WASHINGTON PESTICIDE LAWS CORE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does WPS stand for? - ✔✔Workers protection safety
✔✔WPS regulates which locations? - ✔✔Farms, Forests, Nurseries, & Greenhouses
✔✔When should you wear protective headgear? - ✔✔If the label states head protection
must be worn or if you have been exposed to pesticides from above
✔✔Who regulates pesticide use? - ✔✔EPA federally, and each State can make laws
more strict
✔✔If LD50 is relatively high? - ✔✔Toxicity is low
✔✔What effects cholinesterase levels in the blood? - ✔✔Organophosphates,
Carbamates
✔✔What is an adjuvant? - ✔✔A relatively nontoxic ingredient added to a pesticide
mixture to help the pesticide do a better job
✔✔What are the responsibilities of supervisors for an immediately supervised trainee? -
✔✔On-site Supervision IS required, available by phone/radio
✔✔How toxic is a LD50 of 20? - ✔✔Very toxic
✔✔What is the last piece of PPE taken off? - ✔✔Gloves
✔✔How often should you clean your respirator canister? - ✔✔Wipe down with a clean
cloth after every use
✔✔What does the term target refer to? - ✔✔The area meant to be treated with a
pesticide application
✔✔When spraying overhead, how should you wear your sleeves? - ✔✔Tucked into your
gloves
✔✔What is MSDS - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
✔✔Who do you call when there is a spill? - ✔✔OERS- Oregon Emergency Response
System
✔✔Max penalty for selling, misusing, non label uses of spesticides? - ✔✔$1,000 for first
offense.
, ✔✔signs vs. symptoms of pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Sign: evidence of a poisoning that
can be seen by another person
Symptoms: A feeling that something is wrong that only the person who is poisoned can
notice.
✔✔If you have to remove your gloves during a handling task, what is the best way to
take them off and put them back on? - ✔✔Wash your gloves, wash your hands and dry
them, put gloves back on.
✔✔What are the two types of respirators? - ✔✔Air supplying and air purifying
respirators
✔✔What federal law authorized the regulation of pesticides? - ✔✔FIRA
✔✔What federal agency registers pesticides? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔What is pesticide tolerance - ✔✔The legal amount of pesticide residue left on food
and feed crops
✔✔What federal agency sets food tolerances for pesticide? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔What federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticide? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔What state agency is in charge of the EPA Worker Protection Standard in Oregon? -
✔✔Oregon OSHA
✔✔What state agency is in charge of Hazard Communication Standard? - ✔✔Oregon
OSHA
✔✔What is Toxicity? - ✔✔How a substance adversely affects a living system
✔✔Which is absorbed more easily through the skin, oil or water based pesticide? -
✔✔Oil based
✔✔Name 3 areas of the body surface that absorbs pesticides more quickly. - ✔✔Scalp,
eyes, eardrums, groin
✔✔What are the 2 most common routes of exposure for pesticide handlers? -
✔✔Inhalation and dermal
✔✔What should you do to avoid getting pesticides in your mouth? - ✔✔Wash your
hands
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does WPS stand for? - ✔✔Workers protection safety
✔✔WPS regulates which locations? - ✔✔Farms, Forests, Nurseries, & Greenhouses
✔✔When should you wear protective headgear? - ✔✔If the label states head protection
must be worn or if you have been exposed to pesticides from above
✔✔Who regulates pesticide use? - ✔✔EPA federally, and each State can make laws
more strict
✔✔If LD50 is relatively high? - ✔✔Toxicity is low
✔✔What effects cholinesterase levels in the blood? - ✔✔Organophosphates,
Carbamates
✔✔What is an adjuvant? - ✔✔A relatively nontoxic ingredient added to a pesticide
mixture to help the pesticide do a better job
✔✔What are the responsibilities of supervisors for an immediately supervised trainee? -
✔✔On-site Supervision IS required, available by phone/radio
✔✔How toxic is a LD50 of 20? - ✔✔Very toxic
✔✔What is the last piece of PPE taken off? - ✔✔Gloves
✔✔How often should you clean your respirator canister? - ✔✔Wipe down with a clean
cloth after every use
✔✔What does the term target refer to? - ✔✔The area meant to be treated with a
pesticide application
✔✔When spraying overhead, how should you wear your sleeves? - ✔✔Tucked into your
gloves
✔✔What is MSDS - ✔✔Material Safety Data Sheet
✔✔Who do you call when there is a spill? - ✔✔OERS- Oregon Emergency Response
System
✔✔Max penalty for selling, misusing, non label uses of spesticides? - ✔✔$1,000 for first
offense.
, ✔✔signs vs. symptoms of pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Sign: evidence of a poisoning that
can be seen by another person
Symptoms: A feeling that something is wrong that only the person who is poisoned can
notice.
✔✔If you have to remove your gloves during a handling task, what is the best way to
take them off and put them back on? - ✔✔Wash your gloves, wash your hands and dry
them, put gloves back on.
✔✔What are the two types of respirators? - ✔✔Air supplying and air purifying
respirators
✔✔What federal law authorized the regulation of pesticides? - ✔✔FIRA
✔✔What federal agency registers pesticides? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔What is pesticide tolerance - ✔✔The legal amount of pesticide residue left on food
and feed crops
✔✔What federal agency sets food tolerances for pesticide? - ✔✔EPA
✔✔What federal agency enforces food tolerances for pesticide? - ✔✔FDA
✔✔What state agency is in charge of the EPA Worker Protection Standard in Oregon? -
✔✔Oregon OSHA
✔✔What state agency is in charge of Hazard Communication Standard? - ✔✔Oregon
OSHA
✔✔What is Toxicity? - ✔✔How a substance adversely affects a living system
✔✔Which is absorbed more easily through the skin, oil or water based pesticide? -
✔✔Oil based
✔✔Name 3 areas of the body surface that absorbs pesticides more quickly. - ✔✔Scalp,
eyes, eardrums, groin
✔✔What are the 2 most common routes of exposure for pesticide handlers? -
✔✔Inhalation and dermal
✔✔What should you do to avoid getting pesticides in your mouth? - ✔✔Wash your
hands
