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OREGON PESTICIDE APPLICATION TEST |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADEDA+
FIFRA
Correct Answer: The Federa Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Requires U.S. EPA register all pesticides
- Requires EPA to approve each use of pesticed and approve the product label
- Requires all registered pesticides be classified as either general-use or restricted-use
- Requires users of restricted-use be certified or work under liscenced supervision
- Provides penalties for "use inconsistent with the labeling" of a pesticide.
FFDCA
Correct Answer: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938
- Under FFDCA, a certain amount of residue is allowed on food and feed crops after harvest.
- The FFDCA created the FDA.
- The EPA sets the tolerance, but FDA is responsible for enforcement of tolerances.
In Oregon, the Oregon Deparment of Agriculture Food Safety Division cooperates with FDA to
make sure that the pesticide residue on food crops and in milk are not greater than the tolerance.
Residue
,Correct Answer: After applying a pesticide, a small amount of it remains on plants and
produce.
Tolerance
Correct Answer: The amount of legally permitted residue.
FAA
Correct Answer: The Federal Aviation Administration
- In charge of the rules for applying pesticides by airplane.
- FAA certifies commercial and private farm aircraft pilots.
- Pilots must have the correct pesticide liscense from Oregon Deparment of Agriculture (ODA),
before applying pesticides.
Label Directions
Correct Answer: The Pesticide label is a legal document under both federal and state laws.
Anyone who applies a pesticide in a way that does not agree with label directions is breaking
the law.
Supplemental Labeling
Correct Answer: You must have special labeling for uses that are not stated on the
container label.
Restricted-Use Pesticide
Correct Answer: -Any pesticide that poses special risks, even when used according to the
label, is classified as a restricted-use pesticide (RUP).
- You must have a pesticide aapplicator license to buy or use a RUP or be working
, under the supervision of someone who does.
General-Use Pesticide
Correct Answer: - If a product's label does not state "restricted-use pesticide," then it is a
general-use pesticide.
- General-use pesticides should not harm people, animals, or the environment when used
according to label directions.
3 types of pesticide registrations
Correct Answer: Section 3
Section 24(c)
Section 18
Section 3
Correct Answer: Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 634) and the Oregon Pesticide
Regulations are the main Pesticide Control laws. ORS 634 states that each pesticide
product distributed, sold or offered for sale in Oregon must be registered with ODA.
Each product must be registered every year. ODA registers products that the EPA has registered
first unser Section 3 of FIFRA.
Section 24(c)
Correct Answer: Special Local Need
- If a pest causes serious damage to a crop and there is no pesticide that already is registered to
control it, section 24(c) of FIFRA allows states to give a Special Local
Need.
OREGON PESTICIDE APPLICATION TEST |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
UPDATE | GRADEDA+
FIFRA
Correct Answer: The Federa Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
- Requires U.S. EPA register all pesticides
- Requires EPA to approve each use of pesticed and approve the product label
- Requires all registered pesticides be classified as either general-use or restricted-use
- Requires users of restricted-use be certified or work under liscenced supervision
- Provides penalties for "use inconsistent with the labeling" of a pesticide.
FFDCA
Correct Answer: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938
- Under FFDCA, a certain amount of residue is allowed on food and feed crops after harvest.
- The FFDCA created the FDA.
- The EPA sets the tolerance, but FDA is responsible for enforcement of tolerances.
In Oregon, the Oregon Deparment of Agriculture Food Safety Division cooperates with FDA to
make sure that the pesticide residue on food crops and in milk are not greater than the tolerance.
Residue
,Correct Answer: After applying a pesticide, a small amount of it remains on plants and
produce.
Tolerance
Correct Answer: The amount of legally permitted residue.
FAA
Correct Answer: The Federal Aviation Administration
- In charge of the rules for applying pesticides by airplane.
- FAA certifies commercial and private farm aircraft pilots.
- Pilots must have the correct pesticide liscense from Oregon Deparment of Agriculture (ODA),
before applying pesticides.
Label Directions
Correct Answer: The Pesticide label is a legal document under both federal and state laws.
Anyone who applies a pesticide in a way that does not agree with label directions is breaking
the law.
Supplemental Labeling
Correct Answer: You must have special labeling for uses that are not stated on the
container label.
Restricted-Use Pesticide
Correct Answer: -Any pesticide that poses special risks, even when used according to the
label, is classified as a restricted-use pesticide (RUP).
- You must have a pesticide aapplicator license to buy or use a RUP or be working
, under the supervision of someone who does.
General-Use Pesticide
Correct Answer: - If a product's label does not state "restricted-use pesticide," then it is a
general-use pesticide.
- General-use pesticides should not harm people, animals, or the environment when used
according to label directions.
3 types of pesticide registrations
Correct Answer: Section 3
Section 24(c)
Section 18
Section 3
Correct Answer: Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 634) and the Oregon Pesticide
Regulations are the main Pesticide Control laws. ORS 634 states that each pesticide
product distributed, sold or offered for sale in Oregon must be registered with ODA.
Each product must be registered every year. ODA registers products that the EPA has registered
first unser Section 3 of FIFRA.
Section 24(c)
Correct Answer: Special Local Need
- If a pest causes serious damage to a crop and there is no pesticide that already is registered to
control it, section 24(c) of FIFRA allows states to give a Special Local
Need.
