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Demonstration and Research Pest
Control EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - (ANSWER)FIFRA
"any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying,
repelling, or mitigating and pest" - (ANSWER)Pesticide
"any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator,
defoliant, or desiccant." - (ANSWER)Pesticide
Pesticides that are generally more acutely toxic and inhibit a vital physiological
process. - (ANSWER)Broad spectrum
Broad spectrum insecticides that inhibit cholinesterase - an enzyme in animal
nervous systems. - (ANSWER)Organophosphates and carbamates
Broad spectrum herbicides that inhibit a key reaction in photosynthesis. -
(ANSWER)Triazines
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There is a trend away from broad spectrum pesticides and toward ______
pesticides which are aimed at certain metabolic action sites, and sometimes,
certain pest organisms. This almost always results in products with reduced risks
toward pesticide handlers and non-target organisms. - (ANSWER)specialized
activity
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is _____
which disrupt insect growth, egg production, and caste differentiation in some
social insects. - (ANSWER)Insect growth regulators
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the
insecticidal bacterium _____ which is highly selective against certain insect pests.
- (ANSWER)Bacillus thuringiensis
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the
selective _____ which inhibits synthesis of vital amino acids only in certain plants.
- (ANSWER)sulfonylurea herbicides
The movement, dissipation, degradation, and accumulation of pesticides in the
biosphere. - (ANSWER)Environmental fate
Pesticides reach the soil through these three routes _____ - (ANSWER)intentional
application, spills, drift, and contaminated precipitation.
Demonstration and Research Pest
Control EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS WITH
RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - (ANSWER)FIFRA
"any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying,
repelling, or mitigating and pest" - (ANSWER)Pesticide
"any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator,
defoliant, or desiccant." - (ANSWER)Pesticide
Pesticides that are generally more acutely toxic and inhibit a vital physiological
process. - (ANSWER)Broad spectrum
Broad spectrum insecticides that inhibit cholinesterase - an enzyme in animal
nervous systems. - (ANSWER)Organophosphates and carbamates
Broad spectrum herbicides that inhibit a key reaction in photosynthesis. -
(ANSWER)Triazines
, 2
There is a trend away from broad spectrum pesticides and toward ______
pesticides which are aimed at certain metabolic action sites, and sometimes,
certain pest organisms. This almost always results in products with reduced risks
toward pesticide handlers and non-target organisms. - (ANSWER)specialized
activity
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is _____
which disrupt insect growth, egg production, and caste differentiation in some
social insects. - (ANSWER)Insect growth regulators
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the
insecticidal bacterium _____ which is highly selective against certain insect pests.
- (ANSWER)Bacillus thuringiensis
A highly specific pesticide with minimal non-target organism impact is the
selective _____ which inhibits synthesis of vital amino acids only in certain plants.
- (ANSWER)sulfonylurea herbicides
The movement, dissipation, degradation, and accumulation of pesticides in the
biosphere. - (ANSWER)Environmental fate
Pesticides reach the soil through these three routes _____ - (ANSWER)intentional
application, spills, drift, and contaminated precipitation.
