WASHINGTON PESTICIDE UPDATED EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is an undesirable characteristic of a pesticide storage area? - ✔✔direct
sunlight
✔✔What WA State agency is responsible for respirators? - ✔✔Dept. Labor and
Industries
✔✔Select the condition that could help reduce pesticide volatilization:
a. high air temps
b. low relative humidity
c. incorporation
d. small droplets
e. wet soils - ✔✔b. low relative humidity
✔✔Pesticide absorption is greatest in coarse, sandy soils (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔Runoff is more likely from a water-saturated soil than from an unsaturated soil. -
✔✔True
✔✔Pesticide degration processes can be beneficial because they reduce the amount of
pesticide residue in the environment (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔The upper level of the water saturated zone in the soil is called the _____. -
✔✔Water table
✔✔Pesticide properties have little effect on whether a chemical will reach the
groundwater (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔Pesticides can reach groundwater through _____. - ✔✔Leaching
✔✔Fish kills most commonly result from a pollution of the water by _____. -
✔✔Insecticides
✔✔The most common way for pesticides to enter your body is through _____. -
✔✔Dermal absorption
✔✔When using an emulsifiable concentrate formulation, what do you need to
remember? - ✔✔This formulation may have a high phytotoxicity hazard
✔✔Which of the following is not registered as a pesticide under WA state law:
a. drift retardants
,b. plant growth regulator
c. nematicides
d. nitrogen fertilizer - ✔✔d. nitrogen fertilizer
✔✔Why are some pesticides classified as "restricted use?" - ✔✔Their use is a hazard to
the applicator or the environment
✔✔What does not have to be on your application records:
a. relative humidity
b. wind conditions - ✔✔a. relative humidity
✔✔Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides have the most direct effects on what
major body system? - ✔✔Nervous system
✔✔Which of the following pesticide characteristics contribute to an increased potential
for groundwater contamination:
a. high solubility
b. high absorption to soils
c. relatively quick degradation properties
d. high volatility - ✔✔a. high solubility
✔✔Pre-harvest intervals stated on a pesticide label are designed to _____. - ✔✔protect
produce from residues over tolerances
✔✔For which pesticides can 2-PAM be used as an antidote? - ✔✔organophosphates
✔✔Which conditions contribute to most spray drift? - ✔✔Small orifice, high pressure
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Regulates federal pesticide and environmental issues
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration- Regulates worker safety
issues
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Regulates Transportation Issues
✔✔L&I - ✔✔Regulates employee safety
✔✔Define the difference between Absorption vs Adsorption - ✔✔Absorbed vs Adhered
✔✔Phytotoxicity - ✔✔The toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrate - ✔✔Liquid formulations with the active ingredient
dissolved in one or more petroleum solvents
, ✔✔Adjuvant - ✔✔A chemical added to a pesticide to performance and safety
✔✔Surfactant - ✔✔Adjuvant that alter the dispersing, spreading, and wetting properties
✔✔List the signal words from high toxicity to low - ✔✔Danger-Posion
Danger-Peligro (Corrosion)
Warning
Caution
✔✔REI - ✔✔Restricted-entry interval
✔✔Volatilization - ✔✔The transformation of a solid or liquid into a gas
✔✔Microbial Degration - ✔✔When microorganisms use pesticide as food
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Grants the EPA the authority to regulate pesticides
✔✔SLN - ✔✔Special Location Need
✔✔The most common cause for growth of moss in lawns is: - ✔✔Lack of soil fertility
✔✔Best time to spray pesticides for moss, algae, lichen: - ✔✔Winter
✔✔Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to pests
is an example of which type of pest management method?
A. Biological control.
B. Mechanical control.
C. Genetic Control.
D. Physical/ environmental modificaiton. - ✔✔C
✔✔Using a plow to destry weeeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?
A. Exclusion.
B. Trapping.
C. Cultivation.
D. Physical/ environmental modification. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are the only
control method available.
B. Pesticides include any material that is applied to plants and the soil but not to water
or harvested crops.
