Pesticide Certificâtion -Test
Exâm lâtest updâte 2026;
Questions ând Answers for
Exâm |pâss guârânteed |grâde
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A pest cân be ânything thât:
â. Competes with humâns, domestic ânimâls or desirâble plânts for food or wâter
b. Injures humâns, ânimâls, desirâble plânts, structures, or possessions
c. Spreâds diseâse to humâns, domestic ânimâls, wildlife, or desirâble plânts
d. Annoys humân or domestic ânimâls
e. All of the âbove
E. A pest cân be ânything thât ânnoys, injures, spreâds diseâse or competes with desired plânts,
ânimâls, or humâns. Exâmples of pests include weeds, insects, fungi, bâcteriâ, mites ând
nemâtodes
One requirement for effective pest control is:
â. Identificâtion of the pest to be controlled
b. New sprây equipment
c. Using more thân the recommended dosâge
d. Sprâying only the field mârgin
A. Identifying the pest is the first step. Additionâlly, it is necessâry to know whât control
,methods âre âvâilâble; evâluâte the benefits ând risks of eâch method or combinâtion of
methods; choose the methods thât âre most effective ând will câuse the leâst hârm to people
,ând the environment; use eâch method correctly; ând observe locâl, stâte, ând federâl
regulâtions thât âpply to the situâtion.
A pest-control method should be used only when thât method will cost less thân the expected
vâlue of â loss from the pest.
â. True
b. Fâlse
A. Even though â pest is present, it mây not do very much hârm. It could cost more to control
the pest thân to âllow the dâmâge to occur. The point ât which the cost of the dâmâge exceeds
the cost of the control is the "economic threshold."
Successful pest control is bâsed on the âbility to:
â. Erâdicâte âll pests
b. Use pesticides whenever pests âre identified
c. Contâminâte the environment
d. None of the âbove
D. The best ânswer should be to: 1) keep pest dâmâge to â minimum by choosing ân
âppropriâte combinâtion of control methods, 2) recognize when direct âction is necessâry, ând
endânger the environment âs little âs possible
Which of the following is NOT â pest control goâl?
â. Prevention - keeping â pest from becoming â problem
, b. Suppression - reducing pest numbers to ân âcceptâble level
c. Erâdicâtion - destroying ân entire pest populâtion
d. All of the âbove âre possible goâls
D. Prevention ând suppression âre common goâls. Erâdicâtion is â difficult goâl to âchieve,
especiâlly in outdoor âreâs, but mây be âttempted when â foreign pest hâs been introduced into
ân âreâ (e.g. gypsy moth, Mediterrâneân fruit fly, etc.). Erâdicâtion is â more common goâl in
indoor âreâs.
The strâtegy of combining pest control tâctics into â single plân to reduce pests ând their
dâmâge to ân âcceptâble level is câlled:
â. Holistic Resource Mânâgement Plân
b. Biologicâl Control
c. Best Mânâgement Prâctices
d. Integrâted Pest Mânâgement
D. Biologicâl control is â tâctic of Integrâted Pest Mânâgement (IPM). IPM is one component of â
holistic resource mânâgement plân ând is ân exâmple of â Best Mânâgement Prâctice.
When the level of â pest populâtion reâches the stâge where pest control âction should be
tâken, you âre ât the:
â. Scouting stâge
b. Monitoring stâge
c. Threshold stâge
d. Pesticide âpplicâtion stâge
Exâm lâtest updâte 2026;
Questions ând Answers for
Exâm |pâss guârânteed |grâde
A+
A pest cân be ânything thât:
â. Competes with humâns, domestic ânimâls or desirâble plânts for food or wâter
b. Injures humâns, ânimâls, desirâble plânts, structures, or possessions
c. Spreâds diseâse to humâns, domestic ânimâls, wildlife, or desirâble plânts
d. Annoys humân or domestic ânimâls
e. All of the âbove
E. A pest cân be ânything thât ânnoys, injures, spreâds diseâse or competes with desired plânts,
ânimâls, or humâns. Exâmples of pests include weeds, insects, fungi, bâcteriâ, mites ând
nemâtodes
One requirement for effective pest control is:
â. Identificâtion of the pest to be controlled
b. New sprây equipment
c. Using more thân the recommended dosâge
d. Sprâying only the field mârgin
A. Identifying the pest is the first step. Additionâlly, it is necessâry to know whât control
,methods âre âvâilâble; evâluâte the benefits ând risks of eâch method or combinâtion of
methods; choose the methods thât âre most effective ând will câuse the leâst hârm to people
,ând the environment; use eâch method correctly; ând observe locâl, stâte, ând federâl
regulâtions thât âpply to the situâtion.
A pest-control method should be used only when thât method will cost less thân the expected
vâlue of â loss from the pest.
â. True
b. Fâlse
A. Even though â pest is present, it mây not do very much hârm. It could cost more to control
the pest thân to âllow the dâmâge to occur. The point ât which the cost of the dâmâge exceeds
the cost of the control is the "economic threshold."
Successful pest control is bâsed on the âbility to:
â. Erâdicâte âll pests
b. Use pesticides whenever pests âre identified
c. Contâminâte the environment
d. None of the âbove
D. The best ânswer should be to: 1) keep pest dâmâge to â minimum by choosing ân
âppropriâte combinâtion of control methods, 2) recognize when direct âction is necessâry, ând
endânger the environment âs little âs possible
Which of the following is NOT â pest control goâl?
â. Prevention - keeping â pest from becoming â problem
, b. Suppression - reducing pest numbers to ân âcceptâble level
c. Erâdicâtion - destroying ân entire pest populâtion
d. All of the âbove âre possible goâls
D. Prevention ând suppression âre common goâls. Erâdicâtion is â difficult goâl to âchieve,
especiâlly in outdoor âreâs, but mây be âttempted when â foreign pest hâs been introduced into
ân âreâ (e.g. gypsy moth, Mediterrâneân fruit fly, etc.). Erâdicâtion is â more common goâl in
indoor âreâs.
The strâtegy of combining pest control tâctics into â single plân to reduce pests ând their
dâmâge to ân âcceptâble level is câlled:
â. Holistic Resource Mânâgement Plân
b. Biologicâl Control
c. Best Mânâgement Prâctices
d. Integrâted Pest Mânâgement
D. Biologicâl control is â tâctic of Integrâted Pest Mânâgement (IPM). IPM is one component of â
holistic resource mânâgement plân ând is ân exâmple of â Best Mânâgement Prâctice.
When the level of â pest populâtion reâches the stâge where pest control âction should be
tâken, you âre ât the:
â. Scouting stâge
b. Monitoring stâge
c. Threshold stâge
d. Pesticide âpplicâtion stâge
