COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
CERTIFICATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY RESOURCE
●● Explain the difference between a private and a commercial pesticide
applicator.
Answer: Commercial: applies pesticides for compensation.
Private: applies pesticides on personal property.
●● You must be a certified applicator, or supervised by someone who is
certified, in order to apply _____
Answer: Restricted-use pesticides
●● A ______ is anyone who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide
on someone else's property for compensation.
Answer: Commercial Pesticide Applicator
●● To perform structural pest control work for hire, the applicator must
be licensed or employed by a licensee. A ______ is a certified applicator
who works for a licensed pest control company and conducts this work
under the supervision of a license holder.
Answer: Commercial Certified Applicator
,●● FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
Answer: regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal
of all pesticides.
●● EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Answer: is responsible for registering or authorizing pesticide products
for use in the United States. Also has the authority to stop the sale or use
of any pesticide.
●● FFDCA (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Answer: governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and
feed products.
(A tolerance is the maximum level of pesticide residues allowed in or on
human food and animal feed.)
●● FQPA (Food Quality Protection Act)
Answer: Requires that EPA establish a tolerance based on "a reasonable
certainty" that no harm results from all combined sources of exposure to
pesticides and that the EPA review all old pesticides to make sure that
the residues allowed on food meet the new safety standard.
●● WPS (Worker Protection Standard)
,Answer: is a regulation aimed at protecting employees on agricultural
establishments (farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses) from
occupational exposure to pesticides.
●● OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)
Answer: employers must keep records of all work-related deaths,
illnesses and injuries (except first aid treatments.)
●● HPS (Hazard Communication Standard)
Answer: Administered by the NC DOL. Is requires employers to:
- Make a list of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Get Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for all hazardous materials on the list
Ensure that all containers of hazardous materials are properly labeled at
all times
- Train all workers about the hazardous materials in the work place
- Keep a file on the hazardous materials and make it available
●● ESA (Endangered Species Act)
Answer: is a federal law administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. The law makes it illegal to kill, harm, or collect endangered or
threatened wildlife or fish or to remove endangered or threatened plants
from areas under federal jurisdiction.
●● NCPL (North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971)
, Answer: establishes pesticide management programs that are designed to
regulate the registration, handling, storage and disposal of pesticides as
well as the certification and licensing of pesticide applicators,
consultants, and dealers.
●● NCPB (North Carolina Pesticide Board)
Answer: and the NC Commissioner of Agriculture are responsible for
carrying out provisions of the NCPL.
●● Federal Recordkeeping Requirements For Restricted-Use Pesticides
Answer: Both private and commercial applicators must be aware of the
recordkeeping requirements for their industry. Table 2.3
●● Explain the importance of maintaining records of pesticide
applications (pests, dates, locations, and registration numbers) and
training records of persons handling pesticides.
Answer: Maintaining records is invaluable in the case of complaint or
lawsuit. Records also help determine if a treatment worked and may be
helpful in deciding how much pesticide to purchase for future
applications.
●● Maintaining Training Records
Answer: Owners and operators of pesticide application businesses
should consider keeping documentation on employee training in the use
of pesticides.
CERTIFICATION COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED STUDY RESOURCE
●● Explain the difference between a private and a commercial pesticide
applicator.
Answer: Commercial: applies pesticides for compensation.
Private: applies pesticides on personal property.
●● You must be a certified applicator, or supervised by someone who is
certified, in order to apply _____
Answer: Restricted-use pesticides
●● A ______ is anyone who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide
on someone else's property for compensation.
Answer: Commercial Pesticide Applicator
●● To perform structural pest control work for hire, the applicator must
be licensed or employed by a licensee. A ______ is a certified applicator
who works for a licensed pest control company and conducts this work
under the supervision of a license holder.
Answer: Commercial Certified Applicator
,●● FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
Answer: regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal
of all pesticides.
●● EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Answer: is responsible for registering or authorizing pesticide products
for use in the United States. Also has the authority to stop the sale or use
of any pesticide.
●● FFDCA (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)
Answer: governs the establishment of pesticide tolerances for food and
feed products.
(A tolerance is the maximum level of pesticide residues allowed in or on
human food and animal feed.)
●● FQPA (Food Quality Protection Act)
Answer: Requires that EPA establish a tolerance based on "a reasonable
certainty" that no harm results from all combined sources of exposure to
pesticides and that the EPA review all old pesticides to make sure that
the residues allowed on food meet the new safety standard.
●● WPS (Worker Protection Standard)
,Answer: is a regulation aimed at protecting employees on agricultural
establishments (farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses) from
occupational exposure to pesticides.
●● OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act)
Answer: employers must keep records of all work-related deaths,
illnesses and injuries (except first aid treatments.)
●● HPS (Hazard Communication Standard)
Answer: Administered by the NC DOL. Is requires employers to:
- Make a list of hazardous chemicals in the workplace
- Get Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for all hazardous materials on the list
Ensure that all containers of hazardous materials are properly labeled at
all times
- Train all workers about the hazardous materials in the work place
- Keep a file on the hazardous materials and make it available
●● ESA (Endangered Species Act)
Answer: is a federal law administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. The law makes it illegal to kill, harm, or collect endangered or
threatened wildlife or fish or to remove endangered or threatened plants
from areas under federal jurisdiction.
●● NCPL (North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971)
, Answer: establishes pesticide management programs that are designed to
regulate the registration, handling, storage and disposal of pesticides as
well as the certification and licensing of pesticide applicators,
consultants, and dealers.
●● NCPB (North Carolina Pesticide Board)
Answer: and the NC Commissioner of Agriculture are responsible for
carrying out provisions of the NCPL.
●● Federal Recordkeeping Requirements For Restricted-Use Pesticides
Answer: Both private and commercial applicators must be aware of the
recordkeeping requirements for their industry. Table 2.3
●● Explain the importance of maintaining records of pesticide
applications (pests, dates, locations, and registration numbers) and
training records of persons handling pesticides.
Answer: Maintaining records is invaluable in the case of complaint or
lawsuit. Records also help determine if a treatment worked and may be
helpful in deciding how much pesticide to purchase for future
applications.
●● Maintaining Training Records
Answer: Owners and operators of pesticide application businesses
should consider keeping documentation on employee training in the use
of pesticides.
