TENNESSEE CAT 3 CERTIFICATION FINAL PAPER
Question and Answer 2026 | Complete Study
Guide & Review Pack | Grade A+
• What is the best way to describe a low toxicity pesticide to a customer?
-✓✓Use with caution
• What is the fine for not keeping proper records? -✓✓$1,000 (check on
this)
• Low harzardous pesticides are classified as: -✓✓General-use
pesticides
• If an owner of a cafeteria wants to spray for cockroaches in the
kitchen, what are their legal alternatives? -✓✓Hire a commercial pest
control company to control the pests
or
the owner may become certified and licensed and treat for the pest
• Which federal agency is responsible for registering and licensing
pesticide products in the U.S.? -✓✓EPA
• A _________ applicator is a certified applicator who produces a
commodity on their owned, rented leased property or is employed by an
agricultural producer: -✓✓Private
, • A pesticide applicator who wants to do custom applications of
pesticides must: -✓✓Become certified and then licensed
• How does a commercial applicator become recertified? -✓✓By
earning the designated number of recertification points
or
by taking the certification exam
• Anyone in the business of applying pesticides for a fee and holding a
charter for any category of work, except those licensed with a GRC,
WDO, BDC or FUM is required to be bonded for __________: -
✓✓$50,000
• What does the term "labeling" refer to? -✓✓The label, plus all other
information referenced on the label or received from the manufacturer
• The ______ is added to the spray water to change its pH? -✓✓Buffer
• One of the disadvantages of a(n) ________ is that it is phytotoxic to
plants. -✓✓Emulsifiable concentrate (EC)
• What is toxicity? -✓✓The capacity of a pesticide to cause injury short-
term or long-term
Question and Answer 2026 | Complete Study
Guide & Review Pack | Grade A+
• What is the best way to describe a low toxicity pesticide to a customer?
-✓✓Use with caution
• What is the fine for not keeping proper records? -✓✓$1,000 (check on
this)
• Low harzardous pesticides are classified as: -✓✓General-use
pesticides
• If an owner of a cafeteria wants to spray for cockroaches in the
kitchen, what are their legal alternatives? -✓✓Hire a commercial pest
control company to control the pests
or
the owner may become certified and licensed and treat for the pest
• Which federal agency is responsible for registering and licensing
pesticide products in the U.S.? -✓✓EPA
• A _________ applicator is a certified applicator who produces a
commodity on their owned, rented leased property or is employed by an
agricultural producer: -✓✓Private
, • A pesticide applicator who wants to do custom applications of
pesticides must: -✓✓Become certified and then licensed
• How does a commercial applicator become recertified? -✓✓By
earning the designated number of recertification points
or
by taking the certification exam
• Anyone in the business of applying pesticides for a fee and holding a
charter for any category of work, except those licensed with a GRC,
WDO, BDC or FUM is required to be bonded for __________: -
✓✓$50,000
• What does the term "labeling" refer to? -✓✓The label, plus all other
information referenced on the label or received from the manufacturer
• The ______ is added to the spray water to change its pH? -✓✓Buffer
• One of the disadvantages of a(n) ________ is that it is phytotoxic to
plants. -✓✓Emulsifiable concentrate (EC)
• What is toxicity? -✓✓The capacity of a pesticide to cause injury short-
term or long-term
