WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAMS SET
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed products. -
✔✔Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
✔✔Length of time required between final pesticide application and harvest - ✔✔Pre-
harvest interval (PHI)
✔✔Federal regulation aimed at protecting employees in agricultural establishments,
such as farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses from occupational exposure to
pesticides. - ✔✔Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
✔✔What are the major provisions of WPS that agricultural employers must uphold? -
✔✔Provide pesticide safety training to both workers and handlers
Provide PPE specified on label
Post warnings and give oral notification about pesticide applications
Provide a central area with emergency medical information, pesticide specific
information, and safety information
Provide ample decontamination supplies
Provide prompt transportation to a medical facility
✔✔Created to protect worker and health. Its main aim was to ensure that employers
provide their workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and health,
such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat
or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.
Contains requirements if you employ 11 or more workers or provide housing to 1 or
more migrant workers
Employers must keep records of all work-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries other
than first aid treatments - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Act
✔✔Requires employers to make a list of hazardous chemicals in the workplace, get
SDS for all hazardous materials on list, ensure that all containers of hazardous
materials are properly labeled at all times, train all workers about the hazardous
materials, and keep a file on the hazardous materials and make it available to workers -
✔✔Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
✔✔federal law administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that makes it illegal to
kill, harm, or collect endangered or threatened wildlife or fish or to remove threatened or
endangered plants from areas under federal jurisdiction. - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
(ESA)
,✔✔Are responsible to adhere to federal and state recordkeeping requirements -
✔✔Commercial and Private Applicators
✔✔Owners and operators of pesticide application businesses should consider keeping
documentation on employee training in the use of pesticides. These records include
what information? - ✔✔Name of employees and employer
Name of establishment or company
Employee identification number
Location and date training was completed
Employee's signature and date to verify receival of training
Documentation on training materials and sources
✔✔Established pesticide management programs that are designed to regulate the
registration, handling, storage, and disposal of pesticides and the certification and
licensing of pesticide applicators, consultants, and dealers. - ✔✔North Carolina
Pesticide Law (NCPL) of 1971
✔✔All uses of pesticides in NC, with exception to those regulated by NC SPC, are
regulated under what? - ✔✔NCPL
✔✔Are responsible for carrying out the provisions of the NCPL - ✔✔NC Pesticide Board
(NCPB) and NC Commissioner of Agriculture
✔✔7 member group that are appointed by the Governor that adopts regulations that
give more detail about acceptable pesticide practices and the manner in which pesticide
licenses are obtained and maintained. - ✔✔NC Pesticide Board (NCPB)
✔✔Authorized to administer and enforce the NCPL. - ✔✔NC Commissioner of
Agriculture
✔✔20 member group that assists the NCPB in an advisory capacity on matters
submitted by NCPB - ✔✔Pesticide Advisory Committee (PAC)
✔✔How frequently must all pesticides distributed, sold, or transported in NC must be
registered? - ✔✔Annually
✔✔Pesticide inspectors with the NCDA&CS may enter any public or private property at
reasonable times and require the inspection of what? - ✔✔Any equipment used for
application of pesticides
Pesticides stored or sold at any business
Land actually or reported to be exposed to pesticides
Application records
Storage and disposal areas
, ✔✔What are the 8 principles of storage regulation for all pesticides in NC? - ✔✔1. Store
pesticides to prevent leaking and facilitate inspection.
2. Do not store pesticides in unlabeled containers and ensure it contains the minimum
information.
3. Do not store pesticides in any food, beverage, or medicine container.
4. Do not store pesticides in a way that could cause contamination of foods, feeds,
beverages, eating utensils, tobacco, tobacco products, other pesticides, seeds, or
fertilizers.
5. Store pesticides in accordance with storage recommendations.
6. Store pesticides in a manner to prevent them being accessible to unauthorized
persons when unattended.
7. Store pesticides in a dry area.
8. Store pesticides in an area that is free of combustible materials and debris.
✔✔What is the minimum information required for labels of all pesticides? - ✔✔Common
chemical name
Percentage of each active ingredient
EPA registration number
Signal word
Use classification
✔✔What are the 7 principles for the requirements for restricted use of pesticides in
commercial storage? - ✔✔1. Prevent unauthorized access to stored pesticides, where
pesticide storage should be locked when unattended.
2. Pesticide spills must be cleaned up immediately, and floor-sweeping compounds,
such as sand, sawdust, and kitty litter must be kept on hand.
3. Pesticides must be stored to prevent contact with water resulting from area cleanup,
storm waters, leaks, or any other source that is likely to flood.
4. Pesticides that must not be stored within 100' horizontally of public water or 50'
horizontally from private water supply.
5. Person responsible for the pesticide storage must be compliant with all state and
local fire and building codes and environmental regulations, develop a pre-fire plan for
the facility, file a copy of the fire plan with local emergency services, and write a
notification for annual inspection.
