CORE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
certified applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any Commercial applicator, registered
technician, and/or private applicator who has met the certification requirements in Virginia.
commercial applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of pesticides for purposes other than those covered under a private applicator
certification.
commercial applicator for hire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any commercial applicator
who, in exchange for compensation, uses or supervises the use of any pesticides for any purpose
or on any property than as provided in the definition of private applicator:
Commercial applicators for hire in VA MUST have a Pesticide Business License or work for
such a business.
commercial applicator government employee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any local, state,
or federal govt employee who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide for any purpose,
regardless of the site, in the performance of their official duties
commercial applicator inactive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any commercial applicator
who is not currently employed in a pesticide-related job and is thus not covered by the required
insurance. Holders of this type of certificate must adhere to renewal and re-certification
requirements
commercial applicator not for hire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any commercial applicator
who uses or supervises the use for any pesticide as part of his/her job duties only on property
owned or leased by the applicator or his/her employer.
Direct Onsite Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The act or process by which a
competent person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is
responsible for the actions of that person, applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be
present at the application site and be able to see the person applying the pesticide at all times.
,Direct supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the act or process by which a competent
person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is responsible for
the actions of that person, applies a pesticide. the certified applicator must be either near or in
close telephone or radio contact with the person applying the pesticide
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅a law that established the basis of U.S. pesticide regulation to protect the
applicators, consumers, and the environment.
pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any substance used to control a pest, or to reduce the
unwanted or harmful effects of a pest.
Pesticide Business License - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a document required of persons in
the business of selling, storing, distributing, mixing, recommending the use of, or applying
pesticides.
pesticide use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅application or supervision of an application of
pesticide. "use" includes all the routine actives that are part of a pesticide application, such as
mixing, loading, cleanup, and disposal.
private applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
Recertification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Demonstration of competency by participation
in appropriate, approved education courses; or by re-examination.
registered technician - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a certified applicator who renders
services similar to those of a certified commercial applicator. such a person has completed
training and demonstrated competency as required for registered technicians but has not met the
requirements for commercial certification.
restricted-use pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any pesticide classified as restricted
use by the EPA.
, spot treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an application of less than 1/10th of an acre
occurring on the same day as a larger treatment
federal worker protection standard (WPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅requires growers
who hire agricultural labor to make, maintain, and post pesticide application records.
annual - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
appendage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an animal body part or organ that projects from the
main part of the body
biennial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a plant that completes its life cycle in two years. the
first year it germinates and grows, the second year it continues to grow, produces fruit, and
seeds, and then dies.
control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to kill, prevent, or lessen the harmful effects of, to
destroy, or to repel an undesirable organism
dicot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a plant with two seed leaves and broad, net veined
leaves. flower parts are in multiples of fours or fives
disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any abnormal, unhealthy condition caused by an
invading organism such as a bacterium or virus.
gall - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an abnormal plant growth caused by stimuli from an
insect or other organism
host - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an organism infected by a parasite; a plant or animal in
which the parasite lives
VERIFIED ANSWERS
certified applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any Commercial applicator, registered
technician, and/or private applicator who has met the certification requirements in Virginia.
commercial applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of pesticides for purposes other than those covered under a private applicator
certification.
commercial applicator for hire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any commercial applicator
who, in exchange for compensation, uses or supervises the use of any pesticides for any purpose
or on any property than as provided in the definition of private applicator:
Commercial applicators for hire in VA MUST have a Pesticide Business License or work for
such a business.
commercial applicator government employee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any local, state,
or federal govt employee who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide for any purpose,
regardless of the site, in the performance of their official duties
commercial applicator inactive - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any commercial applicator
who is not currently employed in a pesticide-related job and is thus not covered by the required
insurance. Holders of this type of certificate must adhere to renewal and re-certification
requirements
commercial applicator not for hire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Any commercial applicator
who uses or supervises the use for any pesticide as part of his/her job duties only on property
owned or leased by the applicator or his/her employer.
Direct Onsite Supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The act or process by which a
competent person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is
responsible for the actions of that person, applies a pesticide. The certified applicator must be
present at the application site and be able to see the person applying the pesticide at all times.
,Direct supervision - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the act or process by which a competent
person, acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is responsible for
the actions of that person, applies a pesticide. the certified applicator must be either near or in
close telephone or radio contact with the person applying the pesticide
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅a law that established the basis of U.S. pesticide regulation to protect the
applicators, consumers, and the environment.
pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any substance used to control a pest, or to reduce the
unwanted or harmful effects of a pest.
Pesticide Business License - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a document required of persons in
the business of selling, storing, distributing, mixing, recommending the use of, or applying
pesticides.
pesticide use - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅application or supervision of an application of
pesticide. "use" includes all the routine actives that are part of a pesticide application, such as
mixing, loading, cleanup, and disposal.
private applicator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A certified applicator who uses or
supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity.
Recertification - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Demonstration of competency by participation
in appropriate, approved education courses; or by re-examination.
registered technician - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a certified applicator who renders
services similar to those of a certified commercial applicator. such a person has completed
training and demonstrated competency as required for registered technicians but has not met the
requirements for commercial certification.
restricted-use pesticide - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any pesticide classified as restricted
use by the EPA.
, spot treatment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an application of less than 1/10th of an acre
occurring on the same day as a larger treatment
federal worker protection standard (WPS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅requires growers
who hire agricultural labor to make, maintain, and post pesticide application records.
annual - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
appendage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an animal body part or organ that projects from the
main part of the body
biennial - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a plant that completes its life cycle in two years. the
first year it germinates and grows, the second year it continues to grow, produces fruit, and
seeds, and then dies.
control - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to kill, prevent, or lessen the harmful effects of, to
destroy, or to repel an undesirable organism
dicot - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a plant with two seed leaves and broad, net veined
leaves. flower parts are in multiples of fours or fives
disease - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any abnormal, unhealthy condition caused by an
invading organism such as a bacterium or virus.
gall - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an abnormal plant growth caused by stimuli from an
insect or other organism
host - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an organism infected by a parasite; a plant or animal in
which the parasite lives
