Pesticide Applicators License - Core Manual questions and
answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
A pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some human injury or environmental damage even
when used as directed on the label.
- correct answer Restricted Use Pesticides
Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for compensation.
- correct answer Commercial applicators
Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal
corporation, or other governmental agency.
- correct answer Public applicators
Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the
applicator or the applicator's employer.
- correct answer Noncommercial applicators
Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural commodity on
property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural
producers with whom they trade services.
- correct answer Private applicators
Persons employed by a licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or
pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person, repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing
of pesticide-related wastes from these activities.
- correct answer Certified handlers
A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial applicator.
- correct answer Certified applicator
, Regulates the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
- correct answer Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, and animal feed.
Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
- correct answer Residues
Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
- correct answer Tolerances
Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
- correct answer Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area.
- correct answer Application rate
Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop
can be harvested.
- correct answer Preharvest interval
Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are
revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods.
- correct answer Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and
exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
- correct answer Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
A program for the
- correct answer Endangered Species Act (ESA)
7 animals, 5 plant species
- correct answer Endangered Species in Iowa
answers 2026\2027 A+ Grade
A pesticide that poses more risk and could cause some human injury or environmental damage even
when used as directed on the label.
- correct answer Restricted Use Pesticides
Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property of another person for compensation.
- correct answer Commercial applicators
Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal
corporation, or other governmental agency.
- correct answer Public applicators
Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the
applicator or the applicator's employer.
- correct answer Noncommercial applicators
Persons who apply any restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural commodity on
property owned or rented by themselves or their employers, or on the property of other agricultural
producers with whom they trade services.
- correct answer Private applicators
Persons employed by a licensed commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator, public applicator, or
pesticide dealer who handle pesticides in other than unopened containers for the purpose of preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides for application by another person, repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing
of pesticide-related wastes from these activities.
- correct answer Certified handlers
A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private, public, or commercial applicator.
- correct answer Certified applicator
, Regulates the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
- correct answer Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Pesticides may remain in small amounts in or on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, and animal feed.
Measure in ppm (parts per million), ppb, ppt.
- correct answer Residues
Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
- correct answer Tolerances
Federal law regulating the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
- correct answer Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area.
- correct answer Application rate
Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after application of a pesticide before a crop
can be harvested.
- correct answer Preharvest interval
Federal law that significantly altered portions of both FIFRA and FFDCA. Changes included in the Act are
revised definitions for safe pesticide tolerances for raw and processed foods.
- correct answer Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and
exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
- correct answer Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
A program for the
- correct answer Endangered Species Act (ESA)
7 animals, 5 plant species
- correct answer Endangered Species in Iowa
