Nebraska Pesticide Applicators -All Review Questions
1. 1) Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an
example of which type of pest management method? a) Biological control
b) Mechanical control
c) Genetic control
d) Chemical control: b) Mechanical control
2. 2) 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?
a) Biological
b) Mechanical
c) physical/environmental modification
d) Regulatory pest control: c) physical/environmental modification 3.
3) Which statement is true about biological control methods?
a) If pesticides are part of a biological control program to control an exotic
pest, it is better to apply them at the strongest label rate and to choose the
more toxic pesticides.
b) Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is a
recommended practice in biological control
c) Biological control involves the importation of exotic pests to control
natural enemies
d) Using several cultural practices and a wide variety of pesticides works
best in biological control: b) Modifying the environment to enhance natural
enemies is a recommended practice in biological control
4. 4) Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an
example of which type of mechanical control method? a) Exclusion
b) Trapping
c) Cultivation
d) Mulching: a) Exclusion
5. 5) Which statement is true about cultural control practices?
a) Cultural control practices alter the environment, the condition of the
host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation b)
Trapping is an important cultural control practice
c) Sanitation is not considered a cultural practice
d) Cultural controls involve the release of parasites and predators found in
foreign countries: a) Cultural control practices alter the environment, the
, Nebraska Pesticide Applicators -All Review Questions
condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an inf
6) Which statement is true about regulatory pest control?
a) Pests that pose a serious public health threat are rarely regulated by
federal and state agencies
b) Pests that are to be eradicated are rarely under quarantine restrictions
c) Airports and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory
agencies
d) Entry of pests across state lines is not regulated: c) Airports and ocean ports
are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory agencies
7. 7) Which statement is true about pest management strategies in IPM?
a) The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable
levels
b) Eradication is never the goal of an IPM program
c) Pesticides are not included in an IPM strategy
d) Non-chemical methods usually provide only short-term control of a pest:
a)
The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable levels 8.
8) Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy?
a) Planting weed-and disease-free seed
b) Releasing natural enemies to help reduce pest populations
c) Eliminating rodents from a commercial food establishment
d) Removing from an area a pest that is a public health concern: a) Planting
weed-and disease-free seed
9. 9) Which statement is true about action thresholds?
a) The IPM technician needs to implement control measures below the action
threshold level
b) The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density
c) Action thresholds are usually easy to establish
d) In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to eco-
nomics than aesthetics:
10. 10) Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
a) An insect has only one generation per year
b) Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical
class
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c) Limiting the number of pesticide applications
d) Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect: b) Continual use of
the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class
11. 11) Which federal agency is responsible for registering or licensing
pesticide products for use in the United States?
a) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
b) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
d) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Answer:: a) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
12. 12) Which federal law governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances
for food and feed products?
a) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (FIFRA)
b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
d) Worker Protection Standard (WSP): b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA)
13. 13) Which federal law requires that all pesticides meet new safety
standards?
a) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (FIFRA)
b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
d) Worker Protection Standard (WSP): c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) 14.
14) Which statement about FIFRA is false?
a) State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA
b) Approved pesticide labels have the force of law
c) The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market
d) FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products: a)
State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA
15. 15) Experimental use permits required under Section 5 of FIFRA can be
used when conducting experimental field tests on new pesticides or new uses
of pesticides on:
a) 10 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water
b) 5 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water
1. 1) Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an
example of which type of pest management method? a) Biological control
b) Mechanical control
c) Genetic control
d) Chemical control: b) Mechanical control
2. 2) 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?
a) Biological
b) Mechanical
c) physical/environmental modification
d) Regulatory pest control: c) physical/environmental modification 3.
3) Which statement is true about biological control methods?
a) If pesticides are part of a biological control program to control an exotic
pest, it is better to apply them at the strongest label rate and to choose the
more toxic pesticides.
b) Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is a
recommended practice in biological control
c) Biological control involves the importation of exotic pests to control
natural enemies
d) Using several cultural practices and a wide variety of pesticides works
best in biological control: b) Modifying the environment to enhance natural
enemies is a recommended practice in biological control
4. 4) Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an
example of which type of mechanical control method? a) Exclusion
b) Trapping
c) Cultivation
d) Mulching: a) Exclusion
5. 5) Which statement is true about cultural control practices?
a) Cultural control practices alter the environment, the condition of the
host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation b)
Trapping is an important cultural control practice
c) Sanitation is not considered a cultural practice
d) Cultural controls involve the release of parasites and predators found in
foreign countries: a) Cultural control practices alter the environment, the
, Nebraska Pesticide Applicators -All Review Questions
condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an inf
6) Which statement is true about regulatory pest control?
a) Pests that pose a serious public health threat are rarely regulated by
federal and state agencies
b) Pests that are to be eradicated are rarely under quarantine restrictions
c) Airports and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory
agencies
d) Entry of pests across state lines is not regulated: c) Airports and ocean ports
are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory agencies
7. 7) Which statement is true about pest management strategies in IPM?
a) The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable
levels
b) Eradication is never the goal of an IPM program
c) Pesticides are not included in an IPM strategy
d) Non-chemical methods usually provide only short-term control of a pest:
a)
The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable levels 8.
8) Which would be considered a preventive pest management strategy?
a) Planting weed-and disease-free seed
b) Releasing natural enemies to help reduce pest populations
c) Eliminating rodents from a commercial food establishment
d) Removing from an area a pest that is a public health concern: a) Planting
weed-and disease-free seed
9. 9) Which statement is true about action thresholds?
a) The IPM technician needs to implement control measures below the action
threshold level
b) The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density
c) Action thresholds are usually easy to establish
d) In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to eco-
nomics than aesthetics:
10. 10) Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
a) An insect has only one generation per year
b) Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical
class
, Nebraska Pesticide Applicators -All Review Questions
c) Limiting the number of pesticide applications
d) Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect: b) Continual use of
the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class
11. 11) Which federal agency is responsible for registering or licensing
pesticide products for use in the United States?
a) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
b) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
c) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
d) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Answer:: a) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
12. 12) Which federal law governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances
for food and feed products?
a) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (FIFRA)
b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
d) Worker Protection Standard (WSP): b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA)
13. 13) Which federal law requires that all pesticides meet new safety
standards?
a) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (FIFRA)
b) Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
d) Worker Protection Standard (WSP): c) Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) 14.
14) Which statement about FIFRA is false?
a) State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA
b) Approved pesticide labels have the force of law
c) The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market
d) FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products: a)
State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA
15. 15) Experimental use permits required under Section 5 of FIFRA can be
used when conducting experimental field tests on new pesticides or new uses
of pesticides on:
a) 10 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water
b) 5 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water
