HORT 4000 Pesticide Management Exam 1 Questions And Answers

HORT 4000 Pesticide Management Exam 1
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HORT 4000 Pesticide Management Exam 1 Questions And Answers
2. 1947: In what year was the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (
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FIFRA) passed? n

3. 1970: In what year was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established?
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4. to regulate the distribution, sale, and use of pesticides: What is the purpose o
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f the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)?
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5. signal words: What indicates the toxicity of a pesticide and is required by the E
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PA?
6. danger-
poison: What signal word describes an acute toxin and is symbolized by skull and cr
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ossbones?



7. Section 3: What section of FIFRA offers the registrant the most flexibility?
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8. Emergency Exemption Section 18: What section of FIFRA can be initiated by a
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nstate in response to an emergency pest situation?
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9. False, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) requires the reregistration of
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a chemical every 15 years.: True or False: The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) r
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equires the reregistration of a chemical every 30 years.
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10. tolerance: the amount of pesticide residue that is deemed safe for human c
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onsumption
11. True: True or False: The Federal Record-
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Keeping Law requires growers to keep a record of restricted pesticide use for 2 years
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12. LD50: the lethal dose to 50% of the test population
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13. ppm: mg/kg = n n n

14. weeds: a non- n n

native plant growing out of place; a plant we haven't discovered its positive attribute
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s yet; a plant that causes economic loss
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15. herbicide: What is the largest portion of pesticides sold? n n n n n n n n

16. 1. abundant seed production
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2. withstands drought and/or wet conditions n n n n


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3. germinates and establishes a stand quickly
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4. long seed dormancy
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