Killing of its natural enemies a. Stemborers-ColeopteraBanana stemborer weevil
b. Pollution of the environment (Cosmopolitessordidus)[1][2]Coffee white stem borer (Xylotrechus
c. Toxicity to human beings quadripes)[3]Sugarcane longhorn stemborer (Dorysthenes
d. High cost of application buquetiLepidopteraAfrican white stemborer (Maliarpha
376. Which among these statements is not correct? separatellaAsiatic rice stemborer (striped rice stemborer,Chilo
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 suppressalis)[4]Banana stem borer (Telchin licusEgyptian 400. These insects are now in demand during wedding ceremonies:
stemborer (Earias insulanaGold-fringed rice stemborer (Chilo a. Butterflies
auricilius)[4]Tomato stemborer (Symmetrischema tangoliasYellow b. Moths
rice stem borer (Scirpophaga incertulas)[4]White rice c. Fireflies
stemborer (Scirpophaga innotata d. Dragonflies
b. Leafhoppers 401. Xanthomonascitri, which causes citrus canker is a ___ disease:
c. Aphids a. Bacterial
d. Scale insects b. Fungal
389. Which among these are not considered a pest? c. Viral
a. Predators d. Nematode
b. Birds 402. Which among the following is not considered an alkaloid?
c. Snails a. Vanillin from vanilla-Its functional
d. Rats groups include aldehyde, hydroxyl, and ether
390. Which among the following is not taken up in crop protection? b. Nicotine from tobacco-
a. Urban pest control a potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid found in
b. Chemical control of the golden apple snail the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae) and is a stimulant drug.
c. Use of irradiation in fruitfly control c. Coffeine from coffee-amethylxanthine alkaloid, and is
d. Weed control in rice chemically related to the adenine and guanine bases
391. Which among these is not studied in crop protection? of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).
a. Flower induction in fruit trees d. Theobromine from cacao-formerly known
b. Biology of insect pests as xantheose, is a bitter alkaloid of the cacao plant
c. Use of chemical attractants 403. After the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo this pest which was about to
d. Insect resistant in crop plants wipe out the melon and watermelon industry in Central Luzon
392. There are now several laboratories in the Bureau of Plant Industry was significantly controlled:
tasked with the analyses of pesticide residues in various regions. a. Mites
These are known as: b. Aphids
a. National Pesticide Analytical Laboratory c. Fruitflies
b. Fertilizer and Pesticide Division d. Beetles
c. Crop Protection Division 404. Earwigs belong to the
d. Pesticide Laboratory Order:
393. This is still considered the most popular means of rodent control: a. Dermaptera
a. Baiting with toxicants b. Coleoptera
b. Use of rat traps c. Hemiptera
c. Use of acute rodenticides d. Hymemoptera
d. Use of slow-acting or chronic rodenticides 405. All of these are considered physical method of weed control, EXCEPT:
a. Use of herbicides
b. Plowing
394. The following is an example of an acute rodenticide: c. Harrowing
a. Zinc phosphide d. Hand weeding
b. Warfarin-is an anticoagulant normally used to 406. Endosulfan is also popularly known as:
prevent the formation of blood clots in the blood vessels and a. Thiodan
their migration elsewhere in the body. It was initially introduced in b. Sevin
1948 as a pesticide against rats and mice c. Carbaryl
c. Chlordane-treating approximately homes for termites for d. Cypermethrin
crops like corn and citrus, and on lawns and domestic gardens 407. Which of the following is not considered a morphological
d. Parathion-known as "Folidol", is anorganophosphate characteristic in classifying insects?
compound possessing aorganothiophosphate group. It is a a. Composition of Chitin
potentinsecticide and acaricide.It is highly toxic to non-target b. Type of antennae
organisms, including human c. Type of wings
395. All parts of this introduced crop species are usable as insecticides: d. Type of mouthparts
a. Neem(Azadirachta indica)-is a tree in the mahogany 408. The legal means of pest control has been used against these pests,except
family Meliaceae. a. Bunchy-top of abaca in Catanduanes
b. Tobacco-genus Nicotiana and of b. Cadang-cadang of coconut in Bicol
the Solanaceae(nightshade) family. While more than 70 species of c. Mango pulp weevil in Palawan
tobacco are known, the chief commercial crop is N. tabacum. The d. Black bug of rice in Palawan
more potent variant N. rustica is also used around the world. 409. Mulching is one cultural method of controlling this pest:
c. Chrysanthemum-in the family Asteraceae. The name a. Weeds
"chrysanthemum" is derived from the Ancient Greek:chrysos(gold) b. Nematodes
and Ancient Greek:anthemon (flower) c. Fungi
d. Derris-is a climbing leguminous plant. Its roots d. Bacteria
contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.Also known
as derris powder and tuba root,[1] it was formerly used as
an organic insecticide used to control pests on crops such as peas 410. Entomophagus(éntomon, "insect", and phagein, "to eat" is the
396. The coffee rust caused by Hemileia vastatrix destroyed the coffee human use of insects as food.)insects belong to these orders,
in 1885 in the province of: EXCEPT:
a. Batangas a. Lepidoptera
b. Cavite b. Coleoptera
c. Mountain Province c. Hymemoptera
d. Davao d. Hemiptera
397. In what province do you expect tobacco mosaic virus most? 411. The following is a convenient way of classifying insecticides, EXCEPT:
a. Ilocos Sur a. Inorganic
b. Laguna b. Contact
c. Batangas c. Stomach
d. Cavite d. Systemic
398. In what province is Sigatoka disease is most prevalent: 412. Most weeds belong to this family:
a. Davao Oriental a. Cyperaceae-The Cyperaceae are
b. Leyte a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known
c. Mindoro as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses and rushe
d. Ilocos Sur b. Poaceae-The Poaceae Gramineae are the large and nearly
399. Insect pests of eggplant are expected to be prevalent(laganap) ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as
in this province: grasses.
a. Pangasinan c. Convolvulaeae
b. Quezon d. Asteraceae-Asteraceae or Compositae (commonly
c. Iloilo referred to as the aster, daisy, composite,[4] or sunflower family) is
d. Isablea
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plants (Angiospermae). c. Eggplant
413. Exposure of weed seeds to low temperature to overcome d. Corn
dormancy is called: 424. Which of the following does not match?
