IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2026 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

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IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2026
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS.

True or False || ||




One of the earliest uses of chemicals as pesticides was the
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burning of sulfur - correct answer- True
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True or False || ||




One responsibility of the US EPA is to protect humans and
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environmental health - correct answer- True
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Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest
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control method?
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A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine - correct answer- C. Cultivation || || || || ||




Which of the following is cultural control method?
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A. Fertilization
B. Planting time |




C. Pruning

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D. All of the above - correct answer- D. All of the above
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True or False: || ||




All pesticides only kill the target pests - correct answer- False
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The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a
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control method for insects. || || ||




A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical - correct answer- D. Physical || || || || ||




True or False: || ||




The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the
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pest - correct answer- False
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Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a
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pesticide in Idaho?
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A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant - correct answer- B. Fertilizer || || || || ||

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Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant
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and translocated within the plant?
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A. Systemic pesticide ||




B. Contact pesticide ||




C. Absorptive pesticide |




D. Volatile pesticide - correct answer- A. Systemic pesticide
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Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
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A. Bordeax mixture ||




B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur - correct answer- C. DDT || || || || ||




DDT was banned because of its
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A. Acute mammalian toxicity | ||




B. Short residual action || ||




C. Stability and persistence || ||




D. Inability to accumulate in animals - correct answer- C.
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Stability and persistance
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Legal controls use: || ||




A. Local volunteers ||




B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions - correct answer- C. Quarantines || || || || ||




True or False: || ||




Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders - correct answer-|| || || || || || || ||


False
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True or False: || ||




Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides - correct || || || || || || ||


answer- True
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Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced: || || || ||




A. Pre 1900 ||




B. Early 1900 ||




C. Pre World War 2 || || ||




D. Post World War 2 - correct answer- C. Pre world war 2
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Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what
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kind of control?
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