Aptive Category 7 Test Study Guide
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1. What Agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide
laws and regulations?
- ANS - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2. Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce?
- ANS - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
3. Which Law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with label directions?
- ANS - Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA)
4. Any Commercial Applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA
may be assessed a civil penalty of no more than?
- ANS - $5,000
5. Which Agency is responsible for the protection of the health, safety
and welfare of pest control employees and the general public from
, the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee?
- ANS - Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA)
6. The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated
primarily through what division of TDA?
- ANS - Regulatory Services Division
7. Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment
and/or the applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory
restrictions are classified as?
- ANS - Restricted - use pesticides
8. A certification period lasts for how many years?
- ANS - 3 years
9. One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the
recertification program?
- ANS - 50%
10. How many recertification points are required for category 7
in a 3 year period?
- ANS - 30
11. Which is NOT a step in an IPM program?
- ANS - Scheduled pesticide application.
, 12. Which is NOT an objective of a general inspection?
- ANS - Locate pesticide drift.
13. A good inspection technique is to first identify areas within a
structure that offer a tropical environment
14. (warmth, moist, dark and humid)
- ANS - True
15. Which is NOT likely to be used as a pest travel route?
- ANS - Color Pattern in a Rug
16. Which is NOT an example of pest proofing?
- ANS - Using a vacuum to remove pests.
17. Habitat is a location
- ANS - Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water
and harborage.
18. Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation?
- ANS - Use of harpoon mole traps.
19. Which is NOT an example of a lethal trapping program?
- ANS - Multiple - catch traps
20. IPM stands for
- ANS - Integrated Pest Management
Exam Latest 2026/2027 Updated
Verified Questions and Solutions A+
Pass Guaranteed
1. What Agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide
laws and regulations?
- ANS - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
2. Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in
interstate commerce?
- ANS - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
3. Which Law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with label directions?
- ANS - Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA)
4. Any Commercial Applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA
may be assessed a civil penalty of no more than?
- ANS - $5,000
5. Which Agency is responsible for the protection of the health, safety
and welfare of pest control employees and the general public from
, the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee?
- ANS - Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA)
6. The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated
primarily through what division of TDA?
- ANS - Regulatory Services Division
7. Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment
and/or the applicator, unless subject to additional regulatory
restrictions are classified as?
- ANS - Restricted - use pesticides
8. A certification period lasts for how many years?
- ANS - 3 years
9. One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the
recertification program?
- ANS - 50%
10. How many recertification points are required for category 7
in a 3 year period?
- ANS - 30
11. Which is NOT a step in an IPM program?
- ANS - Scheduled pesticide application.
, 12. Which is NOT an objective of a general inspection?
- ANS - Locate pesticide drift.
13. A good inspection technique is to first identify areas within a
structure that offer a tropical environment
14. (warmth, moist, dark and humid)
- ANS - True
15. Which is NOT likely to be used as a pest travel route?
- ANS - Color Pattern in a Rug
16. Which is NOT an example of pest proofing?
- ANS - Using a vacuum to remove pests.
17. Habitat is a location
- ANS - Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water
and harborage.
18. Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation?
- ANS - Use of harpoon mole traps.
19. Which is NOT an example of a lethal trapping program?
- ANS - Multiple - catch traps
20. IPM stands for
- ANS - Integrated Pest Management
