Nebraska Pesticide Application Safety and
Calibration Practice Exam Questions and Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Breeding or Selecting plants and animals with resistance to pesticides is an
example of which type of pest management method?
Answer: Genetic Control
2. Using a Plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical
control method?
Answer: Cultivation
3. Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
Answer: Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and are sometimes the only control method
available
4. Which statement is true about pest management goals
Answer: Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations
, 5. Which term describes the pest populations density that causes losses equal to
the cost of control measures
Answer: Economic injury level
6. Which would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance
Answer: Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism
7. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and
pesticide handlers with protections against possible harm from pesticides
Answer: - Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
8. What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA
Answer: Unclassified use
and Restricted use
9. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
Answer: The Maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally remain on or in a commodity at
the time of harvest or slaughter
10. Which of the following under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an
unregistered pesticide to control an emergency pest problem?
Answer: Section 18
11. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates:
Calibration Practice Exam Questions and Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Breeding or Selecting plants and animals with resistance to pesticides is an
example of which type of pest management method?
Answer: Genetic Control
2. Using a Plow to destroy weeds is an example of which type of mechanical
control method?
Answer: Cultivation
3. Which statement is true about chemical control as a pest management method?
Answer: Pesticides play a key role in pest management programs and are sometimes the only control method
available
4. Which statement is true about pest management goals
Answer: Cultivation and mowing of weeds are ways to prevent and suppress pest populations
, 5. Which term describes the pest populations density that causes losses equal to
the cost of control measures
Answer: Economic injury level
6. Which would decrease the likelihood of pesticide resistance
Answer: Using pesticides with multiple sites of toxicity in an organism
7. Which federal law requires employers to provide agricultural workers and
pesticide handlers with protections against possible harm from pesticides
Answer: - Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
8. What are the two main classifications of pesticides under FIFRA
Answer: Unclassified use
and Restricted use
9. What is a tolerance as set by the EPA?
Answer: The Maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally remain on or in a commodity at
the time of harvest or slaughter
10. Which of the following under FIFRA could be used to allow the use of an
unregistered pesticide to control an emergency pest problem?
Answer: Section 18
11. The name "VIP No Pest 75WP" on a pesticide label indicates:
