KANSAS COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE EVALUATION EXAMS
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) An aquatic plant without a true stem, leaves or vascular
system is called:
a. broadleaf weed
b. annual grass
c. algae
d. fungi - ✔✔c. algae
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Controlling weeds usually involves:
a. visiting with a neighbor
b. the use of livestock to pack the soil so the seedlings can not emerge
c. taking advantage of the differences between the weeds and desired species
d. burning the soil surface with a combination of chemicals - ✔✔c. taking advantage of
the differences between the weeds and desired species
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Chemicals used to control weeds are pesticides called:
a. rodenticides
b. miticides
c. insecticides
d. herbicides - ✔✔d. herbicides
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Snails and slugs are in a group of animals called:
a. herbivores
b. carnivores
c. mollusks
d. phagaphores - ✔✔c. mollusks
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Vertebrate pest control is similar to insect control in that it
depends on:
a. seeing each pest before spraying
b. spraying only in the day time
c. proper pest identification
d. the use of a registered insecticide - ✔✔c. proper pest identification
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) The most common chemical formulation of vertebrate
poisons is:
a. baits
d. wettable powders
c. emulsifiable concentrates
d. dusts - ✔✔a. baits
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) The pesticide formulation includes:
, a. only the active ingredients
b. only the inert ingredients
c. both active and inert ingredients
d. none of the above - ✔✔c. both active and inert ingredients
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Low concentrate solutions usually contain:
a. 1% or less active ingredient
b. 2 to 5% active ingredient
c. 6 to 10% active ingredient
d. 11 to 15% active ingredient - ✔✔a. 1% or less active ingredient
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Pesticide formulations which form a gas when applied are
called:
a. aerosols
b. fumigants
c. fungicides
d. flowables - ✔✔b. fumigants
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) An advantage of pelleted formulations is:
a. drift hazard is low
b. no mixing - ready to use
c. excellent distribution due to the uniform size
d. all of the above - ✔✔d. all of the above
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) A finely ground formulation which looks like a dust, is
mixed in water but does not dissolve in the water is called:
a. sprayable concentrate
b. emulsifiable concentrate
c. soluble powder
d. wettable powder - ✔✔d. wettable powder
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Pesticides which are not compatible can:
a. cause loss of effectiveness if mixed
b. cause injury to treated surfaces, animals, plants, etc.
c. cause separation of ingredients into layers or settling out
d. all the above - ✔✔d. all the above
✔✔(Labels and Labeling) The ingredient statement on the label must list:
a. what the package is made out of
b. each active pesticide ingredient and its percentage
c. the percentage of the total that is made up by the inert ingredients
d. b and c above - ✔✔d. b and c above
✔✔(Labels and Labeling) An establishment number is needed:
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) An aquatic plant without a true stem, leaves or vascular
system is called:
a. broadleaf weed
b. annual grass
c. algae
d. fungi - ✔✔c. algae
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Controlling weeds usually involves:
a. visiting with a neighbor
b. the use of livestock to pack the soil so the seedlings can not emerge
c. taking advantage of the differences between the weeds and desired species
d. burning the soil surface with a combination of chemicals - ✔✔c. taking advantage of
the differences between the weeds and desired species
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Chemicals used to control weeds are pesticides called:
a. rodenticides
b. miticides
c. insecticides
d. herbicides - ✔✔d. herbicides
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Snails and slugs are in a group of animals called:
a. herbivores
b. carnivores
c. mollusks
d. phagaphores - ✔✔c. mollusks
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) Vertebrate pest control is similar to insect control in that it
depends on:
a. seeing each pest before spraying
b. spraying only in the day time
c. proper pest identification
d. the use of a registered insecticide - ✔✔c. proper pest identification
✔✔(Pests and Pest Control) The most common chemical formulation of vertebrate
poisons is:
a. baits
d. wettable powders
c. emulsifiable concentrates
d. dusts - ✔✔a. baits
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) The pesticide formulation includes:
, a. only the active ingredients
b. only the inert ingredients
c. both active and inert ingredients
d. none of the above - ✔✔c. both active and inert ingredients
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Low concentrate solutions usually contain:
a. 1% or less active ingredient
b. 2 to 5% active ingredient
c. 6 to 10% active ingredient
d. 11 to 15% active ingredient - ✔✔a. 1% or less active ingredient
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Pesticide formulations which form a gas when applied are
called:
a. aerosols
b. fumigants
c. fungicides
d. flowables - ✔✔b. fumigants
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) An advantage of pelleted formulations is:
a. drift hazard is low
b. no mixing - ready to use
c. excellent distribution due to the uniform size
d. all of the above - ✔✔d. all of the above
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) A finely ground formulation which looks like a dust, is
mixed in water but does not dissolve in the water is called:
a. sprayable concentrate
b. emulsifiable concentrate
c. soluble powder
d. wettable powder - ✔✔d. wettable powder
✔✔(Pesticide Formulations) Pesticides which are not compatible can:
a. cause loss of effectiveness if mixed
b. cause injury to treated surfaces, animals, plants, etc.
c. cause separation of ingredients into layers or settling out
d. all the above - ✔✔d. all the above
✔✔(Labels and Labeling) The ingredient statement on the label must list:
a. what the package is made out of
b. each active pesticide ingredient and its percentage
c. the percentage of the total that is made up by the inert ingredients
d. b and c above - ✔✔d. b and c above
✔✔(Labels and Labeling) An establishment number is needed:
