APTIVE CATEGORY 7 TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What Agency is responsible for the enforcement of federal pesticide laws and
regulations? - Answer-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Which law requires federal registration of pesticides shipped in interstate commerce? -
Answer-Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Which Law prohibits the use of any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with
label directions? - Answer-Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA)
Any Commercial Applicator who violates any provision of FIFRA may be assessed a
civil penalty of no more than? - Answer-$5,000
Which Agency is responsible for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of pest
control employees and the general public from the hazards of pesticide use in
Tennessee? - Answer-Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA)
The TDA certification and enforcement functions are coordinated primarily through what
division of TDA? - Answer-Regulatory Services Division
Pesticides that may cause adverse effects on the environment and/or the applicator,
unless subject to additional regulatory restrictions are classified as? - Answer-Restricted
- use pesticides
A certification period lasts for how many years? - Answer-3 years
One may earn up to what percentage in-house points in the recertification program? -
Answer-50%
How many recertification points are required for category 7 in a 3 year period? -
Answer-30
Which is NOT a step in an IPM program? - Answer-Scheduled pesticide application.
Which is NOT an objective of a general inspection? - Answer-Locate pesticide drift.
A good inspection technique is to first identify areas within a structure that offer a
tropical environment
(warmth, moist, dark and humid) - Answer-True
Which is NOT likely to be used as a pest travel route? - Answer-Color Pattern in a Rug
, Which is NOT an example of pest proofing? - Answer-Using a vacuum to remove pests.
Habitat is a location - Answer-Where a pest lives naturally and has access to food,
water and harborage.
Which is NOT an example of pest habitat manipulation? - Answer-Use of harpoon mole
traps.
Which is NOT an example of a lethal trapping program? - Answer-Multiple - catch traps
IPM stands for - Answer-Integrated Pest Management
The four main components of IPM listed in this manual are: - Answer-Inspection, Pest
threshold determination, Management Procedures and Evaluations
Which cannot be made into a liquid formulations? - Answer-Extruded block
Which is one of the most effective formulations for use against cockroaches, ants and
rodents? - Answer-Baits
Anticoagulant rodenticides kill rodents by - Answer-preventing blood from clotting.
Rodents may store grain pellet pesticides in undesirable locations. - Answer-True
First-generation reodenticides must be fed upon more than once for rodents to receive a
lethal dose. - Answer-True
Which are potentially more hazardous than other rodenticide formulations and must be
applied with extra caution? - Answer-Tracking powder
Which formulation provides outstanding longevity in moist or wet conditions? - Answer-
Flowable Microencapulate
In most cases, _____________ kills only the insects present in the air during time of
treatment. - Answer-Fogging
Once a duster has been used for a given pesticide, it should never be used to apply
another. - Answer-True
Rodent baits are not only toxic to most mammals that might eat the bait, they are also
toxic to fish. - Answer-True
The______________ cockroach is the most common and important. - Answer-German
Female Oriental Cockroaches have _______________. - Answer-short wings
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