INDIANA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR RIGHT OF WAY EXAM LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM
A. Indicate which state agency is responsible for pesticide regulation (including
licensing). - ANSWER: Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC)
A. Explain the legal obligations of the pesticide applicator with respect to the product
label. - ANSWER: a. They are under legal obligation to use as directed on the label.
A. Describe who has to legally be certified to use pesticides in Indiana. - ANSWER: a.
Anyone applying RUP- Restricted Use Products.
•Private applicators - applicators applying or supervising the application of pesticide
to their own property.
•Commercial Applicators
Private Applicator - ANSWER: •Private applicators - applicators applying or
supervising the application of pesticide to their own property. (farmers)
Commercial Applicator - ANSWER: •Apply pesticides to another's property for profit (
exterminators)
•Apply pesticides to school property.
•Apply pesticides for area wide mosquito control.
•Apply pesticides on employers property as part of their job.
•Apply restricted use pesticides as an employee of a state or local government
agency.
Registered Technician - ANSWER: •A non-certified individual that is 18+ years old
that has passed the pesticide core exam and is registered with the OISC.
•Must be supervised by a certified applicator.
State the number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for. - ANSWER: a.
5 years
A. Discuss TWO options to maintain applicator certification - ANSWER: •Testing -
retaking the Core and Category Exams
•Accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)
•Accrued by attending extension, professional, and industrial programs for which
credit has been approved by the OISC.
Describe where to find reliable information regarding pesticide applicator continuing
certification categories - ANSWER: a. Indiana State Chemist Website:
www.isco.purdue.edu
, A. Discuss the purpose of the applicator license - ANSWER: It serves as a tracking
mechanism that permits OISC-Office of Indiana State Chemist to confirm status of
Certified Applicators
State when a certified, licensed supervisor must remain on-site with a non-certified
employee. - ANSWER: a. At all times during pesticide applications unless the
employee is an RT in which case they must be reachable by phone.
State who has to maintain a for-hire business license? - ANSWER: Firms engaged in
the business of applying pesticides on the property of another.
A. State how a non-certified employee can become a registered technician. -
ANSWER: a. Passing the pesticide applicator core exam and their employer applies
for a RT credential through OISC. (18+ years old)
A. List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered
technician before sending them to work off-site. - ANSWER: a. Remain available via
phone for consultation
b. Provide a category-specific site assessment fact sheet (www.isco.purdue.edu. Click
pesticide "category info")
c. Provide the label required PPE- personal protective equipment
d. Provide RT with labels of products being applied
List what activities may be performed by a registered technician - ANSWER: Any task
in which their certified applicator supervisor is both certified and licensed for.
General Use vs Restricted Use - ANSWER: General Use- products that when used in
accordance to the label won't cause adverse effects on humans or the environment.
Restricted Use - products that when used in accordance to the label may cause
adverse effects on humans or the environment.
Indicate where to find a restricted-use pesticide (RUP) statement on a pesticide
label. - ANSWER: a. At the top of the front panel
A. State the minimum number of years RUP records must be kept - ANSWER: 2 years
of commercial and private applicators and 5 years for category 7b, termite control
What information must be maintained in the RUP records? - ANSWER: applicator
name, number, date, application site, pest controlled, pesticide applied, and amount
applied.
Indicate where the kinds of information that must be maintained in RUP records can
be found. - ANSWER: a. Indiana State Chemist Website (listed above)
A. List 4 major pest groups - ANSWER: a. Weeds: undesirable plants
b. Invertebrates: insects, mites, ticks, spiders
c. Plant Disease Agents: fungi, viruses, bacteria
ACTUAL EXAM
A. Indicate which state agency is responsible for pesticide regulation (including
licensing). - ANSWER: Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC)
A. Explain the legal obligations of the pesticide applicator with respect to the product
label. - ANSWER: a. They are under legal obligation to use as directed on the label.
A. Describe who has to legally be certified to use pesticides in Indiana. - ANSWER: a.
Anyone applying RUP- Restricted Use Products.
•Private applicators - applicators applying or supervising the application of pesticide
to their own property.
•Commercial Applicators
Private Applicator - ANSWER: •Private applicators - applicators applying or
supervising the application of pesticide to their own property. (farmers)
Commercial Applicator - ANSWER: •Apply pesticides to another's property for profit (
exterminators)
•Apply pesticides to school property.
•Apply pesticides for area wide mosquito control.
•Apply pesticides on employers property as part of their job.
•Apply restricted use pesticides as an employee of a state or local government
agency.
Registered Technician - ANSWER: •A non-certified individual that is 18+ years old
that has passed the pesticide core exam and is registered with the OISC.
•Must be supervised by a certified applicator.
State the number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for. - ANSWER: a.
5 years
A. Discuss TWO options to maintain applicator certification - ANSWER: •Testing -
retaking the Core and Category Exams
•Accumulating continuing certification hours (CCHs)
•Accrued by attending extension, professional, and industrial programs for which
credit has been approved by the OISC.
Describe where to find reliable information regarding pesticide applicator continuing
certification categories - ANSWER: a. Indiana State Chemist Website:
www.isco.purdue.edu
, A. Discuss the purpose of the applicator license - ANSWER: It serves as a tracking
mechanism that permits OISC-Office of Indiana State Chemist to confirm status of
Certified Applicators
State when a certified, licensed supervisor must remain on-site with a non-certified
employee. - ANSWER: a. At all times during pesticide applications unless the
employee is an RT in which case they must be reachable by phone.
State who has to maintain a for-hire business license? - ANSWER: Firms engaged in
the business of applying pesticides on the property of another.
A. State how a non-certified employee can become a registered technician. -
ANSWER: a. Passing the pesticide applicator core exam and their employer applies
for a RT credential through OISC. (18+ years old)
A. List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered
technician before sending them to work off-site. - ANSWER: a. Remain available via
phone for consultation
b. Provide a category-specific site assessment fact sheet (www.isco.purdue.edu. Click
pesticide "category info")
c. Provide the label required PPE- personal protective equipment
d. Provide RT with labels of products being applied
List what activities may be performed by a registered technician - ANSWER: Any task
in which their certified applicator supervisor is both certified and licensed for.
General Use vs Restricted Use - ANSWER: General Use- products that when used in
accordance to the label won't cause adverse effects on humans or the environment.
Restricted Use - products that when used in accordance to the label may cause
adverse effects on humans or the environment.
Indicate where to find a restricted-use pesticide (RUP) statement on a pesticide
label. - ANSWER: a. At the top of the front panel
A. State the minimum number of years RUP records must be kept - ANSWER: 2 years
of commercial and private applicators and 5 years for category 7b, termite control
What information must be maintained in the RUP records? - ANSWER: applicator
name, number, date, application site, pest controlled, pesticide applied, and amount
applied.
Indicate where the kinds of information that must be maintained in RUP records can
be found. - ANSWER: a. Indiana State Chemist Website (listed above)
A. List 4 major pest groups - ANSWER: a. Weeds: undesirable plants
b. Invertebrates: insects, mites, ticks, spiders
c. Plant Disease Agents: fungi, viruses, bacteria
