Alabama OTPS Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
What are the modes of entry? - Correct Answers ✅Dermal,
oral, respitory, ocular
When is the pesticide handler in greatest danger of
exposure? - Correct Answers ✅During mixing and loading
Name the signal words from least toxic to most toxic. -
Correct Answers ✅Caution, warning, danger, danger
poison
What is the misuse statement? - Correct Answers
✅Prohibits- increasing the rate over maximum application
rate as per the label. Prohibits use of pesticide on a site not
listed on the label.
What are the penalties for violating FIFRA? - Correct
Answers ✅Federal crime penalties: commercial applications
convicting of violating FIFRA, subject of up to $25K and up to
1 year in prison. Civil- commercial applications up to 5K for
each offense.
What are 4 reasons to keep pesticide application records? -
Correct Answers ✅1. Law. 2. Helps determine how
effective application is on pest. 3. Document for purchase
proof and use. 4. Provides assistance in diagnosing
complaints and problems. *Note Keep records for 3 years
,Alabama OTPS Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a restricted-use
pesticide? - Correct Answers ✅Restricted 10K. Non-
restricted 5K. Without license 5K
How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a non-restricted-
use pesticide? - Correct Answers ✅5K
What are 3 different life cycles of the weed and how long
does it take to complete each? - Correct Answers ✅Annual-
1 season. Biannually- 2 seasons. Perennial- 3 or more
Which weed reproduces with underground flowers? Perennial
broadleaf weed; stems somewhat fleshy and green-white in
color; elliptically shaped leaves are oppositely arranged on
the stem; 4 pedaled white flowers are borne in the leaf fork or
axils; flowers develop into round 'button like' seed capsules -
Correct Answers ✅Virginia button weed
Identify the 5 classifications of insect mouthparts. - Correct
Answers ✅Chewing. Piercing. Rasping. Siphoning. Sponging
Examples of chewing insects - Correct Answers ✅Bag
worms, cutworms, grasshoppers, beetles, leaf miners, and
borers.
, Alabama OTPS Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
Scales and mealybugs, aphids, whiteflies, and lace bugs. -
Correct Answers ✅Examples of piercing-sucking insects
Which insects insert their needle-like mouthparts into the
plant and withdraw plant juices. Most feed on the underside
of the leaves or stems of plants. In the insects are present on
leaving, the topsides of the leaves will have stipples,
yellowish areas. Sometime the leaves may curl as a result of
this type of feeding, especially in the plant growth. - Correct
Answers ✅Piercing-sucking insects.
Some of these pests, soft scales, aphids, mealybugs, and
whiteflies, excrete large amounts of honeydew, which
provides a medium for the growth of a black fungus called
sooty mold. - Correct Answers ✅Piercing-sucking insects
Which insects are the most damaging pests of ornamental
plants? - Correct Answers ✅Scales
What are the symptoms of a plant infested with Scales? -
Correct Answers ✅Discolored and wilted, or generally
appear unhealthy
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
What are the modes of entry? - Correct Answers ✅Dermal,
oral, respitory, ocular
When is the pesticide handler in greatest danger of
exposure? - Correct Answers ✅During mixing and loading
Name the signal words from least toxic to most toxic. -
Correct Answers ✅Caution, warning, danger, danger
poison
What is the misuse statement? - Correct Answers
✅Prohibits- increasing the rate over maximum application
rate as per the label. Prohibits use of pesticide on a site not
listed on the label.
What are the penalties for violating FIFRA? - Correct
Answers ✅Federal crime penalties: commercial applications
convicting of violating FIFRA, subject of up to $25K and up to
1 year in prison. Civil- commercial applications up to 5K for
each offense.
What are 4 reasons to keep pesticide application records? -
Correct Answers ✅1. Law. 2. Helps determine how
effective application is on pest. 3. Document for purchase
proof and use. 4. Provides assistance in diagnosing
complaints and problems. *Note Keep records for 3 years
,Alabama OTPS Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a restricted-use
pesticide? - Correct Answers ✅Restricted 10K. Non-
restricted 5K. Without license 5K
How much is the ADAI penalty for misuse of a non-restricted-
use pesticide? - Correct Answers ✅5K
What are 3 different life cycles of the weed and how long
does it take to complete each? - Correct Answers ✅Annual-
1 season. Biannually- 2 seasons. Perennial- 3 or more
Which weed reproduces with underground flowers? Perennial
broadleaf weed; stems somewhat fleshy and green-white in
color; elliptically shaped leaves are oppositely arranged on
the stem; 4 pedaled white flowers are borne in the leaf fork or
axils; flowers develop into round 'button like' seed capsules -
Correct Answers ✅Virginia button weed
Identify the 5 classifications of insect mouthparts. - Correct
Answers ✅Chewing. Piercing. Rasping. Siphoning. Sponging
Examples of chewing insects - Correct Answers ✅Bag
worms, cutworms, grasshoppers, beetles, leaf miners, and
borers.
, Alabama OTPS Latest Update 2026
(Questions and Answers-Verified
solutions)
Scales and mealybugs, aphids, whiteflies, and lace bugs. -
Correct Answers ✅Examples of piercing-sucking insects
Which insects insert their needle-like mouthparts into the
plant and withdraw plant juices. Most feed on the underside
of the leaves or stems of plants. In the insects are present on
leaving, the topsides of the leaves will have stipples,
yellowish areas. Sometime the leaves may curl as a result of
this type of feeding, especially in the plant growth. - Correct
Answers ✅Piercing-sucking insects.
Some of these pests, soft scales, aphids, mealybugs, and
whiteflies, excrete large amounts of honeydew, which
provides a medium for the growth of a black fungus called
sooty mold. - Correct Answers ✅Piercing-sucking insects
Which insects are the most damaging pests of ornamental
plants? - Correct Answers ✅Scales
What are the symptoms of a plant infested with Scales? -
Correct Answers ✅Discolored and wilted, or generally
appear unhealthy
