WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR EXAM

2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH

RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY

GRADED A+

Before using strychnine bait to control ground squirrels, what

must you do? - ANSWER- Obtain a use permit from the DNR

This pest is concealed under a mantle of snow during winter and

girdles roots and stems which can kill or severely injure trees -

ANSWER- Meadow mice

The broad category used to kill insects, weeds, fungi, mice, or

other critters is - ANSWER- Pesticides

Organic pesticides refer to - ANSWER- Being a product that is

derived from elemental carbon

What type of pesticides consist of bacteria, viruses, and fungi

which tend to be highly specific in what target pests they attack -

ANSWER- Microbial pesticides

Why do pests often develop resistance to different pesticides

that are from the same class - ANSWER- Because they effect

the pest in the same way

A given pesticide's active ingredient will _____ - ANSWERAlways have the same common name

What type of insecticide is successful due to entertaining an

insect's outer membranes and infecting the respiratory tubes -

ANSWER- Contact poison

What type of pesticide moves within the plant - ANSWERSystemic

What herbicide characteristic is most desired if you need to

control a perennial weed like dandelion without damaging the

surrounding plants - ANSWER- Narrow spectrum

In order to make handling and application of a pesticide safer,

easier, and more effective the manufacturer mixes _____ -

ANSWER- Inert ingredients

Different formulations are created for the same pesticide, why

do manufacturers do this - ANSWER- Different formulations

are more effective in different situations

In order to maintain _____ in suspension this formulation

requires constant and vigorous agitation - ANSWER- Wettable

powder (WP)

A wetting agent added to a pesticide formulation is an example

of a(n) _____ - ANSWER- Adjuvant

If a pesticide's benefit outweighs its risk only when a trained

person is using - ANSWER- Restricted-use

A for hire applicator must renew their individual commercial

applicator license every - ANSWER- Year

A not for hire commercial applicator applying restricted use

pesticides needs - ANSWER- Certification and individual

license

As a for hire pesticide applicator one must keep pesticide

application records for at least - ANSWER- 2 years