PA1 EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL
SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● What are the fields of use for chemicals?
Answer: Agriculture, Horticulture, Amenity, Forestry, Industry and
Aquatics
●● What are pesticides?
Answer: Substances or preparations that destroy pests
●● What are pests?
Answer: organisms or diseases that harm plant products
●● Symbol for Herbicides
Answer: (H)
●● Symbol for Insecticides
Answer: (I)
●● Molluscicides are included in
Answer: Insecticides
,●● Symbol for Fungicides
Answer: (F)
●● What are PGRs?
Answer: Plant Growth Regulators
●● Symbol for PGRs
Answer: (P)
●● When is the greatest risk of using a pesticide?
Answer: When using pesticide and handling concentrate
●● Who decides whether it is necessary to use a Pesticide?
Answer: The Farmer; Agronomist helps decide if something less harmful
can be used
●● What is it important to refer to when choosing a Pesticide?
Answer: Pest or disease threshold level in crop
●● Key selection requirements
Answer: - least harmful to operator and environment
, - reasonable cost to business
- least risk to other people and property
- pesticide hazard warning symbols
●● No warning symbols =
Answer: No hazard
●● Can a pesticide be harmful despite not being so itself?
Answer: Pesticide may not be harmful but the carrier substance may be
hazardous
●● What is the carrier substance?
Answer: The substance carrying pesticide that allows travel through
water and into the plant
●● How can you keep up with legislative changes?
Answer: Agronomist, Agricultural Journal, FW/FG, Google, CPD
●● What is NRoSO
Answer: National Register of Sprayer Operators
●● Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974
Answer: - maintaining safe plant and safe systems at work
SOLUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● What are the fields of use for chemicals?
Answer: Agriculture, Horticulture, Amenity, Forestry, Industry and
Aquatics
●● What are pesticides?
Answer: Substances or preparations that destroy pests
●● What are pests?
Answer: organisms or diseases that harm plant products
●● Symbol for Herbicides
Answer: (H)
●● Symbol for Insecticides
Answer: (I)
●● Molluscicides are included in
Answer: Insecticides
,●● Symbol for Fungicides
Answer: (F)
●● What are PGRs?
Answer: Plant Growth Regulators
●● Symbol for PGRs
Answer: (P)
●● When is the greatest risk of using a pesticide?
Answer: When using pesticide and handling concentrate
●● Who decides whether it is necessary to use a Pesticide?
Answer: The Farmer; Agronomist helps decide if something less harmful
can be used
●● What is it important to refer to when choosing a Pesticide?
Answer: Pest or disease threshold level in crop
●● Key selection requirements
Answer: - least harmful to operator and environment
, - reasonable cost to business
- least risk to other people and property
- pesticide hazard warning symbols
●● No warning symbols =
Answer: No hazard
●● Can a pesticide be harmful despite not being so itself?
Answer: Pesticide may not be harmful but the carrier substance may be
hazardous
●● What is the carrier substance?
Answer: The substance carrying pesticide that allows travel through
water and into the plant
●● How can you keep up with legislative changes?
Answer: Agronomist, Agricultural Journal, FW/FG, Google, CPD
●● What is NRoSO
Answer: National Register of Sprayer Operators
●● Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974
Answer: - maintaining safe plant and safe systems at work
