Oklahoma Applicators License Core Exam
How can pest identification help you develop a good pest Identification of the pest allows you to determine basic information about it,
control strategy? including its life cycle and the time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
Define "integrated pest management" (IPM) and list Integrated pest management is the combining of appropriate pest control tactics into
several possible control tactics that may be used in an IPM a single plan to reduce pests and their damage to an acceptable level. Pest control
strategy. tactics may include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical
control, sanitation, and chemical (pesticide) control.
You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. The failure of the pesticide to control the pest might have been caused by pest
Name three reasons why your control effort might have resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide, misidentifying the pest, applying the
failed. wrong amount, or applying the pesticide incorrectly.
What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest management and rotating
from becoming resistant to the pesticides you use? the types of pesticides used.
Name four of the six available methods to control pests The six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological control, cultural
when natural controls are not sufficient. control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical control.
Name the four factors that affect pesticide use outdoors. Pesticide use outdoors is affected by soil factors, surface moisture, humidity and
temperature, and wind.
What is the best control method for controlling plant At present, prevention is the only plant disease control measure. Once a plant is
diseases? infected, few control methods are effective, including pesticides.
Name four forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control. Traps, barriers, gunning, attractants, and repellents are all forms of mechanical
vertebrate pest control.
What is a pesticide formulation? A pesticide formulation is the mixture of active and inert (inactive) ingredients that
forms a pesticide product.
What is the difference between active ingredients and inert Active ingredients are the chemicals in a pesticide product that control pests. Inert
ingredients? ingredients are the chemicals in a pesticide product that are added to make the
product safer, more effective, easier to measure, mix, and apply, and more
convenient to handle.
What types of factors should you consider when you have You should think about the characteristics of each formulation, and you should
a choice of formulations for a pest control task? consider which of the formulation's advantages and disadvantages are important in
your application situation. Also consider the following: Do you have the right
application equipment? Can you apply the formulation safely? Will the formulation
reach the target and stay in place long enough to control the pest? Might the
formulation harm the target site?
If you had a choice of either a wettable powder formulation The granular formulation would be the best choice in the first situation, because
or a granular formulation for a particular pest control task, granules have a much lower drift hazard than wettable powders. Granules do not
which would be best if drift were a major concern? Which stick to nonlevel surfaces, so the wettable powder would be the best choice in the
would be best if you need the pesticide to stay on a second situation.
surface that is not level, such as foliage?
Why are adjuvants sometimes added to pesticide Adjuvants are added to a pesticide formulation or tank mix to increase its
formulations? effectiveness or safety.
How can pest identification help you develop a good pest Identification of the pest allows you to determine basic information about it,
control strategy? including its life cycle and the time that it is most susceptible to being controlled.
Define "integrated pest management" (IPM) and list Integrated pest management is the combining of appropriate pest control tactics into
several possible control tactics that may be used in an IPM a single plan to reduce pests and their damage to an acceptable level. Pest control
strategy. tactics may include: host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical
control, sanitation, and chemical (pesticide) control.
You applied a pesticide, but it did not control the pest. The failure of the pesticide to control the pest might have been caused by pest
Name three reasons why your control effort might have resistance, choosing the wrong pesticide, misidentifying the pest, applying the
failed. wrong amount, or applying the pesticide incorrectly.
What can you do to keep the pests you are trying to control Pest resistance can be reduced by using integrated pest management and rotating
from becoming resistant to the pesticides you use? the types of pesticides used.
Name four of the six available methods to control pests The six pest control methods include: host resistance, biological control, cultural
when natural controls are not sufficient. control, mechanical control, sanitation, and chemical control.
Name the four factors that affect pesticide use outdoors. Pesticide use outdoors is affected by soil factors, surface moisture, humidity and
temperature, and wind.
What is the best control method for controlling plant At present, prevention is the only plant disease control measure. Once a plant is
diseases? infected, few control methods are effective, including pesticides.
Name four forms of mechanical vertebrate pest control. Traps, barriers, gunning, attractants, and repellents are all forms of mechanical
vertebrate pest control.
What is a pesticide formulation? A pesticide formulation is the mixture of active and inert (inactive) ingredients that
forms a pesticide product.
What is the difference between active ingredients and inert Active ingredients are the chemicals in a pesticide product that control pests. Inert
ingredients? ingredients are the chemicals in a pesticide product that are added to make the
product safer, more effective, easier to measure, mix, and apply, and more
convenient to handle.
What types of factors should you consider when you have You should think about the characteristics of each formulation, and you should
a choice of formulations for a pest control task? consider which of the formulation's advantages and disadvantages are important in
your application situation. Also consider the following: Do you have the right
application equipment? Can you apply the formulation safely? Will the formulation
reach the target and stay in place long enough to control the pest? Might the
formulation harm the target site?
If you had a choice of either a wettable powder formulation The granular formulation would be the best choice in the first situation, because
or a granular formulation for a particular pest control task, granules have a much lower drift hazard than wettable powders. Granules do not
which would be best if drift were a major concern? Which stick to nonlevel surfaces, so the wettable powder would be the best choice in the
would be best if you need the pesticide to stay on a second situation.
surface that is not level, such as foliage?
Why are adjuvants sometimes added to pesticide Adjuvants are added to a pesticide formulation or tank mix to increase its
formulations? effectiveness or safety.
