CPRT FINALS COVERAGE Flashcards

1
Q

Mollusks are animals that belong to Phylum _______.

A

Mollusca

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2
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Mollusks are animals that have very soft bodies and hard exoskeleton.

[True or False]

A

True

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3
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Phylum Chordata is the second largest Phylum of invertebrate animals after the arthropods. [True or False]

A

False.

The second largest Phylum of invertebrate animals after the arthropods is the Phylum Mollusca.

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4
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This mollusk is a major pest of rice.

A

Golden Apple Snail

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5
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The scientific name of the Golden Apple Snail

A

Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck

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6
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[Odd one out]

  • Golden Miracle Snail
  • Channeled Apple Snail
  • Miami Golden
  • Golden Pomacea
A

Golden Pomacea

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7
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[True or False]

The golden apple snail is a voracious specialist feeder on semi-aquatic or aquatic plants.

A

False

The golden apple snail is a voracious generalist feeder on semi-aquatic or aquatic plants.

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8
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[Odd One Out]

  • Bivalvia
  • Aplacophora
  • Scaphopoda
  • Nautiloidea
A

Nautiloidea

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9
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Gastropods are source of food, jewelry, and some are pests like some species of saltwater snails.

[T/F]

A

False.

Gastropods are source of food, jewelry, and some are pests like some species of freshwater snails.

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10
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Class Gastropoda consist about ___% of the Phylum Mollusca.

a) 9%
b) 8%
c) 10%
d) 7%

A

8%

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11
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Apple snails are mollusks that belong to the ___________ family.

A

Ampullariidae

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12
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Snails that belong the Ampullariidae family are usually saltwater snails, but the golden apple snail is an exemption.

[T/F]

A

False.

Golden apple snails are mollusks that belong to the Ampullariidae family, and are usually freshwater snails.

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13
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The local name of Pomacea canaliculata Lamarck.

A

Golden Kuhol / Kuhol

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14
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It is the term used for the rough tongue that the golden apple snail uses to scrape plant surfaces.

A

Radula

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15
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The golden apple snail prefers to feed on young plant parts because they are soft and would be easily be scraped by their rough tongue.

[T/F]

A

True

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16
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Aside from feeding on aquatic and semi-aquatic plants, the golden apple snail also feed on decomposing organic matter.

[T/F]

A

True

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17
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[Odd one out]

a) Eleocharis dulces
b) Cyperus corymbosus
c) Pistia stratiotes
d) Sechium edule

A

d) Sechium edule

Common factor: Plants that the golden apple snail will feed on. Sechium edule is chayote.

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18
Q

[Odd One Out]

a) Laos
b) South America
c) Cambodia
d) Malaysia

A

b) South America

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19
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The golden apple snail is indigenous. Instead, it came from South America.

[T/F]

A

True

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20
Q

Which of the following is not a characteristic damage of the golden apple snail?

a) Missing hills
b) Cut stems
c) White substance on leaves
d) Floating leaves

A

c) White substance on leaves.

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21
Q

True of False

The golden apple snail was endorsed officially by the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic resources in the Philippines as a rural livelihood project.

A

False

The golden apple snail was endorsed by the Department of Agriculture.

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22
Q

True or False

The snail was cultured into cement tanks, managed ponds, and backyard soil pits.

A

True

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23
Q

True or False

The golden apple snails escaped to the irrigation systems and waterways of different regions due to negligence.

A

True

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24
Q

Out of 3 million hectares of rice fields, how many hectares were infested by hte kuhol?

A

1.2 to 1.6 hectares

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25
Q

True or False

The size of the golden apple snail is determiend the availability of food.

A

True

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26
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True or False

The golden apple snail is hermaphroditic and monoecious.

A

False

The golden apple snail is gonochoristic and dioecious.

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27
Q

Analogy

Female: Concave
Male: ____________.

A

Convex.

The shell of the female kuhol has a concave operculum while the male kuhol has a convex operculum.

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28
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True or False

The male kuhol has a shell with an extended lip and the tip of the shell is darker in color than the females’.

A

False

The male kuhol has an extended shell lip and has a light color in its apex.

The female kuhol has a straight shell opening and the apex is dark in color.

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29
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Female shell: curves inward
Male shell: _____________.

A

Male shell: curves outward

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30
Q

The number of days during the incubation period of the life cycle of the golden apple snail.

