CALIFORNIA QAL LAWS REGS REVIEW EXAMS ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the difference between California's laws and the
DPR's regulations? - ✔✔LAWS are passed by the California legislature and
REGULATIONS are adopted by the Department of
Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes
of California's pesticide and pest control laws and
regulations? - ✔✔A. protecting workers from pesticide exposure
B. providing proper, safe, and effective use of
pesticides
*C*. encouraging people to use more pesticides
D. protecting public health
✔✔A cooperating agency that helps the Department
of Pesticide Regulation enforce pesticide use laws
and regulations in California is the ____________. - ✔✔County Agricultural
Commissioner
✔✔County Agricultural Commissioners may adopt
supplemental pesticide regulations with the
approval of the ____________. - ✔✔Department of Pesticide Regulation
✔✔A Pesticide "Label" is... - ✔✔any written, printed, or graphic matter
with pest control directions, requirements,
prohibitions, and other information such as
health and safety precautions. Label must appear on or be attached to the product
container.
✔✔When should you read the pesticide label? - ✔✔1. Before buying
, 2. Before mixing and applying
3. When storing pesticides
4. Before disposing of unused pesticide empty containers
✔✔What words will you find on a label with mandatory statements for required use? -
✔✔"shall" or "must"
✔✔What word(s) will you find on permissive statements of a pesticide label? -
✔✔"should" (should does not impose a requirement.
✔✔Labels: Brand Name - ✔✔-The name the
manufacturer gives to the product.
-The name used to promote and advertise the product
✔✔Labels: Chemical Name - ✔✔describe
the chemical structure of a pesticide active
ingredient.
✔✔Labels: Common Name - ✔✔-Name provided by manufactures to simplify the
chemical name
-For example, 0,0-diethyl 0 (2 isopropyl-6meth-yl-4-pyrimidinyl) has the common name
diazinon.
✔✔Labels: Formulation - ✔✔-pesticide labels will list formulations such as emulsifiable
concentrate, wettable powder, or soluble powder
✔✔Deviations from Labels - ✔✔-deviations generally
involve safer or less disruptive uses of the
pesticide
-lower rates to protect beneficial organisms
-decrease in concentration
-you can never increase the rates beyond label max
✔✔RUP - ✔✔-Restricted use pesticides
-designated by EPA (federal)
-DPR designates other pesticides as restricted use in CA but EPA does it at federal
level
✔✔EPA deems pesticide RUP when.... - ✔✔...pesticides potentially cause:
• Acute oral, dermal (skin), ocular (eye),
or inhalation (lung) toxicity hazards to
applicators or others;
• Signifcant sub-chronic, chronic, or delayed
toxic effects on humans; or
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the difference between California's laws and the
DPR's regulations? - ✔✔LAWS are passed by the California legislature and
REGULATIONS are adopted by the Department of
Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes
of California's pesticide and pest control laws and
regulations? - ✔✔A. protecting workers from pesticide exposure
B. providing proper, safe, and effective use of
pesticides
*C*. encouraging people to use more pesticides
D. protecting public health
✔✔A cooperating agency that helps the Department
of Pesticide Regulation enforce pesticide use laws
and regulations in California is the ____________. - ✔✔County Agricultural
Commissioner
✔✔County Agricultural Commissioners may adopt
supplemental pesticide regulations with the
approval of the ____________. - ✔✔Department of Pesticide Regulation
✔✔A Pesticide "Label" is... - ✔✔any written, printed, or graphic matter
with pest control directions, requirements,
prohibitions, and other information such as
health and safety precautions. Label must appear on or be attached to the product
container.
✔✔When should you read the pesticide label? - ✔✔1. Before buying
, 2. Before mixing and applying
3. When storing pesticides
4. Before disposing of unused pesticide empty containers
✔✔What words will you find on a label with mandatory statements for required use? -
✔✔"shall" or "must"
✔✔What word(s) will you find on permissive statements of a pesticide label? -
✔✔"should" (should does not impose a requirement.
✔✔Labels: Brand Name - ✔✔-The name the
manufacturer gives to the product.
-The name used to promote and advertise the product
✔✔Labels: Chemical Name - ✔✔describe
the chemical structure of a pesticide active
ingredient.
✔✔Labels: Common Name - ✔✔-Name provided by manufactures to simplify the
chemical name
-For example, 0,0-diethyl 0 (2 isopropyl-6meth-yl-4-pyrimidinyl) has the common name
diazinon.
✔✔Labels: Formulation - ✔✔-pesticide labels will list formulations such as emulsifiable
concentrate, wettable powder, or soluble powder
✔✔Deviations from Labels - ✔✔-deviations generally
involve safer or less disruptive uses of the
pesticide
-lower rates to protect beneficial organisms
-decrease in concentration
-you can never increase the rates beyond label max
✔✔RUP - ✔✔-Restricted use pesticides
-designated by EPA (federal)
-DPR designates other pesticides as restricted use in CA but EPA does it at federal
level
✔✔EPA deems pesticide RUP when.... - ✔✔...pesticides potentially cause:
• Acute oral, dermal (skin), ocular (eye),
or inhalation (lung) toxicity hazards to
applicators or others;
• Signifcant sub-chronic, chronic, or delayed
toxic effects on humans; or
