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UTAH PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM – 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Biomagnification - (answers)some organisms accumulate chemical residues in
higher concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume
Food chain - (answers)sequence of amimals feeding in a natural environment
Non-living agents - (answers)some plants are damaged by weather extremes,
salts, air polutants, and inadequate or excessive fertilization
Pest host - (answers)animal or plant on which the organism lives
Natural controls - (answers)measures that destroy pests without dependance on
humans for continued success (climate, wind, heat, rain)
Applied controls - (answers)biological, mechanical, cultual, physical, genetic,
chamical, and regulatory
Biological control - (answers)involves locating the native home of the pest and
introducing a suitible natural enemy into the system. Can be one of the most
economic means of control.
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Mechanical control - (answers)use of devices, machines, or other physical
methods to control pests or alter their environment
Cultural control - (answers)alter the condition of the host plant/site, environment,
or pest behavior to prevent or supress an infestation
Physical modification - (answers)altering the light, humidity, temperature, etc. of
the pests environment
Host resistance / genetic control - (answers)genetic modoification = host resistant
species
Chemical control - (answers)pesticifes that are naturally derived or synthesised
Pesticide - (answers)any material applied to soil, plants, water, cropsm structures,
clothing or animals to kill, attract, repel, or interrupt the growth and mating of
pests, or to regulate plant growth
Mode of action - (answers)denotes what specific system in the pest is affected by
the pesticide
Systemics - (answers)absorbed through leaves or roots and transported within the
plant
UTAH PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM – 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Biomagnification - (answers)some organisms accumulate chemical residues in
higher concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume
Food chain - (answers)sequence of amimals feeding in a natural environment
Non-living agents - (answers)some plants are damaged by weather extremes,
salts, air polutants, and inadequate or excessive fertilization
Pest host - (answers)animal or plant on which the organism lives
Natural controls - (answers)measures that destroy pests without dependance on
humans for continued success (climate, wind, heat, rain)
Applied controls - (answers)biological, mechanical, cultual, physical, genetic,
chamical, and regulatory
Biological control - (answers)involves locating the native home of the pest and
introducing a suitible natural enemy into the system. Can be one of the most
economic means of control.
, 2|Page
Mechanical control - (answers)use of devices, machines, or other physical
methods to control pests or alter their environment
Cultural control - (answers)alter the condition of the host plant/site, environment,
or pest behavior to prevent or supress an infestation
Physical modification - (answers)altering the light, humidity, temperature, etc. of
the pests environment
Host resistance / genetic control - (answers)genetic modoification = host resistant
species
Chemical control - (answers)pesticifes that are naturally derived or synthesised
Pesticide - (answers)any material applied to soil, plants, water, cropsm structures,
clothing or animals to kill, attract, repel, or interrupt the growth and mating of
pests, or to regulate plant growth
Mode of action - (answers)denotes what specific system in the pest is affected by
the pesticide
Systemics - (answers)absorbed through leaves or roots and transported within the
plant
