WI PESTICIDE APPLICATOR PRACTICE EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Ch.7 Explain why products are classified restricted-use and who may purchase and
apply such products - ✔✔-EPA determines whether the benefits of use outweigh the
risks only when trained persons use the pesticide.
-Must be a certified applicator to mix, load, apply, or direct use of RUPs.
✔✔Ch.7 Explain the significance when state and federal laws differ - ✔✔State laws can
be more strict than federal laws but not more lenient.
✔✔Ch.7 Contrast the difference between a private applicator, commercial applicator for
hire, and commercial applicator not for hire - ✔✔-Private: you use or direct use of
pesticides for purpose of producing an agricultural commodity; applications occur on
land owned/rented by you/your employer.
-Commercial for Hire: if you use pesticides on a contract basis (paid by 3rd party to
perform services).
-Commercial Not for Hire: use or direct the use of pesticides only to sites that you/your
employer controls, and don't contract out your pesticide application services.
✔✔Ch.7 Summarize the conditions for registering an employee as a temporary
commercial applicator trainee (4) - ✔✔1. Trainee registration is valid for only 30 days.
2. Trainee may not use a restricted-use pesticide or direct the use of any pesticide.
3. Application of pesticides by trainee must be under direct, on-site supervision by
commercial applicator who is certified/licensed in the appropriate category.
4. Trainee must have a copy of registration on hand when using pesticides.
✔✔Ch.7 List the certification and licensing requirements for commercial applicators -
✔✔-Applicator For Hire: Certification--Yes; License--Yes
-Applicator Not for Hire (RUPs):
Certification--Yes; License--Yes
-Applicator Not for Hire (Only non-RUP in/on public school grounds): Certification--Yes;
License: No
-Applicator Not for Hire (Only non-RUP): Certification--No; License--No
,-Registered Temporary Trainee (Only allowed non-RUP use & must be under
supervision): Certification--No; License--No
✔✔Ch.7 List the kinds of applications for which you must keep records, and know how
long you must keep such records - ✔✔You must keep a record of any application for
which both certification and licensing are required.
*It's good business to keep records for at least 2 years whether legally required or not.
✔✔Ch.7 Describe what is meant by prohibited pesticide, limited-use pesticide, pesticide
governed by a special rule - ✔✔-Prohibited: contains active ingredients & use has been
prohibited due to hazardous nature/persistence.
-Limited-Use: in WI the purchase, sale, or use of some are limited to specifically defined
uses.
-Special Rule: potentially adverse effect on the environment or human health, regulated
through special rules.
✔✔Ch.7 Explain when you may need to get special permits and/or obtain another
certification category to perform certain pesticide applications - ✔✔For some situations
there are regulations that go beyond the need to be certified and you must also obtain a
special permit before buying/using pesticides for these cases.
✔✔Ch.8 Describe the difference between the terms "labels" and "labeling" - ✔✔-Labels:
info printed/attached to the pesticide container or wrapper.
-Labeling: both the actual label and to all addition product info.
✔✔Ch.8 List the 5 times when you should read the relevant parts of a label - ✔✔1.
Before you buy the product, to make sure it's the best choice for the pest you wish to
control and that the product is labeled for the site where you need to use it.
2. Before you store the product.
3. Before you mix and use the product, to be sure you apply it safely, effectively, and at
the proper rate.
4. Before you clean the pesticide application equipment.
5. Before you dispose of the product and/or its container.
✔✔Ch.8 Outline the kinds of information you can find on a label - ✔✔Restricted-use
statement, Trade name, Type of pesticide, Formulation, Ingredient statement, Net
contents, Name & address, EPA registration & establishment numbers
✔✔Ch.8 Explain how products with similar brand names or ingredients may have
different uses - ✔✔Companies often use the same basic name with slight variations for
different products. Different companies may sell products that seem similar but are
registered for different uses. Always check the label for active ingredients and
registered uses.
