Indiana Pesticide Applicator Core Training Manual EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR

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Indiana Pesticide Applicator Core Training Manual EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATED VERSION THIS YEAR


Question: Distinguish between private applicators, commercial applicators, and registered
technicians - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Private - apply pesticides to property that they own, rent, or
otherwise control for producing an agricultural commodity

Commercial - apply pesticides to property of another for financial compensation

Registered technician - can remove pests that their supervisor is certified in




Question: State the length of all pesticide applicator certification terms - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔5 years




Question: Discuss two options to maintain applicator certification - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1.
retesting

2. accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)




Question: State which agency approves and advertises pesticide application continuing credit
hour (CCH) programs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC)

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Question: Discuss the purpose of the applicator credential - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔confines
applicator to those applications indicated by the certification categories; liability insurance




Question: Explain the relationship between label uses, application sites, and certification
categories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Label uses tell how to apply in certain application sites and
who can apply them




Question: Describe the potential consequences of applying a pesticide to the wrong address -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Owners may not have wanted the chemicals on their property for various
reasons (preference, allergy, etc.)




Question: State who has to maintain a for-hire business license - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The
business




Question: State when a certified, licensed supervisor must remain on-site with a non-certified
employee - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔When the non-certified employee is applying pesticides




Question: State how a non-certified employee can become a registered technician - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔passing pesticide applicator core exam and their employer applying for a registered
technician credential through the OISC

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Question: List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered
technician before sending them to work off-site - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔category-specific site
assessment fact sheet; labels of products being applied; personal protective equipment




Question: List what activities may be performed by a registered technician - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔pest control operations in which the supervisor is certified and licensed




Question: Distinguish general-use from restricted-use (RUP) products - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔RUPs cannot be bought by the general public




Question: Indicate where to find a restricted-use pesticide (RUP) statement on a pesticide label
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔just look at the label lol




Question: State the minimum RUP recordkeeping term - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2 years




Question: List info that must be maintained in RUP records - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔all
applications of RUPs - applicator name/number, date, application site, pest controlled, pesticide
applied, and amount




Question: List the four major pest groups - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔weeds, invertebrates, plant
disease agents, vertebrates