This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Pest Management > Control Strategies > Pest Management – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Pest Management Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which individual should apply pesticides in a restaurant or food service operation? A) Line cook. B) Operational director. C) Pest control operator. D) Owner / operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pest control operator. 2. What temp is the sanitizer sink set to for manual dishwashing? A) 90. B) 180. C) 110. D) 171. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 171. 3. Dodder is a plant parasite that lives on a host plant. It survives by: A) Taking nutrients from the soil. B) Taking nutrients from the host plant. C) Attracting insects to the host plant. D) Pollinating the host plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taking nutrients from the host plant. 4. A danger or threat to health that requires immediate correction or closure to prevent injury is a(n) A) Physical hazard. B) Regulatory hazard. C) Imminent health hazard. D) Critical control hazard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imminent health hazard. 5. What alternative source is acceptable if drinkable (potable) water is not available through the public water system? A) Bottled drinking water. B) Mountain strem water. C) Filtered rain water. D) Shallow well water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bottled drinking water. 6. What is one way to keep an operation pest-free? A) Deny pests access to the operation. B) Keep outdoor garbage containers open. C) Clean up food spills at the end of each shift. D) Store food and supplies one inch of the floor in storage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deny pests access to the operation. 7. Which of the following is NOT an endocrine disruptor? A) Vectorite. B) Atrazine. C) BPA. D) DDT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vectorite. 8. A hand washing station is NOT required in what areas? A) Dry storage and broom closet. B) Food preparation. C) Service. D) Ware-washing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry storage and broom closet. 9. Lighting is measured in all EXCEPT A) Foot-candles. B) Lux. C) Decibels. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decibels. 10. Who should apply pesticides? (unit 6) A) Shift manager. B) Person in charge. C) Designated pest staff member. D) Pest control operator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pest control operator. 11. Americans waste ..... % of their food A) 65+. B) 30-45. C) 25-30. D) 10-20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30-45. 12. Which of the following best describes an Endocrine Disruptor? A) A chemical that disrupts the growth and development of organisms. B) A chemical that disrupts the digestion of organisms. C) A chemical that disrupts the blow flow of an organism. D) A chemical that disrupts the bone structure of an organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A chemical that disrupts the growth and development of organisms. 13. All of the following are means of controlling plant pests EXCEPT? A) Sanitary means. B) Chemical means. C) Mechanical means. D) Biological means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanitary means. 14. When choosing floors, walls, and ceilings, pick those that are: A) Absorbent and durable. B) Smooth and durable. C) Porous and durable. D) Hard and durable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth and durable. 15. Children who live in agricultural areas where there is heavy pesticide use are likely to be exposed to pesticides A) Suspended in the air. B) Attached to dust particles. C) In the water supply. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. Select the option that is TRUE. A) Rachel Carson's book caused the government to ban pesticides. B) Rachel Carson asked for more research to be done about the harm caused by pesticides. C) Rachel Carson campaigned for pesticides to be banned because they harmed wildlife. D) Rachel Carson was a zoo keeper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rachel Carson asked for more research to be done about the harm caused by pesticides. 17. Which is NOT a requirement for a hand washing station? A) Hand sanitizer. B) Hot and cold running eater. C) Soap and disposable paper towels. D) Waste container and signage for employees to wash hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand sanitizer. 18. The main reason food handlers must not eat or drink when preparing or serving food is because A) There will be less food for customers. B) It creates an unpleasant work environment. C) Saliva may transfer to food. D) They may choke while working. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saliva may transfer to food. 19. What is sanitizing? A) Reducing the hardness of water. B) Reducing dirt from a surface. C) Reducing the pH of a surface. D) Reducing pathogens to safe levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reducing pathogens to safe levels. 20. PCO stands for ..... (unit 6) A) Pest Coordination Organization. B) Pest Control Operator. C) Pizza Control Orderer. D) Pest Condition Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pest Control Operator. 21. DDT was banned in the USA in 1972, yet it continued to be manufactured and exported for use on crops that were subsequently imported. This illustrates pesticide ..... A) Persistance. B) Bioaccumulation. C) Circle of poison. D) Drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle of poison. 22. Berikut ini Non Pestisida untuk kecoa adalah A) Bait. B) Residual treatment. C) Spot treatment. D) Sanitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanitation. 23. A manager, preparing for a large catered event, notices sewage backup in the prep area. What should the manager do? A) Clean and sanitize workstations continually and instruct all kitchen personnel to wear glvoes. B) Place a towel in the floor drain to prevent additional backup, and clean and sanitize the area. C) Contact the local regulator authority and stop food prep immediately. D) Inform the event planner and allow that person to decide what action to take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contact the local regulator authority and stop food prep immediately. 24. Which of the following statements best describes the position held by the U.S.Department of Agriculture concerning the use of pesticides in the 60s? A) Unrestricted use of pesticides is necessary to feed and clothe the world's people. B) Although pesticides are necessary, alternative chemical pesticides should be used whenever possible. C) Use of pesticides should be restricted to people who have been trained in the proper procedures. D) Pesticides are upsetting the balance of nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrestricted use of pesticides is necessary to feed and clothe the world's people. 25. After pesticides have been applied, food-contact surfaces should be A) Used only after a 20-minute wait. B) Checked with a sanitizer test kit. C) Washed, rinsed and sanitized. D) Replaced with new equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washed, rinsed and sanitized. 26. Which pest that live and breed in dark, warm, moist, and hard to clean place A) Cat. B) Rat. C) Fly. D) Cockroach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cockroach. 27. In the first chapter from Silent Spring, why are doctors in the town puzzled? A) People are reacting more violently to insect stings. B) More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses. C) More children are being born with birth defects. D) People are being attacked more often by wild animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More people are becoming sick from new kinds of illnesses. 28. Introducing a predator to feed on the plant pest describes which means of pest control? A) Chemical means. B) Sanitary means. C) Mechanical means. D) Biological means. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biological means. 29. What organization creates national standards for foodservice equipment? A) CDC. B) FDA. C) NSF. D) EPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NSF. 30. Before applying pesticides to crops, a farmer must have knowledge about all of the following except A) Days to harvest. B) Weather conditions. C) Tolerance level. D) The proper dose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tolerance level. Next →Related QuizzesPest Management QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPest Management Quiz 2Pest Management Quiz 3Pest Management Quiz 4Pest Management Quiz 5Pest Management Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books