MASSACHUSETTS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● What is a private applicator?
Answer: An individual who applies or supervises the use of restricted
use pesticides on property owned or rented by themselves or their
employer.
●● What defines a commercial applicator?
Answer: Anyone applying pesticides for hire or at a business.
●● Which of the following is not a category of commercial application?
Answer: Hospital application.
●● What does the Commercial Applicator License allow?
Answer: Application on property of another for hire or as part of job
duties on employer's property.
●● What is required to obtain a Dealer License?
Answer: Selling restricted use pesticides.
,●● What does Private Certification allow?
Answer: To apply restricted use pesticides on one's own property or
employer's property to raise agricultural commodities.
●● What is the requirement for Commercial Certification?
Answer: To apply restricted use pesticides on property of another for
hire.
●● When can you start using pesticides after passing the state exam?
Answer: Once you submit the application, fee, and proof of insurance.
●● Where must you carry your pesticide license?
Answer: At all times when using pesticides.
●● How many credit hours are required for a commercial certification
every 3 years?
Answer: 12 credit hours.
●● Do licenses renew every three years?
Answer: True.
●● How many credit hours do applicators license holders need every 3
years?
, Answer: 12 credit hours.
●● How many credit hours are required for Dealer License holders
every 3 years?
Answer: 2 credit hours.
●● How many credit hours do Private Certification holders need every 3
years?
Answer: 6 credit hours.
●● What are the insurance requirements for a Licensed Commercial
Applicator?
Answer: Bodily Injury $100,000 occurrence / $300,000 aggregate and
Property Damage $100,000 each occurrence.
●● What federal agency regulates pesticides?
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
●● What law does the EPA use to manage pesticides?
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
●● What must the EPA do before a pesticide can be marketed in the US?
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM STUDY GUIDE
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● What is a private applicator?
Answer: An individual who applies or supervises the use of restricted
use pesticides on property owned or rented by themselves or their
employer.
●● What defines a commercial applicator?
Answer: Anyone applying pesticides for hire or at a business.
●● Which of the following is not a category of commercial application?
Answer: Hospital application.
●● What does the Commercial Applicator License allow?
Answer: Application on property of another for hire or as part of job
duties on employer's property.
●● What is required to obtain a Dealer License?
Answer: Selling restricted use pesticides.
,●● What does Private Certification allow?
Answer: To apply restricted use pesticides on one's own property or
employer's property to raise agricultural commodities.
●● What is the requirement for Commercial Certification?
Answer: To apply restricted use pesticides on property of another for
hire.
●● When can you start using pesticides after passing the state exam?
Answer: Once you submit the application, fee, and proof of insurance.
●● Where must you carry your pesticide license?
Answer: At all times when using pesticides.
●● How many credit hours are required for a commercial certification
every 3 years?
Answer: 12 credit hours.
●● Do licenses renew every three years?
Answer: True.
●● How many credit hours do applicators license holders need every 3
years?
, Answer: 12 credit hours.
●● How many credit hours are required for Dealer License holders
every 3 years?
Answer: 2 credit hours.
●● How many credit hours do Private Certification holders need every 3
years?
Answer: 6 credit hours.
●● What are the insurance requirements for a Licensed Commercial
Applicator?
Answer: Bodily Injury $100,000 occurrence / $300,000 aggregate and
Property Damage $100,000 each occurrence.
●● What federal agency regulates pesticides?
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
●● What law does the EPA use to manage pesticides?
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
●● What must the EPA do before a pesticide can be marketed in the US?