A

7-14 days

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31
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Number of days between the hatchling stage and the juvenile stage.

A

15-25 days

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32
Q

Number of days between the juvenila stage and the adult stage.

Golden Apple Snail

A

45-59 days

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33
Q

True or False

The golden apple snail is very prolific.

A

True

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34
Q

The order of bats

A

Order Chiroptera

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35
Q

The order of deer and wild pigs

A

Order Artiodactyla

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36
Q

Order of rabbits

A

Order Lagomorpha

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37
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Order of monkeys, lemurs, and apes

A

Order Primates

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38
Q

Animals that belong to this order are known to as ‘gnawing mammals’

A

Order Rodentia

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39
Q

What are the animals that belong to order Rodentia?

A

Rats / Rodents

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40
Q

What are the animals that belong to order Artiodactyla?

A

Deer and wild pigs

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41
Q

What are the animals that belong to Order Lagomorpha?

A

Rabbits

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42
Q

What are the animals that belong to order Chiroptera?

A

Bats

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43
Q

The body covering of birds

A

Feathers

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44
Q

The term used for the youngs of birds

A

Nestlings

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45
Q

Nestlings are initially helpless, naked, and must be fed by the maternal parents.

True or False?

A

True

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46
Q

What are the common names of ** Lonchura malacca **?

A
  • Black-headed munia
  • Chestnut munia
  • Weaver bird
  • Maya
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47
Q

It is considered to be the most destructive bird pest in the Philippines.

A

Maya or Lonchura malacca

48
Q

Only the male Maya sings. True or False?

A

True

49
Q

What are the 3 species of agricultural pests that belong to Class Aves?

A

Lonchura malacca
Passer montanus
Padda oryzivora

50
Q

The spindle-shaped body of birds minimized the resistance to wind during flight. True or False?

A

True

51
Q

The nests of the Lonchura malacca are found in tall grasses or bushes, and generally contains 4-7 white eggs.

True or False?

A

True

52
Q

The scientific name of the Eurasian tree sparrow

A

Passer montanus

52
Q

This animal is a storage pest in warehouses and replaces the Lonchura as a major pest in rice fields.

A

Passer montanus

52
Q

It is usually mistakenly identified as the maya.

A

Passer montanus

53
Q

It entire head, back of neck, chin, throat, and breast are black in color, while the rest of the upper parts are chestnut or dark brown.

A

Lonchura malacca

54
Q

Class Aves animal that feeds on weed seeds and rice grains.

A

Lonchura malacca

55
Q

Class Aves animal that feeds on seeds and worms.

A

Passer montanus

56
Q

This bird makes nest in natural cavities, holes in buildings, and unused nests.

A

Passer montanus

57
Q

Animal with rich chestnut crown and nape with black patch n each white cheek.

A

Passer montanus

58
Q

The wings of birds are actually forelimbs that are modified to be capable of flight.

[True or False?]

A

True

59
Q

Number of eggs of the Passer montanus

A

5-6 eggs

60
Q

Scientific name of the Java Sparrow

A

Padda oryzivora

61
Q

It is an exotic bird with gray and black feathers.

A

Padda oryzivora

62
Q

It has grey upper parts and breast. It has a pink belly. Its head is black but it is white-cheeked. The ring of its eyes are red. It has pink feet and a thick red beak.

What species of bird is this?

A

Padda oryzivora

63
Q

It is now a former pest of rice fields.

A

Padda oryzivora

64
Q

It mainly feeds on grains and other seeds.

A

Padda oryzivora

65
Q

The nests of the Padda oryzivora are located at the top of trees and buildings.

[True or False?]

A

True

66
Q

The Java Sparrow are gregarious.

[True or False?]

A

True

67
Q

The nestlings of this species that brown upper parts, with light brown underparts. It has a plain head with black beak and a pink base.

A

Padda oryzivora

68
Q

What is the characteristic call of the Java sparrow?

A

chipchipchipchip

69
Q

Mammals have mammary glands in females that are used to produce milk to feed the young.

[True or False?]

A

True

70
Q

They are characterized by a pair of continuously growing razor-sharp incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws,

A

Rats

71
Q

The incisors of rats are only found at the upper jaw.

[True or False?]

A

False. It is found on both upper and lower jaws.

72
Q

The incisors of rats are separated by the diastema.

[True or False?]

A

True

The diastema refers to the gap that separates the molars or teeth.

