CA BRANCH 2 FIELD STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What is the greatest advantage of using wettable powder as a pesticide treatment? -
✔✔Residual affects
✔✔What is the best treatment for a 1' x 2' area? - ✔✔Spot treatment
✔✔How far away do you hold an aerosol during treatment? - ✔✔Refer to the label
✔✔What number is included on all pesticides? - ✔✔EPA establishment number
✔✔How do you treat thick ground cover such as ivy? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔What is the best area to treat in a commercial facility/food area? - ✔✔Cracks and
Crevices
✔✔What pieces of legislation regulates pesticides? - ✔✔FIFRA, The federal insecticide,
fungicide and rodenticide act of 1947
✔✔What are two types of resistance? - ✔✔Physiological and Behavioral
✔✔What type of formulation has the active ingredient encapsulated in tiny plastic
capsules - ✔✔Flowable microencapsulation
✔✔What is an advantage of using an aerosol? - ✔✔No mixing required, ready to use
✔✔What pesticide group does Pyrethrum belong to? - ✔✔Botanicals
✔✔What does JHA stand for? - ✔✔Juvenile Hormone Analog
✔✔What does a dessicant do to an insect? - ✔✔Dries it out, dehydrates it
✔✔What is the purpose of a Synergist? - ✔✔To enhance the activity of an active
ingredient
✔✔When referring to pesticides, organic means? - ✔✔Contains one atom of each
Carbon and Hydrogen
✔✔What class of chemistry was the first to replace the higky toxic chlorinated
hydrocarbons? - ✔✔Organophosphates
,✔✔What gloves do you use when handling pesticides? - ✔✔Whatever the label
requires
✔✔If the smell, taste it respirator you are wearing is irritating you, what should you do? -
✔✔Move away from the treatment area
✔✔What to do if you have a damaged pesticide bottle? - ✔✔Transfer it to a functional
container and ensure the label is included
✔✔What wash cycle should be used when cleaning clothing that is contaminated with
pesticides? - ✔✔Hot and long cycle
✔✔Who do you call first if/when a chemical spill occurs? - ✔✔Your supervisor
✔✔In the event of an accidental pesticide release or spill that could jeopardize public
safety, what agency must be notified after the spill has been cleaned up? - ✔✔CHP
✔✔What is the most dangerous for an applicator using pesticides? - ✔✔Mixing
pesticides
✔✔Order the signal words from most toxic to least toxoc - ✔✔Danger, Warning, Caution
✔✔Why must pesticide identification tags be placed on all pesticide service containers -
✔✔So anyone who encounters the containers knows exactly what's inside
✔✔What information must be on all service container pesticide labels? - ✔✔Active
Ingredient
✔✔What action should be taken if the wind is causing a drift of pesticide to a non target
area? - ✔✔Stop the treatment
✔✔At what point are health effects or symptoms of acute pesticide exposure evident -
✔✔Immediately
✔✔What initial action should be taken in case of an accidental poisoning of an
applicator? - ✔✔Remove applicator from treatment area
✔✔What regulatory agency must be notified by a registered pest control company
immediately after a representative is seriously injured during a pesticide application? -
✔✔Structural Pest Control Board
✔✔What characteristic of application equipment are the major factors of influencing drift
- ✔✔Pressure, droplet size
, ✔✔What characteristic is used to describe the toxicity of a pesticide? - ✔✔Signal Word
✔✔What word describes the movement of pesticide away from the treatment area? -
✔✔Drift
✔✔The statement of practical treatment on the label gives you what information? -
✔✔First aid instructions if one is exposed to the product.
✔✔What is the most common route of pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Dermal
✔✔What would be the most dangerous route of pesticide exposure - ✔✔Inhalation
✔✔How else can pesticide get into the body if wearing gloves and service uniform? -
✔✔Ocular, Inhilation and Oral
✔✔True or False? Pesticides must be stored in cool, dry places with liquids on the
bottom? - ✔✔True
✔✔What condition should be considered a hazard when treating with liquid pesticides?
