Pesticide applicators License Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Action threshold - Answer -✔✔the pest level at which some type of pest management
action must be taken
Bioaccumulation - Answer -✔✔The accumulation of toxic substances, such as
pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism
Biomagnification - Answer -✔✔The tendency for certain pesticides to progressively
become more concentrated in each type of organism when moving from the bottom to
the top organism within a food chain
Contact pesticide - Answer -✔✔Pesticide that is not absorbed systemically by treated
plants or animals. These pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest
frequents to be effective
Economic threshold - Answer -✔✔The level where the economic losses caused by pest
damage, if the pest population continued to grow, would be greater than the cost of
controlling the pests
Eradication - Answer -✔✔One of the three primary pest control goals that refers to the
total elimination of a pest from a designated area
Integrated Pest management - Answer -✔✔The coordinated use of pest and
environmental information and available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable
levels of damage by the most economical means with the least possible hazard to
people, property and the environment.
Key pest - Answer -✔✔A pest that causes major damage on a regular basis
Mode of Action - Answer -✔✔How the pesticide works - specific system(s) in the pest
that are affected by the pesticide
Occasional pest - Answer -✔✔A pest that causes damage only once in a while because
of its life cycle or environmental influences, or as a result of human activities
Persistance - Answer -✔✔length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests
Pesticide - Answer -✔✔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
, Pesticide resistance - Answer -✔✔the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent, or other
pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it
Prevention - Answer -✔✔one of the three primary pest control goals that strives to
inhibit the onset of a pest outbreak
Quarantine - Answer -✔✔regulatory method to control the introduction and
dissemination of pests into new areas
Residual pesticide - Answer -✔✔pesticide that controls pests for weeks, months or even
years
Secondary pest - Answer -✔✔a pest that becomes a problem when a key pest is
controlled or eliminated
Selectivity - Answer -✔✔the degree to which a pesticide will kill a certain type of pest
Suppression - Answer -✔✔one of the three primary pest control goals that attempts to
reduce pest populations to a tolerable level or to a point below the economic injury level
Systemic pesticide (translocated) - Answer -✔✔pesticides that are absorbed by the pest
and then transported within the treated pest
Active ingredient - Answer -✔✔the substance in a pesticide product that is intended to
kill, repel, or otherwise control a target pest
Acute effect - Answer -✔✔an illness that becomes apparent soon after an exposure to a
pesticide occurs
Application rate - Answer -✔✔pertaining to the amount of pesticide that is applied to a
known area, such as an acre
Brand name - Answer -✔✔name under which the manufacturer sells the product
Caution - Answer -✔✔the signal word used on labels of the least toxic pesticides
Certified Applicator - Answer -✔✔a person who has demonstrated through an
examination process the ability to safely handle and apply restricted use pesticides
chemical name - Answer -✔✔the official name given to a chemical compound to
distinguish it from other chemical compounds
common name - Answer -✔✔the recognized, nonscientific name given to pesticides
Questions And Correct Answers
Action threshold - Answer -✔✔the pest level at which some type of pest management
action must be taken
Bioaccumulation - Answer -✔✔The accumulation of toxic substances, such as
pesticides, or other organic chemicals in an organism
Biomagnification - Answer -✔✔The tendency for certain pesticides to progressively
become more concentrated in each type of organism when moving from the bottom to
the top organism within a food chain
Contact pesticide - Answer -✔✔Pesticide that is not absorbed systemically by treated
plants or animals. These pesticides must directly touch the pest or a site the pest
frequents to be effective
Economic threshold - Answer -✔✔The level where the economic losses caused by pest
damage, if the pest population continued to grow, would be greater than the cost of
controlling the pests
Eradication - Answer -✔✔One of the three primary pest control goals that refers to the
total elimination of a pest from a designated area
Integrated Pest management - Answer -✔✔The coordinated use of pest and
environmental information and available pest control methods to prevent unacceptable
levels of damage by the most economical means with the least possible hazard to
people, property and the environment.
Key pest - Answer -✔✔A pest that causes major damage on a regular basis
Mode of Action - Answer -✔✔How the pesticide works - specific system(s) in the pest
that are affected by the pesticide
Occasional pest - Answer -✔✔A pest that causes damage only once in a while because
of its life cycle or environmental influences, or as a result of human activities
Persistance - Answer -✔✔length of time a pesticide remains active to control pests
Pesticide - Answer -✔✔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
, Pesticide resistance - Answer -✔✔the ability of an insect, fungus, weed, rodent, or other
pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it
Prevention - Answer -✔✔one of the three primary pest control goals that strives to
inhibit the onset of a pest outbreak
Quarantine - Answer -✔✔regulatory method to control the introduction and
dissemination of pests into new areas
Residual pesticide - Answer -✔✔pesticide that controls pests for weeks, months or even
years
Secondary pest - Answer -✔✔a pest that becomes a problem when a key pest is
controlled or eliminated
Selectivity - Answer -✔✔the degree to which a pesticide will kill a certain type of pest
Suppression - Answer -✔✔one of the three primary pest control goals that attempts to
reduce pest populations to a tolerable level or to a point below the economic injury level
Systemic pesticide (translocated) - Answer -✔✔pesticides that are absorbed by the pest
and then transported within the treated pest
Active ingredient - Answer -✔✔the substance in a pesticide product that is intended to
kill, repel, or otherwise control a target pest
Acute effect - Answer -✔✔an illness that becomes apparent soon after an exposure to a
pesticide occurs
Application rate - Answer -✔✔pertaining to the amount of pesticide that is applied to a
known area, such as an acre
Brand name - Answer -✔✔name under which the manufacturer sells the product
Caution - Answer -✔✔the signal word used on labels of the least toxic pesticides
Certified Applicator - Answer -✔✔a person who has demonstrated through an
examination process the ability to safely handle and apply restricted use pesticides
chemical name - Answer -✔✔the official name given to a chemical compound to
distinguish it from other chemical compounds
common name - Answer -✔✔the recognized, nonscientific name given to pesticides
