ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
Pesticide record keeping requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - The Pesticide Act of Iowa
requires applicators to maintain records of each pesticide applied for three years after the date of
application
Sensitive Crop Directory - CORRECT ANSWER - An online registry that can be used to
identify locations of pesticide-sensitive crops and apiaries (bee yards)
Iowa Bee Rule - CORRECT ANSWER - owners of apiaries must register their places with
the state apiaries and pesticide applicators can't apply pesticide vs 8 am and 6pm within a mile of
a registered apiarie
What agency regulates pesticide use? - CORRECT ANSWER - The EPA
Pesticide registration - CORRECT ANSWER - FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act) requires the EPA to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the US
through registration and labeling of pesticide products
Pesticide re-registration - CORRECT ANSWER - FIFRA requires the EPA to conduct
comprehensive reviews of older pesticides to consider their health and environmental effects
Penalties for violating FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWER - 6,500 dollars for each offense,
criminal penalties that can be up to 25,000 dollars and/or one year in jail
Difference between FIFRA, FFDCA, and FQPA - CORRECT ANSWER - FIFRA
regulates production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides. FFDCA determines
safe use of pesticides around food, FQPA amended FIFRA and FFDCA and set tougher
standards for pesticides used on food
, Tolerance (term) - CORRECT ANSWER - allowable residue levels
Residue - CORRECT ANSWER - small amounts of pesticides that may be found in foods
Who is protected by the WPS? - CORRECT ANSWER - The Worker Protection Standard
protects agricultural workers and pesticide handlers
The ESA relation to pesticides - CORRECT ANSWER - The ESA (endangered species
act) helps to protect animals that may be harmed by pesticides
Summarize RCRA - CORRECT ANSWER - The Resource Conservation and REcovery
Act (RCRA gives the EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the veginning to end
List the requirements of pesticide applicator records - CORRECT ANSWER - The
Pesticide Act of Iowa requires applicators to maintain records of each pesticide applied for three
years after the date of application. The records must include several pieces of information found
in CHAPTER 2
List the notification requirements for urban pesticide applications - CORRECT
ANSWER - Signs must be displayed for 24 hours or longer if the pesticide label requires
it. This requirement doesn't apply if the pesticide is applied within a structure or witihin six feet
of the oustide of the perimiter of a structure
Prenotification - CORRECT ANSWER - any person who has asked to be notified if any
neighbors have pesticide applied must be notified. the applicator must notify at least the day
before the application
Notification signs - CORRECT ANSWER - must be made of a material that will resist rain
for at least 24 hours