Iowa Core Exam Review Pesticide
Applicators UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORECT Answers
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
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
Applicators UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORECT Answers
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
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
