QAL - Qualified Applicator License Plant Agriculture Test Exam
2026/2027 – Comprehensive A+ Graded Practice Questions
with Answers Graded A+
Which of the following is considered a labeling booklet?
A. sales literature distributed by the pesticide registrant
B. a sample of pesticide labeling produced y the pesticide registrant
C. literature containing use and maintenance directions for application
equipment
D. a pamplet containing use directions and restrictions that is attached
to the container - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
Which two documents must Pest Control Businesses have available
when making an agricultural use application of a pesticides that
requires a permit?
A. copies of their Pest Control Business License and the applicable UC
Pest Management Guideline
,B. copies of the applicable UC Pest Management Guideline and a copy
of the current restricted material permit
C. the grower's work order and Pest Control Business license
D. copies of the written pest control recommendation or grower's work
order and the current restricted material permit - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-Ensure the state's food safety, protects the state's agriculture from
invasive species, and promotes the California agricultural industry
Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Certifies and
licenses structural pest control applicators and conducts certain types
of field enforcement of structural pest control laws and regulations.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-Borne Disease
Section - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Certifies vector control pesticides
applicators employed by a government vector control agency and
develops vector control pest control study guides.
The difference between California's laws and the Department Pesticide
Regulation's regulations is that laws are
A. Passed by CAC and regulations are passed by the California
legislature
B. Passed by the California legislature and regulations are adopted by
the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws
,C. Supplements to federal regulations
D. Adopted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out
regulations signed by the Governor - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-B
Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of California's
pesticide and pest control laws and regulations?
A. Protecting workers from pesticide exposure
B. Providing proper, safe, and effective use of pesticides
C. encouraging people to use more pesticides
D. Protecting public health - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-C
A coorperating agency that helps the DPR enfore pesticide use laws and
regulations in California is the
A. County department of health
B. State department of water resources
C. State department of labor
D. County Agricultural Commissioner - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of
the
A. Department of Pesticide Regulation
B. Office of the Governor
C. County Board of Supervisors
, D. California State Legislature - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-A
Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (3 CCR - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Lists pesticides that are deemed as "california restricted materials". In
section 6400.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Federal law that outlines the various types of pesticide product
registrations and exemptions from registrations
FIFRA - Section 3 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-General pesticide product
registration. Grants the EPA to register pesticide products with the
corresponding labeling containing basic registered uses, use directions,
requirements, and prohibitions.
FIFRA - Section 18 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Emergency exemptions from
registrations. Authorizes the EPA to allow an unregistered use of a
pesticide for a limited time if the EPA determines that emergency
conditions exist.
FIFRA - Section 24c - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Special local need registrations.
Grants states pesticide regulatory authority to issue a new use
registration for a federally registered pesticide in subsection (c).
Section 18 exemptions - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Specific
2026/2027 – Comprehensive A+ Graded Practice Questions
with Answers Graded A+
Which of the following is considered a labeling booklet?
A. sales literature distributed by the pesticide registrant
B. a sample of pesticide labeling produced y the pesticide registrant
C. literature containing use and maintenance directions for application
equipment
D. a pamplet containing use directions and restrictions that is attached
to the container - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
Which two documents must Pest Control Businesses have available
when making an agricultural use application of a pesticides that
requires a permit?
A. copies of their Pest Control Business License and the applicable UC
Pest Management Guideline
,B. copies of the applicable UC Pest Management Guideline and a copy
of the current restricted material permit
C. the grower's work order and Pest Control Business license
D. copies of the written pest control recommendation or grower's work
order and the current restricted material permit - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) - ✔✔ANSWER
✔✔-Ensure the state's food safety, protects the state's agriculture from
invasive species, and promotes the California agricultural industry
Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB) - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Certifies and
licenses structural pest control applicators and conducts certain types
of field enforcement of structural pest control laws and regulations.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-Borne Disease
Section - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Certifies vector control pesticides
applicators employed by a government vector control agency and
develops vector control pest control study guides.
The difference between California's laws and the Department Pesticide
Regulation's regulations is that laws are
A. Passed by CAC and regulations are passed by the California
legislature
B. Passed by the California legislature and regulations are adopted by
the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws
,C. Supplements to federal regulations
D. Adopted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out
regulations signed by the Governor - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-B
Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of California's
pesticide and pest control laws and regulations?
A. Protecting workers from pesticide exposure
B. Providing proper, safe, and effective use of pesticides
C. encouraging people to use more pesticides
D. Protecting public health - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-C
A coorperating agency that helps the DPR enfore pesticide use laws and
regulations in California is the
A. County department of health
B. State department of water resources
C. State department of labor
D. County Agricultural Commissioner - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-D
CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of
the
A. Department of Pesticide Regulation
B. Office of the Governor
C. County Board of Supervisors
, D. California State Legislature - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-A
Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (3 CCR - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Lists pesticides that are deemed as "california restricted materials". In
section 6400.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-
Federal law that outlines the various types of pesticide product
registrations and exemptions from registrations
FIFRA - Section 3 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-General pesticide product
registration. Grants the EPA to register pesticide products with the
corresponding labeling containing basic registered uses, use directions,
requirements, and prohibitions.
FIFRA - Section 18 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Emergency exemptions from
registrations. Authorizes the EPA to allow an unregistered use of a
pesticide for a limited time if the EPA determines that emergency
conditions exist.
FIFRA - Section 24c - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Special local need registrations.
Grants states pesticide regulatory authority to issue a new use
registration for a federally registered pesticide in subsection (c).
Section 18 exemptions - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-Specific
