Utah Pesticide Applicator Exam –
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Term - ✔✔Definition
Biomagnification - ✔✔some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume
Food chain - ✔✔sequence of amimals feeding in a natural environment
Non-living agents - ✔✔some plants are damaged by weather extremes, salts, air
polutants, and inadequate or excessive fertilization
Pest host - ✔✔animal or plant on which the organism lives
Natural controls - ✔✔measures that destroy pests without dependance on humans
for continued success (climate, wind, heat, rain)
Applied controls - ✔✔biological, mechanical, cultual, physical, genetic, chamical,
and regulatory
Biological control - ✔✔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.
Mechanical control - ✔✔use of devices, machines, or other physical methods to
control pests or alter their environment
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, Cultural control - ✔✔alter the condition of the host plant/site, environment, or pest
behavior to prevent or supress an infestation
Physical modification - ✔✔altering the light, humidity, temperature, etc. of the pests
environment
Host resistance / genetic control - ✔✔genetic modoification = host resistant species
Chemical control - ✔✔pesticifes that are naturally derived or synthesised
Pesticide - ✔✔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 - ✔✔denotes what specific system in the pest is affected by the
pesticide
Systemics - ✔✔absorbed through leaves or roots and transported within the plant
Contact pesticides - ✔✔not absorbed and must come in direct contact with the target
peat
Residual pesticides - ✔✔control pests for weeks, months, years
Regulatory control - ✔✔for problems that involve pests that pose a serious danger to
public health or are likely to cause widespread damage to crops or animals
Quarantine - ✔✔process designed to prevent entry of pests into pest free areas
Eradication - ✔✔eliminate a pest from a designated area
IPM - ✔✔balanced tactical approach to pest control - limited reliance on pesticides -
minimize damage with least risk to environment
IPM Components - ✔✔(1) ID pest and understand biology, (2) monitor the pest to be
managed (3) develop pest management goal (eradication, supression, prevention),
(4) implement IPM management program, (5) record and evaluate results
Key pests - ✔✔may cause regular damage unless controlled (e.g., weeds)
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2025 Questions and Answers 100%
Pass
Term - ✔✔Definition
Biomagnification - ✔✔some organisms accumulate chemical residues in higher
concentrations than those found in the organisms they consume
Food chain - ✔✔sequence of amimals feeding in a natural environment
Non-living agents - ✔✔some plants are damaged by weather extremes, salts, air
polutants, and inadequate or excessive fertilization
Pest host - ✔✔animal or plant on which the organism lives
Natural controls - ✔✔measures that destroy pests without dependance on humans
for continued success (climate, wind, heat, rain)
Applied controls - ✔✔biological, mechanical, cultual, physical, genetic, chamical,
and regulatory
Biological control - ✔✔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.
Mechanical control - ✔✔use of devices, machines, or other physical methods to
control pests or alter their environment
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, Cultural control - ✔✔alter the condition of the host plant/site, environment, or pest
behavior to prevent or supress an infestation
Physical modification - ✔✔altering the light, humidity, temperature, etc. of the pests
environment
Host resistance / genetic control - ✔✔genetic modoification = host resistant species
Chemical control - ✔✔pesticifes that are naturally derived or synthesised
Pesticide - ✔✔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 - ✔✔denotes what specific system in the pest is affected by the
pesticide
Systemics - ✔✔absorbed through leaves or roots and transported within the plant
Contact pesticides - ✔✔not absorbed and must come in direct contact with the target
peat
Residual pesticides - ✔✔control pests for weeks, months, years
Regulatory control - ✔✔for problems that involve pests that pose a serious danger to
public health or are likely to cause widespread damage to crops or animals
Quarantine - ✔✔process designed to prevent entry of pests into pest free areas
Eradication - ✔✔eliminate a pest from a designated area
IPM - ✔✔balanced tactical approach to pest control - limited reliance on pesticides -
minimize damage with least risk to environment
IPM Components - ✔✔(1) ID pest and understand biology, (2) monitor the pest to be
managed (3) develop pest management goal (eradication, supression, prevention),
(4) implement IPM management program, (5) record and evaluate results
Key pests - ✔✔may cause regular damage unless controlled (e.g., weeds)
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