Principles of Crop Protection

Pest Management
1. Group of microorganisms that can
directly penetrate intact host surface.
a. fungi
b. bacteria
c. virus
d. viroids
2. Which of the following does not belong to
the group?
a. Peronosclerospora philippinensis
b. Phytophthora colocassiae
c. Streptomyces scabies
d. Plasmodiophora brassicae
3. Which of the following is not a sign?
a. conidia
b. ooze
c. witches broom
d. cysts
4. Organisms whose cell wall is composed
mainly of chitin and glucan.
a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. oomycetes
d. nematodes
5. These are structures of the pathogen or
the pathogen themselves that are
associated with the host tissue.
a. symptoms
b. reactions
c. signs
d. responses
6. The probable sign of bacterial infection
would be
a. Wilting
b. Galls
c. Ooze
d. Blight
7. The structure that distinguishes a plant
parasitic nematode from a free-living
nematode is the
a. cuticle
b. spear
c. bursa
d. spicules
8. Meloidogyne incognita, causing root knot
of solanaceous crops lays its eggs
a. inside the females body
b. on the root cap mucigel
c. in a gelatinous matrix
d. inside the root
9. The first step in the Kochs Postulates
is
a. isolation of the suspected organism
b. observation of symptoms
c. constant association of the organism to
the host
d. re-isolation of the organism
10. The causal organism of potato scab is
a. Sarcoptes scabei
b. Streptomyces scabies
c. Synchitrium endobioticum
d. Synchitrium psophocarpi
11. How would you inoculate fungal
pathogens?
a. clipping method
b. spraying using the spores
c. injection
d. cutting with scalpel containing inocula
12. This kind of reproduction involves the
fusion of more or less morphologically
similar gametes to form a zygote.
a. conjugation
b. planogametic copulation
c. transformation
d. sexual reproduction
13. This term is used to describe bacteria
which possess several flagella at one
polar end.
a. monotrichous
b. paratrichous
c. peritrichous
d. lophotrichous
14. Rust pathogens are isolated using this
method.
a. Streak Plate method
b. Tissue Planting technique
c. Baermann Funnel technique
d. none of the above
15. Which of the following is a polycyclic
disease?
a. stalk rot of corn
b. bacterial wilt of tomato
c. peanut rust
d. soft rot of cabbage
16. Citrus Decline is caused by a
a. fungi
b. bacteria
c. nematode
d. virus
17. Which of the following varieties is most
susceptible to bacterial leaf blight during
the wet season?
a. PSB Rc112
b. PSB Rc110
c. PSB Rc 72H
d. PSB Rc 62H
18. A unique feature of bacterial pathogens
is
a. presence of flagella
b. eukaryotic
c. peptidoglycan layer in cell wall
d. binary fission
19. The natural genetic engineer among
plant pathogens.
a. Ralstonia solanacearum
b. Erwinia amylovora
c. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
d. Xanthomonas citri
20. Cuscuta sp. is a phanerogam of corn. It
is classified as
a. hemi-parasite
b. obnoxious weed
c. true parasite
d. semi-parasite
21. Clustering of roots, flowers, fruits, or
twigs around a common focus is called
a. hypertrophy
b. epinasty
c. fasciation
d. hyperplasia
22. The widespread distribution of clubroot
disease of cabbage in the Mountain
Province can be attributed to
a. wet and humid condition in the area
b. the poor fertility of the soil
c. the elevation of the farms
d. none of the above
24. The most common biotic agent of a plant
disease.
a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Viruses
d. Nematodes
25. It comprises all the interactions of living
and non-living factors of the ecosystem
under a man-managed condition.
a. Farm
b. Ecotourism
c. Agroecosystem
d. Farm Management
26. Which of the following can be effectively
managed using seed treatment with
Apron?
a. Diplodia maydis
b. Peronosclerospora philippinensis
c. Lasiodiplodia theobromae
d. Erwinia chrysanthemi
27. The most effective biological control
agent against rice black bug is
a. Botrytis cinerea
b. Metarrhizium anisopliae
c. Trichoderma harzianum
d. Bacillus subtilis
28. Which of the following is true about FPA?
a. It fails to regulate the pesticide use in the
country.
b. It relies primarily on consultants from different
institutions to evaluate the trials of the different
agrochem products.
c. Smuggling of illegal pesticides remains
unregulated in Mindanao areas.
d. The use of red band pesticides are
encouraged.
29. COLLEGO, a mycoherbicide contains
a. Spores of a fungus
b. Bacterial spores
c. Nematode eggs
d. Virus particles
30. The art in plant pathology which
determines the severity and prevalance
of diseases.
a. Disease monitoring
b. Disease assessment
c. Disease forecasting
d. Disease diagnosis
31. Disease diagnosis principally deals
with
a. Identification of diseases and their
causes
b. Classification of the symptoms
c. Inoculation of the suspected organism to
a proper host
d. Classification of the causal organisms
32.John wish to apply 300 L of spray soln/ha to a
0.5 ha area. The recommended spray spray
concentration of the 45% EC pesticide is
0.04 %. The amount of commercial formulation
needed per sprayload is
a. 0.0133L
b. 0.007 L
c. 0.0142L
d. 0.0166L
33. Ana wish to apply 320L/ha of spray soln
to a 1.5 ha area. The recommended rate
of the 70% wettable powder pesticide is
0.75 kg ai/ha. What is the volume of
spray needed for the treated area?
a. 400L
b. 320L
c. 480L
d. 300L
34. Tigbak 50 WP was recommended to
control a certain leaf spotting fungus at a
rate of 20g per 20L of water. To prepare
100L of fungicide spray, how much of the
fungicide should be prepared?
a. 150g
b. 100g
c. 200g
d. 175g
35. Furadan 3G is recommended at a rate of
2 kg/ha. A farmer applied 60 kg in his 1.5
ha field. How much insecticide was
applied in excess or deficit?
a. 45 kg excess
b. 40 kg excess
c. 25 kg deficit
d. 40 kg deficit
36. mean Vol used: 0.75L
mean Time: 1.5 minutes
Area: 50 sq. m
What is the spray volume per hectare?
37. What is the total number of tankloads
needed if a 16 L knapsack sprayer will be
used?
38. If the recommended rate of the fungicide
to be used is 1.5 L/ha, what is the amount
of fungicide needed per tankload?
39. This is the increase in concentration of
the residues of organic chemicals from
pesticides in the fat bodies of animals as
it moves to the top of the food chain.
a. Hyperconcentration
b. Biomagnification
c. Bioillumination
d. Bioflouresence
40. When the LD50 of a pesticide is >
200mg/kg body wt, then, its color band
is
a. Blue
b. Yellow
c. Green
d. Red
40. This type of control manipulates the
characteristics of the pest and the
environmental factors affecting it in order to
suppress its multiplication. An example of
which is the use of male sterile insects.
a. Biological Control
b. Physical Control
c. Autocidal Control
d. Cultural Control
41. It refers to the population or injury level
of pest where a pest control method
should be initiated in order to prevent
significant economic loss
a. economic injury level
b. warning threshold level
c. economic threshold level
d. damage threshold level
42. It is a biological control product against
insect pests.
a. Katol c. Methyl Eugenol
b. Dipel d. Off
 43. The discovery of DDT is considered as
one of the major events in the history
of crop protection. When was DDT
discovered?
a. 1959 c. 1935
b. 1937 d. 1939
44. A rite traditionally performed by the
Romans to appease the gods
associated with cereal rust disease is
a. Robigus c. Robigalion
b. Robigalia d. Robicon