Public Health Pest Control ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Decontamination - CORRECT ANSWER - Removal of pesticide from shoes, personal
protective equipment (PPE) or other clothing; from the skin of persons or organisms or from
surfaces that have been exposed to reduce further harm or damage.
Endangered species - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms whose survival as a species has
been designated by a federal agency to be endangered or threatened.
Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER - Coming into contact with a pesticide; getting a
pesticide on a surface or in or on an organism.
Fungicide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills fungi.
Habitat - CORRECT ANSWER - The place where a plant or animal lives.
Herbicide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills weeds.
Insecticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills anthropoids.
Label - CORRECT ANSWER - The printed matter attached to and accompanying the
product that states the approved uses, directions for use and pertinent restrictions and precautions
regarding the use, storage and disposal of the product.
Liability - CORRECT ANSWER - Legal responsibility.
Organism - CORRECT ANSWER - A living creature.
, Noncommercial applicator - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual who uses or supervises
the use of restricted use pesticides in the performance of activities as a government employee.
Nontarget - CORRECT ANSWER - Any site or organism other than the site or preset to
which the pesticide is being applied.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) - CORRECT ANSWER - Devices and clothing worn
to protect the human body from contact with pesticides or pesticide residues.
Pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A chemical intended to kill, control, repel or mitigate a
pest organism.
Private applicator - CORRECT ANSWER - Farmers, growers, foresters and others, who
use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides in the production of an agricultural
commodity(s) on their own land or land under their control. Private applicators may apply
restricted use pesticides for others for free, or as an exchange of goods and services.
Release - CORRECT ANSWER - When a pesticide leaves its container or the equipment
or system containing it and enters the environment. Release can be intentional, as in an
application, or by accident, as in a spill or leak.
Registration - CORRECT ANSWER - The regulatory process required under the
provisions of FIFRA and administered by EPA through which a pesticide is legally approved for
use.
Rodenticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills rodents.
Species - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of individuals or populations of individuals
which interbreed or are capable of naturally interbreeding and which produce viable offspring.
Target organism - CORRECT ANSWER - The plant or animal against which a pesticide is
directed.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Decontamination - CORRECT ANSWER - Removal of pesticide from shoes, personal
protective equipment (PPE) or other clothing; from the skin of persons or organisms or from
surfaces that have been exposed to reduce further harm or damage.
Endangered species - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms whose survival as a species has
been designated by a federal agency to be endangered or threatened.
Exposure - CORRECT ANSWER - Coming into contact with a pesticide; getting a
pesticide on a surface or in or on an organism.
Fungicide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills fungi.
Habitat - CORRECT ANSWER - The place where a plant or animal lives.
Herbicide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills weeds.
Insecticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills anthropoids.
Label - CORRECT ANSWER - The printed matter attached to and accompanying the
product that states the approved uses, directions for use and pertinent restrictions and precautions
regarding the use, storage and disposal of the product.
Liability - CORRECT ANSWER - Legal responsibility.
Organism - CORRECT ANSWER - A living creature.
, Noncommercial applicator - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual who uses or supervises
the use of restricted use pesticides in the performance of activities as a government employee.
Nontarget - CORRECT ANSWER - Any site or organism other than the site or preset to
which the pesticide is being applied.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) - CORRECT ANSWER - Devices and clothing worn
to protect the human body from contact with pesticides or pesticide residues.
Pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A chemical intended to kill, control, repel or mitigate a
pest organism.
Private applicator - CORRECT ANSWER - Farmers, growers, foresters and others, who
use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides in the production of an agricultural
commodity(s) on their own land or land under their control. Private applicators may apply
restricted use pesticides for others for free, or as an exchange of goods and services.
Release - CORRECT ANSWER - When a pesticide leaves its container or the equipment
or system containing it and enters the environment. Release can be intentional, as in an
application, or by accident, as in a spill or leak.
Registration - CORRECT ANSWER - The regulatory process required under the
provisions of FIFRA and administered by EPA through which a pesticide is legally approved for
use.
Rodenticide - CORRECT ANSWER - A pesticide that controls or kills rodents.
Species - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of individuals or populations of individuals
which interbreed or are capable of naturally interbreeding and which produce viable offspring.
Target organism - CORRECT ANSWER - The plant or animal against which a pesticide is
directed.