C. A highly selective pesticide controls a wide variety of pests.
D. Systemic pesticides are not absorbed by treated plants or animals. - ✔✔A
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is an undesirable characteristic of a pesticide storage area? - ✔✔direct
sunlight
✔✔What WA State agency is responsible for respirators? - ✔✔Dept. Labor and
Industries
✔✔Select the condition that could help reduce pesticide volatilization:
a. high air temps
b. low relative humidity
c. incorporation
d. small droplets
e. wet soils - ✔✔b. low relative humidity
✔✔Pesticide absorption is greatest in coarse, sandy soils (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔Runoff is more likely from a water-saturated soil than from an unsaturated soil. -
✔✔True
✔✔Pesticide degration processes can be beneficial because they reduce the amount of
pesticide residue in the environment (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔The upper level of the water saturated zone in the soil is called the _____. -
✔✔Water table
✔✔Pesticide properties have little effect on whether a chemical will reach the
groundwater (T/F) - ✔✔False
✔✔Pesticides can reach groundwater through _____. - ✔✔Leaching
✔✔Fish kills most commonly result from a pollution of the water by _____. -
✔✔Insecticides
✔✔The most common way for pesticides to enter your body is through _____. -
✔✔Dermal absorption
✔✔When using an emulsifiable concentrate formulation, what do you need to
remember? - ✔✔This formulation may have a high phytotoxicity hazard
✔✔Which of the following is not registered as a pesticide under WA state law:
a. drift retardants
,b. plant growth regulator
c. nematicides
d. nitrogen fertilizer - ✔✔d. nitrogen fertilizer
✔✔Why are some pesticides classified as "restricted use?" - ✔✔Their use is a hazard to
the applicator or the environment
✔✔What does not have to be on your application records:
a. relative humidity
b. wind conditions - ✔✔a. relative humidity
✔✔Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides have the most direct effects on what
major body system? - ✔✔Nervous system
✔✔Which of the following pesticide characteristics contribute to an increased potential
for groundwater contamination:
a. high solubility
b. high absorption to soils
c. relatively quick degradation properties
d. high volatility - ✔✔a. high solubility
✔✔Pre-harvest intervals stated on a pesticide label are designed to _____. - ✔✔protect
produce from residues over tolerances
✔✔For which pesticides can 2-PAM be used as an antidote? - ✔✔organophosphates
✔✔Which conditions contribute to most spray drift? - ✔✔Small orifice, high pressure
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Regulates federal pesticide and environmental issues
✔✔OSHA - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Administration- Regulates worker safety
issues
✔✔DOT - ✔✔Regulates Transportation Issues
✔✔L&I - ✔✔Regulates employee safety
✔✔Define the difference between Absorption vs Adsorption - ✔✔Absorbed vs Adhered
✔✔Phytotoxicity - ✔✔The toxic effect by a compound on plant growth
✔✔Emulsifiable Concentrate - ✔✔Liquid formulations with the active ingredient
dissolved in one or more petroleum solvents
, ✔✔Adjuvant - ✔✔A chemical added to a pesticide to performance and safety
✔✔Surfactant - ✔✔Adjuvant that alter the dispersing, spreading, and wetting properties
✔✔List the signal words from high toxicity to low - ✔✔Danger-Posion
Danger-Peligro (Corrosion)
Warning
Caution
✔✔REI - ✔✔Restricted-entry interval
✔✔Volatilization - ✔✔The transformation of a solid or liquid into a gas
✔✔Microbial Degration - ✔✔When microorganisms use pesticide as food
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Grants the EPA the authority to regulate pesticides
✔✔SLN - ✔✔Special Location Need
✔✔The most common cause for growth of moss in lawns is: - ✔✔Lack of soil fertility
✔✔Best time to spray pesticides for moss, algae, lichen: - ✔✔Winter
✔✔Breeding or selecting plants and animals with characteristics for resistance to pests
is an example of which type of pest management method?
A. Biological control.
B. Mechanical control.
C. Genetic Control.
D. Physical/ environmental modificaiton. - ✔✔C
✔✔Using a plow to destry weeeds is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?
A. Exclusion.
B. Trapping.
C. Cultivation.
D. Physical/ environmental modification. - ✔✔C
✔✔Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
A. Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and sometimes are the only
control method available.
B. Pesticides include any material that is applied to plants and the soil but not to water
or harvested crops.
C. A highly selective pesticide controls a wide variety of pests.
D. Systemic pesticides are not absorbed by treated plants or animals. - ✔✔A
