Iowa Core Exam Review Pesticide Applicators| 122 questions| with complete solutions

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. 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 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