NATIONAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL
STUDY NOTES/ QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
Combine the use of several compatible methods into an ____ program, and target the pest at
the most susceptible stage for control. - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrated pest management
program (IPM)
What are the pest management methods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Natural Control
Mechanical control
Cultural Control
Physical/ environmental modification
Host resistance or genetic control
Chemical control
Regulatory Methods
What are measures that check or destroy pests without depending on humans for their
continuance or success? - CORRECT ANSWER -Natural Controls
What includes biological, mechanical, cultural, physical, genetic, chemical, and regulatory
methods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Applied Controls
What type of control modifies the environment to enhance natural enemies? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Biological Control
What type of control is to alter the environment, the condition of the host plant or site, or the
behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. - CORRECT ANSWER -Cultural Control
What are 2 examples of Cultural Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Cultural Practices and Sanitation
,Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest
management method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mechanical Control
Lowering the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage from mold is
an example of which type of pest management method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical/
environmental modification
Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Exclusion
What pest management method is used when pests that occur in enclosed areas may
sometimes be suppressed by altering physcial and environmental conditions such as water, air
movement, temperature, light, and humdity? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical/ Environmental
Modification
What Pest Management method is used when sometimes plants and animals can be bred or
selected to resist specific pest problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Host Resistance or Genetic
Control
Airport and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory agencies, what type of
pest management method is this? - CORRECT ANSWER -Regulatory Pest Control
What Pest Management method uses pesticides that are either naturally derived or
synthesized? - CORRECT ANSWER -Chemical Control
Effectiveness, the speed and ease of controlling pests and in many instances, their reasonable
cost are major benefits of using what? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pesticides
,_____ is defined as any material that is applied to plants, the soil, water, harvested crops,
structures, clothing and furnishings, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt the
growth and mating of pests, or to regulate plant growth. - CORRECT ANSWER -Pesticide
How are pesticides commonly grouped? - CORRECT ANSWER -To the type of pest they control
What type of pesticide is used to control birds? - CORRECT ANSWER -Avicides
What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER -Bactericides
What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? - CORRECT ANSWER -Disinfectants
What type of Pesticide control fungi? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fungicides
What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Herbicides
What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Insecticides
What type of Pesticide control mites? - CORRECT ANSWER -Miticides
What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs - CORRECT ANSWER -Molluscidies
What type of Pesticides control nematodes? - CORRECT ANSWER -Nematicides
What type of Pesticides control predatory vertabrates? - CORRECT ANSWER -Predacides
, What type of Pesticides control pest fish? - CORRECT ANSWER -Piscicides
What type of Pesticides repel insects, related invertebrates, birds and mammals - CORRECT
ANSWER -Repellents
What type of Pesticides control rodents? - CORRECT ANSWER -Rodenticides
What type of Pesticides cause leaves or foliage to drop from plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Defoliants
What type of Pesticides promote drying or loss of moisture from plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Desiccants
What type of Pesticides are substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the growth or
development of a plant or animal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Growth Regulators
The ____ of a pesticide is how the pesticide works - CORRECT ANSWER -mode of action
____ pesticides are obsorbed through leaves or roots and then transported within the teated
plant. - CORRECT ANSWER -Systemic
What pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents to be effective? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Contact Pesticides
What definition is used to describe how long pesticides remain active to control pests? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Persistence
STUDY NOTES/ QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
Combine the use of several compatible methods into an ____ program, and target the pest at
the most susceptible stage for control. - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrated pest management
program (IPM)
What are the pest management methods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Natural Control
Mechanical control
Cultural Control
Physical/ environmental modification
Host resistance or genetic control
Chemical control
Regulatory Methods
What are measures that check or destroy pests without depending on humans for their
continuance or success? - CORRECT ANSWER -Natural Controls
What includes biological, mechanical, cultural, physical, genetic, chemical, and regulatory
methods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Applied Controls
What type of control modifies the environment to enhance natural enemies? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Biological Control
What type of control is to alter the environment, the condition of the host plant or site, or the
behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation. - CORRECT ANSWER -Cultural Control
What are 2 examples of Cultural Control - CORRECT ANSWER -Cultural Practices and Sanitation
,Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest
management method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Mechanical Control
Lowering the humidity of stored grains and other food products to reduce damage from mold is
an example of which type of pest management method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical/
environmental modification
Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an example of which type of
mechanical control method? - CORRECT ANSWER -Exclusion
What pest management method is used when pests that occur in enclosed areas may
sometimes be suppressed by altering physcial and environmental conditions such as water, air
movement, temperature, light, and humdity? - CORRECT ANSWER -Physical/ Environmental
Modification
What Pest Management method is used when sometimes plants and animals can be bred or
selected to resist specific pest problems? - CORRECT ANSWER -Host Resistance or Genetic
Control
Airport and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory agencies, what type of
pest management method is this? - CORRECT ANSWER -Regulatory Pest Control
What Pest Management method uses pesticides that are either naturally derived or
synthesized? - CORRECT ANSWER -Chemical Control
Effectiveness, the speed and ease of controlling pests and in many instances, their reasonable
cost are major benefits of using what? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pesticides
,_____ is defined as any material that is applied to plants, the soil, water, harvested crops,
structures, clothing and furnishings, or animals to kill, attract, repel, or regulate or interrupt the
growth and mating of pests, or to regulate plant growth. - CORRECT ANSWER -Pesticide
How are pesticides commonly grouped? - CORRECT ANSWER -To the type of pest they control
What type of pesticide is used to control birds? - CORRECT ANSWER -Avicides
What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER -Bactericides
What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? - CORRECT ANSWER -Disinfectants
What type of Pesticide control fungi? - CORRECT ANSWER -Fungicides
What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Herbicides
What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods? - CORRECT ANSWER -Insecticides
What type of Pesticide control mites? - CORRECT ANSWER -Miticides
What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs - CORRECT ANSWER -Molluscidies
What type of Pesticides control nematodes? - CORRECT ANSWER -Nematicides
What type of Pesticides control predatory vertabrates? - CORRECT ANSWER -Predacides
, What type of Pesticides control pest fish? - CORRECT ANSWER -Piscicides
What type of Pesticides repel insects, related invertebrates, birds and mammals - CORRECT
ANSWER -Repellents
What type of Pesticides control rodents? - CORRECT ANSWER -Rodenticides
What type of Pesticides cause leaves or foliage to drop from plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Defoliants
What type of Pesticides promote drying or loss of moisture from plants? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Desiccants
What type of Pesticides are substances (other than fertilizers or food) that alter the growth or
development of a plant or animal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Growth Regulators
The ____ of a pesticide is how the pesticide works - CORRECT ANSWER -mode of action
____ pesticides are obsorbed through leaves or roots and then transported within the teated
plant. - CORRECT ANSWER -Systemic
What pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest frequents to be effective? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Contact Pesticides
What definition is used to describe how long pesticides remain active to control pests? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Persistence
