MDARD MICHIGAN CORE PESTICIDE CORRECT
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔What is a threshold as it relates to IPM?
a. The level of pesticide required to control a pest.
b.The levels of pest populations at which you must take pest control action to prevent
unacceptable damage or injury.
c. A type of structure designed to be more resistant to pest invasion.
d.The levels of heat and moisture required for a pest to survive. - ✔✔b.The levels of
pest populations at which you must take pest control action to prevent unacceptable
damage or injury.
✔✔What is pest monitoring ?
a. Watching your pesticide application kill the pest.
b. Recordkeeping of the pesticide used.
c. Checking or scouting for pests in an area to determine what pests are present, how
many and how much damage they are causing.
d. Identifying the pest's predators. - ✔✔c. Checking or scouting for pests in an area to
determine what pests are present, how many and how much damage they are causing.
✔✔How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy? -
✔✔Identifying the pest allows you to determine basic information about it, including its
life cycle and the time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
✔✔Why should you consider thresholds when you develop a pest control strategy? -
✔✔Use of threshold information can improve your pest control strategy by helping you
make a decision about when to begin management strategies.
,✔✔Why is pest monitoring so important to pest management? - ✔✔Monitoring is
important to many pest control strate gies because it helps determine if the threshold
has been reached and whether control measures have been effective.
✔✔Define integrated pest management (IPM). - ✔✔Integrated pest management
utilizes all appropriate economical strategies to manage pests and their damage to
acceptable levels with the least disruption to the environment.
✔✔List several possible control tactics that may be used in an IPM strategy. - ✔✔Pest
management tactics may include: host resis tance, biological control, cultural control,
mechanical control, sanitation and chemical (pesticide) control.
✔✔A pesticide was applied, but it did not control the pest. Name four reasons why the
pesticide application might have failed to control the pest. - ✔✔The failure of the
pesticide to control the pest might have been caused by : 1. Pest resistance. 2.
Choosing the wrong pesticide. 3. Misidentifying the pest. 4. Applying the wrong amount.
5. Applying the pesticide incorrectly, including applying at the wrong time. 6. Weather
problems: too dry, wet, hot or cold.
✔✔What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from becoming resistant
to the pesticides you use? - ✔✔Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest
management and rotating the types of pesticides used.
✔✔What is the EPA? - ✔✔U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
✔✔What is the basic federal law administered by the EPA in regulating pesticides? -
✔✔(FIFRA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
✔✔Violating FIFRA can cost... - ✔✔A commercial applicator may be fined up to $5,000
for each offense.
✔✔What is FIFRA's definition of misuse? - ✔✔"to use any pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with its labeling".
✔✔This act mandated keeping records of RUP applications. - ✔✔The 1990 Farm Bill
(officially called the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade [FACT] Act of 1990.
( The federal pesticide recordkeeping requirements primarily affect private applicators
because commercial applicators are already required to keep records by Michigan's
Regulation 636)
✔✔What is the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)? -
✔✔This legislation provides a means to protect people from chemical emergencies by
, requiring state and local agencies to gather information about the quantities and
locations of hazardous chemicals in their community.
✔✔What does the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) cover? - ✔✔It covers pesticides
that are used in the production of agricultural plants on farms, and in forests, nurseries
and greenhouses. The WPS requires that you take steps to reduce the risk of pesticide-
related illness and injury if you use such pesticides, or employ workers or pesticide
handlers who are exposed to such pesticides.
✔✔What are the OSHA requirements for employers? - ✔✔- OSHA recordkeeping and
reporting requirements apply to employers with 10 or more workers.
- Regardless of the number of employees you have, if a work-related death occurs or if
five or more employees are hospitalized, OSHA must be notified within 48 hours.
✔✔What is the Endangered Species Act? - ✔✔The federal Endangered Species Act
requires the U.S. EPA to ensure that endangered species are protected from pesticides.
The Act requires each pesticide label to limit its use in areas where endangered species
could be harmed.
County bulletins that define habitat areas will be available from pesticide dealers or
county Extension offices.
✔✔What is the CZMA? - ✔✔The Coastal Zone Management Act. "Protecting Coastal
Waters." This provision requires Michigan and other states to develop and implement
Coastal Non-point Pollution Control Programs to improve and protect water quality.
✔✔SMP - ✔✔State Management Plan
✔✔What are commercial registered technicians allowed to do? - ✔✔A registered
technician working for a licensed pesticide applicator firm may apply general use
pesticides under supervision of a certified applicator and restricted use pesticide (RUPs)
while under direct supervision.
✔✔Regulation 636 - Pesticide Applicators - ✔✔Regulation 636 establishes the two
types of certified applicators as discussed above—private and commercial.
All commercial applicators shall maintain records of pesticide use for a time period not
less than the following:
General-use pesticides. One year following application.
