Pesticide Applicator Core Exam — Practice Exam
Handling practice: practice questions
Our Pesticide Applicator Core bank has 16 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
How should a granular pesticide spill be cleaned up?
- Leave it for rain to dissolve
- Wash it into a drain
- Sweep it up and reuse it as labeled if not contaminated, or dispose of it properly
- Bury it on site
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C. Sweep it up and reuse it as labeled if not contaminated, or dispose of it properly — Prevent the granules from being scattered or eaten by animals.
Question 2
Where is the safest place to mix and load pesticides?
- Next to a well, for easy access to clean water
- On a containment pad or a site away from wells, drains and surface water
- Inside the family garage
- On a slope above a stream, so spills drain away from the site quickly
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B. On a containment pad or a site away from wells, drains and surface water — Spills can then be recovered.
Question 3
Why should bait stations be placed where children, pets and wildlife can't reach them?
- Baits attract and can poison nontarget animals and people
- Baits are nontoxic
- Baits only attract target pests, so nontarget animals and children will ignore them
- It improves bait flavor
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A. Baits attract and can poison nontarget animals and people — Use tamper-resistant stations where required.