VA PESTICIDE EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Private Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certified applicator who uses or supervises
the use of any restricted use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity
Renewal of Certification Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certification
Expires June 30th Second yr after issue. OPS will send a renewal notice. Continuing
education credits required.
Certified Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- uses pesticide for any use
other than as described for private applicator
Certified Registered Technician - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- individual who performs
services similar to commercial applicator. May use general use pesticides on the job without
supervision and may use RUPs only under direct supervision. 20 hours job training and 20
hours manual study
Type of Applicators - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- For Hire, Not for hire- only on property
owned or leased by the applicator or by his or her employer, Government Employees,
Inactive
Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Adherence to Pesticide Label
-Supervision of Registered Tech and Person in Training
-Recordkeeping
-Licensing
-Reporting Accidents
Adherence to Label - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Label is legal agreement between EPA,
Manufacturer and User
,Supervision of Registered Technicians and Uncertified Persons in Training - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - uncertified must have direct onsite supervision for any pesticide. Tech must
have onsite supervision for restricted use.
Recordkeeping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - must keep records of all applications for
minimum of 2 years.
Reporting Incidents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Report all accidents that pose a threat to
any person, public health, or the environment via telephone within 48 hours to VDACS-OPS.
Written report also required within 10 days. Additional reports may need to be made
depending on severity.
Pesticide Business License - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -$50 annual and a separate license
is needed for each location.
-$100,000 insurance property damage, $100,000 for personal injury and $300,00 per
occurrence
- license expires March 31st each year
Pesticide Business Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -If RUP are sold or
distributed a certified commercial applicator must be present at each location during business
hours
-Commercial Applicator must be employee of business applying or recommending pesticide
use.
-Sales of all RUP and all applications must be recorded for 2 years
-Comply with state regulations
Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Competes with humans or desirable plants for food or
water
-Injures humans, animals, structures, desirable plants, or possessions
-Spreads disease
-Annoys humans
Pest Categories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Key Pests
Occasional Pests
,Secondary Pests
Key pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Nearly always present, cause major damage and
require regular control
Occasional Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Migratory or cyclical and require intermittent
control
Secondary Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Control only under certain circumstances
required
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Required to address a situation including:
-Physical Features
-Characteristics of damage
-Development and Biology
-Key, Secondary, or Occasional
-Control Goal
Basic Pest Groups - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Weeds
-Parasites and Diseases
-Mollusks
-Arthropods
-Vertebrates
Weeds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Hardy and Aggressive
-Large seed production efficiently spread
-Spreading by runners or underground stems
-Weed seeds can remain dormant for extended duration
-Can tolerate harsh conditions
-Can compete for soil moisture, light, and nutrients better than cultivated plants
, Monocot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -One leaf seed
-Parallel Leaf Veins
-Fibrous Routs
-Grasses and Lillies
-Crabgrass, Johnsongrass
Dicott (broadleaves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Two seed leafs
-Broad or narrow leaves with netlike veins
-Flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5
-Taproots penetrate deep into soil
-Some have wppdy stems
-Trees and Shrubs
-Poison ivy, dandelions
Annuals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Live 1 yr or less
-Germinate from seed, grow, flower, set seed and die within 12 months
-Summer annuals germinate in spring or summer and flower in later summer or early fall
-Crabgrass, Russian thistle
-Winter annuals germinate in late summer, fall, or winter and flower in the spring
Biennials - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 2 yr life cycle
- Germinate and grow foliage during first yr with the first yr growth often as wide low
growing cluster of leaves called rosette
-Second yr biennials flower, set seed and die
Perennials - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Live more than 2 yrs and some live for many yrs
- Store food in underground parts and sue this energy to produce new growth early in each
growing season
-Harder to control
-Flower and set seeds repeatedly 1 or more times a year
-Have special structures for spreading
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Private Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certified applicator who uses or supervises
the use of any restricted use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity
Renewal of Certification Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certification
Expires June 30th Second yr after issue. OPS will send a renewal notice. Continuing
education credits required.
Certified Commercial Applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- uses pesticide for any use
other than as described for private applicator
Certified Registered Technician - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- individual who performs
services similar to commercial applicator. May use general use pesticides on the job without
supervision and may use RUPs only under direct supervision. 20 hours job training and 20
hours manual study
Type of Applicators - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- For Hire, Not for hire- only on property
owned or leased by the applicator or by his or her employer, Government Employees,
Inactive
Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Adherence to Pesticide Label
-Supervision of Registered Tech and Person in Training
-Recordkeeping
-Licensing
-Reporting Accidents
Adherence to Label - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Label is legal agreement between EPA,
Manufacturer and User
,Supervision of Registered Technicians and Uncertified Persons in Training - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- - uncertified must have direct onsite supervision for any pesticide. Tech must
have onsite supervision for restricted use.
Recordkeeping - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - must keep records of all applications for
minimum of 2 years.
Reporting Incidents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Report all accidents that pose a threat to
any person, public health, or the environment via telephone within 48 hours to VDACS-OPS.
Written report also required within 10 days. Additional reports may need to be made
depending on severity.
Pesticide Business License - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -$50 annual and a separate license
is needed for each location.
-$100,000 insurance property damage, $100,000 for personal injury and $300,00 per
occurrence
- license expires March 31st each year
Pesticide Business Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -If RUP are sold or
distributed a certified commercial applicator must be present at each location during business
hours
-Commercial Applicator must be employee of business applying or recommending pesticide
use.
-Sales of all RUP and all applications must be recorded for 2 years
-Comply with state regulations
Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Competes with humans or desirable plants for food or
water
-Injures humans, animals, structures, desirable plants, or possessions
-Spreads disease
-Annoys humans
Pest Categories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Key Pests
Occasional Pests
,Secondary Pests
Key pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Nearly always present, cause major damage and
require regular control
Occasional Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Migratory or cyclical and require intermittent
control
Secondary Pests - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Control only under certain circumstances
required
Identification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Required to address a situation including:
-Physical Features
-Characteristics of damage
-Development and Biology
-Key, Secondary, or Occasional
-Control Goal
Basic Pest Groups - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Weeds
-Parasites and Diseases
-Mollusks
-Arthropods
-Vertebrates
Weeds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Hardy and Aggressive
-Large seed production efficiently spread
-Spreading by runners or underground stems
-Weed seeds can remain dormant for extended duration
-Can tolerate harsh conditions
-Can compete for soil moisture, light, and nutrients better than cultivated plants
, Monocot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -One leaf seed
-Parallel Leaf Veins
-Fibrous Routs
-Grasses and Lillies
-Crabgrass, Johnsongrass
Dicott (broadleaves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Two seed leafs
-Broad or narrow leaves with netlike veins
-Flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5
-Taproots penetrate deep into soil
-Some have wppdy stems
-Trees and Shrubs
-Poison ivy, dandelions
Annuals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Live 1 yr or less
-Germinate from seed, grow, flower, set seed and die within 12 months
-Summer annuals germinate in spring or summer and flower in later summer or early fall
-Crabgrass, Russian thistle
-Winter annuals germinate in late summer, fall, or winter and flower in the spring
Biennials - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - 2 yr life cycle
- Germinate and grow foliage during first yr with the first yr growth often as wide low
growing cluster of leaves called rosette
-Second yr biennials flower, set seed and die
Perennials - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Live more than 2 yrs and some live for many yrs
- Store food in underground parts and sue this energy to produce new growth early in each
growing season
-Harder to control
-Flower and set seeds repeatedly 1 or more times a year
-Have special structures for spreading
