RHODE ISLAND PESTICIDE EXAM| LATEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM ALL 55+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which of the following integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices should
be followed when deciding whether control is required? >> ANS >> Regularly
monitor pest activities
2. For how long after an applicator's license has expired may he / she continue
to apply pesticides legally? >> ANS >> A valid license is required to apply
pesticides
3. Formulations applied as liquids are always mixed with water >> ANS >> False
4. What is an endangered species? >> ANS >> A plant or animal on brink of
extinction
5. Biomagnification is >> ANS >> An increase in pesticide concentrations in
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, animals as you go up the food chain
6. An applicator is planning to spray pesticide in an area with sensitive areas.
Generally, which of the following must the applicator use to minimize drift?
>> ANS >> - Low-pressure nozzles producing large droplets
7. Going from highest risk of dermal exposure to lowest ( and assuming
the same concentration of AI in the product) which of the series below is
correct? >> ANS >> Oil-based formulations, water-based formulations, dry
formulations
8. If you have two pesticides, the First with an ld50 of 45 mg per kg and a
second with an lc50 of 4 mg per kg, the second pesticide is more toxic >>
ANS >> True
9. Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? >> ANS >>
Thicken- er
10. Work clothes worn to apply pesticides should be laundered with a suitable
detergent >> ANS >> >> ANS >> After each day's use
11. The routes of Entry statement, "extremely hazardous by skin con-
tact-rapidly absorbed through the skin" on a label would most likely carry
which signal word? >> ANS >> Danger-poison
12. What are the three C's? >> ANS >> Control, contain, clean up the spill
13. A pesticide dissolved in water is a >> ANS >> Solution
14. Which of the following would increase the likelihood of pesticide resis-
tance? >> ANS >> Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class
15. Which statement about triple rinsing and pressure rinsing pesticide con-
tainers is true? >> ANS >> Rinsate from triple rinsing or pressure rinsing may be
stored for later use
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ACTUAL EXAM ALL 55+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which of the following integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices should
be followed when deciding whether control is required? >> ANS >> Regularly
monitor pest activities
2. For how long after an applicator's license has expired may he / she continue
to apply pesticides legally? >> ANS >> A valid license is required to apply
pesticides
3. Formulations applied as liquids are always mixed with water >> ANS >> False
4. What is an endangered species? >> ANS >> A plant or animal on brink of
extinction
5. Biomagnification is >> ANS >> An increase in pesticide concentrations in
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, animals as you go up the food chain
6. An applicator is planning to spray pesticide in an area with sensitive areas.
Generally, which of the following must the applicator use to minimize drift?
>> ANS >> - Low-pressure nozzles producing large droplets
7. Going from highest risk of dermal exposure to lowest ( and assuming
the same concentration of AI in the product) which of the series below is
correct? >> ANS >> Oil-based formulations, water-based formulations, dry
formulations
8. If you have two pesticides, the First with an ld50 of 45 mg per kg and a
second with an lc50 of 4 mg per kg, the second pesticide is more toxic >>
ANS >> True
9. Which type of adjuvant increases the viscosity of spray mixtures? >> ANS >>
Thicken- er
10. Work clothes worn to apply pesticides should be laundered with a suitable
detergent >> ANS >> >> ANS >> After each day's use
11. The routes of Entry statement, "extremely hazardous by skin con-
tact-rapidly absorbed through the skin" on a label would most likely carry
which signal word? >> ANS >> Danger-poison
12. What are the three C's? >> ANS >> Control, contain, clean up the spill
13. A pesticide dissolved in water is a >> ANS >> Solution
14. Which of the following would increase the likelihood of pesticide resis-
tance? >> ANS >> Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class
15. Which statement about triple rinsing and pressure rinsing pesticide con-
tainers is true? >> ANS >> Rinsate from triple rinsing or pressure rinsing may be
stored for later use
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