a. Stratification-stratification is the process of treating a. Firefly(coleoptera) – Odonata-Odonata is an order of
stored or collected seed prior to sowing to simulate natural winter carnivorous insects, encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and
conditions that a seed must endure before germination thedamselflies (Zygoptera). The Odonata form a clade, which has
b. Scarification-Scarification in botany involves weakening, existed since the Triassic.
opening, or otherwise altering the coat of a seed to b. Caddis fly – Trichoptera
encourage germination. Scarification is often done mechanically, c. Scorpionfly – Mecopteratera (from the Greek: meco- =
thermally, and chemically. The seeds of many plant species are often "long", -ptera = "wings"
impervious to water and gases, thus preventing or d. Fruitfly – Diptera
delaying germination. Any process designed to make the testa (seed 425. The only pest of rice which can be controlled using NPK is:
coat) more permeable to water and gases (and thus more likely to a. Golden apple snail
germinate) is known as scarification. b. Root grubs
Scarification, regardless of type, works by speeding up the natural processes c. Nematodes
which normally make seed coats permeable to water and air. d. Root maggots

426. Plant disease causing microorganisms in general are best studied using:
a. Microscopes
c. Vernalization-Vernalization (from Latin vernus, "of b. Binocular microscope
the spring") is the induction of a plant's flowering process by c. Electron microscope
exposure to the prolonged cold of winter, or by an artificial d. Electron camera
equivalent 427. Copper fungicides are effective against plant diseases caused by:
d. Refrigeration a. Fungi
414. The invention of this instrument started scientific studies in plant b. Bacteria
pathology: c. Viruses
a. Compound microscope d. Nemotodes
b. Electron microscope 428. Following are some insect predators, EXCEPT:
c. Binocular microscope a. Aphids
d. Hand lens b. Earwigs
415. Too much bright light and high temperature cause: c. Preying mantids
a. Sunscalding d. Lady beetles
b. Etiolation 429. These parasitoids lay eggs on larvae of diamondback moth (DBM):
c. Chlorosis a. Diadegmasemiclausum
d. Scorching b. Metarhiziumanisopliae
416. The study of the increase of disease incidence in a population and c. Beaueriabassiana
the factors that influence them is called: d. Bacillusthuringiensis
a. Epidemiology 430. Adults and nymphs of this insect are both predatory:
b. Plant microbiology a. Preying mantids
c. Plant Pathology b. Lady beetles
d. Bacteriology c. Lacewings
417. Plant disease epidemic ("upon or above" and demos "people") is d. Wolf spiders
the rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people 431. Which of the following does not match as to plant diseases?
in a given population within a short period of time) would most a. Ratoon stunting(sugarcane) – rice
likely develop in these crops: b. Mosaic – tobacco
a. Monoculture-producing or growing a c. Ringspot – papaya
single crop...Continuous monoculture, or monocropping, where the d. Bulb rot – onion
same species is grown year after year,can lead to the quicker build 432. Which of these crops is most likely attacked by the rhinoceros
up of pests and diseases, and then rapid spread where a uniform beetle:
crop is susceptible to a pathogen. a. Coconut
b. Mixed plantings b. Oil palm
c. Seedlings c. Red palm
d. Mature plants d. Champagne palm
418. A principle of plant disease control that is intended to eliminate, 433. Specific eradication measures against plant diseases are as follows,
inhibit or kill the pathogens that become established within the EXCEPT:
plant in the area is: a. Water treatment
a. Eradication b. Removal of entire diseased plants
b. Exclusion c. Removal of diseased plants parts
c. Protection d. Heat treatment
d. Immunization 434. Rat control strategies are mostly based on understanding:
419. Plant disease control thru crop rotation falls under this method of control: a. The rats biology and ecology
a. Cultural b. The natural enemies of the rat
b. Mechanical c. The most effective rodenticides
c. Biological d. The cost of controlling them
d. Physical 435. This rat species, formerly known as Rattusrattusmindanensis is
420. In export banana, the biggest component of integrated pest distributed all over the country in croplands as well as in storage.
management (IPM) is still ______ control: It is now known as Rattus _______:
a. Chemical a. Tenezumi
b. Biological b. Argentiventer
c. Cultural c. Exulans
d. Botanical d. Norvegicus
421. Insects with complete metamorphosis pass these stages of 436. The major food item of Rattustenezumi is:
development: a. Rice
a. Egg, larva, pupa, adult b. Insect matter
b. Egg, nymph, adult c. Corn
c. Egg, naiad, adult d. Camote
d. Young, adult 437. Pesticide A has an LD50 of 5; approximately how many
422. Insects belonging to this order are considered destructive: milligrams of a 50% formulation could be considered fatal to an
a. Isoptera adult person weighing 50 kg.?
b. Hymemoptera a. 500
c. Odonata b. 1000
d. Mantodea c. 5000
423. Tobacco may be used as trap crops to control bollworm on: d. 50
a. Cotton
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 438. The spread of cadang-cadang disease of coconut in the Bicol c. Bedbug
Region was controlled by: d. Stem borers
a. Domestic plant quarantine 450. This group of pesticides is effective against all stages of insects:
b. Aerial spraying of pesticides a. Fumigants-Fumigation is a method of pest control that
c. Proper application of fertilizers completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides—or fumigants
d. Cutting and burning of affected trees to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is used to control
439. Since the Philippines engaged in the production of Cavendish pests in buildings(structural fumigation), soil, grain, and
bananas for export, the single biggest expense in crop produce, and is also used during processing of goods to be
protection is in the chemical control of: imported or exported to prevent transfer of exotic organisms.
a. Sigatoka disease b. Systemic pesticides
b. Moko disease c. Contract pesticides
c. Thrips d. Organophosphates-the basis of
d. Aphids manyinsecticides, herbicides, and nerve agents
440. Most insects exhibit bisexual reproduction, where the eggs will only 451. In crop protection one has to have a knowledge of:
develops if fertilized by sperum. In the tropics eggs of this insect will a. Insects nematodes, plant diseases, weeds and their
develop without fertilization: control
a. Aphids b. Pesticides and residues
b. Leafhoppers c. Parasites for biological control
c. Termites d. Entomology and Plant Pathology
d. Ants 452. The capacity of plant pathogens to cause a disease is known as:
441. Any container or tray painted yellow can attract adult: a. Pathogenecity
a. Aphids b. Susceptibility
b. Stem borers c. Virulence
c. Fruit flies d. Disease causing
d. Mango leafhoppers 453. Which of the following is NOT a rodenticide?