, ✔✔Ch.8 List the signal words that you may find on a pesticide label (4) - ✔✔1. Danger-
Poison (often with skull and cross bones)
2. Danger
3. Warning
4. Caution
✔✔Ch.8 Define what a signal word is and how it related to the relative toxicity of a
product - ✔✔Definition: identify the toxicity category to which the product is assigned.
There are 4 toxicity categories indicated by Roman numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 (1=high 4=low)
✔✔Ch.8 List the 4 ways you may legally deviate from label directions - ✔✔1. Applying a
pesticide at a lower rate, concentration, or frequency than that specified on the label.
2. Applying a pesticide against any target pest not specified on the label if the
application is to the site specified on the label.
3. Using any method of application not prohibited by the label.
4. Mixing two or more pesticides or mixing a pesticide with a fertilizer when such mixture
is not mentioned by the label.
✔✔Ch.8 Explain what to do if state laws are more strict that label directions - ✔✔Label
directions must be consistent with federal laws. However each state may pass pesticide
laws that are more strict that (or in addition to) federal laws. It's important that you know
Wisconsin's laws that govern pesticide use. Otherwise, you might violate state law even
though you followed label directions.
✔✔Ch.8 Explain which directions you should follow when using a product whose label
has changed since you bought it - ✔✔-When to Follow the Old Label: Use the product
according to the label that came with it.
-When Not to Follow the Old Label: A registrant/state/federal agency may
cancel/prohibit a product or a specific use of the product. Then there may be a phase
out date. Anyone who has some of the product may use it up to the specified date; after
that the prohibition extends even to products already in the hands of the end user.
✔✔Ch.8 Describe differences between a pesticide label and an MSDS sheet - ✔✔-
Pesticide Label:
-MSDS Sheet: contains more details and technical info than the label about the
product's chemical and physical properties, toxicological and ecological info, first-aid
procedures, and emergency response.
✔✔Chapter 8 Know the Law - ✔✔The label and the supplemental labeling are legally
binding documents.
✔✔Chapter 8 Know the Law - ✔✔This chapter describes the only 4 ways you may
legally deviate from label directions.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Ch.7 Explain why products are classified restricted-use and who may purchase and
apply such products - ✔✔-EPA determines whether the benefits of use outweigh the
risks only when trained persons use the pesticide.
-Must be a certified applicator to mix, load, apply, or direct use of RUPs.
✔✔Ch.7 Explain the significance when state and federal laws differ - ✔✔State laws can
be more strict than federal laws but not more lenient.
✔✔Ch.7 Contrast the difference between a private applicator, commercial applicator for
hire, and commercial applicator not for hire - ✔✔-Private: you use or direct use of
pesticides for purpose of producing an agricultural commodity; applications occur on
land owned/rented by you/your employer.
-Commercial for Hire: if you use pesticides on a contract basis (paid by 3rd party to
perform services).
-Commercial Not for Hire: use or direct the use of pesticides only to sites that you/your
employer controls, and don't contract out your pesticide application services.
✔✔Ch.7 Summarize the conditions for registering an employee as a temporary
commercial applicator trainee (4) - ✔✔1. Trainee registration is valid for only 30 days.
2. Trainee may not use a restricted-use pesticide or direct the use of any pesticide.
3. Application of pesticides by trainee must be under direct, on-site supervision by
commercial applicator who is certified/licensed in the appropriate category.
4. Trainee must have a copy of registration on hand when using pesticides.
✔✔Ch.7 List the certification and licensing requirements for commercial applicators -
✔✔-Applicator For Hire: Certification--Yes; License--Yes
-Applicator Not for Hire (RUPs):
Certification--Yes; License--Yes
-Applicator Not for Hire (Only non-RUP in/on public school grounds): Certification--Yes;
License: No
-Applicator Not for Hire (Only non-RUP): Certification--No; License--No
,-Registered Temporary Trainee (Only allowed non-RUP use & must be under
supervision): Certification--No; License--No
✔✔Ch.7 List the kinds of applications for which you must keep records, and know how
long you must keep such records - ✔✔You must keep a record of any application for
which both certification and licensing are required.
