NC PESTICIDE LICENSE ORNAMENTAL
AND TURF PRE TEST ACTUAL TEST PAPER
2026 FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is point source pollution?.
Answer: when pesticides enter a well from spillage or back-siphonage
thus entering the groundwater directly
⩥ What is absorption?.
Answer: The binding of chemicals to other particles
⩥ What is volatilization?.
Answer: Volatilization is transfer of nitrogen to the air from crops and
manure, and this nitrogen is subsequently deposited on land and water
⩥ What is runoff?.
Answer: When water carries pesticides, either mixed in the water or
bound to eroding soil, to off target points
⩥ What is leaching?.
Answer: When pesticide is seeping through the soil
,⩥ What is vapor drift?.
Answer: The movement of pesticide vapors in the atmosphere
⩥ How can you use pressure to control vapor drift?.
Answer: Reducing pressure will increase the particle size which
decreases vapor drift
⩥ What time of day is the least harmful to apply pesticides (with regards
to bees)?.
Answer: evening applications
⩥ T/F - granular formulations are generally the safest for bees.
Answer: T
⩥ What is phitotoxicity?.
Answer: Injury of a plant from a pesticide as a result of carelessness or
from use of a pesticide which is highly hazardous to plants and trees;
ranges from light burning or browning of leaves to death of the whole
plant
⩥ What is an accumulative pesticide?.
Answer: A pesticide that can build up in the body of animals and the
food chain
, ⩥ What are persistent pesticides?.
Answer: Those that stay in the environment without change for long
periods of time, but can be fairly harmless to the environment (they
simply give long term control)
⩥ What is microbial degradation?.
Answer: When microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria use a
pesticide as food
⩥ What is chemical degradation?.
Answer: The breakdown of a pesticide by processes not involving a
living organism
⩥ What is photodegradation?.
Answer: The breakdown of pesticides by sunlight
⩥ T/F - Modern pesticides are formulated in such a manner that there is
little chance of polluting water with their use.
Answer: F
⩥ T/F - Food and feed can by produced efficiently and economically
without excess pesticide residues.
Answer: T
AND TURF PRE TEST ACTUAL TEST PAPER
2026 FULL ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What is point source pollution?.
Answer: when pesticides enter a well from spillage or back-siphonage
thus entering the groundwater directly
⩥ What is absorption?.
Answer: The binding of chemicals to other particles
⩥ What is volatilization?.
Answer: Volatilization is transfer of nitrogen to the air from crops and
manure, and this nitrogen is subsequently deposited on land and water
⩥ What is runoff?.
Answer: When water carries pesticides, either mixed in the water or
bound to eroding soil, to off target points
⩥ What is leaching?.
Answer: When pesticide is seeping through the soil
,⩥ What is vapor drift?.
Answer: The movement of pesticide vapors in the atmosphere
⩥ How can you use pressure to control vapor drift?.
Answer: Reducing pressure will increase the particle size which
decreases vapor drift
⩥ What time of day is the least harmful to apply pesticides (with regards
to bees)?.
Answer: evening applications
⩥ T/F - granular formulations are generally the safest for bees.
Answer: T
⩥ What is phitotoxicity?.
Answer: Injury of a plant from a pesticide as a result of carelessness or
from use of a pesticide which is highly hazardous to plants and trees;
ranges from light burning or browning of leaves to death of the whole
plant
⩥ What is an accumulative pesticide?.
Answer: A pesticide that can build up in the body of animals and the
food chain
, ⩥ What are persistent pesticides?.
Answer: Those that stay in the environment without change for long
periods of time, but can be fairly harmless to the environment (they
simply give long term control)
⩥ What is microbial degradation?.
Answer: When microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria use a
pesticide as food
⩥ What is chemical degradation?.
Answer: The breakdown of a pesticide by processes not involving a
living organism
⩥ What is photodegradation?.
Answer: The breakdown of pesticides by sunlight
⩥ T/F - Modern pesticides are formulated in such a manner that there is
little chance of polluting water with their use.
Answer: F
⩥ T/F - Food and feed can by produced efficiently and economically
without excess pesticide residues.
Answer: T
