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Rhode Island Pesticide Applicator Practice Test

Unofficial practice on Rhode Island pesticide law: every answer names its section of the Act or the regulation.

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License or certification 20

  • A company sells restricted use pesticides from three outlets in Rhode Island. How many dealer licenses does it need? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-15(a), read 2026-10-15
  • A town employee applies pesticides on the job. Is that employee a commercial applicator under Rhode Island law? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-4(33)(iii), read 2026-10-15
  • An employee of a licensed commercial applicator applies pesticides with no licensed or certified applicator physically present. What must the employee hold? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.17(B), read 2026-10-15
  • Does a certified commercial applicator in Rhode Island also need a commercial applicator's license? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-13(f), read 2026-10-15
  • May a 17-year-old apply pesticides under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator in Rhode Island? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.8(J), read 2026-10-15
  • On what date does a Rhode Island commercial applicator certification document stop being valid each year? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.8(D), read 2026-10-15
  • On what date does a Rhode Island commercial applicator license document stop being valid each year? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.17(E), read 2026-10-15
  • Under R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-10, what does certification in a second category or subcategory cost? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-10(a), read 2026-10-15
  • What does a Rhode Island commercial applicator license, as distinct from certification, authorize? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-4(33)(v), read 2026-10-15
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License or certification, continued

  • What fee does the regulation charge for a commercial applicator license, at issuance and at each annual renewal? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.17(D), read 2026-10-15
  • What fee does the regulation charge for commercial applicator certification, at issuance and at each annual renewal? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.8(C), read 2026-10-15
  • What makes a person a "private applicator" under R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-4? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-4(33)(i), read 2026-10-15
  • What performance bond meets the financial responsibility requirement for a Rhode Island commercial applicator LICENSE? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.21(A), read 2026-10-15
  • What performance bond meets the financial responsibility requirement for Rhode Island commercial applicator CERTIFICATION, outside fumigation and aerial work? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.21(B), read 2026-10-15
  • Which Rhode Island category is for boatyard workers who apply anti-fouling paints to vessels? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.7.5(A)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • Which Rhode Island certification category covers control of termites, carpenter ants and powder post beetles? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.7.7(A)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • Which seller of pesticides needs no dealer license under R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-15(d)? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-15(d), read 2026-10-15
  • Who administers the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-2, read 2026-10-15
  • Who is excused from showing financial responsibility under section 2.21 of the regulation? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.21(E), read 2026-10-15
  • Who may obtain a private certification before turning 18 under section 2.19(O) of the regulation? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(O), read 2026-10-15

Exams, renewal and credits 13

  • A certified commercial applicator does not file a renewal application before the expiration date. When is the certification lost? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-13(e), read 2026-10-15
  • A commercial certification has gone unrenewed for more than a year past its expiration date. How is it regained? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.8(G), read 2026-10-15
  • At least how long before the expiration date must the director send a renewal application to a certified commercial applicator? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-13(d), read 2026-10-15
  • For Rhode Island commercial CERTIFICATION, how are the eight credit hours in five years counted? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.16(B)(3), read 2026-10-15
  • How does the regulation determine the competence of a person who wants commercial certification? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.8(E), read 2026-10-15
  • How long does a Rhode Island reciprocal certification stay in effect? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.20(E), read 2026-10-15
  • How many consecutive minutes of continuing education training make one Rhode Island credit hour? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.16(B)(3), read 2026-10-15
  • How many recertification credit hours does a Rhode Island commercial LICENSE holder need in each five-year period? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.16(B)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • How many recertification credit hours does Rhode Island private certification take in each five-year period? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.16(B)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • How often must Rhode Island licensed and certified applicators demonstrate continued competency, by re-examination or by credit hours? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.16(A), read 2026-10-15
  • What is an applicant for reciprocal certification in Rhode Island excused from? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.20(B), read 2026-10-15
  • What must the written examination for a Rhode Island pesticide dealer license let the person demonstrate? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.18(E), read 2026-10-15
  • Where must the wallet size certification document be while a certified commercial applicator is applying a pesticide? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.15(A)(3), read 2026-10-15