6. Upon discovery of an emergency that poses a hazard to humans, animals, aquatic
life, or threat o
✔✔A warning sign at a pesticide storage area must include: - ✔✔Pesticide storage
Authorized personnel only
In case of emergency call [name of emergency contact, number]
✔✔If the Pesticide Board declares an animal is a pest, then - ✔✔The Commissioner of
Agriculture or Pesticide Board must notify the Wildlife Resources Commission.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and feed products. -
✔✔Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
✔✔Length of time required between final pesticide application and harvest - ✔✔Pre-
harvest interval (PHI)
✔✔Federal regulation aimed at protecting employees in agricultural establishments,
such as farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses from occupational exposure to
pesticides. - ✔✔Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
✔✔What are the major provisions of WPS that agricultural employers must uphold? -
✔✔Provide pesticide safety training to both workers and handlers
Provide PPE specified on label
Post warnings and give oral notification about pesticide applications
Provide a central area with emergency medical information, pesticide specific
information, and safety information
Provide ample decontamination supplies
Provide prompt transportation to a medical facility
✔✔Created to protect worker and health. Its main aim was to ensure that employers
provide their workers with an environment free from dangers to their safety and health,
such as exposure to toxic chemicals, excessive noise levels, mechanical dangers, heat
or cold stress, or unsanitary conditions.
Contains requirements if you employ 11 or more workers or provide housing to 1 or
more migrant workers
Employers must keep records of all work-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries other
than first aid treatments - ✔✔Occupational Safety and Health Act
✔✔Requires employers to make a list of hazardous chemicals in the workplace, get
SDS for all hazardous materials on list, ensure that all containers of hazardous
materials are properly labeled at all times, train all workers about the hazardous
materials, and keep a file on the hazardous materials and make it available to workers -
✔✔Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
✔✔federal law administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that makes it illegal to
kill, harm, or collect endangered or threatened wildlife or fish or to remove threatened or
endangered plants from areas under federal jurisdiction. - ✔✔Endangered Species Act
(ESA)
,✔✔Are responsible to adhere to federal and state recordkeeping requirements -
✔✔Commercial and Private Applicators
✔✔Owners and operators of pesticide application businesses should consider keeping
documentation on employee training in the use of pesticides. These records include
what information? - ✔✔Name of employees and employer
Name of establishment or company
Employee identification number
Location and date training was completed
Employee's signature and date to verify receival of training
Documentation on training materials and sources
✔✔Established pesticide management programs that are designed to regulate the
registration, handling, storage, and disposal of pesticides and the certification and
licensing of pesticide applicators, consultants, and dealers. - ✔✔North Carolina
Pesticide Law (NCPL) of 1971
✔✔All uses of pesticides in NC, with exception to those regulated by NC SPC, are
regulated under what? - ✔✔NCPL
✔✔Are responsible for carrying out the provisions of the NCPL - ✔✔NC Pesticide Board
(NCPB) and NC Commissioner of Agriculture
✔✔7 member group that are appointed by the Governor that adopts regulations that
give more detail about acceptable pesticide practices and the manner in which pesticide
licenses are obtained and maintained. - ✔✔NC Pesticide Board (NCPB)
✔✔Authorized to administer and enforce the NCPL. - ✔✔NC Commissioner of
Agriculture
✔✔20 member group that assists the NCPB in an advisory capacity on matters
submitted by NCPB - ✔✔Pesticide Advisory Committee (PAC)
✔✔How frequently must all pesticides distributed, sold, or transported in NC must be
registered? - ✔✔Annually
✔✔Pesticide inspectors with the NCDA&CS may enter any public or private property at
reasonable times and require the inspection of what? - ✔✔Any equipment used for
application of pesticides
Pesticides stored or sold at any business
Land actually or reported to be exposed to pesticides
Application records
Storage and disposal areas
, ✔✔What are the 8 principles of storage regulation for all pesticides in NC? - ✔✔1. Store
pesticides to prevent leaking and facilitate inspection.
2. Do not store pesticides in unlabeled containers and ensure it contains the minimum
information.
3. Do not store pesticides in any food, beverage, or medicine container.
4. Do not store pesticides in a way that could cause contamination of foods, feeds,
beverages, eating utensils, tobacco, tobacco products, other pesticides, seeds, or
fertilizers.
5. Store pesticides in accordance with storage recommendations.
6. Store pesticides in a manner to prevent them being accessible to unauthorized
persons when unattended.
7. Store pesticides in a dry area.
8. Store pesticides in an area that is free of combustible materials and debris.
✔✔What is the minimum information required for labels of all pesticides? - ✔✔Common
chemical name
Percentage of each active ingredient
EPA registration number
Signal word
Use classification
✔✔What are the 7 principles for the requirements for restricted use of pesticides in
commercial storage? - ✔✔1. Prevent unauthorized access to stored pesticides, where
pesticide storage should be locked when unattended.
2. Pesticide spills must be cleaned up immediately, and floor-sweeping compounds,
such as sand, sawdust, and kitty litter must be kept on hand.
3. Pesticides must be stored to prevent contact with water resulting from area cleanup,
storm waters, leaks, or any other source that is likely to flood.
4. Pesticides that must not be stored within 100' horizontally of public water or 50'
horizontally from private water supply.
5. Person responsible for the pesticide storage must be compliant with all state and
local fire and building codes and environmental regulations, develop a pre-fire plan for
the facility, file a copy of the fire plan with local emergency services, and write a
notification for annual inspection.
6. Upon discovery of an emergency that poses a hazard to humans, animals, aquatic
life, or threat o
✔✔A warning sign at a pesticide storage area must include: - ✔✔Pesticide storage
Authorized personnel only
In case of emergency call [name of emergency contact, number]
✔✔If the Pesticide Board declares an animal is a pest, then - ✔✔The Commissioner of
Agriculture or Pesticide Board must notify the Wildlife Resources Commission.
