INDIANA PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CORE EXAM 2023-2024
ACTUAL EXAM 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|AGRADE
State how a non certified employee can become a registered technician –
ANSWER- Passing the core exam and their firm applying for an RT
List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered
technician before sending them to work off site – ANSWER- Safety gear, info
sheet, product label, a way to contact by phone
List what activities may be performed by a registered technician – ANSWERAnything a certified applicator can do, if certified
Indicate where to find a RUP statement – ANSWER- At the top of the product
label
State the minimum number of years RUP records must be kept – ANSWER- 2
Indicate where the kinds of information that must be maintained in RUP record can
be found – ANSWER- OISC website
Section 2 – ANSWER- Section 2
List the four major pest groups – ANSWER- Weeds, Invertebrates, Plant disease
agents, Vertebrates
Explain why accurate pest identification is essential for effective control –
ANSWER- Misidentification can lead to ineffective control or control at the wrong
time
Describe the basic conditions required for a pest to survive – ANSWER- Food,
water, proper habitat
Define the action threshold – ANSWER- The population level for a specific pest at
which some control measure is justified
Describe the relationship between pest inspection and an action threshold –
ANSWER- Once you have identified the pest and it’s habits, it leads to effective
control
Describe three non chemical control options – ANSWER- Biological, Mechanical,
and Cultural
State the advantages of non chemical control options – ANSWER- Possibly longer
and more permanent control with less risk to the environment
List the four major types of pesticides and what each control – ANSWERHerbicides, Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodentcides
State the advantages of pesticide use – ANSWER- Effective, fast and easy,
reasonable costs
Identify when in their life cycle pests are, generally, most easily controlled by
pesticides – ANSWER- When they are immature
Explain why some pesticide application sites are regarded as sensitive – ANSWERIf there are children, elderly, or sick people present. Also rare habitats or where
endangered species are present
Explain how site history can inform a pest management decision – ANSWER- It
shows how well the previous application worked
List factors that can cause pesticide applications to fail – ANSWER- Wrong timing,
pesticide resistance, too little or not enough application
Define pesticide resistance – ANSWER- The ability of a pest to tolerate a pesticide
that once controlled it
Active ingredient – ANSWER- Chemicals that actually control the pest
Inert ingredient – ANSWER- Solvents and carriers that help deliver the active
ingredients to the target pest
Solution – ANSWER- When a substance is dissolved in a liquid
Suspension – ANSWER- A mixture of finely divided, solid particles dispersed in a
liquid
Emulsion – ANSWER- A mixture that occurs when one liquid is dispersed in
another liquid
D – ANSWER- Dust
G – ANSWER- Granule
P or PS – ANSWER- Pellet
W or WP – ANSWER- Wettable powder
DF – ANSWER- Dry Flowable
WDG – ANSWER- Water disposable granule
WG – ANSWER- Wettable granule
S or SP – ANSWER- Soluble powder
L or F – ANSWER- Liquid flowable
SC – ANSWER- Suspension concentrate
M or ME – ANSWER- Microencapsulate
E or EC – ANSWER- Emulsifiable concentrate
ULV – ANSWER- Ultra low volume concentrate
RTU – ANSWER- Ready to use
A and D of Dusts – ANSWER- A: easy to use, excellent coverage D: inhalation
and drift hazard