pesticide recordkeeping jeopardy! pesticide safety education program montana state university
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Pesticide Recordkeeping
Jeopardy!
Pesticide Safety Education Program
Montana State University
Pesticide Label Jeopardy!Required
Recordkeeping Items
Recordkeeping Laws
Benefits of Recordkeeping
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mix
ing/Labels
Recordkeeping General Questions
10 10 10 10 10
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50 50 50 50 50
Required Recordkeeping Items 10 Points
Number ending with -11
What is?
*Private Applicator Certification Number
Required Recordkeeping Items 20 Points
Object or Item receiving the
pesticide treatment
What is?
*Crop, Commodity, Stored Product or Site
Required Recordkeeping Items 30 Points
The ingredient responsible for the action of the product
What is?
*Active Ingredient
Required Recordkeeping Items 40 Points
Period of time applicator must wait before entering treated area
What is?
*Restricted Entry Interval (REI)
Required Recordkeeping Items 50 Points
Number located on the product label identifying the company holding the registration and
identifying the specific product
What is?
*EPA Registration Number (264-516)
Recordkeeping Laws 10 Points
Legislation requiring applicators to maintain records
What Is?
*Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
of 1990 (commonly referred to as the 1990 Farm
Bill)
Recordkeeping Laws 20 Points
Amount of time from the date of restricted use pesticide application,
you have to record information
What is?
*14 Days
Recordkeeping Laws 30 Points
Period of time applicators must maintain records following
application
What Is?
* 2 Years
Recordkeeping Laws 40 Points
Individuals who have access to your RUP records
Who are?
*USDA authorized representatives who present I.D.
*State authorized representatives who present I.D.
*Licensed health care professionals
Recordkeeping Laws 50 Points
Potential civil penalties for failure to comply
What are?
*1st violation - not more than $650
*Subsequent violations – minimum of $1,100
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mixing/Labels 10 points
What chemical name must be recorded by private applicators
What Is?
*Brand or Product name
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mixing/Labels 20 Points
Appears as a major category in the recordkeeping manual and refers to the quantity of product used before
mixing with water and/or other substances?
What Is?
*“Total Amount Applied”
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mixing/Labels 30 points
A spot treatment is the use of a (RUP) on the same day to a total
area treated of less than _______ ?
What Is?
*1/10th of an acre (4,356 square ft)
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mixing/Labels 40 points
Your sprayer is calibrated at 30 GPA and you spray out 300
gallons, this means you have sprayed _____ acres?
What Is? (Gallons/GPA = # Acres)
*10 acres
Recordkeeping Calibration/Mixing/Labels 50 points
If you must treat 10 acres and a pesticide label calls for an
application rate of .5 pints per acre, How many pints of undiluted
product must be added to your tank?
What Is? (acres x application rate)
*5 pints
Recordkeeping General Questions 10 Points
Category of pesticides subject to recordkeeping requirements?
What are?
*Restricted Use Pesticides
Recordkeeping General Questions 20 Points
What type of pesticide products have increased risks towards the
environment, humans, or animals?
What Is?
*Restricted Use Products
Recordkeeping General Questions 30 Points
State agency responsible for establishing recordkeeping
methods and providing for the review and submission of records?
What Is?
*Montana Department of Agriculture
Recordkeeping General Questions 40 Points
When recording location, applicators may use any of which methods? (more than one answer
is correct)
What Is?
*County, Range, Township, Section*Legal property description*Name/written description*Permanent ID system of your choosing
What Is?
*.35 hours
Recordkeeping General Questions 50 Points
On average there is a total annual time burden per record keeper of?
Recordkeeping Benefits 10 Points
Accurate pesticide records assist with knowing the correct
amount of pesticide to use which can save the applicator
_______?What Is?
*Money $$$
Recordkeeping Benefits 20 Points
Good records may prevent future failures by documenting _______
What Is?
*What pesticide worked or didn’t work
Recordkeeping Benefits 30 Points
Pesticide records supply evidence that pesticides were mixed and applied in compliance with label
directions and may provide __________ protection
What Is?
*Liability (lawsuit)
Recordkeeping Benefits 40 Points
In the event of pesticide exposure, records may assist _______ with
treatment specific to that pesticide
Who are?
* Medical personnel
Recordkeeping Benefits 50 points
By monitoring your annual product applications, an applicator can reduce long term ________ of
pests by altering the active ingredients periodically.
What Is?
*Resistance
Pesticide Recordkeeping
Jeopardy!
Pesticide Safety Education Program
Montana State University
Acknowledgements: Adapted from UNL Pesticide Safety Education Programs &
further edited by the Montana State University Pesticide Safety Education
Program (Paul Dumond, PSEP Program Assistant and Cecil Tharp, Pesticide
Education Specialist)