ILLINOIS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ label - general info. Answer: basic info on how pesticide works
and how long it takes to see effects, what conditions to treat
◉ Label - cautionary statements. Answer: avoid unintended injury to
non-targets
◉ Label - spray solution chart. Answer: determine amount needed
for different solution strengths
◉ Label - control recommendations. Answer: Recommendations for
control of different weeds
◉ Label - species specific control recommendations chart. Answer:
Control recommendations for specific species
◉ Label - wetland/ aquatic info. Answer: if applying near water need
to use product labeled for use in those areas. Specific info about this
type of application
,◉ label - sites specific control recommendations chart. Answer:
specific control recommendations for certain sites (forestry, utility
rights of way)
◉ Label - mixing info. Answer: Info about which other pesticides
compatible with product, what rates to mix them, how to mix them
◉ Label - cut stump treatments. Answer: specific info for this type of
application
◉ What warning is on every pesticide label. Answer: Keep out of
reach of children
◉ Toxicity. Answer: ability to cause damage and death
◉ LD 50. Answer: the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the
animals in a test population
◉ Exposure. Answer: how pesticides enter body
reason to wear ppe
◉ Routes of exposure. Answer: oral, dermal, eye, inhalation
, ◉ acute exposure. Answer: one-time sever contact. Spilling on
clothes/ skin
Ingesting
Never work alone with toxic chemicals
◉ Organophosphates and carbamates. Answer: Organophosphates
involved in more cases of poisoning than any other insecticide
◉ Detecting organophospgate and carbamate poisoning. Answer:
blood cholinesterase test. Reductions in cholinesterase indicates
poisoning
◉ Chronic effects. Answer: long term low-level exposure
◉ Dermal absorption rates. Answer: Parts of body absorb at
different rates
Forearm - 1
Palm/ foot - 1.3-1.6
Abdomen - 2.1
Scalp - 3.1
Forehad - 4.2
Ear canal - 5.4
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ label - general info. Answer: basic info on how pesticide works
and how long it takes to see effects, what conditions to treat
◉ Label - cautionary statements. Answer: avoid unintended injury to
non-targets
◉ Label - spray solution chart. Answer: determine amount needed
for different solution strengths
◉ Label - control recommendations. Answer: Recommendations for
control of different weeds
◉ Label - species specific control recommendations chart. Answer:
Control recommendations for specific species
◉ Label - wetland/ aquatic info. Answer: if applying near water need
to use product labeled for use in those areas. Specific info about this
type of application
,◉ label - sites specific control recommendations chart. Answer:
specific control recommendations for certain sites (forestry, utility
rights of way)
◉ Label - mixing info. Answer: Info about which other pesticides
compatible with product, what rates to mix them, how to mix them
◉ Label - cut stump treatments. Answer: specific info for this type of
application
◉ What warning is on every pesticide label. Answer: Keep out of
reach of children
◉ Toxicity. Answer: ability to cause damage and death
◉ LD 50. Answer: the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the
animals in a test population
◉ Exposure. Answer: how pesticides enter body
reason to wear ppe
◉ Routes of exposure. Answer: oral, dermal, eye, inhalation
, ◉ acute exposure. Answer: one-time sever contact. Spilling on
clothes/ skin
Ingesting
Never work alone with toxic chemicals
◉ Organophosphates and carbamates. Answer: Organophosphates
involved in more cases of poisoning than any other insecticide
◉ Detecting organophospgate and carbamate poisoning. Answer:
blood cholinesterase test. Reductions in cholinesterase indicates
poisoning
◉ Chronic effects. Answer: long term low-level exposure
◉ Dermal absorption rates. Answer: Parts of body absorb at
different rates
Forearm - 1
Palm/ foot - 1.3-1.6
Abdomen - 2.1
Scalp - 3.1
Forehad - 4.2
Ear canal - 5.4
