ILLINOIS PESTICIDE APPLICATOR LATEST
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔hollow cone nozzle - ✔✔sprays in a circle, no droplets in center
✔✔solid cone - ✔✔sprays in circle, droplets throughout
✔✔cleaning nozzles - ✔✔turn of flow
clean with non damaging brush
✔✔Boom sprayer height -raising - ✔✔increases overlap
increases drift
✔✔boom sprayer height lowering - ✔✔reduces drift and overlap
✔✔Gallons per minute - ✔✔GPM = GPA * MPH * W (width sprayed per nozzle in
inches) / 5940
GPM= GPA * MPH * SW (swath width, in ft.) / 495
✔✔Gallons per acre - ✔✔GPA = GPM * 5940 / MPH * W
, GPA = GPM * 485 / MPH * SW
✔✔20G - ✔✔Granular - 20 % A.I
✔✔8EC - ✔✔emulcifiable concentrate
8 lb ai per gallon of product
✔✔Insecticide act of 1910 - ✔✔truth in labeling act
required chemical producers to label packages with the word poison
✔✔Federal insecticide, fungicide and rodensticide act (FIFRA) 1947 - ✔✔regulates use
of pesticides to protect humans, wildlife, environment
US EPA enforces
Pesticide user assurance
pesticide registration: general/ restricted use
✔✔Federal Environmental Pesticide control Act (FEPCA) 1972 ammendment -
✔✔Amendment to FIFRA
extended federal authority over pesticide manufacturing, shipment, use
made label a legal document
Required registration
requires state laws paralleling FIFRA
Classified products general and restricted use pesticides
✔✔1975 revisions fo FIFRA - ✔✔added provisions for state enforcement
misuse penalties
cooperative extension services to inform and educate
strengthened cirtification and restricted uses
✔✔Food Quality and Protection Act FQPA - 1996 - ✔✔Revision to FIFRA
Tolerance reevaluation
special provisions for infants and children
endocrine disruptor testing
minor use registrations
right to know
✔✔Office of safety and health administration (OSHA) - ✔✔regulations for employers
with 10+employees
worker right to know
dissemination of chemical safety info, SDS and training
SDS sheets to be available to employees
✔✔Clean Water Act (CWA) - ✔✔Regulates water pollution in navigable water
including pesticide spills or point source from urban and agriculture sources
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔hollow cone nozzle - ✔✔sprays in a circle, no droplets in center
✔✔solid cone - ✔✔sprays in circle, droplets throughout
✔✔cleaning nozzles - ✔✔turn of flow
clean with non damaging brush
✔✔Boom sprayer height -raising - ✔✔increases overlap
increases drift
✔✔boom sprayer height lowering - ✔✔reduces drift and overlap
✔✔Gallons per minute - ✔✔GPM = GPA * MPH * W (width sprayed per nozzle in
inches) / 5940
GPM= GPA * MPH * SW (swath width, in ft.) / 495
✔✔Gallons per acre - ✔✔GPA = GPM * 5940 / MPH * W
, GPA = GPM * 485 / MPH * SW
✔✔20G - ✔✔Granular - 20 % A.I
✔✔8EC - ✔✔emulcifiable concentrate
8 lb ai per gallon of product
✔✔Insecticide act of 1910 - ✔✔truth in labeling act
required chemical producers to label packages with the word poison
✔✔Federal insecticide, fungicide and rodensticide act (FIFRA) 1947 - ✔✔regulates use
of pesticides to protect humans, wildlife, environment
US EPA enforces
Pesticide user assurance
pesticide registration: general/ restricted use
✔✔Federal Environmental Pesticide control Act (FEPCA) 1972 ammendment -
✔✔Amendment to FIFRA
extended federal authority over pesticide manufacturing, shipment, use
made label a legal document
Required registration
requires state laws paralleling FIFRA
Classified products general and restricted use pesticides
✔✔1975 revisions fo FIFRA - ✔✔added provisions for state enforcement
misuse penalties
cooperative extension services to inform and educate
strengthened cirtification and restricted uses
✔✔Food Quality and Protection Act FQPA - 1996 - ✔✔Revision to FIFRA
Tolerance reevaluation
special provisions for infants and children
endocrine disruptor testing
minor use registrations
right to know
✔✔Office of safety and health administration (OSHA) - ✔✔regulations for employers
with 10+employees
worker right to know
dissemination of chemical safety info, SDS and training
SDS sheets to be available to employees
✔✔Clean Water Act (CWA) - ✔✔Regulates water pollution in navigable water
including pesticide spills or point source from urban and agriculture sources
