MN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM PREP
TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ Pathogens. Answer: Disease causing organisms
⩥ Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms. Answer: 1. Weeds
2. Invertebrates
3. Pathogens
4. Vertebrates
⩥ Weed. Answer: Undesirable plant
⩥ Invertebrate Examples. Answer: Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails,
slugs
⩥ Pathogen Examples. Answer: Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes,
mycoplasmas, and other microorganisms
⩥ Vertebrate Examples. Answer: Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish,
rodents, and other mammals
,⩥ Importance of Pest Identification. Answer: Applicators can learn about
its life cycle, behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its
development, susceptible life stages, and known control methods. Could
cause pest control success or failure.
⩥ 6 Pest Management Methods. Answer: 1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Cultural
4. Genetic
5. Mechanical/Physical
6. Regulatory
⩥ Biological Control. Answer: Use of natural enemies to control pests.
⩥ Avicide. Answer: Control or repel pest birds
⩥ Bactericide. Answer: Control bacteria
⩥ Chemosterilants. Answer: Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
⩥ Defoliants. Answer: Causes leaves to drop from plants
,⩥ Desiccants. Answer: Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant
tissues and insects
⩥ Disinfectants. Answer: Control microorganisms
⩥ Fungicide. Answer: Control fungi
⩥ Growth Regulators. Answer: Alter growth or development of plant or
animal
⩥ Herbicide. Answer: Control weeds
⩥ Insecticide. Answer: Control insects and related arthropods
⩥ Miticide. Answer: (Acaricide) Control mites
⩥ Molluscicides. Answer: Control snails and slugs
⩥ Nematicides. Answer: Control nematodes
⩥ Ovicides. Answer: Destroy eggs
, ⩥ Pheromone. Answer: Attract insects
⩥ Piscicides. Answer: Control pest fish
⩥ Predacides. Answer: Control predatory vertebrates
⩥ Repellants. Answer: Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates,
invertebrates, birds, and mammals
⩥ Rodenticides. Answer: Controls rodents
⩥ Selective Pesticide. Answer: Toxic to some pests, but have little or no
effect on others
⩥ Systemic Pesticide. Answer: Absorbed and translocated within a plant
or animal
⩥ Contact Pesticide. Answer: Must directly touch the pest or a site the
pest frequents
⩥ Persistence. Answer: How long a pesticide remains actives to control
pest
TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
⩥ Pathogens. Answer: Disease causing organisms
⩥ Four Main Groups of Pest Organisms. Answer: 1. Weeds
2. Invertebrates
3. Pathogens
4. Vertebrates
⩥ Weed. Answer: Undesirable plant
⩥ Invertebrate Examples. Answer: Insects, mites, ticks, spiders, snails,
slugs
⩥ Pathogen Examples. Answer: Bacteria, viruses, fungi, nematodes,
mycoplasmas, and other microorganisms
⩥ Vertebrate Examples. Answer: Birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish,
rodents, and other mammals
,⩥ Importance of Pest Identification. Answer: Applicators can learn about
its life cycle, behavior, characteristic damage, factors that favor its
development, susceptible life stages, and known control methods. Could
cause pest control success or failure.
⩥ 6 Pest Management Methods. Answer: 1. Biological
2. Chemical
3. Cultural
4. Genetic
5. Mechanical/Physical
6. Regulatory
⩥ Biological Control. Answer: Use of natural enemies to control pests.
⩥ Avicide. Answer: Control or repel pest birds
⩥ Bactericide. Answer: Control bacteria
⩥ Chemosterilants. Answer: Sterilize insects or pest vertebrates
⩥ Defoliants. Answer: Causes leaves to drop from plants
,⩥ Desiccants. Answer: Promote drying or loss of moisture from plant
tissues and insects
⩥ Disinfectants. Answer: Control microorganisms
⩥ Fungicide. Answer: Control fungi
⩥ Growth Regulators. Answer: Alter growth or development of plant or
animal
⩥ Herbicide. Answer: Control weeds
⩥ Insecticide. Answer: Control insects and related arthropods
⩥ Miticide. Answer: (Acaricide) Control mites
⩥ Molluscicides. Answer: Control snails and slugs
⩥ Nematicides. Answer: Control nematodes
⩥ Ovicides. Answer: Destroy eggs
, ⩥ Pheromone. Answer: Attract insects
⩥ Piscicides. Answer: Control pest fish
⩥ Predacides. Answer: Control predatory vertebrates
⩥ Repellants. Answer: Repel insects, mites, ticks, pest vertebrates,
invertebrates, birds, and mammals
⩥ Rodenticides. Answer: Controls rodents
⩥ Selective Pesticide. Answer: Toxic to some pests, but have little or no
effect on others
⩥ Systemic Pesticide. Answer: Absorbed and translocated within a plant
or animal
⩥ Contact Pesticide. Answer: Must directly touch the pest or a site the
pest frequents
⩥ Persistence. Answer: How long a pesticide remains actives to control
pest
