LOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW PESTICIDE
APPLICATORS EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS(100%
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS)ALREADY GRADED
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United States Protection Agency - (answers)Regulates pesticide use in the
united States
FIFRA - (answers)Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
What does FIFRA do? - (answers)Regulates the production, transportation sale
use and disposal of all pesticides
IDALS - (answers)Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
IDALS job - (answers)Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
FFDCA - (answers)Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
FFDCA job - (answers)Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues
contained on commodities of food
Residues - (answers)Amount of pesticide remaining in or on raw farm products
or processed foods. Undesirable presence of a pesticide at the site of
application. Measures in ppm ppb ppt
Tolerence - (answers)Maximum amount of pesticide that may legally remain in
or on a raw farm product intended for consumption by humans or livestock.
Reasonable certainty of no harm.
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Application rate - (answers)Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - (answers)Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - (answers)Food quality protection act
FQPA job - (answers)Federal law that significantly altered portions of both
FIFRA and ffdca. Changes included in this act are revised definitions for safe
pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods
WPS - (answers)worker protection standard
WPS JOB - (answers)Set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk
of of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agriculture workers and
handlers.
ESA - (answers)Endangered species act
ESA JOB - (answers)Program for the conservation of threatened or endangered
plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
Endangered species - (answers)Species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or significant portion of its range
Threatened species - (answers)Species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range