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RIGHT-OF-WAY PESTICIDE EXAM PREP TEST BANK 2026
500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND REVISED |CURRENTLY
TESTING
1. Any person who uses or handles (mixes, loads, applies, stores, transport or
disposes of ) pesticides: must follow the pesticide label instructions and California legal requirement
2. you must be a DPR certified applicator and obtain a restricted material
permit from the county agricultural commissioner before you can
purchase, posses, or use California restricted materials: Applicator / Handler
Certification
3. QAC: Qualified Applicator Certificate
4. QAL: Qualified Applicator License
5. You must possess a PCA license if you: - Make any agricultural use application to forest or rights
of way
-Act as an authority on any Agricultural use of pesticides
-solicit services or sales for any Agricultural use of pesticides
6. if you apply pesticides or supervise pesticides application only on
private property that you own or control, you may qualify to become.:
Certified Private Applicator
7. if you ( as individual or as a business ) perform pest control for hire or
advertise, solicit or operate as a pest control business you must possess: Pest
control Business License
8. Right of way include: -public road
-communication and electricity utility lines and towers
-pipelines
-railways
9. right of way license also qualified the applicator to:: To treat drainage and
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irrigation ditches above the water level, but does not qualify him or her to treat water or vegetation in water
10. if you possess a QAC, QAL, or PCAPC you must earn.: 20 hrs of continuing
education
11. CAPCA: California Association of Pest Control Advisers
12. PAPA: Pesticide Applicators Professional Association
13. Employer and employee responsibility: - Ensure required training and supervision and
pro- vide hazard communication and application.
- Provide proper and safe work areas, pesticide handling equipment and personal equipment
-keep people away from treated areas until it is safe to enter.
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14. Enforcement and Compliance Actions: DPR and other law enforcement can take legal
actions against violators of pesticide regulations, including issuing warning notices, suspending or revoking their
pesticides certifications or license fining them up tp 50,000 or imprisoning up to 1 year
15. Pest control recommendation: a writing recommendation by a California License pest
control adviser or certain other persons is generally require before you can apply any pesticide to forest or rights
of way for agricultural uses
16. Restricted Materials ( Restricted use Pesticide): Certain hazardous pesticide are classified
as restricted use pesticide.
Restricted materials are pesticides that even when properly used according to the registered label may cause an
adverse ettect on people, wildfire or domestic animals or the enviroment
17. Restricted Material Permit: Most pesticide applicator must obtain a restricted material permit form
the county agricultural commissioner before they can purchase, possess, or use restricted materials
18. Notice of Intent (NOI): The county Agricultural commissioner must be properly notified at least 24
hrs before a restricted material is applied. The NOI may be submitted by the property operator, their representative
or the certified or the license applicator
19. Notice of Application: The applicator must ensure that the property operator (Manger) receives proper
oral or written notice before any pesticide is applied
20. Application Completion Notice: the applicator must ensure that the property operator receives
notice within 24 hrs of completion of the pesticide application
21. posting treated sites: must be posted with the correct kind of warning sings if posting is specified on
the label or required by California regulations , sings must be posted before the application, property placed and
removed within 3 days after the restricted entry interval is over
22. Pesticide use records and reports: you must keep records of all pesticides applied to forest and
right of way and report all pesticide use to the county Agricultural commissioner
23. Operator Identification Number: before pesticides are used to produce commercial
nursey stock.
the property operator must obtain an operator identification number from the county agricultural commissioner
24. Which factor most influences herbicide penetration through bark?: Carrier
oil selection
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25. What is the primary consideration for selective herbicide application?:
Target species identification
RIGHT-OF-WAY PESTICIDE EXAM PREP TEST BANK 2026
500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND REVISED |CURRENTLY
TESTING
1. Any person who uses or handles (mixes, loads, applies, stores, transport or
disposes of ) pesticides: must follow the pesticide label instructions and California legal requirement
2. you must be a DPR certified applicator and obtain a restricted material
permit from the county agricultural commissioner before you can
purchase, posses, or use California restricted materials: Applicator / Handler
Certification
3. QAC: Qualified Applicator Certificate
4. QAL: Qualified Applicator License
5. You must possess a PCA license if you: - Make any agricultural use application to forest or rights
of way
-Act as an authority on any Agricultural use of pesticides
-solicit services or sales for any Agricultural use of pesticides
6. if you apply pesticides or supervise pesticides application only on
private property that you own or control, you may qualify to become.:
Certified Private Applicator
7. if you ( as individual or as a business ) perform pest control for hire or
advertise, solicit or operate as a pest control business you must possess: Pest
control Business License
8. Right of way include: -public road
-communication and electricity utility lines and towers
-pipelines
-railways
9. right of way license also qualified the applicator to:: To treat drainage and
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irrigation ditches above the water level, but does not qualify him or her to treat water or vegetation in water
10. if you possess a QAC, QAL, or PCAPC you must earn.: 20 hrs of continuing
education
11. CAPCA: California Association of Pest Control Advisers
12. PAPA: Pesticide Applicators Professional Association
13. Employer and employee responsibility: - Ensure required training and supervision and
pro- vide hazard communication and application.
- Provide proper and safe work areas, pesticide handling equipment and personal equipment
-keep people away from treated areas until it is safe to enter.
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14. Enforcement and Compliance Actions: DPR and other law enforcement can take legal
actions against violators of pesticide regulations, including issuing warning notices, suspending or revoking their
pesticides certifications or license fining them up tp 50,000 or imprisoning up to 1 year
15. Pest control recommendation: a writing recommendation by a California License pest
control adviser or certain other persons is generally require before you can apply any pesticide to forest or rights
of way for agricultural uses
16. Restricted Materials ( Restricted use Pesticide): Certain hazardous pesticide are classified
as restricted use pesticide.
Restricted materials are pesticides that even when properly used according to the registered label may cause an
adverse ettect on people, wildfire or domestic animals or the enviroment
17. Restricted Material Permit: Most pesticide applicator must obtain a restricted material permit form
the county agricultural commissioner before they can purchase, possess, or use restricted materials
18. Notice of Intent (NOI): The county Agricultural commissioner must be properly notified at least 24
hrs before a restricted material is applied. The NOI may be submitted by the property operator, their representative
or the certified or the license applicator
19. Notice of Application: The applicator must ensure that the property operator (Manger) receives proper
oral or written notice before any pesticide is applied
20. Application Completion Notice: the applicator must ensure that the property operator receives
notice within 24 hrs of completion of the pesticide application
21. posting treated sites: must be posted with the correct kind of warning sings if posting is specified on
the label or required by California regulations , sings must be posted before the application, property placed and
removed within 3 days after the restricted entry interval is over
22. Pesticide use records and reports: you must keep records of all pesticides applied to forest and
right of way and report all pesticide use to the county Agricultural commissioner
23. Operator Identification Number: before pesticides are used to produce commercial
nursey stock.
the property operator must obtain an operator identification number from the county agricultural commissioner
24. Which factor most influences herbicide penetration through bark?: Carrier
oil selection
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25. What is the primary consideration for selective herbicide application?:
Target species identification
