Practice Questions With Verified
Answers
\Q\.Selective herbicide - ANSWER-✔Control certain types of plants, especially with other plant
\Q\.Pesticide Misuse - ANSWER-✔-Not using a pesticide according to label directions
-using a pesticide not registered for sale or use in MN
-applying without a license
-applying in a endangering way to animals/ppl/environment
\Q\.MDA - ANSWER-✔MN Department of Agriculture
\Q\.FIFRA - ANSWER-✔Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act .
\Q\.Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - ANSWER-✔Pesticide formulation designed and approved
by the FIFRA
\Q\.Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs) - ANSWER-✔All pesticides other than RUPs
including general use and unclassified pesticides, organic pesticides, etc
\Q\.Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) - ANSWER-✔These applicators apply pesticide 'for
hire' in, on or around their customers buildings and other structures.
\Q\.Re-certification - ANSWER-✔There are two ways to recertify .
, 1 - attend an MDA approved category specific recertification workshop.
2 - re-test by taking the category certification exams and pay retest fees.
\Q\.Reciprocity - ANSWER-✔Allow someone residing in licensed in another state to obtain a
pesticide applicator license in MN without being required to take MN initial certification exams
or completing MN recertification requirements .
\Q\.Endangered Species - ANSWER-✔A plant or animal in danger of extinction.
Examples-
MN Dwarf Trout Lily
Piping Plover
Topeka Shiner
Karner Blue Butterfly
Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
\Q\.Threatened Species - ANSWER-✔A plant or animal likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future.
Examples-
Leedy's Roseroot
Prairie bush clover
Western prairie fringed orchid
Canada Lynx
\Q\.Candidate Species - ANSWER-✔Plants or animals that are being considered for designation
as threatened or endangered .
Examples-