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PESTICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE -
CORE MANUAL 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Restricted Use Pesticides - correct answer- A pesticide that
poses more risk and could cause some human injury or
environmental damage even when used as directed on the
label.
Commercial applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply or
use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for
compensation.
Public applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply
pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state
agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental
agency.
Noncommercial applicators - correct answer- Persons who
apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned,
rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
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Private applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply any
restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural
commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their
employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers
with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers - correct answer- Persons employed by a
licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator,
public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in
other than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person,
repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related
wastes from these activities.
Certified applicator - correct answer- A person certified by the
IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial
applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) -
correct answer- Regulates the production, transporation, sale,
use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - correct answer- Pesticides may remain in small
amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, and
animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE -
CORE MANUAL 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Restricted Use Pesticides - correct answer- A pesticide that
poses more risk and could cause some human injury or
environmental damage even when used as directed on the
label.
Commercial applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply or
use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for
compensation.
Public applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply
pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state
agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental
agency.
Noncommercial applicators - correct answer- Persons who
apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned,
rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
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Private applicators - correct answer- Persons who apply any
restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural
commodity on property owned or rented by themselves or their
employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers
with whom they trade services.
Certified handlers - correct answer- Persons employed by a
licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator,
public applicator, or pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in
other than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person,
repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related
wastes from these activities.
Certified applicator - correct answer- A person certified by the
IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial
applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) -
correct answer- Regulates the production, transporation, sale,
use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - correct answer- Pesticides may remain in small
amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, and
animal feed. Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
