Test Bank Minnesota Pesticide Applicator
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Approved and Graded A+
1. ________ is the ability of small amounts of pesticide from repeated and prolonged
exposure to cause injury or illness.
a. Acute toxicity
b. Chronic toxicity
c. Dermal toxicity
d. Systemic toxicity - Correct Answer ✅💯b. Chronic toxicity
2. _________ is the maximum pesticide residue limit that may legally remain on treated
crops sold for food?
a. Tolerance
b. MAL (maximum allowed limit)
c. MAR (maximum allowed residue)
d. Extraction limit - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Tolerance
3. _________ is the tendency of a pesticide to turn into a gas or vapor?
a. persistence
b. microbial action
c. chemical degradation
d. volatility - Correct Answer ✅💯d. volatility
4. _________ occurs when mixing certain pesticides in the spray tank alters the activity
of one or more of them?
a. chemical incompatibility
b. physical incompatibility
c. placement incompatibility
d. timing incompatibility - Correct Answer ✅💯a. chemical incompatibility
5. _________ words on a pesticide label indicate the relative acute toxicity of the
product?
a. Hazard words
b. Caution words
c. Danger words
d. Signal words - Correct Answer ✅💯d. Signal words
6. __________ are chemicals that do not possess pesticidal activity but are added to
enhance pesticidal performance.
a. Adjuvants
b. Fumigants
c. Repellents
d. Emulsifiable concentrates - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Adjuvants
7. ___________ is the failure of the pesticide products to stay uniformly mixed in the
spray tank.
a. Chemical incompatibility
b. Physical incompatibility
, c. Placement incompatibility
d. Timing incompatibility - Correct Answer ✅💯b. Physical incompatibility
8. ____________ are pesticides that are either naturally derived or synthesized.
a. Chemical controls
b. Biologic controls
c. Natural controls
d. Applied controls - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Chemical controls
9. "backflow" refers to?
a. ponds that fill up quickly when flow is blocked
b. applying permethrin by backpack along a tree line
c. filling adulticide application equipment
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯c. filling adulticide application
equipment
10. A _________ occurs when one liquid is dispersed in another liquid/
a. A solution
b. A suspension
c. An emulsion
d. A concentrate - Correct Answer ✅💯c. An emulsion
11. A __________ is an animal or insect that can carry and transmit a pathogen from one
host to another?
a. virus
b. vector
c. bacteria
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯b. vector
12. A pesticide may be used to control a target pest not specified on the label if the
pesticide is applied to a crop, animal, or site specifically listed on the label.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer ✅💯a. True
13. A wind meter is useful for determining when it is a good time to spray?
a. true
b. false - Correct Answer ✅💯a. True
14. absorption is the process whereby a pesticide binds to soil particles. typically, oil-
soluble particles are more attracted to?
a. limestone/sandstone surfaces
b. clay and organic material
c. rock and sandy material
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯b. clay and organic material
15. According to the worker protection standard, a pesticide handler must have access to
what if the label requires goggles for eye protection?
a. Eyewash dispenser
b. first aid kit
c. full-face respirator
d. half-face respirator - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Eyewash dispenser
16. Adult mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors, carbon dioxide, and?
a. blood
b. plant nectar
, c. lighted areas
d. running water - Correct Answer ✅💯c. lighted area
17. Adult mosquitoes are infected with Lacrosse Encephalitis by taking a blood meal
from what?
a. chipmunks
b. humans
c. deer
d. birds - Correct Answer ✅💯a. chipmunks
18. After cleaning pesticide application equipment with a rinsate, you should?
a. apply the rinsate to a labeled site at or below labeled rates
b. store the rinsate in an approved storage container until disposed
c. pour rinsate into sewer drain prior to recycling container
d. seal the container containing the rinsate and store in properly ventilated
storage area until it can be properly disposed - Correct Answer ✅💯a. apply
the rinsate to a labeled site at or below labeled rates
19. all of the following are brand name of bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti)
except?
a. altosid
b. teknar
c. vectobac
d. acrobe - Correct Answer ✅💯a. altosid
20. All of these are signal words found on a pesticide container except?
a. Warning
b. Danger
c. Fatal
d. Caution - Correct Answer ✅💯c. Fatal
21. An animal that is most likely to become extinct is considered?
a. threatened species
b. candidate species
c. watch list species
d. endangered species - Correct Answer ✅💯d. endangered species
22. Approximately how many mosquito species are there in MN?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 50
d. 500 - Correct Answer ✅💯c. 50
23. Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) is a biological control product. In order for
it to be effective, it must?
a. be ingested by the adult female
b. come in contact with the pupal covering
c. be ingested by larvae
d. prevent the larvae from entering the pupal stage - Correct Answer ✅💯c. be
ingested by larvae
24. Both male and female mosquitoes bite human and animals
a. true
b. false - Correct Answer ✅💯b. false
Practice| Latest Edition Update| All Chapters|
Approved and Graded A+
1. ________ is the ability of small amounts of pesticide from repeated and prolonged
exposure to cause injury or illness.
