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A program standard loan is a loan that does not presently expose the federal government to a sufficient degree of risk to warrant an adverse classification; however, it poses sufficient credit risk to deserve more attention than a problemless loan. Included in this category are loans with inadequate collateral, inadequate written agreements, or other deficiencies indicating deviations from prudent lending practices which expose the federal government to a higher than normal credit risk.