Pesticide Certification Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 (Rated 100%)

Pesticide Certification Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 (Rated 100%) Pest - Answers undesirable organism that injures humans, desirable plants/animal, manufactures products of natural substances Types of Pests - Answers Key Occasional Secondary Key Pest - Answers Cause major damage on regular basis unless controlled Occasional Pest - Answers Issue once in awhile due to lifecycle/environment/human activities Secondary Pest - Answers Become problem when key pest is controlled/absent 4 Main Groups of Pests - Answers Weeds, Pathogens, Vertebrates, and Invertebrates Systemic - Answers Absorbed and translocated within plant/animal Contact - Answers Directly touch pest or site pest frequently passes Control Strategies - Answers Prevention Suppression Eradication Prevention - Answers Doing something before there's a problem EX: crop rotation Suppression - Answers Treat to hold pest to acceptable level Eradication - Answers Elimination of pest in certain area Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Answers - Using multiple control strategies in combination w/ chemical control last result - Goal is to prevent pests from reaching economically/aesthetically damaging levels w/ minimal risk to the environment Benefits of IPM - Answers - Helps keep balance in ecosystem - Can save money - Pesticides can be ineffective Components of IPM - Answers - ID pest & know the biology - Monitor pest to be managed - Develop pest management goal 6 Control Methods - Answers Mechanical/Physical -- EX: cultivation Cultural -- EX: irrigation/fertilization Biological -- EX: Using natural enemies Genetic -- EX: cross-breeding Chemical -- EX: pesticides Regulatory -- EX: quarantine Economic Threshold (ET) - Answers The pest density at which control measures should be applied to prevent the pests pop. from reaching the EIL. ($1 damage = 90 ¢ control) Economic Injury Level (EIL) - Answers the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control measures Two Main Classification - Answers Restricted-use and General-use/Unclassified Types of Applicator License - Answers Private Commercial Non-commercial FIFRA: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - Answers (est. 1947 cause of DDT) - Federal law oversees pesticide use in USA - Regulated by EPA Penalties in violation with FIFRA - Answers - Civil: non-willful, accidents leading up to $5,000 per fine for commercial and $1,000 for private. EPA determines penalty by business size or if first offense or not - Criminal: intentional act misdemeanor leading to $1,000 fine or 30 day imprisonment for private or commercial is $25,000 fine or 1 year imprisonment and producer is $50,000 fine or 1 year imprisonment Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) - Answers Nebraska's state lead agency Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ or NDEQ) - Answers Oversees spills and disposals of pesticides If DEQ office closed call State Patrol FFDCA: Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act - Answers - Overseen by EPA & FDA - Governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed products Tolerance - Answers Maximum level of pesticide residue legally allowed in or on human food or animal feed FQPA: Food Quality Protection Act - Answers - Est. 1996 - Sets higher standards for pesticide use on food - Review applications every 15 years ESA: Endangered Species Act - Answers - Federal law administered by US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service - ESA makes it illegal to kill/harm/collect endangered or threatened wildlife/fish or remove them from areas of federal jurisdiction WPS: Worker Protection Standards - Answers - Gives workers and handlers the right to Proper Protection Equipment (PPE) and training - Handler actually deals with chemical - Worker doesn't involve dealing with chemicals but need to know when need PPE Trade Name - Answers Certain manufacturers name for a product EX: RoundUP Common Name - Answers - Shorten chemical name EX: glyphosate - It's common throughout chemical industry Active Ingredient - Answers Controls pest must be named Inert Ingredients - Answers - Additives that make a pesticide more effective - Give percentage but not the names EPA Regulation No. - Answers - The EPA registration number indicates that the pesticide product has been registered and its label approved by the EPA - Every US product has it EPA Est. No. - Answers Must also appear on the pesticide label to identify the facility that produced the product 3 Different Pesticide Labels - Answers Section 3 or EPA Registration -- (most common) 24c or Specialized Local Need Emergency 18 Exemption 24c or Specialized Local Need - Answers - Allow states to expand or limit the uses of certain registered pesticides within their jurisdictions. - Some SLNs allow uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the label. Emergency 18 Exemption - Answers Used in quarantine or crisis situations Signal Words - Answers Least toxic to most -- but all are harmful Caution Warning Danger Danger - Poison Formulation - Answers Mixture of active and inert ingredients and a way which product is packaged Solution - Answers Solid that dissolves in liquid EX: water + sugar Suspension - Answers Solid that does NOT dissolve in liquid EX: water + soil Emulsions - Answers Liquid in a liquid EX: oil product + water