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OH PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION – CORE
2025|NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERSA|ALREADY
GRADED A+
A pest can be anything that:
a. Competes with humans, domestic animals or desirable plants for
food or water
b. Injures humans, animals, desirable plants, structures, or possessions
c. Spreads disease to humans, domestic animals, wildlife, or desirable
plants
d. Annoys human or domestic animals
e. All of the above - Correct-answer-E. A pest can be anything that
annoys, injures, spreads disease or competes with desired plants,
animals, or humans. Examples of pests include weeds, insects, fungi,
bacteria, mites and nematodes
One requirement for effective pest control is:
a. Identification of the pest to be controlled
b. New spray equipment
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c. Using more than the recommended dosage
d. Spraying only the field margin - Correct-answer-A. Identifying the
pest is the first step. Additionally, it is necessary to know what control
methods are available; evaluate the benefits and risks of each method
or combination of methods; choose the methods that are most
effective and will cause the least harm to people and the environment;
use each method correctly; and observe local, state, and federal
regulations that apply to the situation.
A pest-control method should be used only when that method will cost
less than the expected value of a loss from the pest.
a. True
b. False - Correct-answer-A. Even though a pest is present, it may not
do very much harm. It could cost more to control the pest than to allow
the damage to occur. The point at which the cost of the damage
exceeds the cost of the control is the "economic threshold."
Successful pest control is based on the ability to:
a. Eradicate all pests
b. Use pesticides whenever pests are identified
c. Contaminate the environment
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d. None of the above - Correct-answer-D. The best answer should be
to: 1) keep pest damage to a minimum by choosing an appropriate
combination of control methods, 2) recognize when direct action is
necessary, and 3) endanger the environment as little as possible
Which of the following is NOT a pest control goal?
a. Prevention - keeping a pest from becoming a problem
b. Suppression - reducing pest numbers to an acceptable level
c. Eradication - destroying an entire pest population
d. All of the above are possible goals - Correct-answer-D. Prevention
and suppression are common goals. Eradication is a difficult goal to
achieve, especially in outdoor areas, but may be attempted when a
foreign pest has been introduced into an area (e.g. gypsy moth,
Mediterranean fruit fly, etc.). Eradication is a more common goal in
indoor areas.
The strategy of combining pest control tactics into a single plan to
reduce pests and their damage to an acceptable level is called:
a. Holistic Resource Management Plan
b. Biological Control
c. Best Management Practices
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d. Integrated Pest Management - Correct-answer-D. Biological control
is a tactic of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM is one component
of a holistic resource management plan and is an example of a Best
Management Practice.
When the level of a pest population reaches the stage where pest
control action should be taken, you are at the:
a. Scouting stage
b. Monitoring stage
c. Threshold stage
d. Pesticide application stage - Correct-answer-C. Thresholds maybe
based on aesthetic, health, or economic considerations. Action
thresholds have been determined for many pests.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a control tactic?
a. Pesticide resistance - the ability of a pest to resist pesticide control
measures
b. Biological control - using natural predators to control pests
c. Cultural controls - such as crop rotation, date of planting, cultivation,
etc.
OH PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION – CORE
2025|NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERSA|ALREADY
GRADED A+
A pest can be anything that:
a. Competes with humans, domestic animals or desirable plants for
food or water
b. Injures humans, animals, desirable plants, structures, or possessions
c. Spreads disease to humans, domestic animals, wildlife, or desirable
plants
d. Annoys human or domestic animals
e. All of the above - Correct-answer-E. A pest can be anything that
annoys, injures, spreads disease or competes with desired plants,
animals, or humans. Examples of pests include weeds, insects, fungi,
bacteria, mites and nematodes
One requirement for effective pest control is:
a. Identification of the pest to be controlled
b. New spray equipment
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c. Using more than the recommended dosage
d. Spraying only the field margin - Correct-answer-A. Identifying the
pest is the first step. Additionally, it is necessary to know what control
methods are available; evaluate the benefits and risks of each method
or combination of methods; choose the methods that are most
effective and will cause the least harm to people and the environment;
use each method correctly; and observe local, state, and federal
regulations that apply to the situation.
A pest-control method should be used only when that method will cost
less than the expected value of a loss from the pest.
a. True
b. False - Correct-answer-A. Even though a pest is present, it may not
do very much harm. It could cost more to control the pest than to allow
the damage to occur. The point at which the cost of the damage
exceeds the cost of the control is the "economic threshold."
Successful pest control is based on the ability to:
a. Eradicate all pests
b. Use pesticides whenever pests are identified
c. Contaminate the environment
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d. None of the above - Correct-answer-D. The best answer should be
to: 1) keep pest damage to a minimum by choosing an appropriate
combination of control methods, 2) recognize when direct action is
necessary, and 3) endanger the environment as little as possible
Which of the following is NOT a pest control goal?
a. Prevention - keeping a pest from becoming a problem
b. Suppression - reducing pest numbers to an acceptable level
c. Eradication - destroying an entire pest population
d. All of the above are possible goals - Correct-answer-D. Prevention
and suppression are common goals. Eradication is a difficult goal to
achieve, especially in outdoor areas, but may be attempted when a
foreign pest has been introduced into an area (e.g. gypsy moth,
Mediterranean fruit fly, etc.). Eradication is a more common goal in
indoor areas.
The strategy of combining pest control tactics into a single plan to
reduce pests and their damage to an acceptable level is called:
a. Holistic Resource Management Plan
b. Biological Control
c. Best Management Practices
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d. Integrated Pest Management - Correct-answer-D. Biological control
is a tactic of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM is one component
of a holistic resource management plan and is an example of a Best
Management Practice.
When the level of a pest population reaches the stage where pest
control action should be taken, you are at the:
a. Scouting stage
b. Monitoring stage
c. Threshold stage
d. Pesticide application stage - Correct-answer-C. Thresholds maybe
based on aesthetic, health, or economic considerations. Action
thresholds have been determined for many pests.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a control tactic?
a. Pesticide resistance - the ability of a pest to resist pesticide control
measures
b. Biological control - using natural predators to control pests
c. Cultural controls - such as crop rotation, date of planting, cultivation,
etc.
