Pesticide Core Exam — Information & Free Practice

The authority has not published an examination outline; the practice questions follow the scope of the existing question bank.

• Pest Management

  • Pest recognition, control methods, IPM, and resistance management
• Federal Pesticide Laws and Regulations

  • Registration, certification, restricted use, tolerances, records, and penalties
• Pesticide Labeling

  • Label elements, precautionary statements, and directions for use
• Pesticide Formulations

  • Liquid, dry, and other formulations; mixtures and adjuvants
• Pesticide Hazards and First Aid

  • Toxicity, exposure routes, symptoms, and first aid
• Personal Protective Equipment

  • PPE selection, use, inspection, cleaning, and replacement
• Pesticides in the Environment

  • Movement, drift, water contamination, and nontarget protection
• Transportation, Storage, and Security

  • Safe transport, storage design, inventory, and site security
• Emergency or Incident Response

  • Emergency planning, fires, spills, containment, and cleanup
• Planning the Pesticide Application

  • Product selection, compatibility, mixing, loading, rinsing, and cleanup
• Pesticide Application Procedures

  • Equipment, calibration, area and rate calculations, and drift reduction
• Agricultural Worker Protection Standard

  • Coverage, training, information, AEZ, REI, PPE, and emergency assistance
• Rhode Island Certification and Supervision

  • Private-applicator scope, certification, eligibility, supervision, and inspection duties
• Rhode Island Application Records

  • Private-applicator record contents, timing, retention, and availability
• Rhode Island Application and Environmental Restrictions

  • Water, drift, acreage, aircraft, school, and adjacent-land restrictions
• Rhode Island Storage, Handling, and Disposal

  • Storage access, construction, separation, labeling, and discontinued products
• Rhode Island Violations and Special Restrictions

  • Denial, suspension, unlawful acts, penalties, and neonicotinoid restrictions