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PEST CONTROL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)|AGRADE
QUESTION: How long must pesticide records be kept?
Answer: How long must pesticide record be kept for? 2 Years
QUESTION: How are permits renewed?
Answer: How are permits renewed? By retaking the core exam
and attending professional meetings approved by O.I.S.C (Office of Indiana State Chemist)
QUESTION: How old must you be to become a certified
applicator?
Answer: To become a certified applicator how old do you have
to be? 16 Years Old
QUESTION: What must a person be certified to purchase, use,
or supervise?
Answer: A person must be certified to purchase, use or
supervise the use of: Restricted Use Product
QUESTION: In what month does a permit expire?
Answer: A permit expires in what month? December
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QUESTION: How many years is a permit valid for?
Answer: A permit is valid for how many years? 5 Years
QUESTION: What organization has primary emphasis for
pesticide registration?
Answer: The primary emphasis for pesticide registration is with
what organization? F.I.F.R.A (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
QUESTION: What must pesticide records include?
Answer: Pesticide records need to include what? Applicators
name, certification number, date of treatment, name of customer, and the pesticides applied
### Pesticide Control and Biology
QUESTION: What is complete metamorphosis?
Answer: What is complete metamorphosis? Adult, egg, larva,
and pupa
QUESTION: What must you know about a pest to have
successful control?
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Answer: What must you know of a pest to have successful
control? Accurate pest identification and knowledge of the pest's biology.
QUESTION: What are vertebrate pests?
Answer: What are vertebrate pests? Rats, pigeons, and moles.
Anything that causes damage to agricultural crops.
### Pesticide Formulations
QUESTION: What is a formulation?
Answer: An active ingredient combined with an inert ingredient
forms what? A formulation
QUESTION: What can granules be dangerous to?
Answer: What can granules be dangerous to? Birds, fish, any
kind of wildlife.
QUESTION: What are dry flowables, and what do they do?
Answer: Dry flowables do what? Reduce inhalation hazards
QUESTION: What is dust, and what are its limitations?
Answer: Dust can provide excellent coverage but, it has
limitations due to what? Inhalation and drift hazards
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QUESTION: What is an emulsion?
Answer: An emulsion is an active ingredient... that has an odor,
is a dermal hazard, and can be dissolved in an oil based solvent.
QUESTION: What is an emulsifiable formulation?
Answer: What is an oil based solvent's active ingredient called?
Emulsiflable
QUESTION: What are fumigants that turn into a gas?
Answer: Fumigants that turn into a gas are? One of the most
hazardous pesticides, a high inhalation hazard, and different than aerosoles.
QUESTION: What are liquid flowables, and what can they do?
Answer: Liquid flowables can do what? Do not present in
inhalation hazard, do not require agitation, and are difficult to remove from containers
QUESTION: What is a microencapsulate formulation?
Answer: What is a formulation that provides time release of an
active ingredient called? Microencapsulates