NORTH CAROLINA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EVALUATION
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED
A+
✔✔if the label contained the word POISON and a skull and crossbones symbol plus the
word DANGER, how would the meaning change - ✔✔it is highly toxic by any route of
entry into the body
✔✔if someone swallows a DANGER POISON product, what first aid should be
administered - ✔✔rinse out mouth and give water in small sips
✔✔gloves made of what material should be worn with a DANGER POISON product -
✔✔barrier laminate
✔✔if you are applying NOMO'TODES close to a pond, what precautions would you
want to take to prevent drift - ✔✔use a coarse spray directed at soil
✔✔once you have applied NOMO'TODES, what are your irrigation requirements -
✔✔the total irrigation must be completed within 6 hours of the application
✔✔how would you dispose of a plastic, non-refillable container - ✔✔triple rinse, recycle
or puncture before disposal
✔✔what does the 3E stand for in the trade name - ✔✔three pounds of active ingredient
per gallon of emulsifiable concentrate
✔✔the name Sevin 5G on a pesticide label indicates - ✔✔A granular pesticide with 5
percent active ingredients
✔✔which of these formulations forms a suspension that requires constant agitation
when mixed with water?
ready to use formulation, soluble powder, solution, or wettable powder - ✔✔wettable
powder
✔✔what is a disadvantage of both EC and concentrate formulations - ✔✔solvents may
cause rubber and plastic hoses, gaskets, and pump parts and surfaces to deteriorate
✔✔which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation
exposure during mixing and loading - ✔✔water dispersible granules, or dry flowables
✔✔which type of dry/solid pesticide formulation consists of particles that are the same
weight and shape - ✔✔pellets
, ✔✔what is an advantage of microencapsulated materials - ✔✔delayed or slow release
of the active ingredient prolongs their effectiveness
✔✔what types of adjuvant function as wetting agents and spreaders s - ✔✔surfactants
✔✔temperature inversion - ✔✔cooler air at ground level is trapped by warmer air above,
so air moves sideways, but not vertically. can result in drift
✔✔vapor drift - ✔✔movement of pesticides as gaseous vapors
✔✔non point source water pollution - ✔✔when pesticides move into waterways or
groundwater following applications to a broad area
✔✔the boundary between the saturated zone and the overlying unsaturated rock and
soil - ✔✔water table
✔✔aquifer - ✔✔the layer from which groundwater can be drawn from
✔✔what characteristic of a pesticide makes it likely to move with water in surface runoff
- ✔✔high solubility
✔✔pesticides that dissolve and leach through the soil after a rainfall - ✔✔example of
non point source pollution
✔✔sandy soil, low in organic matter, where groundwater is shallow, would be likely to
experience - ✔✔leaching
✔✔what two factors are most important in reducing spray drift - ✔✔droplet size and
wind conditions
✔✔what two factors are most important in relation to vapor drift - ✔✔temperature and
pesticide volatility
✔✔applying pesticides in the evening or during early morning is ________ -
✔✔recommended to protect bees from pesticide injury
✔✔the capacity of a pesticide to cause short term or long term injury is referred to as -
✔✔toxicity
✔✔what is the first thing you should do to help a victim of inhalation exposure - ✔✔get
the victim to fresh air
✔✔lack of sweat is a symptom of - ✔✔heat stroke
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2025/2026 GRADED
A+
✔✔if the label contained the word POISON and a skull and crossbones symbol plus the
word DANGER, how would the meaning change - ✔✔it is highly toxic by any route of
entry into the body
✔✔if someone swallows a DANGER POISON product, what first aid should be
administered - ✔✔rinse out mouth and give water in small sips
✔✔gloves made of what material should be worn with a DANGER POISON product -
✔✔barrier laminate
✔✔if you are applying NOMO'TODES close to a pond, what precautions would you
want to take to prevent drift - ✔✔use a coarse spray directed at soil
✔✔once you have applied NOMO'TODES, what are your irrigation requirements -
✔✔the total irrigation must be completed within 6 hours of the application
✔✔how would you dispose of a plastic, non-refillable container - ✔✔triple rinse, recycle
or puncture before disposal
✔✔what does the 3E stand for in the trade name - ✔✔three pounds of active ingredient
per gallon of emulsifiable concentrate
✔✔the name Sevin 5G on a pesticide label indicates - ✔✔A granular pesticide with 5
percent active ingredients
✔✔which of these formulations forms a suspension that requires constant agitation
when mixed with water?
ready to use formulation, soluble powder, solution, or wettable powder - ✔✔wettable
powder
✔✔what is a disadvantage of both EC and concentrate formulations - ✔✔solvents may
cause rubber and plastic hoses, gaskets, and pump parts and surfaces to deteriorate
✔✔which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation
exposure during mixing and loading - ✔✔water dispersible granules, or dry flowables
✔✔which type of dry/solid pesticide formulation consists of particles that are the same
weight and shape - ✔✔pellets
, ✔✔what is an advantage of microencapsulated materials - ✔✔delayed or slow release
of the active ingredient prolongs their effectiveness
✔✔what types of adjuvant function as wetting agents and spreaders s - ✔✔surfactants
✔✔temperature inversion - ✔✔cooler air at ground level is trapped by warmer air above,
so air moves sideways, but not vertically. can result in drift
✔✔vapor drift - ✔✔movement of pesticides as gaseous vapors
✔✔non point source water pollution - ✔✔when pesticides move into waterways or
groundwater following applications to a broad area
✔✔the boundary between the saturated zone and the overlying unsaturated rock and
soil - ✔✔water table
✔✔aquifer - ✔✔the layer from which groundwater can be drawn from
✔✔what characteristic of a pesticide makes it likely to move with water in surface runoff
- ✔✔high solubility
✔✔pesticides that dissolve and leach through the soil after a rainfall - ✔✔example of
non point source pollution
✔✔sandy soil, low in organic matter, where groundwater is shallow, would be likely to
experience - ✔✔leaching
✔✔what two factors are most important in reducing spray drift - ✔✔droplet size and
wind conditions
✔✔what two factors are most important in relation to vapor drift - ✔✔temperature and
pesticide volatility
✔✔applying pesticides in the evening or during early morning is ________ -
✔✔recommended to protect bees from pesticide injury
✔✔the capacity of a pesticide to cause short term or long term injury is referred to as -
✔✔toxicity
✔✔what is the first thing you should do to help a victim of inhalation exposure - ✔✔get
the victim to fresh air
✔✔lack of sweat is a symptom of - ✔✔heat stroke
