Massachusetts Pesticide Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT Answers
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Mdard pesticide
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Mdard Pesticide
Massachusetts Pesticide Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER- Any living thing that has an undesirable impact on
something that is important to us
Pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER- Substance or mixture of substances used to kill pests
or used to prevent or red...
Massachusetts Pesticide Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions And CORRECT
Answers
Pest - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Any living thing that has an undesirable impact on
something that is important to us
Pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Substance or mixture of substances used to kill pests
or used to prevent or reduce the damage pests cause (even repellents)
Pest Control Devices - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Purely mechanical or physical means to
combat pests
Integrated Pest Management - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An approach to pest mgmnt in
which we combine all available necessary techniques to a unified program with the goal of
managing pest population in a way that avoids pest damage and minimizes adverse effects
Pesticide Use - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All activities, transport, and storage after seal is
broken.
Site - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The particular entity to which a pesticide might be applied.
(ex: turf, tree, shrub, soil, particular plants)
Labeling - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Includes label plus: referenced on label, received from
the manufacture about the product when you buy it and approved by regulatory agencies
regarding the use of the product
Labeled - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When the label states the product can be used on
certain species, the pesticide is labeled for that plant
Pesticide product vs pest control device - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Product is the chemical
substance, device used purely physical forces
, Why do you need to follow directions on the label - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Provides
information needed to use the product effectively and safely. It is against the law to violate
directions listed on the label
Four basic survival needs which bring pest into conflict with people - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Food, water, shelter, reproduction sites
No metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔almost no change besides size
Life stages for no metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Egg, young, adult (no wings)
Life stages for gradual metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔egg, nymph (with
multiple instars), adult
Life stages for complete metamorphosis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔egg, larva (with
multiple instars), pupa, adult
Annual weed life cycles - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔grow from seed, mature, produce from
seed, and die in one year or less
Biennial weed life cycles - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔two year life cycle: first; grow from
seed and develope heavy roots and rosette (heavy cluster of leaves). second; mature, produce
seed, and die
Perennial weed life cycles - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔can be produced by seed or re-sprout
vegetatively; can spread by seed or root or stem cuttings
Where on label can you find which pests the product might control? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔near the product name, the "directions for use" (the list of pests might be different for
different sites)
Why would a pesticide be labeled for use only when a particular pest, plant or animal is in a
specified life stage? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔As a pest grows, its susceptibility to a
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