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COLORADO QS/CO PESTI CIDE
TEST QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(SCORED A)
Question : What agency, under FIFRA, was given
authority to study the consequences pesticide usage and require uses to register when using pesticide?
Correct answer: EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency)
Question : Name four signal words in order of least to
most hazardous:
Correct answer: Caution
Warning Danger Danger-Poison
Question : What are two main pesticide classifications?
Correct answer: Restricted use and unclassified use
(general use) pesticides.
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Question : What classification of pesticide might result in
an unreasonable adverse effect on human health and/or the environment; However, application by trained person according to label directions would protect against such an effect?
Correct answer: Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP)
Question : In Colorado, what agency is responsible to
regulating pesticides?
Correct answer: Department of Agriculture
Question : What describes any person who engages in the
business of applying pesticides operating a device to hire?
Correct answer: A Commercial Applicator
Question : FIFRA makes it unlawful to use any pesticide
in a manner inconsistent with its _____ ?
Correct answer: Label
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Question : What organizations work with the EPA to
suspend the use of certain pesticides in accordance with the Endangered Species Act if an endangered species will be adversely affected?
Correct answer: US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA
and the Fisheries Service
Question : When does the Department of Transportation
(DOT) dictate rules when transporting pesticides?
Correct answer: When transporting pesticides between
states
Question : When notifying any person listed on the
registry of pesticide sensitive persons, when must you notify this person before application and if unable to notify, what must you do?
Correct answer: No later than 24 hours and if the person
cannot be contacted, a written notice must be placed on their door at the time of application
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Question : When arriving on site, what step is the first
most important step?
Correct answer: Inspection
Question : After determining that use must apply a
pesticide, what is the most valuable few minutes you can spend in pest management?
Correct answer: Reading the label
Question : On the label, what is the name given by
scientists for the products active ingredient?
Correct answer: Chemical Name
Question : What is a well known made up name excepted
by the EPA, to identify an active ingredient? It must be used with the chemical name in the active ingredients section on the label.