Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control
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Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control
Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER- The process by which pesticides are taken into animals,
including humans, and porous surfaces (soil).
Active ingredient (a.i.) - CORRECT ANSWER- The chemical or chemicals in a pro...
Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER- The process by which pesticides are taken into animals,
including humans, and porous surfaces (soil).
Active ingredient (a.i.) - CORRECT ANSWER- The chemical or chemicals in a product
responsible for the desired effects, which are capable of preventing, destroying, repelling or
mitigating insects, fungi, rodents, weeds, or other pests. listed separately in the ingredient
statement.
Acute toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER- How poisonous a pesticide is to an animal or person
after a single dose (or exposure).
Adjuvant - CORRECT ANSWER- A chemical or agent added to a pesticide mixture which
helps the active ingredient do a better job or increases the effectiveness of the pesticide.
Examples: wetting agent, spreader, adhesive, emulsifying agent, penetrant.
Antidote - CORRECT ANSWER- A treatment used to counteract the effects of pesticide
poisoning or some other poison in the body
Application - CORRECT ANSWER- The placing of a pesticide on a plant, animal, building,
or soil; or its release into the air or water to prevent damage or destroy pests.
Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER- A person or piece of equipment which applies pesticides
to destroy pests or prevent damage by them.
Attractants - CORRECT ANSWER- (1) ingredients added to pesticides to make them more
appealing to the pest. These may include flavorings or oils. (2) A substance or device that will
lure pests to a trap or poison bait.
Avicide - CORRECT ANSWER- A pesticide used to kill or repel birds. Birds are in the class
Aves.
, Bait - CORRECT ANSWER- (1) An edible material that is attractive to the pest, which
normally contains a pesticide, unless used as a pre-bait. (2) A food or other substance used to
attract a pest to a pesticide or to a trap.
Bait Shy - CORRECT ANSWER- The rejection of a particular bait based on previous learned
bad experiences with the bait.
Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER- The eating, breeding, defense, travel, and social habits of
an animal.
Bioaccumulation - CORRECT ANSWER- The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic
chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
Biological control - CORRECT ANSWER- Control of pests by means of predators, parasites,
and disease-producing organisms.
Body gripping trap - CORRECT ANSWER- usually a square, spring-loaded, lethal trap
available in many sizes.
Broadcast - CORRECT ANSWER- To scatter bait or other substances over a wide area.
Brood - CORRECT ANSWER- Verb: To sit on or incubate eggs.
Noun: A birds offspring, hatched and cared for in one season.
Burrow - CORRECT ANSWER- A system of passageways for rodents.
Canister - CORRECT ANSWER- A metal or plastic container filled with absorbent material
which filters fumes and vapors.
Carrier - CORRECT ANSWER- (1) the liquid or solid material added to a chemical
compound. (2) An inert material that improves the physical dispersion of the toxicant.
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