KANSAS COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE EXAMINATION TEST
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) - ✔✔The major federally regulated legislation for
pesticides.
Enforced by Health Canada
Prevents unacceptable risks to people and environment from pesticide use.
✔✔How to become PCP registered - ✔✔Need to present scientific data on product
effectiveness in Canadian environment, toxicity, food residues, residual, and chemistry
to Health Canada. Registration # is given and product must be reviewed every 15 years.
✔✔What are the pesticide classifications? - ✔✔- Domestic
- Commercial
- Restricted
- Manufacturing
✔✔Food and Drugs Act (FDA) - ✔✔Protects the health of customers by prohibiting sale
of food containing harmful substances. A maximum residue limit must be established
(MRL).
Excessive pesticide residues can be prevented by following label rates, days to harvest,
number of applications per crop/season, and other recommendations which are
described on the label.
✔✔Fertilizers Act - ✔✔All fertilizers and supplemental products must be effective and
safe for people, animals, and the environment. They must also be properly labelled.
All fertilizers imported/sold in Canada are regulated by the Canada Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA).
✔✔Are farmers exempt from training with transportation of dangerous goods? - ✔✔Yes,
as long as they are moving the pesticides no more than 100km from their farm.
✔✔When transporting, what kind of safety marks are needed for large and small
containers? - ✔✔Large: Placards must be on all sides unless the tote is empty and
clean.
Small: Each container must have a label.
✔✔Fisheries Act - ✔✔Protects fish and the water they live in. Act prohibits runoff of
substances into fish habitat. Fuel, lube, pesticides, and soil are considered
contaminants.
Controls the spread of invasive species into Alberta waters.
- Mussels are the biggest concern.
✔✔Within what distance of a body of water does a user need to follow the label
carefully? - ✔✔30 meters
, ✔✔National Fire Code of Canada - ✔✔Provides minimum safety requirements for areas
where hazardous materials are stored.
✔✔Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (E.P.E.A.) - ✔✔Regulates the use
of pesticides in Alberta.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 1 - ✔✔Restricted pesticides. Mostly fumigants,
vertebrate toxicants. A farmer would need a valid Farmer Pesticide Certificate.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 2 - ✔✔Commercial pesticides. These can only be
purchased by certified applicators, farmers, and acreage owners.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 3 - ✔✔Domestic pesticides for use by homeowners.
When used around daycares, hospitals, schools.... Pesticide applicator certificate is
required.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 4 - ✔✔Domestic, commercial, or restricted pesticide
products that do not represent a risk to the environment.
✔✔Pesticide service registrations - ✔✔Provide pesticide service on public land or in
forest management activities. These include:
Pesticides services, services on public lands, on rights-of-way, and forest management.
✔✔Pesticide Vendor Registrations - ✔✔Sells pesticides in schedule 1 or 2.
Need a valid AWSA Certification of Compliance.
✔✔What is the condition of a Pesticide Vendor Registration - ✔✔These will be issued
when a company employs at least one Commercial Pesticide Dispenser holder.
Registrations are issued for up to 10 years.
✔✔When are pesticide applicator certificates required? - ✔✔Required by anyone
purchasing and using a pesticide described in schedule 1 and 2.
They are also needed for anyone applying pesticides around schools, hospitals....
These are issued for a five year period.
✔✔Can uncertified assistants and authorized assistants purchase pesticides? - ✔✔No.
✔✔In what conditions can a restricted pesticide applicator certificate holder purchase
pesticides? - ✔✔- Service registration holder unexpectedly loses the services of the
certified applicator
- Big pest outbreak
- Pesticide being sold/used is low-risk and the applicator can be supervised.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) - ✔✔The major federally regulated legislation for
pesticides.
Enforced by Health Canada
Prevents unacceptable risks to people and environment from pesticide use.
✔✔How to become PCP registered - ✔✔Need to present scientific data on product
effectiveness in Canadian environment, toxicity, food residues, residual, and chemistry
to Health Canada. Registration # is given and product must be reviewed every 15 years.
✔✔What are the pesticide classifications? - ✔✔- Domestic
- Commercial
- Restricted
- Manufacturing
✔✔Food and Drugs Act (FDA) - ✔✔Protects the health of customers by prohibiting sale
of food containing harmful substances. A maximum residue limit must be established
(MRL).
Excessive pesticide residues can be prevented by following label rates, days to harvest,
number of applications per crop/season, and other recommendations which are
described on the label.
✔✔Fertilizers Act - ✔✔All fertilizers and supplemental products must be effective and
safe for people, animals, and the environment. They must also be properly labelled.
All fertilizers imported/sold in Canada are regulated by the Canada Food Inspection
Agency (CFIA).
✔✔Are farmers exempt from training with transportation of dangerous goods? - ✔✔Yes,
as long as they are moving the pesticides no more than 100km from their farm.
✔✔When transporting, what kind of safety marks are needed for large and small
containers? - ✔✔Large: Placards must be on all sides unless the tote is empty and
clean.
Small: Each container must have a label.
✔✔Fisheries Act - ✔✔Protects fish and the water they live in. Act prohibits runoff of
substances into fish habitat. Fuel, lube, pesticides, and soil are considered
contaminants.
Controls the spread of invasive species into Alberta waters.
- Mussels are the biggest concern.
✔✔Within what distance of a body of water does a user need to follow the label
carefully? - ✔✔30 meters
, ✔✔National Fire Code of Canada - ✔✔Provides minimum safety requirements for areas
where hazardous materials are stored.
✔✔Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (E.P.E.A.) - ✔✔Regulates the use
of pesticides in Alberta.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 1 - ✔✔Restricted pesticides. Mostly fumigants,
vertebrate toxicants. A farmer would need a valid Farmer Pesticide Certificate.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 2 - ✔✔Commercial pesticides. These can only be
purchased by certified applicators, farmers, and acreage owners.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 3 - ✔✔Domestic pesticides for use by homeowners.
When used around daycares, hospitals, schools.... Pesticide applicator certificate is
required.
✔✔What is pesticide schedule 4 - ✔✔Domestic, commercial, or restricted pesticide
products that do not represent a risk to the environment.
✔✔Pesticide service registrations - ✔✔Provide pesticide service on public land or in
forest management activities. These include:
Pesticides services, services on public lands, on rights-of-way, and forest management.
✔✔Pesticide Vendor Registrations - ✔✔Sells pesticides in schedule 1 or 2.
Need a valid AWSA Certification of Compliance.
✔✔What is the condition of a Pesticide Vendor Registration - ✔✔These will be issued
when a company employs at least one Commercial Pesticide Dispenser holder.
Registrations are issued for up to 10 years.
✔✔When are pesticide applicator certificates required? - ✔✔Required by anyone
purchasing and using a pesticide described in schedule 1 and 2.
They are also needed for anyone applying pesticides around schools, hospitals....
These are issued for a five year period.
✔✔Can uncertified assistants and authorized assistants purchase pesticides? - ✔✔No.
✔✔In what conditions can a restricted pesticide applicator certificate holder purchase
pesticides? - ✔✔- Service registration holder unexpectedly loses the services of the
certified applicator
- Big pest outbreak
- Pesticide being sold/used is low-risk and the applicator can be supervised.
