North Carolina Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual (Ch. 4 - 5) Exam
Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Label - ✔✔The information printed on or attached to the pesticide container. Legal documents
providing directions on how to mix, apply, store, and dispose of pesticide products.
Labeling - ✔✔Includes the label itself plus all other information referred to on the label or received from
the manufacturer about the product when you buy it.
Emergency Exemptions - ✔✔Granted by the EPA only after the state acknowledges the need (based on
public health emergency or crisis) and only if there is no other feasible pesticide alternative.
Active ingredient (a.i.) - ✔✔The chemical(s) in a pesticide formulation that actually destroys a pest or
performs a desired function.
Inert ingredients - ✔✔Not usually named, but the label must show what percentage of the total
contents they make up.
Chemical Name - ✔✔identifies the chemical components and structure of the pesticides active
ingredient.
Common Name - ✔✔A shorter name because the chemical name is often complex.
Signal Words - ✔✔Danger-Poison, Danger, Warning, Caution
Hazard Statements - ✔✔Hazards to humans and domestic animals, environmental hazards, and physical
or chemical hazards.
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) - ✔✔Provides detailed information about the product's composition,
physical and chemical properties and hazards, toxicological and ecological information, and first-aid
procedures.
Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Label - ✔✔The information printed on or attached to the pesticide container. Legal documents
providing directions on how to mix, apply, store, and dispose of pesticide products.
Labeling - ✔✔Includes the label itself plus all other information referred to on the label or received from
the manufacturer about the product when you buy it.
Emergency Exemptions - ✔✔Granted by the EPA only after the state acknowledges the need (based on
public health emergency or crisis) and only if there is no other feasible pesticide alternative.
Active ingredient (a.i.) - ✔✔The chemical(s) in a pesticide formulation that actually destroys a pest or
performs a desired function.
Inert ingredients - ✔✔Not usually named, but the label must show what percentage of the total
contents they make up.
Chemical Name - ✔✔identifies the chemical components and structure of the pesticides active
ingredient.
Common Name - ✔✔A shorter name because the chemical name is often complex.
Signal Words - ✔✔Danger-Poison, Danger, Warning, Caution
Hazard Statements - ✔✔Hazards to humans and domestic animals, environmental hazards, and physical
or chemical hazards.
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) - ✔✔Provides detailed information about the product's composition,
physical and chemical properties and hazards, toxicological and ecological information, and first-aid
procedures.
