NATIONAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL EXAMS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ EPA Reg No. 3120-280-1492
What number identifies the distributor? Answer: 1492
◉ What must also appear on the pesticide label to identify the
facility that produced the product? Answer: EPA establishment
number
◉ Most pesticide lables must include a ______. This important
designation gives the user an indication of the relative acute toxicity
of the product to humans and animals? Answer: signal word
◉ What signal word indicate products that are highly toxic by any
route of entry into the body. They can cause death in very low doses.
Answer: Danger-Poison
◉ What signal word indicate products that can cause severe eye
damage or skin irritation? Answer: Danger
,◉ What signal word indicate that the product is moderately toxic
either orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes moderate
eye and skin irritation? Answer: Warning
◉ What signal word signals that the product is slightly toxic either
orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes slight eye and skin
irritation? Answer: Caution
◉ What appears on all pesticide labels that contain additional
statements to help applicators decide what precautions to take to
protect themselves, their employees, and other persons (or animals)
that could be exposed? Answer: Precautionary statements
◉ What typical label statements include:
Fatal if swallowed.
Poisonous if inhaled.
Extremely hazardous by skin contact-rapidly absorbed through skin
Corrosive-causes eye damage and severe skin burns. Answer:
Danger
◉ What typical label statements include:
Harmful if swallowed
May be harmful if inhaled
May irritate eyes, nose, throat, and skin. Answer: Caution
,◉ What typical lable statements include:
Harmful or fatal if swallowed.
Harmful or fatal if absorbed throught the skin.
Harmful or fatal if inhaled.
Causes skin and eye irritation. Answer: Warning
◉ What part of the label lists first-aid treatments recommended in
case of poisoning or accidental exposure and some warning and
caution labels contain a note to physicians describing the
appropriate medical procedures and antidotes for poisoning
emergencies? Answer: Statement of Practical Treatment
◉ What section of the label describes any special fire, explosion, or
chemical hazards the product may pose? Answer: Physical or
Chemical Hazards
◉ What section on the label is found only on product labels that are
covered by the EPA Worker Protection Standard (WPS)? Answer:
Agricultural use requirments
◉ What phrase specifies how much time must pass between the
application of a pesticide and the reentry of unprotected workers
into a treated area. Answer: restricted-entry interval (REI)
, ◉ What are very useful documents for learning about specific
chemical and physical properties of pesticides or other potentially
hazrdous substances. It also provides detailed information about the
product's composition, physical and chemical properties and
hazards, toxicological and eecological information, and first-aid
procedures? Answer: Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
◉ Chemical product identification, physical and chemical properties,
fire and explosion hazards, toxicological information/human health
data, cholinesterase inhibiton, regulatory levels and classification,
personal protection recommedations, and additinal infrmation are
provided on what document? Answer: Material safety data sheets
(MSDS)
◉ What ingredients do not possess pesticidal activity and are added
to serve as a carrier for the active ingredient? Answer: Inert
ingredients
◉ What is the mixture of active and inert ingredients called?
Answer: Pesticide formulation
◉ WP is the abbrerviation for what formulation? Answer: Wettable
Powder
CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL EXAMS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST 2026
◉ EPA Reg No. 3120-280-1492
What number identifies the distributor? Answer: 1492
◉ What must also appear on the pesticide label to identify the
facility that produced the product? Answer: EPA establishment
number
◉ Most pesticide lables must include a ______. This important
designation gives the user an indication of the relative acute toxicity
of the product to humans and animals? Answer: signal word
◉ What signal word indicate products that are highly toxic by any
route of entry into the body. They can cause death in very low doses.
Answer: Danger-Poison
◉ What signal word indicate products that can cause severe eye
damage or skin irritation? Answer: Danger
,◉ What signal word indicate that the product is moderately toxic
either orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes moderate
eye and skin irritation? Answer: Warning
◉ What signal word signals that the product is slightly toxic either
orally, dermally, or through inhalation, or causes slight eye and skin
irritation? Answer: Caution
◉ What appears on all pesticide labels that contain additional
statements to help applicators decide what precautions to take to
protect themselves, their employees, and other persons (or animals)
that could be exposed? Answer: Precautionary statements
◉ What typical label statements include:
Fatal if swallowed.
Poisonous if inhaled.
Extremely hazardous by skin contact-rapidly absorbed through skin
Corrosive-causes eye damage and severe skin burns. Answer:
Danger
◉ What typical label statements include:
Harmful if swallowed
May be harmful if inhaled
May irritate eyes, nose, throat, and skin. Answer: Caution
,◉ What typical lable statements include:
Harmful or fatal if swallowed.
Harmful or fatal if absorbed throught the skin.
Harmful or fatal if inhaled.
Causes skin and eye irritation. Answer: Warning
◉ What part of the label lists first-aid treatments recommended in
case of poisoning or accidental exposure and some warning and
caution labels contain a note to physicians describing the
appropriate medical procedures and antidotes for poisoning
emergencies? Answer: Statement of Practical Treatment
◉ What section of the label describes any special fire, explosion, or
chemical hazards the product may pose? Answer: Physical or
Chemical Hazards
◉ What section on the label is found only on product labels that are
covered by the EPA Worker Protection Standard (WPS)? Answer:
Agricultural use requirments
◉ What phrase specifies how much time must pass between the
application of a pesticide and the reentry of unprotected workers
into a treated area. Answer: restricted-entry interval (REI)
, ◉ What are very useful documents for learning about specific
chemical and physical properties of pesticides or other potentially
hazrdous substances. It also provides detailed information about the
product's composition, physical and chemical properties and
hazards, toxicological and eecological information, and first-aid
procedures? Answer: Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
◉ Chemical product identification, physical and chemical properties,
fire and explosion hazards, toxicological information/human health
data, cholinesterase inhibiton, regulatory levels and classification,
personal protection recommedations, and additinal infrmation are
provided on what document? Answer: Material safety data sheets
(MSDS)
◉ What ingredients do not possess pesticidal activity and are added
to serve as a carrier for the active ingredient? Answer: Inert
ingredients
◉ What is the mixture of active and inert ingredients called?
Answer: Pesticide formulation
◉ WP is the abbrerviation for what formulation? Answer: Wettable
Powder
