Pesticide Applicators License - Core
Manual Exam Questions and Answers
Restricted Use Pesticides - Correct Answers -A pesticide that poses more risk and
could cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed
on the label.
Commercial applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply or use a pesticide or
device on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply pesticides as part of their
duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other
governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Sanitation - Correct Answers -Eliminating potential sources of infestation to prevent a
pest problem.
Quarantine/eradication - Correct Answers -Regulations to prevent the entry of pests into
pest-free areas.
Chemical controls - Correct Answers -Reduction of pest populations or prevention of
pest injury by the use of materials that kill, poison, attract to other devices, or repel
pests.
Pesticide - Correct Answers -A chemical used to directly control pest populations or to
prevent or reduce pest damage.
Private applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides
for the production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by
themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers with
whom they trade services.
Manual Exam Questions and Answers
Restricted Use Pesticides - Correct Answers -A pesticide that poses more risk and
could cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed
on the label.
Commercial applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply or use a pesticide or
device on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply pesticides as part of their
duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other
governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Sanitation - Correct Answers -Eliminating potential sources of infestation to prevent a
pest problem.
Quarantine/eradication - Correct Answers -Regulations to prevent the entry of pests into
pest-free areas.
Chemical controls - Correct Answers -Reduction of pest populations or prevention of
pest injury by the use of materials that kill, poison, attract to other devices, or repel
pests.
Pesticide - Correct Answers -A chemical used to directly control pest populations or to
prevent or reduce pest damage.
Private applicators - Correct Answers -Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides
for the production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by
themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural producers with
whom they trade services.
