PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Questions
and Answers
Bioaccumulation - -The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various
tissues of a living organism.
-Biomagnification - -Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
-abiotic factors - -natural control measures within the environment.
EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
-Biological Control - -The use of natural enemies to control pests.
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
-Cultural Control - -These are Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal and survival.
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
-Genetic control - -Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect
feedings.
-Mechanical/Physical control - -Kills a pest directly or makes its environment unsuitable
EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
-Regulatory control - -Removal of pests that cant be controlled at a local level. Utilizes
quarantines to prevent entry of pests at airports or ocean ports and can be used to remove
pests with government power. (i.e. draining standing water that provides breeding sites for
mosquitos.)
-Mode of action - -How chemicals kill a pest
-Site of action - -The specific biological system affected within the pest
-Economic threshold - -The point at which the economic loss caused by pest damage
outweighs the cost of applying a pesticide.
(Treat pests when they pass the economic threshold)
-Economic injury level - -the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of
control measures
-Action threshold - -the predetermined level at which pest control is needed
-Certified applicator - -A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of
restricted-use pesticides.
, -Private applicator - -A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any
restricted-use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
-Commercial applicator - -A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of
pesticides for purposes other than those covered under a private applicator certification.
-Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - -set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive
ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects. (Amended FIFRA) Review
old pesticides and aggregate/cumulative exposure.
-Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - -A set of laws passed by Congress giving
authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs,
and cosmetics. Also called for the reassessment of existing tolerances. Governs the
establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed.
-Worker Protection Standard - -is intended to reduce the incidence of occupational
pesticide exposure and related illnesses/injuries. Employers must supply pesticide safety
training, ppe, and decontamination supplies as well as maintain records and display
specific pesticide safety information.
-Under federal law is it unlawful (and will you be subject to criminal/civil penalties) to
detach, alter, deface or destroy any part of a container or labeling. - -yuh
-EPA Reg. No. 3120-280-1492 - -"3120" MANUFACTURER
"280" SPECIFIC PRODUCT
"1492" Distributor
-EPA SLN No. PA-990005 - -"SLN" Special Local Need
"PA" use in Pennsylvania
"99" registered in 1999
"0005" Fifth special local need product
-Danger-Poison - -Highly toxic by all routes of entry
-Danger - -highly toxic by at least one route of entry
-Warning - -moderately toxic or causes moderate eye and skin irritation
-Caution - -slightly toxic
-routes of entry statements - -indicates which routes into the body are particularly
hazardous
-Statement of practical treatment (First Aid Statements) - -lists first aid treatments
recommended in case of poisoning or accidental exposure
and Answers
Bioaccumulation - -The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various
tissues of a living organism.
-Biomagnification - -Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
-abiotic factors - -natural control measures within the environment.
EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
-Biological Control - -The use of natural enemies to control pests.
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
-Cultural Control - -These are Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal and survival.
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
-Genetic control - -Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect
feedings.
-Mechanical/Physical control - -Kills a pest directly or makes its environment unsuitable
EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
-Regulatory control - -Removal of pests that cant be controlled at a local level. Utilizes
quarantines to prevent entry of pests at airports or ocean ports and can be used to remove
pests with government power. (i.e. draining standing water that provides breeding sites for
mosquitos.)
-Mode of action - -How chemicals kill a pest
-Site of action - -The specific biological system affected within the pest
-Economic threshold - -The point at which the economic loss caused by pest damage
outweighs the cost of applying a pesticide.
(Treat pests when they pass the economic threshold)
-Economic injury level - -the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of
control measures
-Action threshold - -the predetermined level at which pest control is needed
-Certified applicator - -A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of
restricted-use pesticides.
, -Private applicator - -A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any
restricted-use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
-Commercial applicator - -A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of
pesticides for purposes other than those covered under a private applicator certification.
-Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - -set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive
ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects. (Amended FIFRA) Review
old pesticides and aggregate/cumulative exposure.
-Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - -A set of laws passed by Congress giving
authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs,
and cosmetics. Also called for the reassessment of existing tolerances. Governs the
establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed.
-Worker Protection Standard - -is intended to reduce the incidence of occupational
pesticide exposure and related illnesses/injuries. Employers must supply pesticide safety
training, ppe, and decontamination supplies as well as maintain records and display
specific pesticide safety information.
-Under federal law is it unlawful (and will you be subject to criminal/civil penalties) to
detach, alter, deface or destroy any part of a container or labeling. - -yuh
-EPA Reg. No. 3120-280-1492 - -"3120" MANUFACTURER
"280" SPECIFIC PRODUCT
"1492" Distributor
-EPA SLN No. PA-990005 - -"SLN" Special Local Need
"PA" use in Pennsylvania
"99" registered in 1999
"0005" Fifth special local need product
-Danger-Poison - -Highly toxic by all routes of entry
-Danger - -highly toxic by at least one route of entry
-Warning - -moderately toxic or causes moderate eye and skin irritation
-Caution - -slightly toxic
-routes of entry statements - -indicates which routes into the body are particularly
hazardous
-Statement of practical treatment (First Aid Statements) - -lists first aid treatments
recommended in case of poisoning or accidental exposure
