Laws, Regulations, and Basic Principles of Safe and Effective
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Pesticide Use Basic Principles of Integrated Pest Management (Core || || || || || || || || ||
Exam)
A PCA license may be revoked or suspended for... - ✔✔Failure to put an agricultural Pest Control
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Recommendation in writing
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When must an Ag PCA turn in a copy of a rec to the County Ag Commissioner? - ✔✔Upon
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request
What information must employers include when training employees who handle pesticides? -
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✔✔Safe work practices related to the pesticides the employee will be handling
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What pesticide handling activity is most hazardous? - ✔✔Mixing and loading
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When handling a pesticide container for an application you should... - ✔✔Wear appropriate PPE
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Empty containers should be stored in - ✔✔A locked area
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The mean population level around which a species' characteristic abundance fluctuates is the
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species... - ✔✔Equilibrium position || || ||
Which organ is unique to spiders? - ✔✔Chelicerae
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Refers to dispersal of individuals into a population - ✔✔Immigration
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What is true about minimal exposure pesticides? - ✔✔A closed system is required for any amount
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of minimal exposure pesticide use
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,A restricted use pesticide is one that is for sale to and used by... - ✔✔Certified applicators or
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persons under their direct supervision || || || ||
If a pest problem exists and there is no registered pesticide available, in some cases a non-
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registered pesticide may be used pursuant to the issuance of a... - ✔✔Section 18 exemption
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A person who has permission to use or supervise the use of a restricted material for control of an
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ag pest on his own property is defined by the CA code of regulation as... - ✔✔a private applicator
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The posting of warning signs around a treated field... - ✔✔is always required if there is a REI of
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greater than 7 days || || ||
Bacteria which secrete antimicrobial substances that inhibit the growth of another microorganism
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is an example of... - ✔✔Antibiosis
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What is the one difference between inundative and inoculative releases of bio control agents? -
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✔✔Progeny of the natural enemies used in inundative releases are not expected to survive || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
whereas those in inoculative releases are || || || || ||
Certain viruses, bacteria, and fungi are... - ✔✔available commercially in formulations to be used
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as insect pathogens
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What pest can be controlled by crop rotation? - ✔✔An endoparasitic nematode with a narrow
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host range ||
A drawback to using presence/absence sampling is... - ✔✔Baseline research data must be
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available that links the proportion of infested plant parts to insect abundance
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,Many plant pests only cause economic plant damage to a specific plant growth stage. A useful
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tool designed to monitor the development status of plants is... - ✔✔A computerized plant
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mapping program ||
A pest control dealer must... - ✔✔Check all pesticide containers for damage or leaks
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To legally possess and use a CA restricted material pesticide, the user must have a... -
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✔✔restricted materials permit from the county ag commissioner || || || || || || ||
A pesticide may be offered for sale legally in CA... - ✔✔After the date the notice of registration is
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issued by the director of the DPR
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Some soil-applied herbicides become tightly bound and cease to function in which type of soil? -
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✔✔Soil with high organic matter content || || || || ||
Plant parts used in the identification of monocot seedlings include characteristics of the... -
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✔✔Leaf blade, auricles, and ligules || || || ||
What is a way to use insecticides in conjunction with biocontrol? - ✔✔Time the insecticide
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application to avoid susceptible stages of natural enemies || || || || || || ||
Suppressive soils are soils in which... - ✔✔Disease incidence remain low despite favorable || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
environmental conditions and the presence of pathogens || || || || || ||
Agricultural products that are labeled as "residue-free" were... - ✔✔Often grown with synthetic || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
chemical sprays, but sufficient time has elapsed since they were used so the material has degraded
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With whom must an Ag PCA adviser register with before making a recommendation in a county
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with no ag commissioner? - ✔✔The County Ag Commissioner of an adjoining county
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, When a recommendation is made, who must first be provided with a written copy of the
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recommendation? - ✔✔The operator of the property || || || || || ||
What is the list of signal words in order of increasing hazard? - ✔✔Caution - Warning - Danger
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How many days after completing a pesticide application does the pest control business have to
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file pesticide use reports with the county ag commission? - ✔✔7 days
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When must a pest control business, pilots and advisers register with the ag commissioner in a
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county where they do business? - ✔✔Annually, before conducting business in the county
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In California who has the responsibility for enforcing the pest control laws governing most
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aspects of ag? - ✔✔The Department of Pesticide Regulation and the County Ag Commissioner
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When measuring a concentrated pesticide, an applicator must... - ✔✔Use accurate measuring
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devices
If a crop is treated with a combination of 2 organophosphates, one with a restricted entry interval
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of 10 days and the other with a restricted entry interval of 6 days, how long is the resulting
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restricted entry period? - ✔✔13 days || || || || ||
Vertebrate burrows such as those of gophers and moles are... - ✔✔distinguishable from one
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another and can be used to monitor vertebrate pest presence
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What is the aesthetic injury level? - ✔✔The level at which plant damage of pest populations on
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ornamental plants become intolerable to the general public || || || || || || ||
Many agricultural pest species such as foliar pathogens, aphids, mites, and small seeded weeds
