CO TURF QS PRACTICE TEST EXAM REVIEW
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
MASTER STUDY SHEET
●● What are the two main pesticide classifications?.
Answer: General use and restricted use
●● General Use Pesticide.
Answer: Generally have a lower toxicity and have less potential to harm
humans or the environment
Can be bought and used by the public without special permits or
restrictions
●● Restricted Use Pesticide (RUPs).
Answer: Might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on human health
and/or the environment
Application by trained persons is required to use these products
This classification will be stated on the label
●● Pesticide Registration.
Answer: Since 1988, the EPA has been in charge of this.
,A pesticide must have a substantially complete database and must not
cause unreasonable risks to human health or the environment when used
in accordance with its approved label directions and precautions.
●● 4 types of pesticide registration.
Answer: Section 3 - full federal label
Section 18 - emergency exemptions
Section 24c - special local needs label
Section 25b - minimum risk pesticides
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 3 - Full Federal Label.
Answer: Outlines pesticide registration requirements that manufacturers
must follow.
Most pesticides are registered this way
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 18 - Emergency Exemptions.
Answer: Allows state and federal agencies to permit an additional use
during a short term pest management crisis in a specific locality.
Manufacturer is not allowed to advertise or promote the use of the
product under this, even though the use is legal.
This is used when there is a crisis and there are no federally registered
pesticides available to control the problem.
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 24c - Special Local Needs Label.
,Answer: Colorado can register additional uses of a federally listed
pesticide.
These uses are for additional distribution and use in a specific area.
These are valid only in the state of issue.
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 25b - Minimum Risk Pesticides.
Answer: Can register pesticides that have a very limited set of active and
inert ingredients specified by the EPA, and are not required to have an
EPA registration number.
These pesticides are required to be registered with CDA in order to be
sold and used in Colorado.
●● Certified Operator.
Answer: Individual who has been recognized by the state, tribe, territory,
or agency responsible for regulating pesticides (in CO this is the CDA)
as being competent to use or supervise the use of restricted use
pesticides (RUPs).
Must know how to read a pesticide label and be bale to follow directions
to use them properly and safely
●● 2 categories of certified operators.
Answer: Private Applicators
Commercial Applicators
, ●● Private certified operator.
Answer: Individual who uses or supervises the use of RUPs in the
production of agricultural commodities on land owned or rented by
him/her or his/her employer
●● Commercial certified operator.
Answer: Individual who engages in the business of applying pesticides
or operating a device for hire.
●● Limited commercial operator.
Answer: Any person who in the course of conducting a business only in
or on property owned or leased by the person or the person's employer is
engaged in applying RUPs
●● Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
Answer: FIFRA was amended in 1996 to include this.
Requires all pesticides meet new health and safety standards - including
determining if pesticide is an endocrine disruptor.
EPA must conclude with reasonable certainty that no harm will come to
infants, children, or other sensitive individuals exposed to pesticides -
cumulative effects must be considered.
Requires EPA to review every registered pesticide on a 15 year cycle.
●● Public operator.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
MASTER STUDY SHEET
●● What are the two main pesticide classifications?.
Answer: General use and restricted use
●● General Use Pesticide.
Answer: Generally have a lower toxicity and have less potential to harm
humans or the environment
Can be bought and used by the public without special permits or
restrictions
●● Restricted Use Pesticide (RUPs).
Answer: Might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on human health
and/or the environment
Application by trained persons is required to use these products
This classification will be stated on the label
●● Pesticide Registration.
Answer: Since 1988, the EPA has been in charge of this.
,A pesticide must have a substantially complete database and must not
cause unreasonable risks to human health or the environment when used
in accordance with its approved label directions and precautions.
●● 4 types of pesticide registration.
Answer: Section 3 - full federal label
Section 18 - emergency exemptions
Section 24c - special local needs label
Section 25b - minimum risk pesticides
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 3 - Full Federal Label.
Answer: Outlines pesticide registration requirements that manufacturers
must follow.
Most pesticides are registered this way
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 18 - Emergency Exemptions.
Answer: Allows state and federal agencies to permit an additional use
during a short term pest management crisis in a specific locality.
Manufacturer is not allowed to advertise or promote the use of the
product under this, even though the use is legal.
This is used when there is a crisis and there are no federally registered
pesticides available to control the problem.
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 24c - Special Local Needs Label.
,Answer: Colorado can register additional uses of a federally listed
pesticide.
These uses are for additional distribution and use in a specific area.
These are valid only in the state of issue.
●● Pesticide Registration: Section 25b - Minimum Risk Pesticides.
Answer: Can register pesticides that have a very limited set of active and
inert ingredients specified by the EPA, and are not required to have an
EPA registration number.
These pesticides are required to be registered with CDA in order to be
sold and used in Colorado.
●● Certified Operator.
Answer: Individual who has been recognized by the state, tribe, territory,
or agency responsible for regulating pesticides (in CO this is the CDA)
as being competent to use or supervise the use of restricted use
pesticides (RUPs).
Must know how to read a pesticide label and be bale to follow directions
to use them properly and safely
●● 2 categories of certified operators.
Answer: Private Applicators
Commercial Applicators
, ●● Private certified operator.
Answer: Individual who uses or supervises the use of RUPs in the
production of agricultural commodities on land owned or rented by
him/her or his/her employer
●● Commercial certified operator.
Answer: Individual who engages in the business of applying pesticides
or operating a device for hire.
●● Limited commercial operator.
Answer: Any person who in the course of conducting a business only in
or on property owned or leased by the person or the person's employer is
engaged in applying RUPs
●● Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
Answer: FIFRA was amended in 1996 to include this.
Requires all pesticides meet new health and safety standards - including
determining if pesticide is an endocrine disruptor.
EPA must conclude with reasonable certainty that no harm will come to
infants, children, or other sensitive individuals exposed to pesticides -
cumulative effects must be considered.
Requires EPA to review every registered pesticide on a 15 year cycle.
●● Public operator.
