INDIANA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAM -

INDIANA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAM -

ACTUAL EXAM 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|AGRADE

State how a non certified employee can become a registered technician - ANSWER- Passing the core exam and their firm applying for an RT

List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered technician before sending them to work off site - ANSWER- Safety gear, info sheet, product label, a way to contact by phone

List what activities may be performed by a registered technician - ANSWER- Anything a certified applicator can do, if certified

Indicate where to find a RUP statement - ANSWER- At the top of the product label

State the minimum number of years RUP records must be kept - ANSWER- 2

Indicate where the kinds of information that must be maintained in RUP record can be found - ANSWER- OISC website

Section 2 - ANSWER- Section 2

List the four major pest groups - ANSWER- Weeds, Invertebrates, Plant disease agents, Vertebrates

Explain why accurate pest identification is essential for effective control - ANSWER- Misidentification can lead to ineffective control or control at the wrong time

Describe the basic conditions required for a pest to survive - ANSWER- Food, water, proper habitat

Define the action threshold - ANSWER- The population level for a specific pest at which some control measure is justified

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Describe the relationship between pest inspection and an action threshold - ANSWER- Once you have identified the pest and it's habits, it leads to effective control

Describe three non chemical control options - ANSWER- Biological, Mechanical, and Cultural

State the advantages of non chemical control options - ANSWER- Possibly longer and more permanent control with less risk to the environment

List the four major types of pesticides and what each control - ANSWER- Herbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodentcides

State the advantages of pesticide use - ANSWER- Effective, fast and easy, reasonable costs

Identify when in their life cycle pests are, generally, most easily controlled by pesticides - ANSWER- When they are immature

Explain why some pesticide application sites are regarded as sensitive - ANSWER- If there are children, elderly, or sick people present. Also rare habitats or where endangered species are present

Explain how site history can inform a pest management decision - ANSWER- It shows how well the previous application worked

List factors that can cause pesticide applications to fail - ANSWER- Wrong timing, pesticide resistance, too little or not enough application

Define pesticide resistance - ANSWER- The ability of a pest to tolerate a pesticide that once controlled it

Active ingredient - ANSWER- Chemicals that actually control the pest

Inert ingredient - ANSWER- Solvents and carriers that help deliver the active ingredients to the target pest

Solution - ANSWER- When a substance is dissolved in a liquid 2 / 3

Suspension - ANSWER- A mixture of finely divided, solid particles dispersed in a liquid

Emulsion - ANSWER- A mixture that occurs when one liquid is dispersed in another liquid

D - ANSWER- Dust

G - ANSWER- Granule

P or PS - ANSWER- Pellet

W or WP - ANSWER- Wettable powder

DF - ANSWER- Dry Flowable

WDG - ANSWER- Water disposable granule

WG - ANSWER- Wettable granule

S or SP - ANSWER- Soluble powder

L or F - ANSWER- Liquid flowable

SC - ANSWER- Suspension concentrate

M or ME - ANSWER- Microencapsulate

E or EC - ANSWER- Emulsifiable concentrate

ULV - ANSWER- Ultra low volume concentrate

RTU - ANSWER- Ready to use

A and D of Dusts - ANSWER- A: easy to use, excellent coverage D: inhalation and drift hazard

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