WI Pesticide Applicator Final Exam Practice Test & Study Guide 2024

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WI Pesticide Applicator FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

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When should you not spray to prevent drift? .....Answer.....When

winds are over 10 mph, wind is blowing towards sensitive areas,

winds are shifting and during periods of calm/inversion.


Before using strychnine bait to control ground squirrels, what

must you do? .....Answer.....Obtain a use permit from the DNR


This pest is concealed under a mantle of snow during winter and

girdles roots and stems which can kill or severely injure trees

.....Answer.....Meadow mice

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The broad category used to kill insects, weeds, fungi, mice, or

other critters is _________ .....Answer.....Pesticides


Organic pesticides refer to _________ .....Answer.....Being a

product that is derived from elemental Carbon


What type of pesticides consist of bacteria, viruses, and fungi

which tend to be highly specific in what target pests they attack?

.....Answer.....Microbial Pesticides


Why do pests often develop resistance to different pesticides

that are from the same class? .....Answer.....Because they effect

the pest in the same way


A given pesticide's active ingredient will__________

.....Answer.....Always have the same common name

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What type of insecticide is successful due to entertaining an

insect's outer membranes and infecting the respiratory tubes?

.....Answer.....Contact Poison


What type of pesticide moves within the plant?

.....Answer.....Systemic


What herbicide characteristic is most desired if you need to

control a perennial weed like a dandelion without damaging the

surrounding plants? .....Answer.....Narrow Spectrum


In order to make handling and application of a pesticide safer,

easier, and more effective the manufacturer mixes __________

.....Answer.....inert ingredients


Different formulations are created for the same pesticide, why

do manufacturers do this? .....Answer.....Different formulations are

more effective in different situations.

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In order to maintain ________________ in suspension this

formulation requires constant and vigorous agitation.

.....Answer.....Wettable Powder (WP)


A wetting agent added to a pesticide formulation is an example

of a(n)__________ .....Answer.....Adjuvant


If a pesticide's benefit outweighs its risk only when a trained

person is using .....Answer.....Restricted-use


A for hire applicator must renew their individual commercial

applicator license every_______ .....Answer.....Year


A not for hire commercial applicator applying restricted use

pesticides needs .....Answer.....Certification and individual license


As a for hire pesticide applicator one must keep pesticide

application records for at least_______ .....Answer.....2 years