*It's good business to keep records for at least 2 years whether legally required or not.
✔✔Ch.7 Describe what is meant by prohibited pesticide, limited-use pesticide, pesticide
governed by a special rule - ✔✔-Prohibited: contains active ingredients & use has been
prohibited due to hazardous nature/persistence.
-Limited-Use: in WI the purchase, sale, or use of some are limited to specifically defined
uses.
-Special Rule: potentially adverse effect on the environment or human health, regulated
through special rules.
✔✔Ch.7 Explain when you may need to get special permits and/or obtain another
certification category to perform certain pesticide applications - ✔✔For some situations
there are regulations that go beyond the need to be certified and you must also obtain a
special permit before buying/using pesticides for these cases.
✔✔Ch.8 Describe the difference between the terms "labels" and "labeling" - ✔✔-Labels:
info printed/attached to the pesticide container or wrapper.
-Labeling: both the actual label and to all addition product info.
✔✔Ch.8 List the 5 times when you should read the relevant parts of a label - ✔✔1.
Before you buy the product, to make sure it's the best choice for the pest you wish to
control and that the product is labeled for the site where you need to use it.
2. Before you store the product.
3. Before you mix and use the product, to be sure you apply it safely, effectively, and at
the proper rate.
4. Before you clean the pesticide application equipment.
5. Before you dispose of the product and/or its container.
✔✔Ch.8 Outline the kinds of information you can find on a label - ✔✔Restricted-use
statement, Trade name, Type of pesticide, Formulation, Ingredient statement, Net
contents, Name & address, EPA registration & establishment numbers
✔✔Ch.8 Explain how products with similar brand names or ingredients may have
different uses - ✔✔Companies often use the same basic name with slight variations for
different products. Different companies may sell products that seem similar but are
registered for different uses. Always check the label for active ingredients and
registered uses.
, ✔✔Ch.8 List the signal words that you may find on a pesticide label (4) - ✔✔1. Danger-
Poison (often with skull and cross bones)
2. Danger
3. Warning
4. Caution
✔✔Ch.8 Define what a signal word is and how it related to the relative toxicity of a
product - ✔✔Definition: identify the toxicity category to which the product is assigned.
There are 4 toxicity categories indicated by Roman numerals 1, 2, 3, 4 (1=high 4=low)
✔✔Ch.8 List the 4 ways you may legally deviate from label directions - ✔✔1. Applying a
pesticide at a lower rate, concentration, or frequency than that specified on the label.
2. Applying a pesticide against any target pest not specified on the label if the
application is to the site specified on the label.
3. Using any method of application not prohibited by the label.
4. Mixing two or more pesticides or mixing a pesticide with a fertilizer when such mixture
is not mentioned by the label.
✔✔Ch.8 Explain what to do if state laws are more strict that label directions - ✔✔Label
directions must be consistent with federal laws. However each state may pass pesticide
laws that are more strict that (or in addition to) federal laws. It's important that you know
Wisconsin's laws that govern pesticide use. Otherwise, you might violate state law even
though you followed label directions.
✔✔Ch.8 Explain which directions you should follow when using a product whose label
has changed since you bought it - ✔✔-When to Follow the Old Label: Use the product
according to the label that came with it.
-When Not to Follow the Old Label: A registrant/state/federal agency may
cancel/prohibit a product or a specific use of the product. Then there may be a phase
out date. Anyone who has some of the product may use it up to the specified date; after
that the prohibition extends even to products already in the hands of the end user.
✔✔Ch.8 Describe differences between a pesticide label and an MSDS sheet - ✔✔-
Pesticide Label:
-MSDS Sheet: contains more details and technical info than the label about the
product's chemical and physical properties, toxicological and ecological info, first-aid
procedures, and emergency response.
✔✔Chapter 8 Know the Law - ✔✔The label and the supplemental labeling are legally
binding documents.
✔✔Chapter 8 Know the Law - ✔✔This chapter describes the only 4 ways you may
legally deviate from label directions.
