Organic inspector training (IOIA crop, livestock and processing courses) · International · International Organic Inspectors Association
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersThe principles, practices, standards and certification of organic agriculture: soil fertility without synthetic fertilisers, organic pest management, conversion, inspection and the main national and international standards.
In the exams: ICAR AIEEA-PG 3.5 Organic Farming (Physical Science group); ICAR AICE Agronomy; IOIA organic inspector training
IOIA organic inspector training (crop, livestock and processing courses)
Standards and their differences, the organic system plan, buffer zones, records, audit trail and mass balance, livestock health and medicine rules, group certification and internal control systems, and inspection report writing.
How our questions for Organic inspector training spread across the units of Organic Farming & Certification. Difficulty: 4 easy, 26 medium, 15 hard.
| Organic standards: Codex, EU, USDA NOP, NPOP and others | 10 | |
| Third-party certification, inspection and traceability | 9 | |
| Organic livestock and aquaculture | 8 | |
| Conversion planning | 6 | |
| Organic pest, disease and weed management | 4 | |
| Participatory Guarantee Systems | 4 | |
| IFOAM principles of organic agriculture | 3 | |
| Organic soil fertility: manures, composts, biofertilisers | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
A pesticide residue is found on an organic product. The certification body should usually first:
A. Investigate the source before deciding on status
A residue need not mean a violation: drift or contamination is investigated, and action levels may apply.
Under the US NOP pasture rule, ruminants must graze during the grazing season for at least:
D. 120 days, with at least 30% of dry matter from pasture
NOP: at least 120 days grazing and at least 30% DMI from pasture over the season.
Which practice is permitted in organic livestock farming?
B. Vaccination against disease
Vaccination is generally allowed; the others are prohibited.
Under the US NOP, the document describing how a farm will meet the standard, which the certifier must approve, is the:
B. Organic System Plan
The OSP is the core NOP compliance document.
The EU organic regulation that has applied since 1 January 2022 is:
D. Regulation (EU) 2018/848
2018/848 replaced 834/2007, which had replaced the 1991 regulation 2092/91.
The document accompanying a consignment to show that it comes from a certified organic operator is a:
D. Transaction certificate
Transaction certificates (or the EU certificate of inspection) document organic status in trade.
Participatory Guarantee Systems are based mainly on:
A. Stakeholder participation, trust and peer review
IFOAM defines PGS as locally focused quality assurance built on participation, trust and knowledge exchange.
PGS-certified produce from India can be sold as organic:
B. In the domestic market
FSSAI accepts PGS-India for domestic sales; export markets need third-party certification.
A recognised weakness of PGS is:
A. Possible conflicts of interest in peer review
Peers reviewing each other may face conflicts; participation can also fade.
An EU vineyard applied copper at 5, 6, 3, 4, 2 and 4 kg/ha over the last six years. Under the 28 kg over seven years limit, the most it may apply this year is:
C. 4 kg/ha
Used 24 kg; 28 - 24 = 4 kg/ha.
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