IDA General Standards Exam Flashcards
1
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How do you calculate the area of a circle?
A
3.14rr
2
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To which class do Mites belong?
A
Class Arachnida, subclass Acari
3
Q
What is IPM?
A
Integrated Pest Management
4
Q
Which plant disease is transmitted through air?
A
Fungi
5
Q
Incomplete (or simple) metamorphosis
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3 life stages: Egg > Nymph > Adult
6
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Complete metamorphosis
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4 lifes stages: Egg > Larva > Pupa > Adult
7
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Broadleaf weed characteristics
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Larger, open (broad) surface with network of veins
8
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Annual weeds
A
Complete their life cycle within one year
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Biennial weeds
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Complete half the life cycle in year one, the second half in year two
10
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Perennial weeds
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Live for more than two years
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Herbaceous Perennials
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Stems die back to the ground each winter
12
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What is an adjuvant?
A
Adjuvants modify the chemical properties to enhance performance (they include drift reduction, surfactants, stickers, penetrants, etc.)
13
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What is an emulsifiable concentrate?
A
ECs have one liquid suspended as tiny droplets inside another liquid
14
Q
Why do a small jar mixing test?
A
To ensure components are physically compatible
15
Q
Systemic pesticides
A
Move within the plant
16
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Contact pesticides
A
Kill what it touches on the surface
17
Q
How do pests build resistance?
A
A select few that survive due to their genetic makeup pass on their resistant genes to their offspring
18
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How do you prevent pest resistance?
A
Use pesticides with different modes of action
19
Q
What does every label contain?
A
Product information, precautionary statements, directions for use
20
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Signal words
A
DWC: Danger (high toxicity), Warning (moderate toxicity), and Caution (low to very low toxicity)
21
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LD50
A
Lethal Dose 50; the amount of pesticide required to kill 50% of the test population
22
Q
How is the LD50 expressed?
A
In milligrams of pesticide per kilogram of animal body weight (mg/kg)
23
Q
How to treat pesticides in the eye?
A
Hold open and rinse with clean water for 15 minutes
24
Q
What should you do with excess product?
A
Use as directed by the label, never pour it down a drain, if necessary have it incinerated or brought to special landfills
25
Why is acute oil-based pesticide poisoning so toxic?
Oils travel through the skin quickly and bring the pesticide with it
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What is PPE?
Personal protective equipment. Ranges from simple (long sleeve shirt, pants, socks, shoes, hat, gloves) to extreme (apron, rubber boots, respirator, face shield)
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How often should you wash your uniform?
Daily
28
How do you clean a spray nozzle?
With a nozzle brush. Don't use a knife or wire, it can damage it
29
What is optimal application?
Even application
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How to reduce drift?
Lower the spray height, increase droplet size, spray on days with less wind, cooler temperatures, and more humidity
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What is vapor drift?
When pesticides move through air and off target (escape the desired area)
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Best soil type to contain runoff
Soil with high clay, silt, and organic matter content
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Worst soil type to contain runoff
Sandy soil
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What is a chemical half life?
How long it takes for one half of the pesticide to break down in soil
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Who do you contact if a spill occurs?
The manufacturer can decide if it should escalate to IEMA, CERCLA, or SARA. CHEMTREC can help with poison control
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Who records spills?
National Response Center
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How to treat for spills?
CCC = Control (Stop the leak), Contain (use absorbent material to keep it from spreading further), Clean up (remove the spill)
38
How far can bees fly?
3 miles
39
What formulation is most toxic to bees?
Microencapsulated; it can travel back to the hive and kill the entire colony
40
Woody Perennials
have persistent aboveground stems that remain over winter
41
Cultural control
Changing regular practices (Mowing more frequently, cleaning, taking out the trash)
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Mechanical control
Using devices (snap traps, aeration)
43
Which label is on the exam?
I don't know, remember it from the exam
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Biological control
Predators, parasites (fish that eat mosquito larva in ponds)
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Preventative control
Quarantines, inspecting imported goods (you can't bring fruit back from Hawaii in order to keep their pests from spreading here)
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Chemical control
Herbicides, insecticides, fungicides (spraying)
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Noninfectious plant diseases
Caused by unfavorable growing conditions like extreme heat or moisture, soil compaction, excess pesticide
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Infectious plant diseases
Caused by pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, nematodes
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Buffering agents
Adjuvants used to counteract the negative effects of PH that could otherwise render the active ingredients uselewss
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Federal framework stating that if used according to the label, pesticides will add some pest relief. FIFRA is administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
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Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA)
An amendment to FIFRA making the label a legal document, regulation a federal duty, products used in the US to be approved by the USEPA, classifying products as general use or restricted use
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Occupation Safety And Health Administration (OSHA)
Keeps workers safe. Enforces that employees know of the pesticides/chemicals in their workplace and that Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available
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Occupation Safety And Health Administration (OSHA)
Keeps workers safe. Enforces that employees know of the pesticides/chemicals in their workplace and that Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are available
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Department Of Transportation (DOT)
Regulates interstate pesticide transportation
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Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP)
Offers guidelines for protecting endangered and threatened species
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Clean Air Act (CAA)
Regulates air pollution sources including dust and fumes
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Clean Water Act (CWA)
Regulates water pollution from pesticide spills
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Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)
Regulates the management of solid and hazardous waste including pesticides
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What is Molting?
