CAT 3 PESTICIDE CERTIFICATION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Professionalism.
Answer: your responsibility to do your work safely
◉ Application exclusion zone (AEZ).
Answer: area surrounding pesticide application equipment that
must be free of all persons other than appropriately trained and
equipped handlers during pesticide applications
◉ Biopesticide.
Answer: A pesticide derived from naturally occurring materials.
◉ Certification of Pesticide applicators rule.
Answer: a federal regulation that establishes federal minimum
standards for the certification and recertification of applications of
restricted-use pesticides
◉ Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
,Answer: a list of federal rules (regulations) implemented and
enforced by the federal government
◉ Experimental use permit.
Answer: A temporary permit issued under state and federal law that
allows manufacturer to field-test pesticides under development
(Section 5)
◉ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Answer: established the basis of US pesticide regulation to protect
applicators, consumers, and environment from unreasonable risk of
adverse effects from pesticides
◉ Hazard Communication Standard.
Answer: OSHA standard that requires employers to notify
employees when hazardous chemicals are present in the workplace
and to train employees to work with them safely.
◉ Labeling.
Answer: The pesticide product label and other accompanying
materials that contain directions that pesticide users are legally
required to follow.
◉ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
,Answer: The federal agency responsible for regulating and enforcing
labor laws
◉ Office of Pesticide Services.
Answer: In VDACS, responsible for enforcing pesticide laws and
regulations
◉ OSHA Laboratory Standard.
Answer: A worker protection standard issued by OSHA
◉ Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration.
Answer: The federal agency in DOT responsible for promulgating,
administering, enforcing, and interpreting hazardous materials
regulations
◉ Restricted Entry Interval (REI).
Answer: length of time following a pesticide application that
workers must wait before entering the treated area
◉ Restricted use pesticide.
Answer: A pesticide that the EPA or a State Regulatory Agency
determines to have the potential to cause unreasonable adverse
effects on the environment or human health, when applied in
, accordance with its directions for use; requires additional regulatory
restrictions
◉ Risk.
Answer: chance of harmful effects to human or environmental
health and is determined by exposure/toxicity of a pesticide
◉ State lead agency.
Answer: agency responsible with the primary authority for pesticide
regulation within each state
◉ Tolerance.
Answer: maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally
remain on food or feed at harvest/slaughter
◉ U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Answer: Sets and regulates private applicator recordkeeping
requirements
◉ US Department of Transportation (DOT).
Answer: Responsible for regulating safe transport of pesticides and
pesticide containers
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ Professionalism.
Answer: your responsibility to do your work safely
◉ Application exclusion zone (AEZ).
Answer: area surrounding pesticide application equipment that
must be free of all persons other than appropriately trained and
equipped handlers during pesticide applications
◉ Biopesticide.
Answer: A pesticide derived from naturally occurring materials.
◉ Certification of Pesticide applicators rule.
Answer: a federal regulation that establishes federal minimum
standards for the certification and recertification of applications of
restricted-use pesticides
◉ Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
,Answer: a list of federal rules (regulations) implemented and
enforced by the federal government
◉ Experimental use permit.
Answer: A temporary permit issued under state and federal law that
allows manufacturer to field-test pesticides under development
(Section 5)
◉ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Answer: established the basis of US pesticide regulation to protect
applicators, consumers, and environment from unreasonable risk of
adverse effects from pesticides
◉ Hazard Communication Standard.
Answer: OSHA standard that requires employers to notify
employees when hazardous chemicals are present in the workplace
and to train employees to work with them safely.
◉ Labeling.
Answer: The pesticide product label and other accompanying
materials that contain directions that pesticide users are legally
required to follow.
◉ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
,Answer: The federal agency responsible for regulating and enforcing
labor laws
◉ Office of Pesticide Services.
Answer: In VDACS, responsible for enforcing pesticide laws and
regulations
◉ OSHA Laboratory Standard.
Answer: A worker protection standard issued by OSHA
◉ Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration.
Answer: The federal agency in DOT responsible for promulgating,
administering, enforcing, and interpreting hazardous materials
regulations
◉ Restricted Entry Interval (REI).
Answer: length of time following a pesticide application that
workers must wait before entering the treated area
◉ Restricted use pesticide.
Answer: A pesticide that the EPA or a State Regulatory Agency
determines to have the potential to cause unreasonable adverse
effects on the environment or human health, when applied in
, accordance with its directions for use; requires additional regulatory
restrictions
◉ Risk.
Answer: chance of harmful effects to human or environmental
health and is determined by exposure/toxicity of a pesticide
◉ State lead agency.
Answer: agency responsible with the primary authority for pesticide
regulation within each state
◉ Tolerance.
Answer: maximum amount of pesticide residue that may legally
remain on food or feed at harvest/slaughter
◉ U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Answer: Sets and regulates private applicator recordkeeping
requirements
◉ US Department of Transportation (DOT).
Answer: Responsible for regulating safe transport of pesticides and
pesticide containers
