PESTICIDE LICENSE EXAM [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED
ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM PREPARATION
• The EPA has the authority to stop the sale or use of any pesticide -✓✓ANSWER:
True
• A person purchasing a restricted use herbicide must be a certified applicator -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Restricted use pesticides can only be applied by a certified applicator -
✓✓ANSWER: False
• All pesticide products containing the same active ingredient are classified the
same, either general use or restricted use, regardless of the formulation. -
✓✓ANSWER: False
• The WSDA administers the pesticide licensing program in Washington -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Every pesticide distributed in Washington must be registered with the WSDA -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• SLN registration allows WSDA to register additional application sites to a federal
label -✓✓ANSWER: False
,• If a licensed private applicator in Washington chooses to recertify by course
credit, how many recertification credits do they need in five years??? -
✓✓ANSWER: 20 credits
• If an applicator had two major label violations and was cited by the WSDA, they
could face a maximum fine of $15000 and lose their license -✓✓ANSWER: True
• Agricultural establishments that have employees who work in recently treated
areas must comply with WPS rules -✓✓ANSWER: True
• An applicator can avoid harming the environment, misapplying pesticides, and
violating the law by reading and following label directions. -✓✓ANSWER: True
• The components of a pesticide formulation that controls the pest is the______
ingredient -✓✓ANSWER: Active
• Careful pesticide selection is important because pesticide formulations vary in
their safety to the user, environment, and crop to be treated; efficacy; and cost. -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Which of the following is NOT a concern when handling an emulsifiable
concentrate pesticide?
1. high phytotoxicity hazard
2. may be easily absorbed through human and animal skin
3. clogged nozzles and screens -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Clogged nozzles and screens
• which of the following formulation dissolve in water???
, 1. flowables
2.water-dispersible granules
3. soluble powders -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Soluble powders
• breathing dust is a potential hazard associated with the mixing of wettable
powders and soluble powders -✓✓ANSWER: True
• which of the following pesticide formulations must be mixed with water before
being used by the applicator?
1. flowables
2. granules
3. dusts -✓✓ANSWER: 1.Flowables
• When added to water, emusifiable concentrates form emulsions. -✓✓ANSWER:
True
• Most bait formulations have 50% or more active ingredient. -✓✓ANSWER: False
• Extreme care must be exercised when placing baits to make them inaccessible
to children, pets, and other non-target ingredients -✓✓ANSWER: True
• all pesticide manufacterors include all the necessary spray adjuvants, thus you
do not need to add them when mixing a spray tank load. -✓✓ANSWER: False
• Two or more pesticides that cannot be effectively mixed together are said to be
what??? -✓✓ANSWER: incompatible
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED
ANSWERS | COMPLETE EXAM PREPARATION
• The EPA has the authority to stop the sale or use of any pesticide -✓✓ANSWER:
True
• A person purchasing a restricted use herbicide must be a certified applicator -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Restricted use pesticides can only be applied by a certified applicator -
✓✓ANSWER: False
• All pesticide products containing the same active ingredient are classified the
same, either general use or restricted use, regardless of the formulation. -
✓✓ANSWER: False
• The WSDA administers the pesticide licensing program in Washington -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Every pesticide distributed in Washington must be registered with the WSDA -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• SLN registration allows WSDA to register additional application sites to a federal
label -✓✓ANSWER: False
,• If a licensed private applicator in Washington chooses to recertify by course
credit, how many recertification credits do they need in five years??? -
✓✓ANSWER: 20 credits
• If an applicator had two major label violations and was cited by the WSDA, they
could face a maximum fine of $15000 and lose their license -✓✓ANSWER: True
• Agricultural establishments that have employees who work in recently treated
areas must comply with WPS rules -✓✓ANSWER: True
• An applicator can avoid harming the environment, misapplying pesticides, and
violating the law by reading and following label directions. -✓✓ANSWER: True
• The components of a pesticide formulation that controls the pest is the______
ingredient -✓✓ANSWER: Active
• Careful pesticide selection is important because pesticide formulations vary in
their safety to the user, environment, and crop to be treated; efficacy; and cost. -
✓✓ANSWER: True
• Which of the following is NOT a concern when handling an emulsifiable
concentrate pesticide?
1. high phytotoxicity hazard
2. may be easily absorbed through human and animal skin
3. clogged nozzles and screens -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Clogged nozzles and screens
• which of the following formulation dissolve in water???
, 1. flowables
2.water-dispersible granules
3. soluble powders -✓✓ANSWER: 3. Soluble powders
• breathing dust is a potential hazard associated with the mixing of wettable
powders and soluble powders -✓✓ANSWER: True
• which of the following pesticide formulations must be mixed with water before
being used by the applicator?
1. flowables
2. granules
3. dusts -✓✓ANSWER: 1.Flowables
• When added to water, emusifiable concentrates form emulsions. -✓✓ANSWER:
True
• Most bait formulations have 50% or more active ingredient. -✓✓ANSWER: False
• Extreme care must be exercised when placing baits to make them inaccessible
to children, pets, and other non-target ingredients -✓✓ANSWER: True
• all pesticide manufacterors include all the necessary spray adjuvants, thus you
do not need to add them when mixing a spray tank load. -✓✓ANSWER: False
• Two or more pesticides that cannot be effectively mixed together are said to be
what??? -✓✓ANSWER: incompatible
