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Pest control colorado state Exam
Questions and Answers A+ Graded
(2025)
What agency, under FIFRA, was given authority to study the consequences
pesticide usage and require uses to register when using pesticide? - CORRECT
ANSWER-EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency)
Name four signal words in order of least to most hazardous: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Caution
Warning
Danger
Danger-Poison
What are two main pesticide classifications? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP)
In Colorado, what agency is responsible to regulating pesticides? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Department of Agriculture
What describes any person who engages in the business of applying pesticides
operating a device to hire? - CORRECT ANSWER-A Commercial Applicator
FIFRA makes it unlawful to use any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its
_____ ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA
and the Fisheries Service
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When does the Department of Transportation (DOT) dictate rules when
transporting pesticides? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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
When arriving on site, what step is the first most important step? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Inspection
After determining that use must apply a pesticide, what is the most valuable few
minutes you can spend in pest management? - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading the
label
On the label, what is the name given by scientists for the products active
ingredient? - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT
ANSWER-SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
What describes the way pesticides affect and enter pests? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Mode of action
What is the definition of a non-selective or broad-spectrum pesticide? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide that affects many species, including target and
beneficial pests.
What is the definition of a selective pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide
that affects a select few or target pests.
What is residual pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide that is persistent,
meaning they remain active in the environment for a period of time, even if rain or
wind has carried them away from the target site.
What is an active ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWER-The concentrated pesticide
chemical
What is pesticide formulation? - CORRECT ANSWER-The mixture of active and
other ingredients
Pest control colorado state Exam
Questions and Answers A+ Graded
(2025)
What agency, under FIFRA, was given authority to study the consequences
pesticide usage and require uses to register when using pesticide? - CORRECT
ANSWER-EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency)
Name four signal words in order of least to most hazardous: - CORRECT
ANSWER-Caution
Warning
Danger
Danger-Poison
What are two main pesticide classifications? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP)
In Colorado, what agency is responsible to regulating pesticides? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Department of Agriculture
What describes any person who engages in the business of applying pesticides
operating a device to hire? - CORRECT ANSWER-A Commercial Applicator
FIFRA makes it unlawful to use any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its
_____ ? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-US Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA
and the Fisheries Service
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When does the Department of Transportation (DOT) dictate rules when
transporting pesticides? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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
When arriving on site, what step is the first most important step? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Inspection
After determining that use must apply a pesticide, what is the most valuable few
minutes you can spend in pest management? - CORRECT ANSWER-Reading the
label
On the label, what is the name given by scientists for the products active
ingredient? - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT 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. - CORRECT
ANSWER-SDS (Safety Data Sheet)
What describes the way pesticides affect and enter pests? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Mode of action
What is the definition of a non-selective or broad-spectrum pesticide? -
CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide that affects many species, including target and
beneficial pests.
What is the definition of a selective pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide
that affects a select few or target pests.
What is residual pesticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-A pesticide that is persistent,
meaning they remain active in the environment for a period of time, even if rain or
wind has carried them away from the target site.
What is an active ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWER-The concentrated pesticide
chemical
What is pesticide formulation? - CORRECT ANSWER-The mixture of active and
other ingredients