a. Acute toxicity
b. Chronic toxicity
c. Dermal toxicity
d. Systemic toxicity - Correct Answer ✅💯b. Chronic toxicity
2. _________ is the maximum pesticide residue limit that may legally remain on treated
crops sold for food?
a. Tolerance
b. MAL (maximum allowed limit)
c. MAR (maximum allowed residue)
d. Extraction limit - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Tolerance
3. _________ is the tendency of a pesticide to turn into a gas or vapor?
a. persistence
b. microbial action
c. chemical degradation
d. volatility - Correct Answer ✅💯d. volatility
4. _________ occurs when mixing certain pesticides in the spray tank alters the activity
of one or more of them?
a. chemical incompatibility
b. physical incompatibility
c. placement incompatibility
d. timing incompatibility - Correct Answer ✅💯a. chemical incompatibility
5. _________ words on a pesticide label indicate the relative acute toxicity of the
product?
a. Hazard words
b. Caution words
c. Danger words
d. Signal words - Correct Answer ✅💯d. Signal words
6. __________ are chemicals that do not possess pesticidal activity but are added to
enhance pesticidal performance.
a. Adjuvants
b. Fumigants
c. Repellents
d. Emulsifiable concentrates - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Adjuvants
7. ___________ is the failure of the pesticide products to stay uniformly mixed in the
spray tank.
a. Chemical incompatibility
b. Physical incompatibility
, c. Placement incompatibility
d. Timing incompatibility - Correct Answer ✅💯b. Physical incompatibility
8. ____________ are pesticides that are either naturally derived or synthesized.
a. Chemical controls
b. Biologic controls
c. Natural controls
d. Applied controls - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Chemical controls
9. "backflow" refers to?
a. ponds that fill up quickly when flow is blocked
b. applying permethrin by backpack along a tree line
c. filling adulticide application equipment
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯c. filling adulticide application
equipment
10. A _________ occurs when one liquid is dispersed in another liquid/
a. A solution
b. A suspension
c. An emulsion
d. A concentrate - Correct Answer ✅💯c. An emulsion
11. A __________ is an animal or insect that can carry and transmit a pathogen from one
host to another?
a. virus
b. vector
c. bacteria
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯b. vector
12. A pesticide may be used to control a target pest not specified on the label if the
pesticide is applied to a crop, animal, or site specifically listed on the label.
a. True
b. False - Correct Answer ✅💯a. True
13. A wind meter is useful for determining when it is a good time to spray?
a. true
b. false - Correct Answer ✅💯a. True
14. absorption is the process whereby a pesticide binds to soil particles. typically, oil-
soluble particles are more attracted to?
a. limestone/sandstone surfaces
b. clay and organic material
c. rock and sandy material
d. none of the above - Correct Answer ✅💯b. clay and organic material
15. According to the worker protection standard, a pesticide handler must have access to
what if the label requires goggles for eye protection?
a. Eyewash dispenser
b. first aid kit
c. full-face respirator
d. half-face respirator - Correct Answer ✅💯a. Eyewash dispenser
16. Adult mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors, carbon dioxide, and?
a. blood
b. plant nectar
, c. lighted areas
d. running water - Correct Answer ✅💯c. lighted area
17. Adult mosquitoes are infected with Lacrosse Encephalitis by taking a blood meal
from what?
a. chipmunks
b. humans
c. deer
d. birds - Correct Answer ✅💯a. chipmunks
18. After cleaning pesticide application equipment with a rinsate, you should?
a. apply the rinsate to a labeled site at or below labeled rates
b. store the rinsate in an approved storage container until disposed
c. pour rinsate into sewer drain prior to recycling container
d. seal the container containing the rinsate and store in properly ventilated
storage area until it can be properly disposed - Correct Answer ✅💯a. apply
the rinsate to a labeled site at or below labeled rates
19. all of the following are brand name of bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti)
except?
a. altosid
b. teknar
c. vectobac
d. acrobe - Correct Answer ✅💯a. altosid
20. All of these are signal words found on a pesticide container except?
a. Warning
b. Danger
c. Fatal
d. Caution - Correct Answer ✅💯c. Fatal
21. An animal that is most likely to become extinct is considered?
a. threatened species
b. candidate species
c. watch list species
d. endangered species - Correct Answer ✅💯d. endangered species
22. Approximately how many mosquito species are there in MN?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 50
d. 500 - Correct Answer ✅💯c. 50
23. Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) is a biological control product. In order for
it to be effective, it must?
a. be ingested by the adult female
b. come in contact with the pupal covering
c. be ingested by larvae
d. prevent the larvae from entering the pupal stage - Correct Answer ✅💯c. be
ingested by larvae
24. Both male and female mosquitoes bite human and animals
a. true
b. false - Correct Answer ✅💯b. false