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are considered... - ✔✔R strategists
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Pesticide Use Basic Principles of Integrated Pest Management (Core || || || || || || || || ||
Exam)
A PCA license may be revoked or suspended for... - ✔✔Failure to put an agricultural Pest Control
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Recommendation in writing
|| || ||
When must an Ag PCA turn in a copy of a rec to the County Ag Commissioner? - ✔✔Upon
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request
What information must employers include when training employees who handle pesticides? -
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✔✔Safe work practices related to the pesticides the employee will be handling
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What pesticide handling activity is most hazardous? - ✔✔Mixing and loading
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When handling a pesticide container for an application you should... - ✔✔Wear appropriate PPE
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Empty containers should be stored in - ✔✔A locked area
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The mean population level around which a species' characteristic abundance fluctuates is the
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species... - ✔✔Equilibrium position || || ||
Which organ is unique to spiders? - ✔✔Chelicerae
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Refers to dispersal of individuals into a population - ✔✔Immigration
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What is true about minimal exposure pesticides? - ✔✔A closed system is required for any amount
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of minimal exposure pesticide use
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,A restricted use pesticide is one that is for sale to and used by... - ✔✔Certified applicators or
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persons under their direct supervision || || || ||
If a pest problem exists and there is no registered pesticide available, in some cases a non-
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registered pesticide may be used pursuant to the issuance of a... - ✔✔Section 18 exemption
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A person who has permission to use or supervise the use of a restricted material for control of an
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ag pest on his own property is defined by the CA code of regulation as... - ✔✔a private applicator
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The posting of warning signs around a treated field... - ✔✔is always required if there is a REI of
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greater than 7 days || || ||
Bacteria which secrete antimicrobial substances that inhibit the growth of another microorganism
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is an example of... - ✔✔Antibiosis
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What is the one difference between inundative and inoculative releases of bio control agents? -
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✔✔Progeny of the natural enemies used in inundative releases are not expected to survive || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
whereas those in inoculative releases are || || || || ||
Certain viruses, bacteria, and fungi are... - ✔✔available commercially in formulations to be used
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
as insect pathogens
|| ||
What pest can be controlled by crop rotation? - ✔✔An endoparasitic nematode with a narrow
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
host range ||
A drawback to using presence/absence sampling is... - ✔✔Baseline research data must be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
available that links the proportion of infested plant parts to insect abundance
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
,Many plant pests only cause economic plant damage to a specific plant growth stage. A useful
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tool designed to monitor the development status of plants is... - ✔✔A computerized plant
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mapping program ||
A pest control dealer must... - ✔✔Check all pesticide containers for damage or leaks
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
To legally possess and use a CA restricted material pesticide, the user must have a... -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔restricted materials permit from the county ag commissioner || || || || || || ||
A pesticide may be offered for sale legally in CA... - ✔✔After the date the notice of registration is
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issued by the director of the DPR
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Some soil-applied herbicides become tightly bound and cease to function in which type of soil? -
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✔✔Soil with high organic matter content || || || || ||
Plant parts used in the identification of monocot seedlings include characteristics of the... -
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✔✔Leaf blade, auricles, and ligules || || || ||
What is a way to use insecticides in conjunction with biocontrol? - ✔✔Time the insecticide
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
application to avoid susceptible stages of natural enemies || || || || || || ||
Suppressive soils are soils in which... - ✔✔Disease incidence remain low despite favorable || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
environmental conditions and the presence of pathogens || || || || || ||
Agricultural products that are labeled as "residue-free" were... - ✔✔Often grown with synthetic || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
chemical sprays, but sufficient time has elapsed since they were used so the material has degraded
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
With whom must an Ag PCA adviser register with before making a recommendation in a county
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
with no ag commissioner? - ✔✔The County Ag Commissioner of an adjoining county
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
, When a recommendation is made, who must first be provided with a written copy of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
recommendation? - ✔✔The operator of the property || || || || || ||
What is the list of signal words in order of increasing hazard? - ✔✔Caution - Warning - Danger
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How many days after completing a pesticide application does the pest control business have to
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file pesticide use reports with the county ag commission? - ✔✔7 days
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When must a pest control business, pilots and advisers register with the ag commissioner in a
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county where they do business? - ✔✔Annually, before conducting business in the county
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
In California who has the responsibility for enforcing the pest control laws governing most
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
aspects of ag? - ✔✔The Department of Pesticide Regulation and the County Ag Commissioner
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
When measuring a concentrated pesticide, an applicator must... - ✔✔Use accurate measuring
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
devices
If a crop is treated with a combination of 2 organophosphates, one with a restricted entry interval
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of 10 days and the other with a restricted entry interval of 6 days, how long is the resulting
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
restricted entry period? - ✔✔13 days || || || || ||
Vertebrate burrows such as those of gophers and moles are... - ✔✔distinguishable from one
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
another and can be used to monitor vertebrate pest presence
|| || || || || || || || ||
What is the aesthetic injury level? - ✔✔The level at which plant damage of pest populations on
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
ornamental plants become intolerable to the general public || || || || || || ||
Many agricultural pest species such as foliar pathogens, aphids, mites, and small seeded weeds
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are considered... - ✔✔R strategists
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