Iowa Pesticide Applicator Exam Questions With Correct Answers Intro: Types of pesticide applicators in Iowa - CORRECT ANSWERS Commercial Applicators (another person for compensation); Public Applicators (as employee govt agencies); Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer); Private Applicators (agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing, mixing, or loading pesticides) Intro: Describe certification & recertification requirements - CORRECT ANSWERS Certification: Employed by a certified, licensed company; fee paid to IDALS; 21 -day grace perio d (direct supervision); closed -book exam. Recertification: 3 -year qualification cycle; renewable by either testing every third year or attending approved continuing instruction courses (CIC); core & categories; fee & you get a form. C1: What agency regula tes pesticide use in US - CORRECT ANSWERS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) C1: Summarize pesticide registration & re -registration - CORRECT ANSWERS FIFRA requires the EPA to regulate the sale & use & they do this through registration & labeling of pesticide products; human health & the environment. Re -registration FIFRA requires EPA to conduct comprehensive reviews of older pesticides human health & environmental effects C1: Understand the penalties for violations of FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWERS Violations of the legal provisions established in FIFRA civil penalties as much as $6,500 for each offense; violation of the law also may subject you to criminal penalties up to $25,000 or on e year in prison, or both. C1: FIFRA - CORRECT ANSWERS Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1947) regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, & disposal of all pesticides C1: FFDCA - CORRECT ANSWERS Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act sets allowable residue levels to ensure the safety of the food supply C1: FQPA - CORRECT ANSWERS Food Quality Protection Act amended both FIFRA & FFDCA & set a tougher standard fo r pesticides on food. C1: Residues & Tolerances - CORRECT ANSWERS Residues: Small amounts of pesticides on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, & animal feeds. Tolerances: the EPA sets allowable residue levels under FFDCA regs, safe tolerances "a reasonable certainty of no harm". Iowa Pesticide Applicator Exam Questions With Correct Answers C1: How does the ESA relate to pesticides - CORRECT ANSWERS The Endangered Species Act (ESA): Pesticides use may directly or indirectly, through drift and runoff, affect endangere d or threatened species & their habitat. C1: Summarize RCRA - CORRECT ANSWERS Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle -to-grave", rinsates & hazardous waste; b ecome solid wastes when you want to discard. C1: Who is protected by the WPS - CORRECT ANSWERS Worker Protection Standard (WPS) helps protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, & greenhouses from occupational exposure. C2: Lis t the requirements of pesticide applicator records - CORRECT ANSWERS 1) Name & certification number of licensee; 2) Name & address of landowner or customer; 3) Address of the place of application of pesticide; 4) Date of application; 5) Trade name of pesticide; 6) Quantity of pesticide used & the concentration or rate of application; 7) Temperature and direction & velocity of wind; 8) the use of "restricted use" pesticides; 9) Time pesticide application begins & ends. C2: Describe t he Sensitive Crops Directory - CORRECT ANSWERS It is an online registry to identify locations of pesticide -sensitive crops & apiaries (bee yards): vineyards, orchards, certified organic crops, and fruit & vegetable crops. Susceptible to drift & meet minimum acreage requirements. C2: Iowa Bee Rule - CORRECT ANSWERS Owners of apiaries shall register location (expires Dec 31); shall not apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees within 1 mile of apiaries between 8 am & 6 pm (registered on 1st day of month) C2: List the notification requirements for urban pesticide app lications - CORRECT ANSWERS Notification: must post signs at the start of application; display signs for at least 24 hrs after the application (longer if label requires); does not apply to pesticides applied within a structure or wit hin 6 ft of the outside perimeter of a structure, nor to the homeowner or tenant. Also, prenotification, durable signs, remove, provide label C2: Summarize the Iowa atrazine management rules - CORRECT ANSWERS Atrazine is a restricte d use pesticide due to ground & surface water concerns. Atrazine application rates are limited to 2.5 lbs per acre per calendar year; restricts rates to 1.5 lbs in 23 counties (7 county -wide 16 in some townships); may not be mixed, loaded, or repackaged w ithin 50 feet of a sinkhole, well, cistern, lake, water impoundment, this includes, but is not limited to, abandoned wells, agricultural drainage wells & drainage well surface inlets, & drinking water wells; atrazine mixing, loading, & equipment
