PESTICIDE APPLICATOR 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density. -
✔✔Which statement about action thresholds is true?
A. The IPM technician needs to implement control measures below the action threshold
level.
B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density.
C. In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to economics than
aesthetics.
✔✔B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class. - ✔✔Which would
increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
A. An insect that has one generation per year.
B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
C. Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect.
✔✔B. It prevents states, tribes, and territories from creating pesticide use laws more
stringent than federal regulations. - ✔✔Which statement about FIFRA is false?
A. It provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide regulatory program.
B. It prevents states, tribes, and territories from creating pesticide use laws more
stringent than federal regulations.
C. It allows applicators to deviate from the pesticide label under specific use situations.
✔✔A. They may apply and/or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides. -
✔✔Under federal law, which statement about trained and certified applicators is true?
A. They may apply and/or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides.
B. They must receive supplemental training before mixing RUPs.
C. They are exempt from obtaining county bulletins for the protection of endangered
species.
✔✔B. To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause unreasonable risks to
human health or the environment. - ✔✔What is the purpose of the pesticide registration
and re-registration process?
A. To control the flow of new pesticide products entering the marketplace.
B. To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause unreasonable risks to human
health or the environment.
C. To make sure the amount of pesticide residue remaining on food and feed crops is
zero.
✔✔C. Approved pesticide labels have the force of law. - ✔✔Which statement about
federal pesticide regulation is true?
A. To ensure future compliance, civil penalties are typically assessed against first-time
violators.
B. Like pesticides, devices used to control pests must also be registered with EPA.
, C. Approved pesticide labels have the force of law.
✔✔C. The toxicity of the pesticide and its breakdown products. - ✔✔Which of the
following criteria is used by EPA in establishing pesticide tolerances?
A. Research data completely independent of the pesticide manufacturer's.
B. The anticipated volume of product to be sold in any given year.
C. The toxicity of the pesticide and its breakdown products.
✔✔B. Detaching, altering, defacing, or destroying any part of a container or labeling. -
✔✔Under federal law, which of the following actions is unlawful and subject to civil or
criminal penalties?
A. Allowing a person under the direct supervision of a certified applicator to apply RUPs.
B. Detaching, altering, defacing, or destroying any part of a container or labeling.
C. Keeping inadequate records of employees who received training on the proper use of
pesticides.
✔✔A. Worker Protection Standard. - ✔✔Which federal regulation requires employee
training in the use of pesticides?
A. Worker Protection Standard.
B. Pesticide Container and Containment Regulation.
C. Food Quality Protection Act.
✔✔B. Minimum risk. - ✔✔Which group of pesticides is exempt from registration
because it poses little or no risk to humans and the environment?
A. Restricted use.
B. Minimum risk.
C. Special local need.
✔✔C. The common name. - ✔✔The active ingredient in Tempo 20WP is listed as B-
Cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fuoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2
dimethylyclopanecarboxylate. What does the term "Cyfluthrin" represent?
A. The brand name.
B. The chemical name.
C. The common name.
✔✔B. Various manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products may
contain the same active ingredient. - ✔✔Which statement about pesticide label names
and ingredients is true?
A. Both the active ingredients and inert ingredients must be listed by chemical name.
B. Various manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products may
contain the same active ingredient.
C. Common names are those officially accepted by the manufacturer.
✔✔A. Indicates the product's relative acute toxicity to humans and animals. - ✔✔What
is the purpose of the signal word?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density. -
✔✔Which statement about action thresholds is true?
A. The IPM technician needs to implement control measures below the action threshold
level.
B. The action threshold for a pest may be set at a zero pest population density.
C. In an urban landscape, action thresholds are usually more related to economics than
aesthetics.
✔✔B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class. - ✔✔Which would
increase the likelihood of pesticide resistance?
A. An insect that has one generation per year.
B. Continual use of pesticides from the same chemical class.
C. Applying a pesticide that has little or no residual effect.
✔✔B. It prevents states, tribes, and territories from creating pesticide use laws more
stringent than federal regulations. - ✔✔Which statement about FIFRA is false?
A. It provides the overall framework for the federal pesticide regulatory program.
B. It prevents states, tribes, and territories from creating pesticide use laws more
stringent than federal regulations.
C. It allows applicators to deviate from the pesticide label under specific use situations.
✔✔A. They may apply and/or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides. -
✔✔Under federal law, which statement about trained and certified applicators is true?
A. They may apply and/or supervise the application of restricted-use pesticides.
B. They must receive supplemental training before mixing RUPs.
C. They are exempt from obtaining county bulletins for the protection of endangered
species.
✔✔B. To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause unreasonable risks to
human health or the environment. - ✔✔What is the purpose of the pesticide registration
and re-registration process?
A. To control the flow of new pesticide products entering the marketplace.
B. To provide evidence that the pesticide will not cause unreasonable risks to human
health or the environment.
C. To make sure the amount of pesticide residue remaining on food and feed crops is
zero.
✔✔C. Approved pesticide labels have the force of law. - ✔✔Which statement about
federal pesticide regulation is true?
A. To ensure future compliance, civil penalties are typically assessed against first-time
violators.
B. Like pesticides, devices used to control pests must also be registered with EPA.
, C. Approved pesticide labels have the force of law.
✔✔C. The toxicity of the pesticide and its breakdown products. - ✔✔Which of the
following criteria is used by EPA in establishing pesticide tolerances?
A. Research data completely independent of the pesticide manufacturer's.
B. The anticipated volume of product to be sold in any given year.
C. The toxicity of the pesticide and its breakdown products.
✔✔B. Detaching, altering, defacing, or destroying any part of a container or labeling. -
✔✔Under federal law, which of the following actions is unlawful and subject to civil or
criminal penalties?
A. Allowing a person under the direct supervision of a certified applicator to apply RUPs.
B. Detaching, altering, defacing, or destroying any part of a container or labeling.
C. Keeping inadequate records of employees who received training on the proper use of
pesticides.
✔✔A. Worker Protection Standard. - ✔✔Which federal regulation requires employee
training in the use of pesticides?
A. Worker Protection Standard.
B. Pesticide Container and Containment Regulation.
C. Food Quality Protection Act.
✔✔B. Minimum risk. - ✔✔Which group of pesticides is exempt from registration
because it poses little or no risk to humans and the environment?
A. Restricted use.
B. Minimum risk.
C. Special local need.
✔✔C. The common name. - ✔✔The active ingredient in Tempo 20WP is listed as B-
Cyfluthrin, cyano(4-fuoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2
dimethylyclopanecarboxylate. What does the term "Cyfluthrin" represent?
A. The brand name.
B. The chemical name.
C. The common name.
✔✔B. Various manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products may
contain the same active ingredient. - ✔✔Which statement about pesticide label names
and ingredients is true?
A. Both the active ingredients and inert ingredients must be listed by chemical name.
B. Various manufacturers use different trade names, even though the products may
contain the same active ingredient.
C. Common names are those officially accepted by the manufacturer.
✔✔A. Indicates the product's relative acute toxicity to humans and animals. - ✔✔What
is the purpose of the signal word?
