QAC Landscape and Maintenance Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
Early symptoms of organsphosphate pinioning include: - answer✔✔Blurred vision and headache
California pesticide regulations require certain pesticide handlers to use a closed mixing system
when mixing more than 1 gallon of any: - answer✔✔Liquid pesticide with the label signal word
"Danger" or "Danger" and "Poison" with the skull and crossbones symbol
When cleaning up a spilled pesticide, the absorbent material and all other contaminated materials
must be put into sealed containers and transported to a: - answer✔✔Class 1 disposal site
When properly applied, the pesticide formulation with the lowest risk is: - answer✔✔Granules
Which formulation requires no further agitation once it is mixed with water? -
answer✔✔Emulsifiable concentrate (EC)
Which of the following is an example of biological control? - answer✔✔Predatory insects
feeding on aphids
What method would you use to evaluate the effects of a pesticide application? -
answer✔✔Monitoring
Pesticide spills and leaks shall be reported to the: - answer✔✔County Agricultural
Commissioners Office
The potential for pesticides leaching through the soil into ground water increases with? -
answer✔✔Rainfall
Which of the following is classified as a vertebrate pest? - answer✔✔House mouse
Leather and cloth gloves should not be used for pesticide handling because they: -
answer✔✔Absorb pesticides
Which type of application equipment would produce the lease amount of pesticide drift? -
answer✔✔Rope wick
Which type of weeds are most difficult to control with herbicides? - answer✔✔Perennials
A persistent pesticide is one that: - answer✔✔Remains in its active state in the environment for
long periods
Which of the following types of plant disorders cannot be transmitted from one plant to another?
- answer✔✔Abiotic
Pesticide applications in interiorscape situations involve treating either: - answer✔✔Above
ground parts or growing medium
Constant use of insecticides on turf or in landscaped areas could lead to: - answer✔✔Disruption
of natural enemies
An important reason to inspect the area where you will be completing a pesticide application is
to: - answer✔✔Identify any hazardous situations
Commonly, pesticides incompatibility can be observed in the spray tank by: -
answer✔✔Clumping or separation of the mixture
When applying most pesticides, the way to avoid breathing toxic vapors is to use a: -
answer✔✔Chemical or cartage respirator
It takes your equipment 3 minutes to travel 264 feet. How fast, in miles per hour, is the
equipment traveling? - answer✔✔1 mile per hour
The surfaces of objects that are commonly present in interiorscapes during a pesticide
application might become etched can be caused by the: - answer✔✔Inert ingredients
Employee handler pesticide safety training topics do NOT include hoe to: - answer✔✔Recognize
the chemical characteristics of the pesticide
To increase the uniformity of spray droplets: - answer✔✔Use nozzles designed for the working
pressure of your sprayer
One advantage of using ready to use pesticides formulation is: - answer✔✔No mixing is required
By increasing the nozzle office you will produce: - answer✔✔Larger droplets
Which type of herbicide would you use on a lawn where you need to control annual weeds? -
answer✔✔Pre-emergent herbicide
Before applying a pesticide, you must verify: - answer✔✔The application equipment, to make
sure it is working well
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