Arkansas Applicator test questions
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1. 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 modification. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Genetic Control
3. 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 ANSWERS
A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are the only control method
available.
2. Using a plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical control method?
A. Exclusion.
B. Trapping.
C. Cultivation.
D. Irrigation. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Cultivation
4. Which statement is true about pest management goals?
A. Pesticides are never used to prevent pests.
B. Preventive and suppressive pest control goals are rarely combined.
C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations.
D. Over large areas, eradication is a practical approach to pest control. - CORRECT ANSWERS
C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations.
5. Which term describes the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control
measures?
A. Economic threshold.
B. Economic injury level.
C. Action threshold.
D. Pest threshold. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Economic Threshold
6. 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 ANSWERS D.
Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism.
7. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and pesticide handlers with
protections against possible harm from pesticides?
A. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
B. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
C. Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
D. Worker Protection Standard (WPS). - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Worker Protection Standard
(WPS).
8. 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 ANSWERS D
9. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
A. The maximum amount of pesticide 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 ANSWERS A. The maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally
remain on or in a commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
10. Which of the following sections under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an unregistered
pesticide to control an "emergency" pest problem?
A. Section 3.
B. Section 18.
C. Section 24 (c).
D. Section 25 (b). - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Section 18.
11. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates:
A. The chemical name and 75 percent inert ingredients formulated as a wettable powder.
B. The brand name and 25 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
C. The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
D. The chemical name and 25 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder. - CORRECT
ANSWERS C. The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable
powder.
12. Which signal word appears on a label with a skull and crossbones symbol?
A. DANGER—POISON.
B. DANGER.
C. WARNING.
D. CAUTION. - CORRECT ANSWERS A. DANGER-POISON
2026 Exam Questions and verified
Answers .
1. 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 modification. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Genetic Control
3. 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 ANSWERS
A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are the only control method
available.
2. Using a plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical control method?
A. Exclusion.
B. Trapping.
C. Cultivation.
D. Irrigation. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Cultivation
4. Which statement is true about pest management goals?
A. Pesticides are never used to prevent pests.
B. Preventive and suppressive pest control goals are rarely combined.
C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations.
D. Over large areas, eradication is a practical approach to pest control. - CORRECT ANSWERS
C. Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations.
5. Which term describes the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control
measures?
A. Economic threshold.
B. Economic injury level.
C. Action threshold.
D. Pest threshold. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Economic Threshold
6. 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 ANSWERS D.
Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism.
7. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and pesticide handlers with
protections against possible harm from pesticides?
A. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
B. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
C. Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
D. Worker Protection Standard (WPS). - CORRECT ANSWERS D. Worker Protection Standard
(WPS).
8. 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 ANSWERS D
9. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
A. The maximum amount of pesticide 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 ANSWERS A. The maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally
remain on or in a commodity at the time of harvest or slaughter.
10. Which of the following sections under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an unregistered
pesticide to control an "emergency" pest problem?
A. Section 3.
B. Section 18.
C. Section 24 (c).
D. Section 25 (b). - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Section 18.
11. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates:
A. The chemical name and 75 percent inert ingredients formulated as a wettable powder.
B. The brand name and 25 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
C. The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder.
D. The chemical name and 25 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable powder. - CORRECT
ANSWERS C. The brand name and 75 percent active ingredients, formulated as a wettable
powder.
12. Which signal word appears on a label with a skull and crossbones symbol?
A. DANGER—POISON.
B. DANGER.
C. WARNING.
D. CAUTION. - CORRECT ANSWERS A. DANGER-POISON
