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1. Group of microorganisms that can directly penetrate the intact host surface
a. Fungi b. bacteria c. virus d. viroids
2. May cause disease in plants
a. Abiotic factors b. parasites c. infectious agents d. all of the above
3. A diseased plants is a
a. Pathogen b. parasite c. suscept d. abiotic
4. Entomology is the study of insects. In the Philippines, the first written record of Philippine insect was made by
a. Pigafetta b. Sedano c. Semper d. Corcuera
5. The first record of Philippine insects was made in
a. Leyte b. Laguna c. Panay Island d. Palawan
6. The earliest recorded account of locust swarm in the Philippines was in
a. 1521 b. 1569 c. 1593 d. 1858
7. The earliest observation of a locust swarm in the country was made in
a. Leyte b. Laguna C Panay Island d. Palawan
8. The “father of Philippine Entomology of the first Filipino instructor in Entomology
a. Ledyard b. Uichanco c. Mackie d. Baker
9. The Father of Plant Pathology is
a. Prevost b. Kuhn c. De Barry d. Pasteur
10. In 1902, this institution was organized. One of its important activities involved the control of migratory locust
a. Bureau of Agriculture b. Department of Agriculture c. Ministry of Agriculture d. pest Control Center
11. This person contributed to the knowledge of Philippine fauna more than any other individual in his time (early
1900’s), He collaborated with 115 world authorities resulting in the publication of 400 papers on Philippine
insects
a. Ledyard b. Uichanco c. Mackie d. Baker
12. Insects are important to agriculture for the following reasons EXCEPT
a. They serve as pests to crop plants
b. They serve as parasitoids of pests
c. They are vectors of disease causing organisms on cats
d. They are pollinators
13. Insects serve various roles in the ecosystem. This particular activity of insects is beneficial to man and agriculture
a. Feeding on various insect pests in the field
b. Feeding on important food plant crops
c. Feeding on clothes, books, magazines
d. Transmitting disease-causing organisms
14. This particular activity of insects is destructive to man and agriculture
a. Production of silk by silkworm
b. Production of royal jelly by honeybees
c. Lodging ang feeding inside stems of food plants
d. Pollinating important food plant crops
15. These products come from insects EXCEPT
a. Silk b. antibiotics c. varnish d. royal jelly
16. From an agriculture point of view, insects are beneficial because of the following activities, EXCEPT when
a. They feed on other insects which serve as pests of crop plants
b. They promote decomposition
c. They serve as pollinators of weeds competing with food plant crops
d. They produce honey in honeycombs
17. The antennae are located in what part of the insect?
a. Head b. prothorax c. mesothorax d. abdomen
18. A common symptom of diseases caused by fungi
a. Mosaic b. sarcody c. spot d. yellowing
19. Which of the following is the most accurate definition of insect pest/s?
a. An insect that injures important food crops
b. An unwanted insect in the field
c. Insect whose population becomes damaging to crops
d. Obnoxious insects
20. This kind of pest cause major damage on a regular basis unless controlled
a. Key pest b. occasional pest c. secondary pest d. serious pest
21. Organisms that become pests due to control actions taken against other organisms
a. Key pest b. occasional pest c. secondary pest d. serious pest
22. The population density, at which the cost to control the pest equals the financial loss due to damage of the pest
(actual or potential), is known as:
a. Economic Threshold Level
b. Economic Injury Level
c. Decision-making level
d. Population Control level
23. The population density where treatment/control measures must be employed to prevent economic loss due to
the pest
a. Economic threshold level
b. Economic injury level
c. Decision-making level
d. Population control level
24. Phytophagous species feed on plants. Which of the following is an example of a phytophagous insects?
a. Black bean aphid
b. Coccinellid beetle
c. Trichogramma sp.
d. Dragonfly
25. Which of the following is a carnivorous insect?
a. Coccinellid beetle
b. Rhinoceros beetle
c. Diamond back moth
d. Weevil
26. The following are plant sap/juice feeders EXCEPT
a. Corn earworm moth
b. Rice bug
c. Cotton stainer
d. Mungbean weevil
27. The first record of Philippine fungus was the one collected in 1820 by
a. Rehm b. nees c. de BAry d. Chamisso
28. The “father of systemic mycology” is
a. Anton de Bary b. pier Saccardo c. Pier Antionio Micheli
29. This is polyphagous species, i.e. feeding on a variety of crops (e.g. corn, tomato, cotton, legumes)
a. Ostrinia furnacalis b. Corcyra cephalonica c. Leucinodes orbonalis d. Helicoverpa armigera
30. Which of the following have piercing-sucking type of mouthparts and cause browning or brown spots on the
host EXCEPT
a. Cotton stainer b. insect causing deadheart c. rice bug d. insect causing “hopperburn”
