Category B

Question 1

Pesticide laws and regulations help to:

Answer 1

Protect the environment

Question 2

Knowing the proper procedures for diluting pesticide concentrates is:

Answer 2

An EPA general standard for certified applicators.

Question 3

The format of pesticide labels is established by:

Answer 3

Federal Regulations

Question 4

Knowing how to properly handle, mix, store, and dispose of pesticides is a requirement of the:

Answer 4

Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 5

One purpose of federal pesticide regulations is to:

Answer 5

Prevent agricultural workers from handling pesticides or working in pesticide-treated areas.

Question 6

State pesticide regulatory agencies generally have the responsibility for:

Answer 6

Certifying commercial pesticide applicators.

Question 7

In addition to the actual pesticide label, which of the following is part of the pesticide labeling?

Answer 7

Worker Protection Standard provisions

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the requirements for pesticide applicator certificaiton?

Answer 8

Demonstrating safe aircraft operation.

Question 9

From the choices below, what pesticide use information found on a product label would be specific to an aerial application?

Answer 9

ASABE droplet size requirements

Question 10

Having a current Class II Medical Certificate is a requirement of the _________ for all pilots making aerial pesticide applications.

Answer 10

FAA

Question 11

The type of first aid given to a pesticide exposure victim depends on the:

Answer 11

Type of exposure

Question 12

If a person shows signs of pesticide poisoning, he or she should:

Answer 12

Receive immediate medical attention

Question 13

If a person spills liquid pesticide onto his or her arm, the amount of exposure and injury can often be reduced by:

Answer 13

Washing the exposed area with soap and water.

Question 14

During an application operation, pilots must wear the label-required personal protective equipment for pesticide handlers:

Answer 14

While making nozzle adjustments

Question 15

First-aid instructions to use for pesticide exposure is found on:

Answer 15

Pesticide labels

Question 16

An up-to-date Standard Operating Procedures (SO) document is useful to ground crew members especially when:

Answer 16

The communication channel with the pilot is lost.

Question 17

For protection of the surrounding community, a good reason for securing pesticide application aircraft and other equipment when not in use is to:

Answer 17

Prevent intruder access to the equipment

Question 18

At a minimum, the training that ground crews must receive as pesticide handler is required to be performed:

Answer 18

Every five years, before performing handling activities.

Question 19

Chances of pesticide exposure greatly increase if a pesticide handler fails to:

Answer 19

Wear the required personal protective equipment.

Question 20

Good communication with the ground crew before and during application operation may result in:

Answer 20

Fewer job delays

Question 21

Managing off-target pesticide drift during an aerial application is:

Answer 21

The pilots responsiblity.

Question 22

Off-target pesticide drift is the offsite movement of the pesticide that occurs:

Answer 22

At the time of pesticide application or soon thereafter.

Question 23

The color code for nozzle that produces spray droplets in the extra fine category is:

Answer 23

Purple

Question 24

Generally, the optimum time for making an aerial application of a liquid when droplet evaporation is a concern is:

Answer 24

early morning

Question 25

Which of the following factors has NO effect on off-target pesticide drift?

Answer 25

Constant 3 mph wind

Question 26

Wider-angle spray nozzles usually produce ____________ droplets than narrower spray nozzles.

Answer 26

Finer

Question 27

The most effective boom lengths for reducing the amount of drift are:

Answer 27

75% of the wingspan or the rotor span.

Question 28

Aside from the external factors, the most important factors affecting off-target drift are:

Answer 28

The size of the spray droplets and the percentage of droplets within a certain size range.

Question 29

Driftable fines are droplets in the size range of:

Answer 29

50-200 microns

Question 30

The droplet size at which spray drift becomes a concern is:

Answer 30

200 microns and below

Question 31

Aircraft suitable for aerial application of pesticides must be:

Answer 31

Able to lift, transport, and disperse pesticides safely.

Question 32

One of the reasons for an adequate vent in the aircraft pesticide tank is to:

Answer 32

Prevent a vacuum from altering the normal flow of liquid.

Question 33

The purpose of baffles inside a liquid spray tank is to:

Answer 33

Reduce sloshing of the liquid during flight

Question 34

Hydraulic agitation of the mixture in the aircraft spray tank requires:

Answer 34

Sufficient pump output capacity

Question 35

A proper functioning positive cutoff valve with a suck-back feature will supply ___________ pressure to the boom and nozzles when the spray flow is stopped.

Answer 35

High Positive

Question 36

The purpose of bleed valves at the ends of the spray boom is to:

Answer 36

Prevent pressure from building up from trapped air when the spray valve is open

Question 37

To accommodate for the influence of prop wash on spray pattern, it is necessary to:

Answer 37

Reposition the nozzles on the spray boom

Question 38

The advantage of an electronic sprayer volume controller is that it:

Answer 38

reduces or increase the spray output as airspeed changes

Question 39

Ram-air spreaders can:

Answer 39

Compromise fixed wing aircraft performance

Question 40

The purpose of adjusting ram-air spreader vanes is to:

Answer 40

Improve the granule distribution pattern

Question 41

The purpose of calibration is to:

Answer 41

Apply the correct amount of pesticide

Question 42

Applying a pesticide at a rate that is higher than the pesticide label rate is:

Answer 42

Illegal

Question 43

Increasing airspeed without changing the spray output will result in:

Answer 43

Less pesticide active ingredient applied per acre

Question 44

If 1700 ounces of material is collected from nozzles on a helicopter spray boom in 90 seconds, what is the total flow volume in gallons per minute?

Answer 44

8.85

Question 45

An aircraft spraying system has an output volume of 8 gallons per minute. How many gallons are sprayed per mile when the aircraft travels at 130 miles per hour?

Answer 45

3.7

Question 46

An effective swath width is the:

Answer 46

Width of a single pass that includes portions of overlaps from other passes.

Question 47

An aircraft sprays 20.2 gallons per minute. How many minutes of spraying time are needed to spray out 147 gallons of spray mixture?

Answer 47

7.3

Question 48

Given an application rate of 11.3 gallons per acre, how many acres can be sprayed with 147 gallons of spray mixture?

Answer 48

13

Question 49

If an aircraft treats 14 acres per tank of spray mixture, how many pints of pesticide liquid should be put into the spray tank to apply at a volume of 1.5 pints per acre?

Answer 49

21

Question 50

How many acres are in a rectangular field that measures 620 ft by 1280 ft?

Answer 50

18.2

Question 51

The last application flight of the day:

Answer 51

Requires the same attention as eery other flight.

Question 52

Varying the application speed without changing flow volume during an application will:

Answer 52

Result in uneven coverage

Question 53

The application pattern that helps to avoid flying through spray from a previous swath is the:

Answer 53

Race track pattern

Question 54

Ferrying flights must be made at an altitude of at least:

Answer 54

500 ft

Question 55

Ferrying flight that pass over areas where people live or work should:

Answer 55

Be varied by 1/8 to 1/4 mile for each trip

Question 56

Breaks seen in the normal cultivation patterns of a field may alert the pilot to:

Answer 56

Hidden Hazards

Question 57

Too wide or too narrow overlapping of spray passes will result in:

Answer 57

Uneven application patterns

Question 58

To avoid the adverse effect of headwinds or tailwinds on an application volume, you should fly:

Answer 58

Crosswind or 45 degrees to the crosswind.

Question 59

Which of the following would have little effect on the safety and effectiveness of an application if changes occur during the operation?

Answer 59

Moving the operation to a different mixing-loading location.

Question 60

The problem with flying to low when making a granule application is that:

Answer 60

Granules are still moving horizontally at lower heights