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IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM WITH MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
ASSURED SUCCESS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
### **Pesticide and Pest Control Quiz (Simplified)**
**1.** True or False:
One of the first chemicals used as a pesticide was burned sulfur.
**- ANSWER: True**
**2.** True or False:
The US EPA helps protect people and the environment.
**- ANSWER: True**
**3.** Which of these is **not** a natural way to control pests?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine
**- ANSWER: C. Cultivation**
**4.** Which is a cultural pest control method?
A. Fertilizing
B. Planting at certain times
C. Pruning
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D. All of the above
**- ANSWER: D. All of the above**
**5.** True or False:
All pesticides kill only the pests they are meant to target.
**- ANSWER: False**
**6.** Using heat or moisture to control pests is what kind of method?
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical
**- ANSWER: D. Physical**
**7.** True or False:
The main goal of pest control is to get rid of all pests.
**- ANSWER: False**
**8.** Which of these is **not** called or regulated as a pesticide in Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant
**- ANSWER: B. Fertilizer**
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**9.** Which pesticide moves through the whole plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide
**- ANSWER: A. Systemic pesticide**
**10.** Which pesticide wasn’t used before the year 1900?
A. Bordeaux mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur
**- ANSWER: C. DDT**
**11.** Why was DDT banned?
A. It was highly toxic to humans
B. It didn’t last long
C. It stayed in the environment a long time
D. It didn’t build up in animals
**- ANSWER: C. Stability and persistence**
**12.** Legal pest control methods include:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
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D. Petitions
**- ANSWER: C. Quarantines**
**13.** True or False:
Piscicides are used to kill spiders.
**- ANSWER: False**
**14.** True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both types of pesticides.
**- ANSWER: True**
**15.** Synthetic pesticides were first used:
A. Before 1900
B. Early 1900s
C. Before World War 2
D. After World War 2
**- ANSWER: C. Pre World War 2**
**16.** Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are what kind of control method?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control
**- ANSWER: B. Mechanical control**
IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM WITH MOST
TESTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | GRADED A+ |
ASSURED SUCCESS WITH DETAILED RATIONALES
### **Pesticide and Pest Control Quiz (Simplified)**
**1.** True or False:
One of the first chemicals used as a pesticide was burned sulfur.
**- ANSWER: True**
**2.** True or False:
The US EPA helps protect people and the environment.
**- ANSWER: True**
**3.** Which of these is **not** a natural way to control pests?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine
**- ANSWER: C. Cultivation**
**4.** Which is a cultural pest control method?
A. Fertilizing
B. Planting at certain times
C. Pruning
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D. All of the above
**- ANSWER: D. All of the above**
**5.** True or False:
All pesticides kill only the pests they are meant to target.
**- ANSWER: False**
**6.** Using heat or moisture to control pests is what kind of method?
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical
**- ANSWER: D. Physical**
**7.** True or False:
The main goal of pest control is to get rid of all pests.
**- ANSWER: False**
**8.** Which of these is **not** called or regulated as a pesticide in Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant
**- ANSWER: B. Fertilizer**
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**9.** Which pesticide moves through the whole plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide
**- ANSWER: A. Systemic pesticide**
**10.** Which pesticide wasn’t used before the year 1900?
A. Bordeaux mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur
**- ANSWER: C. DDT**
**11.** Why was DDT banned?
A. It was highly toxic to humans
B. It didn’t last long
C. It stayed in the environment a long time
D. It didn’t build up in animals
**- ANSWER: C. Stability and persistence**
**12.** Legal pest control methods include:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
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D. Petitions
**- ANSWER: C. Quarantines**
**13.** True or False:
Piscicides are used to kill spiders.
**- ANSWER: False**
**14.** True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both types of pesticides.
**- ANSWER: True**
**15.** Synthetic pesticides were first used:
A. Before 1900
B. Early 1900s
C. Before World War 2
D. After World War 2
**- ANSWER: C. Pre World War 2**
**16.** Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are what kind of control method?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control
**- ANSWER: B. Mechanical control**
