STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL
APPLICATORS TRAINING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What are the different categories of pest suppressant controls? (6)
Answer: Biological
Physical
Cultural
Mechanical
Behavioural
Chemical
●● Define Pesticide Answer: a micro-organism or material that is
represented, sold, used, or intended to be used to prevent, destroy, repel
or mitigate a pest
●● What are explicitly excluded from the definition of pesticide? (4)
Answer: 1. Instruments e.g. traps
2. Products used to control arthropods on or in
humans/livestock/domestic animals, that are administered by mouth or
injection
, 3. Products aimed at treating, mitigating, preventing disease in humans
or animals
4. Products used to attack mold, mildew, or odors
●● Pesticide Class: Permit-Restricted Answer: - most strictly controlled
- requires permit for purchase or application
●● Pesticide Class: Restricted Answer: - requires pesticide applicator
certificate for purchase or use
●● Pesticide Class: Commercial Answer: - accepted general use in
commercial, industrial, agricultural or other commercial activities
●● Pesticide Class: Excluded Answer: - considers use without a license,
permit, or pesticide use notice will not increase the risk of unreasonable
adverse effects
●● Pesticide Classes under the IPM Act (5) Answer: Permit-restricted
Restricted
Commercial
Domestic
Excluded
APPLICATORS TRAINING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
2026 PRACTICE SOLUTION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What are the different categories of pest suppressant controls? (6)
Answer: Biological
Physical
Cultural
Mechanical
Behavioural
Chemical
●● Define Pesticide Answer: a micro-organism or material that is
represented, sold, used, or intended to be used to prevent, destroy, repel
or mitigate a pest
●● What are explicitly excluded from the definition of pesticide? (4)
Answer: 1. Instruments e.g. traps
2. Products used to control arthropods on or in
humans/livestock/domestic animals, that are administered by mouth or
injection
, 3. Products aimed at treating, mitigating, preventing disease in humans
or animals
4. Products used to attack mold, mildew, or odors
●● Pesticide Class: Permit-Restricted Answer: - most strictly controlled
- requires permit for purchase or application
●● Pesticide Class: Restricted Answer: - requires pesticide applicator
certificate for purchase or use
●● Pesticide Class: Commercial Answer: - accepted general use in
commercial, industrial, agricultural or other commercial activities
●● Pesticide Class: Excluded Answer: - considers use without a license,
permit, or pesticide use notice will not increase the risk of unreasonable
adverse effects
●● Pesticide Classes under the IPM Act (5) Answer: Permit-restricted
Restricted
Commercial
Domestic
Excluded