442. Following are examples of synthetic pyrethroids, EXCEPT: a. Methyl eugenol-(allylveratrol) is a phenylpropene, a type
a. Carbofuran-most toxic carbamate pesticides. It is of phenylpropanoid compound, the methyl ether of eugenol. It
marketed under the trade names Furadan is found in various essential oil
b. Cypermethrin-synthetic pyrethroid used as b. Zinc phosphide-rodenticide
aninsecticide in large-scale commercial agricultural applications as c. Warfarin-For the rodenticide often called "coumarins
well as in consumer products for domestic purposes d. Phosphine-release phosphine upon contact with
c. Allethrin-synthetic pyrethroids, a synthetic form of a atmospheric water or rodents' stomach acid
chemical found naturally in the chrysanthemum flower 454. The bringing out of calamansi seedlings from any province is only
d. Deltamethrin-synthetic pyrethroids. This pesticide is restricted in the province of ________.
highly toxic to aquatic life, particularly fish, and therefore must be a. Batangas
used with extreme caution around water. b. Mindoro
443. The root knot nematode belongs to the genus: c. Davao
a. Meloidogyne d. Cavite
b. Xiphinema-are ectoparasitic root nematodes commonly 455. Chlordane, was totally banned in the Philippines for the control of:
known as dagger nematodes.[1] The genus is of economic a. Termites-treating approximately 30 million homes for
importance on grape, strawberry, hops and a few other crop termites for crops like corn and citrus, and on lawns and
c. Longidorus-needle nematodes. Some of its species are domestic gardens.
plant pests.They may also transmit important plant viruses. b. Rats
d. Trichodorus-terrestrial root feeding (stubby- c. Rice stem borers
root) nematodes in the Trichodoridae family(trichorids), being one of d. Banana nematodes
five genera.They are economically important plant parasites and 456. The only agency authorized to import DDT for malaria control is:
virus vectors a. Department of Health
444. The black sigatoka disease of export Cavendish banana is caused by: b. Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
a. Fungi c. Bureau of Food and Drugs
b. Bacteria d. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
c. Virus
d. Nematode 457. If a pesticide concentrate is accidentally splashed into the eyes,
445. Poisoning of a compound through the skin is called _____ toxicity. which among the following should one apply?
a. Dermal a. Large amounts of clean water
b. Oral b. Boric acid solution
c. Acute c. Weak solution of vinegars
d. Chronic d. Mild detergent
446. What is a type of nematode that produces eggs which hatch after 458. This stage of the fruitfly is subjected to irradiation in the sterile
being laid? male technique of frutifly control:
a. Hermaphrodites-an organism that has reproductive a. Pupa
organs normally associated with both male and female sexes. b. Egg
b. Oviparous-animals that lay eggs, with little or no c. Adult
other embryonic development within the mother. This is d. All stages
the reproductive method of mostfish, amphibians, reptiles, 459. The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority has presently only
all birds, and themonotremes. about_____ employees:
c. Oviviviparous-meaning they lay eggs which hatch a. 70
internally, b. 80
d. Partherogenotes c. 90
447. In order to prevent microbial invasion, grains (rice and corn) should d. 100
be dried to a safe moisture level at ____ percent. 460. The ability of a plant to endure pest attack without suffering from
a. 13-14 significant loss of yield is called:
b. 10 a. Tolerance
c. 18 b. Resistance
d. 20 c. Non-susceptible
448. The yellowing of normally green tissues caused by inadequate light d. Endurance
is called: 461. To be effective in controlling insect pests, insect parasites must be
a. Etiolation easy to:
b. Chlorosis a. Mass rear or multiply
c. Mosaic b. Control
d. Mottling c. Disperse
449. The first insect discovered to be resistant to insecticides is: d. Procure
a. Housefly-The development of organic insecticides, such 462. The cheapest and fastest way to control black sigatoka of banana
as DDT, gave hope that insecticide resistance was a dead issue. in Davao is through:
However, by 1947 housefly resistance to DDT had evolved. a. Aerial spraying
b. Mosquito b. Boom spraying
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 c. Manual spraying 478. The genera Helminthosporium, Curvularia and Fusarium which all
d. Fumigation of soil in the field cause plant diseases in corn are all:
463. An emulsifiable concentrate to be applied for spraying on plants a. Fungi
has to be diluted with: b. Bacteria
a. Water c. Nematodes
b. Solvent d. Viruses
c. Emulsifier 479. Sugarcane mosaic is caused by:
d. Wetting agent a. Virus
464. The destructive stage of moths are called: b. Bacterium
a. Larvae c. Fungus
b. Borers d. Nematode
c. Nymphs 480. Ostrinia formacalis or Asian corn borer, belong to the order:
d. Adults a. Lepidoptera
465. Army worms and cutworms prefer to pupate in: b. Coloptera
a. Soil c. Hemiptera
b. Rice panicle d. Orthoptera
c. Under the leaves 481. Diadegmasemiclausum which parasitizes the diamond-back moth
d. Stem may be obtained from:
466. An entomologist who specializes in mites is called: a. Benguet State University
a. Acarologist b. UP Los Baños
b. Mitologist c. National Crop Protection Center
c. Toxicologist d. BPI Station at Baguio City
d. Biologist 482. Another name for moko disease of banana is:
467. The only fungicide used for sigatoka control in export banana for a. Bacterial wilt
the past 40 years is: b. Sigatoka
a. Mancozeb c. Panama disease
b. Copper oxychloride sulfate d. Bunchy top
c. Thiodan 483. Storing grains at low moisture content as an effective method in
d. Bordeaux mixture controlling stored grain insects falls under this type of control.
