QAL Exam Questions and Correct Answers

Venturi - Used most often with systemic products, but can also work with contact products if the spray volume is high (>40 GPA). County Agricultural Commissionersz - Certify private pesticide applicators and conduct local enforcement of pesticide use law and regulations. California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) - Ensure the state's food safety, protects the state's agriculture from invasive species, and promotes the California agricultural industry Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB) - Certifies and licenses structural pest control applicators and conducts certain types of field enforcement of structural pest control laws and regulations. California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-Borne Disease Section - Certifies vector control pesticides applicators employed by a government vector control agency and develops vector control pest control study guides. Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) - State lead agency for developing and implementing a statewide pesticide regulatory program. The difference between California's laws and the Department Pesticide Regulation's regulations is that laws are A. Passed by CAC and regulations are passed by the California legislature B. Passed by the California legislature and regulations are adopted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws C. Supplements to federal regulations D. Adopted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out regulations signed by the Governor - B Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of California's pesticide and pest control laws and regulations? A. Protecting workers from pesticide exposure B. Providing proper, safe, and effective use of pesticides C. encouraging people to use more pesticides D. Protecting public health - C A coorperating agency that helps the DPR enfore pesticide use laws and regulations in California is the A. County department of health B. State department of water resources C. State department of labor D. County Agricultural Commissioner - D CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of the A. Department of Pesticide Regulation B. Office of the Governor C. County Board of Supervisors D. California State Legislature - A Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (3 CCR - Lists pesticides that are deemed as "california restricted materials". In section 6400. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Federal law that outlines the various types of pesticide product registrations and exemptions from registrations FIFRA - Section 3 - General pesticide product registration. Grants the EPA to register pesticide products with the corresponding labeling containing basic registered uses, use directions, requirements, and prohibitions. FIFRA - Section 18 - Emergency exemptions from registrations. Authorizes the EPA to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time if the EPA determines that emergency conditions exist. FIFRA - Section 24c - Special local need registrations. Grants states pesticide regulatory authority to issue a new use registration for a federally registered pesticide in subsection (c). Section 18 exemptions - Specific Public Health Quarantine Crisis Label - Any written, printed, or graphic matter with pest control directions, requirements, prohibitions, and other information such as health and safety precautions. The label must appear on or be securely attached to the immediate pesticide product container or pest control device. Labeling - Incldues the label and all other written, printed, or graphic matter accompanying the pesticide product container or device at any time. Can include the SDS or a commodity treatment schedule, WPS provisions of 40 CPR part 170. Supplemental labeling - EPA-approved written, printed, or graphic material supplied by the pesticide manufacturer that provides additional product information not present on the current container label. The additional information may include new application sites and rates, safety guidelines, Worker Protection Standard and PPE requirements, and endangered species advisories. When to read the pesticide labeling - Before buying the pesticide Before mixing and applying the pesticide When storing pesticides Before disposing of unused pesticide and empty containers. Deviations from Labeling - 1. Decrease in rate per unit treated - decrease pesticide 2. Decrease in the concentration of the mixture applied - increase water 3. Increase in concentration as long as it corresponds with published recommendations from UCs 4. Application at a frequency less than specified 5. Use to control la target pest not listed on the labeling when the commodity or site is listed. 6. Use of any method of application not prohibited, provided other labeling directions are followed. 7. Tank-mixing with another pesticide or fertilizer 8. `Exceptions to or substitutions for PPE requirements. Which of the following is considered to be pesticide labeling? A. spray nozzle catalog B. a printed pesticide advertisement C. the federal WPS D. a written recommendation - C When a pesticide registrant allows a pesticide product registration to lapse, pest control dealers A. must immediately return all unsold stock B. can sell and deliver the pesticide product to two years C. must retrieve all previously sold stock D. can indefinitely sell and deliver the pesticide product - B When a pesticide product registration is cancelled, the sale and use of this product A. is automatically prohibited under all circumstances B. may continue under conditions imposed by the regulatory agency responsible for the cancellation C. will be allowed for two years from the cancellation date D. is not affected as long as detailed sales records are kept current - B A special local need registration (SLN) allows A. grower to apply the pesticide to any crop as long as the SLN is valid in the grower's state B. supplemental uses of the pesticide uniformly throughout the US C. Uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the section 3 labeling in the state it was issued. D. any feasible use of the pesticide in the specified local area - C