PA Pesticide Applicator Exam with
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answers
Bioaccumulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The accumulation of a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living
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organism.
Biomagnification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Accumulation of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
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abiotic factors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔natural control measures
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within the environment.
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EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
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Biological Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The use of natural
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enemies to control pests. |\ |\ |\
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
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Cultural Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔These are Practices that
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reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal and survival.
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EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
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Genetic control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Making use of plant
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varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feedings.
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, Mechanical/Physical control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Kills a pest |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
directly or makes its environment unsuitable
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EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
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Regulatory control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Removal of pests |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that cant be controlled at a local level. Utilizes quarantines to
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prevent entry of pests at airports or ocean ports and can be used
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to remove pests with government power. (i.e. draining standing
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water that provides breeding sites for mosquitos.)
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Mode of action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How chemicals kill a
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pest
Site of action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The specific biological
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system affected within the pest |\ |\ |\ |\
Economic threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point at which|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the economic loss caused by pest damage outweighs the cost of
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applying a pesticide. |\ |\
(Treat pests when they pass the economic threshold)
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Economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the pest |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control
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measures
Action threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the predetermined
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level at which pest control is needed
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answers
Bioaccumulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The accumulation of a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
organism.
Biomagnification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Accumulation of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
abiotic factors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔natural control measures
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within the environment.
|\ |\ |\
EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Biological Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The use of natural
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
enemies to control pests. |\ |\ |\
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
|\ |\ |\
Cultural Control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔These are Practices that
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reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal and survival.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Genetic control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Making use of plant
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varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feedings.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, Mechanical/Physical control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Kills a pest |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
directly or makes its environment unsuitable
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EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
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Regulatory control - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Removal of pests |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that cant be controlled at a local level. Utilizes quarantines to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
prevent entry of pests at airports or ocean ports and can be used
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to remove pests with government power. (i.e. draining standing
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
water that provides breeding sites for mosquitos.)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Mode of action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔How chemicals kill a
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pest
Site of action - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The specific biological
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system affected within the pest |\ |\ |\ |\
Economic threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point at which|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the economic loss caused by pest damage outweighs the cost of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
applying a pesticide. |\ |\
(Treat pests when they pass the economic threshold)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Economic injury level - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the pest |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control
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measures
Action threshold - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the predetermined
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level at which pest control is needed
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