Indiana Pesticide Core Exam Study Notes 2024, Exams of Business Economics

Download Indiana Pesticide Core Exam Study Notes 2024 and more Exams Business Economics in PDF only on Docsity! INDIANA PESTICIDE CORE EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS A. Indicate which state agency is responsible for pesticide regulation (including licensing). - correct answer✔✔ Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) A. Explain the legal obligations of the pesticide applicator with respect to the product label. - correct answer✔✔ a. They are under legal obligation to use as directed on the label A. Describe who has to legally be certified to use pesticides in Indiana. - correct answer✔✔ a. Anyone applying RUP- Restricted Use Products Private Applicator - correct answer✔✔ usually farmers who apply pesticides to land they own, rent or control for ag purposes A. State the number of years pesticide applicator certification is good for. - correct answer✔✔ a. 5 years Commercial Applicator - correct answer✔✔ Apply general or RUP applications to another persons' property. Ex. Golf course/ schools Registered Tech - correct answer✔✔ pass core exam and apply RUP under the supervision of a Certified Licensed Applicator A. Discuss TWO options to maintain applicator certification - correct answer✔✔ a. Retest the Core Exam b. Complete 3 related Continuing ed. Credits within the 5 year period Describe where to find reliable information regarding pesticide applicator continuing certification categories - correct answer✔✔ a. Indiana State Chemist Website: www.isco.purdue.edu A. Discuss the purpose of the applicator license - correct answer✔✔ It serves as a tracking mechanism that permits OISC-Office of Indiana State Chemist to confirm status of Certified Applicators A. State when a certified, licensed supervisor must remain on-site with a non-certified employee. - correct answer✔✔ a. At all times during pesticide applications unless the employee is an RT A. State how a non-certified employee can become a registered technician. - correct answer✔✔ a. Passing the pesticide applicator core exam and their employer applies for a RT credential through OISC. A. List the items that a certified, licensed supervisor must provide a registered technician before sending them to work off-site. - correct answer✔✔ a. Remain available via phone for consultation b. Provide a category-specific site assessment fact sheet (www.isco.purdue.edu. Click pesticide "category info") c. Provide the label required PPE- personal protective equipment d. Provide RT with labels of products being applied A. List what activities may be performed by a registered technician - correct answer✔✔ a. Any task in which their certified applicator supervisor is both certified and licensed for. A. Indicate where to find a restricted-use pesticide (RUP) statement on a pesticide label. - correct answer✔✔ a. At the top of the front panel A. State the minimum number of years RUP records must be kept - correct answer✔✔ 2 years of commercial and private applicators and 5 years for category 7b, termite control A. Indicate where the kinds of information that must be maintained in RUP records can be found. - correct answer✔✔ a. Indiana State Chemist Website (listed above) A. List 4 major pest groups - correct answer✔✔ a. Weeds: undesirable plants b. Invertebrates: insects, mites, ticks, spiders c. Plant Disease Agents: fungi, viruses, bacteria Vertebrates: birds, rodents Suspension - correct answer✔✔ i. A mix of finely divided solid particles dispersed in a liquid (cloudy look) I. Emulsion - correct answer✔✔ i. A mix that occurs when one liquid is dispersed (as droplets) into another liquid (milky look) D - correct answer✔✔ Dust G - correct answer✔✔ Granules P or PS - correct answer✔✔ pellets W or WP - correct answer✔✔ Wettable powder DF - correct answer✔✔ Dry Flowables WDG - correct answer✔✔ Water-dispersible granules WG - correct answer✔✔ Wettable Granules S or SP - correct answer✔✔ Soluble Powder L or F - correct answer✔✔ Liquid Flowables SC - correct answer✔✔ Suspension Concentrate M or ME - correct answer✔✔ Micro Encapsulate E or EC - correct answer✔✔ Emulisifiable Concentrate ULV - correct answer✔✔ Ultra Low Volume Concentrate RTU - correct answer✔✔ I. Ready to Use