PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATORS FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
●● The practical knowledge that private applicators must demonstrate
for certification is based upon the:
Answer: category certification standards
●● The cost of a 4-year license for private applicators is:
Answer: $100
●● The location to take restricted use pesticide certification exams is at:
Answer: County extension offices that offer the service
●● The number of continuing education units (CEUs) that a private
applicator must obtain to keep the license valid:
Answer: four core and four private
●● what is the brand name of a product?
Answer: name the manufacturer has given to the product and the name
used for all advertising and promoting.
,●● chemical name
Answer: describes the chemical structure of the pesticide
●● common name
Answer: official common, or generic names. Not all labels will list it.
●● Why is accurate pest critical in managing a particular pest?
Answer: -because it is key to effective control
-because it will determine the pest's management strategy
-because identification may reveal that the pest does not require control
●● What is the largest group of insects?
Answer: insects of ecological importance
●● ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers have _____________
mouthparts.
Answer: chewing
●● Which type of metamorphosis do stink bugs and scales undergo?
Answer: gradual
●● Which of the following statements is false regarding mites?
, Answer: adult mites have three pairs of jointed legs
●● Match crabgrasses and pigweeds with their life cycle:
Answer: annual
●● Match cutleaf evening primrose with its life cycle
Answer: biennial
●● Johnsongrass and purple nutsedge
Answer: perennial
●● Match grasses with their correct description:
Answer: narrow, upright leaves with parallel veins; round stems
●● Match sedges with their description:
Answer: triangular stems; leaves in groups of threes.
●● Match broadleaf weeds with their description:
Answer: Wide leaves with netlike veins; seedlings have two leaves.
●● What is false regarding plant disease?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED CERTIFICATION STUDY PACK
●● The practical knowledge that private applicators must demonstrate
for certification is based upon the:
Answer: category certification standards
●● The cost of a 4-year license for private applicators is:
Answer: $100
●● The location to take restricted use pesticide certification exams is at:
Answer: County extension offices that offer the service
●● The number of continuing education units (CEUs) that a private
applicator must obtain to keep the license valid:
Answer: four core and four private
●● what is the brand name of a product?
Answer: name the manufacturer has given to the product and the name
used for all advertising and promoting.
,●● chemical name
Answer: describes the chemical structure of the pesticide
●● common name
Answer: official common, or generic names. Not all labels will list it.
●● Why is accurate pest critical in managing a particular pest?
Answer: -because it is key to effective control
-because it will determine the pest's management strategy
-because identification may reveal that the pest does not require control
●● What is the largest group of insects?
Answer: insects of ecological importance
●● ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers have _____________
mouthparts.
Answer: chewing
●● Which type of metamorphosis do stink bugs and scales undergo?
Answer: gradual
●● Which of the following statements is false regarding mites?
, Answer: adult mites have three pairs of jointed legs
●● Match crabgrasses and pigweeds with their life cycle:
Answer: annual
●● Match cutleaf evening primrose with its life cycle
Answer: biennial
●● Johnsongrass and purple nutsedge
Answer: perennial
●● Match grasses with their correct description:
Answer: narrow, upright leaves with parallel veins; round stems
●● Match sedges with their description:
Answer: triangular stems; leaves in groups of threes.
●● Match broadleaf weeds with their description:
Answer: Wide leaves with netlike veins; seedlings have two leaves.
●● What is false regarding plant disease?
