WASHINGTON PESTICIDE LAWS ACTUAL UPDATED
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Arthropod - ✔✔An invertebrate animal characterized by a jointed body and limbs
usually a hard body covering that is molted at intervals. Examples are insects, mites,
and crayfish.
✔✔Atropine (Atropine Sulfate) - ✔✔An antidote used to treat organophosphate and
carbamate poisoning.
✔✔Attractant - ✔✔A substance or device to lure insects or other pests to a trap or
poison bait.
✔✔Avicide - ✔✔A chemical used to kill or repel birds.
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔Microscopic organisms, some of which are capable of producing
diseases in plants and animals.
✔✔Bactericide - ✔✔A chemical used to control bacteria.
✔✔Bait - ✔✔A food or other substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide or trap
where it is destroyed.
✔✔Band Application - ✔✔Application of a pesticide or other material in or beside a crop
row rather than over the entire field. (See Broadcast Application)
✔✔Basal Application - ✔✔Application to the plant stems or trunks at or just above
ground.
✔✔Beneficial Insect - ✔✔An insect that is useful or helpful to humans. Examples are
pollinators, parasites, and predators of pest.
✔✔Biennial - ✔✔A plant that completes its life cycle in two years.
✔✔Biological Control - ✔✔A pest management strategy that uses predators, parasites,
and diseases-causing organisms. May be naturally occurring or introduced.
✔✔Biomagnification - ✔✔The process where some organisms accumulate chemical
residues in higher concentrates than those found in the organisms they consume.
✔✔Botanical Pesticide - ✔✔A pesticide produced from chemicals found in plants.
Examples are nicotine, pyrethrum, and strychnine.
,✔✔Brand Name - ✔✔The name, number or designation of a specific pesticide product
or device made by a manufacturer or formulator.
✔✔Brodcast Application - ✔✔The uniform application of a pesticide or other material
over an entire field or area.
✔✔Broadleaf Plants - ✔✔Plants with broad, rounded or flattened leaves with netted
veins such as dandelions and roses.
✔✔Broad-Spectrum Pesticides - ✔✔A pesticide that is effective against a wide range of
pest. Usually refers to insecticides or fungicides.
✔✔Buffers - ✔✔Adjuvants used to retard chemicals degradation of some pesticides by
lowering the PH of Alkaline water.
✔✔Calibrate, Calibration - ✔✔To adjust equipment according tho the amount of material
applied to a target area.
✔✔Carbamates - ✔✔A group of pesticides containing nitrogen, formulated as
insecticides (Sevin, Furadan, Lannates), fungicides (Mancozeb, Maneb), and herbicides
(IPC, CIPC).
✔✔Carcinogenic - ✔✔The ability of a substance or agent to induce malignant tumors
(cancer).
✔✔Carrier - ✔✔1) an inert liquid, solid, or gas added to an active ingredient to make a
pesticide formulation.
2) the material, usually water or oil, used to dilute the formulated product or application.
✔✔Casual Organisms - ✔✔The organism (pathogen) that produce a given disease.
✔✔Chemical Control - ✔✔A pest management strategy that involves the use of
naturally derived or synthetic chemicals that kill, attract, repel, or otherwise control the
growth of pest, plants, animals, and microorganisms. Examples are avicides,
insecticides, and rodenticides.
✔✔Chemical Name - ✔✔The scientific name of the active ingredient(s) found in the
formulated product. This complex name is derived from the chemical structure of the
active ingredients.
✔✔Chemigation - ✔✔The application of fertilizers or pesticides to soil or plants by
inclusion in irrigation water.
, ✔✔Chemtrec - ✔✔The Chemical Transportation Emergency Center, which has a toll-
free number (1-800-424-9300) that provides 24-hour information for chemical
emergencies such as spills, leaks, fires, or accidents.
✔✔Chemosterilant - ✔✔A chemical compound capable of preventing animal
reproduction.
✔✔Chlorinated Hydrocarbon - ✔✔A pesticide containing chlorine, carbon, and
hydrogen. Many are persistent in the environment. Examples are chlordane, DDT, and
methoxychlor.
✔✔Chlorosis - ✔✔The yellowing of a plant's normally green tissue.
✔✔Cholinesterase - ✔✔A chemical catalyst (enzyme) found in animals that regulates
the activity of nerve impulses.
✔✔Chronic Toxicity - ✔✔The ability of a material to cause injury from repeated,
prolonged exposure to small amounts. (See Acute Toxicity)
✔✔Commercial Applicator - ✔✔A type of applicator certification or license for an owner
or head of a business that commercially applies pesticides on lands of another.
✔✔Commercial Consultant - ✔✔A type of applicators certification of license for a
salesperson who offers technical advice or recommendations to pesticide users.
✔✔Commercial Operator - ✔✔A type of certification or license for an employee of a
commercial applicator to supervise or apply pesticides on lands of another.
✔✔Common Name - ✔✔A name given to a pesticide active ingredient by a recognized
committee on pesticide nomenclature. Many pesticides are known by a number of trade
or brand names, but the active ingredient(s) has only one recognized common name
(e.g. the common name fro Sevin insecticide is carbaryl).
✔✔Compatible - ✔✔Chemicals that can be mixed without reducing the effectiveness of
any individual chemical.
✔✔Compatibility Agent - ✔✔Adjuvants used to to enhance the effective mixing of tow or
more different pesticides products and/or fertilizers.