468. Rasping-sucking mouthparts is possessed only by this insect: a. Physical
a. Banana thrips b. Biological
b. Rice bug c. Mechanical
c. Sugarcane borer d. Cultural
d. Coffee berry borer 484. The oldest insect product included in the diet of the first human
469. Ants, bees and wasps all belong to the insect order: species during the Neanderthal age was?
a. Hymenoptera A. Honey
b. Coleoptera B. Locust
c. Heniptera C. Grubs
d. Diptera D. Maggots
470. The insect vector which transmits tungro disease of rice belongs 485. The earliest insect pest infestation recorded in the Old Testament
to the order: was the outbreak of this crop insect pest:
a. Homoptera A. Locust
b. Hemiptera B. Termite
c. Hymenoptera C. Beetles
d. Lepidoptera D. Aphids
471. The introduction of many destructive insect pests is a failure of our: 486. The first pesticides used included the following, EXCEPT:
a. Plant quarantine service A. DDT
b. Bureau of customs B. Arsenic
c. Philippine coast guard C. Sulphur
d. Philippine navy D. Copper
487. The first organic herbicide discovered in 1932 was:
A. DNOC or Dinitro orthocresol
B. 2, 4 D
472. The stick insect belongs to the order: C. BHC
a. Orthoptera D. DDT
b. Hemiptera 488. In the Philippines coffee rust was found to reduce the yield by 35
c. Homoptera percent in 1885. This occurred in the province of:
d. Hymenoptera A. Batangas
473. Which among these pesticides is NOT banned? B. Laguna
a. Mancozeb C. Cavite
b. DDT D. Mountain Province
c. DBCP 489. Abaca bunchy top, the most serious virus disease of abaca was
d. Chlordane responsible for the destruction in two provinces in 1930, namely
474. Which of the following banned insecticide has long been used in Cavite and _____;
termite control in the Philippines? A. Laguna
a. Chlordane B. Batangas
b. Paris green C. Catanduanes
c. Heptachlor D. Mindoro
d. Endrin 490. The first locust outbreak in the Philippines was recorded in 1569 in:
475. Diamondback moth is most destructive to cabbage in the ___ stage: A. Panay Islands
a. Larval B. Cotabato Province
b. Nymphal C. Central Luzon
c. Pupal D. Palawan
d. Adult 491. Which among these statements is not true?
476. The most beneficial among these arthropods are: A. Pest is once in which its population is below the economic level.
a. Spiders B. Pests are living organisms causing economic harm to man and
b. Mites our resources.
c. Thrips C. Economic harm is incurred when the value of damage of a pest
d. Aphids is higher than the cost of controlling it.
477. Sugarcane borers were successfully controlled with the use of: D. Key or major pests are usually introduced pests that cause
a. Trichgramma egg parasites economic damage because of the absence of natural enemies
b. Systemic pesticides
c. Predators 492. Which among these statements is NOT true?
d. Light trapping A. Speaking of rice, crops that emerge extremely slowly are more
competitive than rice.
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 B. Plant varieties with large leaves are more competitive than 505. Among the following only this insect order has wings.
those with small leaves. A. Trichoptera-caddisflies. Also called sedge-
C. Crops with rapid root growth and extensive development can flies or rail-flies, they have wing,lepidoptera
compete better for water and mineral nutrients than those B. Diplura-alongside insects, springtails and Protura.
with slow and less extensive root development. They are sometimes called "two-pronged
D. Tall crops are more competitive than short crops for light. bristletails".
C. Siphonaptera-Fleas are insects that form
493. Which among these statements is NOT correct? the order Siphonaptera. They are wingless, with
A. Weeds grow well in water and will compete with lowland rice. mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and
B. Weeds can grow better than the crop when the filed is poorly sucking blood. Fleas are externalparasites, living
and unevenly prepared. by hematophagy off the blood of
C. Handweeding is an effective method of controlling annual mammals and birds.
weeds but may not be effective for perennials. D. Anoplura-Sucking lice (Anoplura, formerly known as
D. The main principle in weed management is to disturb the Siphunculata)
environment so that growth will not be favorable to the weeds 506. The latest methods of rapidly propagating relatively disease tree
but will be favorable to the crop. banana is by:
494. The use of insect pollinators like honey bees is more favorable to A. Tissue culture
these crops, EXCEPT: B. Breeding
A. Mango C. Selection
B. Cucumber D. Treatment of corms with fungicides
C. Squash 507. Eradication measures are aimed to get rid of pathogens already
D. Patola present. The following are specific eradiculation measures which
495. Which among these statements is NOT correct? could be done, EXCEPT:
A. The concentration of herbicides used are usually lower than A. Use of resistant varieties
those for flower induction and rooting stimulation. B. Heat treatment
B. The principle involved in chemical control of weeds is that the C. Disinfestations with chemicals
herbicide kills the weed but not the crop. D. Removal of diseased plant parts
C. The success of the chemicals in controlling weeds is based on 508. The following senses are well developed in rats, EXCEPT:
herbicide selectivity. A. Vision
D. Biological control of weeds makes use of another living B. Smell
organism to control weed growth. C. Touch
496. Which among these statements is NOT true? D. Taste
A. All insects are destructive to agriculture 509. Which among these statements is NOT true?
B. Some insects are wingless like bedbugs and fleas A. With pest management it is not possible to develop resistance
C. Insects constitute over 70% of all known species of animals or tolerance of pests to pesticides.
D. Among insects, the most numerous are the beetles, B. Many broad spectrum pesticides can kill many living organisms
butterflies, moths, ants, bees and others. including beneficial species, icluding humans.
497. Which among the following is NOT a type of insect mouthparts? C. Outbreak of major pests at higher densities sprayed with
