Practice Exam National Pesticide Applicator
Certification Core Manual Questions With Correct
Answers
Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to
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pests is an example of which type of pest management method?
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A. Biological control.
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B. Mechanical control.
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C. Genetic Control.
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D. Physical/ environmental modificaiton. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Using a plow to destry weeeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
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method?
A. Exclusion.
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B. Trapping.
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C. Cultivation.
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D. Physical/ environmental modification. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
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A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are
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the only control method available.
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B. Pesticides include any material that is applied to plants and the soil but not to
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water or harvested crops.
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C. A highly selective pesticide controls a wide variety of pests.
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,D. Systemic pesticides are not absorbed by treated plants or animals. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
Which statement is true about pest management goals?
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A. Pestcides are never used to prevent pests.
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B. Preventive and suppressive pest control goals are rarely combined.
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C. Cultiviation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest
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populations.
D. Over large areas, eradication is a practical approach to pest cotnrol. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C
Which term describes the pest population density that causes the losses equal to
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the cost of control measures?
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A. Economic threshold.
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B. Economic injury level.
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C. Action threshold.
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D. Pest threshold. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Which would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
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A. Increasing label dosages.
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B. Using pesticides from the same class of chemicals.
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C. Applying the pesticide over a wide area.
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D. Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-D
, Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and
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pesticide handlers with protections against possible harm form pesticides?
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A. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
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B. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
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C. Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
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D. Workers Protection Standard (WPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA?
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A. Organic and inorganic.
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B. General-use and unclassified use.
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C. Regulated and unregulated.
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D. Unclassified use and restricted-use - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
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A. The maximum amount of pesticides residue that may legally remain on or in a
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commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
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B. The maximum amount of pesticide residue that workers may be exposed to
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during the course of an average workday.
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C. The minimum amount of pesticide residue that may remain on a crop during
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the growing season.
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D. The minimum amount of pesticide residue that may be consumed by a 150-
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pound person on a yearly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which of the following section sections under FIFRA could be used to alow the
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use of an unregistered pesticide to control an "emergency" pest problem?
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Certification Core Manual Questions With Correct
Answers
Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to
| | | | | | | | | | |
pests is an example of which type of pest management method?
| | | | | | | | | |
A. Biological control.
| |
B. Mechanical control.
| |
C. Genetic Control.
| |
D. Physical/ environmental modificaiton. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Using a plow to destry weeeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
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method?
A. Exclusion.
|
B. Trapping.
|
C. Cultivation.
|
D. Physical/ environmental modification. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
| | | | | | | | | | |
A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the only control method available.
| | | |
B. Pesticides include any material that is applied to plants and the soil but not to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
water or harvested crops.
| | |
C. A highly selective pesticide controls a wide variety of pests.
| | | | | | | | | |
,D. Systemic pesticides are not absorbed by treated plants or animals. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-A
Which statement is true about pest management goals?
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A. Pestcides are never used to prevent pests.
| | | | | | |
B. Preventive and suppressive pest control goals are rarely combined.
| | | | | | | | |
C. Cultiviation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
populations.
D. Over large areas, eradication is a practical approach to pest cotnrol. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-C
Which term describes the pest population density that causes the losses equal to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the cost of control measures?
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A. Economic threshold.
| |
B. Economic injury level.
| | |
C. Action threshold.
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D. Pest threshold. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Which would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
| | | | | | |
A. Increasing label dosages.
| | |
B. Using pesticides from the same class of chemicals.
| | | | | | | |
C. Applying the pesticide over a wide area.
| | | | | | |
D. Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-D
, Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and
| | | | | | | | | |
pesticide handlers with protections against possible harm form pesticides?
| | | | | | | |
A. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
| | | | | | |
B. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
| | | | | | |
C. Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
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D. Workers Protection Standard (WPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA?
| | | | | | | | |
A. Organic and inorganic.
| | |
B. General-use and unclassified use.
| | | |
C. Regulated and unregulated.
| | |
D. Unclassified use and restricted-use - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
| | | | | | |
What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
| | | | | | | |
A. The maximum amount of pesticides residue that may legally remain on or in a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
| | | | | | |
B. The maximum amount of pesticide residue that workers may be exposed to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
during the course of an average workday.
| | | | | |
C. The minimum amount of pesticide residue that may remain on a crop during
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the growing season.
| |
D. The minimum amount of pesticide residue that may be consumed by a 150-
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
pound person on a yearly basis. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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Which of the following section sections under FIFRA could be used to alow the
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use of an unregistered pesticide to control an "emergency" pest problem?
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