IOWA CORE MANUAL EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Public applicator. Answer: person who applies pesticides as part
of their duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal
corporation, or other governmental agency.
◉ Private applicator. Answer: person who applies any restricted use
pesticide for by themselves or their employers, or on the property of
other agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency. Responsible for
pesticide regulation.
◉ FIFRA. Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act. Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal
or all pesticides.
◉ True or False:
Violation of FIFRA can have civil and criminal penalties.. Answer:
True.
Civil = up to $6500 for each offense
,Criminal = $25000 or one year in prison
◉ FFDCA. Answer: Federal Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act. Authorizes safe
"tolerances" (residue levels) in food supply.
◉ FQPA. Answer: Food Quality Protection Act. Mandated a health-
based standard to be used when assessing the risks of pesticide
residues in food or feed.
◉ WPS. Answer: Worker Protection Standard. Set of regulations
from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings,
injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
◉ RCRA. Answer: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Gives
EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-
grave". (Generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal
of hazardous waste)
◉ Pesticide Act of Iowa. Answer: Requires commercial, public, and
noncommercial pesticide applicators to maintain records of each
pesticide applied for three years after the date of application.
◉ Required record information:. Answer: 1. name and certification
number of licensee
2. name and address of landowner/customer
, 3. address of place of application
4. Date of pesticide application
5. Trade name of pesticide product used
6. quantity of pesticide product and concentration/rate of
application
7. Temperature and direction and velocity of wind at time of
application
8. Use of restricted use pesticides
9. Time pesticide application begins and ends
◉ Sensitive Crops Directory. Answer: An online registry that you can
use to identify locations of pesticide-sensitive crop and apiaries.
◉ Atrazine. Answer: Restricted use pesticide. Application rate
limited to <2.5 lbs/year.
◉ IDALS. Answer: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship
◉ IPM. Answer: Integrated Pest Management. An approach to
controlling a specific pest in a specific setting that makes use of
current pest information, regular monitoring, and recordkeeping.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Public applicator. Answer: person who applies pesticides as part
of their duties as employees of a state agency, county, municipal
corporation, or other governmental agency.
◉ Private applicator. Answer: person who applies any restricted use
pesticide for by themselves or their employers, or on the property of
other agricultural producers with whom they trade services.
◉ EPA. Answer: Environmental Protection Agency. Responsible for
pesticide regulation.
◉ FIFRA. Answer: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act. Regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal
or all pesticides.
◉ True or False:
Violation of FIFRA can have civil and criminal penalties.. Answer:
True.
Civil = up to $6500 for each offense
,Criminal = $25000 or one year in prison
◉ FFDCA. Answer: Federal Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act. Authorizes safe
"tolerances" (residue levels) in food supply.
◉ FQPA. Answer: Food Quality Protection Act. Mandated a health-
based standard to be used when assessing the risks of pesticide
residues in food or feed.
◉ WPS. Answer: Worker Protection Standard. Set of regulations
from the EPA aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings,
injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
◉ RCRA. Answer: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Gives
EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-
grave". (Generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal
of hazardous waste)
◉ Pesticide Act of Iowa. Answer: Requires commercial, public, and
noncommercial pesticide applicators to maintain records of each
pesticide applied for three years after the date of application.
◉ Required record information:. Answer: 1. name and certification
number of licensee
2. name and address of landowner/customer
, 3. address of place of application
4. Date of pesticide application
5. Trade name of pesticide product used
6. quantity of pesticide product and concentration/rate of
application
7. Temperature and direction and velocity of wind at time of
application
8. Use of restricted use pesticides
9. Time pesticide application begins and ends
◉ Sensitive Crops Directory. Answer: An online registry that you can
use to identify locations of pesticide-sensitive crop and apiaries.
◉ Atrazine. Answer: Restricted use pesticide. Application rate
limited to <2.5 lbs/year.
◉ IDALS. Answer: Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship
◉ IPM. Answer: Integrated Pest Management. An approach to
controlling a specific pest in a specific setting that makes use of
current pest information, regular monitoring, and recordkeeping.
