IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW
PESTICIDE APPLICATORS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2026
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.
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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
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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
Hazardous waste - correct-answer -Solid or liquid or a contained gaseous material
that is no longer used or that no longer serves the purpose fit which it was