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25 questions from the pesticide applicator core practice test.

Laws practice test

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Under federal law, who may apply a restricted use pesticide?

  1. Any adult who has read the label and signed the dealer's sales record
  2. Only a commercial applicator who holds a business license
  3. A certified applicator or a person under one's direct supervision
  4. Anyone, as long as the product is applied at half the label rate
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C. A certified applicator or a person under one's direct supervision

FIFRA limits restricted use products to certified applicators or people working under their direct supervision. Reading the label is required of everyone but does not replace certification, and private applicators can be certified too, so it is not limited to commercial applicators.

Reference: FIFRA Section 3(d); 40 CFR Part 171

Why does EPA classify some pesticides as restricted use?

  1. They are too expensive to be sold to the general public
  2. They could harm people or the environment without added restrictions
  3. They have not yet finished the federal registration and labeling process
  4. They are effective only when applied with special equipment
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B. They could harm people or the environment without added restrictions

A product is restricted when it may cause unreasonable adverse effects on people or the environment without added restrictions, so its use is limited to certified applicators. Restricted use products are fully registered; an unregistered product generally cannot be sold at all.

Reference: FIFRA Section 3(d)(1)(C); Core Manual: Federal Pesticide Laws

A farmer applies a restricted use insecticide to corn growing on land the farmer rents. Under FIFRA, what type of certified applicator is the farmer?

  1. A commercial applicator
  2. A registered technician
  3. A pesticide dealer
  4. A private applicator
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D. A private applicator

A private applicator uses restricted use pesticides to produce an agricultural commodity on land owned or rented by the applicator or the applicator's employer. Renting the land does not make the farmer commercial; commercial applicators are everyone who applies restricted use products for other purposes.

Reference: FIFRA Section 2(e); 40 CFR 171.3

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