NV Certified Pesticide Applicator General Exam questions
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with verified detailed answers
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Identifying a pest and researching its life cycle will help you plan pesticide applications and
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other control measures that are most appropriate to the pest.
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Select one: ||
True
False - ✔✔True
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There are nine required parts to a pesticide label. Which of the following is NOT one of the
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nine required parts?
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Select one: ||
a. Use classification
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b. Safety Data Sheet
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c. Name and address of the manufacturer
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d. Precautionary statement
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e. Ingredient statement - ✔✔b. Safety Data Sheet
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When a plant has "abnormal physiology" it may be an indication that the plant is:
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Select one: ||
a. preparing to set seed.
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b. an annual or perennial.
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c. suffering from a plant disease.
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,d. done flowering for the year.
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e. suffering from a plant disease. - ✔✔c. suffering from a plant disease.
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Which work sites are all covered by the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)?
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Select one: ||
a. Farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses
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b. Roadsides, rangelands and pastures
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c. Ditch banks and ornamental ponds
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d. Parks, hotels and greenhouses
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e. Parks and golf courses - ✔✔a. Farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses
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(These are the work sites covered by the Worker Protection Standard.)
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Contact herbicides kill the plant only where the herbicide chemicals touch the plant.
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Select one: ||
True
False - ✔✔True || ||
Your label states that you must mix 1/2 gallon of formulation in 50 gallons of water. Your
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tank holds 250 gallons. How many quarts should you add to a full tank of water to arrive at
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the proper concentration?
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Select one: ||
a. 10 quarts
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,b. 5 quarts
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c. 2.5 quarts
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d. 125 quarts - ✔✔a. 10 quarts
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(1/2 gallon of pesticide for each 50 gallons of water
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1/2 gallon = 2 quarts
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250 gallons divided by 50 gallons = 5
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2 quarts X 5 = 10 quarts)
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Herbicides that kill all plant life are called: || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. custom herbicides.
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b. nonselective herbicides.
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c. biological herbicides.
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d. selective herbicides.
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e. complete herbicides. - ✔✔b. nonselective herbicides.
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Who can purchase and use a general use pesticide?
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Select one: ||
a. Only licensed applicators.
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b. Only general-use permit holders.
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c. Only certified applicators.
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d. Anyone.
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e. Only an individual under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. - ✔✔d. Anyone.
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, (These pesticides may be purchased and used by anyone. You must still read and follow all
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label instructions.) ||
An insect life cycle which includes only these stages...egg--nymph--adult...is termed what
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type of metamorphosis?
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Select one: ||
a. Simple or incomplete
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b. Flowing or thorough
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c. Abbreviated or short
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d. Insufficient
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e. Complete - ✔✔a. Simple or incomplete
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The best recommended control for jackrabbits is:
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Select one: ||
a. strychnine.
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b. live trapping.
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c. repellents.
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d. exclusion.
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e. fumigation. - ✔✔d. exclusion.
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(This method works the best, by limiting the access to crops, pasture or forage, landscaping
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and vegetable gardens.)
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with verified detailed answers
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Identifying a pest and researching its life cycle will help you plan pesticide applications and
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other control measures that are most appropriate to the pest.
|| || || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
True
False - ✔✔True
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There are nine required parts to a pesticide label. Which of the following is NOT one of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
nine required parts?
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Select one: ||
a. Use classification
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b. Safety Data Sheet
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c. Name and address of the manufacturer
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d. Precautionary statement
|| ||
e. Ingredient statement - ✔✔b. Safety Data Sheet
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When a plant has "abnormal physiology" it may be an indication that the plant is:
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. preparing to set seed.
|| || || ||
b. an annual or perennial.
|| || || ||
c. suffering from a plant disease.
|| || || || ||
,d. done flowering for the year.
|| || || || ||
e. suffering from a plant disease. - ✔✔c. suffering from a plant disease.
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Which work sites are all covered by the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)?
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. Farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses
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b. Roadsides, rangelands and pastures
|| || || ||
c. Ditch banks and ornamental ponds
|| || || || ||
d. Parks, hotels and greenhouses
|| || || ||
e. Parks and golf courses - ✔✔a. Farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses
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(These are the work sites covered by the Worker Protection Standard.)
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Contact herbicides kill the plant only where the herbicide chemicals touch the plant.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
True
False - ✔✔True || ||
Your label states that you must mix 1/2 gallon of formulation in 50 gallons of water. Your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
tank holds 250 gallons. How many quarts should you add to a full tank of water to arrive at
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the proper concentration?
|| ||
Select one: ||
a. 10 quarts
|| ||
,b. 5 quarts
|| ||
c. 2.5 quarts
|| ||
d. 125 quarts - ✔✔a. 10 quarts
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(1/2 gallon of pesticide for each 50 gallons of water
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1/2 gallon = 2 quarts
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250 gallons divided by 50 gallons = 5
|| || || || || || || ||
2 quarts X 5 = 10 quarts)
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Herbicides that kill all plant life are called: || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. custom herbicides.
|| ||
b. nonselective herbicides.
|| ||
c. biological herbicides.
|| ||
d. selective herbicides.
|| ||
e. complete herbicides. - ✔✔b. nonselective herbicides.
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Who can purchase and use a general use pesticide?
|| || || || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. Only licensed applicators.
|| || ||
b. Only general-use permit holders.
|| || || ||
c. Only certified applicators.
|| || ||
d. Anyone.
||
e. Only an individual under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. - ✔✔d. Anyone.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
, (These pesticides may be purchased and used by anyone. You must still read and follow all
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
label instructions.) ||
An insect life cycle which includes only these stages...egg--nymph--adult...is termed what
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
type of metamorphosis?
|| ||
Select one: ||
a. Simple or incomplete
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b. Flowing or thorough
|| || ||
c. Abbreviated or short
|| || ||
d. Insufficient
||
e. Complete - ✔✔a. Simple or incomplete
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The best recommended control for jackrabbits is:
|| || || || || ||
Select one: ||
a. strychnine.
||
b. live trapping.
|| ||
c. repellents.
||
d. exclusion.
||
e. fumigation. - ✔✔d. exclusion.
|| || || ||
(This method works the best, by limiting the access to crops, pasture or forage, landscaping
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and vegetable gardens.)
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