Pesticide Quizzes & Trivia

Many consumers are aware that conventionally farmed fruits and vegetables are sprayed with pesticides to thwart critters, but do you know how many of those harmful chemicals remain after your food leaves the field?

Blueberries are full of vitamins and antioxidants, but domestic blueberries have tested positive for 42 different pesticide residues. Pesticides are substances meant for destroying by attracting, seducing, or mitigating pests, not food.

Take these quizzes and find out what exactly you are serving on your plate. Questions range from: “How can pesticides be used safely?”, “How can people reduce the need to use pesticides around the home?”, to “What are the safe measures to dispose of pesticides?”, and “Does a pesticide maintain a registration status indecently?”.

This is a Pesticide Applicator License Exam Practice Quiz! Pests are very well known to destroy crops, sometimes they destroy the whole plantation. Following this problem, Pesticide Applicators have been in demand more than ever...

Questions: 69 | Attempts: 48053 | Last updated: Sep 1, 2020

Sample Question
Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area is an example of which type of pest management method?

Biological control

Mechanical control

Chemical control

Pesticide Applicator Certification Practice - C3

Questions: 119 | Attempts: 3497 | Last updated: Dec 29, 2020

Sample Question
In order to buy a restricted use pesticide in Tennessee, an individual must:

Be 16 years of age

Be certified by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as a pesticide applicator

Working under the supervision of a certified applicator

Meet all the safety standards

4.6 Pesticides & Fertilizers

Environmental Science Unit 4: Land Use & Human Impact 4.4 I can explain the benefits and environmental impacts of pesticide and fertilizer use.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 2740 | Last updated: Sep 2, 2020

Sample Question
Farmers use pesticides because they

Add nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus, to the soil.

Make crops resistant to harmful bugs.

Provide a rich water supply to the crops.

Kill unwanted organisms that destroy crops.

4.6 Pesticides & Fertilizers*

Environmental Science Unit 4: Land Use & Human Impact 4.4 I can explain the benefits and environmental impacts of pesticide and fertilizer use.

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 1011 | Last updated: Jul 27, 2017

Sample Question
Farmers use pesticides because they

Add nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorus, to the soil.

Provide a rich water supply to the crops.

Kill unwanted bugs and weeds that destroy their crops.

Guess The Country?

Guess which foreign pesticide corporations are currently doing business in the United States. Match the Company with the country.

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 297 | Last updated: Jan 11, 2013

Sample Question
Arysta Lifescience

Canada

Japan

Switzerland

USA

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Pesticide Questions & Answers

Which type of pest management method prevent pests from getting into an area?

Often times, bugs and other critters may infiltrate you home or farmland which can cause you problems. If it is just one or two bugs that come into your home, you can use a simple bug spray that you can purchase at the grocery store. Then spray it o

Why do spraying pests with large amounts of pesticides becomes ineffective over time?

Pests with a natural resistance to the pesticide survive and reproduce, producing more resistant pests in the next generation.

How is pest control beneficial?

Pest control in the house is very important. There are different types of pests that can enter your house and be so comfortable that they would decide to stay, but that's not good for you. Pests can be rats (which are disease carriers and it's pretty

Which type of pesticide application procedure involves the uniform application of a pesticide to an entire area or field?

Broadcast application