Pest Control Trivia

Terms & Conditions

100

What does "IPM" stand for?

Integrated Pest Management

200

A Pesticide Formulation is made up of what two product categories?

Active Ingredients

Inactive Ingredients

300

What are the four strategies that should be considered for Integrated Pest Management? 

Biological 

Mechanical

Cultural

Chemical

400

Name three of the five steps of IPM?

1. Inspection

2. Identification

3. Plan

4. Treatment

5. Evaluate

500

List Four of the Eight reports required on an invoice

Applicator Name

Applicator License #

Pesticide EPA Number

Pesticide Common Name

Amount of Product Applied

Dilution Rate of the Product 

Location of Pesticide Application

Weather Condition

600

What are the two biggest contributors to Pesticide Resistance?

1. Using products with the same Mode of Action repeatedly without breaking them up

2. Dilution of Active Ingredient is too low when applied (usually caused by a failure to agitate your backpack or measuring product incorrectly when mixing)

Personal Safety

100

Name three ways Pesticides enter the body

Oral (Mouth)

Dermal (Skin)

Inhalation (Lungs)

200

These are used on a pesticide label to communicate a pesticides toxicity

Signal Words

300

List three of the four Signal Words

Warning - Acute Toxicity

Caution - Moderate Toxicity

Danger - High Toxicity

Poison - Extreme Toxicity

400

The amount of exposure required to kill 50% of a test group is called a Pesticides (Insert Answer)

LD50
(Lethal Dose to 50% of test subjects)

500

This is the most common type of Pesticide Exposure

Dermal

600

List the three C's of a Pesticide Spill

Control - Stop the pesticide from continuing to spill

Contain - Stop the spilled product from spreading

Clean - Use absorbant material and/or dust pans to clean up the spill site

Insects & Rodents

100

This extremely common household PNW pest is known to have multiple queens

Oderous House Ant

200

This is the defining characteristic the help identify deer mice vs. house mice

Deer mice have a defined white underside of their tail

300

What four key characteristics can be used to determine a Hobo vs. Giant House spider?

1. Hobo's cannot climb smooth surfaces

2. Hobo spiders have dark, solid colored legs

3. Hobo spiders have large "Boxing glove" pedipalps

4. Hobo's have a chevron pattern on their back

400

This rodent has a tail that extends well past it's nose, which helps to identify it against it's closest related spieces. 

Roof Rat

500

This rodent is only active above ground about 20 minutes per day.

Voles

600

This Wood Destroying Organism can remain dormant in lumber for up to 30 years before hatching.

Powder Post Beetles (Specifically Anobiid's)

Regulations

100

This agency oversees Federal Pesticide Law

EPA 

(Environmental Protection Agency)

200

Does State or Federal pesticide law take precedent?

State

300

______ is Law

Label

400

What are Restricted Use Pesticides?

Pesticides that are restricted to licensed applicators. 

500

What does a FIFRA 25B classification mean?

That a minimum risk pesticide is exempt from standard EPA regulations

(Bonus if you can name our three FIFRA 25B products)

600

At any given moment, You (as Commercial Pesticide Applicators) are subject to which regulatory agencies?

(List three of six)

1. EPA

2. State Dept of Agriculture

3. FIFRA

4. Dept of Ecology

5. Dept of Transportation 

6. OSHA