IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
True or False
One of the earliest uses of chemicals as pesticides was the burning of sulfur - correct answerTrue
True or False
One responsibility of the US EPA is to protect humans and environmental health - correct answerTrue
Which of the following would not be considered a natural pest control method?
A. Wind
B. Rain
C. Cultivation
D. Sunshine - correct answerC. Cultivation
Which of the following is cultural control method?
A. Fertilization
B. Planting time
C. Pruning
D. All of the above - correct answerD. All of the above
True or False:
All pesticides only kill the target pests - correct answerFalse
The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a __________ control method for insects.
A. Cultural
B. Biological
C. Legal
D. Physical - correct answerD. Physical
True or False:
The goal of any pest management program is to eradicate the pest - correct answerFalse
Which of the following is not classified and regulated as a pesticide in Idaho?
A. Bactericide
B. Fertilizer
C. Desiccant
D. Adjuvant - correct answerB. Fertilizer
Which of the following pesticides can be absorbed by the plant and translocated within the plant?
,IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A. Systemic pesticide
B. Contact pesticide
C. Absorptive pesticide
D. Volatile pesticide - correct answerA. Systemic pesticide
Which of the following pesticides was not used before the 1900s
A. Bordeax mixture
B. Nicotine
C. DDT
D. Sulfur - correct answerC. DDT
DDT was banned because of its
A. Acute mammalian toxicity
B. Short residual action
C. Stability and persistence
D. Inability to accumulate in animals - correct answerC. Stability and persistance
Legal controls use:
A. Local volunteers
B. Tortes
C. Quarantines
D. Petitions - correct answerC. Quarantines
True or False:
Piscicides are pesticides that control spiders - correct answerFalse
True or False:
Herbicides and insecticides are both pesticides - correct answerTrue
Synthetic organic pesticides were introduced:
A. Pre 1900
B. Early 1900
C. Pre World War 2
D. Post World War 2 - correct answerC. Pre world war 2
Pulling weeds and trapping gophers are an example of what kind of control?
, IDAHO PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control - correct answerB. Mechanical control
The most prominent pesticide law in the United States is the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act. This act is overseen by what agency?
A. USDA
B. US Department of Commerce
C. US Department of Transportation
D. Division of Chemistry
E. US EPA - correct answerE. US EPA
When a pesticide is registered by the US EPA it essentially means:
A. The pesticide is available for use for any purpose in the United States
B. The pesticide has undergone strict review that has determined its use do not create undue risks
C. The pesticide company has paid administrative fees to allow testing of the product that wish to be
approved
D. The pesticide has undergone strict review to determine what crops, commodities, location sites, etc it
may be used on or in.
E. B and D - correct answerE. B and D
Restricted use pesticides are those pesticides that:
A. Can only be used under emergency circumstances, which must be approved by the US EPA
B. Present a hazard to the applicator, environment, animals or other persons and require special training
for application
C. May only be purchased by research scientists for testing purposes
D. May only be purchased by professional applicators
E. May be purchased by any individual that exhibits the need for the pesticide. - correct answerB.
Present a hazard to the applicator, environment, animals or other persons and require special training
for application
A person that applies pesticides to lawns and ornamental plants in an urban setting as an integral part of
their business is a:
A. Private applicator
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