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National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual Study Guide: Questions and Answers, Exams of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

This study guide provides a comprehensive overview of pesticide application principles and practices, covering key concepts such as pest management methods, pesticide classification, modes of action, and regulatory frameworks. It includes a series of questions and answers designed to test understanding and reinforce learning. The guide is particularly relevant for individuals preparing for the national pesticide applicator certification exam.

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National Pesticide Applicator
Certification Core Manual Study Guide/
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Combine the use of several compatible methods into an ____ program, and target the pest at the
most susceptible stage for control. ✔✔Integrated pest management program (IPM)
What are the pest management methods? ✔✔Natural Control
Mechanical control
Cultural Control
Physical/ environmental modification
Host resistance or genetic control
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What are measures that check or destroy pests without depending on humans for their continuance
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National Pesticide Applicator

Certification Core Manual Study Guide/

Questions with Complete Solutions

Combine the use of several compatible methods into an ____ program, and target the pest at the most susceptible stage for control. ✔✔Integrated pest management program (IPM)

What are the pest management methods? ✔✔Natural Control

Mechanical control

Cultural Control

Physical/ environmental modification

Host resistance or genetic control

Chemical control

Regulatory Methods

What are measures that check or destroy pests without depending on humans for their continuance or success? ✔✔Natural Controls

What includes biological, mechanical, cultural, physical, genetic, chemical, and regulatory methods? ✔✔Applied Controls

What type of control modifies the environment to enhance natural enemies? ✔✔Biological Control

What type of control is to alter the environment, the condition of the host plant or site, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. ✔✔Cultural Control

What are 2 examples of Cultural Control ✔✔Cultural Practices and Sanitation

Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest management method? ✔✔Mechanical Control

Lowering the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage from mold is an example of which type of pest management method? ✔✔Physical/ environmental modification

Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control method? ✔✔Exclusion

How are pesticides commonly grouped? ✔✔To the type of pest they control

What type of pesticide is used to control birds? ✔✔Avicides

What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria ✔✔Bactericides

What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? ✔✔Disinfectants

What type of Pesticide control fungi? ✔✔Fungicides

What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable plants? ✔✔Herbicides

What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods? ✔✔Insecticides

What type of Pesticide control mites? ✔✔Miticides

What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs ✔✔Molluscidies

What type of Pesticides control nematodes? ✔✔Nematicides

What type of Pesticides control predatory vertabrates? ✔✔Predacides

What type of Pesticides control pest fish? ✔✔Piscicides

What type of Pesticides repel insects, related invertebrates, birds and mammals ✔✔Repellents

What type of Pesticides control rodents? ✔✔Rodenticides

What type of Pesticides cause leaves or foliage to drop from plants? ✔✔Defoliants

What type of Pesticides promote drying or loss of moisture from plants? ✔✔Desiccants

What type of Pesticides are substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the growth or development of a plant or animal? ✔✔Growth Regulators

What is a pest management strategy that utilizes a wide range of pest control methods or tactics? ✔✔Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

What are the 5 major steps all of the IPM components can be grouped into? ✔✔1. Identify the pest and understand its biology

  1. Monitor the pest to be managed
  2. Develop the Pest Management Goal
  3. Implement the Integrated Pest Managment Program (IPM)
  4. Record and Evaluate Results

What is the first step in any pest managment program? ✔✔Identify the pest

What pests may cause major damage on a regular basis unless they are controlled ✔✔Key Pests

What pests become troublesome only once in a while because of their life cycles or environmental influences, or as a result of human activiites? ✔✔Occasionl Pests

What pests become problems when a key pest is controlled or elimated? ✔✔Secondary Pests

What is a pest level at which some type of pest management action must be taken? ✔✔Action thresholds

What pest control methods are used to reduce pest population levels? ✔✔Suppression

What steps should be taken before implementing an IPM program ✔✔Identify the pest, Set up monitoring program, know the pest level that triggers control, know what control methods are available, evaluate the benefits and risks of each method

_____ can be defined as the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent or other pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it ✔✔Pesticide resistance

Using new compounds with different modes of action will lessen the likelihood of _____ developing in a population ✔✔resistance

Use new or alterned pesticides, change pesticide use patterns and treat only when necessary are what kind of management? ✔✔Resistance Management

What are the two types of pesticide applicators under FIFRA? ✔✔Private and commercial applicator

Who is defined as a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity on his/her own property or property he/she rents or leases? ✔✔Private applicator

Who are individuals who use or supervise the use of any restricted-use pesticide for any purpose on any property except for those provided for under the definition of a private applicator? ✔✔Commercial Applicator

Only _____ may mix, load, or apply restricted-use pesticides ✔✔Certified applicators or individuals under their direct supervision

True or False. A pesticide may be applied to control a target pest not specified on the label if the pesticide is applied to a crop, animal, or site specifically listed on the label? ✔✔True

