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Ca Applicators Study Course Exam Questions
With Correct Answers 100% Verified.
What is a Trade Name - Answer✔The name given to the product by the manufacture.
What are Inert Ingredients - Answer✔Ingredients with no pesticide action.
What is the Signal Word - Answer✔Danger, Warning or Caution, which denotes Toxicity
What are Re Entry Levels - Answer✔The amount of time or condition of the application before
an unprotected person may enter the treatment area.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets, or (MSD's) - Answer✔These documents cover technical
details relating to chemicals, spill cleanup procedures, poisoning symptoms and care, and
information regarding inert ingredients.
What is the Service Container Label - Answer✔This is used when a pesticide is stored in a
container other than the original.
What are Pesticide Formulations - Answer✔These reflect the way a pesticide is manufactured,
where it is applied, and what type of application equipment is required.
What are Emulsifiable Concentrates - Answer✔Formulations with emulsifiers or detergents
which enable petroleum based active ingredients to mix with, and suspend in water.
What are Soluble Powders - Answer✔Formulations of powder which when agitated dissolves
readily in water and becomes a true solution.
What are Wettable Powders - Answer✔When mixed with water, they do not dissolve but
remain suspended.
What is Microencapsulated - Answer✔When the active ingredient is encased in tiny polymer
capsules which gradually degrade, giving off measured amounts of pesticide over a period of
time.
What are Granulars - Answer✔This active ingredient uses clay or ground up shells as a carrier,
can be coarse or fine.
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What are Dusts - Answer✔Active ingredients impregnated in finally ground particles.
Exteriors only. For Spiders, fleas, and earth nesting Ants. Also termites under slab and sub
areas. - Answer✔Power sprayers are used to treat
For Interior and Exterior to treat for Termites, Spiders, Fleas, Invading Ants, and Cockroaches. -
Answer✔Hand Held Sprayers are used to treat
Exterior for Ants, and Sow Bugs. - Answer✔Granulars are used to treat
Interior voids for Cockroaches and Nesting Ants. - Answer✔Dusts are used to treat
Interior for Cockroaches and Ants. - Answer✔Bait Gels are used to treat
Interior and Exterior for Termites, Cockroaches and Ants. - Answer✔Bait Stations are used to
treat
What are Bait Gels. - Answer✔Active ingredient carried in the form of toothpaste like gel; active
ingredient is mixed with an attractant
What are Insect Growth Regulators (IGR's) - Answer✔A material that interrupts an insects
lifecycle and reproductive ability in Cockroaches and Fleas
What are Pheromones - Answer✔A natural or synthetic substance that can mimic in insects
ability to attract a mate, send out alarm signals, or mark food trails; these are used in monitors
and bait
What are Contact Poisons - Answer✔Kills on contact or repeated exposure.
What are Stomach Poisons - Answer✔Must be ingested to be effective.
What are Inhalants - Answer✔Must be breathed in to be effective.
What are Desiccants - Answer✔Dehydrates and breaks down the wax coating of an insects
exoskeleton.
What are Repellents - Answer✔Repair walls or scatters; used primarily as an inspection tool.
What are Botanicals - Answer✔These pesticides come from plants, and have a short term
residual life and are more repellent then deadly.
What are Synthetic Pyrethroids - Answer✔These are man-made Pyrethrums And have a short
residual life. They have been proven to be effective for General pest and termite treatments
and are widely used.
What are Neonicotintoids - Answer✔A new category of pesticides which are synthetic versions
of the Botanical pesticide, Niccotine.
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Ca Applicators Study Course Exam Questions
With Correct Answers 100% Verified.
What is a Trade Name - Answer✔The name given to the product by the manufacture.
What are Inert Ingredients - Answer✔Ingredients with no pesticide action.
What is the Signal Word - Answer✔Danger, Warning or Caution, which denotes Toxicity
What are Re Entry Levels - Answer✔The amount of time or condition of the application before
an unprotected person may enter the treatment area.
What are Material Safety Data Sheets, or (MSD's) - Answer✔These documents cover technical
details relating to chemicals, spill cleanup procedures, poisoning symptoms and care, and
information regarding inert ingredients.
What is the Service Container Label - Answer✔This is used when a pesticide is stored in a
container other than the original.
What are Pesticide Formulations - Answer✔These reflect the way a pesticide is manufactured,
where it is applied, and what type of application equipment is required.
What are Emulsifiable Concentrates - Answer✔Formulations with emulsifiers or detergents
which enable petroleum based active ingredients to mix with, and suspend in water.
What are Soluble Powders - Answer✔Formulations of powder which when agitated dissolves
readily in water and becomes a true solution.
What are Wettable Powders - Answer✔When mixed with water, they do not dissolve but
remain suspended.
What is Microencapsulated - Answer✔When the active ingredient is encased in tiny polymer
capsules which gradually degrade, giving off measured amounts of pesticide over a period of
time.
What are Granulars - Answer✔This active ingredient uses clay or ground up shells as a carrier,
can be coarse or fine.
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What are Dusts - Answer✔Active ingredients impregnated in finally ground particles.
Exteriors only. For Spiders, fleas, and earth nesting Ants. Also termites under slab and sub
areas. - Answer✔Power sprayers are used to treat
For Interior and Exterior to treat for Termites, Spiders, Fleas, Invading Ants, and Cockroaches. -
Answer✔Hand Held Sprayers are used to treat
Exterior for Ants, and Sow Bugs. - Answer✔Granulars are used to treat
Interior voids for Cockroaches and Nesting Ants. - Answer✔Dusts are used to treat
Interior for Cockroaches and Ants. - Answer✔Bait Gels are used to treat
Interior and Exterior for Termites, Cockroaches and Ants. - Answer✔Bait Stations are used to
treat
What are Bait Gels. - Answer✔Active ingredient carried in the form of toothpaste like gel; active
ingredient is mixed with an attractant
What are Insect Growth Regulators (IGR's) - Answer✔A material that interrupts an insects
lifecycle and reproductive ability in Cockroaches and Fleas
What are Pheromones - Answer✔A natural or synthetic substance that can mimic in insects
ability to attract a mate, send out alarm signals, or mark food trails; these are used in monitors
and bait
What are Contact Poisons - Answer✔Kills on contact or repeated exposure.
What are Stomach Poisons - Answer✔Must be ingested to be effective.
What are Inhalants - Answer✔Must be breathed in to be effective.
What are Desiccants - Answer✔Dehydrates and breaks down the wax coating of an insects
exoskeleton.
What are Repellents - Answer✔Repair walls or scatters; used primarily as an inspection tool.
What are Botanicals - Answer✔These pesticides come from plants, and have a short term
residual life and are more repellent then deadly.
What are Synthetic Pyrethroids - Answer✔These are man-made Pyrethrums And have a short
residual life. They have been proven to be effective for General pest and termite treatments
and are widely used.
What are Neonicotintoids - Answer✔A new category of pesticides which are synthetic versions
of the Botanical pesticide, Niccotine.
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