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?”.

Pesticide Applicator License Quiz!

Pests are very well known to destroy crops, sometimes they destroy the whole plantation. Following this problem, Pesticide Applicators has been in demand more than ever as the farmers are responsible for all we eat each year,...

Questions: 69 | Attempts: 16311 | Last updated: Oct 16, 2019

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

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: 597 | Last updated: Jul 27, 2017

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: 163 | 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: 42 | Last updated: Jan 11, 2013

Sample Question
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Canada

Japan

Switzerland

USA

Pesticide Applicator Certification Practice - C3

Questions: 119 | Attempts: 26 | Last updated: Dec 4, 2014

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

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Pesticide Questions & Answers

Which type of pest management method is this? Using barriers to prevent pests from getting into an area.

Chemical control because you can spray it in assigned locations to create a barrier

Which statement is true about groundwater or surface water contaminated by pesticides?

B is the correct answer to this question. Surface runoff is from rain, water, snow, or any that is flowing on the ground surface. When, for example, a farm has been applied pesticide on its vegetation, when rain occurs, the pesticide will flow to oth

What is the examination fee for a commercial applicator?

The exam fee for a commercial category is $15, and must be prepared two weeks in advance of the exam date.

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