PESTICIDE CORE PRACTICE EXAM
1. Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to pests is an
example of which type of pest management method?:
Genetic Control
2. Using a plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?:
Cultivation
3. Which term describes the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of
control measures?:
Economic injury level
4. What would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance?:
Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism.
5. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural works and pes- ticide
handlers with protections against possible harm from pesticides?:
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
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, 6. What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA?:
Unclassified use and restricted-use
7. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?:
The maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally remain on or in a commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
8. Which section under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an unregistered pesticide
to control an "emergency" pest problem?:
Section 18
9. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates what?:
The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
10. Which signal word appears on a label with a skull and crossbones symbol?-
: Danger--Poison
11. "This product is highly toxic to bees" is an example of which type of precau- tionary
statement?:
Environmental Hazard
12. How much active ingredient is there in a 20-pound bag of Atrazine 90DF?:
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1. Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to pests is an
example of which type of pest management method?:
Genetic Control
2. Using a plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?:
Cultivation
3. Which term describes the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of
control measures?:
Economic injury level
4. What would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance?:
Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism.
5. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural works and pes- ticide
handlers with protections against possible harm from pesticides?:
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
1/7
, 6. What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA?:
Unclassified use and restricted-use
7. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?:
The maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally remain on or in a commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
8. Which section under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an unregistered pesticide
to control an "emergency" pest problem?:
Section 18
9. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates what?:
The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
10. Which signal word appears on a label with a skull and crossbones symbol?-
: Danger--Poison
11. "This product is highly toxic to bees" is an example of which type of precau- tionary
statement?:
Environmental Hazard
12. How much active ingredient is there in a 20-pound bag of Atrazine 90DF?:
2/7
