NYSDEC PESTICIDE APPLICATORS FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Cholinesterase - ✔✔enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also
triggers muscle contraction
✔✔How do carbamates and organophosphates affect Cholinesterase? - ✔✔Exposure
to carbamate and organophosphate pesticides inhibits cholinesterase, resulting in
continual overexcitation of nerve-to-nerve and nerve-to-muscle communication.
✔✔cultural control - ✔✔practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal, and survival. For example, changing irrigation practices can reduce pest
problems, since too much water can increase root disease and weeds.
✔✔biological control - ✔✔the intentional release of a natural enemy to attack a pest
population
✔✔ How long must you keep pesticide records in NYS? - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔What is the 3 tier system? - ✔✔Certified Applicator, Technician, Apprentice
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔NYSDEC - ✔✔New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Lead
Agency in NY)
✔✔ESA - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
✔✔SARA Title III - ✔✔Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (1986). Federal
mandate. Requires MSDS - material data safety sheets. All business must provide
these for any hazardous materials for 1st responders. Right to know act
✔✔FDCA - ✔✔Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
✔✔USDA - ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture
✔✔Aquifer - ✔✔A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow
of groundwater.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Cholinesterase - ✔✔enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔A neurotransmitter that enables learning and memory and also
triggers muscle contraction
✔✔How do carbamates and organophosphates affect Cholinesterase? - ✔✔Exposure
to carbamate and organophosphate pesticides inhibits cholinesterase, resulting in
continual overexcitation of nerve-to-nerve and nerve-to-muscle communication.
✔✔cultural control - ✔✔practices that reduce pest establishment, reproduction,
dispersal, and survival. For example, changing irrigation practices can reduce pest
problems, since too much water can increase root disease and weeds.
✔✔biological control - ✔✔the intentional release of a natural enemy to attack a pest
population
✔✔ How long must you keep pesticide records in NYS? - ✔✔3 Years
✔✔What is the 3 tier system? - ✔✔Certified Applicator, Technician, Apprentice
✔✔EPA - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔NYSDEC - ✔✔New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Lead
Agency in NY)
✔✔ESA - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
✔✔FIFRA - ✔✔Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
✔✔SARA Title III - ✔✔Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (1986). Federal
mandate. Requires MSDS - material data safety sheets. All business must provide
these for any hazardous materials for 1st responders. Right to know act
✔✔FDCA - ✔✔Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
✔✔USDA - ✔✔United States Department of Agriculture
✔✔Aquifer - ✔✔A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow
of groundwater.
