IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. True or False
One of the earliest uses of chemicals as pesticides was the burning of sulfur-
: True
2. True or False
One responsibility of the US EPA is to protect humans and environmental health:
True
3. Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control
method?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine: C. Cultivation
4. Which of the following is cultural control method?
A. Fertilization
B. Planting time
C. Pruning
D. All of the above: D. All of the above
5. True or False:
All pesticides only kill the target pests: False
6. The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a control
method for insects.
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
D. Physical: D. Physical
7. True or False:
The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the pest: False
8. Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a pesticide in
Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant: B. Fertilizer
9. Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant and translo-
cated within the plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide: A. Systemic pesticide
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
10. Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
A. Bordeax mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur: C. DDT
11. DDT was banned because of its
A. Acute mammalian toxicity
B. Short residual action
C. Stability and persistence
D. Inability to accumulate in animals: C. Stability and persistance
12. Legal controls use:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions: C. Quarantines
13. True or False:
Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders: False
14. True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides: True
15. Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced:
A. Pre 1900
B. Early 1900
C. Pre World War 2
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
D. Post World War 2: C. Pre world war 2
16. Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what kind of con-
trol?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control: B. Mechanical control
17. The most prominent pesticide law in the United States is the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. This act is overseen by what
agency?
A. USDA
B. US Department of Commerce
C. US Department of Transportation
D. Division of Chemistry
E. US EPA: E. US EPA
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. True or False
One of the earliest uses of chemicals as pesticides was the burning of sulfur-
: True
2. True or False
One responsibility of the US EPA is to protect humans and environmental health:
True
3. Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control
method?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine: C. Cultivation
4. Which of the following is cultural control method?
A. Fertilization
B. Planting time
C. Pruning
D. All of the above: D. All of the above
5. True or False:
All pesticides only kill the target pests: False
6. The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a control
method for insects.
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
D. Physical: D. Physical
7. True or False:
The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the pest: False
8. Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a pesticide in
Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant: B. Fertilizer
9. Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant and translo-
cated within the plant?
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide: A. Systemic pesticide
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
10. Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
A. Bordeax mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur: C. DDT
11. DDT was banned because of its
A. Acute mammalian toxicity
B. Short residual action
C. Stability and persistence
D. Inability to accumulate in animals: C. Stability and persistance
12. Legal controls use:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions: C. Quarantines
13. True or False:
Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders: False
14. True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides: True
15. Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced:
A. Pre 1900
B. Early 1900
C. Pre World War 2
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2023-
2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
D. Post World War 2: C. Pre world war 2
16. Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what kind of con-
trol?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control: B. Mechanical control
17. The most prominent pesticide law in the United States is the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. This act is overseen by what
agency?
A. USDA
B. US Department of Commerce
C. US Department of Transportation
D. Division of Chemistry
E. US EPA: E. US EPA