73
Q

The habit of rats that functions to wear the teeth down to prevent elongation and results into sharpened teeth.

A

Gnawing or Nibbling

74
Q

It is the technical term for the body covering of rats.

A

Pelage

75
Q

The body part of rats that are sensitive to motion.

A

Sensory vibrissae

76
Q

The tail of rats are shorter or longer than the body.

[True or False?]

A

True

77
Q

The baby rat is pinkish and naked, has no vibrissae, eyes and ears closed, under developed limbs, and sucks milk from maternal parent.

[True or False?]

A

True

78
Q

Lifespan of rats

A

6 months to more than a year.

79
Q

Gestation period of rats

A

21 days

80
Q

Number of times the mother rat gives birth in a year.

A

3-4 times

81
Q

The average number of young per litter or rats.

A

6-8 youngs

82
Q

The number of rats that the female rat can give birth to in just one season.

A

35

83
Q

Rats are sexually active for ___ months until their death

A

9

84
Q

It is the season when the breeding of rats become rapid.

A

Wet Season

85
Q

Rats are nocturnal.

[True or False?]

A

True

86
Q

Rats generally have poor eyesight but they have heightened sense of smell, taste, touch, and hearing.

[True or False?]

A

True

87
Q

These are the long hairs of rats that protect the soft undercoat and have a water-proof function.

A

Guard hairs

88
Q

Rats can survive any obstacles because they are good climbers, swimmers, and diggers.

[True or False?]

A

True

89
Q

Rats actually has a low food requirement, which is only 10% of their body weight.

[True or False?]

A

True

90
Q

Rats are omnivorous but they are basically cereal-eaters.

[True or False?]

A

True

91
Q

Rats engage in cannibalism when food is scarce.

[True or False?]

A

True

92
Q

It is the fear of new or unfamiliar situations or conditions.

This is exhibited by rats, which protects them from impending danger.

A

Neophobia

93
Q

Neophobia in rats cause trap-shyness.

[True or False?]

A

True

94
Q

Rats are social animals and have high reproductive rates.

[True or False?]

A

True

95
Q

Scientific name of common rice field rat.

A

Rattus rattus complex

96
Q

Mammary gland formula of Rattus rattus complex.

A

2+3=10

97
Q

The scientific name of Asian rice field rice.

A

Rattus argentiventer

98
Q

Mammary gland formula of Asian rice field rat.

A

3+3=12

99
Q

Scientific name of Polynesian rat or bush rat.

A

Rattus exulans

100
Q

Mammary gland formula of Rattus exulans

A

2+2=8

101
Q

Scientific name of Norway rat.

A

Rattus norvegicus

102
Q

Mammary gland formula of Norway rat.

A

3+3=12

103
Q

Scientific name of the Philippine house mouse.

A

Mus musculus castaneus

104
Q

Scientific name of the Philippine naked back fruit bat.

A

Dobsonia chapmani

105
Q

Scientific name of Fruit-eating monkey in the Philippines.

A

Macaca fascicularis philippensis

106
Q

Rat damage on rice

A
  • Missing seedlings
  • Right angle cut on tillers
  • Bending / lodging of tillers
107
Q

Bird control strategies in rice

A
  • Bird boys
  • Exclusion netting
  • Tin cans
  • Bird tape
  • Decoy birds
  • Scarecrow
  • Chemical repellents
  • Eco-engineering
108
Q

Physical control strategies in rice for rats

A
  • Flooding and digging burrows
  • Blanketing
  • Flamethrower
  • Netting to trap rats
  • Live trap
  • Use of dogs to locate active burrows
  • Electric current
109
Q

Cultural control for rats.

A
  • Sanitation
  • Synchronous planting
  • Paddy dikes not more than 15cm wide and 20cm high
  • Timing control when rat population is very low
  • Community trap barrier system
110
Q

Biological control for rats

A
  • Use of predators like owl, wild cats, snakes, birds
  • “Bounty system” to encourage rat control
111
Q

The name of the chemical used for chemical control of rats.

A

Rodenticides

112
Q

Rodent pests found in Mindoro and Mindanao Islands

A

Rattus argentiventer

113
Q

Rodent that is a major pest in Palawan

A

Rattus exulans

114
Q

Rodent that is pest in Iloilo.

A

Rattus norwegicus

115
Q

This is the first step in pest management

A

Diagnosis