ILLINOIS AERIAL APPLICATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Under the Worker Protection Standard, which type of application would require a
pilot to provide the land owner/operator with details about the application prior to the
treatment? - ✔✔When the land owner/operator requests the information in writing
✔✔What information is a pesticide dealer required to obtain from an applicator who
purchases a restricted use pesticide? - ✔✔A current, valid license or certification
number to record on the sale
✔✔What agency by law is required to register every pesticide distributed, transported,
sold, or offered for the sale in Illinois? - ✔✔The Illinois Department of Agriculture
✔✔Which of the following take precedence when state and federal regulations differ? -
✔✔The most restricitve
✔✔A pilot has been contacted to spray a 5-acre field bordered on two sides by
shopping centers and on the third side by a school. Which of the following is the best
plan of action? - ✔✔Do not make the application
✔✔While performing routine nozzle changes and switching from spray to dry
configurations, which of the following precautions should be taken? - ✔✔Proper
personal protective equipment should be worn by employees doing the work
✔✔Under the Worker Protection Standard, who is legally responsible for insuring that
the ground crew wears appropriate personal protective equipment? - ✔✔Aerial business
owners/operators
✔✔As a pilot/operator spraying on a major forest insect control project, the wind is out
of the east in the morning and out of the west in the afternoon. What should the
pilot/operator document as the wind conditions? - ✔✔Both conditions
✔✔What important federal law, approved in 1947, provides the framework for pesticide
registration and is the pesticide user's assurance that the product, if used correctly, will
provide some helpful service without endangering the user, other persons, or the
environment? - ✔✔The Federal Pesticide Act
✔✔Which of the following is the best way to verify an area to be sprayed is clear of
workers and other unprotected persons? - ✔✔The pilot should do an aerial survey
immediately before the application
✔✔The pilot should do an aerial survey immediately before the application
, An individual asks suspicious questions regarding aircraft security at an aerial
application business. To which of the following should this behavior be reported to first?
- ✔✔Local law enforcement and the local Federal Bureau of Investigation field office
✔✔Which of the following is the best course of action if prevailing winds will likely carry
spray drift from a field into a nearby body of water? - ✔✔Reschedule the job until
conditions are more favorable
✔✔In the middle of a severe aphid outbreak, the labeled product is unavailable. A
grower has an unlabeled product and would like an aerial application service to apply
the product. Which of the following is the pilot's best response? - ✔✔Advise the grower
the product cannot be applied and refuse to make the application
✔✔Which of the following should a pilot do upon observing a worker in the field to be
sprayed? - ✔✔Delay the application until the field is clear
✔✔Which person is responsible for proper fueling procedures? - ✔✔Pilot
✔✔What should a pilot do when the crops adjacent to a job do not match their
description on the work order? - ✔✔Delay the application until the conflict is resolved
✔✔Which of the following should be the first priority when responding to a pesticide
spill? - ✔✔Prevent human exposure to the pesticide
✔✔What is the best option for a pilot who is preparing for a herbicide application and is
unsure of the crop that down-wind? - ✔✔Seek more information to verify the crop
✔✔What information is most important for a pilot to keep up-to-date on local maps? -
✔✔Sensitive areas/Crops
✔✔Which precautions must be taken when changing nozzles? - ✔✔Wear PPE
✔✔What should a pilot who has already logged over nine hours of cockpit time, do
when a customer calls late in the day requesting treatment to a field with wires cutting
across it diagonally? - ✔✔Schedule the job for the following morning
✔✔When using pesticides toxic to bees, the safest time to spray in order to avoid bee
activity is? - ✔✔Night or Early Morning
✔✔Which of the following is the best preparation for a potential aircraft accident? -
✔✔Develop the written emergency response plan
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Under the Worker Protection Standard, which type of application would require a
pilot to provide the land owner/operator with details about the application prior to the
treatment? - ✔✔When the land owner/operator requests the information in writing
✔✔What information is a pesticide dealer required to obtain from an applicator who
purchases a restricted use pesticide? - ✔✔A current, valid license or certification
number to record on the sale
✔✔What agency by law is required to register every pesticide distributed, transported,
sold, or offered for the sale in Illinois? - ✔✔The Illinois Department of Agriculture
✔✔Which of the following take precedence when state and federal regulations differ? -
✔✔The most restricitve
✔✔A pilot has been contacted to spray a 5-acre field bordered on two sides by
shopping centers and on the third side by a school. Which of the following is the best
plan of action? - ✔✔Do not make the application
✔✔While performing routine nozzle changes and switching from spray to dry
configurations, which of the following precautions should be taken? - ✔✔Proper
personal protective equipment should be worn by employees doing the work
✔✔Under the Worker Protection Standard, who is legally responsible for insuring that
the ground crew wears appropriate personal protective equipment? - ✔✔Aerial business
owners/operators
✔✔As a pilot/operator spraying on a major forest insect control project, the wind is out
of the east in the morning and out of the west in the afternoon. What should the
pilot/operator document as the wind conditions? - ✔✔Both conditions
✔✔What important federal law, approved in 1947, provides the framework for pesticide
registration and is the pesticide user's assurance that the product, if used correctly, will
provide some helpful service without endangering the user, other persons, or the
environment? - ✔✔The Federal Pesticide Act
✔✔Which of the following is the best way to verify an area to be sprayed is clear of
workers and other unprotected persons? - ✔✔The pilot should do an aerial survey
immediately before the application
✔✔The pilot should do an aerial survey immediately before the application
, An individual asks suspicious questions regarding aircraft security at an aerial
application business. To which of the following should this behavior be reported to first?
- ✔✔Local law enforcement and the local Federal Bureau of Investigation field office
✔✔Which of the following is the best course of action if prevailing winds will likely carry
spray drift from a field into a nearby body of water? - ✔✔Reschedule the job until
conditions are more favorable
✔✔In the middle of a severe aphid outbreak, the labeled product is unavailable. A
grower has an unlabeled product and would like an aerial application service to apply
the product. Which of the following is the pilot's best response? - ✔✔Advise the grower
the product cannot be applied and refuse to make the application
✔✔Which of the following should a pilot do upon observing a worker in the field to be
sprayed? - ✔✔Delay the application until the field is clear
✔✔Which person is responsible for proper fueling procedures? - ✔✔Pilot
✔✔What should a pilot do when the crops adjacent to a job do not match their
description on the work order? - ✔✔Delay the application until the conflict is resolved
✔✔Which of the following should be the first priority when responding to a pesticide
spill? - ✔✔Prevent human exposure to the pesticide
✔✔What is the best option for a pilot who is preparing for a herbicide application and is
unsure of the crop that down-wind? - ✔✔Seek more information to verify the crop
✔✔What information is most important for a pilot to keep up-to-date on local maps? -
✔✔Sensitive areas/Crops
✔✔Which precautions must be taken when changing nozzles? - ✔✔Wear PPE
✔✔What should a pilot who has already logged over nine hours of cockpit time, do
when a customer calls late in the day requesting treatment to a field with wires cutting
across it diagonally? - ✔✔Schedule the job for the following morning
✔✔When using pesticides toxic to bees, the safest time to spray in order to avoid bee
activity is? - ✔✔Night or Early Morning
✔✔Which of the following is the best preparation for a potential aircraft accident? -
✔✔Develop the written emergency response plan
