MDARD COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔"Fluridone" is an example of what kind of pesticide name? - ✔✔Common name
✔✔RUP stands for - ✔✔Restricted use pesticide
✔✔"Sensitization" is another term for - ✔✔Allergic effects
✔✔Roller pump capacity, speed, max pressure, spray material - ✔✔0-35 gpm, 600-
2600 rpm, 300 psi, Nonabrasive
✔✔Hazard = _______ x_______ - ✔✔Toxicity, exposure
✔✔4 types of exposure - ✔✔1. Dermal
2. Oral
3. Inhalation
4. Ocular
✔✔__________ exposure accounts for more than 80% of pesticide poisoning cases -
✔✔Dermal
✔✔True or false: You must wear the recommended garments, but it's ok to wear more. -
✔✔True
✔✔What to do if a spill occurs (4) - ✔✔1. Secure the area, keep people at a safe
distance
2. Put on safety equipment
3. If possible, stop the leak
4. Notify the fire department
✔✔What is the primary means of communication between pesticide manufacturers and
pesticide users? - ✔✔The product label
✔✔List the signal words found on pesticide labels (4) - ✔✔1. Caution
2. Warning
3. Danger
4. Danger: Poison
✔✔Which signal word is associated with a skull and crossbones? - ✔✔Danger: poison
✔✔Pesticides should not be used:
a. At less than label rates
b. At longer intervals than stated on the label
,c. At rates higher than directed by the label
d. None of the above - ✔✔c. At rates higher than directed by the label
✔✔True or False: Mixing two or more pesticides is considered consistent with the label.
- ✔✔True, unless the label prohibits the mixing.
✔✔Minimum protective garments for pesticides labeled "Caution" (4) - ✔✔1. Long pants
2. Long-sleeved shirt / coveralls
3. Gloves
4. Socks and footwear
✔✔What is the goal of IPM? - ✔✔To reduce pest impacts to an acceptable level.
✔✔Typical components of an IPM program (5) - ✔✔1. Site evaluation
2. Pest identification
3. Economic, aesthetic and recreational significance
4. Selection and use of mgmt methods
5. Evaluation of mgmt methods used
✔✔When should monitoring of a site be done? - ✔✔Throughout the year
✔✔Pest mgmt action threshold - ✔✔The level at which pest mgmt actions take place
✔✔The dominant pest the aquatic pest manager faces is _____ - ✔✔weeds
✔✔List 4 site characteristics that are important to take note of when monitoring aquatic
areas - ✔✔1. Location of the body of water and water uses
2. History of water uses
3. Desired goals
4. Water quality, fertility, pH, temp, hardness, etc.
5. Inflowing and outflowing water rates
6. Fish species present and info
7. Diversity of birds and animals, including bottom-dwelling organisms
8. Aquatic vegetation
9. Bottom characteristics
10. Appearance of water's edge
11. Surrounding development and activity
✔✔Photic zone - ✔✔The portion of a body of water in which enough light can penetrate
to support plant growth
✔✔Water hardness - ✔✔Measure of dissolved Ca, Fe, Mg and Sr
, ✔✔Soft water has ________ light penetration than harder water - ✔✔lower (softer =
less Ca and Mg to bind to particles and settle)
✔✔Hardness is usually expressed in - ✔✔Ppm of calcium carbonate
✔✔The major nutrient of concern in lake deterioration is _________ found in
_________ and _________ - ✔✔Phosphorus, most fertilizers, organic wastes
✔✔Free-floating algae is also known as - ✔✔Phytoplankton
✔✔Nutrients can exist in ______ and _______ - ✔✔water, sediment
✔✔D.O. - ✔✔Dissolved oxygen
✔✔When do most aquatic plants grow best? - ✔✔Late spring-early summer
✔✔The bottom of the photic zone is defined as - ✔✔The depth at which light intensity is
equivalent to one percent of full sunlight
✔✔Dominant fish species in waters where phytoplankton and rooted plant production
are high - ✔✔Bass, bluegill, pike
✔✔Dominant fish species in waters where phytoplankton and rooted plant production
are low - ✔✔Trout, salmon
✔✔Temperature is an important factor in determining what characteristics of aquatic
plants? - ✔✔Life cycle
✔✔How do algae reproduce? (3) - ✔✔1. Cell division
2. Plant fragmentation
3. Spores
✔✔Individual algae cells that are suspended on the surface of the water or form a film -
✔✔Planktonic algae
✔✔Large amounts of decomposing plants can ___________ the dissolved oxygen level
in a body of water - ✔✔lower
✔✔Groups of filamentous algae (2) - ✔✔1. Attached
2. Planktonic (free-floating)
✔✔Algae that form dense mats and have a slimy or coarse texture - ✔✔Filamentous
