Commercial Ground Applicator - Answer- anyone who uses or supervises the use of pesticides for compensation
Public Operator - Answer- Anyone who applies or supervises the application of pesticides for government agencies
Pesticide Dealer - Answer- Any individual who sells restricted-use pesti...
NC Pesticide Applicator Core Manual
Exam Questions and Answers
Commercial Ground Applicator - Answer- anyone who uses or supervises the use of
pesticides for compensation
Public Operator - Answer- Anyone who applies or supervises the application of
pesticides for government agencies
Pesticide Dealer - Answer- Any individual who sells restricted-use pesticides to certified
or licensed end-users
Aerial Applicator - Answer- An individual who applies pesticides by aircraft
Pest Control Consultant - Answer- Anyone who offers or supplies technical advice,
supervision, or recommends the use of specific pesticides, for free.
Structural Pest Control and Pesticide Division - Answer- Their purpose is to protect the
health and safety of the public and the environment by regulating the structural pest
control industry.
Specialized phases of structural pest control - Answer- wood-destroying organism
control, fumigation, household pest control
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - Answer- regulates the
production, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of all pesticides
EPA - Answer- responsible for registering or authorizing pesticide products for use in
the US
Applies to all label statements - Answer- they have the force of law
Food Quality Protection Act - Answer- requires EPA to review every registered pesticide
on a 15 year cycle
The EPA - Answer- Has the authority to stop the sale or use of any pesticide. Can seize
products from the market.
State restrictions - Answer- cannot be less stringent than those of FIFRA, but can be
stricter
, Potential hazards - Answer- pesticides are classified according to this
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act - Answer- governs the establishment of pesticide
tolerances for food and feed products.
Tolerance - Answer- The maximum level of pesticide residues allowed in or on human
food and animal feed.
The EPA - Answer- sets the tolerance level of each pesticide
Food and Drug administration - Answer- monitors the food and feed products tolerance
violations
The Food Quality Protection Act - Answer- established a health based standard to be
used when assessing the risk of pesticide residues in food or feed. It requires the EPA
to establish a tolerance based on "a reasonable certainty" that no harm results from
sources of exposure.
Worker Protection Standard - Answer- a regulation aimed at protecting employees on
agricultural establishments from occupational exposure to pesticides
The WPS - Answer- covers any pesticide with an "Agricultural Use Requirements"
section on the label
The WPS provides the following - Answer- safety training to workers and handlers
PPE specified on the label
warning to inform of applications, restricted entry intervals, and restricted areas
decontamination supplies
transport to a medical facility
Occupational Safety and Health Act - Answer- requires that employers keep records of
all work related deaths, illnesses, and injuries
Hazard Communication Standard - Answer- requires employers to make lists of
hazardous chemicals, keep safety data sheets, ensure proper labeling, train workers
properly, keep files available
Endangered Species Act - Answer- Federal law administered by US Fish and Wildlife
Service which makes it illegal to kill, harm, or collect endangered or threatened wildlife.
Requires other agencies to uphold this.
North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971 - Answer- establishes pesticide management
programs designed to regulate the registration, handling, and storage, and disposal of
pesticides as well as certification and licensing of pesticide applicators, consultants, and
dealers.
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