CT Pesticide Applicators Exam |Questions & Answers
Operational Certificate - -Person hired to do pesticide application
-Supervisory Certificate - -Person supervising pesticide application
-Three pesticide use classes - -General use, restricted use, permit use
-General use pesticides - -Can be purchased and used by anyone without a permit
-Restricted use pesticides - -Can be purchased by applicators that hold supervisory
certificate
-Permit use pesticides - -Special permit must be obtained from DEEP
-When are pesticides most dangerous? - -When in concentrated form
-What are concentrated pesticides mixed with? - -Water or oil
-When are you most likely to to inhale poisonous fumes or come in contact with the
concentrated pesticide? - -When mixing pesticides
-What should you do if concentrated pesticide is spilled? - -They should be absorbed and
disposed of
-What equipment should be in case of spills? - -waterproof gloves and boots, absorbent
material, soap, water, shovel
-Where should pesticides NOT be mixed? - -Customers house of yard, near a pond or
stream
-Who is apt to be poised with pesticides? - -Children
-Who do the greatest number of poisoning cases involve? - -Children
-What are the three ways pesticides can enter the body? - -skin contact, inhalation,
swallowing
-Most common case of pesticide poisoning? - -Skin Contact
-Acute Poisoning - -Rapid poisoning after one exposure
-Chronic Poisoning - -Posoning over a long period of time
-Pesticide Poisoning Symptoms - -headaches, dizzyness, cramps, nausea
Operational Certificate - -Person hired to do pesticide application
-Supervisory Certificate - -Person supervising pesticide application
-Three pesticide use classes - -General use, restricted use, permit use
-General use pesticides - -Can be purchased and used by anyone without a permit
-Restricted use pesticides - -Can be purchased by applicators that hold supervisory
certificate
-Permit use pesticides - -Special permit must be obtained from DEEP
-When are pesticides most dangerous? - -When in concentrated form
-What are concentrated pesticides mixed with? - -Water or oil
-When are you most likely to to inhale poisonous fumes or come in contact with the
concentrated pesticide? - -When mixing pesticides
-What should you do if concentrated pesticide is spilled? - -They should be absorbed and
disposed of
-What equipment should be in case of spills? - -waterproof gloves and boots, absorbent
material, soap, water, shovel
-Where should pesticides NOT be mixed? - -Customers house of yard, near a pond or
stream
-Who is apt to be poised with pesticides? - -Children
-Who do the greatest number of poisoning cases involve? - -Children
-What are the three ways pesticides can enter the body? - -skin contact, inhalation,
swallowing
-Most common case of pesticide poisoning? - -Skin Contact
-Acute Poisoning - -Rapid poisoning after one exposure
-Chronic Poisoning - -Posoning over a long period of time
-Pesticide Poisoning Symptoms - -headaches, dizzyness, cramps, nausea
