IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW PESTICIDE
APPLICATORS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Q1: United States Protection Agency (EPA)
✔ Regulates pesticide use in the United States
Explanation: The EPA ensures that pesticides are used safely and legally under
federal law.
Q2: FIFRA stands for:
✔ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Q3: What does FIFRA do?
✔ Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all
pesticides
Explanation: FIFRA is the primary federal law that governs how pesticides are
registered, distributed, and applied.
Q4: IDALS stands for:
✔ Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Q5: What is IDALS responsible for?
✔ Certifying pesticide applicators
Explanation: IDALS oversees pesticide application training, testing, and
certification in Iowa.
,Q6: FFDCA stands for:
✔ Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Q7: What is the purpose of the FFDCA?
✔ Regulates the amount of pesticide residues allowed on food commodities
Explanation: The law ensures food safety by limiting pesticide residue levels on
consumables.
Residues - ANSWER✔✔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 - ANSWER✔✔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.
Application rate - ANSWER✔✔Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - ANSWER✔✔Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - ANSWER✔✔Food quality protection act
FQPA job - ANSWER✔✔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 - ANSWER✔✔worker protection standard
WPS JOB - ANSWER✔✔Set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the
risk of of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agriculture workers and
handlers.
ESA - ANSWER✔✔Endangered species act
ESA JOB - ANSWER✔✔Program for the conservation of threatened or
endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
Endangered species - ANSWER✔✔Species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or significant portion of its range
Threatened species - ANSWER✔✔Species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
Rinsates - ANSWER✔✔Solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a
tank; rinse water
Hazardous waste - ANSWER✔✔Solid or liquid or a contained gaseous material
that is no longer used or that no longer serves the purpose fit which it was
produced, and could pose dangers to human health and the environment after it is
discarded
RCRA - ANSWER✔✔Resource conservation and recovery act
APPLICATORS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT!!!
Q1: United States Protection Agency (EPA)
✔ Regulates pesticide use in the United States
Explanation: The EPA ensures that pesticides are used safely and legally under
federal law.
Q2: FIFRA stands for:
✔ Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Q3: What does FIFRA do?
✔ Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all
pesticides
Explanation: FIFRA is the primary federal law that governs how pesticides are
registered, distributed, and applied.
Q4: IDALS stands for:
✔ Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Q5: What is IDALS responsible for?
✔ Certifying pesticide applicators
Explanation: IDALS oversees pesticide application training, testing, and
certification in Iowa.
,Q6: FFDCA stands for:
✔ Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Q7: What is the purpose of the FFDCA?
✔ Regulates the amount of pesticide residues allowed on food commodities
Explanation: The law ensures food safety by limiting pesticide residue levels on
consumables.
Residues - ANSWER✔✔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 - ANSWER✔✔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.
Application rate - ANSWER✔✔Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - ANSWER✔✔Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - ANSWER✔✔Food quality protection act
FQPA job - ANSWER✔✔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 - ANSWER✔✔worker protection standard
WPS JOB - ANSWER✔✔Set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the
risk of of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agriculture workers and
handlers.
ESA - ANSWER✔✔Endangered species act
ESA JOB - ANSWER✔✔Program for the conservation of threatened or
endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
Endangered species - ANSWER✔✔Species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or significant portion of its range
Threatened species - ANSWER✔✔Species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
Rinsates - ANSWER✔✔Solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a
tank; rinse water
Hazardous waste - ANSWER✔✔Solid or liquid or a contained gaseous material
that is no longer used or that no longer serves the purpose fit which it was
produced, and could pose dangers to human health and the environment after it is
discarded
RCRA - ANSWER✔✔Resource conservation and recovery act
