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Iowa Core Exam Review Pesticide
Applicators
Action threshold - correct answer-Pest level at which some type of pest management action
should be taken.
Active ingredients - correct answer-The part of the product responsible for controlling the
target pest
Aerosol Advantages - correct answer-portable and easily stored.
retain potency for a reasonable time.
Aerosol disadvantages - correct answer-risk of inhalation injury.
hazardous if punctured, overheated, or used near an open flame.
difficult to confine to target site or pest.
Aerosols (A) - correct answer-contain one or more active ingredients and a solvent.
material stored in a container under pressure. Fine droplets are produced when the material
is released into the air.
Aesthetic threshold - correct answer-Damage level that is unacceptable to the viewer
Agriculture use requirements - correct answer-General and restricted use pesticides used on
plants and pesticides used on the soil or planting medium the plants are or will be grown.
Greenhouses nurtures forests
Apiaries - correct answer-Bee yards
Application rate - correct answer-Amount of pesticide applied to a site usually expressed as
a liquid or dry measure per unit area
Atrazine - correct answer-Restricted use pesticide due to ground and surface water
concerns
Atrazine use limitations - correct answer--app. Rates are limited to 2.5pounds or less active
ingredient per acre calendar year
-Iowa restricts app. Rates to 1.5 lbs. active ingredient per acre per calendar year in 23
counties
-cannot be mixed loaded or repackaged within 100 ft or applied within 50 ft of a sinkhole,
well cistern lake water impoundment agricultural drainage wells and drainage we'll surface
inlets and drinking water wells
-mixing loading and equipment clean out must meet the secondary requirements in Iowa
administration code
, Bee rules - correct answer--Apiary owner shall register location of their apiaries with the
state apiarist in order to protect their bees from pesticide applications. Expires dec 31 each
year.
-between 8am-6pm a commercial applicator shall not apply a pesticide labeled toxic to bees
to blooming crops when the application is located within 1 mile of a registered apiary.
Biological control - correct answer-Using natural enemies to control or suppress pests
Brand name - correct answer-Specific registered name given by a manufacturer to a
pesticide product same as a trade name
carrier - correct answer-the liquid (usually water, lightweight oil, or fertilizer) material that a
pesticide is added to for application.
Caution - correct answer-Green slightly toxic either orally dermally or through inhalation or
causes slight eye and skin irritation
Chemical controls - correct answer-Pesticides that either synthesized or naturally derived
Chemical name - correct answer-Identifies the chemical structure and components of the
pesticides active ingredient
Child hazard warning - correct answer-Keep out of reach of children statement
Common name - correct answer-The standard, commonly used name of pesticide active
ingredient established by appropriate professional societies
Concentration - correct answer-Amount of active ingredient Ina given volume or weight of a
pesticide formulation
Contact pesticides - correct answer-Pesticide that kills when it touches or is touched by a
pest
Containment sight requirements - correct answer-Paved with asphalt or concrete, sloped,
and elevated above the surrounding area or curbed to prevent runoff
Cultural control - correct answer-Designed to alter the environment the condition of the host
plant or site or the behavior of the pest to prevent or suppress infestation (cultural and
sanitation) cultural: irrigation, mowing, pruning crop rotation trap crops. Sanitation:
elimination food water shelter or other necessities important to the pests survival (keeping
field borders free of pests and draining standing water).
Danger - correct answer-Red severe eye damage or irritation
Danger poison - correct answer-Can cause death, poison highly toxic skull and cross bones
red
dilution - correct answer-reducing a concentration of a chemical
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