A. Grasping pesticides occur because their natural enemies had also been
B. Piercing-sucking killed.
C. Chewing D. Outbreak of minor or secondary pests also occur due to
D. Rasping-sucking development of resistance and the killing of their natural
498. Which among the following is NOT a type of insect legs? enemies.
A. Sponging 510. Which among the following is NOT a classification of insecticides?
B. Jumping A. Acute insecticides
C. Walking a. Contact Insecticides
D. Digging b. Stomach Insecticides
499. Which among the following is NOT a type of insect wings? c. Systemic Insecticides
A. Grasping 511. Mycoplasmas are a group of very tiny organisms whose size is
B. Haltere between that of viruses and bacteria. Majority of mycoplasma
C. Elytra diseases are transmitted by leafhoppers. What an instrument is/are
D. Hemelytra needed to study these organisms?
500. Which among these does not match as to type of wings? A. Electron microscope
A. Termites – Membranous B. Compound microscope
B. Housefly – Haltere C. High Powered Binoculars
C. Thrips – Fringed Wing D. Electronic Camera
D. Rice bug – Hemelytra 512. Organic insecticides are those compounds containing the carbon
501. Which among these is NOT an insect pest of crops? atom in its structure and conveniently divided into botanical and
A. Mites synthetic groups. Which among the following is NOT considered a
B. Termites synthetic insecticide?
C. Borers A. Nicotine
D. Leafhoppers B. Organophosphate
502. Which of these insect Orders does NOT undergo complete C. Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
metamorphosis? D. Carbamate
A. Hemiptera-distinct stages: the egg, nymph, and the 513. Which among the following pesticide formulation can be applied
adult stage, or imago. These groups go through without further dilution:
gradual changes; there is no pupal stage. The nymph A. Granule
often somewhat resembles the adult stage but lacks B. Wettable powder
wings and functional reproductive organs. C. Emulsifiable concentrate
B. Diptera D. Water-dispersible granules
C. Coleoptera 514. Which among the following cannot be applied in an open field?
D. Lepidoptera A. Fumigant
503. Which of these is NOT considered a natural enemy of insects? B. Mettable powder
A. Bad weather C. Bait
B. Parasites D. Emulsificable concentrate
C. Predators
D. Parasitoids 515. In the highlands, the most common pesticide applicator is:
504. In which of these insect orders are adults wingless? A. Compressed air sprayer
A. Diplura(spring tail)- diplo ("two") and uros ("tail").no B. Aerosol dispenser
eyes C. Power sprayer
B. Diptera D. Duster
C. Homoptera 516. The immature stage of thrips is called:
D. Mecoptera-(from the Greek: meco- = "long", -ptera = A. Nymph-nymph often somewhat resembles the adult
"wings") Mecoptera are sometimes stage
called scorpionflies a B. Young
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D. Larva paired appendages on the rear-most segments of
517. The immature stages of the common cutworm and armyworm are called: many Arthropoda, including insects and Symphyla.
A. Larvae Many forms of cerci serve as sensory organs, but
B. Nymphs some serve as pinching weapons or as organs
C. Caterpillars of copulation.[1] In many insects, they simply may be
D. Maggots functionlessvestigial structures.
518. Which among these insect pests is NOT a leaf feeder? B. Legs
A. Green leafhopper-feed on plant sap C. Wings
B. Armyworm D. Prothorax
C. Whorl maggot 531. Insect workers and soldiers are found in this order:
D. Leaffolder A. Isoptera
519. Only the following insect pest of rice is a root feeder: B. Diptera
A. Mole cricket C. Coleoptera
B. Black bug D. Orthoptera
C. Short horned grasshopper 532. The most serious disease of mango is:
D. Thrips A. Anthracnose
520. Which among these statements is NOT true? B. Diplodia stem-end rot
A. The fungus causing disease of bananas produce skin allergies to C. Ringspot
human beings D. Mosaic
B. A few fungal plant pathogens are known to cause some human 533. The adult rind borer, the most serious insect pest of citrus is actually a:
diseases A. Moth
C. Aspergillusflavus produce carcinogenic toxin known to induce B. Beetle
liver cancer in human beings C. Weevil
D. Certain strains of Fusariummoniliforme causing kernel blast, D. Thrips
seed rot and damping-off of corn, produce toxins causing renal 534. The citrus green bug belongs to the order:
atrophy and esophageal cancer in humans A. Hemiptera
521. Which among these is NOT a cultural method of controlling fungal B. Honoptera
diseases of plants? C. Coleoptera
A. Use of disease resistant varieties D. Hymenoptera-comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees,
B. Crop rotation with non-host plants and ants.
C. Timing of planting to avoid disease 535. A major disease of banana caused by virus:
D. Use of organic amendments and organic manuring A. Buchy top
522. The most notorious crop pests worldwide are: B. Moko
A. Weeds C. Sigatoka-leaf-spot disease of bananaplants caused
B. Rats by the ascomycete fungus
C. Virus diseases D. Mosaic
D. Insects 536. The destructive stages of the beanfly is called:
523. The controversial method of pest control in Mindanao involves the: A. Maggot
A. Aerial spraying of bananas against sigatoka B. Maggot and adult
B. Rat control in Cotabato C. Nymph
C. Control of coconut leafbeetle with the use of earwigs D. Larva
D. Black beetle control on rice 537. The cheapest way to control plant diseases is:
524. How much pesticide is needed in milliliters to prepare a 50 gallon A. Use of disease resistant plants
spray solution if the dilution rate recommended is 50 ml. per 20 B. Use of fungicides
gallons of water? C. Crop rotation
A. 125-50*50=2500÷20=125 D. Use of disease-free
B. 250 538. The oriental fruitfly in which the males are controlled by chemical
C. 150 attractants is a serious pest of:
D. 175 A. Mango
525. A hectare will need about 5 bottles for every fruiting season. How B. Ampalaya
much will it cost to treat the whole plantation if a bottle cost P200 C. Papaya
each? D. Banana
A. P50,000 539. The most important thing to consider in insect pest control is
B. P5,000 knowledge of its:
C. P10,000 A. Life cycle
D. P20,000 B. Physiology
526. A granular formulation of herbicide has been found to be very C. Pesticides for controlling lowland Habitat
effective for controlling weeds in rice. It is recommended at the rate D. Natural enemies
of two 50kg bags of the 5 percent granule per hectare. How much 540. Which of the following does not match?
active ingredient is actually used per hectare? A. Butterfly specialist – Coleopterist
