Pesticide License Exam Study Guide Questions
and Answers Top Graded 2025
The only purpose of federal and state pesticide laws is to protect the environment from
hazardous pollutants -Correct Answer ✔false
The EPA has the authority to stop the sale or use of any pesticide -Correct Answer ✔True
A person purchasing a restricted use herbicide must be a certified applicator -Correct
Answer ✔True
Restricted use pesticides can only be applied by a certified applicator -Correct Answer
✔False
All pesticide products containing the same active ingredient are classified the same,
either general use or restricted use, regardless of the formulation. -Correct Answer
✔False
The WSDA administers the pesticide licensing program in Washington -Correct Answer
✔True
Every pesticide distributed in Washington must be registered with the WSDA -Correct
Answer ✔True
SLN registration allows WSDA to register additional application sites to a federal label -
Correct Answer ✔False
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If a licensed private applicator in Washington chooses to recertify by course credit, how
many recertification credits do they need in five years??? -Correct Answer ✔20 credits
If an applicator had two major label violations and was cited by the WSDA, they could
face a maximum fine of $15000 and lose their license -Correct Answer ✔True
Agricultural establishments that have employees who work in recently treated areas
must comply with WPS rules -Correct Answer ✔True
An applicator can avoid harming the environment, misapplying pesticides, and violating
the law by reading and following label directions. -Correct Answer ✔True
The components of a pesticide formulation that controls the pest is the______
ingredient -Correct Answer ✔Active
Careful pesticide selection is important because pesticide formulations vary in their
safety to the user, environment, and crop to be treated; efficacy; and cost. -Correct
Answer ✔True
Which of the following is NOT a concern when handling an emulsifiable concentrate
pesticide?
1. high phytotoxicity hazard
2. may be easily absorbed through human and animal skin
3. clogged nozzles and screens -Correct Answer ✔3. Clogged nozzles and screens
which of the following formulation dissolve in water???
1. flowables
2.water-dispersible granules
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3. soluble powders -Correct Answer ✔3. Soluble powders
breathing dust is a potential hazard associated with the mixing of wettable powders and
soluble powders -Correct Answer ✔True
which of the following pesticide formulations must be mixed with water before being
used by the applicator?
1. flowables
2. granules
3. dusts -Correct Answer ✔1.Flowables
When added to water, emusifiable concentrates form emulsions. -Correct Answer ✔True
Most bait formulations have 50% or more active ingredient. -Correct Answer ✔False
Extreme care must be exercised when placing baits to make them inaccessible to
children, pets, and other non-target ingredients -Correct Answer ✔True
all pesticide manufacterors include all the necessary spray adjuvants, thus you do not
need to add them when mixing a spray tank load. -Correct Answer ✔False
Two or more pesticides that cannot be effectively mixed together are said to be what???
-Correct Answer ✔incompatible
when adding two or more pesticides into a spray tank, always add the liquid
formulations first. -Correct Answer ✔False
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