IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2026-2027
ACTUAL EXAM 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control method?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine - ANSWER-C. Cultivation
Which of the following is cultural control method?
A. Fertilization
B. Planting time
C. Pruning
D. All of the above - ANSWER-D. All of the above
True or False:
All pesticides only kill the target pests - ANSWER-False
The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a control method for insects.
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical - ANSWER-D. Physical
True or False:
The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the pest - ANSWER-False
,Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a pesticide in Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant - ANSWER-B. Fertilizer
Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant and translocated within the plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide - ANSWER-A. Systemic pesticide
Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
A. Bordeax mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur - ANSWER-C. DDT
DDT was banned because of its
A. Acute mammalian toxicity
B. Short residual action
C. Stability and persistence
D. Inability to accumulate in animals - ANSWER-C. Stability and persistance
Legal controls use:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions - ANSWER-C. Quarantines
, True or False:
Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders - ANSWER-False
True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides - ANSWER-True
Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced:
A. Pre 1900
B. Early 1900
C. Pre World War 2
D. Post World War 2 - ANSWER-C. Pre world war 2
Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what kind of control?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control - ANSWER-B. Mechanical control
The most prominent pesticide law in the United States is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act. This act is overseen by what agency?
A. USDA
B. US Department of Commerce
C. US Department of Transportation
D. Division of Chemistry
E. US EPA - ANSWER-E. US EPA
When a pesticide is registered by the US EPA it essentially means:
A. The pesticide is available for use for any purpose in the United States
ACTUAL EXAM 180 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control method?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine - ANSWER-C. Cultivation
Which of the following is cultural control method?
A. Fertilization
B. Planting time
C. Pruning
D. All of the above - ANSWER-D. All of the above
True or False:
All pesticides only kill the target pests - ANSWER-False
The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a control method for insects.
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical - ANSWER-D. Physical
True or False:
The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the pest - ANSWER-False
,Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a pesticide in Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant - ANSWER-B. Fertilizer
Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant and translocated within the plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide - ANSWER-A. Systemic pesticide
Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
A. Bordeax mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur - ANSWER-C. DDT
DDT was banned because of its
A. Acute mammalian toxicity
B. Short residual action
C. Stability and persistence
D. Inability to accumulate in animals - ANSWER-C. Stability and persistance
Legal controls use:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions - ANSWER-C. Quarantines
, True or False:
Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders - ANSWER-False
True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides - ANSWER-True
Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced:
A. Pre 1900
B. Early 1900
C. Pre World War 2
D. Post World War 2 - ANSWER-C. Pre world war 2
Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what kind of control?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control - ANSWER-B. Mechanical control
The most prominent pesticide law in the United States is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act. This act is overseen by what agency?
A. USDA
B. US Department of Commerce
C. US Department of Transportation
D. Division of Chemistry
E. US EPA - ANSWER-E. US EPA
When a pesticide is registered by the US EPA it essentially means:
A. The pesticide is available for use for any purpose in the United States
