ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
_______________ regulates the sale, use, and disposal of all
pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER FIFRA
The _______ is responsible for registering or authorizing
pesticide products for use in the U.S. - CORRECT ANSWER
EPA
The ________ governs the establishment of pesticide
tolerances for food and feed products - CORRECT ANSWER
FFDCA (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
________ is the maximum level of pesticide residues allowed
in or on human food and animal feed - CORRECT ANSWER
tolerance
The ________ sets a tolerance for each pesticide and the
_________ monitor food and feed products for tolerance
violations - CORRECT ANSWER EPA, FDA
The _______ established a health-based standard to be used
when assessing the risks of pesticide residues in food or
feed - CORRECT ANSWER FQPA
The EPA's ___________ is a regulation aimed at protecting
employees on agricultural establishments from occupational
,exposure to pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER Worker
Protection Standard
_____________ establishes pesticide management programs
that are designed to regulate the registration, handling,
storage and disposal of pesticides as well as the
certification and licensing of pesticide applicators,
consultants, and dealers - CORRECT ANSWER The North
Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971
____________ and the North Carolina Commissioner of
Agriculture are responsible for carrying out provisions of the
NCPL - CORRECT ANSWER The North Carolina Pesticide
Board
What 5 parts of a pesticide label are required? - CORRECT
ANSWER % active ingredient, common chemical name,
EPA registration number, signal word, and use classfication
What 10 things are required for RUP record-keeping? -
CORRECT ANSWER location, date, time completed, REI,
Crop treated, brand name, EPA registration number, active
ingredient, size of area treated, total amount applied,
applicator's name
a _________ is any destructive or troublesome insect, animal,
weed, microorganism or pathogen - CORRECT ANSWER
pest
what are the four types of pests? - CORRECT ANSWER
weed, insects, diseases, vertebrates
,________ is action taken to keep pest problems from
occurring - CORRECT ANSWER prevention
preplant or preemergence herbicides are an example of
what pest management tool? - CORRECT ANSWER
prevention
___________ reduces the pest population to a tolerable level or
to a point below an economic injury level - CORRECT
ANSWER suppression
____________ is the total elimination of a pest from a
designated area - CORRECT ANSWER eradication
___________ is the coordinated use of appropriate pest control
tactics to reduce pests and their damage to an acceptable
level - CORRECT ANSWER IPM
What are the 6 steps to IPM - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Identify the pest
2. Monitor the pest
3. Determine if threshold levels have been reached
4. Consider various management choices
5. Implement the tactic to control the pest with least harm
6. Record and evaluate results
_____________ control refers to the use of natural enemies to
control or suppress pests - CORRECT ANSWER
biological
______________ controls are methods designed to alter the
environment or the condition of the host plant or site to
, prevent or suppress an infestation - CORRECT ANSWER
cultural
_____________ is the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent,
or other pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it -
CORRECT ANSWER pesticide resistance
the action threshold for a pest may be set at - CORRECT
ANSWER zero pest population density
the information printed on or attached to the pesticide
container is the - CORRECT ANSWER label
__________ includes the label itself [;us all other information
referred to on the label or received from the manufacturer
about the product when you buy it - CORRECT ANSWER
labeling
What tells you that the product is registered with EPA? -
CORRECT ANSWER EPA registration number
What tells you where the product was packaged or
produced? - CORRECT ANSWER EPA establishment
number
_________ is highly toxic; _________ is moderately toxic;
___________ is slightly toxic - CORRECT ANSWER danger,
warning, caution
what does 3E stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER three
pounds of active ingredient per gallon of emulsifiable
concentrate