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ILLINOIS PESTICIDE GENERAL
STANDARDS TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH
ANSWERS.
1. Emergency notifications should be made to who in the event of
a large pesticide spill? - correct answer -Illinois Emergency
Management Agency (IEMA)
2. Overlap increases when...? - correct answer -The spray boom
is raised
3. How do you measure flow rate at all nozzles in a boom
sprayer? - correct answer -By using a flow meter or by
collecting the Spray in a measuring container for 1 minute
4. GPM= - correct answer -(GPA x MPH x W(ins)) /5940
5. Depends on droplet size, wind speed, and wind direction -
correct answer -Particle drift
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6. Depends on warm weather, wind, and low humidity - correct
answer -Vapor drift
7. What is most affected by evaporation? - correct answer -Small
droplets
8. What is added in order to reduce drift? - correct answer -Drift
reduction additives increases droplet size to reduce drift
9. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent Act is
administered by who? - correct answer -The USEPA
10. What does the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulate? - correct
answer -Water pollution in navigable waters including pesticide
spills or other point sources that enter these waters from urban
and agricultural resources
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11. What Act addressed proper management of pesticides and
their containers? - correct answer -The Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA)
12. What does the Illinois Pesticide Act regulate? - correct
answer -The labeling, distribution, use, and application of
pesticides. The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers
this law.
13. Who is responsible for registration, purchase, use, storage,
and disposal of pesticides used in outdoor environments or in
the production of agricultural commodities? - correct answer -
The Illinois Department of Agriculture
14. The Lawn Products Application and Notice Act requires
what? - correct answer -The placement of markers immediately
after application is made
15. What is designed to limit workers' exposure to pesticides,
reduce adverse health affects when exposure occurs, and
inform and educate workers about hazards associated with
occupational pesticide exposure? - correct answer -The Worker
Protection Standard (WPS)
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16. What is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES)? - correct answer -A permit process, any pest control
agency that uses pesticides on or near water are required to fill
permit.
17. Can you mix 2 pesticides? - correct answer -Yes. Make sure
they retain properties
18. Who can purchase Restricted Use pesticide? - correct
answer -Applicators (or those with their permission)
19. How often should you read the pesticide label? - correct
answer -Every time purchased
20. How should you clean clothes with concentrated chemicals
on them? - correct answer -DON'T, you throw them away
ILLINOIS PESTICIDE GENERAL
STANDARDS TEST STUDY GUIDE 2025
BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH
ANSWERS.
1. Emergency notifications should be made to who in the event of
a large pesticide spill? - correct answer -Illinois Emergency
Management Agency (IEMA)
2. Overlap increases when...? - correct answer -The spray boom
is raised
3. How do you measure flow rate at all nozzles in a boom
sprayer? - correct answer -By using a flow meter or by
collecting the Spray in a measuring container for 1 minute
4. GPM= - correct answer -(GPA x MPH x W(ins)) /5940
5. Depends on droplet size, wind speed, and wind direction -
correct answer -Particle drift
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6. Depends on warm weather, wind, and low humidity - correct
answer -Vapor drift
7. What is most affected by evaporation? - correct answer -Small
droplets
8. What is added in order to reduce drift? - correct answer -Drift
reduction additives increases droplet size to reduce drift
9. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent Act is
administered by who? - correct answer -The USEPA
10. What does the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulate? - correct
answer -Water pollution in navigable waters including pesticide
spills or other point sources that enter these waters from urban
and agricultural resources
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11. What Act addressed proper management of pesticides and
their containers? - correct answer -The Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA)
12. What does the Illinois Pesticide Act regulate? - correct
answer -The labeling, distribution, use, and application of
pesticides. The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers
this law.
13. Who is responsible for registration, purchase, use, storage,
and disposal of pesticides used in outdoor environments or in
the production of agricultural commodities? - correct answer -
The Illinois Department of Agriculture
14. The Lawn Products Application and Notice Act requires
what? - correct answer -The placement of markers immediately
after application is made
15. What is designed to limit workers' exposure to pesticides,
reduce adverse health affects when exposure occurs, and
inform and educate workers about hazards associated with
occupational pesticide exposure? - correct answer -The Worker
Protection Standard (WPS)
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16. What is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES)? - correct answer -A permit process, any pest control
agency that uses pesticides on or near water are required to fill
permit.
17. Can you mix 2 pesticides? - correct answer -Yes. Make sure
they retain properties
18. Who can purchase Restricted Use pesticide? - correct
answer -Applicators (or those with their permission)
19. How often should you read the pesticide label? - correct
answer -Every time purchased
20. How should you clean clothes with concentrated chemicals
on them? - correct answer -DON'T, you throw them away
