PESTICIDE APPLICATORS LICENSE -
CORE MANUAL. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Restricted Use Pesticides - ANS 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 - ANS Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property
of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANS Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of
a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANS Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or
property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, Certified applicator - ANS A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private,
public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANS Regulates the production,
transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANS 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 - ANS Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANS Federal law regulating the amount of
pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANS The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid
or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANS Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after
application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - ANS 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.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - ANS A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing
the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - ANS A program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - ANS 7 animals, 5 plant species
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CORE MANUAL. EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS.
Restricted Use Pesticides - ANS 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 - ANS Persons who apply or use a pesticide or device on any property
of another person for compensation.
Public applicators - ANS Persons who apply pesticides as part of their duties as employees of
a state agency, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental agency.
Noncommercial applicators - ANS Persons who apply restricted use pesticides on land or
property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer.
Private applicators - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, Certified applicator - ANS A person certified by the IDALS to use pesticides as a private,
public, or commercial applicator.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - ANS Regulates the production,
transporation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides.
Residues - ANS 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 - ANS Allowable residue levels; Safe tolerance: reasonable certainty of no harm
Federal Food. Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) - ANS Federal law regulating the amount of
pesticide residues contained on commodities and food.
Application rate - ANS The amount of pesticide applied to a site; usually expressed as a liquid
or dry measure per unit area.
Preharvest interval - ANS Part of the pesticide label that defines the number of days after
application of a pesticide before a crop can be harvested.
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) - ANS 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.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - ANS A set of regulations from the EPA aimed at reducing
the risk of pesticide poisonings, injuries, and exposure to agricultural workers and handlers.
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - ANS A program for the
Endangered Species in Iowa - ANS 7 animals, 5 plant species
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