NEBRASKA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LICENSE EXAM PREP | ALL
REVIEW QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS | UPDATED
2026
1) USING BARRIERS TO PREVENT PESTS FROM GETTING INTO AN AREA IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHICH TYPE OF PEST MANAGEMENT METHOD?
A) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
B) MECHANICAL CONTROL
C) GENETIC CONTROL
D) CHEMICAL CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: B) MECHANICAL CONTROL
2) LOWERING THE HUMIDITY OF STORED GRAINS AND OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS TO REDUCE
DAMAGE FROM MOLD IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH TYPE OF PEST MANAGEMENT METHOD?
A) BIOLOGICAL
B) MECHANICAL
C) PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
D) REGULATORY PEST CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: C) PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
3) WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE ABOUT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL METHODS?
A) IF PESTICIDES ARE PART OF A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM TO CONTROL AN EXOTIC
PEST, IT IS BETTER TO APPLY THEM AT THE STRONGEST LABEL RATE AND TO CHOOSE THE MORE
TOXIC PESTICIDES.
B) MODIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE NATURAL ENEMIES IS A RECOMMENDED
PRACTICE IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
, C) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL INVOLVES THE IMPORTATION OF EXOTIC PESTS TO CONTROL NATURAL
ENEMIES
D) USING SEVERAL CULTURAL PRACTICES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PESTICIDES WORKS BEST IN
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: B) MODIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE NATURAL ENEMIES IS A
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
4) SEALING CRACKS AND CREVICES AND SMALL OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHICH TYPE OF MECHANICAL CONTROL METHOD?
A) EXCLUSION
B) TRAPPING
C) CULTIVATION
D) MULCHING
CORRECT ANS: A) EXCLUSION
5) WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE ABOUT CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES?
A) CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES ALTER THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CONDITION OF THE HOST,
OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PEST TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS AN INFESTATION
B) TRAPPING IS AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICE
C) SANITATION IS NOT CONSIDERED A CULTURAL PRACTICE
D) CULTURAL CONTROLS INVOLVE THE RELEASE OF PARASITES AND PREDATORS FOUND IN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CORRECT ANS: A) CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES ALTER THE ENVIRONMENT, THE
CONDITION OF THE HOST, OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PEST TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS AN
INFESTATION
REVIEW QUESTIONS & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS | UPDATED
2026
1) USING BARRIERS TO PREVENT PESTS FROM GETTING INTO AN AREA IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHICH TYPE OF PEST MANAGEMENT METHOD?
A) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
B) MECHANICAL CONTROL
C) GENETIC CONTROL
D) CHEMICAL CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: B) MECHANICAL CONTROL
2) LOWERING THE HUMIDITY OF STORED GRAINS AND OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS TO REDUCE
DAMAGE FROM MOLD IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH TYPE OF PEST MANAGEMENT METHOD?
A) BIOLOGICAL
B) MECHANICAL
C) PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
D) REGULATORY PEST CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: C) PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION
3) WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE ABOUT BIOLOGICAL CONTROL METHODS?
A) IF PESTICIDES ARE PART OF A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROGRAM TO CONTROL AN EXOTIC
PEST, IT IS BETTER TO APPLY THEM AT THE STRONGEST LABEL RATE AND TO CHOOSE THE MORE
TOXIC PESTICIDES.
B) MODIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE NATURAL ENEMIES IS A RECOMMENDED
PRACTICE IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
, C) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL INVOLVES THE IMPORTATION OF EXOTIC PESTS TO CONTROL NATURAL
ENEMIES
D) USING SEVERAL CULTURAL PRACTICES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PESTICIDES WORKS BEST IN
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
CORRECT ANS: B) MODIFYING THE ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE NATURAL ENEMIES IS A
RECOMMENDED PRACTICE IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
4) SEALING CRACKS AND CREVICES AND SMALL OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS IS AN EXAMPLE OF
WHICH TYPE OF MECHANICAL CONTROL METHOD?
A) EXCLUSION
B) TRAPPING
C) CULTIVATION
D) MULCHING
CORRECT ANS: A) EXCLUSION
5) WHICH STATEMENT IS TRUE ABOUT CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES?
A) CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES ALTER THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CONDITION OF THE HOST,
OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PEST TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS AN INFESTATION
B) TRAPPING IS AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICE
C) SANITATION IS NOT CONSIDERED A CULTURAL PRACTICE
D) CULTURAL CONTROLS INVOLVE THE RELEASE OF PARASITES AND PREDATORS FOUND IN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CORRECT ANS: A) CULTURAL CONTROL PRACTICES ALTER THE ENVIRONMENT, THE
CONDITION OF THE HOST, OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PEST TO PREVENT OR SUPPRESS AN
INFESTATION
