PESTICIDE APPLICATOR TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED ANSWERS| GURANTEE PASS!!
1.Economic Threshold - answer Pest population density at which control
measures are needed to prevent the pest from reaching the economic injury level
2.Economic Injury Level - answer Pest population density that causes losses equal
to the cost of control measures
3.Using barrier to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which
type of pest management method?
A. Biological
B. Mechanical
C. Genetic - answer B. Mechanical
4.Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feeding is an
example of which type of pest management method?
A. Biological
B. Genetic
C. Regulatory - answer B. Genetic
5.Which statement about biological control methods is true?
A. Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is recommended in
biological control.
B. Biological control involves importing exotic pests to control natural enemies.
,C. Using several cultural practices and a wide variety of pesticides works best in
biological control. - answer A. Modifying the environment to enhance natural
enemies is recommended in biological control.
6.Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an example of
which type of pest management method?
A. Physical
B. Genetic
C. Biological - answer A. Physical
7.Which statement about cultural control practices is true?
A. They reduce pest establishment.
B. They use naturally derived and/or synthesized chemicals to control pests
C. They involve the release of parasites and predators found in foreign countries. -
answer A. They reduce pest establishment.
8.Monitoring pests at airports and ocean ports that pose a serious threat to public
health or widespread damage to crops or animals is an example of which type of
pest management method?
A. Regulatory
B. Genetic
C. Biological - answer A. Regulatory
9.Which statement about pest management strategies is true?
A. The goal is to prevent pests from reaching damaging levels.
B. Eradication is never the goal of an IPM program.
, C. Nonchemical methods are short-term solutions to control pests. - answer A.
The goal is to prevent pests from reaching damaging levels.
10.Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategy?
A. Planting weed- and disease-free seed on an athletic field.
B. Releasing natural enemies to help reduce pest populations.
C. Removing a pest that is a public health concern from an area. - answer A.
Planting weed- and disease-free seed on an athletic field.
11.Which statement about action thresholds is true?
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 zero pest population density.
C. In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to economics
than aesthetics. - answer B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at zero
pest population density.
12.Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
A. An insect that has one generation per year.
B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
C. Applying a pesticide that has little or not residual effect. - answer B. Continual
use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
13.Which group of pesticides is exempt from registration because it poses little or
no risk to humans and the environment?
ANSWERS VERIFIED ANSWERS| GURANTEE PASS!!
1.Economic Threshold - answer Pest population density at which control
measures are needed to prevent the pest from reaching the economic injury level
2.Economic Injury Level - answer Pest population density that causes losses equal
to the cost of control measures
3.Using barrier to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which
type of pest management method?
A. Biological
B. Mechanical
C. Genetic - answer B. Mechanical
4.Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feeding is an
example of which type of pest management method?
A. Biological
B. Genetic
C. Regulatory - answer B. Genetic
5.Which statement about biological control methods is true?
A. Modifying the environment to enhance natural enemies is recommended in
biological control.
B. Biological control involves importing exotic pests to control natural enemies.
,C. Using several cultural practices and a wide variety of pesticides works best in
biological control. - answer A. Modifying the environment to enhance natural
enemies is recommended in biological control.
6.Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an example of
which type of pest management method?
A. Physical
B. Genetic
C. Biological - answer A. Physical
7.Which statement about cultural control practices is true?
A. They reduce pest establishment.
B. They use naturally derived and/or synthesized chemicals to control pests
C. They involve the release of parasites and predators found in foreign countries. -
answer A. They reduce pest establishment.
8.Monitoring pests at airports and ocean ports that pose a serious threat to public
health or widespread damage to crops or animals is an example of which type of
pest management method?
A. Regulatory
B. Genetic
C. Biological - answer A. Regulatory
9.Which statement about pest management strategies is true?
A. The goal is to prevent pests from reaching damaging levels.
B. Eradication is never the goal of an IPM program.
, C. Nonchemical methods are short-term solutions to control pests. - answer A.
The goal is to prevent pests from reaching damaging levels.
10.Which would be considered a preventative pest management strategy?
A. Planting weed- and disease-free seed on an athletic field.
B. Releasing natural enemies to help reduce pest populations.
C. Removing a pest that is a public health concern from an area. - answer A.
Planting weed- and disease-free seed on an athletic field.
11.Which statement about action thresholds is true?
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 zero pest population density.
C. In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to economics
than aesthetics. - answer B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at zero
pest population density.
12.Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
A. An insect that has one generation per year.
B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
C. Applying a pesticide that has little or not residual effect. - answer B. Continual
use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
13.Which group of pesticides is exempt from registration because it poses little or
no risk to humans and the environment?
