Nebraska Pesticide Applicator
Certification Questions and Answer A+
Guide
Mechanical control - correct answers✅✅Using barriers to prevent pests
from getting into an area is an examples of which type of pest management
method?
Physical/Environmental Control - correct answers✅✅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?
Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is a recommended
practice in biological control - correct answers✅✅Which statement is
TRUE about biological control methods?
Exclusion - correct answers✅✅Sealing cracks and crevices and small
opening in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?
Cultural practices after the environment, the condition of the host, or the
behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. - correct
answers✅✅Which statement is TRUE about cultural control practices?
Airports and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory
agencies. - correct answers✅✅Which state is TRUE about regulatory pest
control?
The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable levels.
- correct answers✅✅Which statement is TRUE about pest management
strategies in IPM?
, Nebraska Pesticide Applicator
Certification Questions and Answer A+
Guide
Planting weed- and disease-free seed. - correct answers✅✅Which would
be considered a preventive pest management strategy?
The action threshold for a pest may be set t a zero pest population density. -
correct answers✅✅Which statement is true about action thresholds?
Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical
class - correct answers✅✅Which would increase the likelihood of
pesticide resistance?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - correct answers✅✅Which federal
agency is responsible for registering or licensing pesticide products for use in
the United States?
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - correct answers✅✅Which
federal law governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and
feed products?
Food Quality Protection Agency (FQPA) - correct answers✅✅Which federal
law requires that all pesticides meet new safety standards?
State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA -
correct answers✅✅Which statement about FIFRA is FALSE?
10 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water. - correct
answers✅✅Experimental use permits required under Section 5 of FIFRA
can be used when conducting experimental field tests on new pesticides on:
Certification Questions and Answer A+
Guide
Mechanical control - correct answers✅✅Using barriers to prevent pests
from getting into an area is an examples of which type of pest management
method?
Physical/Environmental Control - correct answers✅✅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?
Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is a recommended
practice in biological control - correct answers✅✅Which statement is
TRUE about biological control methods?
Exclusion - correct answers✅✅Sealing cracks and crevices and small
opening in buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control
method?
Cultural practices after the environment, the condition of the host, or the
behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. - correct
answers✅✅Which statement is TRUE about cultural control practices?
Airports and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory
agencies. - correct answers✅✅Which state is TRUE about regulatory pest
control?
The goal is often to maintain pest damage at economically acceptable levels.
- correct answers✅✅Which statement is TRUE about pest management
strategies in IPM?
, Nebraska Pesticide Applicator
Certification Questions and Answer A+
Guide
Planting weed- and disease-free seed. - correct answers✅✅Which would
be considered a preventive pest management strategy?
The action threshold for a pest may be set t a zero pest population density. -
correct answers✅✅Which statement is true about action thresholds?
Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical
class - correct answers✅✅Which would increase the likelihood of
pesticide resistance?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - correct answers✅✅Which federal
agency is responsible for registering or licensing pesticide products for use in
the United States?
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - correct answers✅✅Which
federal law governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and
feed products?
Food Quality Protection Agency (FQPA) - correct answers✅✅Which federal
law requires that all pesticides meet new safety standards?
State restrictions on pesticides can be more liberal than those of FIFRA -
correct answers✅✅Which statement about FIFRA is FALSE?
10 or more acres of land or 1 or more acres of water. - correct
answers✅✅Experimental use permits required under Section 5 of FIFRA
can be used when conducting experimental field tests on new pesticides on:
