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NYSDEC Pesticide Applicators Exam
Study Guide Latest Update Graded A+
How long must you keep pesticide records in NYS? ✔✔3 Years
What is the 3 tier system? ✔✔Certified Applicator, Technician, Apprentice
EPA ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
NYSDEC ✔✔New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Lead Agency in NY)
ESA ✔✔Endangered Species Act
FIFRA ✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
SARA Title III ✔✔Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (1986). Federal mandate. Requires MSDS - material data safety sheets. All business must provide these for any hazardous materials for 1st responders. Right to know act
FDCA ✔✔Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
USDA ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture
Aquifer ✔✔A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
When should you report your pesticide applications? ✔✔Annually. By February 1st of each year.
ground water table ✔✔surface forming the irregular boundary between zone of aeration and zone of saturation; the level below which all soil is saturated
Deposit ✔✔The pesticide which is on the leaves, skin, or other surface right after application
Residue ✔✔Whatever pesticide is left on the leaves, skin or other surface long after the application was made
Evaporation ✔✔The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
Accumulative Pesticides ✔✔Pesticides that build up in the bodies of animals
Non-accumulative pesticides ✔✔The pesticides that do not build up in the body of animals or in the food chain
Photodegradation ✔✔Breakdown of chemicals by the action of sunlight.
microbial degradation ✔✔Breakdown of a chemical by microorganisms.
Chemical degradation ✔✔the breakdown of chemicals that do not involve living organisms, usually by a chemical reaction with water
Back flow prevention device ✔✔needed for all water from a center's water treatment systems it stops the water from a water treatment system from flowing back into the feed water
air gap ✔✔an air space that separates a water supply outlet from a potentially contaminated source
P100 Respirator ✔✔Filters out 99.97% of solid particles in the air
P99 Respirator ✔✔filters at least 99% of airborne particles and is strongly resistant to oil
N-Respirator ✔✔No oil is present in the air
P-Respirator ✔✔Oil is present, but follow the manufacturer's time use limitations if you want to re-use these
R-Respirator ✔✔Oil is present, but only for a single shift or 8 hours of continuous or intermittent use. Re-use beyond a single shift or 8 hours is not recommended.
How long should you flush your eyes if pesticides get in them? ✔✔Usually you will be instructed to flush out the eye with warm water. If no label is available, flush the eye with water for about 15 minutes. Then seek medical help immediately.
Insect growth regulators ✔✔disrupt the molting, maturing from pupal stage to adult, or other life processes of insects.
broad-spectrum pesticide ✔✔a pesticide that kills many different types of pests
narrow-spectrum pesticide ✔✔pesticide that kills only the organism for which it was intended and not harm any other species
Special Local Need (SLN) Registration ✔✔FIFRA section 24 (c) authorizes state lead agencies to register additional uses of federally registered pesticides (also called Special Local Needs ( SLN ) registrations or SLNs). The SLN permits distribution and use only in the registering state.
Emergency Exemption Registration ✔✔Registration that allows the sale and use of a certain pesticide product for a specific non-registered purpose during a specified period of time when there is no pesticide registered for that use.
Section 25(b) ✔✔Minimum risk pesticides and everything about them
What are the ways a pest can be resistant? ✔✔- Over use of the same pesticide
- Repeated pesticide exposure
- Pest reproduces resistant genes to offspring
Pesticide Modes of Action ✔✔What form the pesticide is in (Solid, Liquid or Gas), its active ingredient and how the pesticide works to kill the pest.
BULK PESTICIDE ✔✔A liquid pesticide that is held in an individual container with a pesticide content of 56 U.S. gallons or more, or 100 lbs. or more net dry weight, including mini-bulk pesticides unless otherwise specified
Certified applicator ✔✔A person qualified to apply or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides.
certified technician ✔✔individual must:
be at least 17 years of age at the time of application; and
have successfully completed a comprehensive 30-hour training course, approved by the department; or
have received a baccalaureate or associate degree from an accredited college or university which covers the topics listed in Section 325.18, and related categories in Sections 325.16 or 325.17; or
