Pesticide Applicators License - Core
Manual questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
Restricted Use Pesticides
- correct answer A pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some human injury or environmental
damage even when used as directed on the label.
Commercial applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for
compensation.
Public applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state agency,
county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or
leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural
commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on the property of other
agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers
- correct answer Persons employed by a licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator,
public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the
purpose of preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person, repackaging bulk
pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these activities.
, Certified applicator
- correct answer A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial
applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- correct answer Regulates the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues
- correct answer Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods,
and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances
- correct answer Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
- correct answer Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and
food.
Application rate
- correct answer The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid or dry measure
per unit area.
Preharvest interval
- correct answer Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application of a
pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
- correct answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes
included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
- correct answer A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings,
injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Manual questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
Restricted Use Pesticides
- correct answer A pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some human injury or environmental
damage even when used as directed on the label.
Commercial applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for
compensation.
Public applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state agency,
county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or
leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators
- correct answer Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural
commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on the property of other
agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers
- correct answer Persons employed by a licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator,
public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the
purpose of preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person, repackaging bulk
pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these activities.
, Certified applicator
- correct answer A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial
applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- correct answer Regulates the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues
- correct answer Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods,
and animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
Tolerances
- correct answer Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
- correct answer Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and
food.
Application rate
- correct answer The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid or dry measure
per unit area.
Preharvest interval
- correct answer Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application of a
pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
- correct answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes
included in the Act are revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
- correct answer A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings,
injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
