PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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Course
State board pesticide certification
Institution
State Board Pesticide Certification
Bioaccumulation - Answer The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.
Biomagnification - Answer Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
abiotic factors - Answer natural control measures within the enviro...
PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info
Questions And Already Passed Answers.
Bioaccumulation - Answer The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues
of a living organism.
Biomagnification - Answer Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
abiotic factors - Answer natural control measures within the environment.
Biological Control - Answer The use of natural enemies to control pests.
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
Cultural Control - Answer These are Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal
and survival.
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
Genetic control - Answer Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feedings.
Mechanical/Physical control - Answer Kills a pest directly or makes its environment unsuitable
EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
Regulatory control - Answer Removal of pests that cant be controlled at a local level. Utilizes
quarantines to prevent entry of pests at airports or ocean ports and can be used to remove pests with
government power. (i.e. draining standing water that provides breeding sites for mosquitos.)
Mode of action - Answer How chemicals kill a pest
Site of action - Answer The specific biological system affected within the pest
, Economic threshold - Answer The point at which the economic loss caused by pest damage outweighs
the cost of applying a pesticide.
(Treat pests when they pass the economic threshold)
Economic injury level - Answer the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of
control measures
Action threshold - Answer the predetermined level at which pest control is needed
Certified applicator - Answer A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of restricted-use
pesticides.
Private applicator - Answer A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use
pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
Commercial applicator - Answer A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of pesticides for
purposes other than those covered under a private applicator certification.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - Answer set pesticide limits in food, & all active and inactive
ingredients must be screened for estrogenic/endocrine effects. (Amended FIFRA) Review old pesticides
and aggregate/cumulative exposure.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - Answer A set of laws passed by Congress giving
authority to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
Also called for the reassessment of existing tolerances. Governs the establishment of pesticide
tolerances for food and feed.
Worker Protection Standard - Answer is intended to reduce the incidence of occupational pesticide
exposure and related illnesses/injuries. Employers must supply pesticide safety training, ppe, and
decontamination supplies as well as maintain records and display specific pesticide safety information.
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