Restricted-use pesticides. Three years following the application.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔What is a threshold as it relates to IPM?
a. The level of pesticide required to control a pest.
b.The levels of pest populations at which you must take pest control action to prevent
unacceptable damage or injury.
c. A type of structure designed to be more resistant to pest invasion.
d.The levels of heat and moisture required for a pest to survive. - ✔✔b.The levels of
pest populations at which you must take pest control action to prevent unacceptable
damage or injury.
✔✔What is pest monitoring ?
a. Watching your pesticide application kill the pest.
b. Recordkeeping of the pesticide used.
c. Checking or scouting for pests in an area to determine what pests are present, how
many and how much damage they are causing.
d. Identifying the pest's predators. - ✔✔c. Checking or scouting for pests in an area to
determine what pests are present, how many and how much damage they are causing.
✔✔How can pest identification help you develop a good pest control strategy? -
✔✔Identifying the pest allows you to determine basic information about it, including its
life cycle and the time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
✔✔Why should you consider thresholds when you develop a pest control strategy? -
✔✔Use of threshold information can improve your pest control strategy by helping you
make a decision about when to begin management strategies.
,✔✔Why is pest monitoring so important to pest management? - ✔✔Monitoring is
important to many pest control strate gies because it helps determine if the threshold
has been reached and whether control measures have been effective.
✔✔Define integrated pest management (IPM). - ✔✔Integrated pest management
utilizes all appropriate economical strategies to manage pests and their damage to
acceptable levels with the least disruption to the environment.
✔✔List several possible control tactics that may be used in an IPM strategy. - ✔✔Pest
management tactics may include: host resis tance, biological control, cultural control,
mechanical control, sanitation and chemical (pesticide) control.
✔✔A pesticide was applied, but it did not control the pest. Name four reasons why the
pesticide application might have failed to control the pest. - ✔✔The failure of the
pesticide to control the pest might have been caused by : 1. Pest resistance. 2.
Choosing the wrong pesticide. 3. Misidentifying the pest. 4. Applying the wrong amount.
5. Applying the pesticide incorrectly, including applying at the wrong time. 6. Weather
problems: too dry, wet, hot or cold.
✔✔What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control from becoming resistant
to the pesticides you use? - ✔✔Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest
management and rotating the types of pesticides used.
✔✔What is the EPA? - ✔✔U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
✔✔What is the basic federal law administered by the EPA in regulating pesticides? -
✔✔(FIFRA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
✔✔Violating FIFRA can cost... - ✔✔A commercial applicator may be fined up to $5,000
for each offense.
✔✔What is FIFRA's definition of misuse? - ✔✔"to use any pesticide in a manner
inconsistent with its labeling".
✔✔This act mandated keeping records of RUP applications. - ✔✔The 1990 Farm Bill
(officially called the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade [FACT] Act of 1990.
( The federal pesticide recordkeeping requirements primarily affect private applicators
because commercial applicators are already required to keep records by Michigan's
Regulation 636)
✔✔What is the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)? -
✔✔This legislation provides a means to protect people from chemical emergencies by
, requiring state and local agencies to gather information about the quantities and
locations of hazardous chemicals in their community.
✔✔What does the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) cover? - ✔✔It covers pesticides
that are used in the production of agricultural plants on farms, and in forests, nurseries
and greenhouses. The WPS requires that you take steps to reduce the risk of pesticide-
related illness and injury if you use such pesticides, or employ workers or pesticide
handlers who are exposed to such pesticides.
✔✔What are the OSHA requirements for employers? - ✔✔- OSHA recordkeeping and
reporting requirements apply to employers with 10 or more workers.
- Regardless of the number of employees you have, if a work-related death occurs or if
five or more employees are hospitalized, OSHA must be notified within 48 hours.
✔✔What is the Endangered Species Act? - ✔✔The federal Endangered Species Act
requires the U.S. EPA to ensure that endangered species are protected from pesticides.
The Act requires each pesticide label to limit its use in areas where endangered species
could be harmed.
County bulletins that define habitat areas will be available from pesticide dealers or
county Extension offices.
✔✔What is the CZMA? - ✔✔The Coastal Zone Management Act. "Protecting Coastal
Waters." This provision requires Michigan and other states to develop and implement
Coastal Non-point Pollution Control Programs to improve and protect water quality.
✔✔SMP - ✔✔State Management Plan
✔✔What are commercial registered technicians allowed to do? - ✔✔A registered
technician working for a licensed pesticide applicator firm may apply general use
pesticides under supervision of a certified applicator and restricted use pesticide (RUPs)
while under direct supervision.
✔✔Regulation 636 - Pesticide Applicators - ✔✔Regulation 636 establishes the two
types of certified applicators as discussed above—private and commercial.
All commercial applicators shall maintain records of pesticide use for a time period not
less than the following:
General-use pesticides. One year following application.
Restricted-use pesticides. Three years following the application.
