MN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● 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)
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● 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)
