PCA - Laws and Regulations Study Exam
Questions and Answers
Question 1
When using posting as a method of notification
about a pesticide REI, posting signs
must be placed no further apart than
❏ A. 100 feet.
❏ B. 250 feet.
❏ C. 500 feet.
❏ D. 600 feet.
Correct Answer
D
Question 2
Which type of pesticide application for hire
is not covered under the provisions of a
Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business
license?
❏ A. Spraying an herbicide in a cemetery.
❏ B. Applying snail bait supplied by the homeowner
around the homeowner's property
while engaged in maintenance gardening.
❏ C. Applications incidental to maintaining
ornamental plants in a shopping mall.
❏ D. Spraying a non-restricted herbicide during
maintenance gardening at a private residence.
Correct Answer
A
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,Question 3
All employees who handle minimal exposure
pesticides must have available to them
❏ A. A full face cartridge respirator.
❏ B. A designated Din the pesticide storage
area to keep their personal clothing.
❏ C. Specially designed application equipment
that includes a pesticide-approved
enclosed cab.
❏ D. An area where they can change clothes and
wash themselves at the end of their work day.
Correct Answer
D
Question 4
An employee who mixes, loads, or applies
pesticides with the signal word "DANGER" in
the production of an agricultural commodity
may work alone at night if the employee
❏ A. Makes personal contact by radio with a responsible
adult at least every hour.
❏ B. Makes personal contact by radio with a responsible
adult at least every two hours.
❏ C. Carries a cellular telephone at all times.
❏ D. Receives special training.
Correct Answer
A
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,Question 5
Which of the following is not an employer
responsibility before allowing employees
into a treated field after completion of
a pesticide application and while a REI
is in effect?
❏ A. Providing instructions on where
and how to store personal protective
equipment at home.
❏ B. Providing all required personal protective
equipment.
❏ C. Providing instructions to employees
to wash thoroughly at the end of
the exposure period.
❏ D. Providing information on recognizing,
preventing, and giving first aid for
heat-related illnesses.
Correct Answer
A
Question 6
An exception to the DPR-regulation requiring
employee handlers to wear eye protection
when handling pesticides is when
❏ A. The pesticide label requires the use of goggles.
❏ B. Using a pressurized closed mixing system.
❏ C. Conducting all hand application operations.
❏ D. Working in an enclosed cab.
Correct Answer
D
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, Question 7
Pesticides being carried in the back of
a vehicle such as a truck must be properly
secured in order to:
❏ A. Prevent theft.
❏ B. Allow other items to be transported with them.
❏ C. Prevent spills into or off of the vehicle.
❏ D. Comply with Food Quality Protection Act
regulations.
Correct Answer
C
Question 8
Making an application of a pesticide
product at a rate less than specified in
its label directions is
❏ A. Always allowed.
❏ B. Illegal.
❏ C. Allowed only if you obtain written
authorization from the County Agricultural
Commissioner.
❏ D. Allowed only if the product is tank mixed.
Correct Answer
A
Question 9
The specific application information that an
agricultural property operator must provide
to workers at a central location include all
the following except the
❏ A. Identification of the treated area.
❏ B. Name or description of the pest.
❏ C. Product name.
❏ D. Date and time of application.
Correct Answer
B
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Questions and Answers
Question 1
When using posting as a method of notification
about a pesticide REI, posting signs
must be placed no further apart than
❏ A. 100 feet.
❏ B. 250 feet.
❏ C. 500 feet.
❏ D. 600 feet.
Correct Answer
D
Question 2
Which type of pesticide application for hire
is not covered under the provisions of a
Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business
license?
❏ A. Spraying an herbicide in a cemetery.
❏ B. Applying snail bait supplied by the homeowner
around the homeowner's property
while engaged in maintenance gardening.
❏ C. Applications incidental to maintaining
ornamental plants in a shopping mall.
❏ D. Spraying a non-restricted herbicide during
maintenance gardening at a private residence.
Correct Answer
A
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,Question 3
All employees who handle minimal exposure
pesticides must have available to them
❏ A. A full face cartridge respirator.
❏ B. A designated Din the pesticide storage
area to keep their personal clothing.
❏ C. Specially designed application equipment
that includes a pesticide-approved
enclosed cab.
❏ D. An area where they can change clothes and
wash themselves at the end of their work day.
Correct Answer
D
Question 4
An employee who mixes, loads, or applies
pesticides with the signal word "DANGER" in
the production of an agricultural commodity
may work alone at night if the employee
❏ A. Makes personal contact by radio with a responsible
adult at least every hour.
❏ B. Makes personal contact by radio with a responsible
adult at least every two hours.
❏ C. Carries a cellular telephone at all times.
❏ D. Receives special training.
Correct Answer
A
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,Question 5
Which of the following is not an employer
responsibility before allowing employees
into a treated field after completion of
a pesticide application and while a REI
is in effect?
❏ A. Providing instructions on where
and how to store personal protective
equipment at home.
❏ B. Providing all required personal protective
equipment.
❏ C. Providing instructions to employees
to wash thoroughly at the end of
the exposure period.
❏ D. Providing information on recognizing,
preventing, and giving first aid for
heat-related illnesses.
Correct Answer
A
Question 6
An exception to the DPR-regulation requiring
employee handlers to wear eye protection
when handling pesticides is when
❏ A. The pesticide label requires the use of goggles.
❏ B. Using a pressurized closed mixing system.
❏ C. Conducting all hand application operations.
❏ D. Working in an enclosed cab.
Correct Answer
D
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, Question 7
Pesticides being carried in the back of
a vehicle such as a truck must be properly
secured in order to:
❏ A. Prevent theft.
❏ B. Allow other items to be transported with them.
❏ C. Prevent spills into or off of the vehicle.
❏ D. Comply with Food Quality Protection Act
regulations.
Correct Answer
C
Question 8
Making an application of a pesticide
product at a rate less than specified in
its label directions is
❏ A. Always allowed.
❏ B. Illegal.
❏ C. Allowed only if you obtain written
authorization from the County Agricultural
Commissioner.
❏ D. Allowed only if the product is tank mixed.
Correct Answer
A
Question 9
The specific application information that an
agricultural property operator must provide
to workers at a central location include all
the following except the
❏ A. Identification of the treated area.
❏ B. Name or description of the pest.
❏ C. Product name.
❏ D. Date and time of application.
Correct Answer
B
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