Qal - Qualified Applicator License Plant
Agriculture Test Questions And Answers
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Venturi
Answer: Primarily used with systemic products, but can also be effective
with contact products when high spray volumes are used (greater than 40
gallons per acre).
County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC)
Answer: Certify private pesticide applicators and enforce local pesticide use
laws and regulations.
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
Answer: Ensures food safety, protects the state's agriculture from invasive
species, and supports the agricultural industry in California.
Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB)
Answer: Certifies and licenses structural pest control applicators and
enforces certain structural pest control laws.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Vector-Borne Disease
Section
Answer: Certifies vector control pesticide applicators working for
government agencies and develops pest control study materials related to
vector-borne diseases.
Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
Answer: The state’s primary agency responsible for creating and enforcing
pesticide regulations statewide.
Difference between California's laws and Department of Pesticide
Regulation's regulations
Answer: B - Laws are passed by the California legislature, and the DPR
adopts regulations to implement those laws.
, Which of the following is NOT one of the purposes of California's pesticide
and pest control laws and regulations?
Answer: C - Encouraging the use of more pesticides.
A cooperating agency that helps the DPR enforce pesticide use laws in
California is the
Answer: D - County Agricultural Commissioner (CAC).
CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with approval from the
Answer: A - Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).
Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (3 CCR)
Answer: Lists pesticides that are classified as "California restricted
materials" in Section 6400.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Answer: A federal law that establishes guidelines for various types of
pesticide product registrations and outlines exemptions from registrations.
FIFRA Section 3
Answer: Covers general pesticide product registration and mandates that the
EPA register pesticide products, which include labeling details such as
registered uses, instructions, and prohibitions.
FIFRA Section 18
Answer: Provides emergency exemptions from registration, allowing the
EPA to approve the temporary use of unregistered pesticides if emergency
conditions exist.
FIFRA - Section 24c - 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 - ANSWER✔✔ Specific
,Public Health
Quarantine
Crisis
Label - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
D. a written recommendation - ANSWER✔✔ C
When a pesticide registrant allows a pesticide product registration to lapse, pest
control dealers
A. must immediately return all unsold stock
B. can sell and deliver the pesticide product to two years
C. must retrieve all previously sold stock
D. can indefinitely sell and deliver the pesticide product - ANSWER✔✔ B
When a pesticide product registration is cancelled, the sale and use of this product
A. is automatically prohibited under all circumstances
B. may continue under conditions imposed by the regulatory agency responsible
for the cancellation
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