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Iowa Commercial Applicator License question n answers graded A+

Question 1: Which statement is true about cultural control

practices?

• Trapping is an important cultural control practice.
• Cultural practices alter the environment, the condition of the

host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation.

• Sanitation is not considered a cultural practice.
• Cultural controls involve the release of parasites and

predators found in foreign countries.

CORRECT ANSWER : Cultural practices alter the environment,

the condition of the host, or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress an infestation.

Question 2: Lowering the humidity of stored grains and other

food products to reduce damage from mold is an example of which type of pest management method?• Mechanical.• Biological.• Physical/environmental modification.

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• Regulatory pest control

CORRECT ANSWER : Physical/environmental modification.

Question 3: Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an

area is an example of which type of pest management method?• Genetic control.• Biological control • Chemical control.• Mechanical control.

CORRECT ANSWER : Mechanical control.

Question 4: Sealing cracks and crevices and small openings in

buildings is an example of which type of mechanical control method?• Cultivation.• Exclusion.• Trapping.• Mulching.

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CORRECT ANSWER : Exclusion.

Question 5: Which would increase the likelihood of pesticide

resistance?• Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect.• Limiting the number of pesticide applications.• An insect has only one generation per year.• Continual use of the same pesticides or pesticides from the same chemical class.

CORRECT ANSWER : Continual use of the same pesticides or

pesticides from the same chemical class.

Question 6: Which statement is true about regulatory pest

control?• Pests that pose a serious public health threat are rarely regulated by federal and state agencies.• Entry of pests across state lines is not regulated.• Airports and ocean ports are monitored by pest quarantine regulatory agencies.

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• Pests that are to be eradicated are rarely under quarantine restrictions.

CORRECT ANSWER : Airports and ocean ports are monitored

by pest quarantine regulatory agencies.

Question 7: Both civil and criminal penalties can be assessed for

FIFRA violations.• True • False

CORRECT ANSWER : True

Question 8: Which statement about the requirements of the

FQPA is true?• The FQPA does not require review of older pesticides with established residue tolerances on food.• Testing of pesticides for endocrine disruption potential is required under the FQPA.• For setting new standards, the FQPA considers aggregate exposures to pesticides but not cumulative exposures.