Chapter 1: Legalities of General Pest
Management EXAM NEWEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Structural pest managers -CORRECTANSWER Use many other activities to control
pests besides pesticide application. These other practices increase the effectiveness of
the control program and often reduce pesticide use or make such use a secondary
option.
Technician -CORRECTANSWER The title denotes a pesticide applicator, a pest control
operator, and other individuals with titles that refer to the job of suppressing or
exterminating pests.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) -CORRECTANSWER The
basic federal law, administered by the EPA, that regulates pesticides - their use,
handling, storage, transportation, sale, disposal, etc. The pesticides must be classified
as either "general use" or restricted use".
, Category 7A applicators -CORRECTANSWER These people must consider the
possibility that endangered or threatened species may be affected by pesticides applied
in and around buildings.
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Act No. 451, Part 83, Pesticide
Control -CORRECTANSWER This legislation gives the director of the MDA authority to
register or certify private and commercial applicators and to prescribe standards for
certification and registration, Category 7A
Regulation 636 (Pesticide Applicators) -CORRECTANSWER Establishes the types of
certified applicators and expands the pesticide record-keeping requirements.
Regulation 637 (Pesticide Use Requirements) -CORRECTANSWER Establishes
several legal standards for pesticide use. It requires that pesticides be used in a manner
consistent with their labels, that applications be made in a manner that prevents off-
target discharges of pesticides, and that pesticide application equipment be properly
calibrated and in sound mechanical condition.
Each vehicle that is used to transport pesticides must have this information printed on
its exterior. -CORRECTANSWER 1. Name of the pesticide applicator firm
2. Business phone, address, or US DOT census number of the firm