ILLINOIS PESTICIDE EXAM ACTUAL

ILLINOIS PESTICIDE EXAM / ACTUAL

TEST QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS

✅✅band applications ✓ Answer: treat only a narrow strip over or alongside a row of desirable plants

✅✅broadcast applications ✓ Answer: treat the entire area or field

✅✅overlap ✓ Answer: the portion of a spray pattern or spreader pattern that applies over the adjoining pattern to improve uniformity -expressed as percentage of the application pattern or swath

✅✅effective swath width ✓ Answer: the distance each successive swath should offset in order to allow the edges of neighboring swaths to overlap

✅✅application rate ✓ Answer: the amount of material applied per unit treated

✅✅carrier ✓ Answer: the material into which the pesticides are mixed for applications -usually water

✅✅Hydraulic agitation ✓ Answer: A mixing method in which some solution circulates through the pump and back into the tank

✅✅mechanical agitation ✓ Answer: uses paddles to mix instead of hydraulics

✅✅pressure drop ✓ Answer: a long hose or a small hose restricts flow and will cause reduced pressure at its end

✅✅flat fan pattern ✓ Answer: a thin sheet of spray produced by a flat fan nozzle

✅✅even flat fan ✓ Answer: pattern is a thin sheet of spray with uniform spray deposits across the spray pattern

✅✅hollow cone pattern ✓ Answer: Spray Deposited in a circle with no droplets in the center.

✅✅full cone pattern ✓ Answer: deposits spray in a circle with droplets throughout the circle and are also avalaible in a variety of spray angles

✅✅spray quality/ droplet spectrum ✓ Answer: describe the range in droplet size that a spray nozzle produces and is important for an effective spray application

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✅✅calibration ✓ Answer: involves selecting the right sized orifice (nozzle size) and operating pressure -also observe pattern of overlap

✅✅GPA ✓ Answer: Gallons per acre

✅✅GPM ✓ Answer: Flow rate per nozzle, in gallons per minute

✅✅MPH ✓ Answer: application speed, in miles per hour

✅✅W ✓ Answer: effective sprayed width per nozzle, in inches

✅✅GPA= ✓ Answer: GPM X 5940 / MPH X W

✅✅Hopper ✓ Answer: holds the granules until they are spread

✅✅Agitator ✓ Answer: stirs the granules right before they are metered

✅✅distance (ft)= ✓ Answer: area (square feet) / effective swath width (feet)

✅✅drift ✓ Answer: pesticide that moves through the air and escapes to other areas

✅✅drift is minimized by ✓ Answer: using larger droplets

✅✅spray height influences drift ✓ Answer: the farther a droplet must fall, the greater the risk of drift

✅✅volatile ✓ Answer: fume producing

✅✅drift reduction additives ✓ Answer:

✅✅FIRFA ✓ Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

✅✅WPS ✓ Answer: Worker Protection Standards

✅✅OSHA ✓ Answer: Occupational Safety and Health Administration

✅✅ESPP ✓ Answer: Endangered Species Protection Program

✅✅CAA ✓ Answer: Clean Air Act

✅✅CWA ✓ Answer: Clean Water Act

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