Pesticide Applicator Core Test Questions With Verified
Answers
Any commercial applicator who uses or supervises the use for any pesticide as
part of his/her job duties only on property owned or leased by the applicator or
his/her employer. - ANSWER -commercial applicator not for hire
The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and
control of a certified applicator who is responsible for the actions of that person,
applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be present at the application site
and be able to see the person applying the pesticide at all times. - ANSWER -
Direct Onsite Supervision
The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and
control of a certified applicator who is responsible for the actions of that person,
applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be either near or in close
telephone or radio contact with the person applying the pesticide - ANSWER -
Direct supervision
A law that established the basis of U.S. pesticide regulation to protect the
applicators, consumers, and the environment. - ANSWER -Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Any substance used to control a pest, or to reduce the unwanted or harmful effects
of a pest. - ANSWER -pesticide
A document required of persons in the business of selling, storing, distributing,
mixing, recommending the use of, or applying pesticides. - ANSWER -Pesticide
Business License
Application or supervision of an application of pesticide. "use" includes all the
routine actives that are part of a pesticide application, such as mixing, loading,
cleanup, and disposal. - ANSWER -pesticide use
,A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use
pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity. - ANSWER -private applicator
Demonstration of competency by participation in appropriate, approved education
courses; or by re-examination. - ANSWER -Recertification
A certified applicator who renders services similar to those of a certified
commercial applicator. Such a person has completed training and demonstrated
competency as required for registered technicians but has not met the requirements
for commercial certification. - ANSWER -registered technician
Any pesticide classified as restricted use by the EPA. - ANSWER -restricted-use
pesticide
An application of less than 1/10th of an acre occurring on the same day as a larger
treatment - ANSWER -spot treatment
Requires growers who hire agricultural labor to make, maintain, and post pesticide
application records. - ANSWER -federal worker protection standard (WPS)
A plant that completes its life cycle in one year - ANSWER -annual
An animal body part or organ that projects from the main part of the body -
ANSWER -appendage
A plant that completes its life cycle in two years. The first year it germinates and
grows, the second year it continues to grow, produces fruit, and seeds, and then
dies. - ANSWER -biennial
To kill, prevent, or lessen the harmful effects of, to destroy, or to repel an
undesirable organism - ANSWER -control
A plant with two seed leaves and broad, net veined leaves. Flower parts are in
multiples of fours or fives - ANSWER -dicot
, Any abnormal, unhealthy condition caused by an invading organism such as a
bacterium or virus. - ANSWER -disease
An abnormal plant growth caused by stimuli from an insect or other organism -
ANSWER -gall
An organism infected by a parasite; a plant or animal in which the parasite lives -
ANSWER -host
A system that uses all suitable pest control measures together in a way that keeps
pest populations below the levels that cause economic injury - ANSWER -
integrated pest management
An animal without a backbone - ANSWER -invertebrate
Natural insect chemicals that keep the earlier stages of an insect from changing
into the normal adult form. - ANSWER -juvenile hormones
Change in body form during the life cycle of an organism. There are two forms:
complete, or gradual. - ANSWER -metamorphosis
How a pesticide works to control a pest - ANSWER -mode of action
A soft-bodied invertebrate typically protected by a hard shell - ANSWER -
mollusk
Any Commercial applicator, registered technician, and/or private applicator who
has met the certification requirements in Virginia. - ANSWER -certified applicator
A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides for purposes
other than those covered under a private applicator certification. - ANSWER -
commercial applicator
Answers
Any commercial applicator who uses or supervises the use for any pesticide as
part of his/her job duties only on property owned or leased by the applicator or
his/her employer. - ANSWER -commercial applicator not for hire
The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and
control of a certified applicator who is responsible for the actions of that person,
applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be present at the application site
and be able to see the person applying the pesticide at all times. - ANSWER -
Direct Onsite Supervision
The act or process by which a competent person, acting under the instructions and
control of a certified applicator who is responsible for the actions of that person,
applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be either near or in close
telephone or radio contact with the person applying the pesticide - ANSWER -
Direct supervision
A law that established the basis of U.S. pesticide regulation to protect the
applicators, consumers, and the environment. - ANSWER -Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Any substance used to control a pest, or to reduce the unwanted or harmful effects
of a pest. - ANSWER -pesticide
A document required of persons in the business of selling, storing, distributing,
mixing, recommending the use of, or applying pesticides. - ANSWER -Pesticide
Business License
Application or supervision of an application of pesticide. "use" includes all the
routine actives that are part of a pesticide application, such as mixing, loading,
cleanup, and disposal. - ANSWER -pesticide use
,A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use
pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity. - ANSWER -private applicator
Demonstration of competency by participation in appropriate, approved education
courses; or by re-examination. - ANSWER -Recertification
A certified applicator who renders services similar to those of a certified
commercial applicator. Such a person has completed training and demonstrated
competency as required for registered technicians but has not met the requirements
for commercial certification. - ANSWER -registered technician
Any pesticide classified as restricted use by the EPA. - ANSWER -restricted-use
pesticide
An application of less than 1/10th of an acre occurring on the same day as a larger
treatment - ANSWER -spot treatment
Requires growers who hire agricultural labor to make, maintain, and post pesticide
application records. - ANSWER -federal worker protection standard (WPS)
A plant that completes its life cycle in one year - ANSWER -annual
An animal body part or organ that projects from the main part of the body -
ANSWER -appendage
A plant that completes its life cycle in two years. The first year it germinates and
grows, the second year it continues to grow, produces fruit, and seeds, and then
dies. - ANSWER -biennial
To kill, prevent, or lessen the harmful effects of, to destroy, or to repel an
undesirable organism - ANSWER -control
A plant with two seed leaves and broad, net veined leaves. Flower parts are in
multiples of fours or fives - ANSWER -dicot
, Any abnormal, unhealthy condition caused by an invading organism such as a
bacterium or virus. - ANSWER -disease
An abnormal plant growth caused by stimuli from an insect or other organism -
ANSWER -gall
An organism infected by a parasite; a plant or animal in which the parasite lives -
ANSWER -host
A system that uses all suitable pest control measures together in a way that keeps
pest populations below the levels that cause economic injury - ANSWER -
integrated pest management
An animal without a backbone - ANSWER -invertebrate
Natural insect chemicals that keep the earlier stages of an insect from changing
into the normal adult form. - ANSWER -juvenile hormones
Change in body form during the life cycle of an organism. There are two forms:
complete, or gradual. - ANSWER -metamorphosis
How a pesticide works to control a pest - ANSWER -mode of action
A soft-bodied invertebrate typically protected by a hard shell - ANSWER -
mollusk
Any Commercial applicator, registered technician, and/or private applicator who
has met the certification requirements in Virginia. - ANSWER -certified applicator
A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides for purposes
other than those covered under a private applicator certification. - ANSWER -
commercial applicator
