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The difference between laws and regulations is A. The Director of DPR.
A. Laws are passed by county agricultural B. The governor.
commissioners and regulations are passed by C. The county of supervisors.
the California legislature. D. The US EPA. - ANSWERS - A. The
B. Laws are statutes passed by the California director of DPR
legislature and regulations are adopted by the
Director of DPR to carry out the laws.
C. Laws are supplements to federal regulations.
D. Laws are adopted by the Director of DPR to Which of the following could be considered part
carry out regulations signed by the governor. - of a pesticide label?
ANSWERS - B. Laws are statutes passed A. A spray nozzle catalog.
by the California legislature and regulations are B. The manufacturers advertisement in a grower
adopted by the Director of DPR to carry out the magazine.
laws. C. The federal worker protection standard.
D. A written recommendation for a licensed pest
control advisor. - ANSWERS - C. The
federal worker protection standard
Which of the following is not one of the purposes
of California's pesticide and pest control laws
and regulations?
A. To protect workers from pesticide exposure When a manufacturer allows the registration of
B. To provide for proper, safe, and efficient use his pesticide product to lapse, pesticide dealers,
of pesticides. who sell this product
C. To encourage people to use more pesticides. A. Must immediately return all unsold product to
D. To encourage the development and the manufacture.
implementation of integrated pest management B. May lawfully sell and deliver the product for
systems. - ANSWERS - C. To encourage two years.
people to use more pesticides C. Recall all the product in the possession of end
users.
D. May sell and deliver all remaining product for
as many years as it takes. - ANSWERS - B.
Which agency cooperates with DPR to enforce May lawfully sell and deliver the product for two
pesticide laws in California? years
A. The University of California
B. The Department of health services.
C. The department of labor
D. The department of consumer affairs. - When the registration of a pesticide product has
ANSWERS - D. The department of been canceled, the sale and use of this product
consumer affairs A. May always continue until supplies are
exhausted.
B. May continue if the regulatory agency provides
for a specified period allowing for its sale and
Agricultural commissioners may adopt use.
supplemental pesticide regulations if they are C. Will always be allowed for two years from the
approved by date of cancellation.
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D. Will never be allowed by regulatory agencies - ANSWERS - D. A pamphlet containing
under any circumstance. - ANSWERS - B. required pesticide label information that will not fit
May continue if the regulatory agency provides on the container label
for a specified period allowing for its sale and use
of
The purpose of the signal word on any pesticide
label is to
An emergency exemption from registration A. Inform users and handlers of the relative acute
allows a pesticide product to be used for a toxicity or hazard of the product.
A. Specific non-registered purpose for an B. Tell users the formulation type of pesticide
unlimited amount of time. product.
B. Non-specified purpose for a specific amount of C. Specify on which crops the product is
time. registered.
C. Specific non-registered purpose for a D. Specify the pest the product controls. -
specified time. ANSWERS - A. Inform users and handlers
D. Non-specified purpose for an unlimited of the relative acute toxicity or hazard of the
amount of time. - ANSWERS - C. Specific product
non-registered purpose for a specified time
The precautionary statement section of the label
A special local need registration (SLN) allow contains information about the
A. Growers to apply the pesticide to any crop as A. Application rate.
long as the SLN is valid in the growers state. B. Crops on which the product can be applied.
B. Supplemental uses of the pesticide uniformly C. Relative toxicity of the product.
throughout the US. D. Hazards to people and domestic animals. -
C. Uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed ANSWERS - D. Hazards to people and
on the label. domestic animals
D. Any feasible use of the pesticide in the
specified local area - ANSWERS - C. Uses
of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the
label Plant-back restrictions are found in the
_________ section of the pesticide label
A. Precautionary statements
B. Statement of practical treatment
A supplemental label is C. Contents
A. Literature distributed by the pesticide D. Directions for use - ANSWERS - D.
manufacturer by mail. Directions for use
B. A sample pesticide label produced by the
manufacturer or others.
C. The same as Special local need label.
D. A pamphlet containing required pesticide label A decrease below the label rate of the amount of
information that will not fit on the container label. the
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pesticide product applied to a crop or site is applicators.
a. always allowed C. Leaves visible residue on treated surfaces.
b.illegal D. Does not break down within seven days. -
c. allowed only if you obtain written authorization ANSWERS - B. Presents a significant
from the county agricultural commissioner dermal hazard to applicators
d.allowed only if the product is tank mixed -
ANSWERS - A. Always allowed
Any person in California who applies or
supervises the application of a restricted use
An increase above the label rate of the amount material must
of A. Attend 20 hours of special training.
the pesticide product applied to a crop or site is B. Notify the local UC cooperative extension
A. always allowed advisor before making or supervising an
B. illegal application.
C. allowed only if you obtain written C. Obtain a medical release from the physician.
authorization from the county agricultural D. Be a California certified commercial or private
commissioner applicator. - ANSWERS - D. Be a California
D. allowed only if the product is tank mixed certified commercial or private applicator
with another similar product - ANSWERS -
B. Illegal
Which of the following is not a criterion for DPR
to classify a pesticide as a California restricted
If a pesticide label limits the number of material?
applications of a product to three a year, you can A. The pesticide is effective and practical.
A. Never make fewer than three applications in B. The pesticide could be dangerous to public
one year. health.
B. Always make fewer than three applications in C. There is a hazard to subsequent through
one year. persistent soil residues.
C. Make four or more applications in one year if D. There's a hazard for honeybees from direct
the pest problem is severe. application or drift. - ANSWERS - A. The
D. Four or more applications of the specified pesticide is effective and practical
product in one year if you alternate each
application with another pesticide product -
ANSWERS - B. Always make fewer than
three applications in one year Which two documents must individuals who are
engaged in pest control for higher have available
when making an agricultural use application of a
pesticide that requires a permit?
The US EPA may classify a pesticide as a A. Copies of their business license, and the
restricted use pesticide if it applicable UC pest management guidelines.
A. Is ineffective, unless used at twice the label B. A valid drivers license, and the current
recommended rate. restricted materials permit
B. Presents a significant dermal hazard to C. The growers work order and a valid drivers