FREE Pesticide Applicator Exam Guide 2026: Core + Category Pass
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What is the most important source of information about how to safely and legally use a pesticide?
Pesticide Labels
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What a Safety Data Sheet tells you
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FREE 2026 pesticide applicator guide: EPA 40 CFR 171 Core exam, 16 commercial categories, state fees, CEU cycles, calibration math, and practice questions.
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FIFRA: what it does and who enforces it
Laws and Regulations
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What does the signal word "DANGER" on a pesticide label indicate?
U.S. law that lets EPA regulate the sale, distribution, production and use of pest-control products.
Pesticide laws and regulations
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Chapter 1: Federal Laws & Regulations
1.1 FIFRA Framework & EPA Authority
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What does the signal word "WARNING" on a pesticide label indicate?
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
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Restricted use pesticide (RUP): who may buy and apply one?
What does the signal word "CAUTION" on a pesticide label indicate?
Federal organization that registers pesticides and enforces the law governing their sale and use, rather than a program office within it.
What is the EPA registration number on a pesticide label used for?
Private applicator vs. commercial applicator
What is the "active ingredient" listed on a pesticide label?
Product class the general public cannot buy, which only a certified applicator or someone under that person's direct supervision may apply.
1.2 Applicator Certification Types & Restricted Use Pesticides
What does the "Precautionary Statements" section of a pesticide label include?
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Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
How long does applicator certification last under federal rules?
What information is found in the "Directions for Use" section of a pesticide label?
Federal rule in 40 CFR part 170 that requires practices and emergency procedures to reduce pesticide exposure on farms and in nurseries, greenhouses and forests.
What does "Restricted Use Pesticide" (RUP) at the top of a label mean?
Minimum age rules for private applicators and the people they supervise
What is the "pre-harvest interval" (PHI) on a pesticide label?
Section 24(c) registration that lets a state widen or narrow the allowed uses of a federally registered product within its own borders.
1.3 Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Requirements
What is the "restricted entry interval" (REI) listed on a pesticide label?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Two ways a state may establish private applicator competency
If the pesticide label says "Do not apply when wind speed exceeds 10 mph," what should an applicator do when winds are at 12 mph?
Kind of front-panel word, such as DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION, that 40 CFR 156.64 matches to a product's most severe toxicity category.
Pesticide labels
What is the difference between the "brand name" and "common name" of a pesticide?
Why is it said that "the label is the law"?
Label and Labeling
What does the "Storage and Disposal" section of a pesticide label tell the applicator?
Label-stated waiting period after an application during which going into the treated area is limited.
1.4 State Laws, Special Registrations & Recordkeeping
What is the legal significance of the statement "It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling"?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
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Label vs. labeling
A pesticide label lists the formulation as "4EC." What does this indicate?
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Label restriction, stated in days or weeks, on how soon a treated crop may be gathered.
What does "inert ingredient" mean on a pesticide label?
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