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PEST CONTROL COLORADO STATE TEST | 2025-2026 LATEST
UPDATED | ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100%
RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY GRADED
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What agency, under FIFRA, was given authority to study the consequences pesticide usage and
require uses to register when using pesticide? - (ANSWER)EPA (Enviromental Protection
Agency)
Name four signal words in order of least to most hazardous: - (ANSWER)Caution
Warning
Danger
Danger-Poison
What are two main pesticide classifications? - (ANSWER)Restricted use and unclassified use
(general use) pesticides.
What classification of pesticide might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on human health
and/or the environment; However, application by trained person according to label directions
would protect against such an effect? - (ANSWER)Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP)
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In Colorado, what agency is responsible to regulating pesticides? - (ANSWER)Department of
Agriculture
What describes any person who engages in the business of applying pesticides operating a device
to hire? - (ANSWER)A Commercial Applicator
FIFRA makes it unlawful to use any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its _____ ? -
(ANSWER)Label
What organizations work with the EPA to suspend the use of certain pesticides in accordance
with the Endangered Species Act if an endangered species will be adversely affected? -
(ANSWER)US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA and the Fisheries Service
When does the Department of Transportation (DOT) dictate rules when transporting pesticides? -
(ANSWER)When transporting pesticides between states
When notifying any person listed on the registry of pesticide sensitive persons, when must you
notify this person before application and if unable to notify, what must you do? - (ANSWER)No
later than 24 hours and if the person cannot be contacted, a written notice must be placed on their
door at the time of application
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When arriving on site, what step is the first most important step? - (ANSWER)Inspection
After determining that use must apply a pesticide, what is the most valuable few minutes you can
spend in pest management? - (ANSWER)Reading the label
On the label, what is the name given by scientists for the products active ingredient? -
(ANSWER)Chemical Name
What is a well known made up name excepted by the EPA, to identify an active ingredient? It
must be used with the chemical name in the active ingredients section on the label. -
(ANSWER)The common name
Employers must contain copies of what document for each hazardous chemical in the work
place? It must be readily accessible to personnel. - (ANSWER)SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
What describes the way pesticides affect and enter pests? - (ANSWER)Mode of action
What is the definition of a non-selective or broad-spectrum pesticide? - (ANSWER)A pesticide
that affects many species, including target and beneficial pests.
PEST CONTROL COLORADO STATE TEST | 2025-2026 LATEST
UPDATED | ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS | 100%
RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED SOLTIONS | ALREADY GRADED
A+
What agency, under FIFRA, was given authority to study the consequences pesticide usage and
require uses to register when using pesticide? - (ANSWER)EPA (Enviromental Protection
Agency)
Name four signal words in order of least to most hazardous: - (ANSWER)Caution
Warning
Danger
Danger-Poison
What are two main pesticide classifications? - (ANSWER)Restricted use and unclassified use
(general use) pesticides.
What classification of pesticide might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on human health
and/or the environment; However, application by trained person according to label directions
would protect against such an effect? - (ANSWER)Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP)
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In Colorado, what agency is responsible to regulating pesticides? - (ANSWER)Department of
Agriculture
What describes any person who engages in the business of applying pesticides operating a device
to hire? - (ANSWER)A Commercial Applicator
FIFRA makes it unlawful to use any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its _____ ? -
(ANSWER)Label
What organizations work with the EPA to suspend the use of certain pesticides in accordance
with the Endangered Species Act if an endangered species will be adversely affected? -
(ANSWER)US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA and the Fisheries Service
When does the Department of Transportation (DOT) dictate rules when transporting pesticides? -
(ANSWER)When transporting pesticides between states
When notifying any person listed on the registry of pesticide sensitive persons, when must you
notify this person before application and if unable to notify, what must you do? - (ANSWER)No
later than 24 hours and if the person cannot be contacted, a written notice must be placed on their
door at the time of application
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When arriving on site, what step is the first most important step? - (ANSWER)Inspection
After determining that use must apply a pesticide, what is the most valuable few minutes you can
spend in pest management? - (ANSWER)Reading the label
On the label, what is the name given by scientists for the products active ingredient? -
(ANSWER)Chemical Name
What is a well known made up name excepted by the EPA, to identify an active ingredient? It
must be used with the chemical name in the active ingredients section on the label. -
(ANSWER)The common name
Employers must contain copies of what document for each hazardous chemical in the work
place? It must be readily accessible to personnel. - (ANSWER)SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
What describes the way pesticides affect and enter pests? - (ANSWER)Mode of action
What is the definition of a non-selective or broad-spectrum pesticide? - (ANSWER)A pesticide
that affects many species, including target and beneficial pests.
