National Pesticide Applicators Certification
Core Detailed Exam Study Questions with
100% Verified Answers Already Graded A+
1) FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
2) EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
3) Restricted Use (RUP) - ANSWER A pest control product that can be
purchased only by certified pesticide applicators and used only by certified
applicators or persons under their direct supervision. Not available for use
by the public because of high toxicity and/or environmental hazards
4) Unclassified Use - ANSWER Pest control products that are often referred to
a s general use pesticides, They can be bought and used by the public
without special permits or restrictions
5) Under federal law, the following actions is unlawful and subject to civil or
criminal penalties - ANSWER Detaching, altering, or destroying any part of
a container or labeling
6) federal regulation requires employee training in the use of pesticides -
ANSWER Keeping inadequate records of employees who received training
of the proper use of pesticides
7) Pest - ANSWER Undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants
and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances
,8) Pathogens - ANSWER Disease causing organisms, such as viruses, bacteria,
or fungi, weeds, mollusk, slugs, snails, fish, birds, mammals from mice to
deer
9) Pesticide Resistance - ANSWER Hundreds of insects have become resistant
to one or more pesticides
10) DDT Concentrations (parts per million) 20.00 - ANSWER Fish
Eating Birds
11) DDT Concentrations 2.0 - ANSWER Fish
12) DDT Concentrations .20 - ANSWER Zooplankton
13) DDT Concentrations .04 - ANSWER Plankton Algae
14) DDT Concentrations .000003 - ANSWER Water
15) Bio-accumulations - ANSWER Accumulation of substances, such as
pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism. Occurs when an organism
absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost by
metabolism and excretion.
16) Bio-magnification - ANSWER The concentration of toxins in an
organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the
toxins are more widely disbursed.
17) Main Group of Pest 1 - ANSWER Weeds
,18) Main Group of Pest 2 - ANSWER Invertebrates (insects, mites, ticks,
spiders, snails, and slugs)
19) Main Group of Pest 3 - ANSWER Disease agents or pathogens
(bacteria, viruses, and fungi)
20) Main Group of Pest 4 - ANSWER Vertebrates (birds, reptiles,
amphibians, fish, rodents, and other mammals
21) General -Use Pesticide - ANSWER A pest control product that can be
purchased and used by the public
22) Certified Applicators - ANSWER A person qualified to apply or
supervise the application of RUPs
23) Commercial Applicators - ANSWER A certified applicator who uses
or supervises the use of pesticides for purposes other than those covered
under a private applicator certification
24) Private Applicators - ANSWER A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of restricted use pesticides to produce an agriculture
commodity on his or her own land, leased land, or rented land or on the
lands of his or her employer
25) Tolerance - ANSWER The maximum amount of a pesticide residue
that may legally remain on or in food or feed commodities at harvest or
slaughter. Established by EPA for each crop and every pesticide used on a
specific crop
, 26) Registration - ANSWER A EPA program to review older pesticides
(registered before November 1984) to ensure that they meet current
scientific regulatory standards
27) REDs - ANSWER Re-registration Eligibility Decisions
28) FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act
29) FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act
30) Registration Review - ANSWER An EPA program that periodically
re-evaluates pesticides to ensure that products currently sold are safe to use
31) WPS - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard
32) statement about FIFRA - ANSWER It prevents states, tribes, and
territories from creating pesticide use laws more stringent than federal
regulations
33) statement about trained and certified applicators - ANSWER They
may apply, and/or supervise the application of RUPs
34) What is the purpose of the pesticide registration and re-registration
process? - ANSWER To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause
unreasonable risks to human health or environment
35) statement about federal pesticide regulation - ANSWER Approved
pesticide labels have the force of law
Core Detailed Exam Study Questions with
100% Verified Answers Already Graded A+
1) FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
2) EPA - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency
3) Restricted Use (RUP) - ANSWER A pest control product that can be
purchased only by certified pesticide applicators and used only by certified
applicators or persons under their direct supervision. Not available for use
by the public because of high toxicity and/or environmental hazards
4) Unclassified Use - ANSWER Pest control products that are often referred to
a s general use pesticides, They can be bought and used by the public
without special permits or restrictions
5) Under federal law, the following actions is unlawful and subject to civil or
criminal penalties - ANSWER Detaching, altering, or destroying any part of
a container or labeling
6) federal regulation requires employee training in the use of pesticides -
ANSWER Keeping inadequate records of employees who received training
of the proper use of pesticides
7) Pest - ANSWER Undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants
and animals, manufactured products, or natural substances
,8) Pathogens - ANSWER Disease causing organisms, such as viruses, bacteria,
or fungi, weeds, mollusk, slugs, snails, fish, birds, mammals from mice to
deer
9) Pesticide Resistance - ANSWER Hundreds of insects have become resistant
to one or more pesticides
10) DDT Concentrations (parts per million) 20.00 - ANSWER Fish
Eating Birds
11) DDT Concentrations 2.0 - ANSWER Fish
12) DDT Concentrations .20 - ANSWER Zooplankton
13) DDT Concentrations .04 - ANSWER Plankton Algae
14) DDT Concentrations .000003 - ANSWER Water
15) Bio-accumulations - ANSWER Accumulation of substances, such as
pesticides, or other chemicals in an organism. Occurs when an organism
absorbs a substance at a rate faster than that at which the substance is lost by
metabolism and excretion.
16) Bio-magnification - ANSWER The concentration of toxins in an
organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the
toxins are more widely disbursed.
17) Main Group of Pest 1 - ANSWER Weeds
,18) Main Group of Pest 2 - ANSWER Invertebrates (insects, mites, ticks,
spiders, snails, and slugs)
19) Main Group of Pest 3 - ANSWER Disease agents or pathogens
(bacteria, viruses, and fungi)
20) Main Group of Pest 4 - ANSWER Vertebrates (birds, reptiles,
amphibians, fish, rodents, and other mammals
21) General -Use Pesticide - ANSWER A pest control product that can be
purchased and used by the public
22) Certified Applicators - ANSWER A person qualified to apply or
supervise the application of RUPs
23) Commercial Applicators - ANSWER A certified applicator who uses
or supervises the use of pesticides for purposes other than those covered
under a private applicator certification
24) Private Applicators - ANSWER A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of restricted use pesticides to produce an agriculture
commodity on his or her own land, leased land, or rented land or on the
lands of his or her employer
25) Tolerance - ANSWER The maximum amount of a pesticide residue
that may legally remain on or in food or feed commodities at harvest or
slaughter. Established by EPA for each crop and every pesticide used on a
specific crop
, 26) Registration - ANSWER A EPA program to review older pesticides
(registered before November 1984) to ensure that they meet current
scientific regulatory standards
27) REDs - ANSWER Re-registration Eligibility Decisions
28) FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act
29) FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act
30) Registration Review - ANSWER An EPA program that periodically
re-evaluates pesticides to ensure that products currently sold are safe to use
31) WPS - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard
32) statement about FIFRA - ANSWER It prevents states, tribes, and
territories from creating pesticide use laws more stringent than federal
regulations
33) statement about trained and certified applicators - ANSWER They
may apply, and/or supervise the application of RUPs
34) What is the purpose of the pesticide registration and re-registration
process? - ANSWER To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause
unreasonable risks to human health or environment
35) statement about federal pesticide regulation - ANSWER Approved
pesticide labels have the force of law