Where and how pesticides may be applied 23

  • Applying a restricted use or state limited use pesticide to a woodland area larger than what size needs the Director's prior approval? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(D), read 2026-10-15
  • For a public water supply well that is NOT gravel packed, what distance does section 2.19(C) of the regulation set? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(C), read 2026-10-15
  • How does R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-40 classify registered pesticides that contain a neonicotinoid and are labeled for outdoor use? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-40(a), read 2026-10-15
  • How long must the signs a commercial lawn care company posts after an application stay posted? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.23(G)(5), read 2026-10-15
  • How often must applicators report their applications of the ground water list pesticides of section 2.5(B)(3)? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.5(B)(4), read 2026-10-15
  • Outside academic research, which trees does R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-40 name as never to be treated with an outdoor neonicotinoid? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-40(a)(3), read 2026-10-15
  • Outside an emergency, who may apply a pesticide inside a Rhode Island school building or on its grounds? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-37(b), read 2026-10-15
  • Parents who registered for prior notice must receive notice of a school pesticide application no later than how long before it? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-37(d), read 2026-10-15
  • To which vessels may tributyltin antifouling paint be applied in Rhode Island, by a certified applicator in a commercial boatyard? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(S), read 2026-10-15
  • What does "under the direct supervision" mean in the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-4(38), read 2026-10-15
  • What does section 2.19(R) of the regulation require before a restricted use pesticide is applied in or around school property? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(R), read 2026-10-15
  • What does the Rhode Island regulation require before any pesticide is applied by aircraft in the state? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(H), read 2026-10-15
  • What is the smallest sign a commercial company may post for a lawn chemical application? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.23(G), read 2026-10-15
  • What must a lawn care applicator give the homeowner after an agreement is made and before the first application? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.23(B), read 2026-10-15
  • When does R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-37(e) bar pesticide applications in a school building or on school grounds? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-37(e), read 2026-10-15
  • Which information must the label on or in a rodent control bait box show under section 2.19(T) of the regulation? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(T)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • Which pest control equipment must carry an effective anti-siphon device approved by the Director? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(A), read 2026-10-15
  • Which product is exempt from the school-hours ban of R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-37(e)? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-37(e), read 2026-10-15
  • Which product is outside the neonicotinoid restriction of R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-40? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-40(b)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • Who may ask a lawn care applicator for notice 48 hours in advance of each application to a property under agreement? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.23(C), read 2026-10-15
  • Who must be physically present when certain termiticides are applied below the surface by an applicator not certified in Category 7B? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.22(B)(3), read 2026-10-15
  • Why did Rhode Island classify alachlor, metolachlor, simazine and three other pesticides as state limited use in 2006? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.5(B)(3), read 2026-10-15
  • Without the Director's approval of materials and methods, how close to a gravel packed well used for public water supply may a pesticide be applied? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(C), read 2026-10-15

Records, notices and storage 11

  • A manufacturer stops registering a pesticide that the Director finds poses no threat when used as labeled. For how long may existing stocks be stored, distributed or used up? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.24.1(N)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • A pesticide storage area must be able to contain a spill of what share of the largest liquid pesticide container's volume? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.24.1(D), read 2026-10-15
  • A private applicator's restricted use application counts as a "spot treatment" in the records when the total area is less than what? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(C)(8), read 2026-10-15
  • A termiticide application record must show wells, drainage systems and water bodies within what distance of the treated structure? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(B)(8)(c), read 2026-10-15
  • For how long must a Rhode Island commercial applicator keep application records? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(B), read 2026-10-15
  • How long must a school keep a copy of the record of each pesticide application made at the school? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-37(g), read 2026-10-15
  • How must restricted use pesticides be stored in relation to general use pesticides and fertilizers? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.24.1(I), read 2026-10-15
  • How soon must a Rhode Island private applicator record an application of a restricted use pesticide? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(C)(9), read 2026-10-15
  • What must a commercial applicator leave at the property when an application is completed? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(B)(7), read 2026-10-15
  • What must a dealer's sign at a display of restricted use or state limited use pesticides say? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(L), read 2026-10-15
  • Which pesticide applications must a Rhode Island commercial applicator's records cover? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.6(B), read 2026-10-15

