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Virginia Registered Technician Practice Questions and Answers
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Virginia Registered Technician Practice Questions andAnswers.
Who registers pesticides sold, licenses businesses, and certifies persons for
pesticide appliction? - ANSWER Office of Pesticide Services
The _____ acts as the legal agreement between pesticide manufacturer and EPA. -
ANSWER Pesticide(Product) Label
How long must records be kept after the use of a pesticide? - ANSWER 2 years
All accidents that pose a threat to a person, public health/safety, or environment
must be reported to: - ANSWER VDACS, Office of Pesticide Services
Reports must be submitted within ____ days of initial notification of accident. -
ANSWER 10 days
Report spills to ______ if the spill happens on another person's property - ANSWER
VA dept of emergency management
Which type of pests require control only under certain circumstances? - ANSWER
Secondary Pests
Which pests are migratory or cyclical and require intermittent control? - ANSWER
Occasional Pests
Which pests are always present, cause major damage, require control? - ANSWER
Key pests
____ have parallel leaf veins - ANSWER Monocots
____ have net-like leaf veins - ANSWER Dicots
Broadleaves are an example of ____ - ANSWER dicots
Grasses and sedges are types of ____. - ANSWER Monocots
Monocots flower in multiples of ____ - ANSWER Three
Dicots flower in multiples of ____ - ANSWER Four or Five
___ have one seed leaf and ___ have two. - ANSWER Monocots, Dicots
What is a threshold? - ANSWER The level of pest populations that trigger action to
prevent pests in the area from causing unacceptable injury or harm
, The goal of ____ is to reduce pest populations to an acceptable level in a way that is
practical, cost-effective, and safe for the environment and human health - ANSWER
integrated pest management
True/False: Integrated pest management only uses pesticides to reduce pests -
ANSWER False
Climate, natural enemies, geographic barriers, food and water supplies, availability
of shelter are all examples of which method of control? - ANSWER Natural control
Host resistance, biological control, cultural control, mechanical and physical control,
chemical control are all examples of which method of control? - ANSWER Applied
Control
Biological Control is carried out with: ___ and ___ - ANSWER pheremones and
microbial pesticides
Rotating crops, tillage, mulching, pruning/trimming, and sanitation are methods of
which type of control? - ANSWER Cultural control
____ is the ability of a pest population that is repeatedly exposed to a given pesticide
to adapt and survive its effects - ANSWER Resistance
How can pests' resistance to pesticides be avoided?(Check manual for confirm) -
ANSWER Combine pesticides with different modes of action
___ is the maximum amount of pesticide residue that may remain on food or feed at
harvest or slaughter - ANSWER Tolerance
What are the two main safety tests done for pesticides? - ANSWER Toxicity tests
and environmental fate studies
Which type of pesticide registration is the most common? What should you look for
on the label? - ANSWER Standard Federal Registration (section 3). Look for EPA
registration number.
This type of registration is used when a federally registered product isn't available or
cannot be applied without unacceptable risk. - ANSWER Special Local Need(SLN)
Registration
Which type of pesticide registration requires supplemental labeling? - ANSWER
Special Local Need Registration
SLN registration numbers begin with which two letters? - ANSWER VA
Who can request an emergency exemption? - ANSWER VDACS
What kind of emergency exemption is used to control the introduction or spread of
any pest? - ANSWER Quarantine Exemption
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