ILLINOIS FIELD CROP APPLICATORS TEST
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ To purchase a "restricted" use pesticide? Answer: Must have a current
valid pesticide license or certification # must be recorded on
the retail invoice.
⩥ Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act require? Answer:
Placement of markers immediately after application to lawn is made.
⩥ Applicators of "restricted" use pesticides must keep records for two
years of what? Answer: Product used amount applied size of area treated
crop commodity and
location date and name of applicator.
⩥ What are the types of control methods? Answer: Cultural mechanical
biological chemical
⩥ What is the breakeven point at which the cost of pest control equals
the revenue loss caused
by a pest? Answer: Economic injury level
, ⩥ What is incomplete development in insects or simple metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg nymph adult
⩥ What are the 4 life cycles? Answer: Egg larva pupa and adult.
⩥ How many legs do mites have? Answer: 4 pairs eight legs
⩥ What animals are not protected by law? Answer: Starlings house
sparrows and feral pigeons
⩥ What are these symptoms: soil compaction pesticide or fertilizer
excess temperature and
moist extremes? Answer: Noninfectious disease
⩥ What is a yellowish-green coloration in normally green tissues such as
leaves? Answer: Chlorosis (see p.10)
⩥ What is abnormal swelling in a portion of a branch leaf root or bud?
Answer: Gall (see p. 10)
⩥ What is intermingling patches of green and yellow on a leaf? Answer:
Mosaic (see p. 10)
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ To purchase a "restricted" use pesticide? Answer: Must have a current
valid pesticide license or certification # must be recorded on
the retail invoice.
⩥ Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act require? Answer:
Placement of markers immediately after application to lawn is made.
⩥ Applicators of "restricted" use pesticides must keep records for two
years of what? Answer: Product used amount applied size of area treated
crop commodity and
location date and name of applicator.
⩥ What are the types of control methods? Answer: Cultural mechanical
biological chemical
⩥ What is the breakeven point at which the cost of pest control equals
the revenue loss caused
by a pest? Answer: Economic injury level
, ⩥ What is incomplete development in insects or simple metamorphosis?
Answer: Egg nymph adult
⩥ What are the 4 life cycles? Answer: Egg larva pupa and adult.
⩥ How many legs do mites have? Answer: 4 pairs eight legs
⩥ What animals are not protected by law? Answer: Starlings house
sparrows and feral pigeons
⩥ What are these symptoms: soil compaction pesticide or fertilizer
excess temperature and
moist extremes? Answer: Noninfectious disease
⩥ What is a yellowish-green coloration in normally green tissues such as
leaves? Answer: Chlorosis (see p.10)
⩥ What is abnormal swelling in a portion of a branch leaf root or bud?
Answer: Gall (see p. 10)
⩥ What is intermingling patches of green and yellow on a leaf? Answer:
Mosaic (see p. 10)
