NJ PESTICIDE CORE APPLICATOR TEST SCRIPT
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET FULL
PRACTICE SET 300
◉ Companies that contract out their services for compensation must
be registered as a
A) pesticide operation
B) pesticide applicator business
C) pesticide dealer.
Answer: B) pesticide applicator business
◉ What is required before any commercial applications of pesticides
are made for household pest control?
A) notification of persons
B) a detailed bill
C) none of the above.
Answer: A) notification of persons
,◉ Persons applying pesticides under the direct supervision of a
Commercial Pesticide Applicator who is not physically present on
the application site must be registered as a pesticide
A) dealer
B) operator
C) technician.
Answer: B) operator
◉ Records of application must be kept for a minimum of
A) 5 years for termites and 3 years for other Commercial Applicators
B) 4 years
C) 1 Year.
Answer: A) 5 years for termites and 3 years for other Commercial
Applicators
◉ An inventory list of pesticides likely to be in storage must be.
A) kept in a. storage. area
B) updated every 2 years
C) forwarded to the local fire department.
,Answer: C) forwarded to the local fire department
◉ What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency
mandated to regulate pesticides?.
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
◉ What is the full name and acronym for the law EPA uses to
manage pesticides?.
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - FIFRA
◉ What are regulations?.
Answer: Regulations are interpretations of the law and have the
force of law.
◉ Define Reentry Time.
Answer: Reentry Time is the time immediately following application
of a pesticide to a treated area when unprotected workers may not
enter
◉ Which federal agency sets food tolerances for pesticides? Which
federal agency enforces these tolerances?.
Answer: EPA Sets food Tolerances; FDA enforces food tolerances
, ◉ FIFRA allows states to establish standards. What kind of
standards?.
Answer: More strict
◉ What is the purpose of the tolerance program?.
Answer: The Tolerance program is to ensure that US consumers are
not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels.
◉ The regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act have
contained 49 CF. What do these regulations do?.
Answer: Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of th
Interior
◉ Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered
species from pesticides?.
Answer: You, the applicator
◉ The inherent ability of a pesticide to cause injury or poison
organisms is called
A) danger
B) toxicity
C) hazard
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY SHEET FULL
PRACTICE SET 300
◉ Companies that contract out their services for compensation must
be registered as a
A) pesticide operation
B) pesticide applicator business
C) pesticide dealer.
Answer: B) pesticide applicator business
◉ What is required before any commercial applications of pesticides
are made for household pest control?
A) notification of persons
B) a detailed bill
C) none of the above.
Answer: A) notification of persons
,◉ Persons applying pesticides under the direct supervision of a
Commercial Pesticide Applicator who is not physically present on
the application site must be registered as a pesticide
A) dealer
B) operator
C) technician.
Answer: B) operator
◉ Records of application must be kept for a minimum of
A) 5 years for termites and 3 years for other Commercial Applicators
B) 4 years
C) 1 Year.
Answer: A) 5 years for termites and 3 years for other Commercial
Applicators
◉ An inventory list of pesticides likely to be in storage must be.
A) kept in a. storage. area
B) updated every 2 years
C) forwarded to the local fire department.
,Answer: C) forwarded to the local fire department
◉ What is the full name and acronym of the federal agency
mandated to regulate pesticides?.
Answer: Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
◉ What is the full name and acronym for the law EPA uses to
manage pesticides?.
Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act - FIFRA
◉ What are regulations?.
Answer: Regulations are interpretations of the law and have the
force of law.
◉ Define Reentry Time.
Answer: Reentry Time is the time immediately following application
of a pesticide to a treated area when unprotected workers may not
enter
◉ Which federal agency sets food tolerances for pesticides? Which
federal agency enforces these tolerances?.
Answer: EPA Sets food Tolerances; FDA enforces food tolerances
, ◉ FIFRA allows states to establish standards. What kind of
standards?.
Answer: More strict
◉ What is the purpose of the tolerance program?.
Answer: The Tolerance program is to ensure that US consumers are
not exposed to unsafe food pesticide residue levels.
◉ The regulations interpreting the Transportation Safety Act have
contained 49 CF. What do these regulations do?.
Answer: Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) of the Department of th
Interior
◉ Who ultimately bears the responsibility of protecting endangered
species from pesticides?.
Answer: You, the applicator
◉ The inherent ability of a pesticide to cause injury or poison
organisms is called
A) danger
B) toxicity
C) hazard