True or False A Pesticide may never be applied at a dosage, concentration, or frequency less than the specified on the label? ✔✔False

No pesticide can be registered or offered for sale unless its ______ provides for reasonable safeguards to prevent injury to humans and adverse effects on the environment? ✔✔labeling

The federal registration of pesticides under which section of FIFRA? ✔✔Section 3

Special local needs registrations under which section of FIFRA? ✔✔Section 24

Emergency exemptions under which section of FIFRA ✔✔Section 18

Exemption of minimum-risk pesticides from registration under which section of FIFRA? ✔✔Section 25b

A _____ is any instrument or contrivance (other than firearm) intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigation any pest? ✔✔device

The _____ examines health and safety data for pesticides active ingredients and determines whether they are eligible for reregistration? ✔✔EPA

What is defined as the amount of the chemical likely to remain in or on food, and other possible sources of exposures to the pesticide? ✔✔toxicity

In general, commercial applicators, wholesalers, dealers, and retailers my be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $_______ for each offence? ✔✔$5,

______ is the main federal law regulating pesticide use? ✔✔FIFRA

What governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed products? ✔✔Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)

The ______, passed in 1996, amended both FIFRA and FFDCA and set a tougher standard for pesticides used on food? ✔✔The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

What established a single, health-based standard to be used when assessing the risks of pesticide residues in food or feed? ✔✔The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)

_____ may be linked to a variety of sexual, developmental, behavioral, and reproductive problems ✔✔Endocrine disruptors

What is a regulation aimed at reducing the risk of pesticides poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and pesticide handlers? ✔✔The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Worker Protection Standard (WPS)

What law makes it illegal to kill, harm, or collect endangered or threatened wildlife or fish, or to remove endangered or threatened plants from areas under federal jurisdiction? ✔✔Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Applicators must be aware of federal record-keeping requirments administered by the ____ for commercial applicators and by the ______ for private applicators? ✔✔EPA, USDA

What is the main method of communication between a pesticide manufacturer and pesticide users? ✔✔Product Label

______ on the other hand, includes the label itself plus all other information referenced on the lable or received from the manufacturer about the product when you buy it. ✔✔Labeling

You may encounter two major types of EPA registrations section 3 ______ registration or Section 24c ________. ✔✔standard, special local need

What type of registrations allow states to expand or limit the uses of certain registered pesticides within their jurisdictions? ✔✔Special local need (SLN)

What address pest problems for which no pesticides are registered? ✔✔Emergency Exemptions

______, allows the sale and use of a certain pesticide product during a specified period of time? ✔✔Section 18 exemption

What are pesticides are except from registration and considered to pose minimum risk to humans and the environment, provided the projucts satisfy certain conditions? ✔✔Minimum-risk Pesticides

Before buying a pesticide you should make sure of what? ✔✔Pesticide is registered for your intended use

The ______ shows up plainly on the front panel of the label and is the one used in advertisements and by company salespeople. It often indicates the type of formulation and the percentage of active ingredient present. ✔✔Trade, brand or product name

What is the chemical or chemicals in a pesticide product responsible for the pesticidal activity. It is the material in a pesticide fromulation that actually destroys a pest or performs a desired function. ✔✔Active Ingredient (a.i.)

What are the other ingredients in a pesticide formulation that are not usually named, but the label must show what percentage of the total contents they make up? ✔✔Inert Ingredients

What is the complex name that identifies the chemical components and structure of the pesticide's active ingredient? ✔✔Chemical name

Because chemical names or active ingredients are usually complex, many are given a shorter _______ name. ✔✔Common

The EPA classifies every pesticide product as either ______ or ________ use. ✔✔Restricted, unclassified/general

EPA Reg No. 3120-280-

What number identifies the distributor? ✔✔ 1492

What must also appear on the pesticide label to identify the facility that produced the product? ✔✔EPA establishment number

Most pesticide lables must include a ______. This important designation gives the user an indication of the relative acute toxicity of the product to humans and animals? ✔✔signal word

What signal word indicate products that are highly toxic by any route of entry into the body. They can cause death in very low doses. ✔✔Danger-Poison

What signal word indicate products that can cause severe eye damage or skin irritation? ✔✔Danger

What signal word indicate that the product is moderately toxic either orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes moderate eye and skin irritation? ✔✔Warning

What signal word signals that the product is slightly toxic either orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes slight eye and skin irritation? ✔✔Caution

What appears on all pesticide labels that contain additional statements to help applicators decide what precautions to take to protect themselves, their employees, and other persons (or animals) that could be exposed? ✔✔Precautionary statements

What typical label statements include:

Fatal if swallowed.

Poisonous if inhaled.

Extremely hazardous by skin contact-rapidly absorbed through skin

Corrosive-causes eye damage and severe skin burns. ✔✔Danger

What typical label statements include:

Harmful if swallowed

May be harmful if inhaled

May irritate eyes, nose, throat, and skin. ✔✔Caution

What typical lable statements include: