AERIAL APPLICATION CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
●● What is the minimum distance from any water body that an aerial
application of Agri Tin can be made?
Answer: 300 feet
●● If a person accidentally swallows Agri Tin, which of the following is
advised about first aid treatment?
Answer: Do not induce vomiting
●● What is the length of time that the aerial applicator must tell the
grower to keep all agriculture workers out of a field treated with Agri
Tin?
Answer: 48 hours
●● What is an important provision of the Worker Protection Standard
(WPS) issued by the USEPA as it pertains to employers of workers who
handle pesitcides?
Answer: If a pesticide product contains WPS labeling, employers are
required to comply with the rule, which includes informing and
educating workers about hazards associated with pesticides
,●● Under the Worker Protection Standard, which type of application
would require a pilot to provide the land owner/operator with details
about the application prior to the treatment?
Answer: When the land owner/operator requests the information in
writing
●● What information is a pesticide dealer required to obtain from an
applicator who purchases a restricted use pesticide?
Answer: A current, valid license or certification number to record on the
sale
●● What agency by law is required to register every pesticide
distributed, transported, sold, or offered for the sale in Illinois?
Answer: The Illinois Department of Agriculture
●● Which of the following take precedence when state and federal
regulations differ?
Answer: The most restrictive regulation
●● A pilot has been contacted to spray a 5-acre field bordered on two
sides by shopping centers and on the third side by a school. Which of the
following is the best plan of action?
Answer: Do not make the application
,●● While performing routine nozzle changes and switching from spray
to dry configurations, which of the following precautions should be
taken?
Answer: Proper personal protective equipment should be worn by
employees doing the work
●● Under the Worker Protection Standard, who is legally responsible for
insuring that the ground crew wears appropriate personal protective
equipment?
Answer: Aerial business owners/operators
●● As a pilot/operator spraying on a major forest insect control project,
the wind is out of the east in the morning and out of the west in the
afternoon. What should the pilot/operator document as the wind
conditions?
Answer: Both conditions
●● Under the Illinois Pesticide Act, what records are commercial
pesticide applicators required to keep for two years from the date of the
application of a restricted use pesticide to the property of a client?
Answer: The pesticide name and registration number, amount applied,
date of application, and site
●● What important federal law, approved in 1947, provides the
framework for pesticide registration and is the pesticide user's assurance
, that the product, if used correctly, will provide some helpful service
without endangering the user, other persons, or the environment?
Answer: The Federal Pesticide Act
●● Which of the following is the best way to verify an area to be
sprayed is clear of workers and other unprotected persons?
Answer: The pilot should do an aerial survey immediately before the
application
●● An individual asks suspicious questions regarding aircraft security at
an aerial application business. To which of the following should this
behavior be reported to first?
Answer: Local law enforcement and the local Federal Bureau of
Investigation field office
●● Which of the following is the best course of action if prevailing
winds will likely carry spray drift from a field into a nearby body of
water?
Answer: Reschedule the job until conditions are more favorable
●● IN the middle of a severe aphid outbreak, the labeled product is
unavailable. A grower has an unlabeled product and would like an aerial
application service to apply the product. Which of the following is the
pilot's best response?
EVALUATION COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
●● What is the minimum distance from any water body that an aerial
application of Agri Tin can be made?
Answer: 300 feet
●● If a person accidentally swallows Agri Tin, which of the following is
advised about first aid treatment?
Answer: Do not induce vomiting
●● What is the length of time that the aerial applicator must tell the
grower to keep all agriculture workers out of a field treated with Agri
Tin?
Answer: 48 hours
●● What is an important provision of the Worker Protection Standard
(WPS) issued by the USEPA as it pertains to employers of workers who
handle pesitcides?
Answer: If a pesticide product contains WPS labeling, employers are
required to comply with the rule, which includes informing and
educating workers about hazards associated with pesticides
,●● Under the Worker Protection Standard, which type of application
would require a pilot to provide the land owner/operator with details
about the application prior to the treatment?
Answer: When the land owner/operator requests the information in
writing
●● What information is a pesticide dealer required to obtain from an
applicator who purchases a restricted use pesticide?
Answer: A current, valid license or certification number to record on the
sale
●● What agency by law is required to register every pesticide
distributed, transported, sold, or offered for the sale in Illinois?
Answer: The Illinois Department of Agriculture
●● Which of the following take precedence when state and federal
regulations differ?
Answer: The most restrictive regulation
●● A pilot has been contacted to spray a 5-acre field bordered on two
sides by shopping centers and on the third side by a school. Which of the
following is the best plan of action?
Answer: Do not make the application
,●● While performing routine nozzle changes and switching from spray
to dry configurations, which of the following precautions should be
taken?
Answer: Proper personal protective equipment should be worn by
employees doing the work
●● Under the Worker Protection Standard, who is legally responsible for
insuring that the ground crew wears appropriate personal protective
equipment?
Answer: Aerial business owners/operators
●● As a pilot/operator spraying on a major forest insect control project,
the wind is out of the east in the morning and out of the west in the
afternoon. What should the pilot/operator document as the wind
conditions?
Answer: Both conditions
●● Under the Illinois Pesticide Act, what records are commercial
pesticide applicators required to keep for two years from the date of the
application of a restricted use pesticide to the property of a client?
Answer: The pesticide name and registration number, amount applied,
date of application, and site
●● What important federal law, approved in 1947, provides the
framework for pesticide registration and is the pesticide user's assurance
, that the product, if used correctly, will provide some helpful service
without endangering the user, other persons, or the environment?
Answer: The Federal Pesticide Act
●● Which of the following is the best way to verify an area to be
sprayed is clear of workers and other unprotected persons?
Answer: The pilot should do an aerial survey immediately before the
application
●● An individual asks suspicious questions regarding aircraft security at
an aerial application business. To which of the following should this
behavior be reported to first?
Answer: Local law enforcement and the local Federal Bureau of
Investigation field office
●● Which of the following is the best course of action if prevailing
winds will likely carry spray drift from a field into a nearby body of
water?
Answer: Reschedule the job until conditions are more favorable
●● IN the middle of a severe aphid outbreak, the labeled product is
unavailable. A grower has an unlabeled product and would like an aerial
application service to apply the product. Which of the following is the
pilot's best response?
