KY Pesticide exam with accurate detailed ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
solutions
Biological diversity - correct answer✔✔the variety and differences among living things, and
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the
complex ways they interact. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Heat stress - correct answer✔✔the illness that occurs when
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your body is subjected to more heat than it can
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cope with. ||//\\||
Delayed Effects - correct answer✔✔the illness that occurs when
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your body is subjected to more heat than it can
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cope with. ||//\\||
Hazard - correct answer✔✔the risk of harmful effects from
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pesticides.
Hazard = Toxicity x Exposure ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Toxicity - correct answer✔✔a measure of the ability
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of a pesticide to cause harmful effects.
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Exposure - correct answer✔✔is the total amount of pesticide that ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
gets on or in the body.
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,What two methods of rinsing can ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
you use? - correct answer✔✔Triple rinsing and pressure rinsing.
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Who can you call when you need
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help to manage a spill? - correct answer✔✔Chemtrec; emergency numbers on
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pesticide labeling; police department or ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
highway patrol; fire department; public ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
health department. ||//\\||
What should clean up include - correct answer✔✔Clean up the spill; decontaminate the
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spill site; neutralize the spill site, if
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necessary; decontaminate equipment; ||//\\|| ||//\\||
decontaminate yourself. ||//\\||
how should you contain a spill - correct answer✔✔Confine the spill; protect water
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sources; absorb liquids; cover dry materials. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Three C's - correct answer✔✔Control, Contain, Clean up.
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List three ways to avoid the need for
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disposing of empty pesticide containers as ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
wastes. - correct answer✔✔Use refillable containers; recycle or
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recondition the containers; use soluble ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
packaging.
Leaf Gall - correct answer✔✔are caused by fungi and are favored by cool, moist weather.
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, Vascular wilt disease - correct answer✔✔affect one side of the plant first, causing individual
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limbs or ||//\\||
branches to wilt and die back. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Dollar spot - correct answer✔✔Bacteria that affects turf grass in spring
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Pythium Blight - correct answer✔✔fungus disease, fast spreading patches, occurs in cool-
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season turfgrasses and ||//\\|| ||//\\||
bermudagrass in hot and humid summer months. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
static water - correct answer✔✔totally confined or confined for much of the year within a
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known area. ||//\\||
when do you apply aquatic herbicide - correct answer✔✔The spring
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months (March, April, May), when water temperatures are between 70° and 80°F
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Granuales - correct answer✔✔are used primarily to control algae or submersed weeds.
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Not used in moving water
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What you need to know before applying a herbicide - correct answer✔✔Identify weed
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correctly
Restrictions on water use ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Dosage
Timing
temperature
Retreatment
solutions
Biological diversity - correct answer✔✔the variety and differences among living things, and
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the
complex ways they interact. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Heat stress - correct answer✔✔the illness that occurs when
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your body is subjected to more heat than it can
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cope with. ||//\\||
Delayed Effects - correct answer✔✔the illness that occurs when
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your body is subjected to more heat than it can
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cope with. ||//\\||
Hazard - correct answer✔✔the risk of harmful effects from
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pesticides.
Hazard = Toxicity x Exposure ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Toxicity - correct answer✔✔a measure of the ability
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of a pesticide to cause harmful effects.
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Exposure - correct answer✔✔is the total amount of pesticide that ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
gets on or in the body.
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,What two methods of rinsing can ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
you use? - correct answer✔✔Triple rinsing and pressure rinsing.
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Who can you call when you need
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help to manage a spill? - correct answer✔✔Chemtrec; emergency numbers on
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
pesticide labeling; police department or ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
highway patrol; fire department; public ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
health department. ||//\\||
What should clean up include - correct answer✔✔Clean up the spill; decontaminate the
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
spill site; neutralize the spill site, if
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necessary; decontaminate equipment; ||//\\|| ||//\\||
decontaminate yourself. ||//\\||
how should you contain a spill - correct answer✔✔Confine the spill; protect water
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
sources; absorb liquids; cover dry materials. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Three C's - correct answer✔✔Control, Contain, Clean up.
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List three ways to avoid the need for
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disposing of empty pesticide containers as ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
wastes. - correct answer✔✔Use refillable containers; recycle or
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
recondition the containers; use soluble ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
packaging.
Leaf Gall - correct answer✔✔are caused by fungi and are favored by cool, moist weather.
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, Vascular wilt disease - correct answer✔✔affect one side of the plant first, causing individual
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
limbs or ||//\\||
branches to wilt and die back. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Dollar spot - correct answer✔✔Bacteria that affects turf grass in spring
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Pythium Blight - correct answer✔✔fungus disease, fast spreading patches, occurs in cool-
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season turfgrasses and ||//\\|| ||//\\||
bermudagrass in hot and humid summer months. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
static water - correct answer✔✔totally confined or confined for much of the year within a
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
known area. ||//\\||
when do you apply aquatic herbicide - correct answer✔✔The spring
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
months (March, April, May), when water temperatures are between 70° and 80°F
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Granuales - correct answer✔✔are used primarily to control algae or submersed weeds.
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Not used in moving water
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What you need to know before applying a herbicide - correct answer✔✔Identify weed
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correctly
Restrictions on water use ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Dosage
Timing
temperature
Retreatment
