Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
A process used to solve pest problems while minimizing risks
to people and the environment is called? - Correct Answers
✅IPM (Integrated Pest Management). Hey, IPM doesn't mean
you can't use pesticides...it means you try other things FIRST
instead of always choosing the nuclear option of insecticide.
When laundering your PPE in the washing machine, what
must be done to the washing machine AFTER you've washed
your clothing? - Correct Answers ✅After washing the
items, run the washer through at least one additional entire
cycle without clothing (you do this to get rid of any pesticide
residue in the washer left over from your stinky ass clothes:)
List the ways that pesticides can get into your body (4). And
yes, this IS a test question so KNOW it. - Correct Answers
✅Skin, Eyes, Mouth, and Lungs as you breath
This kind of pesticide exposure involves continuous or
repeated contact with a toxic substance over a long period of
time (months or years). - Correct Answers ✅Chronic
This type of poisoning is the severe poisoning which occurs
after exposure to a single dose of pesticide - Correct
Answers ✅Acute
Most labels have a special word in capital letters on the front
of the label. It tells you what the acute health hazard is. The
,Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
words you might see are what? - Correct Answers
✅Danger OR Danger-Poison; Warning; Caution
In pest control we have a phrase regarding pesticide labels.
What is that phrase? - Correct Answers ✅The Label is the
Law
What are the three things you would expect to find in the
"Precautionary Statements" part of a pesticide label? (Yes,
you MUST know this...remember that SAFETY IS A HUGE
ISSUE WITH THE SPCB) - Correct Answers ✅Hazards to
Humans and Domestic Animals
Environmental Hazards - this contains any necessary
warnings about surface waters, drift, organisms to which the
product is highly toxic, etc.
Physical and Chemical Hazards - this contains product-
specific hazards such as flammability.
You must wear eye protection when you mix, load, or apply
pesticides; clean or repair equipment that was used for
pesticides; and anytime the label says so. California
MANDATES that all eye protection have 2 things. What are
these 2 things? - Correct Answers ✅Temple and Brow
Protection (see image) This is so pesticide doesn't come in
the sides of your goggles or drip down from your eyebrows.
Your unibrow might be fantastic but it won't stop pesticide
from running down into your eyes!
,Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
True or False: Regular eyeglasses and sunglasses provide
enough protection from pesticide exposure especially during
mixing and loading. Miss this one and you're officially an
idiot. - Correct Answers ✅False. EYEGLASSES AND
SUNGLASS SUCK when it comes to keeping pesticide splashes
and mist away from your eyes.
What are two parts of the body are the most likely to be
exposed to pesticides? - Correct Answers ✅Your hands and
forearms (think about it....you handle pesticide with your
HANDS and it can splash up to your FOREARMS)
California mandates that the MINIMUM thickness of gloves
used for pesticide mixing/loading/application be what? -
Correct Answers ✅14mm
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of
pesticide safety requirements that are LESS restrictive than
the label allows? Read the question SLOWLY. Think about it. -
Correct Answers ✅No. The label represents the MINIMUM
requirements for pesticide safety. If they label says you have
to wear long sleeve shirts, then California CAN'T say you can
spray pesticide naked (which we can all be thankful for
because I promise you, no one wants to see you nude). THE
FEDS HANDCUFF THE STATES.
, Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of
pesticide safety requirements that are MORE restrictive than
the label allows? READ IT SLOWLY. THINK ABOUT WHAT'S
BEING ASKED. - Correct Answers ✅Yes! Some of labels
don't require the use of eye protection at all.... but California
absolutely requires it!
True or False: Because of their thickness, fabric-lined or
leather gloves are allowed in both mixing and loading of
pesticides and during pesticide application. - Correct
Answers ✅No - fabric-lined or leather gloves are NEVER
allowed (think about it... they would ABSORB PESTICIDE)
True or False: You must wear a respirator anytime the label or
your employer requires one, or if you are mixing, loading, or
applying most pesticides on California's list of Minimal
Exposure Pesticides - Correct Answers ✅True. PAY
ATTENTION--If the LABEL or your EMPLOYER say you have to
use it....THEN YOU HAVE TO USE IT.
True or False: You must wear clean coveralls (or a long -
sleeved shirt and long pants) provided by your employer each
day that you work with pesticides with either the word
DANGER or WARNING on the label, unless the label says you
cannot wear coveralls. - Correct Answers ✅TRUE. You may
NEVER, EVER wear a short sleeve shirt using pesticides
(unless the label allows for it....which most don't...so you
can't...and you won't). AND YOUR EMPLOYER IS RESPONSIBLE
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
A process used to solve pest problems while minimizing risks
to people and the environment is called? - Correct Answers
✅IPM (Integrated Pest Management). Hey, IPM doesn't mean
you can't use pesticides...it means you try other things FIRST
instead of always choosing the nuclear option of insecticide.
