Alabama OTPS Exam
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
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1. What are the modes of entry?
Answer Dermal, oral, respitory, ocular
2. When is the pesticide handler in greatest danger of exposure?
Answer During mixing and loading
3. Name the signal words from least toxic to most toxic.
Answer Caution, warning, danger, danger poison
4. What is the misuse statement?
Answer Prohibits- increasing the rate over maximum application rate as per the label. Prohibits use of pesticide on a site
not listed on the label.
5. What are the penalties for violating FIFRA?
Answer Federal crime penalties
commercial applications convicting of violating FIFRA, subject of up to $25K and up to 1 year in prison. Civil- commercial
applications up to 5K for each ottense.
,6. What are 4 reasons to keep pesticide application records?
Answer 1. Law. 2. Helps determine how ettective application is on pest. 3. Document for purchase proof and use. 4.
Provides assistance in diagnosing complaints and problems. *Note Keep records for 3 years
7. How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a restricted-use pesticide?
Answer Restricted 10K. Non-restricted 5K. Without license 5K
8. How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a non-restricted-use pesticide?
Answer 5K
9. What are 3 different life cycles of the weed and how long does it take to complete
each?
Answer Annual- 1 season. Biannually- 2 seasons. Perennial- 3 or more
10. Which weed reproduces with underground flowers? Perennial broadleaf weed;
stems somewhat fleshy and green-white in color; elliptically shaped leaves are
oppositely arranged on the stem; 4 pedaled white flowers are borne in the leaf fork or
axils; flowers develop into round 'button like' seed capsules-
Answer Virginia button weed
11. Identify the 5 classifications of insect mouthparts.
Answer Chewing. Piercing. Rasping. Siphon- ing. Sponging
, 12. Examples of chewing insects
Answer Bag worms, cutworms, grasshoppers, beetles, leaf miners, andborers.
13. Examples of piercing-sucking insects
Answer Scales and mealybugs, aphids, whiteflies, and lace bugs.
14. Which insects insert their needle-like mouthparts into the plant and with- draw
plant juices. Most feed on the underside of the leaves or stems of plants. In the insects
are present on leaving, the topsides of the leaves will have stipples, yellowish areas.
Sometime the leaves may curl as a result of this type of feeding, especially in the plant
growth.
Answer Piercing-sucking insects.
15. Some of these pests, soft scales, aphids, mealybugs, and whiteflies, excrete large
amounts of honeydew, which provides a medium for the growth of a black fungus called
sooty mold.
Answer Piercing-sucking insects
16. Which insects are the most damaging pests of ornamental plant
Answer Scales
17. What are the symptoms of a plant infested with Scales?
Answer Discoloredandwilted, or generally appear unhealthy
Complete Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. What are the modes of entry?
Answer Dermal, oral, respitory, ocular
2. When is the pesticide handler in greatest danger of exposure?
Answer During mixing and loading
3. Name the signal words from least toxic to most toxic.
Answer Caution, warning, danger, danger poison
4. What is the misuse statement?
Answer Prohibits- increasing the rate over maximum application rate as per the label. Prohibits use of pesticide on a site
not listed on the label.
5. What are the penalties for violating FIFRA?
Answer Federal crime penalties
commercial applications convicting of violating FIFRA, subject of up to $25K and up to 1 year in prison. Civil- commercial
applications up to 5K for each ottense.
,6. What are 4 reasons to keep pesticide application records?
Answer 1. Law. 2. Helps determine how ettective application is on pest. 3. Document for purchase proof and use. 4.
Provides assistance in diagnosing complaints and problems. *Note Keep records for 3 years
7. How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a restricted-use pesticide?
Answer Restricted 10K. Non-restricted 5K. Without license 5K
8. How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a non-restricted-use pesticide?
Answer 5K
9. What are 3 different life cycles of the weed and how long does it take to complete
each?
Answer Annual- 1 season. Biannually- 2 seasons. Perennial- 3 or more
10. Which weed reproduces with underground flowers? Perennial broadleaf weed;
stems somewhat fleshy and green-white in color; elliptically shaped leaves are
oppositely arranged on the stem; 4 pedaled white flowers are borne in the leaf fork or
axils; flowers develop into round 'button like' seed capsules-
Answer Virginia button weed
11. Identify the 5 classifications of insect mouthparts.
Answer Chewing. Piercing. Rasping. Siphon- ing. Sponging
, 12. Examples of chewing insects
Answer Bag worms, cutworms, grasshoppers, beetles, leaf miners, andborers.
13. Examples of piercing-sucking insects
Answer Scales and mealybugs, aphids, whiteflies, and lace bugs.
14. Which insects insert their needle-like mouthparts into the plant and with- draw
plant juices. Most feed on the underside of the leaves or stems of plants. In the insects
are present on leaving, the topsides of the leaves will have stipples, yellowish areas.
Sometime the leaves may curl as a result of this type of feeding, especially in the plant
growth.
Answer Piercing-sucking insects.
15. Some of these pests, soft scales, aphids, mealybugs, and whiteflies, excrete large
amounts of honeydew, which provides a medium for the growth of a black fungus called
sooty mold.
Answer Piercing-sucking insects
16. Which insects are the most damaging pests of ornamental plant
Answer Scales
17. What are the symptoms of a plant infested with Scales?
Answer Discoloredandwilted, or generally appear unhealthy
