COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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What agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal
pesticide laws and regulations? - CORRECT ANSWER EPA
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped
in interstate commerce? - CORRECT ANSWER FIFRA
Which law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a
manner inconsistent with label directions? - CORRECT ANSWER
FEPCA
Any commercial applicator who violates any provision of
FIFRA may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than? -
CORRECT ANSWER 5,000
Which agency is responsible for the protection of health,
safety and welfare of pest control employees and the
general public from the hazards of pesticide use in
Tennessee? - CORRECT ANSWER TDA
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are
coordinated primarily through what division of TDA? -
CORRECT ANSWER Regulatory services division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the
environment and/ or the applicator, unless subject to
,additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - CORRECT
ANSWER Restricted-use pesticides
A certification period last for how many years? - CORRECT
ANSWER 3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the
recertification program? - CORRECT ANSWER 50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7
in a 3 year period? - CORRECT ANSWER 30 Points
Which is not a step in an IPM program? - CORRECT ANSWER
Scheduled pesticide applications
Which is not an objective of a general inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER Locate pesticide drift
A good inspection technique is to first identity areas within
a structure that offer a tropical environment (warmth, moist,
dark, and humid). - CORRECT ANSWER True
Which is not likely to be used as a pest travel route? -
CORRECT ANSWER Color pattern in a rug
Which is NOT an example of pest-proofing? - CORRECT ANSWER
Using a vacuum to remove pest
Habitat is a location? - CORRECT ANSWER Where a pest lives
naturally and has access to food, water and harborage
,Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? -
CORRECT ANSWER Use of harpoon mole traps
Which is not an example of a lethal trapping program? -
CORRECT ANSWER Multiple-catch traps
IPM stands for? - CORRECT ANSWER Integrated pest
management
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are? -
CORRECT ANSWER Inspection,pest threshold determination,
management procedures and evaluation.
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulation? - CORRECT
ANSWER Extruded block
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use
against cockroaches, ants, and rodents? - CORRECT ANSWER
Baits
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by? - CORRECT ANSWER
Preventing blood from clotting
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable
locations? - CORRECT ANSWER True
First-generation rodenticides must be fed upon more than
once for rodents to receive a lethal dose? - CORRECT ANSWER
True
, Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide
formulations and must be applied with extra caution? -
CORRECT ANSWER Tracking powder
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or
wet conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER Flowable micro
encapsulate
In most cases, ___________ kills only the insects present in
the air during time of treatment. - CORRECT ANSWER Fogging
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should
never be used to apply another? - CORRECT ANSWER True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might
eat the bait, they are also toxic to fish? - CORRECT ANSWER
True
The most common and important pest cockroach is the? -
CORRECT ANSWER German
Female oriental cockroaches have? - CORRECT ANSWER Short
wings
Cockroaches need _________ to be successful. - CORRECT
ANSWER Food, moisture, and harborage
The _______ cockroach does not require a close association
with moisture - CORRECT ANSWER Brown-banded
________ are the most widely used formulation for cockroach
control. - CORRECT ANSWER Baits