When laundering your PPE in the washing machine, what
must be done to the washing machine AFTER you've washed
your clothing? - Correct Answers ✅After washing the
items, run the washer through at least one additional entire
cycle without clothing (you do this to get rid of any pesticide
residue in the washer left over from your stinky ass clothes:)
List the ways that pesticides can get into your body (4). And
yes, this IS a test question so KNOW it. - Correct Answers
✅Skin, Eyes, Mouth, and Lungs as you breath
This kind of pesticide exposure involves continuous or
repeated contact with a toxic substance over a long period of
time (months or years). - Correct Answers ✅Chronic
This type of poisoning is the severe poisoning which occurs
after exposure to a single dose of pesticide - Correct
Answers ✅Acute
Most labels have a special word in capital letters on the front
of the label. It tells you what the acute health hazard is. The
,Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
words you might see are what? - Correct Answers
✅Danger OR Danger-Poison; Warning; Caution
In pest control we have a phrase regarding pesticide labels.
What is that phrase? - Correct Answers ✅The Label is the
Law
What are the three things you would expect to find in the
"Precautionary Statements" part of a pesticide label? (Yes,
you MUST know this...remember that SAFETY IS A HUGE
ISSUE WITH THE SPCB) - Correct Answers ✅Hazards to
Humans and Domestic Animals
Environmental Hazards - this contains any necessary
warnings about surface waters, drift, organisms to which the
product is highly toxic, etc.
Physical and Chemical Hazards - this contains product-
specific hazards such as flammability.
You must wear eye protection when you mix, load, or apply
pesticides; clean or repair equipment that was used for
pesticides; and anytime the label says so. California
MANDATES that all eye protection have 2 things. What are
these 2 things? - Correct Answers ✅Temple and Brow
Protection (see image) This is so pesticide doesn't come in
the sides of your goggles or drip down from your eyebrows.
Your unibrow might be fantastic but it won't stop pesticide
from running down into your eyes!
,Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
True or False: Regular eyeglasses and sunglasses provide
enough protection from pesticide exposure especially during
mixing and loading. Miss this one and you're officially an
idiot. - Correct Answers ✅False. EYEGLASSES AND
SUNGLASS SUCK when it comes to keeping pesticide splashes
and mist away from your eyes.
What are two parts of the body are the most likely to be
exposed to pesticides? - Correct Answers ✅Your hands and
forearms (think about it....you handle pesticide with your
HANDS and it can splash up to your FOREARMS)
California mandates that the MINIMUM thickness of gloves
used for pesticide mixing/loading/application be what? -
Correct Answers ✅14mm
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of
pesticide safety requirements that are LESS restrictive than
the label allows? Read the question SLOWLY. Think about it. -
Correct Answers ✅No. The label represents the MINIMUM
requirements for pesticide safety. If they label says you have
to wear long sleeve shirts, then California CAN'T say you can
spray pesticide naked (which we can all be thankful for
because I promise you, no one wants to see you nude). THE
FEDS HANDCUFF THE STATES.
, Branch 2 Field Rep (SPCB) --
SAFETY/REGULATORY Solved Exam Questions
and Answers (Complete Practice Papers)
Can the Structural Pest Control Board implement the use of
pesticide safety requirements that are MORE restrictive than
the label allows? READ IT SLOWLY. THINK ABOUT WHAT'S
BEING ASKED. - Correct Answers ✅Yes! Some of labels
don't require the use of eye protection at all.... but California
absolutely requires it!
True or False: Because of their thickness, fabric-lined or
leather gloves are allowed in both mixing and loading of
pesticides and during pesticide application. - Correct
Answers ✅No - fabric-lined or leather gloves are NEVER
allowed (think about it... they would ABSORB PESTICIDE)
True or False: You must wear a respirator anytime the label or
your employer requires one, or if you are mixing, loading, or
applying most pesticides on California's list of Minimal
Exposure Pesticides - Correct Answers ✅True. PAY
ATTENTION--If the LABEL or your EMPLOYER say you have to
use it....THEN YOU HAVE TO USE IT.
True or False: You must wear clean coveralls (or a long -
sleeved shirt and long pants) provided by your employer each
day that you work with pesticides with either the word
DANGER or WARNING on the label, unless the label says you
cannot wear coveralls. - Correct Answers ✅TRUE. You may
NEVER, EVER wear a short sleeve shirt using pesticides
(unless the label allows for it....which most don't...so you
can't...and you won't). AND YOUR EMPLOYER IS RESPONSIBLE
