QAL - Qualified Applicator License Plant
Agriculture Exam Test With 100%
Correct And Verified Answers
Venturi - Correct Answer-Used most often with systemic products,
but can also work with contact products if the spray volume is high
(>40 GPA).
County Agricultural Commissionersz - Correct Answer-Certify
private pesticide applicators and conduct local enforcement of
pesticide use law and regulations.
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) - Correct
Answer-Ensure the state's food safety, protects the state's
agriculture from invasive species, and promotes the California
agricultural industry
Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB) - Correct Answer-Certifies
and licenses structural pest control applicators and conducts certain
types of field enforcement of structural pest control laws and
regulations.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-Borne
Disease Section - Correct Answer-Certifies vector control pesticides
applicators employed by a government vector control agency and
develops vector control pest control study guides.
Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) - Correct Answer-State
lead agency for developing and implementing a statewide pesticide
regulatory program.
The difference between California's laws and the Department
Pesticide Regulation's regulations is that laws are
,A. Passed by CAC and regulations are passed by the California
legislature
B. Passed by the California legislature and regulations are adopted
by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out the laws
C. Supplements to federal regulations
D. Adopted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to carry out
regulations signed by the Governor - Correct Answer-B
Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of California's
pesticide and pest control laws and regulations?
A. Protecting workers from pesticide exposure
B. Providing proper, safe, and effective use of pesticides
C. encouraging people to use more pesticides
D. Protecting public health - Correct Answer-C
A coorperating agency that helps the DPR enfore pesticide use laws
and regulations in California is the
A. County department of health
B. State department of water resources
C. State department of labor
D. County Agricultural Commissioner - Correct Answer-D
CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the
approval of the
A. Department of Pesticide Regulation
B. Office of the Governor
C. County Board of Supervisors
D. California State Legislature - Correct Answer-A
Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (3 CCR - Correct
Answer-Lists pesticides that are deemed as "california restricted
materials". In section 6400.
,Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Correct
Answer-Federal law that outlines the various types of pesticide
product registrations and exemptions from registrations
FIFRA - Section 3 - Correct Answer-General pesticide product
registration. Grants the EPA to register pesticide products with the
corresponding labeling containing basic registered uses, use
directions, requirements, and prohibitions.
FIFRA - Section 18 - Correct Answer-Emergency exemptions from
registrations. Authorizes the EPA to allow an
unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time if
the EPA determines that emergency conditions
exist.
FIFRA - Section 24c - Correct Answer-Special local
need registrations. Grants states pesticide
regulatory authority to issue a new use registration
for a federally registered pesticide in subsection
(c).
Section 18 exemptions - Correct Answer-Specific
Public Health
Quarantine
Crisis
Label - Correct Answer-Any written, printed, or
graphic matter with pest control directions,
requirements, prohibitions, and other information
such as health and safety precautions. The label
must appear on or be securely attached to the
immediate pesticide product container or pest
control device.
, Labeling - Correct Answer-Incldues the label and
all other written, printed, or graphic matter
accompanying the pesticide product container or
device at any time. Can include the SDS or a
commodity treatment schedule, WPS provisions of
40 CPR part 170.
Supplemental labeling - Correct Answer-EPA-approved written, printed, or
graphic material supplied by the pesticide manufacturer that provides
additional product information not present on the current container label.
The additional information may include new application sites and rates,
safety guidelines, Worker Protection Standard and PPE requirements, and
endangered species advisories.
When to read the pesticide labeling - Correct Answer-Before buying the
pesticide
Before mixing and applying the pesticide
When storing pesticides
Before disposing of unused pesticide and empty containers.
Deviations from Labeling - Correct Answer-1. Decrease in rate per unit
treated - decrease pesticide
2. Decrease in the concentration of the mixture applied - increase water
3. Increase in concentration as long as it corresponds with published
recommendations from UCs
4. Application at a frequency less than specified
5. Use to control la target pest not listed on the labeling when the
commodity or site is listed.
6. Use of any method of application not prohibited, provided other labeling
directions are followed.
7. Tank-mixing with another pesticide or fertilizer
8. `Exceptions to or substitutions for PPE requirements.
Which of the following is considered to be pesticide labeling?
A. spray nozzle catalog
B. a printed pesticide advertisement
C. the federal WPS
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