CA applicator terms questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
When does your applicator license expire?
- correct answer June 30th/every 3 years
What is a pesticide?
- correct answer A pesticide side is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying,repelling, or mitigating any pest.
How many days prior to your California applicator license expires will be notified by The board?
- correct answer 60 days
Algaecides
- correct answer Control algae, canals, swimming pools, water tanks, and other sites.
Antifouling agent
- correct answer Kill or repel organisms that attach to underwater services, such as boat bottoms
Anti-microbial
- correct answer Kill microorganisms(such as bacteria and viruses)
Attractants
- correct answer Attract pests(for example, to lure an insect or rodent to a trap)(however, food is not
considered A pesticide when used as an attractant)
Bioscides
- correct answer Kill microorganisms
, Disinfectant and sanitizers
- correct answer Kill or inactivate disease producing microorganisms on inanimate objects
Fungicides
- correct answer Kill fungi(including blights, mildew, mold, and Rust)
Fumigants
- correct answer Produces gases or vapor intended to destroy pests in buildings or soil
Herbicides
- correct answer Kill weeds and other plants that grow where they are not wanted
Insecticides
- correct answer Kill insects and other anthropods
Miticides
- correct answer (Also called acaricides) kill mites that feed on plants and animals
Microbio pesticides
- correct answer Micro organism that kill, in inhibit, or out compete pests, including insects or other
microorganisms
Molluscicides
- correct answer Kill snails and slugs
Nematicides
- correct answer Kill nematodes(microscopic, wormlike organisms that feed on flat roots)
Ovicides
- correct answer Kill eggs of insects and mites
A+ Grade
When does your applicator license expire?
- correct answer June 30th/every 3 years
What is a pesticide?
- correct answer A pesticide side is any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying,repelling, or mitigating any pest.
How many days prior to your California applicator license expires will be notified by The board?
- correct answer 60 days
Algaecides
- correct answer Control algae, canals, swimming pools, water tanks, and other sites.
Antifouling agent
- correct answer Kill or repel organisms that attach to underwater services, such as boat bottoms
Anti-microbial
- correct answer Kill microorganisms(such as bacteria and viruses)
Attractants
- correct answer Attract pests(for example, to lure an insect or rodent to a trap)(however, food is not
considered A pesticide when used as an attractant)
Bioscides
- correct answer Kill microorganisms
, Disinfectant and sanitizers
- correct answer Kill or inactivate disease producing microorganisms on inanimate objects
Fungicides
- correct answer Kill fungi(including blights, mildew, mold, and Rust)
Fumigants
- correct answer Produces gases or vapor intended to destroy pests in buildings or soil
Herbicides
- correct answer Kill weeds and other plants that grow where they are not wanted
Insecticides
- correct answer Kill insects and other anthropods
Miticides
- correct answer (Also called acaricides) kill mites that feed on plants and animals
Microbio pesticides
- correct answer Micro organism that kill, in inhibit, or out compete pests, including insects or other
microorganisms
Molluscicides
- correct answer Kill snails and slugs
Nematicides
- correct answer Kill nematodes(microscopic, wormlike organisms that feed on flat roots)
Ovicides
- correct answer Kill eggs of insects and mites
