PA Pesticide Applicator Exam Core Info with correct answers 2023 Bioaccumulation - Correct Answer The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.Biomagnification - Correct Answer Accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain abiotic factors - Correct Answer natural control measures within the environment.
EX: climactic factors, air/water pollution, topographic features.
Biological Control - Correct Answer The use of natural enemies to control pests.
EX: Predators, Parasites, Pathogens
Cultural Control - Correct Answer These are Practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, dispersal and survival.
EX: Mowing, irrigation, aeration, fertilization and sanitation.
Genetic control - Correct Answer Making use of plant varieties that are naturally resistant to insect feedings.Mechanical/Physical control - Correct Answer Kills a pest directly or makes its environment unsuitable
EX: Rodent traps, deer fences, mulches, barriers
Regulatory control - Correct 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 - Correct Answer How chemicals kill a pest Site of action - Correct Answer The specific biological system affected within the pest Economic threshold - Correct 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 - Correct Answer the pest population density that causes losses equal to the cost of control measures Action threshold - Correct Answer the predetermined level at which pest control is needed 1 / 2
Certified applicator - Correct Answer A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides.Private applicator - Correct Answer A certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.Commercial applicator - Correct 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) - Correct 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) - Correct 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 - Correct 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.Under federal law is it unlawful (and will you be subject to criminal/civil penalties) to detach, alter, deface or destroy any part of a container or labeling. - Correct Answer yuh EPA Reg. No. 3120-280-1492 - Correct Answer "3120" MANUFACTURER "280" SPECIFIC PRODUCT "1492" Distributor EPA SLN No. PA-990005 - Correct Answer "SLN" Special Local Need "PA" use in Pennsylvania "99" registered in 1999 "0005" Fifth special local need product Danger-Poison - Correct Answer Highly toxic by all routes of entry Danger - Correct Answer highly toxic by at least one route of entry Warning - Correct Answer moderately toxic or causes moderate eye and skin irritation Caution - Correct Answer slightly toxic routes of entry statements - Correct Answer indicates which routes into the body are particularly hazardous
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