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IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
United States Protection Agency - correct-answer -Regulates pesticide use in the
united States
FIFRA - correct-answer -Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
What does FIFRA do? - correct-answer -Regulates the production, transportation
sale use and disposal of all pesticides
IDALS - correct-answer -Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
IDALS job - correct-answer -Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
FFDCA - correct-answer -Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
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FFDCA job - correct-answer -Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide
residues contained on commodities of food
Residues - correct-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 - correct-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 - correct-answer -Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - correct-answer -Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - correct-answer -Food quality protection act
FQPA job - correct-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
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WPS - correct-answer -worker protection standard
WPS JOB - correct-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 - correct-answer -Endangered species act
ESA JOB - correct-answer -Program for the conservation of threatened or
endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
Endangered species - correct-answer -Species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or significant portion of its range
Threatened species - correct-answer -Species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
Rinsates - correct-answer -Solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a
tank; rinse water
Hazardous waste - correct-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
IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
United States Protection Agency - correct-answer -Regulates pesticide use in the
united States
FIFRA - correct-answer -Federal insecticide fungicide and rodenticide act
What does FIFRA do? - correct-answer -Regulates the production, transportation
sale use and disposal of all pesticides
IDALS - correct-answer -Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship
IDALS job - correct-answer -Responsible for certifying pesticide applicators.
FFDCA - correct-answer -Federal food drug and cosmetic act.
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FFDCA job - correct-answer -Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide
residues contained on commodities of food
Residues - correct-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 - correct-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 - correct-answer -Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Pre harvest interval - correct-answer -Part of the pesticide label that defines the
number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
FQPA - correct-answer -Food quality protection act
FQPA job - correct-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
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WPS - correct-answer -worker protection standard
WPS JOB - correct-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 - correct-answer -Endangered species act
ESA JOB - correct-answer -Program for the conservation of threatened or
endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found
Endangered species - correct-answer -Species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or significant portion of its range
Threatened species - correct-answer -Species that is likely to become endangered
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range
Rinsates - correct-answer -Solution of water or oil and pesticide left after rinsing a
tank; rinse water
Hazardous waste - correct-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
