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1) What type of herbicide can pass into the vapor phase? - ANSWER Highly volatile
herbicide
2) What are herbicide kills only part of the plant that it - ANSWER Contact
herbicide
3) Weeds are plants that grow 3 or more years - ANSWER Perennial
4) Which of the following factors would have the least effect on the movement of
herbicide from the application site? - ANSWER Type of soil it is applied to and
the type of equipment that is used
5) What is the time interval that must be observed before animals can graze on treated
site - ANSWER 2 weeks
6) Is highly volatile herbicide is one that - ANSWER Can readily passed into the
vapor phase
7) When do perennial plants begin to store food in their roots - ANSWER Fall
8) Bushes and shrubs are - ANSWER Low growing woody plant with several stems
,9) The herbicide that kills only the parts of the plant that it touches is known as? -
ANSWER Contact herbicide
10) Which type of herbicide would you use on a highway shoulder where you need to
maintain bare ground? - ANSWER Non selective herbicide
11) When herbicides are combined with oil and applied to lower parts of stems and
exposed roots this method is called? - ANSWER Basil steam treatment
12) Which of the following is a grey powder, insoluble in water, and releases phosphide
gas upon ingestion? - ANSWER Zinc phosphide
13) Why should you wash pesticide contaminated skin right away? - ANSWER To
wash the pesticide off the skin before it can penetrate into the body
14) What is the most important problem associated with rodent pests in right of ways? -
ANSWER Cerebral disrupt normal water flow and drainage, and promote a
erosion
15) What is the weather condition that is usually responsible for pesticide drift? -
ANSWER Wind
16) Which pesticide handling activities are most commonly associated with accidental
poisoning? - ANSWER Mixing and loading
17) Which of the following is not considered a non chemical method of weed control? -
ANSWER Plant growth regulators
18) A woody plant that has multiple stems or trunks and is less than 10 feet tall is best
described as? - ANSWER A scrub
,19) What can settle out in the spray tank and cause uneven application if an agitator is not
used? - ANSWER Wettable powder herbicide formulations
20) Applications in the right of way can apply pesticides in which of the following sites? -
ANSWER Canals
21) One of the following can help keep pesticides from contaminating surface water? -
ANSWER Avoid treating pavement
22) Where do you encounter insects that bite and sting workers, when they rest in
infrastructures? - ANSWER Substations and Towers
23) Pipelines are associated with which following structures? - ANSWER Pumping
and Transfer stations
24) Of the following right of ways, which are alike in pest problems? - ANSWER
Roadsides and bicycle paths
25) What reason to manage vegetation growing under utility lines? - ANSWER
Prevent Damage to conductor poles and towers
26) What features do airports share with other right away sites? - ANSWER
Communication lines and towers
27) If people entered a treated right of way area such as a pedestrian trail or bike path,
what is required at the site? - ANSWER A Post a Notification of treatment
28) What feature could you expect when performing pest control activities along roads? -
ANSWER Fire strips
29) Growing plant life is often maintained in which area? - ANSWER Above buried
pipelines
, 30) Why are selected plant species well suited for the environment an important aspect to
JMP Plan? - ANSWER Plants are most likely to resist local pest
31) What type of pesticide is used in right of way to control and preserve plant growth in
an area? - ANSWER Preventative Fungicides
32) Areas along and between rail road tracks are kept free of plant and weeds for which of
the following reasons? - ANSWER Preventative of a fire
33) Why is it important to maintain native vegetation beyond a roads recovery zone? -
ANSWER Improve the areas aesthetics
34) What type of structural control commonly requires periodic spot application of an
herbicide where soil accumulates on its surface? - ANSWER Weed Mats
35) Of the following, which would be considered a sensitive environment that would
require you to seek out state or local restrictions before spraying pesticides? -
ANSWER GWPA Ground Water Protection Agency
36) What could be serious problem for right of way applicators if they don't plan
carefully? - ANSWER The Right of way passes through an area were crops are
susceptible
37) What's the major goal of roadside's right of way control? - ANSWER To protect
pavement surfaces
38) Which method is used to incorporate preemergence herbicide into the soil after an
application? - ANSWER Cultivation
39) Where might you find vegetation that needs to be partially or totally controlled along
managed water ways? - ANSWER Earthen Dams