✔✔Complete WDO Inspection Reports - ✔✔Usually completed prior to home sales and
contain information about the presence of WDO, damage, and conditions conducive to
infestations.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Arthropod - ✔✔An invertebrate animal characterized by a jointed body and limbs
usually a hard body covering that is molted at intervals. Examples are insects, mites,
and crayfish.
✔✔Atropine (Atropine Sulfate) - ✔✔An antidote used to treat organophosphate and
carbamate poisoning.
✔✔Attractant - ✔✔A substance or device to lure insects or other pests to a trap or
poison bait.
✔✔Avicide - ✔✔A chemical used to kill or repel birds.
✔✔Bacteria - ✔✔Microscopic organisms, some of which are capable of producing
diseases in plants and animals.
✔✔Bactericide - ✔✔A chemical used to control bacteria.
✔✔Bait - ✔✔A food or other substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide or trap
where it is destroyed.
✔✔Band Application - ✔✔Application of a pesticide or other material in or beside a crop
row rather than over the entire field. (See Broadcast Application)
✔✔Basal Application - ✔✔Application to the plant stems or trunks at or just above
ground.
✔✔Beneficial Insect - ✔✔An insect that is useful or helpful to humans. Examples are
pollinators, parasites, and predators of pest.
✔✔Biennial - ✔✔A plant that completes its life cycle in two years.
✔✔Biological Control - ✔✔A pest management strategy that uses predators, parasites,
and diseases-causing organisms. May be naturally occurring or introduced.
✔✔Biomagnification - ✔✔The process where some organisms accumulate chemical
residues in higher concentrates than those found in the organisms they consume.
✔✔Botanical Pesticide - ✔✔A pesticide produced from chemicals found in plants.
Examples are nicotine, pyrethrum, and strychnine.
,✔✔Brand Name - ✔✔The name, number or designation of a specific pesticide product
or device made by a manufacturer or formulator.
✔✔Brodcast Application - ✔✔The uniform application of a pesticide or other material
over an entire field or area.
✔✔Broadleaf Plants - ✔✔Plants with broad, rounded or flattened leaves with netted
veins such as dandelions and roses.
✔✔Broad-Spectrum Pesticides - ✔✔A pesticide that is effective against a wide range of
pest. Usually refers to insecticides or fungicides.
✔✔Buffers - ✔✔Adjuvants used to retard chemicals degradation of some pesticides by
lowering the PH of Alkaline water.
✔✔Calibrate, Calibration - ✔✔To adjust equipment according tho the amount of material
applied to a target area.
✔✔Carbamates - ✔✔A group of pesticides containing nitrogen, formulated as
insecticides (Sevin, Furadan, Lannates), fungicides (Mancozeb, Maneb), and herbicides
(IPC, CIPC).
✔✔Carcinogenic - ✔✔The ability of a substance or agent to induce malignant tumors
(cancer).
✔✔Carrier - ✔✔1) an inert liquid, solid, or gas added to an active ingredient to make a
pesticide formulation.
2) the material, usually water or oil, used to dilute the formulated product or application.
✔✔Casual Organisms - ✔✔The organism (pathogen) that produce a given disease.
✔✔Chemical Control - ✔✔A pest management strategy that involves the use of
naturally derived or synthetic chemicals that kill, attract, repel, or otherwise control the
growth of pest, plants, animals, and microorganisms. Examples are avicides,
insecticides, and rodenticides.
✔✔Chemical Name - ✔✔The scientific name of the active ingredient(s) found in the
formulated product. This complex name is derived from the chemical structure of the
active ingredients.
✔✔Chemigation - ✔✔The application of fertilizers or pesticides to soil or plants by
inclusion in irrigation water.
, ✔✔Chemtrec - ✔✔The Chemical Transportation Emergency Center, which has a toll-
free number (1-800-424-9300) that provides 24-hour information for chemical
emergencies such as spills, leaks, fires, or accidents.
✔✔Chemosterilant - ✔✔A chemical compound capable of preventing animal
reproduction.
✔✔Chlorinated Hydrocarbon - ✔✔A pesticide containing chlorine, carbon, and
hydrogen. Many are persistent in the environment. Examples are chlordane, DDT, and
methoxychlor.
✔✔Chlorosis - ✔✔The yellowing of a plant's normally green tissue.
✔✔Cholinesterase - ✔✔A chemical catalyst (enzyme) found in animals that regulates
the activity of nerve impulses.
✔✔Chronic Toxicity - ✔✔The ability of a material to cause injury from repeated,
prolonged exposure to small amounts. (See Acute Toxicity)
✔✔Commercial Applicator - ✔✔A type of applicator certification or license for an owner
or head of a business that commercially applies pesticides on lands of another.
✔✔Commercial Consultant - ✔✔A type of applicators certification of license for a
salesperson who offers technical advice or recommendations to pesticide users.
✔✔Commercial Operator - ✔✔A type of certification or license for an employee of a
commercial applicator to supervise or apply pesticides on lands of another.
✔✔Common Name - ✔✔A name given to a pesticide active ingredient by a recognized
committee on pesticide nomenclature. Many pesticides are known by a number of trade
or brand names, but the active ingredient(s) has only one recognized common name
(e.g. the common name fro Sevin insecticide is carbaryl).
✔✔Compatible - ✔✔Chemicals that can be mixed without reducing the effectiveness of
any individual chemical.
✔✔Compatibility Agent - ✔✔Adjuvants used to to enhance the effective mixing of tow or
more different pesticides products and/or fertilizers.
✔✔Complete WDO Inspection Reports - ✔✔Usually completed prior to home sales and
contain information about the presence of WDO, damage, and conditions conducive to
infestations.