- ✔✔Wind
✔✔What area should be avoided during a liquid pesticide application? - ✔✔Bodies of
water
✔✔What section of a label identifies toxicity? - ✔✔Signal word
✔✔When should you use a certain type of lined gloves? - ✔✔When the label requires it
✔✔What agency identifies plants/animals for protection? - ✔✔Environmental Protection
Agency
✔✔When it is only slightly windy and treating the base of a home, do you reschedule or
use other treatment methods? - ✔✔Use another treatment method if possible
✔✔How are granules applied? - ✔✔Spreader
✔✔What should be done before equipment is put in storage? - ✔✔Eliminate all
chemical residues
✔✔What can happen if there is excessive pressure in your sprayer - ✔✔Uneven
pesticide coverage
AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What is the greatest advantage of using wettable powder as a pesticide treatment? -
✔✔Residual affects
✔✔What is the best treatment for a 1' x 2' area? - ✔✔Spot treatment
✔✔How far away do you hold an aerosol during treatment? - ✔✔Refer to the label
✔✔What number is included on all pesticides? - ✔✔EPA establishment number
✔✔How do you treat thick ground cover such as ivy? - ✔✔Granules
✔✔What is the best area to treat in a commercial facility/food area? - ✔✔Cracks and
Crevices
✔✔What pieces of legislation regulates pesticides? - ✔✔FIFRA, The federal insecticide,
fungicide and rodenticide act of 1947
✔✔What are two types of resistance? - ✔✔Physiological and Behavioral
✔✔What type of formulation has the active ingredient encapsulated in tiny plastic
capsules - ✔✔Flowable microencapsulation
✔✔What is an advantage of using an aerosol? - ✔✔No mixing required, ready to use
✔✔What pesticide group does Pyrethrum belong to? - ✔✔Botanicals
✔✔What does JHA stand for? - ✔✔Juvenile Hormone Analog
✔✔What does a dessicant do to an insect? - ✔✔Dries it out, dehydrates it
✔✔What is the purpose of a Synergist? - ✔✔To enhance the activity of an active
ingredient
✔✔When referring to pesticides, organic means? - ✔✔Contains one atom of each
Carbon and Hydrogen
✔✔What class of chemistry was the first to replace the higky toxic chlorinated
hydrocarbons? - ✔✔Organophosphates
,✔✔What gloves do you use when handling pesticides? - ✔✔Whatever the label
requires
✔✔If the smell, taste it respirator you are wearing is irritating you, what should you do? -
✔✔Move away from the treatment area
✔✔What to do if you have a damaged pesticide bottle? - ✔✔Transfer it to a functional
container and ensure the label is included
✔✔What wash cycle should be used when cleaning clothing that is contaminated with
pesticides? - ✔✔Hot and long cycle
✔✔Who do you call first if/when a chemical spill occurs? - ✔✔Your supervisor
✔✔In the event of an accidental pesticide release or spill that could jeopardize public
safety, what agency must be notified after the spill has been cleaned up? - ✔✔CHP
✔✔What is the most dangerous for an applicator using pesticides? - ✔✔Mixing
pesticides
✔✔Order the signal words from most toxic to least toxoc - ✔✔Danger, Warning, Caution
✔✔Why must pesticide identification tags be placed on all pesticide service containers -
✔✔So anyone who encounters the containers knows exactly what's inside
✔✔What information must be on all service container pesticide labels? - ✔✔Active
Ingredient
✔✔What action should be taken if the wind is causing a drift of pesticide to a non target
area? - ✔✔Stop the treatment
✔✔At what point are health effects or symptoms of acute pesticide exposure evident -
✔✔Immediately
✔✔What initial action should be taken in case of an accidental poisoning of an
applicator? - ✔✔Remove applicator from treatment area
✔✔What regulatory agency must be notified by a registered pest control company
immediately after a representative is seriously injured during a pesticide application? -
✔✔Structural Pest Control Board
✔✔What characteristic of application equipment are the major factors of influencing drift
- ✔✔Pressure, droplet size
, ✔✔What characteristic is used to describe the toxicity of a pesticide? - ✔✔Signal Word
✔✔What word describes the movement of pesticide away from the treatment area? -
✔✔Drift
✔✔The statement of practical treatment on the label gives you what information? -
✔✔First aid instructions if one is exposed to the product.
✔✔What is the most common route of pesticide exposure? - ✔✔Dermal
✔✔What would be the most dangerous route of pesticide exposure - ✔✔Inhalation
✔✔How else can pesticide get into the body if wearing gloves and service uniform? -
✔✔Ocular, Inhilation and Oral
✔✔True or False? Pesticides must be stored in cool, dry places with liquids on the
bottom? - ✔✔True
✔✔What condition should be considered a hazard when treating with liquid pesticides?
- ✔✔Wind
✔✔What area should be avoided during a liquid pesticide application? - ✔✔Bodies of
water
✔✔What section of a label identifies toxicity? - ✔✔Signal word
✔✔When should you use a certain type of lined gloves? - ✔✔When the label requires it
✔✔What agency identifies plants/animals for protection? - ✔✔Environmental Protection
Agency
✔✔When it is only slightly windy and treating the base of a home, do you reschedule or
use other treatment methods? - ✔✔Use another treatment method if possible
✔✔How are granules applied? - ✔✔Spreader
✔✔What should be done before equipment is put in storage? - ✔✔Eliminate all
chemical residues
✔✔What can happen if there is excessive pressure in your sprayer - ✔✔Uneven
pesticide coverage
