CALIFORNIA FARM LABOR TEST EXAM 2026
QUESTION BANK AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ True or False: You can sell or transfer any part of the profits of
your business unless the Labor Commissioner gives written consent.
Answer: False. You cannot sell or transfer any parts unless you have
written consent.
◉ True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else. Answer: True.
◉ What type of training must you provide to every crew leader,
foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls any
agricultural laborer on your behalf? Answer: Training on the law
governing:
-worker health and safety
-pesticide safety
-terms and conditions of employment
-at least 2 hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of
sexual harassment
,◉ What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or
seasonal ag workers? Answer: They are required to be registered as
Farm Labor Contractor Employees (FLCE).
◉ If you drive workers to a jobsite and there is no work, what are
you required to do? Answer: You must pay them the agreed upon
rate of pay for all the time traveling to the jobsite and back.
◉ There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it? Answer: BEFORE you take them there.
◉ An employee is requesting a written statement in Spanish
showing the amount of the contract fee you are receiving from the
grower and the workers' rates of pay. Are you required to provide it?
Answer: Yes. You must provide a written statement in English AND
Spanish if your employees OR grower requests it.
◉ Can you charge a worker any kind of registration fee or
employment fee or tell workers that they must pay a transportation
fee to get a job? Answer: No.
◉ What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles? Answer:
Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
,◉ What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Answer: a notice of the workers' federal rights
◉ Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are
organizing a union? Answer: NO. You must not.
◉ What should you tell workers BEFORE your hire them? Answer: 1.
WHERE they will be employed
2. Pay Rates
3. the Crops they will work on
4. their work duties
5. the expected Length of Employment
6. whether you will receive a commission for sales from a store
owned by the grower
7. fees for transportation
8. fees for housing
9. fees for other benefits
◉ What should you do before you contract with a grower to supply
labor? Answer: You must show the grower your CA FLC license AND
your FLC federal registration certificate.
, ◉ True or False: You must provide the grower with a payroll list of
all employees who will be doing work for that grower. Answer: True.
The form should be supplied by the Labor Commissioner.
◉ True or False: You may split feed with the grower or with any of
his/her employees. Answer: False. You must not split any fees with
the grower or with his/her employees.
◉ What will happen when you fail to pay wages promptly, fail to
comply with an FLC contract, or violate any state or federal law
governing FLCs including health and safety, payment of wages, or
lack or workers' compensation insurance? Answer: Your FLC license
may be revoked.
◉ Can your FLC license be revoked if you include any false
information on your application? Answer: Yes. Your FLC license may
be revoked.
◉ What is the consequence of you allowing any employee to drive a
farm labor vehicle without proper license and certification or selling
alcoholic beverages as part of the FLC business? Answer: Your FLC
license may be revoked.
◉ Can you change any condition under which your FLC license was
issued? Answer: No. Your FLC license may be revoked if you change
any condition.
QUESTION BANK AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS
MODULE SOLVED ITEMS AND RESPONSE KEY
◉ True or False: You can sell or transfer any part of the profits of
your business unless the Labor Commissioner gives written consent.
Answer: False. You cannot sell or transfer any parts unless you have
written consent.
◉ True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else. Answer: True.
◉ What type of training must you provide to every crew leader,
foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls any
agricultural laborer on your behalf? Answer: Training on the law
governing:
-worker health and safety
-pesticide safety
-terms and conditions of employment
-at least 2 hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of
sexual harassment
,◉ What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or
seasonal ag workers? Answer: They are required to be registered as
Farm Labor Contractor Employees (FLCE).
◉ If you drive workers to a jobsite and there is no work, what are
you required to do? Answer: You must pay them the agreed upon
rate of pay for all the time traveling to the jobsite and back.
◉ There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it? Answer: BEFORE you take them there.
◉ An employee is requesting a written statement in Spanish
showing the amount of the contract fee you are receiving from the
grower and the workers' rates of pay. Are you required to provide it?
Answer: Yes. You must provide a written statement in English AND
Spanish if your employees OR grower requests it.
◉ Can you charge a worker any kind of registration fee or
employment fee or tell workers that they must pay a transportation
fee to get a job? Answer: No.
◉ What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles? Answer:
Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
,◉ What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Answer: a notice of the workers' federal rights
◉ Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are
organizing a union? Answer: NO. You must not.
◉ What should you tell workers BEFORE your hire them? Answer: 1.
WHERE they will be employed
2. Pay Rates
3. the Crops they will work on
4. their work duties
5. the expected Length of Employment
6. whether you will receive a commission for sales from a store
owned by the grower
7. fees for transportation
8. fees for housing
9. fees for other benefits
◉ What should you do before you contract with a grower to supply
labor? Answer: You must show the grower your CA FLC license AND
your FLC federal registration certificate.
, ◉ True or False: You must provide the grower with a payroll list of
all employees who will be doing work for that grower. Answer: True.
The form should be supplied by the Labor Commissioner.
◉ True or False: You may split feed with the grower or with any of
his/her employees. Answer: False. You must not split any fees with
the grower or with his/her employees.
◉ What will happen when you fail to pay wages promptly, fail to
comply with an FLC contract, or violate any state or federal law
governing FLCs including health and safety, payment of wages, or
lack or workers' compensation insurance? Answer: Your FLC license
may be revoked.
◉ Can your FLC license be revoked if you include any false
information on your application? Answer: Yes. Your FLC license may
be revoked.
◉ What is the consequence of you allowing any employee to drive a
farm labor vehicle without proper license and certification or selling
alcoholic beverages as part of the FLC business? Answer: Your FLC
license may be revoked.
◉ Can you change any condition under which your FLC license was
issued? Answer: No. Your FLC license may be revoked if you change
any condition.
