KANSAS COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
plastic hoses, gaskets, pump starts, and other surfaces to deteriorate.
✔✔Which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation
exposure during mixing and loading? - ✔✔Water-dispersible granule (WDG) or dry
flowable (DF)
✔✔Which type of dry/solid pesticide formulation consists of particles that are the same
weight and shape? - ✔✔Pellet
✔✔Which is an advantage of microencapsulated materials? - ✔✔Delayed or slow
release of the active ingredient prolongs their effectiveness.
✔✔Which type of adjuvant functions as a wetting agent and spreader? - ✔✔Surfactant
✔✔Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? - ✔✔Thickener
✔✔The capacity of a pesticide to cause short term (acute) or long term (chronic) injury
is referred to as its: - ✔✔Toxicity
✔✔Which statement about harmful effects of pesticides is false? - ✔✔The most
common form of pesticide injury is by inhalation
✔✔Which signal word is associated with very low oral LD50 values? - ✔✔DANGER-
POISON
✔✔Which statement about toxicity is true? - ✔✔A pesticide with an oral LD50 of 5mg/kg
is more toxic than a pesticide with an LD50 of 250mg/kg.
✔✔For which class(es) of pesticides might cholinesterase monitoring be appropriate? -
✔✔Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides
✔✔Which statement about what happens to pesticides inside the body is true? - ✔✔The
kidneys filter pesticides from the blood into the urine.
✔✔Which statement about pesticide exposure routes is true? - ✔✔Eating, drinking, or
smoking without washing your hands after handling pesticides is likely to transfer the
product to your mouth.
✔✔Which statement about first aid response for pesticide exposure to the eye is false?
- ✔✔You should drip water directly into the eye.
, ✔✔What is the first thing you should do to help a victim of inhalation exposure? -
✔✔Get the victim to fresh air
✔✔Which statement about heat stress is true? - ✔✔Lack of sweat is a symptom of
heatstroke.
✔✔Which statement about PPE requirements listed on pesticide labels is true? - ✔✔A
label may have different PPE requirements for pesticide handlers and early-entry
workers.
✔✔Which part of the product formulation determines what glove type is needed? -
✔✔Solvents
✔✔If there are no manufacturer use recommendations, a pesticide applicator should
replace the chemical cartridges of their respirator: - ✔✔At the end of each work day
✔✔When oil may be present, which particulate filter must be used? - ✔✔P-Series
✔✔Air-purifying respirators protect applicators from pesticide exposure by: - ✔✔Filtering
and absorbing the pesticide
✔✔You should do a qualitative fit test of your respirator: - ✔✔If you have a significant
change in weight
✔✔Every time you wear any tight-fitting respirator to apply pesticides, you should first: -
✔✔Perform seal checks.
✔✔Which statement about washing work clothes soaked with a pesticide concentrate is
true? - ✔✔Do not wash it, and dispose of it immediately
✔✔Work clothes worn to apply pesticides should be laundered with a suitable
detergent: - ✔✔After each days use
✔✔Which property of a pesticide would make it more likely to move in surface water
runoff? - ✔✔High solubility
✔✔Which statement about movement of pesticides from the application site is true? -
✔✔Runoff and erosion are sources of surface water contamination by pesticides
✔✔Which is an example of nonpoint-source contamination of ground water? -
✔✔Pesticides that dissolve and leach through soil after it rains.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
plastic hoses, gaskets, pump starts, and other surfaces to deteriorate.
✔✔Which dry/solid formulation is mixed in water and reduces the risk of inhalation
exposure during mixing and loading? - ✔✔Water-dispersible granule (WDG) or dry
flowable (DF)
✔✔Which type of dry/solid pesticide formulation consists of particles that are the same
weight and shape? - ✔✔Pellet
✔✔Which is an advantage of microencapsulated materials? - ✔✔Delayed or slow
release of the active ingredient prolongs their effectiveness.
✔✔Which type of adjuvant functions as a wetting agent and spreader? - ✔✔Surfactant
✔✔Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? - ✔✔Thickener
✔✔The capacity of a pesticide to cause short term (acute) or long term (chronic) injury
is referred to as its: - ✔✔Toxicity
✔✔Which statement about harmful effects of pesticides is false? - ✔✔The most
common form of pesticide injury is by inhalation
✔✔Which signal word is associated with very low oral LD50 values? - ✔✔DANGER-
POISON
✔✔Which statement about toxicity is true? - ✔✔A pesticide with an oral LD50 of 5mg/kg
is more toxic than a pesticide with an LD50 of 250mg/kg.
✔✔For which class(es) of pesticides might cholinesterase monitoring be appropriate? -
✔✔Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides
✔✔Which statement about what happens to pesticides inside the body is true? - ✔✔The
kidneys filter pesticides from the blood into the urine.
✔✔Which statement about pesticide exposure routes is true? - ✔✔Eating, drinking, or
smoking without washing your hands after handling pesticides is likely to transfer the
product to your mouth.
✔✔Which statement about first aid response for pesticide exposure to the eye is false?
- ✔✔You should drip water directly into the eye.
, ✔✔What is the first thing you should do to help a victim of inhalation exposure? -
✔✔Get the victim to fresh air
✔✔Which statement about heat stress is true? - ✔✔Lack of sweat is a symptom of
heatstroke.
✔✔Which statement about PPE requirements listed on pesticide labels is true? - ✔✔A
label may have different PPE requirements for pesticide handlers and early-entry
workers.
✔✔Which part of the product formulation determines what glove type is needed? -
✔✔Solvents
✔✔If there are no manufacturer use recommendations, a pesticide applicator should
replace the chemical cartridges of their respirator: - ✔✔At the end of each work day
✔✔When oil may be present, which particulate filter must be used? - ✔✔P-Series
✔✔Air-purifying respirators protect applicators from pesticide exposure by: - ✔✔Filtering
and absorbing the pesticide
✔✔You should do a qualitative fit test of your respirator: - ✔✔If you have a significant
change in weight
✔✔Every time you wear any tight-fitting respirator to apply pesticides, you should first: -
✔✔Perform seal checks.
✔✔Which statement about washing work clothes soaked with a pesticide concentrate is
true? - ✔✔Do not wash it, and dispose of it immediately
✔✔Work clothes worn to apply pesticides should be laundered with a suitable
detergent: - ✔✔After each days use
✔✔Which property of a pesticide would make it more likely to move in surface water
runoff? - ✔✔High solubility
✔✔Which statement about movement of pesticides from the application site is true? -
✔✔Runoff and erosion are sources of surface water contamination by pesticides
✔✔Which is an example of nonpoint-source contamination of ground water? -
✔✔Pesticides that dissolve and leach through soil after it rains.