Violations and penalties 12

  • For a minor violation, what may the director do instead of reporting it for prosecution? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-20(f), read 2026-10-15
  • For how long may the director ban a business from providing pest control services to the state for a mixing or application violation? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-28(a)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • For how long may the director suspend a license, permit or certificate pending inquiry, before any hearing? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-18(a), read 2026-10-15
  • The owner of a pesticide is not available to be served with a "stop sale, use, or removal" order. What may the director do? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-21, read 2026-10-15
  • Under what condition may an empty pesticide container be used for a purpose other than storing pesticides? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(J), read 2026-10-15
  • What is the largest civil penalty for each offense under the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-28(a)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • What is the largest fine for a person convicted of knowingly violating the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-28(b)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • What is the longest term of imprisonment for knowingly violating the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-28(b)(1), read 2026-10-15
  • When the director's agent takes pesticide samples from a distributor's premises, what must be given to the owner or person in charge? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-20(a), read 2026-10-15
  • Which act does R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-18(a) list as grounds for suspending or revoking a license or certification? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-18(a)(12), read 2026-10-15
  • Which factor must the director consider in assessing a civil penalty under R.I. Gen. Laws 23-25-28? R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-28(a)(2), read 2026-10-15
  • Which pesticide may not be distributed under section 2.19(M) of the Rhode Island regulation? 250-RICR-40-15-2 § 2.19(M), read 2026-10-15

How this list was compiled: Our own questions on the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act, R.I. Gen. Laws chapter 23-25 (https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-25/INDEX.htm), and the Rules and Regulations Relating to Pesticides, 250-RICR-40-15-2, shown as the active rule by the Rhode Island Department of State (https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-40-15-2), both read 2026-10-15. Exam format facts are from the Department of Environmental Management's Pesticide Safety and IPM Training page (https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/agriculture-and-forest-environment/agriculture/pesticides/pesticide-safety-training), read 2026-10-15, and from the University of Rhode Island's Pesticide Safety Education Program page (https://web.uri.edu/pse/pat-training/), read 2026-10-15. Each question names the section its answer was read from and links to it. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site. The statutes and regulations they describe are public law of the State of Rhode Island.

How it works

This unofficial Rhode Island pesticide applicator practice test asks 79 questions of our own on the Pesticide Control Act and regulation 250-RICR-40-15-2. It is not affiliated with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management or the University of Rhode Island.

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What the real exam draws on

The Department's page names three study sources for the commercial licensing exam: the national core manual, the Pesticide Control Act and the Rules and Regulations Relating to Pesticides. This bank is the last two. Federal label and worker protection rules are on the pesticide applicator practice test.

Length and pass mark

The Department's page gives no question count and no pass mark. A mock exam here is 25 questions, our number, and ends in a score with no verdict.

  • Two expiration dates to keep apart: certification runs to January 31, a license to February 28.
  • Bonds step up: $20,000 per job for a license, $50,000 for certification, $100,000 for fumigation or aerial work.
  • Two years is the record period for applicators and dealers; a school keeps its copy of an application record five.

Questions and answers

Is this the real Rhode Island pesticide license exam?

No. It is unofficial practice written for this site from the Pesticide Control Act and the state regulation. The real exams are given by the Department of Environmental Management, and none of their questions are here.

What is the difference between a pesticide license and certification in Rhode Island?

A commercial applicator license covers pesticides that are not restricted use or state limited use, applied on land of others. Certification, in a category, covers restricted use and state limited use pesticides, and a certified applicator needs no separate license.

How do I get a pesticide applicator license in Rhode Island?

The regulation asks for age 18, a passed written examination, proof of financial responsibility and a $30.00 fee. The University of Rhode Island's page says the license exam is taken through the Department's website and comes before any category exam.

How many credits do I need to renew a Rhode Island pesticide license?

Eight credit hours every five years for a commercial license, eight per category for commercial certification and six for private certification, under section 2.16 of the regulation. A credit hour is fifty consecutive minutes of approved training.

Is the Rhode Island pesticide exam open book?

The Department's Pesticide Safety and IPM Training page says commercial licensing exams are online and closed book, with a $30.11 fee for the online exam, and that category exams for certification are open book.

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