Shed the exoskeleton in order to grow
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Is it illegal to misuse pesticides?
A) Yes, always
B) No - not when general use
C) No - not when used in your own home
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What decreases drift?
A) Increasing pressure
B) Increasing water droplet size
C) Increasing sprayer nozzle width
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What is a control method?
x
63
Difference between economic injury level and aesthetic injury level?
x
64
How is a nymph classified?
x
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What is suspension and how it effects chemical mixture?
x
66
How does a micro-encapsulated formulation work?
x
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How do drift reduction additives work?
x
68
What are the types of weeds?
x
69
What is an auricle?
x
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How do selective pesticides work?
x
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When is the right/best times to apply pesticides to weeds?
x
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Difference between systemic and contact pesticides?
x
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What are the environmental effects?
x
74
How do you control drift?
x
75
How do you prevent runoff?
x
76
Who provides the framework for pesticide regulations and user assurance?
x
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Who administers the law?
x
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What is WPS?
x
79
What is leaching?
x
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What is restricted entry levels?
x
81
What is acute exposure?
x
82
What are the routes of exposure?
x
83
Proper Storage
x
84
Transportation of chemicals
x
85
How to you calibrate a jet sprayer?
x
86
When is runoff most likely?
x
87
How do you protect bees?
x
88
What is overlap?
x
89
How do you measure pesticides?
x
90
What is agitation?
x
91
Calculate gallons per acre.
x
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How does heat and humidity affect treatment?
x
93
What happens when pesticides reach the ground water table?
x
94
When can you use a pesticide to eliminate a fish?
x
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What is the best way to eliminate dandelions?
x
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What to do if clothing is contaminated?
x
97
What does an adjuvant do when mixed with a pesticide?
x
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What kind of document is the label?
A legal document
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What agency is in control of the protection of people, the environment, wildlife, fish, and residences?
x
100
What is IL Dept. Of Public Health responsible for?
x
101
What do you do when using a restricted-use insecticide on a residential home?
x
102
How much pesticide would be needed to treat 20 acres with 3 ounces of pesticide per acre?
x
103
What is the purpose of structural pest control?
x
104
Which agency is responsible for registration, purchase, use, storage, and disposal of pesticides used in outdoor environments or in the production of agricultural commodities?
xx
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What is the amount of material applied per unit called?
x
106
What do you do first when there is a spill?
x
107
What should be worn when the oxygen level supply is low?
x
108
What agency would you contact to treat a lake for fish pests?
x
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How much product should you use to spray 20 acres?
x
110
How many gpa would you use with a bore sprayer moving at 10 mph and pumping .5 gals per minute and the nozzles at 30 in intervals?
x
111
How do you treat for biennial weeds?
x
112
How do you find the amount of active ingredient in a given pesticide?
x
113
How do you recognize an infectious decease?
s
114
What conditions are needed for an infectious despise?
h
115
What agency you is in charge of commercial structure pest control?
m
116
What conditions maximize risk of drift?
Windy and dry conditions. And fine misty particles.
117
What conditions maximize the potential for surface water contamination?
l
118
What places require licensing to sell pesticides?
y
119
Who is required to have licensing for pesticides?
x
120
What conditions are favorable for ground water contamination?
Coarse particles like sand
121
How do children typically absorb the most pesticide?
x
122
When should you spray around a residential structure with a high risk product?
x
123
When is the time of reentry?
Found on the label, different for each product
124
How do you minimize risk of exospore in a confined space?
x
125
How long must you keep records of treatments?
2 years
126
What does the federal rodenticide fungicide and herbicide act require?
x
127
What do you do if you spill in a confined area?
x
128
What is called the inactive stage when the insect is inactive?
Pupae
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What is the highest cautionary word on a label?
Danger
130
What type of droplet causes the least amount of drift?
Coarse
131
What type of pesticide is now illegal for residential applicators?
Organophosphates
132
What year was FIFRA introduced?
1947, revisions in 1972, 1975, 1988, 1996 (Food Quality Protection Act)
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What's the percentage of overlap with a hand spray gun?
25, 50, 100, none?
