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IOWA CERTIFIED APPLICATOR
CORE MANUAL EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Question 1: How long before you must be recertified?
CORRECT ANSWER: You either test every third year
or attend a continuing instruction course (CIC).
Question 2: How long before your license is expired?
CORRECT ANSWER: It can either be a one year or a
three year certification
Question 3: What is the FIFRA?
CORRECT ANSWER: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodentcide Act
Question 4: What is the EPA?
CORRECT ANSWER: Enviornmental Protection
Agency
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Question 5: What does the FIFRA require the EPA to do
about the pesiticide registaration?
CORRECT ANSWER: It requires EPA to regulate the
sale and use of pesticides in the U.S. through registartion and labeling of products
Question 6: What is considered as a safe tolerance?
CORRECT ANSWER: A level at which there is a
"reasonable certainty of no harm" from exposure
Question 7: What is the Endangered Species Act?
CORRECT ANSWER: a program for the conservation
of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found.
Question 8: Pesticides used in Iowa are regulated under
the?
CORRECT ANSWER: Pesticide Act of Iowa
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Question 9: The Pesticide Act of Iowa requires
applicators to maintain records of each pesticide applied for how many years after the date of application?
CORRECT ANSWER: 3 years after the date of
application
Question 10: What are considered sensitive crops?
CORRECT ANSWER: Vineyards, orchards, certifide
organic crops, and fruit and vegtable crops.
Question 11: If you are a commercial or public applicator
who applies pesticides within urban areas or municipalities must do what?
CORRECT ANSWER: Post or affix motification signs
at start of application that must be displayed for at least 24 hours.
Question 12: What is a pest?
CORRECT ANSWER: Any living species whos
activites cause economic losses to your possessions, directly threaten your health, or are annoying.
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Question 13: What is Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?
CORRECT ANSWER: An approach to controlling a
specific pest in a specific stting that makes use of current pest information, regular monitoring, and record keeping to determine if there needs to be action
Question 14: What are the 5 major steps to IPM?
CORRECT ANSWER: 1. ID Pest and Understand
biology
- Set up monitoring program
- Know avaiable control strategies
- Implement IPM program
- Record and evaluate results
Question 15: What are the main pest controls strategies
used?
CORRECT ANSWER: biological, mechanical, cultutal,
physical, genetic, regulatory, and chemical