31. Which of the following is probably due to an insect pest with piercing sucking type of mouthparts?
a. Whitehead b. browning of rice grains c. deadheart c. rice panicles with missing grains
32. “hopperburn” is cause by
a. Dacus (Zeogadacs) cucurbitae
b. Nilaparvata lugens
c. Eilachna philippinensis
d. Leptocorisa oratorius
33. This insect is a notorious vector of the tungro virus
a. Nephotettix virescens
b. Nilaparvata lugens
c. Sesamia inferens’
d. chrysodeixis chalcites
34. these are all important pests of rice EXCEPT
a. Leptocorisa oratorius
b. Aulacophora indica
c. Nephotettix virescens
d. Nilaparvata lugens
35. Which one is an important pest of rice during the reproductive stage?
a. Leptocorisa oratorius
b. Aulacophora indica
c. Nephotettix virescens
d. Nilaparvata lugens
36. The vector of the tungro virus is commonly known as
a. Green leafhopper
b. Green plant hopper
c. Brown planthopper
d. Brown leafhopper
37. Aside from direct feeding , this insect transmits disease-causing organisms
a. Dacus (Zeogodacus) cucurbitae
b. Nelaparvate lugens
c. Epilachna philippinensis
d. Leptocorisa oratorius
38. Leptocorisa oratorius damages rice plants by:
a. Picking on the rice grains from the panicles
b. Feeding directly on the rice grains causing brown spots
c. Tunneling in the rice stems and blocking flow of nutrients
d. Cutting the whole panicle of rice
39. Leptocorisa oratorius is commonly known as:
a. Striped stemborer
b. Rice bug
c. White stemborer
d. Rice aphid
40. The scientific name of corn borer
a. Oryctes rhinoceros
b. Helicoverpa armigera
c. Ostrinia furnacalis
d. Chrysodeixis chalcites
41. The scientific name of corn semi-looper
a. Orytes rhinoceros
b. Helicoverpa armigera
c. Ostrinia furnacalis
d. Chrysodeixis chalcites
42. Plutella xylostella is commonly known as
Cabbage worm b. diamondback moth c. cutworm d, rice moth
43. Feeding of this insect pest cause the lace-like appearance of pechay leaves
a. Plutella xylostella
b. Scirpophaga incertulas
c. Sitophilus oryzae
d. Ostrinia furnacalis
44. Crocidolomia pavonana (=binotalis) is commonly known as
a. Cabbage worm
b. Diamondback moth
c. Cutworm
d. Rice moth
45. grubs of this insect pest bore into the roots; adults scrape the epidermis of leaves giving it a shredded
