PUBLIC HEALTH PEST CONTROL
EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
(VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED
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Decontamination
Correct Answer: Removal of pesticide from shoes, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other
clothing; from the skin of persons or organisms or from surfaces that have been exposed to reduce
further harm or damage.
Endangered species
Correct Answer: Organisms whose survival as a species has been designated by a federal agency to be
endangered or threatened.
Exposure
Correct Answer: Coming into contact with a pesticide; getting a pesticide on a surface or in or on an
organism.
Fungicide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills fungi.
Habitat
Correct Answer: The place where a plant or animal lives.
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,Herbicide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills weeds.
Insecticide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills anthropoids.
Label
Correct Answer: The printed matter attached to and accompanying the product that states the
approved uses, directions for use and pertinent restrictions and precautions regarding the use, storage
and disposal of the product.
Liability
Correct Answer: Legal responsibility.
Organism
Correct Answer: A living creature.
Noncommercial applicator
Correct Answer: An individual who uses or supervises the use of restricted use pesticides in the
performance of activities as a government employee.
Nontarget
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, Correct Answer: Any site or organism other than the site or preset to which the pesticide is being
applied.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Correct Answer: Devices and clothing worn to protect the human body from contact with pesticides or
pesticide residues.
Pesticide
Correct Answer: A chemical intended to kill, control, repel or mitigate a pest organism.
Private applicator
Correct Answer: Farmers, growers, foresters and others, who use or supervise the use of restricted
use pesticides in the production of an agricultural commodity(s) on their own land or land under their
control. Private applicators may apply restricted use pesticides for others for free, or as an exchange of
goods and services.
Release
Correct Answer: When a pesticide leaves its container or the equipment or system containing it and
enters the environment. Release can be intentional, as in an application, or by accident, as in a spill or
leak.
Registration
Correct Answer: The regulatory process required under the provisions of FIFRA and administered by
EPA through which a pesticide is legally approved for use.
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EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
(VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED
A+
Decontamination
Correct Answer: Removal of pesticide from shoes, personal protective equipment (PPE) or other
clothing; from the skin of persons or organisms or from surfaces that have been exposed to reduce
further harm or damage.
Endangered species
Correct Answer: Organisms whose survival as a species has been designated by a federal agency to be
endangered or threatened.
Exposure
Correct Answer: Coming into contact with a pesticide; getting a pesticide on a surface or in or on an
organism.
Fungicide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills fungi.
Habitat
Correct Answer: The place where a plant or animal lives.
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,Herbicide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills weeds.
Insecticide
Correct Answer: A pesticide that controls or kills anthropoids.
Label
Correct Answer: The printed matter attached to and accompanying the product that states the
approved uses, directions for use and pertinent restrictions and precautions regarding the use, storage
and disposal of the product.
Liability
Correct Answer: Legal responsibility.
Organism
Correct Answer: A living creature.
Noncommercial applicator
Correct Answer: An individual who uses or supervises the use of restricted use pesticides in the
performance of activities as a government employee.
Nontarget
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, Correct Answer: Any site or organism other than the site or preset to which the pesticide is being
applied.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)
Correct Answer: Devices and clothing worn to protect the human body from contact with pesticides or
pesticide residues.
Pesticide
Correct Answer: A chemical intended to kill, control, repel or mitigate a pest organism.
Private applicator
Correct Answer: Farmers, growers, foresters and others, who use or supervise the use of restricted
use pesticides in the production of an agricultural commodity(s) on their own land or land under their
control. Private applicators may apply restricted use pesticides for others for free, or as an exchange of
goods and services.
Release
Correct Answer: When a pesticide leaves its container or the equipment or system containing it and
enters the environment. Release can be intentional, as in an application, or by accident, as in a spill or
leak.
Registration
Correct Answer: The regulatory process required under the provisions of FIFRA and administered by
EPA through which a pesticide is legally approved for use.
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