IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW PESTICIDE

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IOWA CORE EXAM REVIEW PESTICIDE

APPLICATORS

EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

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. 1 / 3

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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.

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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

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