Test Bank Questions and Answers for Industrial, Institutional, structural and health related pest
management 100% Pass
Which agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal laws and regulations? - Answers EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate commerce? - Answers FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with label directions? -
Answers FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of the FIFRA may be assessed a civil penalty of? -
Answers $5000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of pest-control
employees and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? - Answers TDA
The TDA certification enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through what division of the
TDA? - Answers regulatory services division
Pesticide that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/or the applicator, unless subject to an
additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - Answers Restricted use pesticides
A certification period lasts for how many years? - Answers 3
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program? - Answers 50%
How many certification points are required for category seven in a three-year period? - Answers 30
Which is NOT a step in the IPM program? - Answers Scheduled pesticide applications
Which is NOT an objective of a general inspection? - Answers Locate pesticide drift
A good inspection technique is to first identify areas within the structure that offer a tropical
environment (warp, moist, dark and humid). - Answers True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route?
A. Conduit
B. Electrical wires
C. Pipes
D. color pattern in a rug - Answers d
Which is not an example of pest proofing?
A. Building gets reduced to 1/4 inch opening
,B Vents screened with 1/4 inch mesh
C. using vacuum to remove pests
d. Sealing areas where utility lines enter a structure - Answers c
Habitat is a location
A. Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water and harborage
B. with many cracks and crevices
C. with many branches to increase diversity
D. is a door window or other opening into a structure - Answers a
Which is not an example of pest habitat manipulation?
A. Installation of prickly wires on a building sledge
B. Good sanitation
C. Use of a harpoon mole trap
D. reduce humidity in a basement - Answers c
Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program?
A. Rodent snap traps
B. Insect light traps
C. Harpoon mole traps
D. multiple catch traps - Answers d
IPM stands for
A. Insect pest management
B. Integrated pest management
C. integrated pesticide management
B. insect and pesticide management - Answers b
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are:
,A. inspection, test threshold determination, management procedures and evaluation.
B. Inspection, perimeter treatments, management procedures and evaluation.
C. Inspection, identification, management procedures and evaluation
B. Inspection identification, perimeter treatments, management procedures and evaluation - Answers a
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation?
A. Extruded block
B. Wettable powder
C. Emulsiflable concentrate
D. Soluble powder - Answers a
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against cockroaches ants and rodents?
A. Dust
B. Liquids
C. Baits
D. Granules - Answers c
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by
A. Preventing blood from clotting
B. Preventing formation of vitamin K
C. Losing calcium in the blood
B. Preventing the formation of energy - Answers a
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations. - Answers True
First generation rodenticide must be fed upon more than once for rodents to receive a lethal dose. -
Answers True
Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations it must be applied with extra
caution?
A. Ground meal Baits
B. Grain pellets
, C. Extruded block
D. Tracking powder - Answers d
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions?
A. Emulsifiable concentrate
B. Soluble powder
C. Dust
D. Flowable microencapsulation - Answers d
In most cases, __________ kills only the insects present in the air during the time of treatment.
A. Baiting
B. Fogging
C. Spraying of residual insecticides
B. Dusting - Answers b
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide it should never be used to apply another. - Answers
True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait they are also toxic to fish. -
Answers True
The most common and important cockroach is____
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian - Answers c
Female oriented cockroaches have______
A. Light markings on their wings
B. Two bands across their thorax
C. Short wings
management 100% Pass
Which agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal laws and regulations? - Answers EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate commerce? - Answers FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with label directions? -
Answers FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of the FIFRA may be assessed a civil penalty of? -
Answers $5000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of pest-control
employees and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in Tennessee? - Answers TDA
The TDA certification enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through what division of the
TDA? - Answers regulatory services division
Pesticide that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/or the applicator, unless subject to an
additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - Answers Restricted use pesticides
A certification period lasts for how many years? - Answers 3
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program? - Answers 50%
How many certification points are required for category seven in a three-year period? - Answers 30
Which is NOT a step in the IPM program? - Answers Scheduled pesticide applications
Which is NOT an objective of a general inspection? - Answers Locate pesticide drift
A good inspection technique is to first identify areas within the structure that offer a tropical
environment (warp, moist, dark and humid). - Answers True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route?
A. Conduit
B. Electrical wires
C. Pipes
D. color pattern in a rug - Answers d
Which is not an example of pest proofing?
A. Building gets reduced to 1/4 inch opening
,B Vents screened with 1/4 inch mesh
C. using vacuum to remove pests
d. Sealing areas where utility lines enter a structure - Answers c
Habitat is a location
A. Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food, water and harborage
B. with many cracks and crevices
C. with many branches to increase diversity
D. is a door window or other opening into a structure - Answers a
Which is not an example of pest habitat manipulation?
A. Installation of prickly wires on a building sledge
B. Good sanitation
C. Use of a harpoon mole trap
D. reduce humidity in a basement - Answers c
Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program?
A. Rodent snap traps
B. Insect light traps
C. Harpoon mole traps
D. multiple catch traps - Answers d
IPM stands for
A. Insect pest management
B. Integrated pest management
C. integrated pesticide management
B. insect and pesticide management - Answers b
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are:
,A. inspection, test threshold determination, management procedures and evaluation.
B. Inspection, perimeter treatments, management procedures and evaluation.
C. Inspection, identification, management procedures and evaluation
B. Inspection identification, perimeter treatments, management procedures and evaluation - Answers a
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation?
A. Extruded block
B. Wettable powder
C. Emulsiflable concentrate
D. Soluble powder - Answers a
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against cockroaches ants and rodents?
A. Dust
B. Liquids
C. Baits
D. Granules - Answers c
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by
A. Preventing blood from clotting
B. Preventing formation of vitamin K
C. Losing calcium in the blood
B. Preventing the formation of energy - Answers a
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations. - Answers True
First generation rodenticide must be fed upon more than once for rodents to receive a lethal dose. -
Answers True
Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations it must be applied with extra
caution?
A. Ground meal Baits
B. Grain pellets
, C. Extruded block
D. Tracking powder - Answers d
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions?
A. Emulsifiable concentrate
B. Soluble powder
C. Dust
D. Flowable microencapsulation - Answers d
In most cases, __________ kills only the insects present in the air during the time of treatment.
A. Baiting
B. Fogging
C. Spraying of residual insecticides
B. Dusting - Answers b
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide it should never be used to apply another. - Answers
True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait they are also toxic to fish. -
Answers True
The most common and important cockroach is____
A. Asian
B. American
C. German
D. Australian - Answers c
Female oriented cockroaches have______
A. Light markings on their wings
B. Two bands across their thorax
C. Short wings
