Pesticide Applicator Practice Exam Core/Private - Alpha Questions and Answers
___ I. Which of the following is not a major provision of the 1972 amendments to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of 1947?
a. All pesticides must be classified either as unclassified use (=general use) or restricted use.
b. Pesticide applicators must complete four (4) years of college to become certified.
c. States have the authority to certify applicators, register pesticides, and initiate programs
designed to meet their local needs.
d. The act provides for criminal and civil penalties for individuals who violate provisions of the
act.
___ 2. Which federal agency administers the FIFRA provisions?
a. US Department of Agriculture
b. US Department of Commerce
c. Central Intelligence Agency
d. Environmental Protection Agency
___ 3. What is the maximum penalty for a commercial applicator who knowingly violates
the FIFRA laws?
a. $25.00 and/or 30 days imprisonment
b. $250.00 and/or 60 days imprisonment
c. $2,500.00 and/or 90 days imprisonment
d. $25,000.00 and/or I year imprisonment
___ 4. Whenever possible, pesticides should be transported
a. in passenger compartment of the vehicle.
b. in the open back of a pick up truck.
c. in a locked compartment.
d. in the sprayer that is going to be used during the application
___ 5. Which of the following is not true of the regulations concerned with aerial
pesticide applications?
a. Application of a pesticide from an airplane is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA).
b. The FAA determines the flying ability of applicator pilots and the safety of their aircraft.
c. Since pilots are already over regulated, they do not need to be certified pesticide applicators.
d. It is illegal for an aerial applicator to apply any pesticide except according to the federally
registered use.
___ 6. Which of the following is not true regarding pesticide residues?
a. A residue is the amount of a pesticide that remains on raw agricultural products.
b. The legal allowed amount of any pesticide on a raw agricultural product is called its tolerance
for that particular product.
c. Tolerances are usually expressed in terms of pounds active ingredient per acre.
d. The same pesticide may have different tolerances on different crops.
, ___ 7. Which state agency in Michigan has been granted authority to regulate pesticide
sales, certify applicators and license dealers and applicators of restricted use
pesticides?
a. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
b. Department of Commerce
c. Department of Pesticides and Other Environmental Poisons
d. Department of Transportation
___ 8. Which of the following would not require pesticide applicator certification?
a. A homeowner using a restricted use pesticide on her own property.
b. A grower applying a restricted use pesticide.
c. A person applying general use pesticides on their own property
d. A person wishing to apply a soil fumigant.
___ 9. A person may be denied a pesticide applicators license or certification if
a. they live too close to Lake Superior.
b. their urine samples test positive for steroids.
c. they have liberal political views.
d. they demonstrate an insufficient knowledge of any item called for in an applicator.
___ 10. A pesticide label is
a. the information about the pesticide printed on the package, box, bottles, bag, can, etc.
b. information about the pesticide contained in separate (from the package, box, etc.)
brochures, and other information distributed at the time of sale.
c. only required for restricted use pesticides.
d. only required for unclassified use pesticides.
___ 11. Which of the following are required elements of any pesticide label?
a. Brand name
b. Common name
c. Active Ingredients
d. Net Contents
e. All of the above
___ 12. Why are the manufacturer's name and address required elements of a pesticide
label?
a. So the applicator can write and thank them for marketing such a wonderful product.
b. In case you run out of the material, you know where to write to request more.
c. In case of an emergency, you will know where to call for information.
d. Pesticide manufacturers normally have unlisted addresses.
___ 13. The registration number found on a pesticide label
a. assures the applicator that the product is registered with the federal government.
b. is just more example of how the federal government reduces everybody and everything to a
number.
c. must be reported along with the applicators certification number to the Michigan Pesticide
Police promptly after the application.
d. are collected each week, put into a large barrel from which Vanna White selects, at random, a
winner. Applicators who applied the material with this registration number become eligible for
valuable prizes (and once you claim a prize, it's yours to keep).
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___ I. Which of the following is not a major provision of the 1972 amendments to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of 1947?
a. All pesticides must be classified either as unclassified use (=general use) or restricted use.
b. Pesticide applicators must complete four (4) years of college to become certified.
c. States have the authority to certify applicators, register pesticides, and initiate programs
designed to meet their local needs.
d. The act provides for criminal and civil penalties for individuals who violate provisions of the
act.
___ 2. Which federal agency administers the FIFRA provisions?
a. US Department of Agriculture
b. US Department of Commerce
c. Central Intelligence Agency
d. Environmental Protection Agency
___ 3. What is the maximum penalty for a commercial applicator who knowingly violates
the FIFRA laws?
a. $25.00 and/or 30 days imprisonment
b. $250.00 and/or 60 days imprisonment
c. $2,500.00 and/or 90 days imprisonment
d. $25,000.00 and/or I year imprisonment
___ 4. Whenever possible, pesticides should be transported
a. in passenger compartment of the vehicle.
b. in the open back of a pick up truck.
c. in a locked compartment.
d. in the sprayer that is going to be used during the application
___ 5. Which of the following is not true of the regulations concerned with aerial
pesticide applications?
a. Application of a pesticide from an airplane is regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA).
b. The FAA determines the flying ability of applicator pilots and the safety of their aircraft.
c. Since pilots are already over regulated, they do not need to be certified pesticide applicators.
d. It is illegal for an aerial applicator to apply any pesticide except according to the federally
registered use.
___ 6. Which of the following is not true regarding pesticide residues?
a. A residue is the amount of a pesticide that remains on raw agricultural products.
b. The legal allowed amount of any pesticide on a raw agricultural product is called its tolerance
for that particular product.
c. Tolerances are usually expressed in terms of pounds active ingredient per acre.
d. The same pesticide may have different tolerances on different crops.
, ___ 7. Which state agency in Michigan has been granted authority to regulate pesticide
sales, certify applicators and license dealers and applicators of restricted use
pesticides?
a. Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
b. Department of Commerce
c. Department of Pesticides and Other Environmental Poisons
d. Department of Transportation
___ 8. Which of the following would not require pesticide applicator certification?
a. A homeowner using a restricted use pesticide on her own property.
b. A grower applying a restricted use pesticide.
c. A person applying general use pesticides on their own property
d. A person wishing to apply a soil fumigant.
___ 9. A person may be denied a pesticide applicators license or certification if
a. they live too close to Lake Superior.
b. their urine samples test positive for steroids.
c. they have liberal political views.
d. they demonstrate an insufficient knowledge of any item called for in an applicator.
___ 10. A pesticide label is
a. the information about the pesticide printed on the package, box, bottles, bag, can, etc.
b. information about the pesticide contained in separate (from the package, box, etc.)
brochures, and other information distributed at the time of sale.
c. only required for restricted use pesticides.
d. only required for unclassified use pesticides.
___ 11. Which of the following are required elements of any pesticide label?
a. Brand name
b. Common name
c. Active Ingredients
d. Net Contents
e. All of the above
___ 12. Why are the manufacturer's name and address required elements of a pesticide
label?
a. So the applicator can write and thank them for marketing such a wonderful product.
b. In case you run out of the material, you know where to write to request more.
c. In case of an emergency, you will know where to call for information.
d. Pesticide manufacturers normally have unlisted addresses.
___ 13. The registration number found on a pesticide label
a. assures the applicator that the product is registered with the federal government.
b. is just more example of how the federal government reduces everybody and everything to a
number.
c. must be reported along with the applicators certification number to the Michigan Pesticide
Police promptly after the application.
d. are collected each week, put into a large barrel from which Vanna White selects, at random, a
winner. Applicators who applied the material with this registration number become eligible for
valuable prizes (and once you claim a prize, it's yours to keep).
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