IOWA CORE MANUAL CORRECT STUDY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which statement about pesticide storage facilities is true?
• Carefully consider soil and land surface characteristics when selecting a storage site
to prevent potential contamination of water sources.
• Store pesticides in a warm, airtight environment.
• The floor of the pesticide storage site should consist of materials such as carpeting or
wood.
• If pesticides are stored in a small, locked cabinet or closet, it is not necessary to post
warning signs. - ✔✔Carefully consider soil and land surface characteristics when
selecting a storage site to prevent potential contamination of water sources
✔✔What is the first thing you should do if you notice a damaged pesticide container?
• Put on appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Transfer the contents into another sturdy container that can be tightly closed.
• Use the pesticide immediately at a site and at a rate allowed by the label.
• Clean up any spilled chemical. - ✔✔Put on appropriate personal protective equipment.
✔✔What is the backbone of any emergency response plan?
• Keeping an inventory of emergency equipment and supplies on site.
• Having a pesticide inventory readily available.
• Knowing where copies of labels and material safety data sheets are kept.
• Outlining the sequence of actions to take in a crisis. - ✔✔Outlining the sequence of
actions to take in a crisis.
✔✔Which statement is true about proper cleanup procedures for pesticide spills?
• Use charcoal briquets to reduce soil contamination and subsequent plant damage.
, • Sweep up the absorbed chemical and place it in a steel or fiber drum lined with a
heavyduty plastic bag.
• Use bleach and lime together to clean up spill areas.
• Remove the top 1 inch of soil to decontaminate soil saturated with a pesticide. -
✔✔Sweep up the absorbed chemical and place it in a steel or fiber drum lined with a
heavyduty plastic bag.
✔✔Which is not a recommended action to take in the event of a fire involving
pesticides?
• Use water jets to put out the pesticide fire.
• Contain small fires with fog, foam, or dry powder.
• Construct dikes to contain contaminated runoff water.
• Notify the fire department and inform the firefighters of the nature of the pesticides
involved. - ✔✔Use water jets to put out the pesticide fire.
✔✔Which statement about emergency response planning is true?
• It is important to keep with your emergency list an outline of the information that should
be passed along during an emergency notification call.
• As long as you have an emergency response plan at your facility, it is not necessary to
designate an emergency response coordinator.
• Your emergency response plan should reflect only the off-season inventory of
pesticides stored at your facility.
• In the event of an emergency, the first person to contact would be your attorney. -
✔✔It is important to keep with your emergency list an outline of the information that
should be passed along during an emergency notification call.
✔✔Which statement about pesticide equipment cleanup is false?
• When getting ready to store your sprayer, add some lightweight oil to the tank before
the final flushing.
• Sprayers should be thoroughly rinsed with a water-detergent solution for several
minutes.
• Leave pesticide residues in the spray tank when changing products.
• Several commercial pesticide tank-cleaning compounds are available. - ✔✔Leave
pesticide residues in the spray tank when changing products.
✔✔Which statement about cleaning and disposing of pesticide containers is true?
• Do not puncture rinsed pesticide containers.
• Containers must be disposed of in accordance with label directions and federal, state,
and local laws and regulations.
• When rinsing pesticide containers, pour the rinsate down the drain.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which statement about pesticide storage facilities is true?
• Carefully consider soil and land surface characteristics when selecting a storage site
to prevent potential contamination of water sources.
• Store pesticides in a warm, airtight environment.
• The floor of the pesticide storage site should consist of materials such as carpeting or
wood.
• If pesticides are stored in a small, locked cabinet or closet, it is not necessary to post
warning signs. - ✔✔Carefully consider soil and land surface characteristics when
selecting a storage site to prevent potential contamination of water sources
✔✔What is the first thing you should do if you notice a damaged pesticide container?
• Put on appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Transfer the contents into another sturdy container that can be tightly closed.
• Use the pesticide immediately at a site and at a rate allowed by the label.
• Clean up any spilled chemical. - ✔✔Put on appropriate personal protective equipment.
✔✔What is the backbone of any emergency response plan?
• Keeping an inventory of emergency equipment and supplies on site.
• Having a pesticide inventory readily available.
• Knowing where copies of labels and material safety data sheets are kept.
• Outlining the sequence of actions to take in a crisis. - ✔✔Outlining the sequence of
actions to take in a crisis.
✔✔Which statement is true about proper cleanup procedures for pesticide spills?
• Use charcoal briquets to reduce soil contamination and subsequent plant damage.
, • Sweep up the absorbed chemical and place it in a steel or fiber drum lined with a
heavyduty plastic bag.
• Use bleach and lime together to clean up spill areas.
• Remove the top 1 inch of soil to decontaminate soil saturated with a pesticide. -
✔✔Sweep up the absorbed chemical and place it in a steel or fiber drum lined with a
heavyduty plastic bag.
✔✔Which is not a recommended action to take in the event of a fire involving
pesticides?
• Use water jets to put out the pesticide fire.
• Contain small fires with fog, foam, or dry powder.
• Construct dikes to contain contaminated runoff water.
• Notify the fire department and inform the firefighters of the nature of the pesticides
involved. - ✔✔Use water jets to put out the pesticide fire.
✔✔Which statement about emergency response planning is true?
• It is important to keep with your emergency list an outline of the information that should
be passed along during an emergency notification call.
• As long as you have an emergency response plan at your facility, it is not necessary to
designate an emergency response coordinator.
• Your emergency response plan should reflect only the off-season inventory of
pesticides stored at your facility.
• In the event of an emergency, the first person to contact would be your attorney. -
✔✔It is important to keep with your emergency list an outline of the information that
should be passed along during an emergency notification call.
✔✔Which statement about pesticide equipment cleanup is false?
• When getting ready to store your sprayer, add some lightweight oil to the tank before
the final flushing.
• Sprayers should be thoroughly rinsed with a water-detergent solution for several
minutes.
• Leave pesticide residues in the spray tank when changing products.
• Several commercial pesticide tank-cleaning compounds are available. - ✔✔Leave
pesticide residues in the spray tank when changing products.
✔✔Which statement about cleaning and disposing of pesticide containers is true?
• Do not puncture rinsed pesticide containers.
• Containers must be disposed of in accordance with label directions and federal, state,
and local laws and regulations.
• When rinsing pesticide containers, pour the rinsate down the drain.
