Arizona Pesticide Applicator Exam Prep | Updated Study Guide & Practice Questions (Core + Categories)

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Category A and E Pesticide Test Practice (NEW UPDATED VERSION) LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS) | GUARANTEED PASS A+




Selective herbicide - CORRECT ANSWER Control certain types of plants,
especially with other plant


QUESTION :Pesticide Misuse - CORRECT 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


QUESTION :MDA - CORRECT ANSWER MN Department of Agriculture



QUESTION :FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER Federal insecticide, fungicide, and
rodenticide act .


QUESTION :Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - CORRECT ANSWER Pesticide
formulation designed and approved by the FIFRA


QUESTION :Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs) - CORRECT ANSWER
All pesticides other than RUPs including general use and unclassified pesticides,
organic pesticides, etc


QUESTION :Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) - CORRECT ANSWER
These applicators apply pesticide 'for hire' in, on or around their customers buildings
and other structures.




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QUESTION :Re-certification - CORRECT 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.


QUESTION :Reciprocity - CORRECT 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 .


QUESTION :Endangered Species - CORRECT 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


QUESTION :Threatened Species - CORRECT 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


QUESTION :Candidate Species - CORRECT ANSWER Plants or animals that are
being considered for designation as threatened or endangered .


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Examples-
Spragues Pipit
Eastern Massasauga
Dakota Skipper
Snuffbox
Sheepnose
Spectaclecasew


QUESTION :Pesticide Management Plan - CORRECT ANSWER A plan of
protection for groundwater and surface water.


QUESTION :Best Management Practices (BMPs) - CORRECT ANSWER These
are practical, research-based ways for users of pesticides to prevent or minimize
contamination.


QUESTION :Application Setbacks - CORRECT ANSWER The distance of
untreated land between a pesticide treated area in the areas that need protection from
the pesticides.


QUESTION :Filter Strips and Vegetation Buffers - CORRECT ANSWER
Untreated grass strips next to streams, ponds, and other sensitive areas that can trap
much of the pesticide running off treated sites.


QUESTION :Depth to Groundwater - CORRECT ANSWER The distance from the
soil surface down to the water table.


QUESTION :Backflow - CORRECT ANSWER When the water source filling the
pesticide application equipment has a water pressure drop unexpectedly in the supply
line, electricity is shut down or a pump fails and the pesticide runs back into the water
source, contaminating it.




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QUESTION :Reduced Pressure Principal Device - CORRECT ANSWER Two
independent check valves in the water supply line, with an automatic pressure
differential valve located between the two valves.


QUESTION :Pressurized Vacuum Breaker - CORRECT ANSWER Vees stop
backflow in the waterline is under continuous water pressure and the waterline pressure
is lost.


QUESTION :Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker - CORRECT ANSWER These let air
from the atmosphere into the waterline to break the backflow siphon at the event of
pressure loss in the waterline.


QUESTION :Chemigation - CORRECT ANSWER Application of pesticides and
fertilizers through irrigation systems


QUESTION :Pesticide Waste - CORRECT ANSWER Includes both pesticides
that you cannot use as originally intended, old pesticides that may no longer be effective
or pesticides you no longer need or want.


QUESTION :Waste Pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER Pesticides that are no
longer usable or wanted.
Examples-
The government has banned the use of the pesticide.
The pesticide has been stored too long and lost effectiveness or changed in other ways
so it no longer works.
The pesticide is left over or you no longer need or want it.


QUESTION :Incident Response Plan - CORRECT ANSWER This plan helps you
prepare for and deal with pesticide and or fertilizer incident quickly and effectively. The
plan should contain at least the following information;
An emergency response contact list
Product labels and product material safety data sheet (MSDS)


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