MN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAMPREP
STUDY GUIDE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● An example of physical/environmental control. Answer: Lowering
the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage
from mold
●● An example of biological control. Answer: Modifying the
environment to enhance natural enemies
●● Exclusion. Answer: Sealing cracks, crevices, and small openings in
buildings
●● Cultural control practices. Answer: Alter the environment, the
condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress
an infestation
●● Airports and ocean ports. Answer: The ports that are monitored by
pest quarantine regulatory agencies
●● The main goal of pest management strategies in IPM. Answer:
Maintaining pest damage at economically acceptable levels
,●● An example of a preventative pest strategy. Answer: Planting weed
and disease-free seed/sod
●● The lowest level an action threshold may be set at. Answer: Zero pest
population density
●● Something that would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance.
Answer: Continual use of the same pesticides from the same chemical
class
●● The federal agency responsible for registering or licensing pesticide
products for use in the US. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
●● The federal law that governs the establishment of pesticide
tolerances for food and feed products. Answer: Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
●● The federal law that requires that all pesticides meet new safety
standards. Answer: Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
●● Four facts about the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Answer: State restrictions on pesticides may be more strict
than those of FIFRA
, Approved pesticide labels have the force of law
The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market
FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products
●● The minimum sizes of sites for experimental use permits required
under section 5 of FIFRA when conducting experimental field tests on
new pesticides or new use pesticides. Answer: 10 or more acres of land,
or 1 or more acres of water
●● The two categories of penalties that may be assessed for FIFRA
violations. Answer: Civil and criminal penalties
●● A requirement of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Answer:
Testing of pesticides for endocrine-disruption potential
●● What must be on pesticide products that might adversely affect
endangered species, under the federal Endangered Species Protection
Program. Answer: A label statement advising applicators to consult a
county bulletin to determine if they must take any special precautionary
measures when using the product
●● What is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem
arises for which a food or feed commodity is not on the registered
STUDY GUIDE 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● An example of physical/environmental control. Answer: Lowering
the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage
from mold
●● An example of biological control. Answer: Modifying the
environment to enhance natural enemies
●● Exclusion. Answer: Sealing cracks, crevices, and small openings in
buildings
●● Cultural control practices. Answer: Alter the environment, the
condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress
an infestation
●● Airports and ocean ports. Answer: The ports that are monitored by
pest quarantine regulatory agencies
●● The main goal of pest management strategies in IPM. Answer:
Maintaining pest damage at economically acceptable levels
,●● An example of a preventative pest strategy. Answer: Planting weed
and disease-free seed/sod
●● The lowest level an action threshold may be set at. Answer: Zero pest
population density
●● Something that would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance.
Answer: Continual use of the same pesticides from the same chemical
class
●● The federal agency responsible for registering or licensing pesticide
products for use in the US. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
●● The federal law that governs the establishment of pesticide
tolerances for food and feed products. Answer: Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
●● The federal law that requires that all pesticides meet new safety
standards. Answer: Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
●● Four facts about the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA). Answer: State restrictions on pesticides may be more strict
than those of FIFRA
, Approved pesticide labels have the force of law
The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market
FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products
●● The minimum sizes of sites for experimental use permits required
under section 5 of FIFRA when conducting experimental field tests on
new pesticides or new use pesticides. Answer: 10 or more acres of land,
or 1 or more acres of water
●● The two categories of penalties that may be assessed for FIFRA
violations. Answer: Civil and criminal penalties
●● A requirement of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Answer:
Testing of pesticides for endocrine-disruption potential
●● What must be on pesticide products that might adversely affect
endangered species, under the federal Endangered Species Protection
Program. Answer: A label statement advising applicators to consult a
county bulletin to determine if they must take any special precautionary
measures when using the product
●● What is needed to apply a pesticide legally when a pest problem
arises for which a food or feed commodity is not on the registered
