Ontario Pesticide Exam: Storage, vehicles and transport

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1. A technician keeps pesticides in a service van parked at home overnight. Where does the annual notice go?

   1. To the Spills Action Centre
   2. To the vendor who sold the products
   3. To the fire department nearest the client's home that day
   4. To the fire department where the van is parked at night

2. Which emergency numbers must be posted near a pesticide storage area?

   1. Health Canada, the RCMP and the vendor
   2. The client's home and work numbers
   3. Fire department, hospital and poison control centre
   4. The operator's accountant, lawyer and insurance broker

3. An operator stores Class C pesticides at its shop. What must it give the local fire department?

   1. A monthly phone call
   2. A spare key to the storage room
   3. A copy of every sales receipt
   4. A written notice every year

4. In what container must a pesticide normally be kept?

   1. A container chosen by the client
   2. Any clean food or drink container
   3. The original container it was sold in
   4. An unlabelled spray bottle

5. What must a secondary container used by an exterminator be labelled with?

   1. The exterminator's licence number only
   2. Only the word POISON in large red letters on two sides
   3. Name, ingredient concentrations and registration number
   4. The client's name and the date of the job

6. Which feature is NOT allowed in a room where Class B or C pesticides are stored?

   1. A lock on the door
   2. Ventilation to the outdoors
   3. A floor drain leading to a sewer
   4. Spill clean-up supplies

7. What sign must a vehicle display when pesticides are left in it unsupervised?

   1. Sign B (warning: structural extermination)
   2. Sign C (notice: residential land extermination)
   3. Sign A (warning: fumigation)
   4. Sign G (pesticide or chemical storage)

8. What does Health Canada advise about empty pesticide containers?

   1. Reuse them for fuel
   2. Reuse them for feed
   3. Reuse them for water
   4. Never reuse them

9. Which pesticides must be stored in an area used primarily for pesticide storage?

   1. Only treated corn and soybean seed of Class E
   2. All Class D products sold in stores
   3. Only pesticides in metal containers
   4. Class B pesticides and Class C fumigants

10. Which storage location breaks O. Reg. 63/09?

    1. A locked, ventilated pesticide room
    2. A shelf above the staff lunch fridge
    3. A locked compartment of a service van
    4. A separate building used only for pesticides

11. Which items must be kept separate from Class C pesticides during transport?

    1. Ladders, hoses and hand tools
    2. Empty rinsed pesticide containers
    3. Spare respirator cartridges
    4. Food, furnishings, clothing and bedding

12. How must pesticides be carried in a vehicle on a highway?

    1. On the passenger seat where the driver can see them
    2. In the cab, wrapped in old clothing
    3. Secured so they cannot escape or spill out
    4. Loose in the back so they can be reached quickly

13. When may Class C pesticides be left unsupervised in a work vehicle?

    1. Whenever the windows are closed and the engine is off
    2. When locked in a compartment or the van is not public
    3. Whenever the products are still in their original boxes
    4. Whenever the vehicle is parked for less than one hour