appearance
a. Dacus (Zeogodacus) cucurbitae
b. Epilachna philippinensis
c. Aulacophora indica
d. Spodoptera litura
46. The scientific name of tomato lady beetle
a. Dacus (Zeogodacus) cucurbitae
b. Epilachna philippinensis
c. Aulacophora indica
d. Spodoptera litura
47. Leucinodes orbonalis is commonly known as
a. Bean pod borer
b. Eggplant shoot borer
c. Corn earworm
d. Cutworm
48. Dysdercus cingulatus also feed on
a. Legumes b. okra pod c. bean pods d. ampalaya fruit
49. Dysdercus cingulatus is commonly known as
a. Cotton stainer
b. Eggplant shoot borer
c. Rice bug
d. Cutworm
50. All of the following pests belong to order Hemiptera, EXCEPT
a. Cotton stainer
b. Green leafhopper
c. Rice bug
d. Sweet potato weevil
51. Cylas formicarius formicarius feeds on
a. Cabbage b. mango c. sweet potato d. cucurbits
52. Which is a pest of fruit crop?
a. Idioscopus niveosparus
b. Cylas formicarius formicarius
c. Spodoptera litura
d. Scirpophaga innotata
53. Idioscopus niveosparus is commonly known as
a. Mango leafhopper
b. Sweet potato weevil
c. Cutworm
d. White stemborer
54. This pest belong to order Diptera
a. Dacus (Zeogodacus) cucurbitae
b. Epilachna philippinensis
c. Aulacophora indica
d. Spodoptera litura
55. All of the following have chewing type of mouthparts and cause conspicuous holes and feeding cuts of plants
(e.g. leaves, fruits, stems) EXCEPT
a. Rice stemborer
b. Corn earworm
c. Squash beetle
d. Brown planthopper
56. All the following are rice stembores, EXCEPT
a. Chilo suppressalis
b. Scirpophaga incertulas
c. Sesamia inferens
d. Leucinodes orbonalis
57. This insect is well-known and well-studied pest of crucifers
a. Plutella xylostella
b. Scirpophaga incertulas
c. Sitophilus oryzae
d. Ostrinia furnacalis
58. This insect attacks the stem, leaves, ear and tassels of the corn plant
a. Ostrinia furnacalis
b. Helicoverpa armigera
c. Chrysodeixis chalcites
d. Aulacophora indica
59. All the following are destructive only during the larval stage EXCEPT
a. Rice stemborer
b. Tomato lady beetle
c. Corn borer
d. Corn semi-borer
60. Feeding holes at the tip of a corn ear are most probably due to
a. Leucinodes orbonalis
b. Helicoverpa armigera
c. Ostrinia furnacalis
d. Crocidolomia pavonana (=binotalis
61. This pest is commonly known as corn seedling maggot. It can cause the drying up of young leaves; a symptom
called “deadheart”
a. Ostrinia furnacalis
b. Atherigona oryzae
c. Chrysodeixis chalcites
d. Aulacophora indica
62. This species is one of the important pest of coconut
a. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
b. Maruca testulalis
c. Epilachna philippinensis
d. Crocidolomia binotalis
63. This is an example of stored product pest
a. Rice moth
b. Whitefly
c. Rice stemborer
d. Yellow squash beetle
64. This is the most common species of rats known in Philippine ricefields. It was formerly referred to as Rattus
rattus mindanensis
a. Rattus tanezumi
b. Rattus norvegicus
c. Rattus argentiventer
d. Rattus exulans
65. A good example of a local poisonous mushroom
a. Vovariella b. Armillaria c. Amanita d. Pleurotus
66. The following can be due to rats EXCEPT
a. Intact panicles with missing grains
b. Cut panicles
c. Cut tillers
d. Damaged rice grains in storage
67. In this method of control, there is deliberate alteration of the production system, either the cropping system
itself or specific crop production practices to reduce pest populations ro avoid pest injury to crops
a. Biological control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Genetic insect control
68. Physical detachment of infested plant parts is an example of what type of insect pest control?
a. Quarantine control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Mechanical control
69. This method of insect pest control uses varieties of plants that exhibit tolerance to insect pests
a. Biological control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Genetic insect control
70. All of the above are aspects of cultural control of insect pests, EXCEPT
a. Well0timed planting and harvesting
b. Removal of crop residues
c. Sanitation
d. Release of earwigs in the field
71. The following exemplify the mechanical method of controlling insect pests, EXCEPT
a. Pheromone trapping
b. Seeds and bulbs immersed in hot water’
c. Hilling up
d. Insect netting
72. This method of insect pest control uses varieties of plants that exhibit antibiosis to insect pests
a. Biological control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Genetic insect control
73. In the mechanism of antibiosis, the plants are rendered unattractive to insect pests because of
a. Trchomes
b. Hard epidermis
c. Secondary plant substances
d. Thick cell walls
74. Using BT corn seeds for planting is an example of what type of insect pest control?
a. Biological control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Genetic insect control
75. With the use of this method of insect pest control, the screwworm fly outbreak in the world was prevented. A
major aspect of this method is the irradiation of male flies, and then the release of these sterile insects to mate
with natural populations
a. Genetic control
b. Biological control
c. Quarantine control
d. Chemical control
76. This method of insect control uses other organisms to combat insect pest population build-up.
a. Biological control
b. Host plant resistance
c. Cultural control
d. Genetic insect control
77. Which activity is not part of Biological control?
a. Screening and quarantine of potential biocon agents
b. Screening of various lines/strains of plants
c. Mass production of predatory species
d. Mass production of host plants
78. The following are examples of commercially available biological control agents EXCEPT
a. Diadegma semiclausum
b. Bacillus thuringensis
c. Metarrhizium anisopliae
d. Coelopnora inequalis
79. Which of the following would promote the presence of biological control agents in the farm?
a. Use of monoculture
b. Use of big farm lot sizes
c. Presence of hyperparasites
d. Presence of alternate plants for refuge
80. Exotic biological control agents are:
a. Biocon agents which are not locally available
b. Biocon agents which are available in limited numbers
c. Biocon agents which are rare
d. Biocon agents which are genetically modified
81. Indigenous biological control agents are:
a. Biocon agents which are not locally available
b. Biocon agents which are available in limited numbers
c. Biocon agents which are rare
d. Biocon agents which are genetically modified
82. In bioassay of pesticides, concentrations of test solutions are usually expressed in
a. Milliliter
b. Ppm
c. Percent
d. Grams
83. The type of formulation where the active materials readily dissolve in water but not in organic solvents
a. Aqueous concentrates
b. Emulsifiable concentration
c. Wettable powders
d. Granules
84. The type of formulation where the active material do not dissolve in water but are dissolved
a. Aqueous concentrates
b. Emulsifiable concentration
c. Wettable powders
d. Granules
85. The type of forlulation where the active material is combined with inert ingredient and/or carriers
a. Aqueous concentrates
b. Emulsifiable concentration
c. Wettable powders
d. Granules
86. The type of formulation where the active is neither soluble in water nor organic solvent, hence it is mixed with
water in the presence of a dispersing agent
a. Aqueous concentrates
b. Emulsifiable concentration
c. Wettable powders
d. Granules