Iowa Pesticide Applicator Vocabulary Game

Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.

There are 4 games built on 20 IA Pesticide Applicator terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.

OpenExamPrep researched each term from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.

The standard route is the 50-question Core plus a 35-question category exam. Handler, full aerial, and reciprocal aerial routes use different exam combinations; all commercial routes require 80%.

Key 2026 changes include: minimum age 18 for RUP application, new Category 12 Soil Fumigation, a revised Certified Handler manual and exam (Handler applicants took the Core exam only while the new exam was prepared; Handler and Category 12 testing began July 15, 2026), the end of the oral exam option, and elimination of unproctored private applicator exams.