CA DPR LAWS AND REGULATIONS EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
,1. The difference between CA laws and DPR regulations is that laws are: Passed by the CA
legislature and regulations are adopted by DPR to carry out laws
Remember is the Department of Pesticide Regulation
Remember the Legislature makes the Laws (the law: "employers must protect employees from
harm on the job") but the DPR makes specific Regulations (the regulation: "eyewear must be
worn, waterproof gloves, long sleeve shirts, socks, etc." to protect that employee from harm)
2. A cooperating agency that helps DPR enforce pesticide use laws and regulations in CA
is the: County Agricultural Commissioner
(think of him as the local pesticide "sheriff")
3. When pesticide registrant (the MAKER of that pesticide) allows a pesticide product
registration (it's license to sell it in the state of California) to lapse/end, pest control dealers
(like Univar) can continue to sell out their stock of that pesticide (stuff that they ALREADY
bought in order to sell to pest control companies) for how many years?: 2 years
So if a Company decides they're not making a profit off of a pesticide that has been
licensed/registered in CA and they let their license "lapse/expire", CA lets stores sell out of any
product they bought for the next 2 years.
4. Employee handler pesticide safety training topics (what the boss needs to teach to his
techs) do not include how to:
A) confine spray to target area
B) handle, open and lift containers
C) recognize the chemical characteristics of the pesticide
D) recognize pesticide poisoning symptoms: C) Recognize the chemical characteristics of
the pesticide
(you don't NEED to know EXACTLY the chemical makeup of every pesticide just like you don't
NEED to know every ingredient in Ketchup to understand that it is a condiment for hotdogs)
5. Why is it important for pesticide applications that employees receive training on
recognizing and avoiding heat stress?: Because MANY heat stress symptoms are identical to
pesticide poisoning symptoms.
6. The potential for pesticides leaching (soaking ) through the soil into the ground water
increases with what?: RAINFALL
Rain washes pesticide deeper into the soil...we don't want it continuing down hundreds of feet into
our drinking water beneath us)
7. Arrange these label words from least dangerous to most dangerous:
,Warning/Danger/Caution: Caution, Warning, Danger
, 8. Which signal world has the word poison and a skull and crossbones on the label?:
DANGER
9. What are the three signal words commonly used on all pesticides?:
Danger, Warning, Caution
10. The hazard (DANGER) of a pesticide is a relative measure of its potential to:
A) Harm people or the environment
B) control the pest
C) damage application equipment
D) bind to soil particles: A) Harm people or the environment
(We say something is REALLY DANGEROUS when it can REALLY harm
people/environment...like NUCLEAR waste...but we tell someone to be "cautious" not to get soap
in their eyes when bathing)
11. Which of the following is the MOST frequent route of pesticide exposure for
pesticide handlers?
A) Oral (through your mouth)
B) Dermal (through your skin)
C) Inhalation (breathing it in)
D) Eye: Dermal
Every time you fill up a backpack sprayer, you risk getting that crap on your hands and wrists.
12. Which of the formulation offers the greatest possibility of dermal (skin) absorption?
A) Oil soluble formulations (these smell like gas and look like motor oil)
B) Water-soluble liquids (like the Wisdom TC you spray)
C) Granulars (like the bifen dry chemical you apply on lawns)
D) Powder formulations (like a pesticide dust that we use for roaches): Oil soluble
formulations
Remember how oil SOAKS into a concrete driveway and stains it....it's EASILY absorbed.
13. The most important step when a pesticide spill occurs is to:
A) Thoroughly soak the area to dilute the spilled pesticide
B) Direct the spilled pesticide away from the area
C) Prevent people from contacting the spilled pesticide
D) Salvage as much as possible of the spilled pesticide: C) Prevent people from contacting
the spilled pesticide
100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
,1. The difference between CA laws and DPR regulations is that laws are: Passed by the CA
legislature and regulations are adopted by DPR to carry out laws
Remember is the Department of Pesticide Regulation
Remember the Legislature makes the Laws (the law: "employers must protect employees from
harm on the job") but the DPR makes specific Regulations (the regulation: "eyewear must be
worn, waterproof gloves, long sleeve shirts, socks, etc." to protect that employee from harm)
2. A cooperating agency that helps DPR enforce pesticide use laws and regulations in CA
is the: County Agricultural Commissioner
(think of him as the local pesticide "sheriff")
3. When pesticide registrant (the MAKER of that pesticide) allows a pesticide product
registration (it's license to sell it in the state of California) to lapse/end, pest control dealers
(like Univar) can continue to sell out their stock of that pesticide (stuff that they ALREADY
bought in order to sell to pest control companies) for how many years?: 2 years
So if a Company decides they're not making a profit off of a pesticide that has been
licensed/registered in CA and they let their license "lapse/expire", CA lets stores sell out of any
product they bought for the next 2 years.
4. Employee handler pesticide safety training topics (what the boss needs to teach to his
techs) do not include how to:
A) confine spray to target area
B) handle, open and lift containers
C) recognize the chemical characteristics of the pesticide
D) recognize pesticide poisoning symptoms: C) Recognize the chemical characteristics of
the pesticide
(you don't NEED to know EXACTLY the chemical makeup of every pesticide just like you don't
NEED to know every ingredient in Ketchup to understand that it is a condiment for hotdogs)
5. Why is it important for pesticide applications that employees receive training on
recognizing and avoiding heat stress?: Because MANY heat stress symptoms are identical to
pesticide poisoning symptoms.
6. The potential for pesticides leaching (soaking ) through the soil into the ground water
increases with what?: RAINFALL
Rain washes pesticide deeper into the soil...we don't want it continuing down hundreds of feet into
our drinking water beneath us)
7. Arrange these label words from least dangerous to most dangerous:
,Warning/Danger/Caution: Caution, Warning, Danger
, 8. Which signal world has the word poison and a skull and crossbones on the label?:
DANGER
9. What are the three signal words commonly used on all pesticides?:
Danger, Warning, Caution
10. The hazard (DANGER) of a pesticide is a relative measure of its potential to:
A) Harm people or the environment
B) control the pest
C) damage application equipment
D) bind to soil particles: A) Harm people or the environment
(We say something is REALLY DANGEROUS when it can REALLY harm
people/environment...like NUCLEAR waste...but we tell someone to be "cautious" not to get soap
in their eyes when bathing)
11. Which of the following is the MOST frequent route of pesticide exposure for
pesticide handlers?
A) Oral (through your mouth)
B) Dermal (through your skin)
C) Inhalation (breathing it in)
D) Eye: Dermal
Every time you fill up a backpack sprayer, you risk getting that crap on your hands and wrists.
12. Which of the formulation offers the greatest possibility of dermal (skin) absorption?
A) Oil soluble formulations (these smell like gas and look like motor oil)
B) Water-soluble liquids (like the Wisdom TC you spray)
C) Granulars (like the bifen dry chemical you apply on lawns)
D) Powder formulations (like a pesticide dust that we use for roaches): Oil soluble
formulations
Remember how oil SOAKS into a concrete driveway and stains it....it's EASILY absorbed.
13. The most important step when a pesticide spill occurs is to:
A) Thoroughly soak the area to dilute the spilled pesticide
B) Direct the spilled pesticide away from the area
C) Prevent people from contacting the spilled pesticide
D) Salvage as much as possible of the spilled pesticide: C) Prevent people from contacting
the spilled pesticide
