NATIONAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL EXAMS
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
◉ What are the pest management methods? 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? Answer:
Natural Controls
◉ What includes biological, mechanical, cultural, physical, genetic,
chemical, and regulatory methods? Answer: Applied Controls
◉ What type of control modifies the environment to enhance natural
enemies? 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. Answer: Cultural Control
◉ What are 2 examples of Cultural Control 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? 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? Answer: Physical/ environmental
modification
◉ Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an
example of which type of mechanical control method? 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? 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?
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?
Answer: Regulatory Pest Control
◉ What Pest Management method uses pesticides that are either
naturally derived or synthesized? Answer: Chemical Control
◉ Effectiveness, the speed and ease of controlling pests and in many
instances, their reasonable cost are major benefits of using what?
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. Answer: Pesticide
◉ How are pesticides commonly grouped? Answer: To the type of
pest they control
, ◉ What type of pesticide is used to control birds? Answer: Avicides
◉ What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria Answer:
Bactericides
◉ What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? Answer:
Disinfectants
◉ What type of Pesticide control fungi? Answer: Fungicides
◉ What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable
plants? Answer: Herbicides
◉ What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods?
Answer: Insecticides
◉ What type of Pesticide control mites? Answer: Miticides
◉ What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs Answer:
Molluscidies
◉ What type of Pesticides control nematodes? Answer: Nematicides
CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL EXAMS
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
◉ What are the pest management methods? 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? Answer:
Natural Controls
◉ What includes biological, mechanical, cultural, physical, genetic,
chemical, and regulatory methods? Answer: Applied Controls
◉ What type of control modifies the environment to enhance natural
enemies? 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. Answer: Cultural Control
◉ What are 2 examples of Cultural Control 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? 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? Answer: Physical/ environmental
modification
◉ Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in buildings is an
example of which type of mechanical control method? 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? 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?
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?
Answer: Regulatory Pest Control
◉ What Pest Management method uses pesticides that are either
naturally derived or synthesized? Answer: Chemical Control
◉ Effectiveness, the speed and ease of controlling pests and in many
instances, their reasonable cost are major benefits of using what?
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. Answer: Pesticide
◉ How are pesticides commonly grouped? Answer: To the type of
pest they control
, ◉ What type of pesticide is used to control birds? Answer: Avicides
◉ What type of pesticide is used to control bacteria Answer:
Bactericides
◉ What type of pesticide control Microorganisms? Answer:
Disinfectants
◉ What type of Pesticide control fungi? Answer: Fungicides
◉ What type of Pesticide control weeds and other undesirable
plants? Answer: Herbicides
◉ What type of Pesticide control insects and related arthropods?
Answer: Insecticides
◉ What type of Pesticide control mites? Answer: Miticides
◉ What type of Pesticide control snails and slugs Answer:
Molluscidies
◉ What type of Pesticides control nematodes? Answer: Nematicides
