APPLICATOR TEST FOR ILLINOIS, GENERAL STANDARDS
NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED/GRADED A+
58. What is incomplete development in insects or simple
metamorphosis? - ----Answers---Egg nymph adult
59. What are the 4 life cycles? - ----Answers---Egg larva
pupa and adult.
60. How many legs do mites have? - ----Answers---4 pairs
eight legs
61. What animals are not protected by law? - ----Answers---
Starlings house sparrows and feral pigeons
62. What are these symptoms: soil compaction pesticide or
fertilizer excess temperature and
moist extremes? - ----Answers---Noninfectious disease
63. What is a yellowish-green coloration in normally green
tissues such as leaves? - ----Answers---Chlorosis (see p.10)
64. What is abnormal swelling in a portion of a branch leaf root
or bud? - ----Answers---Gall (see p. 10)
,65. What is intermingling patches of green and yellow on a
leaf? - ----Answers---Mosaic (see p. 10)
66. What does a biennial weed do? - ----Answers---Seed the
second summer and die in the winter (see p. 12)
67. What type of herbicide is best for perennial weeds? - ----
Answers---Systemic (translocated) herbicides (see p. 13)
68. What does A.I. Stand for ? - ----Answers---Active
ingredient (see p. 15)
69. What order do you put these in a tank to mix them properly
Soluble powders (SP) Wettable
powders (WP) and Flowable (F)? - ----Answers---Fill tank 1/4
to 1/2 full with carrier.
Begin agitation.
Add utility agents if needed (buffers)
Add Dry pesticides: Wettable Powder (WP )
Add Wet pesticides: Flowable (F)
Add Solution forming pesticides: Soluble (SP)
Add Spray modifiers
Finish filling tank with carrier
(ie. from hardest to dissolve to easiest)
, 70. What happens with Wetable Powders (WP)? - ----
Answers---They wear out pumps and nozzles (see p. 16)
71. What are necessary for the development of an infectious
plant disease? - ----Answers---Susceptible host Plant
Pathogen Favorable Environment and Time
72. What type of weed germinates in the spring develops a root
system and low growing cluster
of leaves called a rosette? - ----Answers---A Biennial weed
73. Which of the following is not a type of pesticide? - ----
Answers---a) wettable powder
b) microencapsulated
--c) surfactant
d) soluble powder
74. Pesticide failure can be caused by which of the following? -
----Answers---a) pest resistance
b) inappropriate rate of pesticide used
c) environmental factors unfavorable for pesticide activity
--d) all of the above
75. A biennial weed is? - ----Answers---a) Grows and sets
seed every other year staying dormant underground on
alternate years
NEWEST ACTUAL 2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS VERIFIED/GRADED A+
58. What is incomplete development in insects or simple
metamorphosis? - ----Answers---Egg nymph adult
59. What are the 4 life cycles? - ----Answers---Egg larva
pupa and adult.
60. How many legs do mites have? - ----Answers---4 pairs
eight legs
61. What animals are not protected by law? - ----Answers---
Starlings house sparrows and feral pigeons
62. What are these symptoms: soil compaction pesticide or
fertilizer excess temperature and
moist extremes? - ----Answers---Noninfectious disease
63. What is a yellowish-green coloration in normally green
tissues such as leaves? - ----Answers---Chlorosis (see p.10)
64. What is abnormal swelling in a portion of a branch leaf root
or bud? - ----Answers---Gall (see p. 10)
,65. What is intermingling patches of green and yellow on a
leaf? - ----Answers---Mosaic (see p. 10)
66. What does a biennial weed do? - ----Answers---Seed the
second summer and die in the winter (see p. 12)
67. What type of herbicide is best for perennial weeds? - ----
Answers---Systemic (translocated) herbicides (see p. 13)
68. What does A.I. Stand for ? - ----Answers---Active
ingredient (see p. 15)
69. What order do you put these in a tank to mix them properly
Soluble powders (SP) Wettable
powders (WP) and Flowable (F)? - ----Answers---Fill tank 1/4
to 1/2 full with carrier.
Begin agitation.
Add utility agents if needed (buffers)
Add Dry pesticides: Wettable Powder (WP )
Add Wet pesticides: Flowable (F)
Add Solution forming pesticides: Soluble (SP)
Add Spray modifiers
Finish filling tank with carrier
(ie. from hardest to dissolve to easiest)
, 70. What happens with Wetable Powders (WP)? - ----
Answers---They wear out pumps and nozzles (see p. 16)
71. What are necessary for the development of an infectious
plant disease? - ----Answers---Susceptible host Plant
Pathogen Favorable Environment and Time
72. What type of weed germinates in the spring develops a root
system and low growing cluster
of leaves called a rosette? - ----Answers---A Biennial weed
73. Which of the following is not a type of pesticide? - ----
Answers---a) wettable powder
b) microencapsulated
--c) surfactant
d) soluble powder
74. Pesticide failure can be caused by which of the following? -
----Answers---a) pest resistance
b) inappropriate rate of pesticide used
c) environmental factors unfavorable for pesticide activity
--d) all of the above
75. A biennial weed is? - ----Answers---a) Grows and sets
seed every other year staying dormant underground on
alternate years
