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A "holistic" approach towards pest management which may include biological control,

pesticides, and host plant resistance is known as:

Select one:

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Physiological Pest Control (PPC)
• Eradicative Protection Alternatives (EPA)
• Natural Pest Eradication (NPE)

e. Natural Pest Eradication (NPE) - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Integrated Pest

Management (IPM)

A fundamental concept of integrated pest management is a certain number of individual pests can and should be tolerated. It is often the appearance of a pest or the damage they cause that triggers control action. This is called the emotional threshold.

Select one:

True

False - CORRECT ANSWER: False

(The threshold to action based on the appearance of the pest or the damage it causes is called the aesthetic threshold. An emotional threshold is often based on fear of the pest, such as spiders, cockroaches, snakes, etc.)

A fundamental concept of integrated pest management is that a certain number of pests can and should be tolerated. For crop production, the threshold where pest control measures are initiated is called the economic threshold, which is defined as the point at which some form of control must be applied in order to prevent unacceptable economic damage to the crop.

Select one:

True

False - CORRECT ANSWER: True

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances used to kill, destroy, repel or prevent the growth of an organism. Which of the following groups are all pesticides?

Select one: 1 / 3

• Herbicides, rodenticides, fertilizers
• Fertilizers, oil, antifreeze
• Insecticides, oil, fertilizers
• Fungicides, house paint, miticides

e. Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides - CORRECT ANSWER: e. Insecticides,

fungicides, herbicides

(All these substances are pesticides. "cide" means to kill. Insecticides kill insects, fungicides kill fungi and herbicides kill plants.)

A Restricted Use Pesticide is always deadly to humans.

Select one:

True

False - CORRECT ANSWER: False

(Restricted use pesticides are those that have been found to have the potential to injure humans, animals or crops. Some Restricted Use Pesticides are relatively harmless to man, but can seriously damage crops, plants or aquatic animals.)

A Restricted-Entry Interval (REI) refers to the amount of time that must pass after a

pesticide application before:

Select one:

• a crop can be harvested.
• a crop can be irrigated.
• workers may enter the treated area without wearing protective clothing.
• allowing livestock to graze in the treated area.
• applying another pesticide. - CORRECT ANSWER: c. workers may enter the treated

area without wearing protective clothing.

(The protective clothing required is also specified on the label, under Agricultural Use Requirements, with the REI.)

According to FIFRA (the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act) individual states may not restrict a general use pesticide that has been classified as such by the EPA.

Select one:

True

False - CORRECT ANSWER: False

(State law must be at least as restrictive or stringent as the federal law. Any state can have laws more restrictive than the federal law.)

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According to Nevada's pesticide applicator training manual, foliar-applied herbicides are most effective when used during which stage of weed development?

Select one:

• seed production
• seedling
• embryonic
• maturity

e. vegetative - CORRECT ANSWER: b. seedling

According to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), employers must provide which of the following to agricultural workers and pesticide handlers?

Select one:

• Pesticide safety training and pesticide application details.
• Insurance and adequate housing.
• A 15 minute break every 4 hours.
• A cell phone and internet access. - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Pesticide safety training

and pesticide application details.

An insect life cycle which includes only these stages...egg--nymph--adult...is termed what type of metamorphosis?

Select one:

• Simple or incomplete
• Flowing or thorough
• Abbreviated or short
• Insufficient

e. Complete - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Simple or incomplete

Application equipment should be calibrated frequently to ensure that:

Select one:

• you never have pest problems again.
• you can make pesticide applications even during poor weather conditions.
• you are applying the correct amount of pesticide for effective pest control.
• you are saving money.
• you are applying the maximum amount of pesticide allowable by law. - CORRECT

ANSWER: c. you are applying the correct amount of pesticide for effective pest control.

At low temperatures (40-50 degrees F), most herbicides would be expected to:

Select one:

• show reduced activity.
• become permeable.
• increase in activity.
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