MN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM 2026
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ Pesticide laws and regulations help to:
|| || || || || ||
A. Encourage pesticide use. || ||
B. Protect the environment.
|| ||
C. Avoid dependence on alternative pest control
| | | | |
|| methods.
D. Prevent pests from developing control
|| || || ||
resistance.Answer: D. Prevent pests from developing control
| || || | || || |
resistance.
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⩥ The format of pesticide labels is established by:
|| || || || || || || ||
A. Pesticide manufacturer guidelines. || ||
B. Federal regulations. ||
C. State laws. ||
D. ASABE professional standards.Answer: B. Federal regulations.
|| || | || || ||
⩥ Knowing how to properly handle, mix, store,
|| || || || || || ||
,and dispose of pesticides is a requirement of
|| || || || || || ||
|| the:
A. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA). || | ||
B. Occupational Safety and Health | | |
|| Administration (OSHA). ||
C. United States Department ofAgriculture
| | | |
|| (USDA).
D. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Answer: A. Environmental
| | || | | ||
Protection Agency (EPA).
|| || ||
⩥ One purpose of federal pesticide regulations is to:
|| || || || || || || ||
A. Require public notification about pesticide
| | | |
|| applications.
B. Provide health benefits to agricultural workers.
|| || || || ||
C. Establish safety standards for pesticide | || | ||
|| application equipment. ||
D. Prevent agricultural workers from handling
|| || || ||
pesticides or working in pesticide-treated areas.Answer: D. Prevent
|| || || || || | || ||
agricultural workers from handling
|| || || ||
pesticides or working in pesticide-treated areas.
|| || || || ||
⩥ State pesticide regulatory agencies generally
|| || || || ||
,have the responsibility for:
|| || ||
A. Certifying commercial pesticide applicators. || || ||
B. Determining the personal protective || || ||
equipment required on pesticide labels.
|| | | | |
C. Developing material safety data sheets | | | |
(MSDS).
||
D. Identifying endangered species.Answer:A. Certifying commercial | || | | || ||
pesticide applicators.
|| ||
⩥ In addition to the actual pesticide label,
|| || || || || || ||
which of the following is part of the pesticide
|| || || || || || || ||
labeling?
||
A. Any product sales brochures.
|| || ||
B. The job work order. || || ||
C. Worker Protection Standard provisions. | | |
D. The Material Safety Data Sheet.Answer: C. Worker Protection
| | | | | | | ||
Standard provisions.
|| ||
⩥ Which of the following is one of the requirements
|| || || || || || || || ||
for pesticide applicator certification?
|| || || ||
A. Knowing how to use appropriate application || | || || ||
methods for various pesticide formulations.
|| || || || ||
, B. Demonstrating safe aircraft operation. || || ||
C. Following recommended aircraft inspection | | |
and maintenance schedules.
|| || ||
D. Making applications at altitudes specified || || || ||
in regulations.Answer:A. Knowing how to use appropriate application
|| | | || || || || || |
methods for various pesticide formulations.
|| || || || ||
⩥ From the choices below, what pesticide use
|| || || || || || ||
information found on a product label would be
|| || || || || | || ||
specific to an aerial application?
|| || || || ||
A. PPE requirements. ||
B. ASABE droplet size requirements. || || ||
C. Field posting requirements. || ||
D. Restricted-entry interval requirements.Answer: B.ASABE droplet || || | || | |
size requirements.
|| ||
⩥ Having a current Class II Medical Certificate is
|| || || || || || || ||
a requirement of the for all
|| || || || || ||
pilots making aerial pesticide applications.
|| || || ||
A. U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency
| | |
(EPA).
||
B. State Lead Agency (SLA). || | ||
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
⩥ Pesticide laws and regulations help to:
|| || || || || ||
A. Encourage pesticide use. || ||
B. Protect the environment.
|| ||
C. Avoid dependence on alternative pest control
| | | | |
|| methods.
D. Prevent pests from developing control
|| || || ||
resistance.Answer: D. Prevent pests from developing control
| || || | || || |
resistance.
||
⩥ The format of pesticide labels is established by:
|| || || || || || || ||
A. Pesticide manufacturer guidelines. || ||
B. Federal regulations. ||
C. State laws. ||
D. ASABE professional standards.Answer: B. Federal regulations.
|| || | || || ||
⩥ Knowing how to properly handle, mix, store,
|| || || || || || ||
,and dispose of pesticides is a requirement of
|| || || || || || ||
|| the:
A. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA). || | ||
B. Occupational Safety and Health | | |
|| Administration (OSHA). ||
C. United States Department ofAgriculture
| | | |
|| (USDA).
D. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Answer: A. Environmental
| | || | | ||
Protection Agency (EPA).
|| || ||
⩥ One purpose of federal pesticide regulations is to:
|| || || || || || || ||
A. Require public notification about pesticide
| | | |
|| applications.
B. Provide health benefits to agricultural workers.
|| || || || ||
C. Establish safety standards for pesticide | || | ||
|| application equipment. ||
D. Prevent agricultural workers from handling
|| || || ||
pesticides or working in pesticide-treated areas.Answer: D. Prevent
|| || || || || | || ||
agricultural workers from handling
|| || || ||
pesticides or working in pesticide-treated areas.
|| || || || ||
⩥ State pesticide regulatory agencies generally
|| || || || ||
,have the responsibility for:
|| || ||
A. Certifying commercial pesticide applicators. || || ||
B. Determining the personal protective || || ||
equipment required on pesticide labels.
|| | | | |
C. Developing material safety data sheets | | | |
(MSDS).
||
D. Identifying endangered species.Answer:A. Certifying commercial | || | | || ||
pesticide applicators.
|| ||
⩥ In addition to the actual pesticide label,
|| || || || || || ||
which of the following is part of the pesticide
|| || || || || || || ||
labeling?
||
A. Any product sales brochures.
|| || ||
B. The job work order. || || ||
C. Worker Protection Standard provisions. | | |
D. The Material Safety Data Sheet.Answer: C. Worker Protection
| | | | | | | ||
Standard provisions.
|| ||
⩥ Which of the following is one of the requirements
|| || || || || || || || ||
for pesticide applicator certification?
|| || || ||
A. Knowing how to use appropriate application || | || || ||
methods for various pesticide formulations.
|| || || || ||
, B. Demonstrating safe aircraft operation. || || ||
C. Following recommended aircraft inspection | | |
and maintenance schedules.
|| || ||
D. Making applications at altitudes specified || || || ||
in regulations.Answer:A. Knowing how to use appropriate application
|| | | || || || || || |
methods for various pesticide formulations.
|| || || || ||
⩥ From the choices below, what pesticide use
|| || || || || || ||
information found on a product label would be
|| || || || || | || ||
specific to an aerial application?
|| || || || ||
A. PPE requirements. ||
B. ASABE droplet size requirements. || || ||
C. Field posting requirements. || ||
D. Restricted-entry interval requirements.Answer: B.ASABE droplet || || | || | |
size requirements.
|| ||
⩥ Having a current Class II Medical Certificate is
|| || || || || || || ||
a requirement of the for all
|| || || || || ||
pilots making aerial pesticide applications.
|| || || ||
A. U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency
| | |
(EPA).
||
B. State Lead Agency (SLA). || | ||
