National Pesticide Applicator Certification core
manual study notes/ questions & Complete
Solutions
What type of pesticide is used to control birds? - ✔✔Avicides
What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria - ✔✔Bactericides
What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? - ✔✔Disinfectants
What type of Pesticide control fungi? - ✔✔Fungicides
What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable plants? - ✔✔Herbicides
What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods? - ✔✔Insecticides
What type of Pesticide control mites? - ✔✔Miticides
What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs - ✔✔Molluscidies
What type of Pesticides control nematodes? - ✔✔Nematicides
What type of Pesticides control predatory vertabrates? - ✔✔Predacides
What type of Pesticides control pest fish? - ✔✔Piscicides
,What type of Pesticides repel insects, related invertebrates, birds and mammals -
✔✔Repellents
What type of Pesticides control rodents? - ✔✔Rodenticides
What type of Pesticides cause leaves or foliage to drop from plants? - ✔✔Defoliants
What type of Pesticides promote drying or loss of moisture from plants? - ✔✔Desiccants
What type of Pesticides are substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the growth or
development of a plant or animal? - ✔✔Growth Regulators
The ____ of a pesticide is how the pesticide works - ✔✔mode of action
____ pesticides are obsorbed through leaves or roots and then transported within the teated
plant. - ✔✔Systemic
What pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents to be effective? -
✔✔Contact Pesticides
What definition is used to describe how long pesticides remain active to control pests? -
✔✔Persistence
Some ____ pesticides control pests for weeks, months, or even years - ✔✔Residual
_____ is a pest control process designed to prevent entry of pests into pest-free areas -
✔✔Quarantine
,What is the total elimination of a pest from a designated area? - ✔✔Eradication
What is a pest management strategy that utilizes a wide range of pest control methods or
tactics? - ✔✔Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
What are the 5 major steps all of the IPM components can be grouped into? - ✔✔1. Identify
the pest and understand its biology
2. Monitor the pest to be managed
3. Develop the Pest Management Goal
4. Implement the Integrated Pest Managment Program (IPM)
5. Record and Evaluate Results
What is the first step in any pest managment program? - ✔✔Identify the pest
What pests may cause major damage on a regular basis unless they are controlled - ✔✔Key
Pests
What pests become troublesome only once in a while because of their life cycles or
environmental influences, or as a result of human activiites? - ✔✔Occasionl Pests
What pests become problems when a key pest is controlled or elimated? - ✔✔Secondary
Pests
What is a pest level at which some type of pest management action must be taken? -
✔✔Action thresholds
What pest control methods are used to reduce pest population levels? - ✔✔Suppression
, What steps should be taken before implementing an IPM program - ✔✔Identify the pest, Set
up monitoring program, know the pest level that triggers control, know what control methods
are available, evaluate the benefits and risks of each method
_____ can be defined as the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent or other pest to tolerate a
pesticide that once controlled it - ✔✔Pesticide resistance
Using new compounds with different modes of action will lessen the likelihood of _____
developing in a population - ✔✔resistance
Use new or alterned pesticides, change pesticide use patterns and treat only when necessary
are what kind of management? - ✔✔Resistance Management
Who provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide program? - ✔✔FIFRA (the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Under FIFRA, _____ is responsible for registering or authorizing pesticides products for use in
the United States - ✔✔the EPA
Who has the authority to stop the sale of any pesticide? - ✔✔EPA
Under FIFRA, how are all pesticides classified ? - ✔✔According to their potential hazards
under the circumstances in which they are used
What are the two main classifications for pesticides? - ✔✔Unclassified use and restricted use
A ______ is an individual who has been recognized (certified) by the state, tribe, territory or
agency responsible for regulating pesticides as being competent to use or supervise the use of
restricted-use pesticides. - ✔✔Certified applicator
manual study notes/ questions & Complete
Solutions
What type of pesticide is used to control birds? - ✔✔Avicides
What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria - ✔✔Bactericides
What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? - ✔✔Disinfectants
What type of Pesticide control fungi? - ✔✔Fungicides
What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable plants? - ✔✔Herbicides
What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods? - ✔✔Insecticides
What type of Pesticide control mites? - ✔✔Miticides
What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs - ✔✔Molluscidies
What type of Pesticides control nematodes? - ✔✔Nematicides
What type of Pesticides control predatory vertabrates? - ✔✔Predacides
What type of Pesticides control pest fish? - ✔✔Piscicides
,What type of Pesticides repel insects, related invertebrates, birds and mammals -
✔✔Repellents
What type of Pesticides control rodents? - ✔✔Rodenticides
What type of Pesticides cause leaves or foliage to drop from plants? - ✔✔Defoliants
What type of Pesticides promote drying or loss of moisture from plants? - ✔✔Desiccants
What type of Pesticides are substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the growth or
development of a plant or animal? - ✔✔Growth Regulators
The ____ of a pesticide is how the pesticide works - ✔✔mode of action
____ pesticides are obsorbed through leaves or roots and then transported within the teated
plant. - ✔✔Systemic
What pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents to be effective? -
✔✔Contact Pesticides
What definition is used to describe how long pesticides remain active to control pests? -
✔✔Persistence
Some ____ pesticides control pests for weeks, months, or even years - ✔✔Residual
_____ is a pest control process designed to prevent entry of pests into pest-free areas -
✔✔Quarantine
,What is the total elimination of a pest from a designated area? - ✔✔Eradication
What is a pest management strategy that utilizes a wide range of pest control methods or
tactics? - ✔✔Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
What are the 5 major steps all of the IPM components can be grouped into? - ✔✔1. Identify
the pest and understand its biology
2. Monitor the pest to be managed
3. Develop the Pest Management Goal
4. Implement the Integrated Pest Managment Program (IPM)
5. Record and Evaluate Results
What is the first step in any pest managment program? - ✔✔Identify the pest
What pests may cause major damage on a regular basis unless they are controlled - ✔✔Key
Pests
What pests become troublesome only once in a while because of their life cycles or
environmental influences, or as a result of human activiites? - ✔✔Occasionl Pests
What pests become problems when a key pest is controlled or elimated? - ✔✔Secondary
Pests
What is a pest level at which some type of pest management action must be taken? -
✔✔Action thresholds
What pest control methods are used to reduce pest population levels? - ✔✔Suppression
, What steps should be taken before implementing an IPM program - ✔✔Identify the pest, Set
up monitoring program, know the pest level that triggers control, know what control methods
are available, evaluate the benefits and risks of each method
_____ can be defined as the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent or other pest to tolerate a
pesticide that once controlled it - ✔✔Pesticide resistance
Using new compounds with different modes of action will lessen the likelihood of _____
developing in a population - ✔✔resistance
Use new or alterned pesticides, change pesticide use patterns and treat only when necessary
are what kind of management? - ✔✔Resistance Management
Who provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide program? - ✔✔FIFRA (the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Under FIFRA, _____ is responsible for registering or authorizing pesticides products for use in
the United States - ✔✔the EPA
Who has the authority to stop the sale of any pesticide? - ✔✔EPA
Under FIFRA, how are all pesticides classified ? - ✔✔According to their potential hazards
under the circumstances in which they are used
What are the two main classifications for pesticides? - ✔✔Unclassified use and restricted use
A ______ is an individual who has been recognized (certified) by the state, tribe, territory or
agency responsible for regulating pesticides as being competent to use or supervise the use of
restricted-use pesticides. - ✔✔Certified applicator