A. 5 B. Insect identification – Insect taxonomist
B. 10 C. Rice pest predator – Spider
C. 15 D. Pesticide toxicity – Insect toxicologist
D. 20 541. Which of the following does not match as to its immature stage?
527. A formulation contains all active ingredients of 250 grams per liter. A. Mango fruitfly – young
What is the percentage composition of the emulsifiable B. Rice bug – nymph
concentrate? C. Rice stem borer – caterpillar
A. 25 D. Dragonfly – naiad
B. 12.5 542. Which of the following pest control measures does not match?
C. 50 A. Rice stem borer – cultural
D. 27.5 B. Plant Quarantine – legal
528. Pesticide X costs P1, 000 per 250ml bottle. What is the cost per liter C. Coconut leaf beetle – biological
of the formulation? D. Sigatoka disease – chemical
A. P4,000 543. These insects possess the grub stage, EXCEPT:
B. P2,000 A. Rice leafminer
C. P8,000 B. June beetle
D. P5,000 C. Mango twig borer
529. The three main body segments of an insect are, EXCEPT: D. Coconut leafminer
A. Wings 544. The most destructive weeds are specifically controlled by plant
B. Head growth regulators called:
C. Thorax A. Herbicides
D. Abdomen B. Gibberellins
530. Among beetles, this part is absent: C. Auxins
D. Pesticides
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 545. All of these weeds belong to the grass family, EXCEPT: 560. An obligate parasite can only survive in association with a :
A.Takip kuhol B. Talahib A. Living host
C. Mutha D. Cogon B. Susceptible host
C. Dead host
546. This pesticide has been banned since 1994: D. Resistant plant
A. Methyl parathon 561. For seed treatment purposes this fungicide has been developed and
B. Malathion found effective:
C. Chlorpyrifos A. Captan
D. Mancozeb B. Mancozeb
547. The most common infectious agents of plant diseases are: C. Benomyl
A. Fungi D. Sevin
B. Viruses 562. The most vulnerable stage of weeds when control measure will be
C. Nematodes most effective is:
D. Bacteria A. Seedling
548. Highly toxic pesticides have this color band: B. Seed
A. Red C. Vegetative
B. Blue D. Reproductive
C. Green 563. An insect pest common to all these crops (corn, tomato, eggplant,
D. Yellow cotton, and tobacco):
549. Which among these statements is NOT true? A. Tomato fruitworm
A. The term rodents is synonymous to rats B. Tobacco aphid
B. Mice are not babies of rats since mice are generally smaller in size C. Cotton boll weevil
C. Rattustenezumi (formerly Rattusrattusmindanensis) is distributed D. Corn borer
all over the country 564. Which among these organs are not used in insect classification?
D. Most rodent species that affect field crops also thrive in human A. Internal organs
dwellings B. Legs
550. Highly toxic pesticides have this color band: C. Wings
A. Red D. Antennae
B. Blue 565. Which stage of Muscadomestica L.(house fly langaw)(diptera) Is
C. Green important in pesticide bioassay?
D. Yellow A. Adult
551. Which among these stages is not present in insects with complete B. Egg
metamorphosis? C. Maggot
A. Nymph D. Pupa
B. Egg 566. Which among the following insects/animals are not used in pesticide
C. Pupa bioassay?
D. Larva A. Dragonfly
552. Which of the following does not match? B. Vinegar fly
A. Fleas -Siphonaptera-–They are wingless, with C. House fly
mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and D. Daphnia
sucking blood. Diptera-ra, the name being derived 567. Weeds are classified according to the following, EXCEPT:
from the Greek di = two, and ptera = wings. Insects A. Root morphology
of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, B. Gross morphology
the hindwings being reduced to club-like balancing C. Maturing period
organs known as haltere D. Manner of reproduction
B. Apterygota – Primitively wingless Insects 568. Based on habit of stem growth, weeds may be classified as follows,
C. Pterygota – Winged EXCEPT:
D. Maggots – Housefly A. Aquatic
553. All of these insects belong to the order LEPIDOPTERA, EXCEPT: B. Erect
A. Lacewings-Neuroptera, or net-winged insects C. Creeping-gumagapang
B. Atlas moth D. Ascending-umakyat
C. Monarch butterfly 569. Most grasses are alternative hosts of:
D. Cabbage butterfly A. Leafhoppers
554. All of these insects belong to the order DIPTERA, EXCEPT: B. Sweet potato weevil
A. Butterfly-lepidoptera C. Rice stem borers
B. Housefly D. Thrips
C. Horsefly 570. Weeds affect human beings by:
D. Mosquito A. Causing allergies due to pollen
555. All of these insects belong to the order COLEOPTERA, EXCEPT: B. Competing for light
A. Horsefly-langaw(diptera) C. Competing for water
B. Firefly-alutaptap D. Competing for mineral nutrients
C. Coconut beetle 571. In the study of insects or entomology, the most common specimen
D. Rhinoceros beetle used is:
556. A field in entomology which deals with species that may be A. Grasshopper
beneficial or injurious: B. American cockroach
A. Economic Entomology C. Butterfly
B. Insect Toxicology D. Housefly
C. Insect Taxonomy 572. The following are considered storage pests of rice, except:
D. Acarology a. Tungro
557. This mango insect pest which so far is only present in Palawan b. Rats
prevents its movement to other parts of the country. c. Birds
A. Pulpweevil d. Weevils
B. Seed borer 573. Trochauter is part of an insect:
C. Twig borer a. Leg
D. Fruitfly b. Mouthparts
558. Armyworms prefer to pupate in the: c. Wing
A. Soil d. Antonna
B. Stem 574. Atropine sulphate is considered :
C. Leaves a. Antidote
D. Panicle b. Phosphatic insecticide
559. The living together of different ____is known as symbiosis: c. Chlorinate hydrocarbon
A. Organisms d. Fumigant
B. Pests 575. Whitehead as a symptom of stemborer damage on rice is easily
C. Pathogens detected during this stage of rice growth and development:
D. Predators and parasites a. Reproductive
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c. Maturity 592. When looking for strawberry pests, one is advised to go to the following
d. Storage institution:
576. All of these are pests of rice, except: a. Benguet State University
a. Fruitflies b. Central Luzon State University
b. Rats c. Visayas State University
c. Birds d. UPLB (puede rin d2 kc andito ang NCPC)
d. Nematodes 593. Stricter plant quarantine should be observed in this province to prevent
577. Weed germination is highly dependent on this climatic factor: spread of pulp weevil of mangoes:
a. Water a. Palawan
b. Air b. Guimaras
c. Temperature c. Pangasinan
d. Effective microorganism d. Zambales

578. Which is not considered a subject in crop protection? 594. Which pest is being prevented or controlled by quarantine measures on
a. Horticulture citrus in Batangas:
b. Insect Toxicology a. Tristeza virus-citrus
c. Insect Pathology b. Bacteria
d. Acarology c. Nematodes
579. The most prevalent(laganap,karaniwan) insects are: d. Fungus
a. Beetles 595. Essential factors for proper growth and development of plants are the
b. Termites following, except:
c. Butterflies a. Pests and diseases
d. Dragon flies b. Light
580. The use of Terichogramma in insect pest control is classified as: c. Water
a. Biological d. Mineral nutrients
b. Genetic 596. All of these are considered morphological characteristics in insect
c. Cultural classification, except:
d. Mechanical a. Chitin
581. Piercing-sucking insects are best controlled by: b. Type of mouthparts
a. Systematic pesticides c. Type of antennae
b. Stomach poisons d. Wing veins
c. Contact poisons 597. In which insect can wings not be used for identification?
