Iowa Core Exam Review Pesticide Applicator
Questions & Answers
1.United States Protection Agency
Answer Regulates pesticide use in the united States
2.FIFRA
Answer Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
3.What does FIFRA do?
Answer Regulates the production, transportation sale use and disposal
of all pesticides
4.IDALS
Answer Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
5.IDALS job
Answer Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
6.FFDCA
Answer Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
7.FFDCA job
Answer Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues
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,contained on commodities of food
8.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
9.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.
10.Application rate
Answer Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually expressed as a
liquid or dry measure per unit area
11.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.
12.FQPA
Answer Food quality protection act
13.FQPA job
Answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and
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, ffd- ca. Changes included in this act are revised definitions for safe
pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods
14.WPS
Answer worker protection standard
15.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.
16.ESA
Answer Endangered species act
17.ESA JOB
Answer Program for the conservation of threatened or endangered
plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
18.Endangered species
Answer Species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or
significant portion of its range
19.Threatened species
Answer Species that is likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
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Questions & Answers
1.United States Protection Agency
Answer Regulates pesticide use in the united States
2.FIFRA
Answer Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
3.What does FIFRA do?
Answer Regulates the production, transportation sale use and disposal
of all pesticides
4.IDALS
Answer Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
5.IDALS job
Answer Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
6.FFDCA
Answer Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
7.FFDCA job
Answer Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues
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,contained on commodities of food
8.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
9.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.
10.Application rate
Answer Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually expressed as a
liquid or dry measure per unit area
11.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.
12.FQPA
Answer Food quality protection act
13.FQPA job
Answer Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and
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, ffd- ca. Changes included in this act are revised definitions for safe
pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods
14.WPS
Answer worker protection standard
15.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.
16.ESA
Answer Endangered species act
17.ESA JOB
Answer Program for the conservation of threatened or endangered
plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
18.Endangered species
Answer Species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or
significant portion of its range
19.Threatened species
Answer Species that is likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
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