Iowa Core Manual: Iowa Commercial
Pesticide Applicators UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORECT Answers
What agency regulates pesticide use in the Unisted States? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is FIFRA stand for? What is the Act responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Federal Insurcance, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (1947); Regulates the production,
transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
What is pesticide registeration and pre-registration? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pesticide
Registeration: FIFRA requires EPA to monitor sale and use of pesticides within the US. Based
on a detailed assesment of the potenetial threats to human health and the environment when used
according to the label.
Pesticide Re-registration: FIFRA requires the EPA to review older pesticides to consider their
human health and environment effects and to make decisions for their future. IF eligible they will
be re-registered.
What penalties would you receieve for violation of legal provisions established by FIFRA? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Violation by civil penalty $6,500 for each offense and by law
subjected to crimainal penalties $25,000 or one year in prison, or both.
What is the FFDCA? What is the Act responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ACT
Regulates the amount of residue levels to ensure the safety of the food supply.
What is the FQPA? What does the Act regulate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Food Quality
Protections Act amneded both FIFRA and FFDCA to set a tougher standard for pesticides used
on food.
, What is a residue? - CORRECT ANSWER - Small amounts of pesticides that still remain
in or on the food we eat.
What is a tolerance? What is a safe tolerance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tolerance:
Maximum amount legally allowed to remain on a farmer's product intended for human or animal
consumption.
Safe Tolerance: A level at which there is a "reasonable certainty of no harm" from exposure.
What is the WPS? Who do they protect? - CORRECT ANSWER - Worker Protection
Standard; Regulations set by the EPA to protect agricultural workers and handlers to the risk of
pesticides. Posioning,injuries, and exposures.
What is the ESA? How does it relate to pesticides? - CORRECT ANSWER - Endangered
Species ACT; is a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants, animals,
and habitats in which they are found. Pesticides can be affected directly or indirectly through
drift and runoff.
What is the RCRA? What does the Act authorize? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act; Gives the EPA authority to control hazardous waste from the
"cradle to grave."
List the requirments of a pesticide applicators records. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Name
and certification number of the licensee
2. Name and address of the landowner or customer
3. Address of the place of application of restricted use pesticide
4. Date of pesticide application
5. Trade name of pesticide product used
6. Quantity of pesticide product used andtheconcentration or rate of application.
7. Temperature and direction and voleocity of the wind at the time of application.
8. The use of "restricted use"
Pesticide Applicators UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORECT Answers
What agency regulates pesticide use in the Unisted States? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What is FIFRA stand for? What is the Act responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Federal Insurcance, Fungicide, and Rodenticide ACT (1947); Regulates the production,
transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
What is pesticide registeration and pre-registration? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pesticide
Registeration: FIFRA requires EPA to monitor sale and use of pesticides within the US. Based
on a detailed assesment of the potenetial threats to human health and the environment when used
according to the label.
Pesticide Re-registration: FIFRA requires the EPA to review older pesticides to consider their
human health and environment effects and to make decisions for their future. IF eligible they will
be re-registered.
What penalties would you receieve for violation of legal provisions established by FIFRA? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Violation by civil penalty $6,500 for each offense and by law
subjected to crimainal penalties $25,000 or one year in prison, or both.
What is the FFDCA? What is the Act responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ACT
Regulates the amount of residue levels to ensure the safety of the food supply.
What is the FQPA? What does the Act regulate? - CORRECT ANSWER - Food Quality
Protections Act amneded both FIFRA and FFDCA to set a tougher standard for pesticides used
on food.
, What is a residue? - CORRECT ANSWER - Small amounts of pesticides that still remain
in or on the food we eat.
What is a tolerance? What is a safe tolerance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tolerance:
Maximum amount legally allowed to remain on a farmer's product intended for human or animal
consumption.
Safe Tolerance: A level at which there is a "reasonable certainty of no harm" from exposure.
What is the WPS? Who do they protect? - CORRECT ANSWER - Worker Protection
Standard; Regulations set by the EPA to protect agricultural workers and handlers to the risk of
pesticides. Posioning,injuries, and exposures.
What is the ESA? How does it relate to pesticides? - CORRECT ANSWER - Endangered
Species ACT; is a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants, animals,
and habitats in which they are found. Pesticides can be affected directly or indirectly through
drift and runoff.
What is the RCRA? What does the Act authorize? - CORRECT ANSWER - Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act; Gives the EPA authority to control hazardous waste from the
"cradle to grave."
List the requirments of a pesticide applicators records. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Name
and certification number of the licensee
2. Name and address of the landowner or customer
3. Address of the place of application of restricted use pesticide
4. Date of pesticide application
5. Trade name of pesticide product used
6. Quantity of pesticide product used andtheconcentration or rate of application.
7. Temperature and direction and voleocity of the wind at the time of application.
8. The use of "restricted use"
