APPLICATOR (GENERAL) EXAM NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
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2026 UPDATE!!!
(Labels and Labeling) How is the best way to find out how to
apply a pesticide product correctly?
a. talk to a neighbor
b. talk to the manufacturer
c. talk to a Cooperative Extension Service person
d. read the label - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > d. read the
label
(Pests and Pest Control) An example of an Arachnid is:
a. a butterfly
b. an insect
c. a spider
,d. a pigweed - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c. a spider
(Pests and Pest Control) The use of host resistance:
a. helps keep pest populations below harmful levels
b. means that any pesticide use will not result in killing the host
c. involves treating the host will insecticides repeatedly at low
rates so as not to kill it
d. should always be discouraged because it is never effective -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. helps keep pest populations
below harmful levels
(Protecting the Environment) A pesticide which breaks down
quickly in the environment is called:
a. persistent
b. non-persistent
c. a fumigant
d. an avicide - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. non-persistent
(Protecting the Environment) Contaminated or polluted water
by pesticides:
a. can injure plants and animals directly
, b. is of no concern to pesticide applicators
c. will clear up without anyone knowing
d. none of the above - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > a. can
injure plants and animals directly
(Protecting the Environment) When minimizing groundwater
contamination, the two major sources are:
a. rain and snow-melt sources
b. leaching and sink-hole sources
c. point and non-point sources
d. train and truck accidents - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > c.
point and non-point sources
(Protecting the Environment) Pesticides:
a. should never be used in the environment
b. can help the environment when they are used carefully and
wisely
c. can not harm the environment
d. are so toxic there is no way to use them carefully or wisely -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > b. can help the environment
when they are used carefully and wisely