algae
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔"Fluridone" is an example of what kind of pesticide name? - ✔✔Common name
✔✔RUP stands for - ✔✔Restricted use pesticide
✔✔"Sensitization" is another term for - ✔✔Allergic effects
✔✔Roller pump capacity, speed, max pressure, spray material - ✔✔0-35 gpm, 600-
2600 rpm, 300 psi, Nonabrasive
✔✔Hazard = _______ x_______ - ✔✔Toxicity, exposure
✔✔4 types of exposure - ✔✔1. Dermal
2. Oral
3. Inhalation
4. Ocular
✔✔__________ exposure accounts for more than 80% of pesticide poisoning cases -
✔✔Dermal
✔✔True or false: You must wear the recommended garments, but it's ok to wear more. -
✔✔True
✔✔What to do if a spill occurs (4) - ✔✔1. Secure the area, keep people at a safe
distance
2. Put on safety equipment
3. If possible, stop the leak
4. Notify the fire department
✔✔What is the primary means of communication between pesticide manufacturers and
pesticide users? - ✔✔The product label
✔✔List the signal words found on pesticide labels (4) - ✔✔1. Caution
2. Warning
3. Danger
4. Danger: Poison
✔✔Which signal word is associated with a skull and crossbones? - ✔✔Danger: poison
✔✔Pesticides should not be used:
a. At less than label rates
b. At longer intervals than stated on the label
,c. At rates higher than directed by the label
d. None of the above - ✔✔c. At rates higher than directed by the label
✔✔True or False: Mixing two or more pesticides is considered consistent with the label.
- ✔✔True, unless the label prohibits the mixing.
✔✔Minimum protective garments for pesticides labeled "Caution" (4) - ✔✔1. Long pants
2. Long-sleeved shirt / coveralls
3. Gloves
4. Socks and footwear
✔✔What is the goal of IPM? - ✔✔To reduce pest impacts to an acceptable level.
✔✔Typical components of an IPM program (5) - ✔✔1. Site evaluation
2. Pest identification
3. Economic, aesthetic and recreational significance
4. Selection and use of mgmt methods
5. Evaluation of mgmt methods used
✔✔When should monitoring of a site be done? - ✔✔Throughout the year
✔✔Pest mgmt action threshold - ✔✔The level at which pest mgmt actions take place
✔✔The dominant pest the aquatic pest manager faces is _____ - ✔✔weeds
✔✔List 4 site characteristics that are important to take note of when monitoring aquatic
areas - ✔✔1. Location of the body of water and water uses
2. History of water uses
3. Desired goals
4. Water quality, fertility, pH, temp, hardness, etc.
5. Inflowing and outflowing water rates
6. Fish species present and info
7. Diversity of birds and animals, including bottom-dwelling organisms
8. Aquatic vegetation
9. Bottom characteristics
10. Appearance of water's edge
11. Surrounding development and activity
✔✔Photic zone - ✔✔The portion of a body of water in which enough light can penetrate
to support plant growth
✔✔Water hardness - ✔✔Measure of dissolved Ca, Fe, Mg and Sr
, ✔✔Soft water has ________ light penetration than harder water - ✔✔lower (softer =
less Ca and Mg to bind to particles and settle)
✔✔Hardness is usually expressed in - ✔✔Ppm of calcium carbonate
✔✔The major nutrient of concern in lake deterioration is _________ found in
_________ and _________ - ✔✔Phosphorus, most fertilizers, organic wastes
✔✔Free-floating algae is also known as - ✔✔Phytoplankton
✔✔Nutrients can exist in ______ and _______ - ✔✔water, sediment
✔✔D.O. - ✔✔Dissolved oxygen
✔✔When do most aquatic plants grow best? - ✔✔Late spring-early summer
✔✔The bottom of the photic zone is defined as - ✔✔The depth at which light intensity is
equivalent to one percent of full sunlight
✔✔Dominant fish species in waters where phytoplankton and rooted plant production
are high - ✔✔Bass, bluegill, pike
✔✔Dominant fish species in waters where phytoplankton and rooted plant production
are low - ✔✔Trout, salmon
✔✔Temperature is an important factor in determining what characteristics of aquatic
plants? - ✔✔Life cycle
✔✔How do algae reproduce? (3) - ✔✔1. Cell division
2. Plant fragmentation
3. Spores
✔✔Individual algae cells that are suspended on the surface of the water or form a film -
✔✔Planktonic algae
✔✔Large amounts of decomposing plants can ___________ the dissolved oxygen level
in a body of water - ✔✔lower
✔✔Groups of filamentous algae (2) - ✔✔1. Attached
2. Planktonic (free-floating)
✔✔Algae that form dense mats and have a slimy or coarse texture - ✔✔Filamentous
algae
