Category A and E Pesticide Test Practice with Complete Solutions 2023 Selective herbicide - Correct Answer Control certain types of plants, especially with other plant Pesticide Misuse - Correct Answer -Not using a pesticide according to label directions -using a pesticide not registered for sale or use in MN -applying without a license -applying in a endangering way to animals/ppl/environment MDA - Correct Answer MN Department of Agriculture FIFRA - Correct Answer Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act .Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - Correct Answer Pesticide formulation designed and approved by the FIFRA Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs) - Correct Answer All pesticides other than RUPs including general use and unclassified pesticides, organic pesticides, etc Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) - Correct Answer These applicators apply pesticide 'for hire' in, on or around their customers buildings and other structures.Re-certification - Correct Answer There are two ways to recertify .
- - attend an MDA approved category specific recertification workshop.
- - re-test by taking the category certification exams and pay retest fees.
Reciprocity - Correct Answer Allow someone residing in licensed in another state to obtain a pesticide applicator license in MN without being required to take MN initial certification exams or completing MN recertification requirements .Endangered Species - Correct Answer A plant or animal in danger of extinction.Examples- MN Dwarf Trout Lily Piping Plover Topeka Shiner Karner Blue Butterfly Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel Winged Mapleleaf Mussel Threatened Species - Correct Answer A plant or animal likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.Examples- Leedy's Roseroot 1 / 2
Prairie bush clover Western prairie fringed orchid Canada Lynx Candidate Species - Correct Answer Plants or animals that are being considered for designation as threatened or endangered .Examples- Spragues Pipit Eastern Massasauga Dakota Skipper Snuffbox Sheepnose Spectaclecasew Pesticide Management Plan - Correct Answer A plan of protection for groundwater and surface water.Best Management Practices (BMPs) - Correct Answer These are practical, research- based ways for users of pesticides to prevent or minimize contamination.Application Setbacks - Correct Answer The distance of untreated land between a pesticide treated area in the areas that need protection from the pesticides.Filter Strips and Vegetation Buffers - Correct Answer Untreated grass strips next to streams, ponds, and other sensitive areas that can trap much of the pesticide running off treated sites.Depth to Groundwater - Correct Answer The distance from the soil surface down to the water table.Backflow - Correct Answer When the water source filling the pesticide application equipment has a water pressure drop unexpectedly in the supply line, electricity is shut down or a pump fails and the pesticide runs back into the water source, contaminating it.Reduced Pressure Principal Device - Correct Answer Two independent check valves in the water supply line, with an automatic pressure differential valve located between the two valves.Pressurized Vacuum Breaker - Correct Answer Vees stop backflow in the waterline is under continuous water pressure and the waterline pressure is lost.Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker - Correct Answer These let air from the atmosphere into the waterline to break the backflow siphon at the event of pressure loss in the waterline.
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