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PA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM CORE INFO QUESTIONS AND RIGHT ANSWERS
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PA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAMCORE INFO QUESTIONS AND RIGHT
ANSWERS 2024 - 2025
Bioaccumulation ANS - The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of
a living organism.
Biomagnification ANS - Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
abiotic factors ANS - natural control measures within the environment.
EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
Biological Control ANS - The use of natural enemies to control pests.
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
Cultural Control ANS - These are Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal and
survival.
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
Genetic control ANS - Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feedings.
Mechanical/Physical control ANS - Kills a pest directly or makes its environment unsuitable
EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
Regulatory control ANS - 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 ANS - How chemicals kill a pest
, Site of action ANS - The specific biological system affected within the pest
Economic threshold ANS - 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 ANS - the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control
measures
Action threshold ANS - the predetermined level at which pest control is needed
Certified applicator ANS - A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of restricted-use
pesticides.
Private applicator ANS - A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use
pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
Commercial applicator ANS - 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) ANS - 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) ANS - 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 ANS - 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.
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