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PESTICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE - CORE MANUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Restricted Use Pesticides - (answers)A pesticide that poses more risk and could
cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed
on the label.
Commercial applicators - (answers)Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device
on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - (answers)Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties
as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other
governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - (answers)Persons who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Private applicators - (answers)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.
Certified handlers - (answers)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,
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repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these
activities.
Certified applicator - (answers)A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as
a private, public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - (answers)Regulates
the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - (answers)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.
Tolerances - (answers)Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable
certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - (answers)Federal law regulating
the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - (answers)The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - (answers)Part of the pesticide label that defines the number
of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE - CORE MANUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Restricted Use Pesticides - (answers)A pesticide that poses more risk and could
cause some human injury or environmental damage even when used as directed
on the label.
Commercial applicators - (answers)Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device
on any property of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - (answers)Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties
as employees of a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other
governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - (answers)Persons who apply restricted use
pesticides on land or property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer.
Private applicators - (answers)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.
Certified handlers - (answers)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,
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repackaging bulk pesticides, or disposing of pesticide-related wastes from these
activities.
Certified applicator - (answers)A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as
a private, public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - (answers)Regulates
the production, transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - (answers)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.
Tolerances - (answers)Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable
certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - (answers)Federal law regulating
the amount of pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - (answers)The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually
expressed as a liquid or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - (answers)Part of the pesticide label that defines the number
of days after application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
