Pesticide Applicator Right of Way
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Which of the following is not a selective, translocated herbicide? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Paraquat
Which method of pesticide application would reduce the amount of carrier required and risk of drift
when controlling brush on a hot, windy day? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Basal bark
A major factor in a successful IRVM program is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Driver safety in rural areas
The downward movement of pesticides in the soil is called: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Leaching
Which type of weed is best controlled in early bloom? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Perennial
Pesticides may move from the target area and damage the environment by: - ANSWER✔️✔️-
Drift, soil runoff or soil erosion, leaching through the soil
Basal bark applications are: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Possible throughout the year
What type of chemical resistant gloves should you use if a pesticide application will last one or two
hours? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Moderately or highly chemical resistant
Volatilization: - ANSWER✔️✔️-May occur after spray reaches the target site and usually occurs at
high temperatures
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, Growth regulator herbicides: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Rapidly degrade or are tied up in the soil
What should you do with clothing that becomes soaked with full strength concentrate pesticides? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Discard the clothing with any contaminated PPE
Which of the following are annual weeds? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Pigweed
An herbicide label calls for product to applied at 3 oz per 1000 square feet in one gallon of carrier. If
you will be spot-spraying a roadside that is roughly 40 feet wide by 1000 feet long, about how much
product will you need? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Almost one gallon
Risks involved with the use of soil sterilant include: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Movement of the pesticide
off-site into ground water
Your company is using a new herbicide for treating persistent weeds. The signal word is DANGER.
What measure should you take to minimize potential harm to yourself and coworkers? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Be familiar with the poisoning symptoms
Most exposure to pesticide concentrates occurs to this part of the applicator's body: -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Skin
Growth regulator application is most effective when applied: - ANSWER✔️✔️-In early spring
when sod has greened
Which procedures will help reduce herbicide drift: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Reducing spray pressure and
changing nozzles to a type which emits larger droplets
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
Which of the following is not a selective, translocated herbicide? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Paraquat
Which method of pesticide application would reduce the amount of carrier required and risk of drift
when controlling brush on a hot, windy day? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Basal bark
A major factor in a successful IRVM program is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Driver safety in rural areas
The downward movement of pesticides in the soil is called: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Leaching
Which type of weed is best controlled in early bloom? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Perennial
Pesticides may move from the target area and damage the environment by: - ANSWER✔️✔️-
Drift, soil runoff or soil erosion, leaching through the soil
Basal bark applications are: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Possible throughout the year
What type of chemical resistant gloves should you use if a pesticide application will last one or two
hours? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Moderately or highly chemical resistant
Volatilization: - ANSWER✔️✔️-May occur after spray reaches the target site and usually occurs at
high temperatures
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, Growth regulator herbicides: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Rapidly degrade or are tied up in the soil
What should you do with clothing that becomes soaked with full strength concentrate pesticides? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Discard the clothing with any contaminated PPE
Which of the following are annual weeds? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Pigweed
An herbicide label calls for product to applied at 3 oz per 1000 square feet in one gallon of carrier. If
you will be spot-spraying a roadside that is roughly 40 feet wide by 1000 feet long, about how much
product will you need? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Almost one gallon
Risks involved with the use of soil sterilant include: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Movement of the pesticide
off-site into ground water
Your company is using a new herbicide for treating persistent weeds. The signal word is DANGER.
What measure should you take to minimize potential harm to yourself and coworkers? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Be familiar with the poisoning symptoms
Most exposure to pesticide concentrates occurs to this part of the applicator's body: -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Skin
Growth regulator application is most effective when applied: - ANSWER✔️✔️-In early spring
when sod has greened
Which procedures will help reduce herbicide drift: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Reducing spray pressure and
changing nozzles to a type which emits larger droplets
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