d. Fumigants a. Head lice
582. The strict implementation of plant quarantine laws falls under this type b. Butterflies
of pest control: c. Beetles
a. Legal d. Leafhoppers
b. Political 598. The most destructive stage(s) of the vector of Tungro virus in rice
c. Mechanical is(are):
d. Biological a. Nymphs and adults
583. Fungi reproduce by: b. Male adults
a. Spores c. Nymphs only
b. Mycelia d. Female adults
c. Hyphae 599. The mango fruitfly maggot possesses this type of mouthparts:
d. Perithecia a. Chewing
584. The first Filipino acarologist who did research on mites in 1961 was: b. Piercing-sucking
a. Dr. Leo Rimando c. Siphoning
b. Dr. Leonilo Corpus Ravos d. Rasping
c. Dr. Claire Baltazar 600. The use of resistant varieties in agriculture is classified as _____ control:
d. Dr. Silverio Cendana a. Cultural
585. Larval and pupal stages are only found in insects with this type of b. Physical
development: c. Biological
a. Holometabolocus d. Mechanical
b. Hemimetabolocus 601. Epilachnaphilippinensis(lady bug) is a very destructive insect pest of:
c. Panrometabolocus a. Tomato and eggplant
d. Ametabolocus b. Onion and garlic
586. The following features are used in insect classification, except: c. Tobacco and cotton
a. Body color d. Mustard and pechay
b. Type of wings 602. All of these appendages are found in the head of grasshoppers, except:
c. Type of mouthparts a. Breathing organs
d. Metamorphosis b. Antennae
587. Hemileiavastatrix is a fungus which disease of ___ in the Philippines: c. Compound eyes
a. Coffee (causes coffee rust) d. Mouthparts
b. Mango 603. Insects belonging to these Orders are destructive to plants, except:
c. Papaya a. Odonata
d. Coconut b. Hemiptera
588. These parasites can only survive in living tissues: c. Diptera
a. Obligate(bulate sa living tissue) d. Coleoptera
b. Facultative 604. The following are organic insecticides, except:
c. Saprophagus a. Sodium arsenate-inorganic compd
d. Entomophagus(pest of pest) b. Malathion
589. Air borne pathogens are effectively spread by: c. Methyl parathion
a. Wind d. Dichlorvos
b. Water 605. The following are considered fumigants, except:
c. Airplane a. Cypermethrin
d. Flying insects b. Methyl Bromide
590. Following are cultural methods of controlling plant diseases, except: c. Phosphine
a. Systemic chemicals d. Chlorpicrin (sangkap ng tear gas)
b. Crop rotation 606. The following are types of insect antennae, except:
c. Rouging a. Haltere (part on between wings)
d. Sanitation b. Moniliform
591. Weed seeds are deposited in the: c. Serrate
a. Soil d. Geniculate
b. Irrigated paddies 607. Grub is the immature stage of insects belonging to the Order:
c. Upland areas a. Coleoptera
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c. Hemiptera d. Insecticides
d. Diptera 624. This insect belongs to the Order Coleoptera:
608. The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) was established at UPLB in a. Firefly (ito ay alitaptap)
order to _____ crop protection activities in the country: b. Butterfly
a. Coordinate c. Housefly
b. Regulate d. Fruitfly
c. Exclusively take charge 625. Jumping legs are possessed by:
d. Prevent entry of banned pesticides a. Grasshopper
609. Only the following part of the banana plant is attacked by nematodes: b. Coconut beetle
a. Root system c. Rice bug
b. Fruit bunch d. Mango twig borer
c. Young leaves 626. This type of antenna is possessed by termites:
d. White plant a. Moniliform(like a string of beads)
b. Setaceous (bristle-like shape,parang sa Dragonflies)
c. Filiform(most basic form of insect antennae)
610. Rice resistance to stemborers is related to the ___ content of the stems: d. Serrate (parang saw blade)
a. Silica
b. Calcium 627. The plumose(having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft/uhay) type of
c. Magnesium antenna is possessed by:
d. Nitrogen a. Mosquitoes
611. The Asian corn borer, Ostriniaformicalis belongs to the Order: b. Termites
a. Lepidoptera c. Grasshoppers
b. Coleoptera d. Houseflies
c. Diptera 628. Sponging type of mouthparts is found in:
d. Hemiptera a. Houseflies
612. White grubs of insects feed on this part of the corn plant: b. Butterflies
a. Roots c. Fireflies
b. Stem d. Fruitflies
c. Young leaves 629. Cockroaches possess this type of legs:
d. Corn silk a. Walking or running
613. Which is not an insect pest of tomato? b. Jumping
a. Coccinellid beetle(lady beetle=beneficial) c. Digging
b. Tomato lady beetle d. Grasping
c. Tomato fruitworm 630. In weeds, which among these is not a vegetative propagule:
d. Corn earworm a. Seeds
614. Based on life duration, Bermuda grass is classified as: b. Rhizome
a. Perennial grass c. Stolon
b. Both annual/perennial d. Tuber
c. Annual 631. Weeds compete for the following essential growth factors and
d. Perennial broadleaf development except:
615. Which of the following does not match? a. Insect infestation
a. Study of termites – termitology( acarology) b. Light
b. Study of mites – acarology c. Water
c. Study of producing silk – sericulture d. Mineral Nutrients
d. Study of producing honey bees – apiculture 632. Crucifers are not attacked by:
616. Foliage insect pests prefer plants with high amount of: a. Fruitflies (bec most of these are leafy)
a. Nitrogen b. Aphids
b. Carbohydrates c. Cutworms
c. Potassium d. Diamondback moth
d. Calcium 633. Lady beetles are the principal natural enemies of:
617. All stages of insect development undergo this stage: a. Mealybugs (or/and aphids)
a. Adult b. Fruitflies
b. Pupal c. Mites
c. Nymphs d. Ants
d. Maggot 634. Which among these insects are not harmful?
618. Charcoal rot is a disease of: a. Lady beetles
a. Corn b. Fruitflies
b. Rice c. Twig borers
c. Beans (esp. in soybeans) d. Stem borers
d. Tomato 635. The recent political rift between the Philippines and the People’s
619. Only the following can abolish the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority Republic of China the presence of _____ caused the non acceptance of
a. President of the Philippines several containers of Cavendish bananas due to:
b. House of Representatives and Senate of the Philippines a. Insects
c. Secretary of Agriculture b. Pesticide residues
d. Secretary of Finance c. Oversized fruits
620. Aphids and thrips affecting fruits are prevalent during: d. Mixture of sizes of fruits
a. Dry season 636. Cabbage mosaic is caused by:
b. Wet season a. Virus
c. Winter b. Nematodes
d. Typhoon season c. Bacteria
621. The effective implementation of plant quarantine needs _____ to d. Fungi
identify insect pests: 637. Which among these is not caused by virus:
a. Insect taxonomists a. Powdery mildew(fungi)
b. Insect taxologists b. Bean Mosaic
c. Insect pathologists c. Cabbage mosaic
d. Microscopes d. Cucumber mosaic
622. In the immature stage, both insects and mites have ____ pairs of legs: 638. The first organic chemical used in weed control was:
a. 3 (nagiging 4 pairs pagmatured na) a. Dinitro orhocresol (DNOC)
b. 4 b. 2,4-D
c. None c. DDT
d. 2 d. BHC
623. In Mindanao, the most widely used pesticides are: 639. “Tungro” disease of rice is caused by:
a. Fungicides a. Virus
b. Nematicides b. Bacteria
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d. Nematode b. Corn
640. Pesticide residue is the greatest roadblock to the entry of Philippine c. Sugarcane
bananas in: d. Crucifers
a. Japan 655. Importation and exportation of exotic orchids need the following
b. Australia government agency to issue permits:
c. China a. Bureau of Plant Industry
d. Iran b. UP Institute of Plant Breeding
641. Clypeus is part of an insect: c. National Crop Protection Center
a. Leg d. Bureau of Customs
b. Wing 656. All the following are considered insects, except:
c. Antenna a. Mites (Nope the adult insect has 6 legs,but mature mites
d. Abdomen have 8 legs they belong to Arachinida)
642. Multiplication by cell division is more common in: b. Termites
a. Bacteria c. Fruitflies
b. Viruses d. Thrips
c. Nematodes 657. Which of the following does not match as to insect pests:
d. Fungi a. Rice – corn borer (corn nga eh diba? But sugarcane borer
attacks on rice stalks also)
b. Coffee – Berry borer
c. Mango – Pulp borer
643. Following are considered pests, except: d. Pomelo – Bird borer
a. Predators
b. Pathogens
c. Weeds 658. This insect does not belong to the Order Diptera:
d. Insects and mites a. Spanish Fly (this is actually a beetle that’s why it belongs to
644. Plant quarantine measures failed in the introduction of this insect pest Coleoptera)
of rice in some parts of the Philippines: b. Oriental fruit fly
a. Rice black bug c. Housefly
b. Mango pulp weevil d. Horsefly
c. Golden apple snail 659. All of these are considered fumigants, except:
d. Migratory locust a. Pyrethrin
645. Only this insect Order is not destructive to plants: b. Methyl bromide
a. Anoplura (this is sucking lice! Kuto kung baga he he he) c. Phosphine
b. Hemiptera d. Ethylene dibromide
c. Honoptera 660. The consultant hired by the Pesticide and Fertilizer Authority (FPA) for a
d. Coleoptera long time to serve as pesticide toxicologist was later found out to be a:
646. Only the following is not a principle of plant disease control: a. Pediatrician
a. Use of chemicals b. Medical toxicologist
b. Exclusion c. Nurse
c. Eradication d. Dentist
d. Protection and Immunization 661. Aphids, mealybugs and scale insects all belong to this Order:
647. The organs of locomotion in insects are found only in this body a. Homoptera
region: b. Hemiptera
a. Thorax(here u can find the wings&legs which they use2 move) c. Hymenoptera
b. Head d. Diptera
c. Abdomen 662. Light trappine is effective against adults of these insects, except:
d. Legs a. Butterflies
648. The following parts of the rice plant are not attacked by the rice bug, b. Leafhoppers of mango
except: c. Rice stem borers
a. Immature grain (it feeds on the basal part of the tillers) d. Leafhoppers of rice
b. Young leaf 663. Which does not match as to disease?
c. Stem a. Rice – Anthracnose
d. Panicle b. Citrus – Tristeza
649. The following are all found in the insect thorax, except: c. Banana – Moko
a. Spiracles (this is the breathing hole of insect located in both d. Mango – Anthracnose
sides of the body) 664. The most important consideration in the issuance of permit for
b. Legs genetically modified organisms (GMO) is its:
c. Wings a. Safetiness as food
d. Coxa (this is first pair of legs on an insect) b. High yield
650. The most toxic pesticide is one whose LD50 is _____ body weight: c. Resistance to insects
a. 1 mg/kg(pls remember:the lower the Lethal Dosage50(LD50) d. Resistance to diseases
is the higher the toxicity) 665. The firefly belongs to the Order:
b. 10 mg/kg a. Coleoptera (also known as Lampyridae)
c. 100 mg/kg b. Diptera
d. 1000 mg/kg c. Odonata
651. Only the following is not a virus disease of rice: d. Hemiptera
a. Rice blast (this is caused by fungus) 666. An expensive source of clothing comes from this insect belonging to
b. Grassy stunt the Order:
c. Yellow dwarf a. Lepidoptera (silkworm) insect common in mulberry
d. Tungro b. Coleoptera
652. Sesamiainferens is commonly known as the ___ stemborer of rice: c. Hymemoptera
a. Pink (also known as Asiatic Pink Borer – APB) d. Hemiptera
b. Striped 667. Which does not match as to diseases?
c. Yellow a. Tobacco - Canker
d. White b. Coconut – Bud rot
653. The following are all annual weeds, except: c. Papaya – Ringspot
a. Bermuda grass d. Rice – Rice blast
b. Water lily (all these are annual but I doubt if water lily is 668. Which does not match as to insect pest?
considered grass?)Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering a. Mango – Black bug
plants, b. Citrus – Bind borer
c. Goose weed c. Corn – Earworm
d. Barnyard grass d. Coconut – Leaf beetle
654. The downy mildew fungi are very important economically. The 669. Based on abundance, insect pests could be classified as follows,
following are all hosts, except: except:

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b. Potential or minor
c. Occasional or migratory
d. Key or major

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